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j OAILY EVEN I N G ED ITION
DAILY EVEHINGEDITIOfi
The biggest and best Blocks of goods
ever brought to Pendleton are to
de displayed this fall. East Ore
gonlon advertisements will tell all
about them.
WEATHER FORECAST.
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Fair and ; . tonight and Sunday.
VOL. 20.
PENDLETON, OliEGON, SAHJIIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1907.
NO. 6068
Is 5
5 S :
ARRAIGNED BUI
MET WITH DELHI
Neither Horseman Nor Saw
yer Has Yet Replied to In
dictment 1 EFFORT BEING M.VDE TO
DISCHARGE HOUSEMAN.
W. C. E. Prnht Win Th-fend Sawyer,
and tlic Defense's Demurrer Will Ho
Argued Tills Afternoon The Hcgu
lur Jury Session of (ho Circuit Court
fleets ficptcnibcr 16, mill a Long
aiul Interesting Session Ih Probable
Court "Meets at Hcppncr Next
Monday.
At 10 o'clock this morning Qeorge
Horseman and James Sawyer, charged
with second land first degree murder
respectively, were brought before Clr
milt Judge Bean for arraignment.
3B.ciwe.ver, delays were met with In
both cases, and as a result neither
roan has yet formally replied to the
Indictment against him.
In behalf of Horseman, Colonel
"Ruiey and Judge Fee, his attorneys,
Tiave filed a motion asking that the
'complaint against him be set aside.
Horseman will not plead to the charge
against him until that motion has been
disposed of.
W. C. E. Prultt Is to be the defend
er of James Sawyer, nnd he appeared
lor him in court this morning. A de
murrer to tho complaint had already
been filed by Mr. Prultt, but as he
"wan not ready to argue it this morn
lug, the matter was set foe 1:30 this
afternoon.
Following the disposal of the above
two cases this morning the court
docket was gone over to some extent
and several cases set for trial. The
regular Jury session commences a
week from Monday morning, and with
the large number of Important crlml
nal cases pending It will doubtless be
a long but Interesting session.-
Judge Hean and District Attorney
Phelps will now go to Heppner to
hold a session of circuit there Mon
day.
POVEHTY-STRI CK PROFESSOR.
Finds 111 Son In an Adjoining Cell at
Chicago.
Chicago, Sept. 7. Rendered desper
ate by poverty and the alleged refus
nl of relatives to shelter him, J. L
Vanhenert, formerly a professor In the
University of Chicago, has applied to
'tire police to be sent to a hospital at
Dunning. When placed In a cell.
Vanhenert found In nn adjoining cell
his son, from whom he had been sep
arated for years. The son had been
arrested on a charge of larceny.
THEATER COLLAPSED AT BUTTE.
Three Carpenter Badly Hurt, of 14
Who Went lown.
Butte, Sept. 7. The Tulu theater.
In course of construction, collapsed
this morning, burying 14 men. All but
three managed to escape. Three car
penters were badly hurt. The heavy
rains t the last few days caused the
foundation to move.
txmiity 'Court Next Monday.
On Monday morning the September
session of county court will be re
trained after a recess of several days,
the same being flue to the Illness of
Commissioner Walker and Illness In
the family of Commissioner Lee. The
latter was called Tiome Thursday by
the serious Illness of his daughter,
and though the young lady Is now Im
proved, Mr. Lee will not be here again
until Monday morning. Mr. Walker,
who was taken violently Wednesday
afternoon, has now recovered from
the attack. He believes he was
poisoned through eating some fruit,
and for a time his condition was se
rious. Pilot Rock Boys to Corvallls.
Four young men of the Pilot Rock
district, Lemuel Casteel, Bruce Gil
bert, Edward Westgate and Harry
Olcott, will leave in a' few days to
enter Oregon Agricultural college at
Corvallls for the ensuing term.
.Tack Kness, who was shot by
Frank McBrlde at Vollmer, Idaho,
is dead. McBrlde Is being held on a
murder charge.
. Fostnl Sue Telegraphers.
Chicago, Sept. 7. Officers of
the Telegraphers' union have
refused to pay a bill due the
Postal for telegrams sent, and
the latter has entered a suit.
RusBell refused to pay the bill
until the company showed evl-
dence of having delivered all
the messages of the union han-
died since the strike. The case
will be heard September 11.
BRILLIANT LUNCH FOR TAFT.
Pendleton Wag Represented Only by
Congressman W. R. Ellis at Port
land Function.
The luncheon given In honor of
Taft at Hotel Portland at 1:30 yester
day was one of the most brilliant af-
fulrs of the kind ever witnessed In
Portland. The dining room of the
Portland was most elaborately dec
orated and it was a unique affair In
every way.
There weer but two or three
speeches, Secretary Taft making a
brief address upon being Introduced
by Theodore B. Wilcox, after ex-Senator
Oearln and George H. Williams
spoke briefly. Pendleton wns repre
sented at the luncheon' by Congress
man W. R. Ellis, who was the only
citizen from this place Invited to the
affair. Those present were as fol
lows:
Secretary Taft, General Clarence
Edwards, Colonel George Colton, Rob
ert H. Murray, W. W. Meochler, all
of tho Taft party, Judge George H.
Williams, Senator Fulton, H. W.
Scott, W: D. Fenton, General Grcely,
W. D. Wheelwright, W. B. Ayer, A.
L. Mills. B. 8. Josslyn, J. C. Ains
worth, W. M. Lodd, C. S. Jackson, J.
Frank Watson, General C. F. Beebe,
C. W. Hodson, W. W. Cotton, Justice
Bean, Mayor Lane, Judge Wolverton,
Judge Gilbert, C. A. Dolph, F. M.
Warren, Dr. Holt, C. Wilson, E. M.
Brannlck. S. B. Linthlculm, 6. M.
Mears, Oskar Huber. Jelus Meyer,
S. B. Vincent, W. L. Boise, Colonel S.
W. Roessler, Dr. Andrew C. Smith,
Archbishop Christie, Edgar B. Piper,
J. F. Carroll, ex-Senator eGarln, M
A. Moody, J. P. O'Brien. Herman Wit
tenberg, E. L. Thomyson, A. Bennett,
The Dalles; S. H. Friendly, Eugene;
E. Ehrman, Dr. J. W. Hill, Congress
man Ellis, S. G. Reed, Tom Richard-
LI1EST0CK DAY IT
PORTLAND BUSINESS MEN
EXPECT TO BE PRESENT.
Tuesday, September 21, Is Also Port
land Dny The Exhibit of Fine
, Horse of Every Cu Is Certain to
"Be Magnificent The Committee
Ex-ciully Invites All Owners of
Fine Horses.
The fair directors have set apart
Tuesday, "September 24 as Livestock
day, nnd upon thnt occasion will be
present the expected large delegation
of Portland business men, ns the day
Is also Portland day In tho fair cal
endar. It Is desired that there shall be
present for parade all the fine driving
horses, saddle horses, trotting horses,
draft horses and thoroughbred brood
mares and stallions, which can be
gathered from all parts of Morrow
and Umatilla counties. It is propos
ed to present to the fair visitors such
h display of fine horses as will dem
onstrate that this district produces
something besides grain.
Fair Director Frank Frazler will
have special charge of this feature,
and with him there have been asso
ciated a special committee consisting
of W. F. Matlock, J. X. Burgess and
iE. N. Shutt, with auxiliary commit
tee consisting of Henry Barrett of
Athenn; Charles Baddeley, Weston;
Matt Mosgrove, Milton; Alex Mont
gomery, Helix; Jesse Hales, Adams; S.
L. Morse, Pilot Rock; William Daugh.
erty, Echo; Thomas Matlock, Hepp
ner, and Walter Smith', lone.
It Is the desire of the directors thnt
every citizen of the two counties own
ing fine horses be present with them
on that day, and to advise the near
est committeeman of such Intention.
Swec for Milton and Frcownler.
H. M. Cockburn of Milton, who has
fieen recommended for appointment
as a commissioner of the district fair
association, Is In the city today and
made application for 40 feet of space
in the pavilion for the Milton-Free-
v.ater exhibit, which promises to be
one of the largest exhibits at the
coming fair.
"FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH."
September 13 Will Have Double Hoo
doo, for Superstitious MlndA.
Those who look with misgiving up
on anything that commences on a
Friday and who regard 13 as an un
lucky number, may look with super
stitious dread upon September 13, for
It will be Friday, the 13th. Whether
or not the day will bring forth a
panic In Wall street, such as Is de
picted In Thomas W. Lawson's novel,
remains to be seen. But It Is safe to
say that many will feel relieved when
the fateful day Is passed.
In the circuit court hero the case
of Reld vs. Nester, from Hermlston,
Is fixed for hearing on Friday, Sep
tember IS, and Colonel J. H. Raley
has already warned his opposing
counsel, R. R. Johnson, that the day
will bring forth nothing good for the
letter's client.
A priest connected with the Church
of Santa Maria Magdalena, Rome,
has absconded with 324,000 of the
church funds and hiked for America,
It la supposed.
DISTRICT
BONAPARTE TIRED
OF DEAD TIMBER
There Are Parties in His De
partment Who Are a Drag
to Prosecutions.
OTHERS EVADE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S AITHOR1TY
Kellogg and Others With Commis
sions From Roosevelt Direct Insist
I pon Taking Their Orders Direct
From the White House Will be
Made a Subject of Congressional
Investigation and Expect that Fa
voritism and Incompetence May be
Frown.
Kcw York, Sept. 7. A special to
the Sun from Washington says:
Attorney General Bonaparte has
decided that if he. is to remain at the
head of the department of Justice
and is expected to carry on an ag
gressive war against corporations ca
pable of enlisting the best legal tal
ent, he will have to get rid of the
dead timber In his department.
Kellogg and other special attorneys
have been well paid from the contin
gent fund, but these get their com
missions from the president direct
and seem dlsposd to take orders from
the White House rather than from the
department.
It has been suggested that when
congress Inquires Into Investigating
expenditures for special federal pros
ecutors. It will develop much criti
cism and positively show favoritism.
ODER AN ASSUMED NAME.
Yorpnhl Known for Fifteen Years as
J. A. Crane.
Redding. Cain'., Sept. 7. -It Is de
veloped that the man known as J.
A. Crane, a wealthy mining man,
died Tuesday nt the Five Pines mine
from eating green apples, was in
fact W. W. Vorpahl. He had been
living under an assumed name for
15 years. The fact was learned
when his sisters, Mrs. Clara Bowman
and Mrs. George Bowman, were lo
cated in Portland, nnd that a brother,
Otto Vorpahl, at Cnnby, Ore.
When his Portland relatives learn
ed that "J. A. Crane" had died,
they wired that the dead, man was
Vorpahl, their brother. They offer
ed no explanation of the mystery. The
body was shipped to Cnnby.
CAPTURE JAPANESE COOLIES.
Ijirgo Business Done III Smuggling
From .Mexico.
Galveston. Sept. 7. Immigration
Inspectors raided a camp 30 miles
from Laredo, on the Mexican horHor
and captured 25 Japanese who were
ueing smuggled across the line. The
coolies will be deported via San
Francisco, and four Japanese agents
will be prosecuted.
It Is learned that hundreds of
coolies have managed to be smuggled
across the line despite numerous pros
ecutions recently.
NEW OPPOSITION TO TAFT.
Regular Army Officers Have It In for
Him.
San Francisco, Sept. 7. The News
says today:
"Taft's aspiration for the presiden
tial chair will be confronted shortly
by an unexpected and formidable ob
stacle entailing the political enmity of
100,000 voters. Taft, as civil gover
nor of the Philippines, adopted a pol
icy of solicitude with the natives and
stirred up friction with the army peo
ple. The organized veterans are re
ported to be against him."
Will Soon Finish Harvesting.
M. M. Wyrlck has Just returned
from the reservation, where himself
and sons are harvesting a Inrge wheat
crop. They will finish gathering their
crop In about four days more. There
will be slight loss In parts of the res
ervation from the rains of the Inst few
days. Some few sacks lying on the
ground have rotted, causing on addi
tional expense for new sacks.
Two Badly Hurt In Wreck.
Son Francisco, Sept. 7. Speeding
down a steep grade, beyond the con
trol of the motormnn. a work car of
the United Railroad left the rails and
turned over this morning. The car
was demolished and two men burled
In the debris. The Injured are Chas.
F. Cluce nnd W. Fulton, linemen. Both
were badly hurt.
Timber Deal for $700)00.
The McCormlck Lumber company
of McCormlck, Wash., has Just sold
Its holdings. Including timber land,
logging road, sawmills and other lum
bering property, to Michigan capital
ists for (700,000.
The ninth anniversary of the coro
nation of Queen Wllhelmlna of Hoi
land, Is being celebrated.
TWELVE KILLED
IN IOWA WRECK
Passenger Train Jumped the
Track and Collided With a
Freight Train.
TWELVE OTHERS WERE
MORE OR LESS INJURED
Conductor, Fireman, Mall Clerk and
Two Engineers Injured, and One
, Ruggngcman Killed All the Dead
and Injured Were in One Car
Oncoming Passenger Train Left
Her Truck at a Switch and Struck
the Standing Freight Engine Head
on, Waterloo, Iowa, Sept. 7. Twelve
persons were killed and twelve others
injured last night when a north bound
Rock Island passenger train left the
rails at Harris, Iowa, and crashed
Into a south bound freight train
standing on a siding. The dead:
P. B. Oliver, Waterloo.
Will Goodman, Waterloo.
John Watson, Waterloo.
C. L. Lamphere, Shell Rock, Iowa.
W. R. Johnson, Dike, Iowa.
R. B. Christy, Minneapolis.
Leopjvan Toja, Hammond, Ind.
Laborer, name unknown, Ham
mond, Ind. i
Three unknown men.
W. H. Meyers, baggageman, of
Burlington, Iowu, died on way to the
hospital.
The Injured: J. A. Newell, Illinois
Central conductor, Waterloo, Iowa;
John Shaw, Waterloo; Dr. J. C.
O'Keejtej Marble Rock, Iowa; J. H.
Douglas," Woterloo; Thomas Evan
son, Moar, Minn.; E. H. Martin, mall
clerk, West Liberty; Iowa; Edward
St. Pierre, Minneapolis; TrochinI
Crlsden, St. Paul; M. McMahon, fire
man, Cedur Rapids, Iowa; Albert Ma-
don, engineer, Cedar Rapids; A. L.
Welllver, Cedar Rapids; F. Kinch,
engineer, Cedar Rapids.
The Injured were brought to Wa
terloo and placed In the hospital. All
of the dead nnd injured were in the
smoking car, which was immediately
behind the baggage and mall cars.
The smoking car was completely
demolished. The 'dead and injured
were strewn about among the wreck
age.
The north bound express was 10
minutes lute at Norrls, a small station
threo miles north of Cedar Falls,
Iowa, and there the freight train was
waiting the express which came along
at a terrific speed in an effort to
make up time. Just as the engine
of the passenger was about to pass
the freight engine, the trucks of the
train Jumped the track and the en
gine crushed into the engine of the
freight, wrecking both engines and
telescoping the baggage and mall cars
and demolishing the smaklng car.
The passengers in the two day
coaches following the smoker escap
ed lth only a violent shaking up.
Rescuers were Immediately at hand
to cure for the Injured and to take
the dead from among the wreckage.
Thrown' Out by a Runaway.
What might have been a very dis
astrous runaway occurred on Main
street shortly before 3 o'clock this
afternoon. A little boy and girl were
driving a team to a top buggy and at
the corner of Main and Alta the horses
became frightened and started to run.
Just in front of Bond Bros.' store both
occupants were thrown out upon the
hard street, while the horses breaking
away from the bugey, continued their
run. Although somewhat bruised
from their fall neither of the children
were Injured at all seriously.
McDonald Arretted.
Tatrlck McDonald, wanted at Wal
la Walla for robbery, was arrested
here yesterday by Clarence Kearney,
acting chief of police. McDonald
was accused of having stolen $60
from a man In Walla Walla and In
structions had Just been sent out ask
ing for his arrest. Last evening Dep
uty Sheriff Painter of Walla Walla,
arrived and secured his prisoner.
Heavy Ensthound Train.
No. 6, the eastbound O. R. & N.
train consisted of 15 coaches this
morning and had a helper engine out
of this city. The coaches which are
used In the westward colonist rush
are being taken east on every train,
but this morning's train had an es
pecially largo number of coaches.
Another Tourist Car.
An extra tourist car has' been add
ed to O. R. & N. trains No. 5 and
A on account of the colonist rush.
The car will be carried between Port
land and Omaha during September
nnd Octoher while the colonist rates
are In effect.
During the past 18 months 17 per
sons have been killed In Portland by
streetcars a straight average of al
most one per month.
TO TRY NEW BATTLESHIP.
16.000 Tons Displacement, 16,500
Horsepower.
Washington, Sept. 7. Naval offi
cers are looking forward with Inter
est to the final trial run of the bat
tleship Vermont, .which Is to take
place the first of the week. In ad
dition to the test of the engines, the
battery of the vessel will be fired suf
ficiently often to enable the Inspec
tion board to determine whether the
guns, gun carriages and their fittings
work properly, and whether the ves
sel Is sufficiently strong to stand tho
shock of firing.
The Vermont Is of 16,000 tons dis
placement and has 16,500 Indicated
horsepower. She Is one of the largest
battleships ever built for the Ameri
can navy, and Is up-to-date In every
particular. She was constructed at
the Fore River shipyards at a cost
exceeding 34,000,000.
Another battleship of the same
class as the Vermont which will be
tested soon Is the Kansas. October
5 has been fixed as the date of the
commencement of the filial trial run
of the Kansas. The third battleship
of the same class, the Minnesota,
was placed In commission a short
time ago. These three battleships are
the largest so far added to the Ameri
can navy.
RICH GOLD STRIKE.
Assays Run From $500 to $1575 Per
Ounce.
San Bernardino, Cal., Sept. 7. A
Irlch gold strike has been made at Ord
mountain, 12 miles south of .Daggett,
and miners are flocking to the region.
The assays are from 3500 to 31575.
ltADLROAD COMPETITION:
IN FRUIT HANDLING
Nortliern Pacific Cars Being Hauled
Into Milton and Freewater Over
the Electric Line for Fruit Ship
ments Bulk of the Crop Is Being
Handled by the O. R. & N. But Or-
ders for Northern Pacific Cars Are
Being Filled Largest Fruit Crop
on Record.
For the first time In the history of
Milton and Freewater, those places
are now enjoying bona fide railroad
competition.
For the past few days tho inter
urban electric line has been hauling
Northern Pacific refrigerator cars In
to Milton to be loaded with fruit for
points on the Northern Pacific sys
tem.
Heretofore, the entire fruit crop of
the MIIton-Freewater district has
been shipped out over the O. R. &
N. and that system is handling the
bulk of the shipments this season, but
orders for Northern Pacific cars are
being filled daily.
The four packing houses in Milton
and Freewater are now rushed to
their fullest capacity in handling the
Immense fruit crop of that section.
Peaches, plums, gtapes, pears and
other varieties are now being ship
ped out In large quantities and sev
eral hundred people are employed In
the orchnrds and packing houses of
that district.
It is the best fruit crop ever enjoy
ed by that portion of the county and
prices are very good. The large crop
and favorable prices have stimulated
the fruit business until there Is a
strong movement in fruit and garden
lands along the line of the electric
road between Milton and Walla Wal
la and it Is evident that the entire
length of the road will be a solid or
chard and village within a few years.
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
Will Meet Late In October Instead of
lVrmer Earlier Date.
This year the annual meeting of the
county board of equalization will not
be held until the third Monday in
October, whereas In the past It has
been the custom to hold the session
during the last week of August. The
change In the date of meeting was
made necessary by a law passed at
the last session of the legislature.
In the assessor's office the work
upon the assessment rolls is still
under way and according to Assessor
Strain the total of the assessment for
this year will not be known until a
short time before the board meets.
Harvesting Almut Done.
Fred Raymond nnd family visited
their farm nenr Helix this week to
note- the progress of harvesting. The
crop In thnt vicinity is Just about
harvested and the yield all over the
district will be very heavy. The rain
of the past week has not hindered
harvesting and there will be no loss
from that source. Mr. Raymond
has been farming In the Helix dis
trict for the past 22 years ond this is
one of the largest yields he has ever
seen In thnt section of the county.
Fifteen carloads of fruit are beln
shipped from Yakima dally.
T
PACIFIC
R IT
PRIONS SAY
0
THE WATER
Conditions Which Have De-
veloDed of Late Impose
This as a Precaution.
t
LOW WATER RESULTS IN
PI MPING FROM THE RACE
Typhoid Has Put In an Appearance
Recently After Over Five. Month
of Complete Freedom from Conta
gious Diseases of Any Kind In Pen
dleton Water from the Race Wad
a Necessary Though Temporary
Expedient, But the Public Sliould
Have Been Notified.
Within the past week or 10 days
quite a few cases of typhoid fever
have developed within the city, and
though the situation thus far Is not
really alarming. It has caused the
physicians to take notice. One fea
ture of the cases occurring recently
is the fact that in nearly every In
stance the patients have the disease
In a severe form.'
That the typhoid prevailing at this
time Is largely due to poor water
temporarily used In the city water
system Is freely declared by promi
nent doctors. But a short time ago
the water supply became low at tbe
pumping station, and to meet the
shortage some water was used from'
the Byers' mill race. Through this
action some fish got into the water
pipes, where they have since died,
thus contaminating the supply.
While it Is believed that the use of
the water from the mill race was the
only expedient open to the hoard, the
physicians declare that the people of
the town should have been 11011064
of It so they could have taken more
than the usual precautions regarding
the water.
That all water should be boiled be
fore use is advised by the medical
men. 4
Free of Contagion.
Until the last week or two the city
had Wen practically free of typhoid
this summer, and it has likewise been
remarkably free of contagious diseas
es. At the office of the city recorder
the last case of contagion reported
was a case of smallpox, which occur
red on March 21. '
Hawaiian Girls Coming.
Nine Hawaiian girls In charge of
Mrs. Eydth Tozler Weatherred of this
state, left Honolulu on the steam
ship Sierra, on September 4, for a
tour of the Pacific coast states. They
will reach San Francisco September
9 nnd will go from there by train to
Seattle, after which they will visit
numerous coast cities In charge' of
Mrs. Weatherred. It Is possible that
the party will visit Pendleton and La
Grande, but this Is not arranged yet,
as the itinerary does not Include the
eastern Oregon trip.
Inspected 18 Factories.
Foctory Inspector Trumbull of the
.eastern Oregon district, who has been
In the city for the past week, has
finished the inspection of 18 mills
nnd factories In this city and finds
them to comply with the laws of the
state in every respect. He especially
compliments Pendleton Institutions on
their modern methods and appliances
and will make a flattering report on
conditions In this city. He left this
forenoon for Adams, Weston, Athena
and Milton, where he will Inspect the
Institutions coming within the factory
inspection laws.
Wheat Yielded 45 Bushels. ,
W. P. Willaby of Athena is In the
city today and says he has Just fin
ished harvesting a bumper crop of
wheat which yielded 45 bushels to the
acre throughout While the hall did
some damage to his crop, yet the loss
from that source was so slight that
It was scarcely noticeable. He says
the hail stones cut the leaves from
ornamental and fruit trees In some
places and did considerable damage
to gardens.
Storing Grain at Pilot Rock.
There are now over 16,000 sacks
of barley stored In the new ware
house at Pilot Rock and large quan
tities are yet In that district to be
hauled later. The grain will prob
ably be held at Pilot Rock until the
completion of the Umatilla Central
railroad to that place.
Bonnie Murder In Chicago.
Chicago, Sept 7. Servants e
this morning found Mrs. Fred- e
erlck M. Fish dead In bed and e
her husband dying, both with e
their throats. A blood-stained e
meat cleaver was on the floor, e
It Is believed that burglars at- e
tacked the couple. e