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VOL. 20.
TDLETOX, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1907.
NO. 5950
BENCH
WARRANTS
E III ONCE
Grand Jury at San francisco
Still Working on Police
Graft Investigations.
HOME TELEPHONE 'CHARGES
POSTPONED TILL NEXT WEEK
When Amrthrr TiMU.'h of Indictment
W in Probably lie Handed In
Prosecutors Allege That Ruef Lie
Wlien Hp Claims to Have Evidence
That They Hare Recii Trying to
Splice the Jury Nothing Heard
X'p Tin TIiIh Afternoon In Iti-lntion
to the Effort to Capture Dot-
WclleT.
San Francisco, April 13. It Is Im
probable there will be any Indictments
at this afternoon's session of the grand
Jury. It will postpone action on the
Los Angeles promoters of the Home
Telephone until next week.
Bench warrants will be Issued at
once for the Indicted men.
The police graft investigation was
resumed this afternoon.
The prosecutors declare there Is no
truth In Ruef's statements that he has
the affidavits ofrursons employed by
the prosecution to get statements from
talesman with the Idea of disqualify
ing them from acting as Jurors.
Up to noon nothing has been heard
from Toledo regarding the expected
cupture of Detweler.
Walsh Road In the Market.
Chicago, April 13. The clearing
house committee Is this afternoon con
sidering a demand for $24,000,000
from stiickholdera of the Walsh roads
for their property. They have an of
fer of 120.000,000 from the New York
Central. It Is stated a consummation
will be .reached today.
WAS A .WHITMAN SURVIVOR.
Mrs. J. .P. Otson was Captured at
hue of Massacre.
The lone Proclalmer snys of the
death of Mrs. J. P. Cuson, a survivor
of the Whitman massacre, which oc
curred at Spray, Wheeler county, a,
few days ago:
The grand old lady came to Ore
gon with a party of missionaries In
1841. The party was snow-bound at
Fort Walla Walla and were taken Ir
by Dr. Whitman and his paity and
cared for.
They were otlll there when the
Whitman massacre. In which Mrs.
Coscn's parents were slain, and she
being one of the few who escaped
death at the hands of the Indians,
was taken prisoner by them.
She with ithe others was kept a
prlsonei and underwent many cruel
ties for about a month before the ar
rival of the Hudson Bay company,
who negotiated with the Indians and
traded a few blankets, shirts, guns
and ammunition for their liberty and
took them to Salem by boat.
Here Mrs. Cason was taken oare of
by J. G. LoeJoy and family, with
whom she made her home until
Christmas day In 18B3, when she was
unl'.'.-d In holy marring? to James r.
Cason. They moved 1o Morrow
county In 1S and located near
Heppner, when, Mr. Cason died some
12 years ago.
Importations of Sheep.
There were rrlore sheep Imported
to this country from England last
year than ever before, says a heep
paper. Nearly all of our leading
breeders have been on the other side
and have come back with slim pock
etbooks, but with fat sheep. The
prosperity of the sheep business this
year has put most Americans In a po
sition where they had to replenish
their stuck and they went afler the
best they could find. It was a great
harvest for the British breeders, who
put up prices and made a good "kill
ing." This was Immaterial to our
b;eeders, who did not balk at price
when they found the sheep they
wanted. The volume of business was
Iinser than over before, which In
sures better blood for the breeders
and better mutton for the consumer.
Kerosene), and Eight Dead.
Ounter, Texas, April 13.
Eight are dead as the result of
an attempt to start a fire with
kerosene this morning. Dead:
J. C. Price and five of hla chil
dren, Jennie Ryers, a step
daughter, and Alice Upchurch,
a niece. Price aroce late and
wanted hla breakfast quickly.
He started a fire with coat oil
and received fatal Injuries while
trying unsuccessfully to save
the others from the burning
house.
MAY INDICT SENATOR IlOllAH..
Accused of Complicity In Idaho Land
Frauds.
Boise, April IS. The Dally States.
man of this place, In this morning's
edition contained the following:
It was persistently rumored .last
evening that the United States grand
Jury had votd an indictment cgalnst
United States Senator William E
r.orah. No definite Information
could he secured on the point, but
there was a posltlveness about the re
port that Indicated a probability of
Its being true,
The report was so specific that It
purported to give the vote of the
grand Jury on the Indictment, 12 to
11.
The further report was In circula
tion that Ihe Jury had Indicted a
number of persons connected with
the Barber Lumber company, Includ
ing several of the Wisconsin men who
are heavily Interested In the enter
prise. The niiture of the indictments Ib not
known, but it is supposed the per
sons are charged with conspiracy.
What part It is assumed Mr. Borah
may have had In a conspiracy of any
kind In unknown. He has been at
torney for the company ror a few
years, hut he has been so conspicuous
for high professional standards that
no one can fathom this reported
charge.
It Is
today.
expected these reported in-
LOST IN THE RADIUM FIRE.
Tlurnlng of Sanitarium Described by
Miss Rreeden.
Miss Lillian Brc-eden, of this city,
who has been at the Radium Springs
resort for some time nursing pa
tients, returned from this place this
morning, and states that she lost all
her belongings In the way of wear
ing apparel In the fire, which de
stroyed the Institution yesterday. It
Is not known how the fire originated.
It is likely that Dr. May will rebuild.
The loss is estimated at $75,000 with
$25,000 Insurance.
Dr. Amy Currln, formerly of this
city, who had been assistant physi
cian at the Sanitarium during the
winter, left there a few weeks ago,
and will probably go to Portland In
a short time, where she has been of
fered an excellent position In a sani
tarium at that place.
ILL OBSERVED
AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL
FUNCTION THIS PLACE.
Prof. L-riders and Lester Ilnmlcy the
HpcilkfY- nt Hitch School's Observ
ance Pupils and Patrons of the
Wot End School Voted to Name
That School Huvtthorm' Will Sub
mit the Name.
With tree planting and general pro
grams Arbor day was appropriately
observed by the various public schools
of the city yesterday. Exercises were
held at all of the schools, and In each
caw an elm wns planted. At the high
school the ceremony was conducted
by the senior class, and Lester Ham
ley was the orator of the occasion.
Each member of the class threw a
shovelful of earth around the tree and
gave a suitable quotation. At the
qpenlng of the program Superlnten-
;r'iit Landers gnve a brief address in
which he told of the origin of arbor
day and of the object in view when
It was established.
Xmy Hawthorne Softool.
At the west end school In addition
to the arbor day program, a voting
contest for the purpose of choosing a
name for the school, was held, and
during the afternoon a field meet
was pulled off. In selecting a name
for the school a committee consisting
of two from each of the eight rooms
of the building was appointed for the
purpose of suggesting nnmes. The
committee reported In favor of Haw
thorne, and while the pupils and pa
rents were assembled the idea was left
to the vote of those present With the
result that the name was adopted.
The selection of the name was made
subject to the approval of the school
board. While this approval has not
yet been given, the members of the
board are In favor of adopting names
for the various schools and the selec
tion will very likely be Indorsed.
An athletic field meet was also
held nt the Hawthorne school during
the afternoon.
Chester Jordan proved to be the
star by winning first places in the re
lay race, broad Jump, 100-yard dash
and the 60-yard dash.
Ralph McOee was the winner of the
high Jump, while Roy Bowman won
the honors In the shot put. A gins'
baseball game was also a feature of
the afternoon.
Major Edmund Mallctte, for 40
years employed .in the government
service, during the last 17 of which
he occupied the position of chief of
the land division of the general land
office, died April 11, aged 65 years.
ARBOR
WAS
mum im
rOLICE COURT
0
Magnate and Millionaire Re
fuses to Answer Questions
Asked Him.
IDENTIFIES THE FAMOUS
HARRIMAX-WEBSTEH l.ETTEII
Occasion for Doing So In Trial of
Harrlman's Former Stenographer
on Charge of Stculing the Afore
mentioned Document Hnrrlnuin
Refused to Give the Name 'of a
Man to Whom He Read a Copy of
the Letter n Month After it Was
Written He Is in n Had Humor.
New York, April 13. E. H. Hnrrl
man appeared in police court this
morning and testified against Stenog
rapher Hill, accused of stealing the
famous Harrlmnn-Webster letter and
selling It. to the newspapers.
Harrhnan was on the stand an
hour and a half and refused to
answer the questions of Hill's law
yer. The court ordered him to
answer. The magnate sharply re
plied he did not propose to answer.
The attorney for the state came to
Harrlman' relief with the objec
tions, which the court sustained.
Harrlman refused to tell the name
of a friend to whom he had read a
copy of the letter a month after is
was written. He Identified the let
ter that has caused the sensation and
was then excused on account of an
important engagement.
MUNICIPAL ROTTENNESS.
Prof. Henri Has Hit, Own Theory of
Responsibility.
Berkeley, Cal., April 13. In an ad
dress to students of the University of
California this morning, Prof. Henri
put the blame for municipal rotten
ness on the merchant class and the
corporations. He said the labor ele
ment could not be held responsible
for the results of the election of
Schmltz.
Stevens Arrives From Panama.
New York .April 13. John F. Stev
ens arrived this morning from Pan
ama. He will go to Washington to
report and then attend to his private
business. He thinks of a trin to Eu
rope for a rest. He would add nothing
to what has already been made public j
Uluut Ills I CHI tMHVIIl.
Irwin's Sentence Commuted.
Washington, April 13. The sen
tence of dismissal imposed at Mare
island upon Paymaster Irwin of the
navy, was today commuted to a re
duction of 15 numbers on account
of the officer's previous good record.
Sprinter
Palo A ltd
Rents the Record.
April 13. In the
Olympic-Stanford track meet here
this morning Andrew Glorner of the
San Francisco Olympics beat the
coast record fur SS0 yards. Time.
1:5S;3.
Resigns to Practice I.nu.
Washington, April 13. John W.
Verkes, collector of Internal revenue.
resinned today to practice law In this
city.
Earthquake at Kingston.
Kingston, April, 13. The worst
earthquake occurred today since the
one that destroyed the city, though
little damage was done.
At Portland J. S. Warner shot and
killed himself. He had suffered ex
tremely from melancholia ever since
having cerebro spinal meningitis
eight years ago 'n fact, was half de
mented at the time und for a long
time previous.
HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS ARMORY HALL
Armory hall will henceforth be the
official name of what In the past has
heen designated Music hall. By an
agreement reached yesterday between
T. C. Taylor, In charge. of the build
ing, and Captain Kern of the newly
formed company L, the hall has been
rented for the use of the company.
As soon as the company has been ful
ly organized for the transaction of
business a formal lease will he drawn
up.
By the agreement reached the com
pany will have the exclusive use of
the hall, the dressing room at the
northwest corner and of the large
room to the left of the stairway, for
merly used by the cigar factory. The
latter room will be repaired and fit
ted up for a meeting room for the
company. Also It will contain the fun
lockers, first seargeant's office and
will be headquarters for the enlisted
BROTHER
THINKS
THAW IS INSANE
Thaw Will Be Defended by
the Same Attorneys as in
the First Trial.
UNSETTLED WHETHER THAW
WILL BE ADMITTED TO BAIL
Prisoner Himself Is Hopeful, Rut the
Issue Is Wholly Undetermined and
Will Possibly Go to a Finish by
the Hearing of a Motion for Re.
lease Through the Medium of i
Writ of Habeas Corpus Evelyn Is
Ncniiv a Wreck Thaw Has An
Impecunious Brothcr-ln-Law.
Rome, April 13. A. Blair, Harry's
half brother, says he has always been
of the opinion that Harry Is Insane.
No Change of Attorneys.
New Tork, April 13. Feabody,
saying he spoke with Thaw's author
ity, says there will be no change In
attorneys.
Will Try a Writ of Habeas Corpus.
.New York, April 13. Thaw says
he Is hopeful of being admitted to
ball.
Di-lmas visited the Tombs this
morning, the only attorney calling on
Thaw, und said he Is still Thaw's
counsel. He was closeted with the
prosbner three-quarters of an hour
and looked like he had had a stren
uous time. He refused to talk about
possible retention In jail.
Thaw wai restless and up early.
He read the papers, but refused to
talk. Evelyn Is almost a wreck this
morning, while the other women of
the family have recovered from the
hock.
It is said Thaw's attorneys will go
to another county, seek a writ of
habeas corpus ordering his release on
bail.
nrotlier-lii-Law Wants $100.
New York, April 1.1. A letter that
It is said Thaw received vestrdn
from Howard Nesblt was made pub:
uc toaay asking for a loan of $100
inn promising his faithful allegiance
In the future. The writer wrote a
great length to explain how his
cnimisn gratitude" had been aroused
t" favor the memorv of Whim nr.
that he lied in "childish thought
less- to Jerome, but now had, from
the moment Evelyn told her mfnrv
on the stand been her "adoring, ap
preciative brother." Much more of
the same finally approached the cli
max In a pathetic appeal for cash.
Will Retain Dclmas.
It Is reported late this afternoon
th!ft Thaw has decided to discharge
all his counsel except Delmas. It Is
rrtmriea tne prisoner this morning
sain to me cnllfornian: "Go and
make good. Get me out on ball."
CAPITALISTS INDICTED.
Charged With Violating Aiitl-Lottcry
Statute.
Mobile. Ala., April 13. The federal
grand Jury today Indicted Albert
Baldwin, senior president of the New
Orleans National bank. Chapman
Hyans, Frank T-Howard. David Mor
ris and Alfred Morris, all New Or
leans capitalists on the charge of vi
olating the antt-lottery law.
Charges Dismissed.
Washington, April 13. Garfield
today dismissed the charges against
Douglass Ross and F. C. Horn, of
the reclamation service.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, April 13. Wheat opened
79 1-7.. closed 7 1-8; corn opened
4.1, closed 47 3-4: oats opened 44 s-S.
closed 44.
men. The dressing room off the large
hull will be fitted up for the officers'
room.
It Is the Intention of the company
to give dances during the season and
on evenings when Ihc armory will not
be in use by the company It will be
open for other social occasions.
Since the muster In of, the company
Wednesday night several additional
men have been sworn In, bringing the
total strength now close to 60. Others
desiring to Join are requested to apply
at once so as to have their uniforms
ordered with the present members.
Those who have not been measured
for uniforms are Instructed to call at
the office of Captain Kern this even
ing or at the armory tomorrow after
noon. On next Wednesday evening the
company will meet for Its first drill
Instruction.
IIKRMISTCN BUILDING RAPIDLY.
Rrclaiiirtion mid Other Work Being
Pushed Vlgorusly.
Hernilston, April 13. The opening
of the HVUeJ Williams at this place
Thursday evening with a grand ball
was a great success. Dancing was en
Joyed by a large number of the young
people until a late hour, the mui-lc
being furnished by the Johnson or
chestra at Pendleton, and the supper
was given at the Hermiston cafe.
The present good weather Is bring
ing many people into this section to
look over the Irrigation enterprises.
Work Is going on rapidly In all di
rections. The depot Is about completed at this
place, and It is one of the finest little
station houses along the road.
TO RELIEVE RUSSIAN FAMINE.
Total of S."i.-0 Has Mecn Collected
In America. '
St. Petersburg, April 13. Pre
mier Stolyplne today asked parlia
ment to appropriate $11,500,000 to
relieve the famine in southern Rus
sia. The A merican ambassador has been
given $.1000 collected by the Ameri
can Red Cross. The only other
American contilbutlon being $250
from Elyskl of Davenport, Ia a na
tive of Russia.
FIRE AT SAN FRANCISCO.
Two Hundred Guests of Hamlin Ho
tel Run ror Their Lives.
San Francisco, April 13. Fire
which ibrentened the new eight story
Hamlin hotel early this morning, de
stroyed the building adjoining at
Leavenworth and Eddy streets. It
Is believed to ho the work of an In
cendiary. Two hundred guests were
asleep In t'lc: hotel at the time, but
all were awakened by the night clerk.
The hotel was only slightly damaged.
Thousands Starving to Dentil.
Shanghai, April 13. It Is estimated
that 6000 are actually dying In the
famine districts. - Parents are ex
changing children to be eaten. Amer
icans are asked to give $3,000,000 in
the next three weeks. Foreigners
have already given $500,000 and
China $4,000,0000.
WILL nE PUT INTO THE
SERVICE OF O. R. & N.
All of the Most Modern Type, From
tlie Great Locomotive Works at
TW
NEW
LOCOMES
Philadelphia Two Are Being Set i cnarea- Several others are new be
Up at La Grande. While Two Are ' 'I-."f. of. ,ho Bta Pr""
, .., . r- . ... ..
Being Put in Commission In the AI
blna Shops.
The shortage of freight engines on
the Blue mountain division of the O.
R. & N. is being relieved. Four new
engines of a modern type, have ar
rived in La Grande, two of them be
ing now set up, while the remaining
two will be sent on to Alblna for per
fection, is the latest from the La
Grande Observer. .
The engines come from Philadel
phia works. They are the simple en
gine of the Harrlman standard type,
and closely resemble the "60" class
now being used on this division. The
drive wheels are 57 inches In diame
ter with a weight of 1S07 pounds on
drivers. The boilers are constructed
to hold a 2000-pound pressure. WUle
they closely resemble the simple en
gines now In use, still there is a ma
terial difference in the tanks. In
stead of the circular tanks, these en
gines have the rectangular shape, with
a capacity of 9000 gallons. The Van-
derbllt style, or the circular tank. Is
not considered the better style. Each
engine weighs, tank nnd all complete.
In the neighborhood of 345.000
pounds.
Sixteen More Coming.
Four more engines of the same
type are expected dally. There has
been so great a shortage of freight en
gines of late that passenger engines
were continually used as helpers. This
condition will now be relieved ma
terially as engines to the number of
three or four at a time, will be arriv
ing until 20 new ones are here.
Miscegenation in Australia.
Honolulu, April 13. Australian
advices say Jack Johnson, the negro
pugilist, will marry a wealthy white
Australian wpmnn.
Article by Indian Girl.
The Arrow, the school paper pub
lished by the Indian pupils at Car
lisle Indian school, contains an excel-
ent article this month by Frances
Ghangraw, a Umatilla Indian girl now
at the school. The subject of the ar-
Icle Is "Housekeeping" and forms a
part of her graduating papers. It Is
well written and Is a credit to the
pupil.
At Portland. David Van Hout-.-n
was sentenced to life imprisonment by
Judge Fraxer for Incest, the victim
beiag his two young daughters.
T
FOR TWO YEARS
Will Be the Last of Several
From Pendleton With Same
Term for Same Offense.
BECOMING A DECIDEDLY
UNSAFE "PROFESSION.'
Guilty of Assault With a Dangerous
Weapon Wag the Verdict In the
Benny Hickman Case The Charge
Made by State Was a More Serious
, One Today the Suit for Damages
Brought by Thomas Kerr Against
the County Is Being Heard, the
Criminal Docket Having Been Ex
hausted. Guilty of assault with a dangerous
weapon is the verdict tsat was re
turned this morning by the Jury In
the case against Bennie Hickman,
the colored assailant of AI Richard
son. The verdict was agreed upon
by the Jury last evening, but as It
was a sealed verdict the decision did
not' become known until 9 o'clock
this morning. At that time the 12
men were asked if they had reached
a decision and In -response S. A.
Hampton, foreman, handed the seal
ed verdict to the court.
In the Indictment Hickman was
charged with assault with Intent to
kill, a more serious offense than the
one of which he was found guilty.
Rycroft Two Years.
Immediately after the Hickman
verdict had been returned the Jury
was discharged and H. A. Rycroft,
convicted of living off the earnings of
a prostitute, was brought up for
sentence. In behalf of his client, At
torney Coutts asked that sentence be
deferred, but as sufficient reason for
delay was not given, Judge Bean
proceeded to Impose sentence at that
time.
"This case should be sufficient no
tice to the defendant that he should
change his mode of living, and It is
the Judgment of the couit that he
be confined In the penitentiary for a
term of two years," was the laconic
sermon that was handed out to the
prisoner, after which he was taken
below by Di.puty Sheriff Joe Blakc
ley. Rycroft is not the first to be sent
to the penitentiary from tills placo
' t0T tne offence with which he wns
u" " res"'1 ol ,ne law a"ntt Profit
ing Dy the earnings of fallen wome.i.
and in each case twj years' sentencos
were given. Under the law sentence
may vary from one tt five years, or
a fine of from $10no to $.-.000 may
be Impose:.
At the conclusion of the criminal
tusiness tils morning he case of
Thomas Kerr against the county was
taken up on appeal frcm the ..-..jiity
court. It Is a case wherein Kerr is
suing for dam nj alleged to hays
teen inflict -d by the stnhlishmt nt
ff n county read. 3. A. Nowrcny
st;.ears fcr the plaintiff, whtl.. he
district att.irn?v Is council for the
county.
CATS RY THE WHOLESALE.
Crank's Window Center or Attraction
Today. s
Today one of the principal features
of attraction, on Main street has been
the cat display in the window of the
Crank store. All day long a crowd of
men. women and children has stood In
front of the window gazing nt the
pussies that had been attracted bv the
inducements offered at the Prosperitv
sale. In the bunch have been cats of
all degrees, large and small, black,
brown and yellow. For the most part
they have been a peaceful aggrega
tion, though one particular torn be
came so disorderly that his removal
became necessary.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon a cat
"parade" is scheduled to occur, and
many small girls and boys, as well as
some not so young, are waiting for
the occasion.
Not a shovelful of dirt will th
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul turn
up Inside the city limits of Tacoma
until It has been granted a franchise
which will be applied for during the
motith of April.
I
Suys He Wants Another Term.
Washington, April 13. Chas.
A. Towne fears not the buzz
saw. He says: "There never
was a time when Roosevelt did
not hope to get as many terms
as possible. Roosevelt Is a good
psychologist and realizes that
If the people think they cannot
get him they will want him all
the more."
RYGROFT