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PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 2. 1908.
NO. 6245
VOL. 21.
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SEN THE OFFICE?
Copy of OW Affidavit Regard
ing Penitentiary Deal is Un
earthed, BELOGS 11. (.It AM SAYS
.I I I! TOOK THE MONEY.
Rfwiiiftwnan of T. T. Goer's Term as
Gottkmor f Oregon An a Candl
ettt)forCongrcs the ex-Governor's
dtaawtl Ih Closely Scrutinised
IVMWh Have a Right to Know the
iFuct Cny of Affidavit by Hekkn
II. Grunt Ih Submitted.
The East Orcgonlan herewith pub
lishes1 a copy of an affidavit made by
BeldPn H. Grant, deputy sheriff of
IFolk county, Oregon, 1896 to 1898.
tregArdlng the sale of the office of the
superintendent of the Oregon peni
tentiary by Governor T. T. Geer to
.'H. B. Plummer then sheriff of Polk
county, for the sum of 11000, $21 of
Which Mr. Grant declares was passed
In his hearing In the sheriff's offici
al Dallas.
The East Oregonlan had heard this
charge made against Mr. Geer, but
not until recently did It come Into
possession of actual facts regarding
the same. As Mr. Qeer Is a candidate
for the highest office In the gift of
the people of this congressional dis
trict, It Is only fair and Just to tho
voters that the facts In this matter
be made public and a copy of the
affidavit of Mr. Grant Is published
that the voters may know Jest wnal
the charges are against Mr. OecT, In
this matter. The copy of the affi
davit Is as follows:
Affidavit.
State of Oregon, County or PoTk.
I. Holder. H. Grant, being firm duly
sworn according to law-, depose and
say: That I am at present time a
resident of Pullman. Wnsh.. "keeping
store In that city: that I was a dep
uty sheriff of Polk county. Oregon,
-commencing in July, ISO, and ending
In July. 1898: that I have r-art the
denial (if Governor T. T. Oeer as pub
lished In the newspaiiers regarding
the matter of the purchase of The of fice
of superintendent of fhe state
penitentiary by Mr. Plummer.
Affiant further states that anvlng
the time he was deputy sheriff us
aforesaid, he became familiar with
certain facts regarding the purchase
ns follows, towlt: That en or alwiut
the 11th day of March, 1S9S. Mr Goer
rame to Dallas to make a political
speech and while he was bere Ulr.
Plummer came to me and said CtoAj
Mr. Geer would be over to the office
that morning; that he (Plummet) had
made Geer a proposition and that
Geer would be over to answer rt, and
nt said time Plummer asked me to
be present where I could bear the
conversation.
Shortly afterward Gear came to the
office and Plummer said, "What do
you think of the proposition?" Geer
answered that he thought It would be
good politics. At this point I stepped
out of the private office wbere we
three were, and partly closed the door
behind mo. I remained In the gen
eral office at my desk, whlcb ctood
close to the door leading to the prl
vote office. The rooms were very
small and I could hear their crmver
isatlon. Plummer told him, "all right," that
Hie, could pay him $200 down and the
'balance of the $1000 after the ton
went ion. They were talking about the
penitentiary at this time and Geer
tlMMi said that In consideration of
irtwse payments he -would appoint
Plummer superintendent of the peni
tentiary during hia (Oeer's) term of
In said conversation Geer said he
Tvewhnl' the money to use In one of the
Safctm preclncts, and that If he had
this V9O0 now he was sure he could
elect flolegntes from that precinct fa
vorntoe -to his candidacy. At tnat
time 1 'Iward Plummer open the safe
and ooenrtout some money. I do not
know Hew much, but at this time I
was bookkeeper of the sheriffs of
fice and feept the cash account and
W. P. Rihorn, formerly a real es
tate dealer of Pendleton, but who has
been engaged In that business In
Portland for the past two years, Is
now wanted by Mwltnomah county
authorities for the crime of bigamy
nd a warrant Is out fer his arrest.
While Rihorn was yet married to
the wife which accompanied him
from this city to Portland, he wooed
and wed Miss Anna H. Sanderson of
Pueblo, Coo., at Elma, Washington,
last Christmas day and after going to
Portland Rihorn took his new wife
to a low class rooming, used up gl
I. P. Ml IS WAITED FBfi BIGAMY
UNEMPLOYED NEGROES
AND ITALIANS CLASH.
Philadelphia, April 2 Anoth-
er riot occurred today at the site
of Hammerateln's new theater
when a mob of negroes attempt-
ed to drive away a crowd of
Italians. Both mobs were com-
posed of unemployed looking
for work on the new building.
Finally the mounted police
charged and swept both before
them. The police were then de
tailed to guard the spot.
that night when I made up the cash
I found that Plummer had charged
himself with $200, leaving a tag for
that amount In the cash draw.
Affiant further states that shortly
after the convention which nominat
ed Mr. Geer for governor, Mr. Plum
mer went to Salem, be said, to meet
Mr. Geer and pay him the balance of
the $1000 a..,; -vhen be Te'turned to
Dallas he showed me a receipt for
the $1000 and whlcb agreed to ap
point Plummer superintendent of the
penitentiary for the term of four
years. This receipt bore the signa
ture of T, T Geer" and I have no
doubt of Its genuineness.
HELDEN H. GRANT.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
at Dallas, Polk county, Oregon, afore
said, tbls 26fh day of December. 1899.
OSCAR HAYTKR.
Notary Public for Oregon.
NEW TOM MCE
LEGISLATURE 'WILL PASS
ANTI-GAMBLING LAW
Omeroor Hughes Came One Stop
Nrnrer "Victory In Race Track
Gambling Kappremion by Passage
of Amendment to the Percy Gray
Hill by Senate Today If Assembly
PaNHeM Amendment Death Knell Is
BwMBefl
Albany, N. Y.. April 2. Governor
'Charles E. Hughes came one step
nearer victory over the race track
gamblers this afternoon when the ten
utc by a vote of 27 to 19 passed an
amendment to the Percy Gray law, an
null -gambling bill which has alread
passed the assembly.
If the assembly passes the amend
ment the death knell of racing will be
sutmtled In New York. The Percy
Gray bill was substituted for the Ag
new bill and Is Identical to It. which
passed Inst night. This was done to
yet HO final debate on It.
iC flVGKKSSM A N BOI'M) OVER.
1-k-jioV Not Oollty to Shooting With
Intent to Kill Negro.
Washington. Aprll2. Congressman
He'Whi. Alabama, who Is charged with
Jkootlwg a negro, Thomas Lundy, In
ti utrwet mi IMttirday night, with m
irot tc 'kill because Lundy created a
dlstumbanou In m r, plead not guilty
In potloe court today and was bound
orrr U the -grant! Jury.
CAN'T SAVE RUEF.
Attorneys Make Desperate Effort to
Keep Hem rfroin Trial.
San FnuKleoe, April 2. Abe Ruefs
attorneys made a Inst desperate ef
fort to save their client from going
to trial In the PaTktiide realty case
today by advancing new arguments In
support of Reef Immunity contract
and asking the supreme court to
grant a writ of prohibition.
PASSENGERS PANIC STRICKEN
Circuit Breaker on Street Car Sends
Molten Metal Over Men mid Wo
men San Francisco, April t. Thirty
persons were thrown into -a wild
panic today when the circuit break
er on a McAllister street car explod
ed and sent a shower of molten snet
al among them Several women were
Injured by being trampled upon
Sir Henry Cnmpbell-Bannerman,
premier of England, Is still alive, but
his condition Is critical
her savings and finally deserted her,
after he had been ordered by District
Attorney Manning to pay her 130 per
month for her support.
Miss Sanderson was formerly a
school teacher of Pueblo and had
saved several hundred dollars, the loss
of which she now mourn. s Rihorn has
left Portland and is being sought by
the authorities for the crime of big
amy, he having married Miss San
derson while yet the husband of Mrs.
Rihorn. who livod with him In this
city. A penitentiary sentence awaits
him when caught.
Gamblers h i
GUARDS FILL THE
LEWI
American and German Troops
Ready to Act on Moment's
Notice,
AFFAIR AT HAYTI
BEACHES CRITICAL STAGE,
light Will follow Any Attempt of
Havtuuis to Take Refugees From
I'mhT Frond) Flag Number of
French Killed Yesterday Without
Trial GcrnutJis Also Expect Trou
ble Over Settlement of Financing
Pranpanr'i claim.
Port Au Prince, April 2. Armed
guards now fill the French legation
here and the Haytlan government will
remove no refugees from under the
French flag without a fight.
This notice was conveyed to Presi
dent Alexis today by a messenger
from M. Carterou, the French consul.
The guard Is supposed to have been
landed under darkness from the
cruiser D'Estrees, which recently de
parted for St. Thomas with refugees,
but which Is now headed back at top
speed.
The renewed rush of refugees to he
Fiench flag today came on Informa
tion which the consul considers con
vincing, that the number of suspect
ed anti-government plotters were shot
yesterday without the formality of a
trial.
Word has reached both the Ameri
can and French legations that tnc
blacks are being Incited to rise against
the whites by General Colcou. Minis-tor
Furnish does not believe such an
attack will be made, but advises all
Americans to keep off the streets as
much as possible.
Marines on the cruiser Des Moines
are being kept ready for action and
the same condition prevails on the
German cruiser Reckmon. A clash Is
dally expected between Manager Roln
hnid of the German financing compa
ny and President Alexis.
Relnhold Is pushing a claim foi
jSiMi.tinii and Interest which his com
pany has against the Haytinn govern
ment. Alexis says that bo helds coun
ter claims. The property In question
is the Port Au Prince street railway.
WANT DEFINITE STATEMENT.
Canadians WooU Pbice Limit on
Number of Japanese lnurrigMints.
Toklo. April 2. Canada's immigra
tion commissioner, accompanied by
the British ambassador, called on S.
Chlnda. vice foreign minister, today.
for the p -rpose of having him lake
undcT consideration tbe proposition
to establish a practical limit on the
numtvr of Japanese migrants to Can
ada. TACT HAS PLENTY TO DO.
Rilled for Addresses Throughout F.a
and Mill. lie West.
Columbus, O.. April 2. Secretary
Taft arrived here today t address
the Columbus board of trade tonight.
On Saturday he will talk to the Press
club. He will then attend banquets
at Omaha. Council Bluffs. Cincinnati
and Louisville.
SANTA FE REDUCES DIVIDENDS
Cut of One Per Cent on Common
Stock by Western Railroad.
New York. April 2. The directors
of the Atchison. Topeka ft Aanta Fe
railroad have announced that the
dividend' on the common stock has
been reduced from S to 5 per cent.
The action of the stock today showed
that the reduction had been discount
ed.
ONE DEAD; SCORE INJURED.
Street Railway Accident at Lou Ange
les Caused by Fog.
Los Angeles, April 2. One man was
killed, two Injured and a score
bruised In a street car collision this
morning on the Los Angeles-Paclflc
line. The accident was caused by a
heavy fog and the fact that both cars
were running on a single track on
which repairs were being made.
Demand Receivership.
Wilmington, Del., April 2. Hoar
Ing of the motion for a general re
ceivership for the Standard Trust
company of Birmingham, Ala., capi
talized under the laws of Delaware for
1500,000. has boon set for tomorrow
In the United States district court.
The suit was brought by a Lexington,
Ky.. man, who claims that the com
pany violated a contract and prom
ised returns which the officials of the
concern knew were Impossible of ac
complishment. Other suits against
the company are ponding. The com
pany, It Is alleged, transacts a general
Investment business throughout the
south.
ENS BENEFITED
II HI BREEZES
Rousing
Great
fornla.
Reception Given the
Commander in Cat i-
OOMPLIMENTS RAnROAD ,
ON ROUGH PASSAGE
Arrives at Fa. Robles In Special,
Feeling Better After Night Trip on
Land Finds Hotel Room Banked
With Flower Tells Photographer
to shoot Away says He Had Damn
Rough Cruise on Southern Pacific.
Paso Bobles. April 2. Feeling bet
ter despite the night trip and appar
ently benefited by the change from
sea to land breezes, Admiral Robley
Evans arrived this morning in a pri
vate car and was taken at once to a
room in the hotel, which was literal
ly banked with flowers. Evans left
the car at 8:30 this morning and was
assisted to an automobile.
A photographer asked permission
to take his picture.
Evans smiled. "Yes," he said,
"fire away and be d ned. I can
stand It."
"I want to say, though," he said,
turning a wry face towards James
Horsburg Jr., of the Southern Pacific,
"thanks to that roadlhed of yours
that was the d nedest rough cruise
last night I ever took. I thought at
times we were going through a ram
ming practice."
BARTER KISSES OF ROYALTY.
Denmark's -Poppy Festival Great
Charity Affair. Attracts Big
Throng.
Copenhagen, April 2. With mem
bers of the royalty and nobility of
several nations participating, a "pop
py carnival," a great charity affair
organised by Princess Mario of Den
mark, was opened today in the royal
concert palace and will last three
days. The princess is the most dem
ocratic of Europe's royalty and Is in-
t created in many charitable institu
tions. The festival will close Satur
day night with a masquerade ball, at
which the kings of Denmark and
Norway are expected to h,. present.
Several royal princesses and all the
leading members of aristocracy are in
charge of various booths, whore any-
thmg from roses to kisses are sold.
The affair is held for the benefit of a
number of charitable institutions.
Catholic. Protestant and Jewish.
Among tbe specially invited guests
la the UnltOd States ambassador. Dr.
M. F. Egan, who hs bfome :coed
Irgly popular here.
EVELYN NESBIT TO LEAVE.
W ill Sail for Europe to Remain Until
Culmination of Divorce Suit.
New York, April 2. Evelyn Nesblt
Thaw is going away from here. Fol
lowing the story that she had been re
quested to leave the Knickerbocker
hotel Tuesday morning while with E.
R. Thomas, it is said that she will
sail for Europe torhorrow.
It Is suggested that it might he well
for her to get out of the country and
the public eye for a time at least. She
may stay abroad until the culmination
of her suit for. annulment of mar
riage to Harry K. Thaw, the prelimi
nary hearing of which will take place
next week.
RIFLE PRACTICE OVER.
Men Enjoy Entertainment on Board
tlie Minnesota Mall A rri vest
Magdalena Bay, April 2. The rec
ord of practice today was practically
finished. The battleship Vermont,
the last on the list, completed big
gun practice yesterday. An enter
tainment was given last evening on
board the battleship Minnesota which
was largely attended by officers and
men of the other warships.
A vaudeville and boxing progran
was carried out. The tug Navajo
arrived with the mall.
To Hang a Bad Negro.
Richmond, Va., April 2. Grant
Goods, a negro, who murdered Samuel
Rivers at Lawrcncevllle In February
and later made a murderous attack
upon a deputy sheriff in an effort to
escape, will be hanged tomorrow. The
negro killed Rivers by splitting his
head open with an ax. When lodged
In Jail he attacked his captor with a
chain, and the deputy shot him
through the lungs. He was tried
within a week after the crime, con
victed of murder in the first degree,
and sentenced to be hanged.
New Paper at Elgin.
H. H. Palmer is starting a new
weekly paper, the Elgin Leader, at
Elgin, Union county, the first num
ber to be Isued this week. There is
now one excellent paper at Elgin, the
Recorder, but the growth of the
town, it Is said, warrants another.
JOHN MITCHELL STARTS
LABORING CLASS PAPER.
Indianapolis, April 2. John
Mitchell, the late president of
the United Mine Workers, to-
day announced that he will es-
tabllsh and operate In this city
a paper devoted to the interests
of the laboring classes.
One of the principal objects
of the publication will be "the
furtherance of peace between
the miners and operators," de-
clared Mitchell.
D10W1UI' TO SUCCEED BRYAN.
Washington Assistant Superintendent
of Public Instruction May Take
First Place.
Walla W'alla, April 2. H. B. Dew
ey, assistant state superintendent of
public instruction, will probably be
appointed to succeed the late R B.
Bryan, state Instructor, whose death
occurred at Yakima Monday after
noon This is the news that comes
from Olympia, Governor Mead, It Is
said, has about decided to appoint
Mr Dewey to succeed the late super
intendent The appointment will be
for the unexpired term or until a
state superintendent can be elected
at this fall's elections
Mr. Dewey has been assistant in of the county. Just what the appor
the state superintendent's office since ; tionment per capita will be he has not
the death of the late Frank McCully i , . . . ,
and has proved a most efficient offi- yet but tha' "
cer Mr. Dewey at present Is attend- j be between 15 and $6 for each child
Ing the teachers' Institute being held enumerated.
at the high school. Under the law the county superia-
tendent makes an annual apportion
ment in October of each year aai
OTHER
R ST
UUUI
OBSERVING LONG HOURS
IN IRRIGATION SUIT.
Court Convenes at Milton ut Eight in
tlte Morning and Chickens Have
Gone to Roost by Several Hours Be
fore Lightt Are Turned Out at Com
pletion of Day's Hearing Many
Witnesses in Little Walla Walla
Suit.
For a circuit court to remain In ses
sion from 8 o'clock In the morning
until l" o'clock at night as a long
siege, yet that Is what Judge Bean has
been doing at Milton during the past
three or four days. The court Is now
in session there for the purpose of tak
ing testimony in the big suit by the
Little Walla Walla Irrigation Union
I again.-t many defendants, and if the
rt ports which come from the east ond
are true, the Judge and attorneys are
taking a real workout.
It is said the court has been con
vening at the very early hour of 8
since it has been at Milton, and that
It Is long after candlelight before the
d.;y'? work Is called off. The taking
of testimony will be continued all
during the present week, but it is said
even at that the witnesses cannot all
be heard. Whether or not the court
will remain there until the case is
finished is not known. It Is possible
the rest of the testimony may be First I'01l"c " ln-
heard here or at Milton at at a later Memphis, Tenn.. April 2. First of
date. i the professional baseball leagues la
Of the legal crowd that went to Dixie to open Its season will be tbe
Milton Monday all are still there yet Cotton States league, the first gamea
excepting District Attorney Phelps of the schedule to be played this after
and J. R. Raley. Mr. Phelps came noon. The league is composed of
back this morning, while Raley came cities In Mississippi and Louisiana.
down yesterday. Both gtntlemen de- j
ny they were fagged out by the long j PERMANENT TRACK REPAIRS.
hours which the court Is observing, I -
and assert that they were required to Extra Gang of Men at Work on Bhae
return to Pendleton by other duties.
Mr. Raley came down yesterday to
attend the council meeting last night '
as city attorney while Mr. Phelps
came back to look after his work as ,
prosecuting attorney.
GEN. COXEY IS CHAIRMAN.
. . . . tofore have been of a temporary na-
Preside Over DemlnJea of tho "Pop" ture , ra,nP gte4-
Convention at St. Louis. j shovel and a large crew will leave for
St. Louis, April 2. Jacob S. Coxey the district tomorrow to make things
of Coxey's army fame, was chosen permanent. The washouts and land
temporary chairman of the national slides destroyed several miles of track
populist convention here today. He at Intervals and It will require some
begged the delegates not to fuse with time to get the roadbed In shape
any other party. A platform will be again where it can be called first
adopted late today. class.
NEW BECTGRr FOR CRURCH OF REDEEMER
At a meeting of the parish aid so
ciety of the Church of the Redeemer
hold at the home of Mrs. Leona
Thompson yesterday afternoon it was
decided that a new rectory for the
Episcopal church In this city should
be erected this spring and commit
tees to have charge of the details of
that work were appointed.
The new rectory will be erected on
the site of the present building on
Johnson street and will cost about
$2500 PInns will be secured and es
timates made In a short time and It
is the Intention of the aid society to
PlfllllC FOR
Money Will Be Sent to tbe
Various Districts to Meet
School Expenses.
SUPERINTENDENT WELLES
PREPARES APPORTIONMENT
Special Division of School Fund fee
Meet Payments of Teachers' Saler
los Will Amount to About $5 far
Each Child of School Age In Eat
District .Amounts Received Now
Will Be Deducted From Regular
October Settlement.
Frank K. Welles, county superin
tendent, Is engaged In making an ap
portionment and has a total of $!.
824.77 to divide among the districts
special apportionments at any other
times when he sees fit to do so and
has money to apportion. The money
now being apportioned Is all from
, the county school fund and Is segre
' gated to the different districts accord
ing to their enumerations. The money
from the state school fund is appor
tioned In October.
According to Superintendent Weftea
he Is making the apportionment at
this time so that country districts may
I have the money with which to pay
' their teachers during the spring.
Many of the rural schools will be
! forced to close shortly unless they
receive money from a spring appor-
; tionment.
Under the present school law dis
tricts receiving money now must ose
up at least 85 per cent of it for teaci-
j ers' salaries between this time an.
j the third week in June. Should they
not do so the amount left over will be
charged against the districts and de
ducted from the apportionment next
October. Under the former law dis
tricts were charged with sjj amounts
left over above $50.
FORESTER SCIIMITZ MARBIE&
Takes Tacoma Olrl for Bride
Surprises IYiends.
Walla Walla, April 2. As a
great
surprise to their friends, the
nouncement was made today
that
Deputy Forest Supervisor J. M.
Schmitz was married last Wednesday
to Miss Stella Osborne of Tacoma,
The marriage took place In the homo
of ex-Governor E. P. Savage In that
city. The couple came to Walla Wal
la the next day and are at present re
siding at the Walla Walla Hotel
Mountain Division.
An extra gang of men will be seot
to the west side of the Blue mountauss
tomorrow to permanently repair the
washouts and damage to tracks which
i was incurred during the recent block
1 ade on the O. R. & N.. says the La
j Grande Observer. The repairs here-
begin work as soon as necessary ar
rangements can be made.
Generous Easter offerings will be
asked from the congregation for thai
purpose and active work of raising;
the funds will begin.
The new rectory will be artistes
and in keeping with the beautieJ
stone church erected by the Episco
pal congregation in this city a num
ber of years ago.
Mrs. Frank Fratler Is treasurer ef
the rectory committee and contribu
tions may be made to her. or to tbe
committee which will he out solloitinr
In a short time