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A8 Gandidate for Governor T.
T, Gear Lost Union and
Marion by Large Vote,
WEAKNESS SHOWS WHERE
HE WAS BEST KNOWN.
Official Return From Primary Elec
tion of l0 Not Savoruble for Mr.
Geer Dr. James Wlthycotnbc Car
ried IUXh Union ami Marion Coun
ties and Ellis Received Almost Three
to Goer's Ow:n Umatilla, ill- Home
County.
In the congressional campaign now
on In the second or eastern Oregon
district, the official vote In the pr
marles of 1906 will prove interesting
In the light of the boast made by T.
T. Geer that he has never been "turn
ed down" by the people.
In his advertisements of himself In
the Pendleton Tribune, Mr. Geer
claims to have been upon every quar
ter soclkasi of ground in eastern Ore
gon and to know more people than
any other candidate In the field and
yet In The primaries of 1906 Mr. Geer
as a candidate for governor, did not
carry either of his home counties,
Union nr Marlon, and In Umatilla
count?' received but little more than
one-UiIrd of the vote cast for W. R.
Ellis at that time.
An abstract from the official vote
of the primaries of 1906.1s as fol
lows: For Governor.
Marlon county. (Geer's home),
Wlthycombe 1734
Marlon county (Geer's home),
Geer 1208
Union county, (Geer's former
home). Geer 332
IMon county, (Geer's firmer
ome). Wlthycombe 497
Governor and Congressman.
Umatilla. Geer for governor. . . 18$
Vmntllla. Ellis for congress. ... 1207
Union. Geer for governor 33!
DM Sit, Ellis for congress 50R
Mr. Geer had lived In Union county
11 years, and In the Willamette val
ley, principally In Marlon county, all
the remainder of his life at that time,
and it is significant that he did not
carry- either of the counties in which
he was bent known and where he
should have been extremely strong.
On the other hand, both 1'matlll.i
and Hnlon counties gave Congressman
Ellis an overwhelming vote.
This official record from the pri
mary election Is the best evidence
given in regard to the alt Gam In which
the different candidates are held In
the communities where they are
kwwn.
Had Unwelcome Bedfellow.
Richmond. Va.. April 3. One of the
mom novel suits ever filed in the Vir
ginia courts Is that of Mrs. Maud M.
Raker, n young Richmond society wo
man, agtttnst the Atlantic Const Line
railroad anil the Pullman company.
The young matron seeks to recover
$12.0 damages for nervous prostra
tlon Induced by a traveling experience
when a drunken man fell Into her
berth, greatly frightening her.
GM Adopt Man irf 46.
Boston. April 3 By the action of
the superior court at Lowell. James
Butler, ngefl 46. legally becomes the
adopted son of Miss 'Wllhelmlna Craw
ford, a young woman of 28 Butler
was raised by Miss Crawford's parents
and the girl declares that she enter
tains the most motherly feeling toward
him, despite the disparity of their
ages.
Cut One Male's Tongue.
Victor, Colo.. April 3. Frefl Brock,
n Rosement teamster, 1s serving a
term In Jail here for cutting oat the
tongue of a mule. Brock alleges that
the animal exhibited the mn11e1us
proclivities of the comic section mule,
Maud, and that he mutilated her to
secure revenge. The mule was shot
by neighbors.
St. Louis, April 3. The populist
party has had enough of fusion. In
the platform adopted today they de
clared for the old middle-of-the-road
polloy and Independence from all fu
sion entanglemnts.
The platform declares for the nholl
tlon of national banks and the Issuo
of money direct from the government
(o the people.
nnilMTIFSh: mj : SUPPORT FRIENDS REWARD MCI,. 3 a : bint IZUU.UUU
POPULISTS HAVE HID ENOUGH
OF FUSION ENTANGLEMENT
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Plymouth, Eng., April 3.
According to an official report
filed today 32 sailors were
drowned and 25 rescued as the
result of a collision between
the British destroyer Tiger and
the cruiser Berwick during ma-
4. tieiivei-H off the Isle of Wight
After fighting death all night
four sailors were rescued todny
while another died of Injuries
sustained during the collision.
Afl told 33 deaths have resulted
from the accident. Mlsjudg-
4 ment of distance caused the col-
Uslon
FANCY STOCK INCINERATED.
Forty-Four Head Blooded Horse in
Barn Burned by Night Riders.
Lexlneton. April 3. Fire of mys
terious origin burned 44 head of thor
oughbred horses at James B. Hlggins'
famous farm late last night. ine
Haggln farm also produced tobacco
which was sold out of pool and It Is
thought that the fire might have
been causd by night riders. The loss
was estimated at $50,000.
MILK FAMINE AVERTED.
Drivers Agree on Raise of $1 Per
Week In Chicago.
Chicago, April S. The threatened
milk famine in Chicago was averted
today when the employers met the
demands of the men by giving them
$1 a week, the raise to be based upon
the rate of wages now in force The
drivers' original demand was $5 per
week raise.
WHITES FEU H
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CLAMOR FOR LANDING OF
TROOPS AT HAYTI.
Declare Blacks Vrv Becoming More
Unbearable and Insolent Every Day
Fear Massacre Cnlcs n foreign
DeiiinR4rntkj(i Is Mad lUnly of
Well known Port Fouital Riddled
With Bullet".
Port Au Prince, April 3. The
white residents are clamoring for the
landing of the marines from the war
ships In the harbor. American. Ger
man and French business men insist
that the danger Is graver than is gen
erally thought by the representatives
of the governments here.
They assert that the blacks are
dally becoming bolder and more In
sulting and that a massacre will cer
tainly occur unless there Is n foreign
demonstration.
Executions without the formality
Of court-martial continue despite the
promise to M. Carteron that they
would cease. Today the body of
Areaen Chevry. 'he poet and writer,
was found hanging to a 1ree riddled
with bullets. He was suspected - of
being favorable to the cause of Gen
eral Flrmln, the revolutionist.
The while laborers at Onnives have
barricaded themselves In the ware
house and say If trouble breaks out
they will do some fighting on their
own accord.
Ran Amnek With Pistol.
Terra Haute, Ind., April 3. Harry
Q. McDonald, after being found guil
ty of arson In circuit court here last
evening, drew a pistol and began
shooting right and left, Instantly
killing William E. Dwyer and serious
ly Injuring another man before ha
was captured and disarmed. When
the verdict announcing him guilty of
dynamiting a church building and
store at Sanford, Indiana, a year ago,
was rend In court, McDonald rushed
at the crowd and began firing and
before he was subdued b officers
was himself seriously wounded.
Charles H. Walworth and his son,
Norvel, were found guilty of second
degree murder by a Jury at Jackson
ville, Ore. They were charged with
killing James F. Mankins In Decem
ber. 190T.
The populists claim the platform
one which will drive the hybrid poli
ticians from their camp and b&ve
none but the simon-pure populists In
the organization. Other features of
the platform are declarations for pos
tal savings banks, parcels post, parcel
ing of public land direct to the set
tlers, government ownership of all
public utilities, an employers' liability
law and the Initiative and referendum.
MASSACRE
John Mitchell Declares That
Workingmen Will Be Inde
pendent With Votes.
NO LONGER FEAR MUG-
WAMP COGNOMEN
Conner President of Mine Workers
Refuses Offer of Appointment As
Commissioner to Investigate Con
dition of Labor in Panama Says
New Paper Will Demand All of His
Attention Congress Cannot Finish
Work Before .Tone 1.
Washington. April 3 Ex-Presl-dcht
Mitchell of the United Mine
Workers, conferred with the president
today. It Is said he declined the ap
pointment aa commissioner to Inves
tigate the condition of labor In Pan
ama because of plans to establish a
paper In Indianapolis
"The laboring man will vote re
gardless of party affiliations," de
clared Mitchell today. "They are no
longer afraid of being called mug
wnmps and will support the ticket
best calculated to give them the leg
islation thev desire. They are study
ing the personalities of the candidates
rather than creeds and will support
the candidate most friendly."
Congers Good for Tho More Months.
Washington. April 3 It Is now be
lieved that congress will not adjourn
until June 1. Speaker Cannon de
clares that If hard work Is done ad
journment may take place at an
earlier date, but it Is not believed this
Is hardly possible.
At present five appropriation bills
remain to be reported and others aro
In various stages. The only one that
has become a law Is urgent, the de
ficiency bill .
More Rrlliery Charges.
Washington, April 3 The story of
an alleged attempt to bribe Charles
Berry, an officer of a brass concern
at Bridgeport, Conn., -with a contract
for lion.noo to urge legislation favor
ing the Electric Boat company, was
a featurp In today's hearing of the
l.illey congressional committee
The charge was made In an affi
davit by John c LjQm of Rutherford.
N. 3.. vice president of the Lake Tor
pedo Rout company, which was sub-
I mitten by Lllley ,
bake says he was told by Ferry
that an officer Of the Fall River
Ship Building company had asked the
latter to use his Influence with a
certain congressman from Connecti
cut to Induce his to discontinue his
efforts in behalf of the Lake com
pany and to work for legislation fa
vorable to the Electric Boat com
pany If this could be accomplished
the Ferry company, states the affi
davit, was to get $100,000 by the
shipbuilding concern.
Washington. April 3. Panama has
appealed to the United States to as
sist In untangling the trouble which
has resulted from the invasion of Ju
rado by Colombian troops. The Pana
ma government is greatly excited over
the action of the Colombians which
they declare Is without Justification,
and assert they will take steps them
selves shortly unless the United
States interferes Colombia ' has of
fered M explanation of the move
EXPERIMENTS WITH APPLES.
Stole College of Washington to Grow
Shmv V Miotics.
A system of cooperative fruit ex
periments will be put In operation this
spring, by the state college depart
ment of horticulture, through which
Is expected the introduction of a large
number of new varieties of apples in
the various fruit-growing regions of
Washington, says a Pullman corres
pondent. As stated by Professor W.
S. Thornber, In charge of the work,
the method of experimentation is as
follows:
"From the eight hundred varieties
of apples on the experiment farm, we
selected 65 of the best for use In the
cooperative work. We shall send two
varieties each of all the varieties, to
10 fruitgrowers in Washington, rep
resentee sections of the state being
selected.
Each man who receives and plants
those trees In his orchard will furnish
with a plan of his orchard, showing
the location of the trees received
from us, so that In case he loses his
records, we will still be nble to find
tho trees, examine them, and see how
they have done.
When this data Is collected and
complete, the station will be in pos
session of exuet Information concern
ing the adaptability of any one of the
6li varieties, to the region In which
It was tried.
Kelso, Wash., has a new commer
cial club with a hundred members
and elegant new quarters,
Politicians Can Bury Vice
Admiral Commission in
Stoke Hole of Hell.
DEMONSTRATION BY THE
PEOPLE BEATS ANY TITLE.
Position of the Admiral Pin inly Stated
In Interview Overwhelmed by
Kindness and Interest American
People Are Taking In III Welfare
Famous Officer TcUs Politician
They Can Do Wliat They Please
With the I Top. wed Vice Admiral
Title.
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Paso Robles, April 3. Adml- 4
ral Evans Is confident today, In
view of the marked Improve-
ment In his condition, that he
will be able to rejoin the fleet
before his flagship passes
through the Golden Gate.
"I have never failed to do
anything yet that I set my
mind upon," he said, "and I
won't do so this time."
The admiral Is under the care
Of Surgeons McDonald and
Phillips, who state that after
Evans has had his first sulphur
hath he will respond rapidly to
treat iwent.
Paso Rohles. April 3. In a charac
teristic interview this morning Ad
miral Evums made his position plain
In regard to the proposed commission
of vice admiral which Is being held
up by coterie of statesmen at Wash
ington. The admiral Is overwhelmed
by the kindness and interest of the
American people In his welfare.
"If this is the way the people feel."
hf said today, "that bunch of politic
Inns In congress who are opposing the
proposition to grant Mo the commis
sion of vice admiral can take theii
old commission and bury it in the
toke hole of hell. I have all the re
ward I need in this demonstration
from the people whom I love. Noth
ing any politician can give me would
equal it."
BIG STRIKE CAUSED BY
POLICE DEMONSTRATION
Rome. April 3. In retaliation for
mi attack nuvle by troopo on tiie fu-
ncrnl Mirty of H prominent anarchist.
I meriting ill the death of .two men, a
general strike Iws lieen called here
today.
Hundreds of -Imps arc closed and
the city is filled with troops to pre
vent bloodshed.. It Is expected that
all newspapers will suspend publica
tion and remain closed until the gov
ernment will assure them tliat no fur
ther violence will occur.
Idle Men Are Plentiful.
Chief of Police Farington reports
that there were 31 hoboes In the city
Jail last night, and all were glad of
the opportunity to spend the night
there, as the weather outside was cold
and blustery, says the Eugene Guard.
They were crowded In the cells and
corridors of the Jail like sardines. All
Of them wore turned loose this morn
ing and ordered out of the city. More
petty thievery Is reported about the
city, evidently the work of these
transients.
Mrs. Tracy Asks for Divorce,
loma Tracy has sued Edward D.
Tracy for divorce, the complaint being
filed here today by Messrs. Bailey &
Perry. Mrs. Tracy accuses her hus
band of being cruel and Inhuman to
wards her; of failing to support her
and of having made false charges
against her. They were married at
Walla Walla March 8, 1904, and the
plaintiff asks that she be given her
maiden name of Ionia Naylor.
Foreign Mail Receipts.
According to the official figures of
the postofflce department the receipts
from the foreign mall service in 1900
were $3,467,139.26, the cost waj $2.
014,537.96 and the surplus was $1,
452.601.30. From that year up to
and including 1907 there was a con
tinuous incrense in receipts and sup
piles, In the last named year the re
ceipts were $6,579,043.48, the cost
was $2,941,816.67 and the surplus was
$3, 637.226. SI.
Athena Woman lunatic.
Mrs. Lucinda Russel of Athena, Is
said to be Insane and today a com
plaint was made against her before
County Judge C.llllland. She is said
to be dangerously violent at times.
According to figures tabulated in
Chicago there are at present 345,000
railroad employes out of work, a de
crease of 18 per cent of the total
number employed last year
St. Louis, April 3. For a
year Marie Lehman, 25 years
old, counted the days which
must pass until she could kill
herself and leave her helpless
Invalid sister with $1000 Insur
ance money. .
A clause in the policy provid
ed that if the holder committed
suicide within one year the pol
icy became void, but that the
self-destruction after that would
be no bar 'to the collection of
the money.
The year expired yesterday
and last night the woman killed
herself by taking carbolic acid.
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WRESTLERS IN CONDITION.
Big Matcii to Re Pulled Off in Chi
cago Tonight for $10,000 Purse.
Chicago, April J. There certainly
can be no cause for complaint on the
score of lack of condition by th,e
loser in tonight's match between
George Hackenschmldt, the "Russian
Lion," and champion of the world,
and Frank Gotch, the American
champion. Both men are fit.
All information has It that to
night's match Is absolutely 'on the
square." The men will wrestle for a
purse of $10,000 split 60 and 40. The
Russian Is a two to one favorite, but
at that price Gotch looks good to
many betters. Ed Smith will referee
the natch.
UROW BEETS ON
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NO NEED OF GROUND LYING
IDLE SAYS SIBBOIiOV
Wlieatraisvrs Can Raise Sugar Beets
on Wheat land Without Impover
isliing Soil and Be Well Repaid for
Their Ijabor Crop Would Easily
Ylekl From $12 to $15 Per Acre
Beet Crop Uses Different Soil Force
From Wheat.
That wheatralsers of this county
can raise sugar beets upon their land
instead of wasting a season by sum
mer fallowing is declared by E.
Slbbolov, superintendent of the sugar
factory at La Grande, who was In the
city yesterday. If the ideas of Mr.
Slbbolov are correct farmers are now
meeting with an economic loss that Is
wholly unnecessary'. He says that
sugar beets may be raised during the
summer and the crop harvested and
the land gotten Into shape for wheat
seeding in the fall. By such I course
the land may bo worked every year
and he says that soli will be enriched
rather than depleted by the extra
crop for the reason that the beets
take different substances from the
soil than does a wheat crop.
The land lying near the foothills in
this county Is especially" adapted to
sugar beet raising according to the
La Grande man and ho expects to see
the day when farmers .will make from
$12 to $15 per acre from a beet crop
Instead of allowing their land to He
Idle every other season.
Mr. Slbbolov stopped off hero last
evening while on his way to Portland
and while here visited B. Jensen, dis
trict manager for the National Live
stock Insurance company, with waom
he was formerly acquainted. Ho left
for Portland on the local train this
morning.
Not the Railroad Candidate.
Railroad officials declare that they
have no Interest in the candidacy of
W. H. Hurlburt for railroad commis
sioner as was stated in the East Or
cgonian this week. While many of
the officials are old friends and asso
ciates of Mr. Hurlburt. they are not
making any pretense of supporting
him as railroad men, but are simply
for him on account of personal
friendship.
On the stroke of midnight April 1,
England's volunteer army became a
thing of the past after an existence
of 4 9 years
SUMMER
MINI REALTY TRANSFERS III EAST El
That there Is something doing in the
realty line In the east end of the
county Is shown by a bunch of trans
fers that were sent to the recorder
for filing yesterday. In the list of In
struments received at the office yes
terday there were six warrantee deeds
from the Mllton-Freewnter section
for which the consideration aggregat
ed nenrly $30,000. All of the trans
fers were of farm property in the
east. The largest transaction was one
v herein Mrs. Agnes J. Maloney sold
to W. E. Jones 240 acres for tho
price of $18,000. The land sold Is In
sections 25 and 26 of township 6
Citizens to Start Fund for
Whitman To Raise Mil
lion Dollars,
WOULD MAKE UNIVERSITY
YALE OF NORTHWEST
.Mass Meeting Last Night of Citizen
of City and County Determines to
Start Off tiie Subscriptions for
immense Fund and Will Pledge
$200,000 to Be Raised at Once
New Buildings Projected Prom
ises of Aid from Other North worn
Cities.
Walla Walla, April 3. Determin
ed to make Whitman college tho
"Yale Of the Northwest," Walla Wal
la city and county will raise for tho
college $200,000 as a starter In tho
campaign to raise $2,000,000 for that
school
New buildings have betn projected
that will cost $1,000,000 Promisee
of large sums have been secured from
citizens in Portland, Seattle, Tacoma
and Spokane, It is said.
The Walla Walla Union this morn
ing says:
The raising of the fund will be la
the hands of an organization to be
known as the New Whitman College
Development league. Fifteen com
mittees, each headed by an active
chairman will have charge of the
work, "and it is proposed that the
world will soon know that Walla
Walla is taking the lead In the
movement for the greatest institutloe
of learning in the northwest.
The meeting was called by Prof. A.
Hendrlck. who has charge of the
campaign for a New Whitman and It
is safe to say that not a single iadi-
I vidual who attended the meeting feela
the slightest anxiety as to the final
j result to the efforts now being pot
i forth. One thing was pointed out by
a number of the speakers and that
' was, Walla Walla herself must show
. her faith In the undertaking before
other communities can be expected
i to show much enthusiasm.
Prof. Hendrlck pointed out, from
his plans, that the building necessary
to carry out undertaking will repre
sent the expenditure of nearly one
million dollars. He also stated that
if things worked out as he expect
there would be some activity on the
' campus this fall.
BAKER P. M. GETS MORE MONEY
ncreaoed Office Receipts Booete
Salary to 2600 Per Year.
According t0 the postoffice depart
ment's regulations a postmaster's sal-
, ary is guuged by the amount of
stamped paper sold at his office. The
end of the year for figuring up oc
curs March 31 and William Lachner.
, the present "p. m.." is wearing a
smile of prosperity today, says the
Baker City Herald.
The total business of the office
shows $20,340.61 taken In for stamps,
stamped paper and envelopes. This
is sufficient to give Mr. Lachner $2.
600 salary for next year. It Is a"lso a
source of satisfaction to known that
the business of Baker City is increas
ing. Commissioner Aitchlson Here.
Railroad Commissioner Clyde B.
Aitchlson is In the city today to dis
cuss wool freight rates In eastern Or
egon with Baker and Malheur coun
ty sheepmen and to attend to other
business for the commission here. He
is a candidate for re-election to his
present position and is making an
earnest campaign for the position, but
will not devote any time specially to
the matter.
Clinrlesi Stetler Sued.
Peter West has sued Charles Stet
ler for 'sum of $150 alleged to be du
upon a note given by the defendant
to F. W. Goom and which was trans
ferred to the plaintiff. An attor
ney's fee of $50 is also sued for.
north of range 35 E . W. M.
Four other deeds recorded yester
day show sales just made by Richard
H. Wellman for which a uniform
price of $100 per acre was paid. A 40
acre tract in section 19 was solj by
Wellman to Howard Evans for the
sum of $1000. A tract of 20 acres
was sold to Nelson Allen for $2000,
while 10 acres went to William C.
Cruthers for $1000. and a similar
piece to Andrew J. Allen for the
same amount. Another deed from the
east end shows a sale of six and a half
acres by W. E. Russell to Hernias
Schmell for the price of $2500.