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    DAILY EVENINGEDITION
DAILYEYENIN6EDITI0N
The people who do the shopping and
buying, the people who watch the
advertisements closely, read the
East Or.egonlan regularly every
evening,
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair tonight with light frost; Sunday
fair and warmer.
VOL. 20.
PENDLETON, OBEGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1907.
NO. 5999
Til DROWNED
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Eight Kentucky Homes Swept
Away and Other Property
Loss Must Be Great.
FATED TOWN LAY AT THE
FORKS OF TWO STREAMS,
Midnight Rush of Waters Overwhelm
ed Tlicm and Garo No Cliance to
Ilx Of Several Families, AU
PcrWied Two Killed by a Cyclone
In Clark County, Illinois, Wliich
Destroyed Much Property Wash
ington County, Illinois, Scene of a
Cyclone Widen Killed Four Persons.
Louisville, Ky., June 8. Thirty
persons were killed In a cloudburst
which destroyed the town of Grady
vllle, Adair county, 17 miles from
Columbia, at midnight Many bodies
have already been recovered and sev
eral more are In the debris.
Nearly every residence In the town
was swept away.
The town Is situated at the forks
of two creeks. At midnight a ter
rific cloudburst forced the creeks out
of the banks, and the waters rose rap
Idly, the Inhabitants having no way
of escape. Most people were asleep
at the time and were caught In their
submerged homes, drowned or were
caught under the debris.
Partial list of the dead: Strong
Hill, wife and family of five; John
Moore and family, number of dead not
known; Mrs. Wllmore Austin and
daughter; Dr. L C. Mell and family
of three. Dr. Mell was formerly a
state senator. Every member of his
family Is thought to be killed. Hart
field Moss, wife and mother Bi.d fam
ily of seven children. It Is believed
the entire family perished.
Recovering Bodies.
Louisville, June 8. Twenty-two
bodies have been received from the
rulr.s at Oradyvllle. At least four
more were killed.
Two Killed by Cyclone.
Marshall, III., June 8. A cyclone,
passed over the southern part of this
county last night at York. Mrs. Pinks
ton and Henry Book were killed, and
several injured. Many houses and
barns were destroyed.
Fonr Killed at Newminden.
Nashville, 111., June 8. Four people
were killed and a score Injured, some
fatally, by a cyclone at Newminden..
CASE IN CIRCUIT COURT.
Chinaman Asks Damages as Result of
Cayuse Wreck.
Portland, June 8. Charging that
the O. R. A N. company, by Its negli
gence, was responsible for the wreck
at Cayuse on April 10, In which four
lives were lost and a number of per
sons Injured, Lew Wy Hln appeared
In the circuit court this morning to
ask (20,000 damages from the com
pany for Injuries he sustained In the
wreck. The trial of the suit was be
gun before Judge Sears and a jury
was drawn to hear the case.
It Is charged that the roadbed at
Cayuse, where the train plunged Into
the Umatilla river, was defective and
unsafe; that the rails were worn and
dangerous; that the ties were rotten
and broken, and that the flanges on
the wheels of the cars and engine
' were worn and unfit for use. These
charges are made to prove that the
negligence of the railroad company
was the primary cause of the wreck.
Lew Wy Hln. a Chinaman, who was
on the train, alleges that he sustained
a broken back when the train went
Into the river, disabling him for life.
He aslts $20,000 damages for his In
juries. The company alleges that the acci
dent was caused by the formation of a
spring under the roadbed by the
heavy downpour of rain and that it
was a trouble that could neither be
foreseen nor guarded against. The
first witness called this morning was
David Hlrstel, a civil engineer, who
testified as an expert witness regard
ing the condition of the grade at the
point where the wreck occurred. Ad
ditional evidence is being heard this
afternoon.
It Is said that a number of damage
suits against the O. R. & N. will fol
low If Lew Wy Hln Is successful In
Kansas Wheat In Poor Shape.
Topeka, June 8 The scre-
(ary of ihe Kansas agricultural
department announces the con-
dltlon of wheat In Kansas at
56.8. Twenty-one per cent of
the total area planted has been
plowed up as worthless. Har-
vest will be IE days later than
normal. No considerable dam-
age by Insects.
BY A CLOUDBURS
securing a verdict. Others who were
Injured In the wreck at Cayuse are
known to have retained attorneys and
the attorneys regard the case now on
trail as a test case.
TOWN OF SIIEDD BURNED.
Fire Department From Albany Could
-Do Little Good.
Albany, June 8. At an early hour
yesterday morning fire wiped out the
entire business section of the town
of Shedd, with the exception of a few
small buildings. The lost Is estimat
ed at 830,000, end the Insurance on
the burned buildings amounted to
12U00. The fire Is thought to bo of
Incendiary origin.
Members of the Albany fire de
partment went to Shedd In response
to a call for aid, but went too late to
give any material assistance. The
following business houses were burn'
cd:
Two general merchandise stores of
Davis Sc Shedd; general merchandise
ftore of A. Sutherland; residence, of
A. Sutherland; store and postnfflce
of M. J. Coon; hardware store and
blacksmith shop of W. C. Jackson,
general merchandise store of Allen &
McCormick.
.drops twelve feet.
Collapsing of Roof of One of Under
ground Passageways. ' -
St. Louis, June 8. A portion of
Washington avenue, Immediately west
of the intersection of Jefferson ave
nue, dropped 12 feet below the sur
face this morning by the collapsing
of the roof of one of the natural
underground passages, known as
Uhrlg's Cave. The main underground
passage is 10 feet below the surface
at Washington and Jefferson avenues,
and has five branches, which extend In
different directions for a mile.
Their existence was discovered in
1886, when Joseph Uhrig erected a
brewery at the point of radiation of
the branches. It is feared surrounding
buildings standing over the passages
may sink.
WILL SPEND MONEY
TO KEEP ROAD OUT
Owns Two Lots Which lie Refuses to
Sell the Company at Any Cost
City Council Granted Franchise to
Railroad Remonetranco . Not .Be
ing Signed, As All Others Seem to
- Favor the Coming of the Road. -
nint Uock, June 8 A remon
strance' is being circulated by A. J.
Sturtevant to atop the railroad from
building Into the town of Pilot Rock.
It is understood that Mr. Sturte
vant had slreody given deeds to the
Umatilla Central for two lots, but
on learning that the railroad was to
lay Its track along' Main street, on
which Mr. Sturtevnnt owns some
property, and in order to keep the
railroad frcm going further south
than Pilot Rock, the complainant
rays he will spend 820,000 to keep
the railroad outside the Incorporated
limits.
Tho city council granted the rail
road a tranchtao .along 'Main street,
but Mr. Sturtevant cwns. two lots
which must be crorsed before Main
street Is reached by the railroad, and
it Is to prevent the company from
crossing theee two lots, which Mr.
Sturtevant refuses to sell at any price
that the suit with the company Is
threatened.
A remonstrance has been circulat
ed In the interest of the complaint,
but It is understood that no signers
could be secured. Other property
owners seem to favor the road com
ing through the town, providing the
company builds Its depot within
certain limitations of the present
townslto. . . .
TURMOR ON THE BRAIN.'
Probable Canno of Murder and Insan
ity of Young Woman.
Pittsburg, June 8. A story print
ed here this afternoon which says
Bella Stein, an Alletrhnnv i-lrl
nearly 10 years ago killed her moth
er ana attempted suicide, and es
caped last October from nn imu
asylum "and died three weeks ago In
me couniy nospitai at Los Angeles.
She liver there three months under
the name of Olga Miller.
An autopsy showed a tumor on the
brain had been developing for years.
Persian Village Destroyed.
Constantinople, June 8. The vil
lage of Serla, on the Persian fron
tier, was destroyed by an earthquake
Friday.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, June 8. Wheat opened
85 1-2, closed 86 7-8; corn opened 58
8-4, closed 64 1-8; oats opened 44,
closed 48.
$5,000,000 Loss by Cyclone.
Bombay, June 8. It is estimated
that 88,000,000 is the loss by the cy
clone of June 6.
REMONSTRANCE
CIRCULATED
IPtl
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Defense Wlil Try to Prove This, and That Orchard Came and
Went on Passports Issued by Mine Owners.
Ex-President of tlie Eureka, Utah, M iners' Federation Now Known to Have
Keen a Spy for the Mine Owner h, and Will be a Witness for the State
at Boise Orchard Insists That II aywood Suggested Killing Governor
Peabudy, and That He, Orchard, Tried Many Times Ineffectually to
Do So A Cloud of Witnesses Arriving at Boise, Both for State and
Defense.
Boise, June 8. That the defense In
tends to try and absolutoly prove
that Orchard while In Cripple Creek
was both in the employ of the Mine
Owners' association and the' Citizens'
alliance there, leaked out this morn
ing when It became known that Ar
thur Cole, former superintendent of
schools at Cripple Creek, and secre
tary of the Citizens' Alliance, is here
to testify for the defense.
Orchard declared In his testimony
he did not know Cole and never saw
him. Cole, It Is learned, Intends to
testify that Orchard was In his em
ploy, and that he, with the mine
owners' detective. Sterling, notified
General Sherman Bell that Orchard
was entitled to go and come at will.
Richardson spent the great portion
of the night Interviewing men Impli
cated by Orchard In his confession,
with the result that he reached the
court today with a dozen notebooks
filled with suggestive questions to fire
at the state's chief witness.
The state also received strong re
inforcements during the night. In the
person of George Redell, discredited
president of the Eureka, Utah, union
of the Western Federation of Miners.
He has been In the employ of the
Plnkerton agency for years.
He worked in the Tellurlde mine.
was known as "Smuggler Union," and
was their agent, and when the strike
was declared was apparently one of
the most rabid union men. When he
arrived here he was warmly welcom
ed by General Wells and Chief Detec
tive McParland.
Other Witnesses Arrive.
Boise, June 8. Other witnesses
who arrived todny were A. L. Arnold,
secretary of the Mine Owners' asso
ciation at Cripple Creek, and Major
H. A. Naylor of Victor. They also
are among the state'- chief witness
es. When Orchard resumed the stand
Richardson began questioning him
relative- to his operations after re
turning to Denver from Ouray. He
asked him If It were not a fact that
before visiting the Federation head
quarters he had reported his- arrival
to the mine owners' detectives. He
said he had not. He said he went di
rect to Federation headquarter and
saw Haywocd. The question of kill
ing Peabody came up at headquar
ters. Haywood, according to Or-j
chard, telling him he must kill the
governor. He said Haywood told
him he ought to kill him with a shot
gun. He spent a week trying to land
Peabody. Could not say why the op
portunity did not present Itself, as
he knew Peabody went about a good
nil TRAINS EARLIER
AND WESTBOUND TRAINS LATER
A number of changes in the time
table of O. R. & N. passenger trains
will go Into' effect tonight at 12
o'clock,' which will cause eastbound
tralnsto leave here nn hour earlier
than heretofore and westbound trains
will be later. - A notable change will
als ogo Into effect on tho Washing
ton division. Following Is tho list
of the change:
No. 5, westbound, 12.15 a. m., as
at present; No. 1 westbound, 11:40
a. in., which la 40 minutes luter than
at' present; No. 2, eastbound, 4-:40
p. m., which is one hour earlier than
at present; No. , eastbound, 4
o'clock, a. m., which Is an hour ear
lier. Washington division: No. 8, Spo
kane train, will leave here at 11:45
a. m.. Instead of 11:16, as at present;
No. 7 will arrive here at 4:26 p. m.,
which Is 40 minutes earlier than
heretofore; No. 42, the mixed train
to Walla Walla will leave hero at
4:50 Instead of 6:50 p. m.
No. 41, mixed train from Walla
Walla, will arrlvo here at the usual
time, 2:10.
' Till is a marked change In passen
ger traffic on the O. R, A N and will
go Into effect tomorrow.
Schedule Changes at Chicago.
Chicago, III., June 8. New sched
ules under which the minimum time
between Chicago and western points
SP( OF THE
deal nightly, attending receptions.
A week later he went to Cripple
Creek to get Steve Adams to help
him do the Job. He knew Adams
only slightly. He denied absolutely
that he and Adams had been close
friends. Adams came to Denver, he
paying his expenses with the money
furnished by Haywood.
Pettlbone told him to abandon the
attempt on Peabody until the execu
tive board adjourned. He suggested
he kill Lyte Gregory. . He had never
seen ' Gregory before, but knew all
about him. The proposition was put
to him at 4 In the afternoon and the
killing was accomplished before mid
night. .
Wanted Help to Kill Peabody.
Boise, June 8. Asked If he needed
help to kill Peabody, he could not
explain, mere than he did not want
the job along. He got a couple of
shotguns from Pettlbone to do the
job with. He gave up the shotguns
because he feared discovery, and then
. decided to 'resort to the bomb to re
move Peabody.
$100 for Killing Gregory.
Boise, June 8. Orchard said ha
got 1100 after killing Gregory from
Haywood. Later he corrected and
said he got it from Pettlbone. Here
Richardson demanded, "How long
did Foster Mllburn stay in Denver
after killing Gregory?" Mllburn Is
the one you've been claiming was
'Mildrln,' who, you say, was with you
when you did the killing, isn't he?"
The witness hesitated a moment
and flaally said possibly he was the
same man; that he stayed some time
in Denver.
"You have wrlten and rewritten
your statements made on your direct
examination many times, have you
not?" "I have."
"And when Hawley told you to re
sume In narrative form your story,
he had reference to what you had
written, and what he had read, did he
not?"
."I don't know. I have written the
story of my life. I began It a year
ago nnd went over it time and time
again, ro as to have It properly writ-"
ten."
The witness then denied he had
changed his story on the suggestion
of Detective McParland, or that It
had been changed so that Moyer,
Haywood, Pettlbone and Slmpklttl
would be Implicated In his crimes.
Personal Motive in Killing Steunen
berg. He admitted telling Slmpkins that
if Steuncnberg had not been Instru
mental In driving him out of the
will be lengthened, will be put into
effect tomorrow by all of the rail
roads running west from this city.
The new schedules are the result of
several months of Joint deliberation.
The time for the fastest passenger
trains between this city and Omaha
will be Increased two hours, that be
tween this city and Kansas City will
be Increased cne hour, and propor
tionate Increases In the minimum run
ning time will be made to nearly all
other points. The time of the
"Limited" trains to Los Angeles will
not be greatly affected, but the timo
between Chicago and San Francisco
will be Increased about four hour.
The railroad officials deny that the
putting on of slower trains is in re
taliation for tho action of the west
ern legislatures in the cutting of
rates. The officials declare that the
schedules that have been In effect
for the past year or more have been
found, too fast for economical opera
tion. Last winter, on account of un
usual weather conditions, few of the
western roads were uble to operate
their trains arcoidlng to schedule. In
Increasing the running time the man
agers are acting In the belief that It
will be more eatltfactory to have
schedules which can be maintained,
even If ordinary delays to trains are
encountered, than to disappoint pas
sengers by delivering them at their
destination later than the schedule
time In case of any delay en route.
Coeur d'Alene' he would be a rich
man, as all his former partners were
now rich.
Questioning along the line of the
Independence depot explosion was
resumed, Richardson trying to get
the witness to tell Just who he saw
In the Cripple Creek district when
he returned, in order to call them in
rebuttal. He named half a dozen
men that h eraw, but absolutely de
nied seeing either the mine owners
or the latters' detectives.
Orchard Committed Arson.
Orchard admitted helping John Ne
ville burn up his saloon to collect In
surance to get money for a prospect
ing trip after exploding the mine
tinder the depot.
TJxamlnatlon on tho Independence
matter when court adjourned for the
day.
NORMAL COMMENCEMENT.
Opens With Baccalaureate Services
Tomorrow.
Weston, June 10. The eastern Or
egon state Normal school commence
ment will begin tomorrow with the
baccalaureate service for which Harry
VV. Stone, general secretary of the
Portland Y. M. C. A., will deliver the
principal address. An excellent mu
sical program has been arranged.
The class day exercises will take
place Monday and the commencement
exercises Tuesday.
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Kills Daughter, Himself and Wounds
His Wife.
Providence, R. I., June 8. George
Lonsdale this morning shot and kill
ed his 11-year-old daughter and
wounded his wife and fatally Injured
himself. He also shot at a boarder,
whom he missed.
DEMPSEY SAWMILL BURNED
Tacoma Industries Suffer a (.real
Loss by Fire.
Tacoma, June 8. Fire last night
destroyed the plant of the Dempsey
saw mill. Loss, 8300,000.
THE STARTING POINT TO
BE NEAR WALLCLA.
ProiKMed Route Almost Parallel With
J. K. & x. Tracks Line to Enter
Walla Walla on Sixth Street Fran
chise Granted This Line It Is Said
Will Develop a Great Territory
One of Best in Washington.
According to the Walla Walla na.
pers, E. S. Clark, one of the engineers
employed by the North Coast rail
road, will commence surveying the line
or xne road between Wallula and
Walla Walla. It is said that Mr.
Clark Is now securing his crew to
maice the survey for the road and will
start out with his outfit in a few days.
The starting point will be near Wal
lula, though Just at what point Is not
stated.
The proposed route Is to almost par
allel the O. R. & n. tracks, though it
will be aobut two miles south of that
road and will enter a new territory
heretofore untouched by the railroads.
This part of the country Is considered
one of the best in this section of the
state.
President Robert Strahorn of the
North Coast recently stated that the
work on the line would commence
soon and the action of Mr. Clarke is
In line with this statement.
The line will probably enter Walla
Walla on Sixth street, over which a
franchise has been granted the com
pany by the council. The depot
grounds are still undetermined, but
they will probably be selected as soon
as the survey has reached that city.
Mr. Clark Is the engineer who sur
veyed a line between Walla Walla and
Lewiston for the North Coast road,
though whether this will be followed
for the eastern line Is not known. The
line. It Is said, would develop a great
territory, though it would be expen
sive. It is planned to moke the sys
tem one of the greatest In Washing
ton and It is claimed that trains will
be In operation on a portion of the
road between Walla Walla and the
coast by the first of January. The
line taps some of the best sections of
the state.
Delegates Arriving at Tho Hague.
The Hague, June 8. Delegates to
the peace conference are beginning
to arrive. It opens a week from to
day. There Is no possibility of dis
cussing disarmament, on account of
Germany's opposition.
Will Not Be Governor Again.
Washington, June 8. Governor
Carter of Hawaii, told the president
todpy positively he would not serve
another term, but will retire Novem
ber 23.
Valuable Dredger Burned.
Long Beach, Cat., June 8. The
dredger Seattle burned this morning.
It was owned at San Francisco. Loss,
8160,000.
SURVEY LINE FOB
NEIV RAILROAD
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According to Informations
Filed Against Three Pendle
ton Saloon Men.
J. A. OGG AND TWO ALIAS
OFFENDERS DEFENDANTS
All Are Said to Have Violated the
General Agreement to Keep Closed,
and AU Are Said to Have Kept
Open Last Sunday New Law
Makes It Very Hazardous to Allow
a Minor to Loiter Abont a Saloon
or to Batronlze a Saloon Full
Text of the Law la Given Below. .
This morning District Attorney
Phelps filed informations charging
three local saloon men with viola
tions of the Sunday closing law. One
of the accused is J. A. Ogg. while in
both the other informations filed the
liquor dealers are designated as John
Doe and Richard Roe.
It Is understood that the informa
tions were filed because the saloons
in question violated their agreements,
to remain closed during Sunday fore
noons. The Ogg saloon Is said to have
been open for a time last Sunday, as
were also the others complained
against This action on the part of
the saloonmen the authorities declare
will not be toleratad," and that the
saloons will be forced to live up to
their agreements it not to the com
plete letter of the law.
' New Law Is Stringent.
As a result of a new state law
passed at the last session of the legis
lature it is now very hazardous for a
saloon man to allow a minor to loiter
about or patronize his place. The full
text of the law is as follows:
Section 1. "No license shall, after
the passage of this act, be issued to
any person to sell splrttous, vinous or
malt liquors, who shall have been af
ter the passage of this act, convict
ed of wilfully selling or delivering
either splritous, vinous, fermented of
malt, liquors to a minor, or wilfully
allowing any minor to loiter In or
about any place where splritous, vin
ous, fermented or malt liquors are
sold or disposed of.
"And before any such license shall
be issued to any person to sell spirit
uous, vlnor, fermented, or malt li
quors he shall subscribe to an oath
stating that he has not been convicted
since the passage of this act of wil
fully selling or delivering either vin
ous, spirituous, fermented or malt li
quors to a minor, or if wilfully al
lowing a minor to loiter in or about
any place of business where spirit
uous, vlnor, fermented or malt li
quors are sold.
'Filed in the office of the secre
tary of state, February 15, 1907." .
DETAILS OF KIEF'S HOLDUP.
Ailler Had to Pungle Up or Not Get
Restaurant License.
San Francisco, June 8. Max Adler
another French lestauranteur, was
the first witness. When he failed to
get a license he .said his attorney ad
vised him to see Ruef. He then told
of meeting other restauranteurs and
of arrangement to give Ruef $5000.
He said he paid his share because he
knew If he did not do so he would,
have to close. He looked upon the
payment not as an attorney's fee, but
as protection. He said Ruef never
threatened him and admitted he had
not paid tli6 second Installment.
Michael Dcbiet gave similar testi
mony. He said he and other restau
ranteurs knew they were going to be
held up. so decided to see Ruef and
arrange to get their licenses. When
Ruef agreed to take the case he said
he must gel his fee In currency and
would not give receipts.
Defense Objected to Evidence.
San Francisco, June 8. A brief
session of the Schmttz trial was had
this morning, adjournment being
tnken soon after Camilla Malhebaun,
firmer keeper of a French restaur
ant, took the stand. Heney attempt
ed to have him tell what ho knew
about Ruefs dealings with Individ
ual members of the combine formed
by restauranteurs to secure protec
tion. The defense objected to the Intro
duction of such testimony on the
ground that evidence pertaining to
similar offenses Is not admissible.
Adjournment was taken until 5
o'clock, when arguments will be made
and euthorltles submitted.
General Booth at Seattle.
Seattle, June 8. General Booth,
head of the Salvation Army, arrived
from the Orient on the steamer Min
nesota yesterday and left over the
Canadian Pacific for Quebec.
Confessed to Murder.
Karlsruhe, June 8. Karl Hau, ac
cused of the murder of his mother-in-law,
upon learning his wife had
committed suicide, confessed.
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