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WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and cooler tonight with light
front; Thursday lair and warmer.
VOL. 20.
TEXPLETOiT, OREGQN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1907.
NO. 5953
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! DAILY EVENING EDITION
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MIDDLE 1ST
BLIZZARD SWEPT
Freezing Weather and Flying
Snows From Manitoba to
Kansas and Oklahoma.
ALL THE FRUIT KILLED
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OVER SEVERAL STATES
Railroad Traffic Hindered In Wis
cousin, Where February Weather
i. Prevall Storm Still Rages In Ne
bra-ska, nut Is Tapering Off In
Kansas Third Storm In 40 Years
of 1'lils Character and So Late In
the Season, In Kansas Of Much
Benefit to Grain.
Lincoln, Neb., April 17. The bllz
mrd rontlnuea to rage throughout
the state. The temperature Is 20
above this morning. All fruit is
killed.
Dispatches from Ashland, Wis.,
state that the blizzard still continues,
and the snow Is delaying trains. Feb
ruary weather and almost continuous
snow have prevailed the last week
Third Like It In 40 Years.
Topeka, April 17. After reaching
a temperature of 30 degrees above
throughout the eastern part of the
state and 20 in the higher altitudes
of the grass plains of the western
stock ranges, the blizzard Is taper
Ing off today by a decreasing wind
and less snow. The wind blew stead
lly for three days from the north-
weft, und an average depth of eight
Inches of soft, slushy snow fell
without drifting in the least.
Aside from a complete destruction
of fruit prospects for the year (with
the exception of the native plums
and a few other Indigenous varieties)
the snow will be a positive benefit
from a crop standpoint, as it Is the
equivalent of a three-linen soaking
ruin upon the grain fields, while root
and forage crops are much better off,
as it ends all present solicitude on
account of the threatened drough.
The high winds from the southwest
and a dearth of rain for the past
six weeks have c.im.'l unconcealed
worrlment among the farmers.
The present snow storm is not un
precedented fo rthls region, but It
hns hut two duplicates during the
past 40 years In 1S73 and . 1S92,
whin heavy, wet snows fell upon the
11th, 16th and 17th of April.
POSTPONEMENT IS PREDICTED.
Other Estimates sn.v Imlietmenla Are
Forthcoming.
San Francisco, April 17. There is a
strong probabllty that no Indictments
In the telephone cases will be return
ed by the grand Jury until Theo.
Hnlsey, the indicted outside agent of
the Pacific States Telephone compa
ny, arrives from Manila. He Is due
May . Halsev may be clven an op
portunity to testify, nccordlng to
Burns.
In spite of Burns' statement, how
ever, the prediction Is freelv made to
day that Saturday will mark not only
me nimg or iniucimenis in tne tele'
phone cases, but returns of formal
charges In the slot machine graft.
HAWAIIAN GIRLS COMING.
Party Jfrum Honolulu to Visit the
Oregon Stutc Fair.
Sulem, April IT. One of the at
tractions of the state fair will be the
proposed visit of seven beautiful na
tive girls from Honolulu, theh beau
tiful city of the Sandwlsh Islands.'
These maidens will be sent to Oregon
by The Bulletin .a progressive tint):
newspaper published in that city.
The contest i conducted under
phyis similar to that of Amerlcnn
newspaper and will include a trip
through Oregon and Cnllfcrnla with
a stop at the Oregon Mate fair. Just
hog lang the jlrl will remain here Is
not as yet known, for the full ltlner
IT of their voyage ha not as yet
neen arranged.
secretary rrank Welch has been
advised, however, that the girls will
he here sometime during the fair and
are expected tj take part at some of
the programs. A number of the most
likely candidates ore good singers
and they will be prevailed upon to
sing at some of the sessions of the
state fair.
They expect to arrive In Ameilca
August If. and the paity is chaperon
ed by Miss Edith Tozler Wethered
the well known western newspaper
woman who chaperoned the Oregon
Journal girls to Honolulu lust year.
AUSTRALIAN PUG IN AMERICA.
Wantb to Fight the Best Man to bo
Found.
San Francisco, April 17.--Snulres.
the Australian pugilist, arrived' this
morning and waa greeted by many
local sports. Soon after his arrival
he was asked to sign to fight Burns
at Cnllma May 30. He refused to
fight at tint time, saying he wanted
more time to look around and get
into condition.
He says he is willing to fight any
body and denies he sidestepped Jack
Johnson, hying he had heard every
body in America Is afraid of the ne
gro, and that If he knocked Johnsor.
oet it would have been Impossible to
get a match In America. Snulres
nap the appearance of being a rug
ged fighter.
WOULD
COMPEL
HIM TO TESTIFY
SE
STANDARD
OF TAX DODGING
CHARGED WITH CONCEALING
NINETY PER CENT OF VALVES
n Indiana Assessor and Deputy mid
the Courty Court Have Begun Ac
tion to CoiiiH'l the Standard to
rav Tuxes on a Just Valuation, Al
leging Many Yeari of Systematic
rr:ii!.
Harriman's Refusal to Answef
Questions Delays Commis
sion's Inquiry,
COl'RTS ASKED FOR ORDER
RULING IS EXPECTED BOON
Commission Will Resume Inquiry
Into Metliods of Collectivism of the
Harrlnian Lines Soon a Possible
All Municipal Governments on the
Canal Zone Will Be Abrogated and
Administration -Will Be Assumed
By Canul Commission Through Lo
cal Poards.
WHOLE FAMILY UNDER ARREST.
Charged With the Murder of Dona
Oilman at Dayton.
Dayton, O.. April 17. Affidavits
were filed this afternoon charging
Mrs. Leah Oilman, mother; Collins,
brother, and Faynes and Bessie, sis
ters of Dona Gllman, with being ac
cessories to the murder of Dona,
whose body was found In an open field
near here some time ago.
Peace Conference Affairs.
New York, April 17. The peace
conference adopted a resolution ad
vocating various phases of propa
ganda. A number of women spokn.
Preparations are made for a final
wind-up tonight. This afternoon was
devoted to discussing the legislative
nnd Judicial aspects of the peace
movement.
Royalty to Canada.
London, April 17. It Is announced
the Prince and Princess of Wales will
tour Cannda soon.
Advance to Offset Increase.
Helena, Mont.. Apill 17. All
western Montana lumbermen
have been granted nn increase
In wares May 1. tanging from
ffi up per month, Lumber
companies will also raise prices
from fl to SO per 1000 feet.
Contractors and citizens predict
paralysis of all building opera-
tlons, both residential nnd mln-
Ing.
Chicago. .April '.7. The tax com
missioner and county board of Lake
eorntv, Indiana, have Instigated an
action .ignlnst the standard Oil com
pany of Whiting as a result -f In-
est'SKtlons In charge of County As
sessor William E. Black nnd his as
Elctml, Towns Assessor 'Bert Kseher,
of Hammond. ,
They have discovered, thev say,
hat the company for four years has
sequestered millions of dollars worth
of valuable property from tax dn
pliep.tes. It is estimated by the offi
cials that the Standard Oil comnanv
should he paying taxes on MO.OOO,-
000 worth of property when It Is ns.
sessed on the tax duplicates for only
1 3,000,000 worth.
The Standard, they say, has evad
ed payment of taxe on clghly-one
houses, built four years ago which
It rent to employes. Millions of
barrels of nil are stored in great stcci
tanks and there is Improved property
along the Pennsylvania tracks
(mounting to I1.0C0. The Standard
has been paying jr.n.000 a year when
It Bhould have paid ten times that
amount, the tax officers claim.
"MIDGET" TOOK LAUDANUM.
Inmate of the Tenderloin Tires of Ex
istence.. Whllo despondent over the life of
shame she had been leading,, "Mid
get" Allen, an Inmate of the tender
loin, tried to commit suicide Inst
night by taking laudanum. That she
was not successful was probably due
to the fact that the poison used had
become weakened through having
been on hand for some time.
It was about S o'clock this morn
ing that tne attempt nt suicide Avas
made, and hurried calls were sent out
for physicians. Dr. W. Q. Cole was
nt length secured nnd on reaching
the scene he succeeded In counter
acting the effect of the poison taken.
It is believed the woman will now re
cover.
As her name would Indicate the
woman who attempted to km her
self Is of diminutive stature. She
was the occupant of one of the cribs.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, April 17. Wheat opened
78 3-8, closed 7I 1-2; corn opened
47 closed 4(1 7-8: oats onenixt 41
5-9, closet! 43 1-8.
Chicago, April 17. Before the In
terstate commerce commission re
sumes Investigation tomorrow Info
Harriman's method of acquisition Of
control of the Harrlma.i lines, trie
commission's, counsel will apply for
an order compelling Harrlman to
answer questions. A decision is ex
pected before the Inquiry opens tomorrow.
"Hanging Over Pacifies."
New York, April 17. There ap
pears to be much foundation for ru
mors that Hurriman and Schlff, who
are leading the opposing factions
among the financiers, are fighting
because of Harriman's radical
plunges. Foreign investors back
Schllff.
Indications on Exchange todav are
that "Something is hanging over Pa
cifies," hut the cause Is uncertain.
Important Canal Zone Changes.
Washington, April 17. All the mu
nicipal governments heretofore ex-
Isting In the isthmian canal zone are
a:.onsnert by the new regulations
which go into effect today. The new
order of things makes wholesale
changes with a view to harmonizing
the A'orlous parts of the zone and
making more effective the mnchlnery
of government The five municipal
governments are replaced by four
administrative districts which will be
under the direct control of the canal
commissioners. It Is estimated that
thhe total saving to the United States
under the reorganized government in
the zone will be about tlOO.'jOO a
veaf The new regulations also pro
vide several Important clianires in the
nrriajtp mw3 and the penal cod?of
the zone.
POISONING
E
A GREAT MYSTERY
Chicago' Adds Remarkable
Case to History of Perhaps
Unfathomable Crimes.
FATHER AND MOTHER ARE
DEAD AND OTHERS SICK
Housekeeper In n Hospital Danger'
ously Sick, But Is Under Arre.it
Several Memliers of the Family
Taken Suddenly III After the In-
vest Ration Had Been Begun Ar.
senlc Found In Various Unaccount
able Places on the Premises; Some
In the Food. Some In the Woodpile.
Chicago, April 17 The repeated
poisoning of members of the Meete
family of Irving Park, this city.
giving the police a mystery to solve,
containing melodramatic features
seldom equalled.
The father and mother are dead,
The daughter, Mrs. Mary . Sladek.
housekeeper for the family, Is under
arrest in the hospital where she is
suffering herself.
viuantities of arsenic were found
In the flour In meal barrels in the
nouse nnd other poison was found
burled beneath the woodpile in th
basement.
This morning detectives en route
to the Meete house to resume lnves
ligations met Joseph Meete. Meete
was deadly pale and grew worse be
tore them. The officers hurried
Joseph to the doctor and continued
to the home where thev
Charles, aged is. and Rudolph, aged
to, 'urrering from apparently the
same trouble. All are dangeroiislv
ill
TAKING TESTIMONY ENDS.
Ai-Kinm-ntM In Hermann Case Will
Follow.
Washington. April 17. Taking tes
tlmnny In the Hermann case was fin
ished today. Arguments for both sides
will take several days.
. NORDLAND IS OVERDUE.
Carries Nine Hundred and Tlilrty
Passengers.
Philadelphia, April 17. The liner
Nnrdland is three days oyerdue. She
carries JO cabin and 850 steerage pas
sengers. She has met heavy gales.
Mills Wag Hc-clcctcd.
Albany. N. Y., April 17. Contrary
to expectations. D. O. Mills did not
retire from the directorate of the New
York Central today, but was re-elect
ed. He may retire later.
TAX SUIT THROWN OUT.
Illinois Supreme Court Denies Juris.
diction.
Springfield, III. ' April 17. Th.
stilt instluted by order of the gov
ernor ior ss.uiiu.nno back taxes al
sen to De aue from the Illinois
Central, was thrown out by the su
preme court this morning. The
court refused to arsumc first Juris
diction and told the attorney general
to rrinir the suit In n lower court.
GVNDFRSON ARRESTED.
Suspected of Knowing About Theft
or 825,000.
St. Paul, Minn., April 17. John
(..'itiderson. a discharged empleve of
the Nirth.-rn Express company," was
arrested after mldnght on suspicion
of knowing the circumstances of the
hold tip of CUrk Zimmerman Inst
night anri robbing the office of $25 -000.
Cam-
POLICEMEN WERE GRAFTED.
By Political Committees for
paign Funds.
Chicago. April 17. As a result ol
trje police expose, In which 1t Is
found that members of the force from
commanding officers down have been
forced to contribute to campaign
funds, efforts are being made to poss
a police bill at Springfield to put the
Chicago force under state control.
Tom Pannalls, a night watchman
nt Albany, suicided by taking car-
iionc .acid. He was 60 years old and
despondent because of protracted III
health.
JOBBERS GET NO HEARING.
Interstate Commerce Commission De
cline to lie Confused.
Unwilling to have the terminal
rate hearing confused or burdened
with any side Issues, Interstate Com
merce Commissioner Prouty. yester
day in Portland denied the Pacific
coast Jobbers permission to Intervene
with a petition asking for a reduc
tion of rates from coast point In
land. The hearing Is strictly for the Spo
kane terminal case and the reason
given by Mr. Prouty for refusing to
hear the coast rate complaint was
that it would confuse the Spokane
terminal hearing. The coast rate
case will come up for a separate
hearing, later.
The Jobber were disappointed and
defeated In this decision of the com
missioner as they had hoped to be
able to shuw that exorbitanf rates
between coast and interior point
now exist, thus adding a double bur
den to the consumers of the Inland
empire.
"Spokane Has Been Favored"
Portland, April 17. J. C. Wood
worth, traffic manager of the North
ern Pacific, testified bef-.rn the in
terstate comme.-ce hearing in the
Spokane rate esse fiat Spokane had
been specially favored as a distribut
ing point by the rallroadB and the
coast discriminated against It wa
states that the distance tariffs m.
gested by Spokane to put into effect
the result will be that Spokane will
iMir'.nase an nor goods n coast elti.
lesteat' of the cast.
SENATOR BORAH WAS INDICTED.
Bolwe, April 17. There In no lonw.
any doubt that Senator Borah Is in.
dieted for conspiracy to defraud the
K"vTTinient. Borah left last night
for Washington to gee the niwUni
and attorney general. Nothing will
be done) here In the matter until after
tlie Haywood trial. District Attorney
Rnlk and Inspector OFalmo- -who
gathered moot f Hie evidence against
mmiii, are now in Washington.
EXPECTS SUMMER
DRUNKEN GAMBLER SROT LA
L
GRANDE
MARSHA
La Grnnde, April 17. (Special.)
Although shot four times by a drunken
gambler last night, City Marshal John
W. Walden will recover, It Is thought.
Fred Ryner, the gambler, who did
the shooting, Is lying In a precarious
condition at the hospital, and little
hope Is entertained for his recovery
from wounds inflicted by the city
marshnl In self-defense, after Ryner
had shot him.
Lost evening Ryner, who has been
a gambler and bartender here for the
past eight years, went on a spree and
armed himself with a shotgun and
pistol. He emptied both barrels of
the shotgun Into the wnlls of the La
Grande saloon, afterwards coolly
walking out to tho street, ' defying
everybody to arrest him.
Walden was notified and went to
arrest the "bad man" nnd on seeing
the marshal approaching Ryner Is
said to have laid down his shotgun,
but when the marshal wa very close,
he opened fire with a pistol, four
bullets penetrating the body of the
marshal, whose pistol hung in his
pocket when he attempted to draw it.
Two bullets entered Walden's right
shoulder, one his breast near the left
nipple and one made a crease down
his back when he bent over to escape
the fire of the drunken man.
As Ryner fired the last shot at him,
Walden released his weapon and fired,
striking Ryner in the abdomen, the
bullet ranging through his body and
coming out in his bark. He Is fatally
wounded it Is thought, although the
bullet did not penetrate any Intestines,
as was shown on on examination to
day. Walden walked home and Is not In
a dangerous condition, although two
of the bullets are still in his bod
Ono which penetrated his left breast
Is lodged near the point of his shoul
der blade.
He was formerly deputy sheriff of
Union county, and Is a brave and alert
officer and had he not been delayed
In getting his gun out of his pocket.
It Is believed by those who know him
that Ryner would never have been.
able to shoot him.
IN TOMBS PRISON
THAW WILL DO ALL THE
TALKING THAT IS NEEDED.
Mrs. lloliiutn s Public Statement Fulls
lo Arouse Any Comment From Her
Daughter or Other Members of the
Thaw Family Mob ami Photog
rnphers Beset Evelyn at Every step.
on Her Way to the Toinhs.
-ew iorK, April 17. Thaw Is In
good rpirlts. He is warned thnt hi.
ppucatlon for bail Is llkelv to fni
.... ....o ci-uin-iieu nimseu o a
summer In prison.
Kvelyn and other members of the
lami.'y are silent about Mrs. Holman'.
statement.
Peabody visited Thaw thin mnrnlnv
but refused to talk about the confer!
ence, as Thaw has enjoined secrecy
uppn all his attorneys. It Is said he
iuia mem ne would do all the talking
e wanted done.
Evelyn visited her husband. The
hef clerk of Hartrldge's office ae.
companled her to protect her from
tne mob of photographers.
No Hope Whitevir of Bull Release.
Jerome, returning from tho conn.
try this afternoon shattered Thaw's
hope of release on ball. He an
nounced positively he would not hear
of such a thing and said, "Eight wit
nesses in the recent trial believed
Thaw Insane. The Jury stood seven
to five In favor of conviction for
first degree murder. In view of
these facts I believe it Is only right
tha Thaw remain in Jail until the
next trial."
CHARTER
CHANGES
BY COMMITTEE
Mayor Fee Will Appoint 12
Citizens of Pendleton to
Work With City Council.
MASS MEETING MADE GOOD
PROGRESS LAST NIGHT.
Most Noticeable Feature of All Dis
cussion Wag Unanimity of Opinion
on Need of Better Water System
Last Estimate on Gravity System
Was f 123,000 Made In 1S03, Bat II
Entirely Too Low With Present
Prices of Material Another Mas
Meeting; After Committee Formu
lates Flans.
SUFFERS TO BE IMPRISONED.
Tlirentens to Build a Prison and Shut
nimself In.
New York. April 17. Louis Gour
dnln was arraigned today and waived
examination. He asked the officers
to hasten him to Jollet to begin his
prison term. He says if his efforts
to serve a sentence this time prove
unavailing he will carry out his origi
nal intention to build a private Jail
and Imprison himself, outside of the
Illinois state prison.
Twelve taxpayers of Pendleton,
three from each of the four wards
of the city, to be appointed by Mayor
James A. Fee, will form a commit
tee which will work with the city
council In formulating the charter
changes which will be adopted by
the citizens at an elecetlon to be held
later.
Thl was the decltlon of the citi
zen' mas meeting which wa held
at the court house last evening for'
the purpose of discussing charter
changes. The meeting was well at
tended by taxpayers and citizens of
Pendleton and after electing Mayor
James A. Fee chairman and Re
corder Thomas Fitr Gerald secretary
of the meeting a thorough discussion
of the principal changes proposed
fir the ?lty charter was engaged in
by various citizens, all of whom
urged the construction of a gravity
sstem of city water as one of the
firse and most Important Improve
ments to be made.
The city indebtedness and present
outstanding bonds were fully explain
ed by Recorder Fit Gerald and City
Attorney John McCourt nnd after
discussing the different phases of the
proposed changes to the charter a
motion was made by Congressman
W. R. Ellis that a committee of tax
payers consisting of three from each
of "the city wards be appointed by
tne cnairmnn. to act in conjunction
with the mayor and city council In
agreeing upon the changes to be sub
mitted to the people.
Ml Fnvcr Wntcr System.
One noticeable feature of all 'ho
principal addresses and discussions
of the evening was the unanimity
of sentiment upon the matter of se
curing a gravity system of mountain
water ind this will perhaps be the
leading and most highly important
provision of the charter changes, al
though the system may not be con
structed Immediately, that remain
ing with the water commission.
Among those who advocated a bet
ter system of city water were Con
gressman Fills, T. C. Taylor, Judge
S. A. Lowell, Will Moore. Mavor
James A. Fee, Recorder Fltz nor.
aid and other.
The last estimate on a rystom of
gravity water for the city was made
'n 190.1 and at that time It was
thought that uch a system could he
Installed for $125,00, but owing to
me great advance in the nrice nt
all materials since that time, this ea.'
tlmatc Is entirely tco low and a suf
ficient bond Issue to enable the wa
ter commission to construct a mod
ern system will perhaps be proposed.
Atter tne committee and th cltv
counci' agree upon changes necessarv
to carry forward the needed Improve!
ments in the city, another mass meet. .
Ing of citizens will perhaps be held'.
and after thnt the changes will be
votoci upon by the citizens of Pen-
netcn.
Many favorable expressions of
opinion were heard last evenlni on
the change In the city charter law
by which citizens may make chnrter
Changes independent of the leirlaia.
ture. Pendleton Is one of the ti-t
cities In the state to take advantage
of the new- law.
MULTI-MARRYING MAN.
James Williams Wed More Than 18
Women.
Philadelphia, April 17. Every hour
adds to the number of wives of James
Williams, the bigamist, whose career
the police are Investigating. Authori
ties say Williams married women
from New York to San Francisco.
Eighteen women married him who
have reported the circumstances al
ready. Names and addresses of other
victims are being obtained by the of-Ifcers.
There are 10 granges with a com
bined membership of 600, In Wasco
county.
Earthquake In Spain.
Maderla, Spain, April 17. The
province of Murra was shaken by a
severe earthquake. The town nt
Totana and Worea were greatly
damaged.
Stvlke Will Tie Up Oinmla.
Vancouver. H. C. April 1T.
The Crow's Nest miners have
gone on strike and all the
mines are shut down. All In
dustries of western Canada arc
affected and the demoraliza
tion will be complete In a few
days. The Canadian Pacific
mis uniy a week s supply of
coal en hand, and only passen
ger trains are now operated.
Many Calgary factories ore
closed.