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VOL. 20.
TENDLETOX, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1907.
NO. 5936
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Mayor Fee and the City Coun
cil Favor Asking Carnegie
for a Benefaction of Cash.
FUND MUST HE SIET WITH
COMPLEMENTARY .DONATION
City Must FnrnMi She, Books nnd
SrtHtciititioii Fund Imperative
Jieeu of a Wagon Yard ifor tlie Use
f Formers Was Discussed at Last
Klght'g Session, nut No Condii
slons Were Arrived At West Court
AVIll He Surveyed Falling Front
and Insjieetor Discussed.
The propositions of .securing a Car
Tiecle library for Pendleton and of
'establishing a hitching ground for
' trams were the principal topics at
' the council meeting last night, which
was somewhat of a talkfeatt.
Mayor Fee brought up the subject
of securing a Carnegie library and
the city attorney was Instructed to
Inw up a resolution asking that the
millionaire give money for a build
ing In this city. The resolution is to
be presented next week. It Is under
stood that til), 000 or M5.000 can be
secured frerm Ir Carnegie on con
dition that the clty furnish a build
ing site and agree to mnlnta)n the
library after :it It Is established. Al
so It will Ve necessary for the city t
supply the "bocks, as Mr. Carnegie
merely erects buildings.
The need of a hitching place for
country teams was discussed at
length, being brought to the atten
tion of tbe council .through com'
plaints regarding the hitching of
teams oil Cottonwood street It was
greed that the practice of hitching
teams adjoining residence property
is a had ne. but on the other' hand
It was urged that there be no other
place hot the street for a team to be
hitched. Likewise that this Is a
farming town and that people from
the country must be allowed to tie
their horses somewhere. Council'
men McCermmach and Mumm were
both strong upon thin point through
reason of the fact that they have
both beea farmers.
It was suggested by Mayor Fee
that the ctty purchase the vacant
block In the east end of town be
longing to the Bisters of St. Francis.
This property, which lies close to
the Intersection of Court and Alta
streets, !s for sale. However, no ac
tion was taken In the mailer last
night.
Chairman Itenn, chalrmnn of the
street committee, also brought up
the subject of the steps and walk
now In front tf the Jesse Falling
property on Main street. It wns the
sentiment of the council, especially
of the north side alderman, that the
steps should be Temovcd and the
street widened at that point to Its
lull width.
The street committee was also 'In
structed to have west Court street
furveved and a grade estnbllshtd.
The question of a plumhlng in
spector was also discussed, but no ac
tion taken.
OXE PAIR CHAPS, 60 D,AYS.
Senator Mitchell Pleaded Guilty la
Justice Court.
Because he took a pair of chaps
belonging to an Indlnn other than
himself, Senator Mitchell, the Indian,
is now in the county Jail with 80 days
marked opposite his name on the
office register. Mitchell was arrest
ed this morning by Constable Thomp
son for having stolen the chaps, and
when he was brought before Justice
Porkes for trial he admitted the fact
that he had stolen them. Tbe 60 days
sentence was then Imposed.
DOUBLE-TIIACK THE V. P.
Work on Ilorrlmnn Lines to Continue
All tho Year.
Cheyenne, March 21. Notwlth-
Itallrond ami Telegraph Tleup.
Snn Francisco, March 21.
Not In years have rail and
telegraph scrvlcfi been so bad-
ly crippled as during the past
few days, and Immediate re-
lief Is not In sight. San Fran-
Cisco Ik almost completely cut
off from tho outside world by
rail, and Portland, Los An-
goles, Sacramento and bun-
dreds of Intermediate towns
alotig the ccast are in a similar
condition. The tleup Is al-
ready having an Ill-effect In
San Frnncitco, owing to the
non-receipt of mall and sup-
plies, and Its continuance two
or three riayB more will render
tho situation serious.
WILL REQU
L BRARY
BEGUES
standing the suspension of work on
several targe contracts, the Union Pa
cific is proceeding to double-track Its
main line from Omaha to Green River,
and Intends to liave completed 260 of
the 780 miles by early fall. This Is In
accordance with a promise made by
Vice President Mohler, who has been
In Denver for several days. Mr. Moh
ler stated today that there 1b little
prospect of better time being made
with livestock trains until the work
of double-tracking Is completed.
He also said the oompany consider
ed this the most Important enterprise
now under way. Four extra tracks
are being laid between Omaha and
South Omaha, and at least 200 miles
of double-tracking will be laid this
year.
Double-tracking between Julesburg
and Cheyenne will be somewhat de
layed In order to finish the work
along portions of the line where traf
fic Is heavier.
All League Games at Walla Walla.
Walla Walla. March 21. All base
ball played In Walla Walla this season
will be under the management of the
city league, and deal was closed this
morning whereby the W,alla Walla
Baseball association sold Its park,
suits and other baseball paraphernalia
to (he new organization. This does
not mean that nothing but local ball
will be played, as the new owners will
maintain a team to play outside nines,
and they to give Walla Walla the best
baseball ever seen In this section. A
series of games will be arranged with
other towns and from one to three
games will be played each week.
Vote on City Hall Bonds.
Walla Walla. March 21. Tuesday,
April 16, will be held the election to
vote on the Issuance of 1100.000
worth of bonds for tbe city hall and
fire station, on ordinance calling for
the election having been passed by
the council last night All who arc
entitled to vote at any election In tho
city are eleglble to cost their ballot
at this time, as no registration will be
required.
Pendleton Academy Y. W. C. A.
The Young Women's Christian as
sociation of Pendleton academy elect'
ed officers for the ensuing term last
evening as follows: Miss Margaret
Johnson, president; Miss Gertrude
Ralston, vice president; Miss Ethel
Hull, secretary and Miss Pauline
Jones treasurer. Three of the teach'
ers of Pendleton academy are ex
perlenced workers In this excellent
organisation. Miss Alice Van Nuys,
Mlsa Marjorle Lyman and Miss Fer-
ren all having been members and
active workers for several years. .
Club Mooting Postponed.
The meeting of the Thursday
Afternoon club, which was to have
been this afternoon at the home of
Mrs. B. S. Burroughs, has been post
poned until Saturday afternoon, when
Mis. Burroughs will entertain the
club.
TO LOS ANGELES
TRAINS FROM PORTLAND
WILL LEAVE MAY 2 AND 3.
Thirty-Eight Dollars for Round Trip
Send Your Niumx lo B. G. Whlte
Iioiiht, Recorder of Al Kader Tem
ple, Portland Reservations for
Sh-oper Must Be Made Not Later
Tluin April SO.
The following announcement re
garding the coming session of the Im
perial council of the Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine has been received by
members of the order In this city,
the circular being sent out by a com
mittee from Al Kader temple of Port
land: Arrangements have been completed
for special trains from Portland to
Los Angeles to Shrlners and their
ladles, to leave Portlafld on the even
ing of May 2 and 88. The rate fixed
is $38 for tho round trip, but this
does not Include sleepers, which will
bo 17.50 each way. All Shrlners who
wish to take the pilgrlmnge should
send their names at once, Indicating
which date they wish to leave Port
land, with check for tickets, to B. G.
Whltehouse, recorder, who will pro
cure tickets and mnke rt se'rvations for
parties sending. The committee would
advise that reservations be made
early that slepers may be procured
not later than April 20. Members
going will mnke their own arrange
ments for accommodations In Los An
geles by correspondence with Noble
Fred A. Hlnes, chairman . of the re
ception committee at Los Angeles.
Tho program for this meeting, got
ten out by the City of Angels, In
cludes many novel features, excur
sions around Los Angeles, lasting the
whole week, commencing May 6.
These tickets will be .good for 60 days
with stop-over privileges anywhere
along the route on the return.
J. C. MORELAND,
H. BECKWITH,
W. D. FENTON,
BIG 6ICHEL,
GEO. W. HAZEN,
Committee,
MYSTIC
SHRINERS
INQUIRE
THAW'S SANITY
Lunacy Commission Will Re
port to the Trial Judge, Not
to the Thaw Jury.
JEROME HAD NO CHOICE BCT
TO ASK FOR A COMMISSION
Abandoned All Hope of Conviction
Upon Assurance by His Own Ex
perts that Thaw Is Insane Some
of the Attorneys fop the Defense
Do Not Believe a Commission Will
Find That Thaw Is Insane at This
Time Such a Result Woukl Be a
Fluke for the State.
New York, March 21. Fitzgerald
sild he would InsUtute the Inquiry
before himself and not before the
Jury, us to the defendant's sanity.
Jerome told tho court the state's own
experts told him Thaw is a paranoiac.
Jerome declared Thaw ought nev
er to have been tried, In explanation
of his purpose In wishing to broaden
the testimony of Hamilton. He said
he did not want a miscarriage of
justice and believed Dr. Hamilton
could show that three members of
Thnw's family were Insane. "If I
could show what I know," exclaimed
Jerome passionately, "we would
have no fight The knowledge I
have, but cannot present, would
shock this court to the point that it
would order this trial stopped. . I
am serving notice to tho lawyers for
the defense thatt If I can find they
have certain knowledge I believe
they possess, I will take them Into
the appellate division."
Hamilton Says Thaw Is Insane.
Gleason Insisted on asking Dr.
Hamilton whether he considered
Thaw Incapable today of the dlrec
tlon of his own counsel, Hamilton
replied. "1 think h Is Incapable."
"Gleason then asked Hamilton If
he had not said to him that he con
sidered Thaw the victim' of a form
or insanity that Is curable. The
doctor replied. "I did not."
Jerome tried to quell the storm he
had stirred by stating he had not
meant to accuse the attorneys for
the defense of unprofessional con
duct, but simply desired to warn
them that if anything of that nature
had taktn place ho considered it his
July under oath to take the case to
the appellate court
At the conclusion of the wrangle
the attorneys for the defense were
unable to conceal their displeasure
at the action of Gleason and hurried
ly left the room. All the Thaw at
torneys except Gleason held an ex
cite consultation In the hallway im
mediately following the adjourn
ment. Hartrldge stated, "This means a
victory for the defense, as Jerome
showed and admitted he Is defeated.
The case Is over. Even If Jerome
should get a lunacy commission It
will be utterly Impossible to prove
Thnw Is lnsnne now.
"It means that Jerome Is at the
end of his string and took the only
practical means of throwing up the
spungue and retaining his equanim
ity nt the same tlma sustaining a po
sition." Acker man at Walla Walla.
Walla Walla, March 21. Prof. J.
H. Ackermnn, superintendent of pub
lic Instruction In Oregon, gave the
principal address last evening before
the trl-oounty teachers' Institute. He
spoke on the "Rural School Problem,"
and his address was very good. Speak
ing from the standpoint of a man who
has made both rural and city schools
a close study, Mr. Ackcrman showed
that the country schools were rapidly
developing Into better Institutions of
learning and that what , had already
been done was only a- small mite of
what will be accomplished.
The? Jones, Adams & Spauldlng
company will at once open a door
factory at McMlnnvllle, Oregon, In
conniption with their sash and blind
factory.
William McGlbbon, for many years
a resident of Weston and a well
known citizen of Umatilla county,
was killed at his home near Wallula
lat nlnht by a kick from a horse,
County Commissioner Horace
Walker received a telephone message
this morning giving the news of the
death and left cn the W. & C. R.
train this evening for the McGlbbon
home.
It seems that McGlbbon war In a
corrall among a number of wild
horses and In attempting to separate
them was kicked In the head and In-
WILLIAM M GIBBON
SAN FRANCISCO
IS ASTOUNDED
Duffey, President of the Board
of Works, and Other "Best
Citizens" Indicted.
BAY CITY THE CULMINATION
OF THIEVING ROTTENNESS
More Indictments Certain to Be Re
turned Persistent Rumors That an
Attempt WIU Be Made to Rescue
Rnef Great Crowds Have Collect
ed of Friends and Foes of the De
fendants Paciflc Stores Telephone
Company Is Beginning to Figure
In Reports Sensations Promised.
Pan Francisco, March 21. All are
prepared for almost anything as a
result of the graft developments of
the past three days. San Francisco
was compelled to gasp with aston
ishment when' It had laid before it
this morning the tabulated dishon
esty of Its supervisors as revealed by
the 65 Indictments reported against
Ruef and Theodore Halsey. ,
It was given an added shock when
in the list of Impeached lawmakers
was found the name of the president
of the bonrd of works, Duffey, who,
since he left the supervisors' board,
became a public Idol because of the
great energy displayed by him In
bringing the city out of a state of
chaos.
Langdon's statement that men of
the highest business and social stand
ing, pillars of the church end. so
clety, were canght In the net and will
be prosecuted without mercy, ere.
ated a sensation almost as great as
the announcement of the supervisor's
confession. f It all Langdon soys is
true, and there Is every reason to he
lieve 1t Is. in the light of what
Lnngdon and Heney have already
done, then the condition of munlcl
pal affairs In San Francisco since
Ruef became a dominant power ex
ceede In ' rottenness the combined
Tammany-Tweed gang, the Chicago
"Gray Wclves." and the gang of
looters unearthed and sent to prison
by Folk In Missouri.
May Attempt Rescue of Ruef.
Reports that a rescue of Ruef by
friends Is contemplated, results In
every precaution being exercised by
the elisor and his deputies. One re
port had It that a well defined plan
to forcibly release Ruef from custody
had reached the ears of 'Blggy and
the latter Immediately Issued an or
der to his deputies to shoot and kill
the prisoner If any attempt was made
to aid him to escape.
Long before the hour set for re
convening the grand Jury In the
Native Sons' hallj In which the In
quisitorial body meets, wns surround
ed by a tremendous crowd. In the
crowd were many henchmen of Ruef
and the administration, and they Join
ed In n general denunciation cf the
supervisors and condemnation of the
proposition to permit them to continue
In office. Sentiment in this regard Is
crystallzlng In the ranks of foes as
well as friends.
Schmltz's absence from home last
night was the cause of the circulation
of more rumors of flight, but the
mnyor was so closely watched It would
have been Impossible.
The Jury convened promptly at 10
o'clock for an all-day session. It Is
unlikely more Indictments will be re
turned until late this afternoon, pos
sibly not until tomorrow.
Telephone Company Involved.
After u long conference with
Sehnilt'! this morning. Attorney Fair
all, representing Ruef, with whom he
first conferred, announces there will
be scr s.itlcr.al developments before
niKhtfall. It Is Intimated that the
titement will be made public. Fol
lowing this announcement came one
to tho effect that every secret In
volving the transactions of the Pa
cific States Telephone company with
the supervisors and others had been
laid bare before the grand Jury.
KILLED BY A HORSE
stnntly killed.
Mr. McGlbbon wns about 45 years
of ago and left a wife and three chil
dren, hlt wife being a cousin of Mrs.
Horace Walker of this city. He was
a hrother-ln-lnw to David, Alex, Rob
ert and James Still of Milton and
formerly lived at Weston, where he
Is well known nnd highly respected.
He was In Pendleton a week ago
to pay his taxes and visited nt the
home of Horace Walker while hero.
While funeral arrangements have
not hcen made. It Is thought the re
mains will be brought to Weston for
Interment
CLEANED VP $54,900.
By 1100 Per Cent Advance In Snow
storm Stocks.
Dr. I. L. Magee was In the city this
morning en route home to Spokane
after a business trip to Boise. Dr.
Magee says he never before realized
that the Pendleton country was so
rich In resources, and he thinks
Pendleton Is a mighty lively place.
Dr.' Magee Is now a wealthy man
and laid the foundation for his
wealth a little over two years ago.
At' that time he purchased 30,000
shares of Snowstorm mining stock of
the Coeur d'Alene district, at 17
cents per share, and last year closed
out his holdings at the rate of 12
per share, cleaning up In this one
deal 154,900. He Is now engaged In
the mining brokerage business In
Spokane.
Dr. Magee Is a brother-in-law of
Frank and Charles Grltman of this
city.
WILL REMODEL A STORE FRONT
Alexander's Establishment Will
Undergo Great Change.
Some Improvements are now being
planned for the Alexander department
store that will make that estatmsn'
ment one of the most attractive stores
In the city. The present front is to
be removed completely and in place
a modern plate glass front substl
tuted. The new plans call for but
one entrance, and that In the center
of the front, and there will be large.
deep show windows on each Bide of
the main entrance. The upper por
tion of the new front will be fitted
with prism glass" so as to add to the
light of the store.
According to Mr. Alexander he will
make the above changes at once.
NINE IN POLICE COURT.
Eight Plain Drunks and One Drunk
and-So-Forth.
Nine very bedraggled looking prls
oners were up before the pollce court
this morning, and with one exception
all were ehnrred with being drunk.
The exception was Jim Badroads, who
was likewise accused or naving usea
nniMmlv lanaruare on the street. All
of the bunch were given sentences of
15 or three days in Jail.
Seven out of the nine In the draft
were apparently laborers and from
the Pacific Construction company's
crew.
Elgin Team Won.
In the Knights of Pythias district
convention Just held at Elgin, me
TriB-in team won over the team from
La Grande lodge and will consequent
ly represent that district in the grand
lodge to be held In Portland in May.
nnth teams had drilled hard for the
Elgin meeting and the championship
was fully expected by many to go to
the La Grande lodge, where a fine
team Is known to be kept in working
order constantly.
FOR UMATILLA
ITALIAN RERESENTATIVE
1.COKING FOR LOCATION
Slgnnr Pletrc Coitc. Italian Consul
nt Denver, Is Favorably Impressed
With Umatilla County and May
Return to Locate n Large Tract of
Land I.argc Colony from the Cit
ies of the East Will Be Sent to the
Northwest.
That Umatilla county may receive
an Italian colony as homeseekers In
the near future Is one of the possi
bilities of the season.
Pletro Corte, Italian consul at Den
ver, passed through the city last
evening on the eastnound O. R. &
N. train on his way to Welser to
look over the country with a view
to locating a colony' of Italian peo
ple from the congested districts of
New York nnd Philadelphia nnd If
ho Is not favorably Impressed with
the country around Welser he ex
pects to return to this city and In
vestigate the Rutter creek, Hermls
ton nnd Hudson bay Irrigated dis
tricts in hopes of finding a suitable
location.
He said that he had been engaged
by his peopla to locate a large tract
of land In a congenial climate where
families may make homes on small
tracts and that the country near
Pendleton looked very promising for
such a settlement.
The colony will be American citi
zens, will be supplied with money by
rich Italians who will purchase the
land and locate the colonists, taking
their pay from the settlers as they
produce crops und earn money by
their labor.
Secured Life Diplomas.
In the stato teachers' examinations
Just held by Superintendent J. H.
Ackermnn, County Superintendent
Frank K. Welles, Miss Cora M. Sul
livan and Miss Lula E. Keller of this
city, received state life diplomas and
Frank B. Pennock of Milton, receiv
ed a five-year state diploma.
ITA AN
COLONY
HE WOULD REFUSE
CARNEGIE
MONEY
Judge Lowell Thinks the City
Should Not be a Beneficiary
of a Trust Magnate.
FILES HIS OPINION EARLY
AND WITH DEFINITEXES9
Distinction Between "Making Mon-
ey"' and Acquiring It by Methods1
That Involve Violation of All Ordi
nary Moral and Ethical Standards
of Doing Business Reject Carnegie
Benefactions and Thereby Retain
Our Self-Rcspect Pendleton Money
Alone Should Be Used.
The following patriotic and practi
cal expression from Judge Stephen
A. Lowell on the public library ques
tion will be concurred In and appre
ciated by many Pendleton people.
Judge Lowell favors better library
facilities for Pendleton and hopes to
see the city build up a first-class li
brary, but he is not In favor of us
ing the "tainted" money offered for
such purposes. His communication
to the East Oregonlan upon the sub
ject is as follows:
Pendleton, March 21. (To the Ed
itor) Whether the sentiments hers
expressed reflect the views of any
other citizen of Pendleton I do not
know, but for myself I beg the cour
tesy of your columns to protest
against the proposed action by the
city council looking toward the es
tablishment of a so-called Carnegie
library.
If the city desires additional li
brary privileges I am quite willing
to bear my share of the burden eith
er in taxes or contributlcns, but I
am utterly opposed to accepting the
bounty of Andrew Carnegie, John XX
Rockefeller or any other man whose
fortune appears to be founded upon
crurhed Industries or broken laws.
I make no attack upon wealth
fairly and honestly acquired, but
around every building reared by the
Carnegie money there will surely al
ways cluster memories of the scenes
at Homestead In W2, and the prob
lem as to whether the citizenship of
any community can afford to appear
to endorse the methods by which the
vast Industrial fortunes of our day
have been accumulated.
I believe In maintaining the com
plete Independence of American man
hood and womanhood, and to my
mind we shall be better off by far In
the end with the modest library ob
tained by our own efforts than by
the most pretentious structure the
gold of Mr. Carnegie can offer.
Respectfully,
STEPHEN A. LOWELL
PROTEST VACCINATION.
Echo People Unavailing!)- Appeal to
Siiiieiintendent Welles.
Some Echo parents have written to
County School Superintendent Welles
protesting against the rule that all
children attending the Echo school
must be vaccinated by a certain day
next week. Owing to the prevalence
of smallpox in that vicinity, the
school board has made such an order.
Those writing the superintendent de
clare that the practice of vaccination
is contrary to their religious beliefs.
However, under the laws of the state,
school boards are given authority to
compel vaccination and the superin
tendent has so Informed the com
plainants. Electric Cash Register.
At the Peoples Warehouse a new
cash register has been Installed that
Is the admiration of A. L. Knight and
others of the store force. It Is an elec
trical register and is so devised that
a record may be kept not only of the
cash sales but of charges, collect pack
ages and other Items. Through be
ing operated by electricity It is easily
operated and the register Is fitted
with keys for the various clerks using
the same.
Great Strike Threatens.
Cleveland, March 21.
Dunne, president of the boiler-
makers, todny has had no word
from llaniinan or his repre-
sentiuives and says he will wait
2t ln.uis; then If he has not
heard he will call out every
member of the vrlon on every
Harninan line. Word comes
from Winnepeg that railroad
employes are restless. Every
uiganizatlon from the head of
the lakes to the Pacific, along
the Canadian Pacific are rep-
hesented th.?re today with the
officials abcut Increased pnv.