it)in j j.
OAILY EVENING EDITION j
DAILY EVENING EDITION
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fiilr, tonight and Friday.
Spring1, summer, autumn or winter,
the best bargains are always to be
found In Knst Oregonlan advertise
ments. VOL. 20.
PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1907.
NO. 5924
FUND QF $10,000
ABOUT RAISED
City of Pendleton Contributes
Weil to Academy Susten
tation. ONLY $1200 RECEIVED
FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES.
Raising of the Fund Assures the Gift
of $10,000 From W. W. Brown for
the Erection of a Hoys' Dormitory
Aoudciny Now AsHiircd of Ample F
cllltiei New Building Will Be
Culled "Brown Hall" VU1 Make
IVndlcton an Educational Center.
The sustentatinn fund of 110,000 for
Pendleton academy hag been practi
cally raised by the Commercial asso
clatlon committee and Dr. H. B.
Knight, of the academy, although sub
scription Hat Is yet open for any who
might have been overlooked by the
committee and It la hoped that a num.
ber of subscriptions will be received
from Umatilla county people to whom
circular letters have been addressed
by the committee.
This assures the 1 10,000 gift from
W. W. Brown, of Paulina, Crook conn
ty, for the erection of a boys' dormi
tory, and plans for such a building
will he secured at once and work will
begin upon It early enough to Insure
Its completion by the opening of the
1907-8 term of school.
The work of the securing the sus
tentatlon fund of $10,000 has been
done almost wholly In this city, only
11200 having been secured from out
side sources, this proving the faith of
Pendleton In the Institution and
showing the public spirit of the city
In coming to the aid of any worthy In
stitution In her borders.
The committee having the subscrip
tion In charge declares that the work
of raising this sustentatlnn fund has
been accomplished with less disngree
nble features thnn any other similar
work ever done In Pendleton and the
entire time devoted exclusively to rais
ing this sum will not aggregate more
thnn five or six days.
In view of the heavy subscriptions
collected In this city during the past
yenr. this Is considered a most satis
factory showing for the city, and Is
evidence of the progressive spirit
which underlies the progress enjoyed
In every line of work and thought
here.
Among the outside subscriptions se
cured by the committee are the follow
ing: W. M. IJUld, Portland, $500;
Judge Robert Enkln. supreme bench.
flOO: Thomas Tuinbull. Malheur
county, $100; Henry Koepke, Athena,
$100: T. K. Board. Modesto, ml.. $100;
Pr. Moore". La Orande, $10": W. L.
Brenholtr.. I.n Ornnde, $40: George J.
Bowman. Baker rlty. $40; J. W. Huff
and I.oc c. Bell. linker nty. each
$20; F. W. Whitney. Klein, $50; Rev.
Parker, Elgin. $10.
The subscriptions In this city run
nil the way from $10 to $500 and all
classes and Hues of business except
the liquor business, are well repre
esnted. The sustontatlon fund will be ap
plied to the support of the school dur
ing the next three years and will
place It upon a firm financial basis,
and with Knout hall, girls' dormitory
and the new dormitory for hoys. Pen
dleton academy will be In position to
offer exceptionally bright educational
ndvnntnges to students from all the
eastern Oregon counties.
The boys' dormitory will be named
"Brown ball" In honor of the donor,
W. W. Brown, who hopes to visit
Pendleton when the hall Is completed
to view the result of his magnificent
gift. He hns never visited this city,
although a resident of central Oregon
for many years.
The Commercial association com
mittee hnvlng the collection of the
fund was composed of the following
well known citizens: O. M. Bice, M. B.
Owlnn, W. L, Thompson, T. C. Taylor,
Pr. C. J. Smith. J: V. Tallman, Lee
Teutsch and Leon Cohen.
JEROME IS THREATENED.
Death Whether He Does, or Does
Not, Convict.
New York, Mnrch 7. Cranks are
getting In their work on Jerome.
Letters and telegrams In batches are
received threatening his life In all
horrible forma In the event of Thaw's
conviction. . Jerome Is not worried.
Robbers Get a Lnrgc Hani.
Mason City, la., March 7.
Robbers this morning dynnmlt-
ed the safe of the Farmers'
Savings bank, got several thou-
sand dollars and escaped. Five
hundred dollars was recovered
where the robbers crossed n
wire fence. A posse Is trail-
Ing the bandits In a light snow.
No one knew until today, and It was
then discovered by accident that the
prosecutor Is threatened. The po
lice are tracing tb- Uhorshlp . of
most of them uthors niost
dnngerou- WpoXo 'wed, and
peer u' .naw la- con-
Vk o -titoona, Pa-, read:
"h ff" of Thaw's head and
you j. dead man." It wna signed
"Vengeance." Borne threaten with
boiling oil one because he does not
secure a conviction quicker.
strotherb novs acquitted.
"The Vnurltteii Law" Responsible for
the Verdict.
Culpeper, Va., March . The
Strothers case went to the jury this
morning. A verdict of not guilty was
rendered 40 minutes later.
Thaw Highly Pleased.
New York, March 7. News of the
acquittal of the Rtrother brothers was
taken to Thaw. Tm mighty glad to
benr It," said Thaw. His face bright
ened at the news when reminded the
Virginians defense had been the "Un
written law." "I would like to tell
you what I think about It, but my at
torneys won't let me."
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY.
Man Acquitted Who Slmt 111 Wife's
Paramour.
Rnnora, Cal March 7. The jury In
the ense of George Scott, charged with
manslaughter for killing Wm. Con
nelly at Tuolumne, January 6,
brought In a verdict of not guilty.
Scott found his wife In a cabin with
Connelly. He shot through a door,
shattering Connelly's hip. Connelly
died a week later.
RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONISTS
BECOMING DISAGREEABLE.
House of Dlrewor of Government
School Wrecked Seven Men Scour.
e! 820.000 Government Money to
lie Used to Pay Off Officials of the
Moscow Government University and
Escaped.
Warsaw, March 7. A bomb was
thrown today Into the apartments of
Prince Irgatynskl, director of the gov
ernment high school. The house was
wrecked, but the prince was unin
jured. Hnhlsv Get $20,000.
Moscow. March 7. While officials
of the Moscow university were being
pnld off il'e rhancellory today.
seven armed men entered and de
manded the money, fired In the air
ami seized $20,000. They escaped,
killing the sergeant of police nt the
door. The police surrounded the uni
versity and are searching all build
ings. SCHMITZ SAYS NOT GUILTY.
Rucf le Not Yet Appear and For
feits Another S.000.
San Francisco, March 7. Schmltz
todny entered a plea of not guilty to
four Indictments charging him, with
Huef, with extortion. The case will
he continued until Monday. The
conspiracy case r.gainst Ruof nnd
Ms chief conies up this afternoon. If
Ruef fulls to appear he will forfeit
an additional $.1000.
Rucf lleHrted In Portland.
Portland, March 7. It it rumored
that Ruif was seen here this morn
ing en route to Canada, but It Is un
confirmed. Railroads Reduce Rates.
Denver, March 7. The example
set by the Burlington has been fol
lowed by the Colorado and Southern
and the Chicago and Northwestern
railways, which vesterday nnnounced
a reduction of ten per cent In the
freight rates to Wyoming nnd west
ern Nebraska pnli-.ts. The cut Is on
the same basis as that mode by the
Burlington to tho Black Hills terri
tory. The only Hue which has not
done something to help the Denver
Jobbers Is the Union Pacific, one of
the E. H. Hnrrlman lines.
Mrs. Latham Killed Herself.
Paris, March 7. Mrs. Pole Lntham,
said to be the daughter of n magis
trate, shot and killed herself before
n mirror In her lavishly furnished
apartments this morning. She left a
note saying flnnnclal difficulties were
responsible. The woman was a clever
artist and entertained sumptuously,
exceeding her Income.
Archie Roosevelt Recovering;.
Washington, March 7. Archie
Roosevelt, who has diphtheria, Is bet
ter this morning.
Two-Cent Fares In Illinois.
Springfield, III., March 7. The
house passed a two-cent fare bill by
a vote of 137 to 0.
BOMB
TOSSING
ANO
ROBBERY
IIARRIMAN SAYS ROOSEVELT IS "CHANGING HEART."
New York, March 7. Hrriman today said he would not con-
vey the Impression the president Is relenting in his drastic policy of
chastising the corporations offerldlng the people, but he docs be-
lleve the administration Is changing heart, and believes the presl-
dent Is coming around to our view that combinations are necas-
rary. I think he Is Inclined to legalise combinations with proper
restrictions. His message of last December Indicates this.
Reaction on 8 tock Market. "
New York, March 7. The opening of the stock market this
morning shows that a reaction has followed the excitement of yes-
terday, Reading and Canadian Pacific slumping three to four
points. Pessimists say the end Is not yet, and declare It matters
little whether Harrlman or Frlck Is responsible, the effect will
be the same. It Is not clear yet which will control the rally to
follow the slump.
RI
AND
BODY NOI FOUND
Walter Williams the Victim
Late Yesterday Afternoon of
a Foolish Scheme.
CLUMSY BOX RAFT SOON
CAPSIZED IN THE RIVER
Three Men "Outfitted" for Anywhere
From Pendleton and Started on a
Perilous Trip In a Dangerous Craft
Which Resulted In Death Three
Miles From Sturtlng Point One
Man Got Frightened and Left the
Craft; a Tldrd Wat Spilled Into the
Itiver and Finally Swam Out.
While making a daredevil trip
down the Umatilla river In a box
raft, Walter Williams, a railroad la
borer, woj, drowned sometime late
yesterday afternoon. The place
where tha accident occurred Is about I
.hr.. mile, below town, and up to
this afternoon no trace of the .
. i.uji.jt . j
di owned man s body had been found.
The story of the drowning wai'
brought to the city shortly after dark 1
la-t night by two companions of tho I
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dead man, who had sUrted with him
upon the unusual voyage. All three
of the men had been working on the
Pilot Rock branch road and accord
ing to the story of the survivors,
they Intended making the trip down
the river merely as a lark. They
constructed their makeshift boat at
the Potlatch lumber yard in this city, !
and It was merely a box 3x12 feet In
dimensions.
During the sftcrnoon yesterday
the trio embarked from just below
town and proceeded down stream.
Evideutly the. voyage was not a sue-
cess, for one of the men soon became
nfrald of the craft and took to the
shore. The other two remained In
the boat nnd a short distance farther
dcwti the stream the boat rounded a
cutM- and capsized. (Hie of the men
was swept overboard und got ashore.
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had also escaped, but when no trace
of him could be found the two sur- (
v'vors became alarmed for his safe- (
tv. The boat was observed going .
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down ttream with no one aboard,
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and a d Igent search along the riv-
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er fa led to show any trace of the
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tint a .nnn.
After hunting in vain for the man
the two returned to town during the
evening and reported the occurrence
to the herlft's office. This morn-
lug a deputy wns sent down the river
In ''onipany with the two men in
hopes of locating the body. How
ever, up to this afternoon no trace
of the missing mariner had been
found.
Williams is said by his companions
to have lived until recently In Mil
waukee, Wis.
CRUSHED UNDER A SEATTLE CAR
Scuttle, Mnrch 7. An Inbound
Miulluon street car jimicd the track
nt Ninth avenue this morning and
run down n steep hill to Sixth. Mrs.
Iniiies Bracket!, wife of a rancher of
Bothcl, Wash., wns thrown under the
wheels nnd ground to death. Die
other passengers JuniiHd and were
not seriously hurt.
The fine weather of the past few
days hns started spring farming work
all over the county. Along the road
between Helix and this place scores
of harrowing and seeding outfits are
nt work, ln most cases work was
commenced but a few days ago, as
until then the ground was too wet
for cultivating. Much spring seed
ing Is being done this year, as many
were unable to sow last fall owing
to the dry weather early In the sea
son. Also considerable reseedlng has
been necessary through the damage
SPRING
E6
CONFESSES TO
I CONSPIRACY
George Sorenson, Portland
Land Agent, Tells How State
Land Was Gotten by Fraud.
ALLOTMENTS COST FROM
FIVE CENTS TO A DOLLAR.
Standard fill Company ami Rockefeller
and Sixty-Eight Other Defendants
Must Stand Trial at St. Louis, No
Matter in What Portion of the Coun
try tint Defendants May Reside
Senator Bpooner Will Not Go Into
Jim Hill's Employ as Reported
Shaw With a Company.
Washington, March 7. George
fcorenson, a land agent at Portland,
Oregon, was called to the stand to
day In the trial of Binger Hermann.
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"i " irTZ Z I .XT C"'
'oregonrU'Cha8e '
nil,lM.., . . , ,.
vuestlonea as to how hi "syndl-
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J1! L 'amK
?' Scme allotment.
frt"S ""1Iar; om,e wre
to us. others we got for the price
of , f P
Must Stand Trial nt St. Louis.
St. Louis. March ".The Standard
Oil company and Rockefeller must
stand trial In this city. Four judges
of the United States circuit court sit-
''ng ln ,,hc cnse. this morning decided
...v nnii,, nunitT smi can oe
brought to St. Louis for trial, regard
less of what portion of the country
defendants mnv have leirnt rpaMonna
Tllerp nre 7fl 'defenannts. Including
Rockefeller. Rogers and Fnlgler.
Will Not Be a Hill Attorney.
Washington. March 7. Senator
Spooner denies hp has accepted n po
sition as general counsel for Hill, nnd
says, "Hill offered me the position In
1SS4. 1 did not accept nnd have not
bear from Hill since. There Is nbso-
lutpiy no ,rmn , (ne rpport- a(,
not iPave , Benntp for hat 0 ..
shnw ns n Trust Attorney,
New ,ork. March ". Les e M
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ahaw. whose resignation as secretary
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of the treasury went into effect Mon-
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day. took up yesterday his duties as
president of the Cnrnegle Trust corn-
pnny, pPCretarv Shaw found little
time yesterday for his work. He spent
most of the dny receiving those who
called to wish him well In his new
undertaking.
It Is the purpose of Secretary Shaw
to reside for a time at the Fifth Ave
nue hotel, where he will be joined by
his family a week hence.
Archie Roosevelt Very III.
Washington, Mnrch 7. The White
House admits that Archie Roosevelt
had a sinking spell, but is hotter.
Roosevelt telegraphed Dr. Lambert,
nt New York. "Come nt once. Archie
had a worse turn." Lambert caught
the first train for Washington.
British Steamer and Crew Lost.
Rome, Mnrch 7. The British
steamer Malaga was wrecked within
sight of Castellamre. Twenty-nine
bodies have washed ashore. It Is not
known how many were aboard.
E
Inflicted by the recent freshets.
In numerous Instnnces north of
here portions of fields were so cov
ered with sediment or were so washed
out that It is necessary to reseed.
However, the grain that was not
washed out. Is In excellent condition,
and according to those familiar with
farming conditions the prospects
were never better at this time of the
your. Should the weather continue
wnm for a few weeks the wheat
will be greatly advanced, as there Is
an abundnnce of moisture lit the
ground.
PROSPECTS
LOOKS BAD FOR HERMANN.
Henry Mcldrum Testifies Against For
mer Commissioner.
Henry Meldrum, former surveyor
general of Oregon, yesterday related
on the witness stand the details of the
alleged conspiracy between Congress
man Hermann and Pierce Mays in
Meldrum's office In the land office
nt Oregon City, ln which they discuss
ed what certain lands ln the Blue
mountains should be Included In the
forest reserve to be created, that 'they
looked over the map of Oregon and
selected lands In Harney, Grant, Uma
tilla and Union counties, says a Wesh
Ington dispatch to the Oregon Pally
Journal.
Meldrum testified that Hermann
urged him to buy school lnnds for the
purpose of getting lands which were
to be Included In the reserve, as he
could make much money thereby.
Meldrum said that Hermann remark
ed that there was a deep prejudice
against reserves ln Oregon, hence he
must do something to mollify such a
feeling by arranging to have certain
fractional tracts surveyed, which had
been delayed for a long time, much to
the Inconvenience of the settlers.
Meldrum's testimony was without
hesitation and constituted a straight
forward allegation that a conspiracy
wns formed by Hermann and Mays,
who was manipulating the deal In
advance. His testimony created a pro
found sensntlon in the court room
nnd the defense made Intense efforts
to prevent the admission of evidence.
So tense was the feeling that It re
sulted In a sharp encounter between
Judge Stanford and A. S. Worthlng
ton, counsel for the defense.
FOUND GUILTY
T.A GRANDE JURY WAS
OUT BUT TWO HOURS
E. W. Bartlett, Former Register of
La Grande Land Office, and ,Steve
Gni'dinicr, Second Hand Dealer,
Accused of Taking Bribes from
Gamblers Case Has Been Stub
bornly Fought Accused Men Had
Many Prominent Friends, Making
Prosecution More Difficult.
La Grande, March 7. (Special.)
After being out two hours. In which
four ballots were taken, the Jury In
the case of the state against Coun
cilman Bartlett and Gardinler of
this city, accused of bribery, returned
a verdict of guilty last evening at 9,
o'clock.
Bartless and Gardinler are charged
with hiving taken money from
gamblers ln this city to permit
gambling to run In violation of the
city ordinances end the state law.
Former City Marshal Rayburn, se
cured the evidence against them.
The first Indictment returned
nainst them was declared invalid
and District Attorney Ivanhoe at
once returned another Indictment,
which stoi d the test of the circuit
cou-t nnd after a Kiost stobborn le
gal fight, secured the conviction of
ihe counellmen.
The evidence againrt the councll
men is said to be conclusive and lit
tle doubt Is exprefsed as to their
guilt. The penalty for the crime of
t.-'dug a bribe under such condi
tion is from three to twelve months
In the county Jail or from one to
three years In the penitentiary.
There Is no provision for a fine un
der the law, but the Jail sentence
must be served. A motion for a new
trial has been made,
i E. W. Bartlett Is a prominent polls
tlcinii of Union county and served
several years as register of the La
Grande land office. Steve Gardinler
ttiis once a brakemun on the O. R.
& N., but of late years has conducted
a second hand furniture store In La
Grande. Both were members of the
police committee of the city coun
cil. District Attorney F. S. Ivanhoe Is
said to have made one of the strong
est fights ever put up In eastern Ore
gon. The accused counellmen had
many staunch supporters among
prominent business men. making the
prosecution more difficult.
GOVERNMENT GIVES IT UP.
Cannot 1-1 ml What Rccnmc of
t 7.1.000.
Washington, March 7. The gov
ernment is about to throw up its
hands nnd declare Its Inability to
solve the mystery of the disappear
ance of $173,000 from the Chicago
sub-trensuiv. Wllkle reports he Is
unable to find n single clew.
VIOLATED IMMIGRATION LAWS.
By Southern States Assisting Contract
Immigration. ,
Washington, March 7. According
to Bonaparte's opinion, mnde public
today, the southern states have been
violating the Immigration I nws by
prepaying transportation and other
wise ussistlng the entry of Immi
grants to the United States.
COONCILME
L
USE OF HYDRANTS
May Not Be Longer Used by
Farmers or for Sprinkling
by Contractor or Others.
TWO BIDS FOR SPRINKLING
WERE FILED LAST EVENING
Both Referred Proposal to Raise
Dog Tax and Proliiblt Their Run.
nlng at Large on Certain Streets
Was Turned Over Treasurer's
Monthly Report Disclosed $11,.
488.11 on Hand January 3l and
10,611.85 on Hand February 28
Councilman Suearlngen President.
At the council meeting last night
neither Mayor Fee nor Chairman
Murphy were present, with the re
sult that a presiding officer had to
be selected from the council at
large, and the honor fell upon Coun
cilman Swearlngen..
Bids for the ttreet sprinkling work
for the coming year were opened and
It was found two different men were
desirous of doing the work. Walter
Wells, who has had the contract for
several years, offered to do the work
for $134 per month per team, while
A. L. Vogel bid $118 per month per
team. The bids were referred to the
sprinkling committee and no report
was made last night.
Two ordinances regarding the con
trol of dogs were read and referred
to the ordinance committee. One
provided for the Increasing of the
tax on male dogs to $3 per year, and
that on female dogs to tt per rear.
The other ordinance was for the pur
pose of prohibiting dogs from run
ning at large in the business section
of the city. Action on the two meas
ures was deferred until next meet
In?. The recommendation of the fire
men that the city prohibit the use
of fire hydrants for sprinkling pur
poses and by farmers was adopted
and an order to that effect made.
However, the action taken will not
prevent the use of the hydrants for
cleaning the streets. Hereafter the
sprinkling carts will have to use the
stand pipes exclusively.
The monthly report of the city of
ficers were read and placed on file.
A summary of the treasurer's report
Is as follows: Balance on hand Jan
uary 31, lll.48S.ll; receipts during
month, $15,933.55: total, $27,421.66.
Paid out during the month, $20,-SOf-.Sl.
Palance on hand February
2S. J6f.ll.85.
STEVE AD -MIS AWAITS VERDICT.
Defense Objects to Judge Woods' In
structions to the Jury.
A special dispatch from Wallace
says:
Judge Woods completed hi charge
to the Jury last evening and the Jury
retired to decide whether or not
Steve Adams Is guilty of th murder
of Fred Tyler.
The defense took exception to the
Judge's charge to the Jury, claiming
that most of the Instructions nsked
for by the defense had not been in
corporated, but thnt large oropor
tlrns of the Instructions nsked for
by the state hnd been Included.
No reference to the Western Fed
eration of Miners appears In the
Judge's Instructions to the Juiy. The
belief Is expressed here that the Jury
will either acquit tbe defendant or
disagree.
No Verdict nt Noon Today.
Wallace. Ida.. March 7. No agree
ment had been reached hy the Jury
In the Adams case at noon. Two
Jurors arc reiiorted 111 from the
strain.
Nicnrnguims Win Rattle.
San Juan, Nicaragua, March 7.
Another battle is reported between
Honduras and Nlcaraguan troops.
After three hours' fighting the Hon
durans were driven off with a big
loss.
Tieginald Post of New York, has
been appointed governor of Porto
Rico to succeed Wlnthrop, appoint
ed assistant secretary of the treas
urer. e Move California's Capital.
e S'icrnmento. Cnl., March 7.
e Governor Gillette this morn-
e inn signed the capital removal
Mil. Sacramento thus loses the e
e sent of government of Callfor-
nla, which goes to Berkeley.
Governor Gillette was "xpected
e to veto this measure, but It re- e
e celved on final passage more
e votes than Would be necessary
e to carry over n veto. e
a
it
RESTRICT