.... .. ... . ....... Tj p-T rT"mas!!v 8AILYEVENIHGEDITI0K DAILY EVENING EDITION j Spring, summer, autumn or winter, the best bargains are always to be found in East Oregonlan advertise ments. WEATHEH FORECAST. Friday, showers. VOL. 1(. IRRIGATION CODE KILLED IN HOUSE Deed Accomplished by. Under handed Subterfuge of "In definite Postponement." DOLIUNS OF WALIiOWA lOHCED A SHOWDOWN. 1'ciiring Xhul OiiM.nenlH of the Meas ure Might "Conic Knap Judgment" liy Bringing on nil Unexpected Vole Willi Its Friends Not rremiib Hjiiwt of I niiililla ISrouglit to the House In a Cab From HI Sick lied to Vote for the Hill, Which Was Killed by the Narrow Margin ol 'lull Vole. The strenuous struggle for anil against the lirlgaltuii code which was Wiled 111 the houe yesterday by In definite postponement, is exhibited in a number of incidents connected with the progiesg of the bill. On Wednesduy ufternoon during a prosaic report of committees, when a large number of the' members of the house were absent, Hepresenta tive Dobbins of Wallowa county, one of the strongest advocates and de fenders of the bill, surprised the house by requesting a "call of the house," which means that every member must bo brought in. His object was to have, all the friends cf the bill present for fear a vote would be taken unexpectedly when he committee reported it to the house. However, the vote was not taken at that time, but It was made a special order for 11 o'clock Thursday, when every member was expected to be present. When the time came for voting on the bill at the hour fixed, Represen tative C. A. Darrt-tt of this county was brought to the house in a cab and was so weak tjat he could scarce ly stand, but insisted that he be given a chance to support the bill, which he old by voting against indefinitely postponing it. Li sharp contrast to the action of Mr. Barrett, Representative Slusher, Ago of this county, absented himself and could not be found by the ser geant at arms when his name waa called for a vote on the bill. Had Slusher voted for the measure as did his colleagues, Steen und Barrett, It Is .thought his action would have changed one other vote, thus giving the .friends of the bill a majority of one against postponing It. 1 hose who voted to kill the bill by Indefli.ltely postponing It were: Ad ams, Barrett of Washington, Bayer, HeverlJge, Bones, Brlx, Brown, Beut gen. Bums, Campbell, Carter, Cha pln, Chase, Coffey, Council. Craw ford, Driscoll, Farrell, Freeman, Gray, Holt, Huntley, Jackson,. Jew ell, Kulll, McCnllon, Merrymnn, Moore, Purdy, Simmons and Wilson. Those who voted against postponing 1he bill were: Barrett of Umatilla, Deals, Belkrap, Dobbin, Donnelly, T)ve, Eaton, Edwards, Hendricks, Jones of Clackamas, Jones of Polk, King, Knnwles, McCue, Newell, Nnr thup. Terklns, Pike, Rnckllff, Rey nolds, P.ndgers, Rothchlld. Settle mler, Steen, t'pmyer, Vawter and Da vey. A'b-oni : Blusher. Killed 4y ii Train. A about 2-45 o'clock this after noon pasnmger train No. 71, running from Minidoka to this place, ran down and Instantly killed J. Blbeau at a point two jnii a halt miles from Min idoka. The mangled remains were brought here and will be sent on to Wolser after a coornei"s Inquest has been held, it being understood the .nan formerly lived there and has filond" ithere. Blbef.n was deaf and dumb. He registered nt the hotel In Minidoka Mondnv night and yesterday morn ing sold a silver watch for $2. He left Minidoka shoitly nfter noon to walk dowt: thi rnllwpy track to American Falls. He has no known relatives. American Falls (Idaho) Advert'ier. Weston ami Ashland Live. Silem, Feb. 22. ((Special. The Ashland and Weston nor mal schools have been selected hv a Joint conference of the committee of the house and sen ate as the. two schools to remnln mult r tho maintenance of the stnte. ' The committee recom mended to the two houses that four normals bo granted main tenance until the end of the piesent school year, July 1. From that time on Drain and Monmouth will be 1 abolished, I'nd Ashland nnd Weston retail ed. It also recommends the rassnge of the Vawter hill cre ating ore board of regents for state normal sohools. . . e S g . ' ' - ' rEypLEToy.oj fcN, Friday, fekkuaby 22, 1907. no. 5907 EASTERN OREGON IGNORED. Rlttor Complaints About Railroad Commission Appointment. An Illustration of the bitter pom plaint of the people of eastern Ore gon concerning the appointment of three railroad ' commissioners from western Oregon Is shown In the fol lowing from the Baker City Herald: Of course the railroad commission ers are supposed to represent every section of the state with equal fidelity and the men appointed commission ers are about as well qualified to do this as any who could have been chosen, but every man Is bound to have his homo district somewhnt in the foreground In his thoughts and It Is not a square deal for eastern Ore gon to have been totally Ignored In the making of these appointments. County Assessor Strain of Umatilla county, has shown that he Is fully con vcrsont with the railroad situation and that he Is fully qualified for a seat on the commission. There are a number of men In Ba ker county who would have filled chairs as railroad commissioners with great' credit to themselves and the state. In any eastern Oregon county men can be found who nre not only well fitted for the position, Iut would have strengthened the commission materially. These men have been given the go-by and the whole of eastern Oregon has had Its face slap ped smartly by the state board. Discontent Is a bad thing In any state and realizing thlB eastern Ore gon has borne Insult after Insult nt the hands of the western section un complainingly. The time "will come when the pitcher Is sent to the well once too often. THE MITTON MATfKET. Sheep Feeders Complain of a Scarcity of Feed. The Chicago Livestock World says: Every live mutton bourse In the country was well filled up and at no spot on the road were prices any bet ter than late last week. It was a Blow market, and everywhere from steady to 10c lower. Missouri . river points were full and eastern markets were again overloaded, the continued out pouring of stuff Indicating that the country Is long on livestock and short on feed. Feeders are certnlnly Indis posed to pay. current "prices for hay and grain, and are cutting the stuff loose as the other alternative. Choice lambs wv lr good demand, selling up to 17. in; 7he hulk moved at J7.25fl7.G0. Yearlings were worth J8W6.50 largely. Light lambs were taken freely If fat. Feeders paid $7.15 for 69-pound lambs. T BEEN INDICTED MOKE INDICTMENTS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW. Illll Road Said lo Have Cut Rates to Secure Sugar Tnisrs Dunnes! Kate Said to Have Ilex-n Reduced 38 Per Cent, Amounting- to 910.(1(10 During 1004 for the Illll ltond and $1551 for AsModnte Ronls. Vow YnrV, Feb. !2. The federal grand Jury today Indicted the Great Northern Railway corajmny on charges that In 1904 It paid (10,000 In rebates on sugar shipments to Lowell M. Palmer, traffic agent of the American Sugar Refining com pany. A second count of the same Indictment charges that $4564 .addi tional rebates were paid to Mr. Pal mer by various railroads In conjunc tion with the Great Northern. The indictment charges thnt the Great Northern Railroad company ef fected freight combinations with the Lehigh Valley, the New York Central and the New York, New Haven A Hartford railroads, the through route ot the last named being made up In combination with the Erie, the Great Northern Steamship company and the Great Northern railroad, whereby sugar wbb transported from New York and Boston to Sioux City, la., at less than the published tariff rates. The latter, the Indictment charges, was 62 cents per 100 pounds, but through an agreement alleged to have been made by Alonzo W. Lake and A. W. Steel, as agents of the American Sugar Re fining company, it Is charged that the sugar refining company was granted a through rate on sugar between the points named of 33 cents per 100 pounds. It is understood the counsel of the Great Northern have been notlf'ed nnd will . within a few days present themselves for pleading. It Is said still more Indictments will follow. Idaho Will Ferret Out Murderer. The legislature of Idaho will be asked to appropriate the sum of $50,- 000 with which to prosecute the mur derer or murderers bf ex-Govrenor Frank Btcunenberg. A Joint commit tee appointed by the legislature has reported favorably on such an appro priation nnd there la no doubt about the session passing' the bill authoriz ing the state to spend this sum In the case, NORTHERN JAPANESE FILE THEIR PROTEST Association at Seattle Suppos d to Represent 5,000 Jap anese in Washington. THE PROPOSED TREATY IS CRITICIZED VIGOROUSLY. They Claim It Is Both I'njust and Im practicable I'ndtT Its Present Terms Protest Will He Forwarded to .Their Home Government Orien tals Are Alive to the Situation and Students of Current Events Flor ida Member Attempts to Force the Issue of Selling the Philippines to Japan. Senttle, Feb. 22. The Japanese as sociation, representing 5000 Japanese of this state, have entered a vigorous protest to the home government against the proposed settlement of the Japanese school and coolie labor ques tions, claiming It to be impractica ble and unjust. Favors Selling the Philippines. Washington, Feb. 22. Clark of Florida, In the house today discussed the resolution for the sale of the Philippines to Japan. The republicans sought to lay the matter on the table, but the democrats demanded a roll call. robbery suspects released. Apiwirently a Clear Cafe, But Rail road Officials Rest on Their Right. Two box car robbery suspects were released yesterdny by Marshal Gur dane 'after their cases had been re ferred to the railroad people, who failed to act on them. The men were accused of having stolen some shoes from a box car on the side track here about a week ago. One of the men arrested admitted having sold the shoes and admitted to the officers that he had been given them to sell by the other men. whom he accused of having fltntpn th0m. After the men had been arrested the ecse was passed up to Detective Fltz Gerald of the railroad company, but as that officer failed to take the necessary steps against the men they were released. CANNOT REACH WRECKAGE. Some Aro Saved nnd Seen Floating on Debris. Rotterdam. Feb. 22. None were able to reach the Berlin up to 10 o'clock this morning. Although a mimber of living persons were dls crpable floating In the debris. Ten persons passed the night on the wreckage of the Berlin and were saved. KILLED SEVERAL. Get Away With Several Thousand Dollars. Warsaw, Feb. 22. Terrorists rob bed the branch postoffice' and escap ed with considerable cash after killing the postmaster, two clerkB and two soldiers and got away with thousands of dollars In cash. Continued Itad Luck for the G. S. The Croat Southern railroad Beems to be getting deeper Into the mire, and today a train Is stalled out at the Scufert place. Yesterday a rush of water coming down the gully this side of Seufert's washed out the new wagor. road the company built In Imju of the one their track ran over, and precipitated the road onto the track several feet. Five Mile creek Is elso as high as it has been this winter and Is undoing wtork of re rniting so that It is Impossible to say when they 'will get "out of the woods." The Dalles Chronicle. . Portage .'Extension Beaten. Salem, Feb. 22. (Special.) The house this morning recon- sidered the action by which it passed Wh.mldon's bill appro- printing $60,000 for the exten- slon of the portage road from Big Eddy to The Dalles, and de- tented the measure, which nakcB It Impossible for it to come up again this session. Gray of Douglas, this after- tioen moved for a reconsldera- tlon, hut a point of order that no bill should be reconsidered tne econd time during one ses- slon was sustained by the chair. Supporters of the bill were pre- pared to compromise on $30,000 but to no avail. W EN DINK -T.. J LOST ORWHEN White's Generalship Thai of the Gambler When He Wish es 10 Make Robbery Safe. ACCORDING TO EVELYN . THAW'S PITIFUL STORY. Jerome's Conduct Evidences Ills Per slsteut Desire to Send Thaw to tlio Penitentiary In the "Event of His Acquittal Prosecution Fails to, ' Make Attorney for the Defense Re linquish Letters Written by White to Evelyn White's Conduct Toward Other Girls Made Evelyn Suspicious of Him. New York, Feb. 22. Evelyn Insist ed she always fought White's advances and always pleaded with him until partially Intoxicated. She said she had been White's victim more than once In the 24th street studio, and likewise more than once in the Mad ison Square tower. She remembered only once in the 22d street studio, and explained that White got scared about the 22d street place. "Did you tell your mother what White had done?" "No." "Why not?" With breaking voice Evelyn explained, "Oh, I could not. White would not let me. He made me swear to never tell mamma." Jerome drew from the girl the de tails of various occasions when rela tions with White were renewed. Time and again tears came Into her eyes and her voice trembled as she answer ed. She went on, saying she went to the studio against her will. White made the appointments by notes. That she wanted to go home after supper, but White insisted on going to the studio, ihere she frequently become Inebriated and became Irre sponsible for bet1 actions. "And you omitted this from your direct testimony," Interposed Jerome. Delmas was on his feet with an ob jection. Jerome dropped It, permit ting the effect of the question to work upon the Jury. Following the statement by Evelyn that Improper relations with White were discontinued nfter January, 1902, Jerome questioned Evelyn about the letters she received from White In Paris, she said the last she saw of them was In Hartrldge's office. Jerome then called Hartrldge to the stand and tried to force him to pro duce the letters. The attorney stood on his professional privileges and easily bnlked the prosecutor. Jerome asked Hartrldge If he had the report of Dr. Hammond, the allenest, on Thaw's mental condition. It Is reported Hammond has reported that Thaw Is still Insane. Jerome would like to get the report to aid him to send Thaw to the asylum If he falls to convict. Before Hartrldge answer ed, erome withdraw the question. Jerome said two witnesses were present who came from other states; that Evelyn was tired, and asked that the trial be suspended and the testi mony of Doctors Beemer and Bing ham be taken at once. Hartrldge ob jected nnd said Evelyn was under a great strain and wished to get through the ordenl. Dr. Blnghnm was then permitted to tell why he must return to Pittsburg. The court announced a special ses sion Frldny afternoon and Saturday for Beemer and Bingham. Evelyn was recalled to the stand. Jerome reverted the wrongs at White's hands. Evelyn said the re cital on the stand was the first time she ever told her wrongs except to Thaw In Paris. "Did Edna Goodrich tell you any thing about White before you met?" asked Jerome. "Edna said he was a great man. I asked If she were en gaged to him, nnd she said no. She said he wanted to meet me and get me Into New York society." "Did she tell you he was married?" "No; some one at the theater told me thnt later." "That was before he drugged you? You knew at the time of the drugging that he was married?" "Yes." Evelyn told of another girl to whom White paid attention, which aroused her suspicions. White, she said, man ifested paternal manners toward this girl. She told of a party where White and the girl were present. White In sisted the girl could only have one gloss of champagne. This made her suspect his Intentions toward .the girl. "The same bluff he put up on me," said the witness bitterly. "The same bluff?" asked Jerome. "Yes, It was nothing but a bluff," said Evelyn. The Missouri state senate has pass ed a bill prohibiting newspapers from publishing entries or results of any horse race. The publication of this matter In pamphlet or other form Is also prohibited. It Is not believed the house will pass It, nnd It Is quite un likely that Governor Folk would sign It If It did pass. Legislature Has Been Lavish With the People's Money. The Salem Journal arraigns the present session of the legislature for raising Indiscriminately the salary of a host of state officials and employes. The Journal says: It Is stated that three-fourths of the bills in this legislature are to raise salaries and Increase the com pensation of officials. Mcst of the bills raise the salaries of county officials, and many grant new deputies and fees not formerly allowed. It Is understood that In the senate the hill to Increase the salary of the county clerk of Marlon county Is made to go Into effect at the begin ning of the next term. That is Bound in principle because there Is a phrase In the constitution ,ying an official's salary shall not be increased nor diminished during his term of office. That Is true In principle. The sal aiv of the office which the candidate seeks and accepts the nomination and election for should prevail. The governor might do well to establish this principle and veto all bills In violation of this principle. There is no Justification for the universal raise of salaries. In a few years all the people may be less prosperous, and only officialism will be living on the topmost wave of prosperity. PREACHER-GOVERNOR IN A BOX Friends of Colorado's Governor Score Him on Local Option Ijm. The Rocky Mountain News says of the unpleasant predicament of Colo rado's preacher-governor, on the lo cal option situation: Called before two score of prominent Methodist ministers yesterday to explain his un friendly altitude toward the Drake local option hill, and his pronounced friendliness for the Kelly bill, Gover nor Buchtel yesterday undertook to explain and Justify his course. He urged the ministers to allow him to pursue his own course. That they were willing he should do that was evident. That they were solidly against him was shown by the fact that the vote in favor of sup porting the Drake bill to the- finish w?s unanimous. The rebuke to the governor was emphatic. Governor Fttchtel read both the Drake and Kelly bills before he made Ms stptement, and later undertook to how that the latter, was the real thin?, but vainly, as the decision of the ministers showed. Governor Burhtel Insisted that the conference should be of thp star chamber va riety. MORE PA! FOR POSTAL CLERKS WILL RECEIVE $100 MORE PER ANNUM IN PENDLETON Postmaster and Assistant Postmaster's Salary Not Affected $1000 tlie Maximum for Clerks and Carriers In Second-Class Offices Increase Not Discretionary With Postmaster. But Established by Law. There Is Joy among the employes of the Pendleton postoffice over the passage of the Wilson bill through congress several days ago. As a re sult of the adoption of the new law every employe In the office, excepting Postmaster Brown and Assistant Rees, will receive an advance In sal ary.of $100 per year until the maxi mum of $1000 Is reached. As the clerks now receive but $700 per year, the new law means much to them. Under the law both male and female clerks are treated alike, and conse quently the advance pay will be re ceived by the young ladies in the of fice as well as by the men. By the terms of the new law the maximum pay for clerks In a first class office Is made $1200 while In an office of the second-class, such as Pendleton, $1000 Is the maximum for clerks and carriers. In the past the salaries of the clerks have been IncrenFed at the discretion of the postmasters, and the new plan is looked upon with much more favor by the employes In general. The fol lowing Is the section of the Wilson bill which applies to the local office: Sec. 2. That the postmaster general be. nnd he Is hereby authorized to classify nnd fix the salaries of the clerks attached to the second-class offices from and after July 1, 1907, as hereinafter provided. That all clerks within the classified service actually employed as such In second-class postofflces who on July 1. 1907, may be receiving a salary of less than $1000 per annum shall thereafter receive an annual Increase of $100 until their salary shojl amount to $1000 per annum; nnd. further more, thnt clerks receiving a salary of $1000 per annum may, In the dis cretion of the postoffice department, receive an annual Increase of $100 until their salaries shall amount to $1200 per annum. I Of THE WAYS DE Umatilla Delegation to Legis lature Did Not Meet With the Success Hoped For. VARIOVS EXPLANATIONS OF DERELICTIONS MADE, Some Are Said to Be Really Badly Needed Habitual Drunkard Bill Is Lost, and Also a Bill Framed by District Attorney Pltelps to Dis courage the Practice of Forgery New Measure to Define and Punish Conspiracy Also Lost and a Bill to License Undertakers and Embalm ens. In the general rush of business In which the legislature has been Involv ed and the confusion, which Is said to have been much worse than usual this year, many Umatilla county bills have gone glimmering. Of those that failed to get through some' are de clared to be badly needed, and regret Is expressed over the situation. Of the changes in the criminal code urged by District Attorney Phelps and others here, but a few were adopted. The habitual drunkard bill failed to make good, though the one forbidding the sale of liquor to In dians is understood to have passed. Also, the forged check law drafted by the district attorney was left out In the cold, much to Mr. Phelps' re gret, for he says It Is a statute that Is badly needed and could be used here at this particular time. Objection was made to the conspir acy bill drawn by Mr. Phelps, by Campbell of Clackamas and others, who still retained unpleasant recol lections of Francis J. Heney's advent in Oregon. However, the district at torney's measure to forbid tampering with witnesses was taken up favora bly. The bill by Smith of Umatilla, pro viding for the licensing of undertak ers ai-d, -wnbalmers, was also killed by the house, members of which de clared that It was already necessary to pay such high rates for burial ser vices that It was becoming almost a luxury to die. By those who have been before the legislature personally this year much comment has been made upon the general lack of organization In the house, as a result of which many members have been working at cross purposes. That the situation this year Is partly due to the new system under which the legislature was elected Is believed by Mr. Phelps, and from the experience with the laiy thus far he is inclined to favor the meth od followed by the Umatilla demo crats last spring, when at a prelim inary caucus various men were Invit ed to become candidates Rt the pri maries. New Zealand and Statistics. The high commissioner of New Zea land In London has, according, to the Financial Times, received from his government a cablegram containing the following statistics of the colony for 1906: Population. 909,000: value of Imports. $74,214,000: value of ex ports, $78,350,000. Principal exports: Wool, $32,484,000; frozen meat, $14,- 000,000; butter, $7,604,000; phorml um, $3,776,000; kauri gum, $2,686. 000; cheese, $1,664,000; output of sawmills. $10,220,000; output of grain mills. $5,144,000: output of breweries. $2,786,500, and output of bacon fac tories, $1,236,000. The number of sheep In the colony at the end of the year was 20.108.471; horses, 326,637, and cattle. 1.810.936. Mllooge for Umatilln Senators. Mileage and per diem bills for state senators were allowed at Salem yes terday, the amounts received by Sen ators Cole nnd Smith of this county, being $120 per diem and $82.50 mile age, a total of $202.50 each. New O. R. & N. 0crator. George Bragg, formerly O. R. & N. operator at Baker City, has accepted the position of operator In the offices of the company here and arrived this morning to begin work. Methodist Church Dynamited. Sandford. Ind., Feb. 22. A dynamite explosion this morn- ing wrecked the Methodist church and general stores of J. 4 W. Reese and Schickel & Johnson. Citizens allege the dy- namttlng was done for revenge for a sheriff's raid Thursday on the blind tigers. This town Is the place where a Pig Four train was wrecked by dynamite recently. There Is a growing sentiment In favor of the town ridding Itself of the lawless ele- ment. ! S ; . ii 4 1 n.