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VOL. 20.
PENDLETON, OREGON, Fill DAY, MAllCII 15, 1907.
NO. 5931
LIVES LOST AND
PHI
Fourteen Persons Drowned in
and About Pittsburg, and
Many Others Elsewhere.
DWELLINGS COLLAPSE AND
THOUSANDS AHE DESTITUTE
rooa and Fuel Distributed to Ute
Suffering, and People are Rescued
from Upper stories of Houses in
the floods Fire Stopped by Dy
namite, the Mood Pulling Water
works Out of Commission A
Ilumlet of Sixty Houses In West
Virginia Entirely Swept Away.
rutsDurg, March 15. The city is
divided into districts for the relief
or flood sufferers. Seven thousand
loaves of bread and great supplies of
ham and coffee and two thousand
bushels of coal were ordered this
morning.
Twenty-three men and 125 women
and children were taken this morn
ing from second story windows by
police, the homes being In danger of
collapse.
The flood reached the crest at 6
o'clock this morning and Is falling an
Inch an hour.
It Is reported that Policeman
hitman's skiff capsized, drowning
him while he was attempting a res
cue. When the water began to re
cede at 6 this, morning It had reached
the highest stage ever known. Ono
hundred thousand are temporarily
out o femployment and ten square
miles of the down town district are
submerged and Ice threatens the
bridge.
The great flood Is not past Wheel
ing yet There has been 1200,000
damage done thre and 10,000 are
homeless. ,
It Is believed that Pittsburg and
environs have suffered $20,000,000
loss. The most Important district Is
submerged. Streets ordinarily
thronged arteries of traffic are plied
by only a few skiffs.
Fire m Midst of Flood.
Pittsburg. March 15. Fire at
Mount Washington this morning.
Seven business houses and four
dwellings were destroyed by 6:30.
On account of the flood there Is no
water pressure, and the firemen were
unable to compete with the fire. At
9:45 dynamite was used In efforts to
stop the spread of flames and several
houses were blown up. No water Is
available from any source, and wells
and cisterns are exhausted.
The fire was under control bv
noon. Loss, nearly $200,000.
Fourteen Lives Lost.
Pittsburg. March 15. With business
paralyzed, all the large Industrial
plants along the river closed, traffic
ebtween Pittsburg and Allegheny and
on nil the local railroads almost at a
standstill and with nearly 100.000 men
temporarily Idle, Pittsburg Is suffering
from the worst flood in her history.
At 2 o'clock last night a stage of 33.3
feet was registered, with the expec
tation that 34 feet would be reached
this afternoon. This will be the high
est in 75 years.
Fourteen deaths have been re
ported as a result, and already the loss
from the closing of mills and manu
facturing plants and damage to prop
erty Is estimated at more than $1,
000,000. Drowned at Zanesvllle.
Znneavllle, O., March 15. Three
Hungarians were drowned here oa the
result of the flood this morning. A
score of foreigners were living in a
house that was surrounded by the
Muskingum river, which overflowed
during the night. When they started
to wade to land three were caught In
the current and swept out Into the
river.
Flood conditions through Muskin
gum county are unprecedented and
growing worse hourly. The Mus
kingum and Licking rivers are out
of bounds in this city and more than
100 homes have been Invaded by the
Standard Confronts Proof.
Chicago, March IB. It was a
sweeping victory for the gov
ernment when Federnl Judge
Landis decided this nfternoon
the contentions of the Standard
company arc no good nnd tho
company must stand trial on
tho merits of the case. It Is
stated that all that remains for
the government to do Is to offer
the perfunrtory proof thnt the
Standard nocapted rebates for
lower than the legal rate. It la
even rumored that tho Standard
company may yet confess judg
ment.
we'ir. It la believed that SOO faml-
vi II be homeless here by tomor-
high waters have crossed West
-in street to a depth of four feet.
Entire Village Swept Away,
Wheeling, W. Va., March 15. The
town of Majorsvllle, Marshall county,
a community of 60 houses, waa entire
ly swept away by the waters of Big
Wheeling creek.., Tho people fled to
higher ground. Vlolp., another town,
was partly destroyed.
Extremely High Water at Gloucester.
Gloucester, O., March 15. The
river Is eight feet higher than any
previous records. There Is no gas
or electricity. A man and a boy
were drowned today.
Four Were Drowned.
Parkensburg, Va., March 15
Wm. Francis, wife and daughter.
Esther, aged 18, and son, John, aged
9, fleeing from the flood In a skiff
which capsized, were all drowned.
Exposition Park Damaged.
Pittsburg. Pa., March 15. Prob
ably the greatest damage to one
point Is done to the exposition park,
where the National league games are
played. The grounds nrn under ten
feet of water.
Entire Town Destroyed.
Columbus, O., March IB. The
town of Derwentes, with a popula
tion of 200, Is practically destroyed
and the inhabitants have fled to the
hills.
OPEN RIVER ASSURED.
Waslilngton Legislature Passed $125,-
000 Appropriation.
Olympla, March 15. With but seven
dissenting votes yesterday afternoon.
the open river bill appropriating
1 123,000 fri,- the Improvement of the
Columbia a;:J Snake river, passed the
senate nrd It is now u.j to the govt-r-
nor to sign the measure to make It
a law.
The appropriation, together with
the one that the national government
has made, will be used within the next
two years to open the Snake and Co
lumbia rivers to navigation, and will
result eventually In an' open water
way from Celllo to Lewlston.
Hermann Trial Adjourned.
Washington, March 16. Tin Her
mann trial adjourne 1 until Monday.
THREE PER GENT
REBATE EXPIRES
TWO-THIRDS TOTAL TAX
COUNTY HAS REEN PAID.
Total iAi'y for the County This Year
Is S2H0.000 About $90,000 Has
Hern Remitted by Mull Hchutc to
Those Paying Taxes Prior to Tills
Date Equal About $.M0 Rusy
Clerical Force.
This Ib the last day on which the
3 per cent rebate may be given for the
payment of taxes and at the sheriff's
office the entire force has been kept
busy by belated property owners.
During the past few weeks nearly
two-thirds the total amount duo for
taxes this year has been paid. The
total amount of the tax Is 1280,000 and
It is estimated that by this evening
about $180,000 will have been receiv
ed. Of this sum $90,000 has been paid
In In the regular manner, and official
receipts given at the time, while the
remaining $90,000 has not yet been
written up. The payments not yet
written up nrc for the most part re
mittances that wero made by mall
and which are being held until after
the close of payments this evening.
In the rush of the past few weeks
the entire clerical force has been kept
busy receiving payments from those
who have called In person. As soon
as the rush Is over today the depufes
will commence writing up tho mall
payments.
Of those who have not paid by this
time and received the 3 per cent dis
count the greater portion are Intending
to take advantage of the half pay
ment provision of the law. By the
terms of that provision one may pay
half his taxes by the first Monday in
April, and the remaining half by the
first Monday In October, without be
coming subject to the penalty. How
ever, he will receive no rebate. A
total of about $5400 in rebates has
been granted to those who have paid
their taxes early this year.
The work of receiving tax collections
this year has been done by A. C. Funk,
office deputy, nnd George Bnchant,
special deputy, with the assistance of
and under the direction of Sheriff
Taylor.
First In Forty Years.
Mobile, Alu., March 15. Barring
executive Intervention, Mobile county
today Is to have Its first legal execu
tion of a white man that has taken
place here In over 40 years. The con
demned man la Andrew Thomns, who
shot his wife to death on the morning
Of April 30, 1906.
RAILROAD
ARE SQUIRMING
Hoping and Praying Roosevelt
i if 1 1 it 1 1 r t ' .
win tan a uonterence with
l heir Majesties,
ALLEE SAME "HOD CARRIER
OR RAILROAD PRESIDENT"
So Far as Rootevelt Is Concerned
Roth are Welcome to Call and Dis
cuss Business Wall Street Sltua
tlon Ha Put the Magnntcg on the
Anxious Seat and Tliey Would
Huve Roosevelt Open Negotiations
Tending to Permission to Have
Their Own Way.
Washington, March 14. The rail
road magnates, McCrea, Newman,
Mellen, Hughltt, ft al, are struggling
between pride und fear, hoping the
president will call a conference at
the White House before the bears
claw the stocks to pieces In Wall
street.
The president Is Indifferent to the
situation and is reported tr. have
aid:
"I do not care what happens to
the stock market. My course will
not be Influenced one way or the
other by these fluctatlons In railway
shares."
The magnates want a conference,
but do not want to humble them
selves to ask for an Interview.
The president says, "I'll see any
body who wnnts to see me, If he has
business to transact, railroad presi
dent or hod carrier."
Planning to Bell the Cat.
New Tork. March IB. A confer
ence la being held at an up-town
hotel between Newman, McCrea,
Hughltt and Mellen to formulate
plans arranged for by Morgan before
sailing for Europe for these men to
meet the president and talk railroads.
Have been In session since 1 o'clock
this morning. A statement Is expect
ed this afternoon.
NO MORE POLL TAX.
Act Abolishing Oregon Poll Tax of $1
Goes Into Effect May 25.
Salem, March 15. Attorney General
Crawford rendered an opinion on the
validity of the poll tax collection yes
terday by request of District Attor
ney John H . McXary. House bill 32B
which passed the last legislature, re
pealed seotirn .1041 and 3142 of Bel
linger & Cotton's Code, which abol
Ibhes the $1 poll tax law of 1854, and
amended In 1870, to exempt firemen
from the poll tax roll.
The net of 18S5 nnd subsequent
amendatory acts providing for the
state revenue rover the entire ground
of the section enacted In 1854, provid
ing that state revenues shall be 6
mills on the dollar of all taxable prop
erty, and In addition to the $1 poll
tax.
The attorney general holds that
after the repealing act goes Into effect
on May 25, that the poll tax cannot
be legally collected, that the assess
ment would not have the validity of a
Judgment until they are entered on
the roll, and as the roll would not be
mnde un before the net takes effect,
the assessor would have no further
authority to collect the tax or make
up the roll, nnd that there Is no auth
ority in future for sheriffs to collect
the same for the above reasons.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, March 15. Wheat opened
"7 3-8, closed 76; corn opened 46 1-4,
closed 45; oats opened 40 7-8, closed
40 1-4.
Report Says Dakota Floated.
Seattle, March 15. An unofficial
report today says the steamship Da
kota, which went on the rocks off the
Japanese coast, has been floated.
The Alaskan marine volcano Aku
tan, off Unalaska, Is In active erup
tion. J
That Agent O. C. Edwards is Intend
ing to resign his position here In the
near future has been persistently ru
mored for several dnys past, and there
are ninny who look for him to take
that action provided he Is not first
removed' or transferred by the depart
ment. To various friends about the
city Edwards is known to have ex
pressed a desire to be freed from his
troublesome position, nnd It is possi
ble the testimony given against him
during the Investigation that has been
mnde by Inspector Davis has Increas
ed his longing to leave.
At the sessions held at the agency
M
TH
EDWARDS
PACK JUMPS
ONTO
'S
Bulls and Bears Transmuted
Into Wolves With a Com
mon Purpose.
COMBINATION AGAINST
"XAPOLEON OF FINANCE."
Opinion of All Clashes. Is That Wall
Street Row Is a "Rich Men's Panic"
ami That the Effects Will Not Per
vado the Country at Large Rcuc
tkin in London Has Become Serious
Three Failures Occurring Not Be
lleved That American Failures Will
Result From Disturbance.
Combine Against Hurrlman.
New York, March 15. Late
this afternoon It was reported
in Wall street that Morgan has
secured control of Union Paci
fic and that the Standard Inter
ests have turned on Harrlman
to crush him. About the same
time It waB rumored that Hill
had gobbled Southern Pacific
and was riding on top of the
wave resulting from the turn of
the tides. These reports caus
ed a flurry and lively scramble
for Information. It seems cer
tain, however, that some big
coup In Union Pacific has been
effected.
New York, March 15. Stocks open
ed trembling this morning. There
were rallies first, followed by pan
icky conditions. Fifteen minutes after
the opening stocks were bobbing up
and down like a catboat In a gale.
All sides agreed It Is a rich men's
panic and the country's prosperity Is
really not affected.
Will Be No Failures.
Probably the most prominent fea
ture Is the O timlstlc tone of the
market in the announcement that the
clearing sheets of all the brokers
have been passed, and there will be
no failures resulting from the crash.
Combined with this Is the announce
ment that the Rothschilds of London
have pledged themselves to support
the markr.t
Hill Getting Warmed Up.
St. Pav.l nnd Northern Pacific
showed renewed strength this after
noon on the report that Hill has de
clared his Intention to get into the
fray If another attack is made on his
Interests.
mali;amatd opened today at sev
en points abeve yesterday's close and
sppeare.1 to Increase in strength.
Stol common opened one point up
and hovered around S5..
Market Closed Strong.
The market closed strong all along
the line, with gains of 6 to 15 for the
day.
Third Failure in London.
London, March 15. A third failure
was announced this afternoon. Lon
don closed weak, with a threatened
bear effect.
INFECTED APPLE CASE.
T. L. Hngsdnlc Paid Back Sum Col
lected for Apples Which Wore
Wormy.
An Infected apple case which was
brought before District Attorney
Fhelps by H. H. Stewart nnd S. Tor-
genson of Freewater was settled out
of court today, by the repayment by
T. L. Rngsdale of the sum of $253
which sum he had received from
Stewart nnd Torgenson for apples
which were found to be infected and
which were condemned by Fruit In
spector Howard Evans of Milton.
Stewart and Torgenson are ped
dlers and purchased the apples from
Ragsdale with the Intention of ped
dling the fruit In different parts of
Umatilla county. Upon Investigation
for the purpose of taking Indian tes
timony, many very startling things
were told Inspector Davis by the In
dians. Some of the witnesses were
from the Umatilla agency and told of
misconduct on the part of Edwards
bore, while others were Yakima Indi
ans, or else had been nt Yakima when
Edwards got Into trouble with the
sheriff there Inst summer.
At the conclusion of the Indian
testimony Edwards was given an op
portunity to refute the evldenco given
against him. However, he failed ot
offer anything in his defense, nnd
this fact has given ground to the the
ory that he Is Intending to resign.
IN
BACK
MAY
the fruit was found to be infectel
and was forbidden in the markets of
the county by Mr. Evans.
Upon being deprived of the sale
of the fruit they had purchased by
reason of the fact that the fruit was
Infected, Stewart and Torgennon de
manded payment for it from Rags
dali and brought the matter before
the district attorney who Insisted
that Inasmuch aa the amount in
volved was not large, that the mat
ter be settled out of court and an
agreement was reached In this city
whereby the purchaser were reim
bursed by Ragadale for the Infected
fruit.
HORSESTEALING CHARGED.
Defendant Indians Will Be Tried in
Federal Court.
Johnson Chapman and Tycona, two
Indians of the reservation, were ar
rested last night by the Indian po
lice for alleged horse stealing, and
they are now lodged In the county
Jail awaiting a preliminary examina
tion before Commissioner John Hatley,
Jr. They are accused of stealing a
horse belonging to Albert Barnhart,
and of having sold the animal In
town. At the time of the alleged
theft the horse was running In a pas
ture belonging to Allen Padawah, and
the two young Indians under arrest
are said to have taken him from the
pasture without the knowledge or
consent of the owner.
As the crime was committed on the
reservation, the case Is one for the
federal courts, and the prisoners will
shortly be given an examination.
EMPOUNDED STOCK SOLD.
Said to Have Belonded to Father of
Tom Myers.
At a public auction held at the
court house today C. R. Nicholson,
deputy U. S. marshal, sold a band of
15 cows and one horse from the
pound on the reservation. The entire
band was purchased by Walter Ad'
ami for $170, that bid being the
highest one received.
The stock In question is said to
have belonged to old man Myers,
father of Tom Myers, killed last fall
by A. D. Rhonlmus. They were
placed in the reservation pound after
being found running at large on the
reservation, and vera sold to defray
expenses.
REV. H. 8. KNIGHT
WORK FOR PENDLETON
ACADEMY IS COMPLETED
For the Past Eight Months Rev.
Knight Has Been Field Secretary
and Financial Agent of the Acad
emy To His Labor Is Due the
Gift of Koontz Hall and $10,000
from W. W. Brown for Boys' Dor
mitory Acudcniy Has $23,000
More Assets Now Titan at the Close
of School Last Year.
Rev. H. B. Knight, who for the
past eight months has been connect
ed with Pendleton academy In the
capacity of field secretary and fi
nancial agent, lost evening tendered
his resignation to the executive com
mittee of the academy and left to
day for his home in Tacoma, by way
of Portland, his work for the acad
emy having been completed.
Rev. Knight has become a familiar
figure In Pendleton and eastern Ore
gon during his connection with Pen
dleton academy and through his
tireless work in the Interest of that
Institution, assisted by Pendleton
Commercial association, has placed
It upon a solid financial basis.
It was through his labors that th'.'
gift of Koontz hall and the gift of
flO, 00 for a boys' dormitory from
W. W. Brown of Crook courty were
brought to the .'icndeuiv. lie has de
voted his time exclusively to the up
building of the financial condition of
the academy and that he has splen
didly succeeded Is shown by the re
sults.
He Is n competent nnd experienced
school man and his labors for Pen
dleton academy has done very much
to advance the educational Interests
of the cliy.
The academy now owns Koontz
hall, a girls' dormitory valued ut
$5000, the $10,000 fund from W. W.
Rrown Is nvnllable for a boys' dorml
tciy and n fund of $10,000 for sus-
tenatlon has been practically raised.
making the assets of the academy
$25,000 more than at the close of
school lost year.
Work on the boys' dormitory will
begin noon, plans now being In prep-
iratlon. A survey of the grounds
will be made In a t.hort time nnd the
stone wall begun by W. F. Matlock
on his property north of the river
will be continued across the south
side of the academy property and
when the work now In contempla
tion Is completed, that will be one of
the finest educational Institutions In
Oregon.
RESIGNED
ii
SUCH THING
AS
ii
Is the Opinion of Experts Who
Rebut the Testimony for
the Defense.
NONE OF THESE WITNESSES
CROSS-EXAMINED BY.DELMAS.
Hartrldge Attempts Cross-Examlna-tion
of Ono Witness for the State,
Starting With a Hypothetical Ques
tion, the First Framing Up of Which
Was Ruled Out Late In the After
noon Evelyn Thaw Was Called to
the Stand Thaw's Childhood Dis
eases Again in Evidence.
New York, March 15. Dr. Austin
B. Flint took the stand at the opening
of the Thaw trial, but was excused
temporarily, and Dr. Wm. Hlrsch
qualified as an expert. He testified
that the person described In the hy
pothetical question had no new na
ture and quality of act when ho slew
another named In the question.
Delmas objected to this line of tes
timony and a long wrangle followed.
Jerome cited a case given by Evans
as authority and Hlrsch said the cases
were no more alike than cases of
smallpox and a broken limb.
Jerome attacked Dr. Evans, who ad
vanced the "brain storm" theory for
Thaw. He asked Hlrsch what scien
tific men understood by "brain
storm." The witness said, "Among
scientific men there is no such thing
as brain storm."
Doctors Prltchard, Ferris and Fle
fendorf, all testified that Thaw was
sane when he shot White. They were
not cross-examined.
Dr. Matson was called and testified:
the same. Hartrldge than began .
cross-examination of Matson. Hart--ridge
asked him, considering all the
testimony if he thought Thaw wur
insane when White was shot Je
rome's objection was sustained and
Hartrldge then extemporaneously
farmed a hypothetical question. The
question Involved Thaw's childhood
diseases and Evelyn's testimony as to
defendant's actions through it all.
He again asked Matson if Thaw was
insane when he killed White. Jerome
objected and objection was sustained.
Adjournment was taken until 2 to per
mit Hartrldge to reframe his ques
tion. At 2:30 Evelyn was called to the
stand.
At the opening of the afternoon
session Hartrldge announced the
withdrawal of the hypothetical ques
tion and Jerome said the defense
must show that Evelyn was Hum
mel's client.
Evelyn was called. She looked
sad and seemed worried. The thread
of the case was taken up where it
was dropped when the state began
the Introduction of experts. It now
reverted to the introduction of the
affidavit Evelyn made at Hummel's
dictation.
There was much quibbling between
Jerome and Delmas over the ques
tions to be asked Evelyn, and was
finally ended by the court ruling in
favor of Delmas. Evelyn then testi
fied Hummel was acting as her attor
ney. Hummel was then recalled and the
court ruled that Evelyn In testifying
In regard to her conference with Hum
mel Involuntarily waived her privil
ege and could not now Interpose It.
Delmas fought every inch with ob
jections to Jerome's question asking
Hummel If Evelyn told him that
Thaw begged her to swear to docu
ments charging White with betraying
her. but was' overruled, and Hummel
answered the girl had In effect, so
told him.
Hummel contradicted Evelyn, who,
said she never made an affidavit.
Hummel testified that he gave her
he original copy and said It was r?
tcrned to him with two signatures.
The latter testimony was ruled out.
Thonin Maloney Dead.
Ogden, March 15. Thomas Malo
ney. formerly private secretary to
President Andrew Jackson, died litis
morning.
War Retwccii Labor Orders.
GoldfU'ld. Nov.. March IS.
Every mine, bank store and
other place of business In tho
llnldfleld district was closed at
noon today and will remain
closed until tho miners of this
district accomplish a divorce
from the Industrial Workers of
tho World. Not a member of,
or sympathizer with the Indus
trial Workers of the World will
ever obtain employment again
III any class of labor In the dis
trict. Employers declare this
and say their stand will be back
ed to the Inst ditch with pow
der and lead If necessary.
STORM