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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION WEATILKK KEPORT. Rain tonight and Sat urday; fresh south erly breezes. VOL. 21. I i rQSgS After you have read the ads., you are ready to go shopping. Pen dleton's beat bargain giving stores are rep resented In this paper. PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 17. 1906. DIHT IS FLYING ON TIE Cllf 11 Bid of Gibson and Cole for $34,920 Accepted by City Council, WORK OP TSXCAVATING VEGAN THIS MORNING BulkRng to be Erected Was Designed bv T. F. Howard and WiU Have Frontage of 77 Feet on Alta and 7 Feet on Cottonwood Street Ex pected Tliat It WIU be Heady for Occupancy by January 1, 1909. Aotual construction work on the city hall was commenced this morn ing and It is estimated that the build ing will be ready for use by January 1. The, contract for erecting the building has been awarded to Gibson A Cole, their bid being accepted at a neial committee meeting last night, and tonight the entire council will meet to ratify the contract with the builders. The bid of Gibson & Cole, for the construction of the building, was $34, 920 and being the lowest of the three bids submitted lt was accepted. The contract for excavating for the build ing was let to Sam Hastings, for the price of 30 cents per cubic foot, and he began work early this morning. The New Building. The building to be erected by Glb on & Cole was designed by Architect T. F. Howard a year ago, but this spring the plans were changed In quite a number of minor particulars. Aa the specifications now read the structure will have a frontage of 72 feet on Cottonwood. As usual with pttbllc buildings, It will be set back slightly from the sidewalk and there will be 10 feet of parking on both Alta and Cottonwood streets. Washington, April 17. Sec retary Taft Is authority for the statement that he will not re sign from his cabinet position during his preliminary cam paign for the nomination as re publican candidate for presi dent, but will step down if nom inated In June. He takes this position be cause of the fact that he wishes MICH n T S to be In a position to officially care for legislation affecting the insular position which the de partment wishes enacted. building and there will be a tower above the entrance on Alta street.' MRS. STAHL DEAD. Well Known Walla Walla Woman Fell Dead In Chair. Walla Walla, April 17. While sit ting in her chair waiting for supper, Mrs. J. H. Stahl, one of the pioneer citizens of Walla Walla, and for many years owner and manager of the Stahl Rrewlng company, died at the family residence, 362 South Second , street about 7 o'clock last night from par alysis of the heart. Her death came aR a sudden shock to the Immediate family and her many friends and acquaintances In the city. Although troubled with heart failure for many years, Mrs. Stuhl had during the past year appeared much better than for some time and the family physician pronounced her health unusually good, only a short time ago. Catherine E. Stahl was born In the small town of Weltzler, Germany, April 25, 1835. When 19 years of age she Immigrated Into the United States. Several yeaTs after coming to America she was a member of an Im- Democratic State Central ' Committee Refused to Ac cept Nebraskan. HAS HE JOINED THE "DOWN AND OCT" CLUB? Governor Johnson Feels Encouraged aJKl His Workers See Victory Ahead Action of Michigan Committee a Cruel Sunwise aa Bryan Was En hiudaslically Deceived at Lansing the Night Before the Action Was Taken. Chicago, April 17. Is William Jen nings Bryan on the political chute leading to the pit where the down and outs go? This is the declaration of the Johnson men here today, who are more than pleased with the sud den turn of affairs that have occur red within the last few days. fcven the most enthusiastic Bryan men are perturbed. The action of the state central committee of Michigan in falling to indorse Bryan, was a neavy mow and even the "Peerless one" winced when the news was re ported to him. It came to him In the shape of a cruel surprise as he had been most enthusiastically greeted at Lansing the night before by a large crowd of democrats. DOUBLE 01 IT HIED Jilted Lover Killed His Sweet heart and Then Commits 'Suicide. A I Tsirino.n I, rt 1 . . migrant train which crossed the plains ,. l ..eunU..ners. wnere . .... ... . they are already ment.ilk-rmintin. n.. - - tn the gold fields of. California. The trip which was made with ox teams, was a long and tedious one. but after Innumerable hardships and hazardous experiences the party reached Cali fornia. Later with her husband, J. H. Stahl, she settled In Canyon City, Ore., and engaged extensively in the mining In dustry. While In the Oregon city B small capital was accumulated which South of the building there will be a J formed the foundation of a small for- two and a half foot passageway be tween the building and the Troy laundiy, while on the west side there will be a six foot alley between the city hell and the Schmidt building. Concrete Basemen. The basement is to be of solid con crete, while the Alta and Cottonwood street nldcs of the building are to be of pressed brink. In the southwest corner of the basement will be a woman's rest room, with an entrance from Alta street. The basement will also contain the heating plant, stor age room, tool room, fuel room and a long room to be used for draining and drying fire hose. The first floor will be used for of fice purposes, fire apparatus and city Jail. The recorder's room will occu py the northeast corner and the po- .llce court room will be directly In ! rear of the same. A hall way will Jead from the police court room to rthe city jail, which will take the southwest corner of that floor The fire department will be located in a room in the southeast comer of ttbe first floor and the entrance will tee on Cottonwood street. The fire men s meeting hall and club room will be directly above the apparatus room. The water superintendent's office will adjoin the recorder's office on the wvst. The muln entrance to the bulldlty will be In the center on the Alta street side. On the west side of the entrance will be located the chief qf police's office and west of that an iofflce for the city superin tendent of schools. No office will be provided for the mayor at present. Library on Set-ond Floor. On the aecond floor the northeast corner will be devoted to the library aid reading oom. The library room Will be IB by 0 feet, while the read ing room will be 28 by 24 feet, both rooms being tbrown together. The council chamber will occupy the entire west aide of the second floor and wlU-be 28 by 64 feet. There will tee committee rooms adjoining the council eh&mber. The city surveyor will be given an office facing Alta street aud located last above the stairway. Externally the city hall will be a plain, yet vry substantial looking tune In later years Tn Walla Walk Since '79. In 1S70 Mrs. Stahl and her husband enmc to Walla Walla where he pur chased a small wooden building on the present site of the Stahl Brewing Malting company, and began the manufacture of malted goods. Sever al years after this, having established n lnrratrve business, Mr. Stahl built the present brewery building on Sec ond Ftreet. RAIN REDUCES PRIM VOTE being headllners in the Nebraskan's political obsequies, they can count off on their fingers; the blows he has re ceived In the last week and which they assert has made his case a desperate .one. These are: The failure of New York to instruct Its 78 delegates for him; failure of the Michigan state central committee to Indorse him; the action of the Delaware conven tion In Instructing for Judge Gray; the publication by the Bryan press bureau of the "Johnson's Imperti nence" letter. Unless Bryan wins Illinois, declare his enemies, he cannot he nominated and they declnre that he has squelch ed the anti-Roger Sullivan fl ,it that Carter H. Harrison was planning up or. a few days ago. Bryan, It h said, will not risk the Sucker state delegation In any event. Bryan Is satisfied that he must have 54 delegates from Illinois to win the nomination. GIKL WAS OKA KOBY, KNOWN AT MILTON John Grills Sees the Love of H1h Af fianc.il Wane and Becomes! Insane With Jealousy After a Quarrel He Killed Her and Shot Himself Miss Itoby Was a Famous Iknuty of Oregon and Was Known in Umatil la County. Marshfield, Ore., April 17. A girl's petulance and a boy's overmastering Jealousy caused the double tragedy aft Marshfield, Oregon, In which John Grills shot Miss Ora Boby and then killed himself. At the coroner's Inquest a pitiful letter written by the distracted youth to his mother Just before he con summated the terrible deed shows the state of mind under which he labored. Mis Itoby, who was famous In Willamette valley for her beauty, had lived at Marshfield but a few months but in that time won the love of young Grills, who was Just 21, and had promised to marry him. Then the parents of the girl Inter vened and declared the young couple must wait. In the meantime it seem ed to 'Jrills that the girl's love cool- eu. in returning home from the skatlnt rink they quarreled and the murd. and suicide resulted. In a letter addressed to his moth er, found in the boy's coat after the tragedy, he said: "I could not live to see anybody else have her. I know 1 am craay, but I can't help it. She promised me then she tried to 'shake' me, but she couldn't. If I can't have her nobody else can." Miss Koby was well known in Mil ton, Oregon, Washington and eastern Oregon, where she frequently visited with relatives. FLEET WILL PARADE ON EASTER SUNDAY. Los Angeles, April 17. The ministers who have made a pro test over the proposed parade of the fleet on Easter Sunday, have been overruled by the navy department and the parade will occur next Sunday as orig inally planned. The contention of the fleet committee that the parade on Sunday would give the whole people a chance to see the big vessels and witness the Illumi nation at San Pedro Saturday night was sustained by Secre tary Metcalf. THE ALDRICH BILL KILLED IN THE HOUSE Washington, April 17. The Aldrich financial bill was practically killed litis morning as far as he house Is concerned when it was laid on the table by the house committee on hanking. Hie senate passed the bill on March 27. Tin- hill will die in the committee mile- the house by resolution directs that K be exhumed and brought out Tlie art of the committee followed the attack of Alfred O. Crozier, fi nancial expert and writer, who made the charge that the committee or the American Bankers' association ltad ton won over to tlie side of Wall street by methods that he considered peonUar, Tlie bill lias been savagely marked In sneeclies by members of both houses. ANOTHER GOULD DIVORCE. Declared That Frank Gould Will Be Sned. New York, April 17. The an nouncement that Frank Gould, son of Jay Gould, would goon have to defend a divorce action Instituted by Helen Kelley. caused a great surprise in the social world today. Mrs. Edward Kelley, Mrs. Frank Gould's mother, however, does not credit the report. "I would be great ly surprised if my daughter served dl vorce papers on her husband., They nave nad a quarrel, but I think It will soon blow over." she said. NO. 259 Mill CONTEST NTH Heavy Vote Cast This After noon in All Four Pendleton Preeincts, ELLIS AM) FULTON ARE FAVORITE CANDIDATES. Spirited Contest Is on for the Legisla tive Candidates Fight Over Nomi nation for County Commissioner la Also Very Hot Friends of Hend ley and Macomber Are Active Heavy Vote Is Reported Through out the County. OREGON IS DRENCHED IN EVERY DIRECTION Senator Fulton Left Portland for As toria This Morning, Confident of Winning II. M. Cake Says He Will Carry the State and Is Not Worry ing1 Hain Will Cut Down the Coun try Vote. Portland, April 17. A general rain all over the state, hut heaviest In Willamette valley, will probably cause a sharp reduction In the number of veil s which had been previously esti mated would be cast tn today's pri maries. .,!, Closing his campaign last night In a rally on the East Side 1n Portland. Cnlted States Senator Fulton left for his home In Astoria this morning. Be fore leaving he expressed himself as confident of winning. Judge Cake spent the morning In close conference with his advisers and In hearing telephone reports from all over the state. He said: "I feel confident that I will be given the nomination as a re sult of today's primaries. The rain Is general all over the state. This will help me In the country districts. I think, but may operate against me in the cities." FOUR BOX MB THIEVES IT UMATILLA Four box car thieves were caughi In the act of robbing two merchan dise cars at Umatilla this morning by City Marshal Pete Tillson of that place and aie being held under guard today awaiting the arrival of Rail road Detective B. B, Wood Of The Dalies. This Is the second catch of box car thieves made by Marshal Tillson of that place In the past two weeks, ho having succeeded in taking the men sentenced for that crime by Judge Ben n . few days ago. The four men arrested this morn ing were plundering the cars In the yard! and were preparing to enrry off a large amount of merchandise. The ears were in an east bound freight train and 'he robbers were making every effort io secure the merchan dise before the train pulled out. Had the train left the yards with the rob bed cars lt would have been difficult to have located the robbery and the catch by Marshal Tillson is consid ered most fortunate. The thieves will be brought to the city this evening or tomorrow. Death to Korean T.eaene. Toklo, April 17. A war of exter mination against the Blghteous Ar my league, a Korean oreanlzntlon. which the Japanese allege Inspired the assassination of Durham W. Ste vens, and Is supporting the rebellion In the interior and many murders In Seoul. Numerous arrests of promi nent members of the league have been made and more promise to fol low. MINISTER SUICIDES IN FACE OF EXPOSURE RIHORN GITS ONE YRR. Former Pendleton H?al Estate Man Sentenced for Bigamy, W. P. Hlhorn, arrested on a charge of bigamy in Portland a few days ago, pleaded guilty to the charge yes terday and was sentenced to serve a year in the Multnomah county jail for his offense. He married a Ken tucky girl at North Yakima last Christmas, while yet the husband of another wife In Portland. When charged with the crime a few weekb ago be left Portland, but was soon captured at Tillamook and brought back for trial. The case was called for trial yesterday when Bihorn Dleaded euiltv. Bihorn was former ly engaged in the real eswte business in this .city, but left here two years ago for western Oregon. ARRESTED ON HAD CHARGE Carl Smiriz Placed Under $300 Bond." Today Carl Swart,, a bartender for the Rainier beer hall, was arrested here last night upon a charge of adultery and he Is now in the county jail Be fore Judge Parkea he entered a plea of not guilty this morning and hie ball WO fixed at $300. The complaint against Swartz was made last night by a young man named Farmer who alleged that he had found Swartz and the complain- nit's wife occupying a room at the home of Crabtree, the proprietor of lie Rainier saloon Farmer's wife a niece of tlie saloonnian Swartz has secured Col. J. 11. Ks- ey to defend him and It Is innier- tood that he will seek to show till innocence. The abandoned saw mill sites, where the timber has vanished and put the mill out of business, are be ing overhauled and turned Into small electric plants by groups of farmers for power or even to light small villages. Woodbor, N. J, Ajiril 17. Rather than nice the exposure of ids eia Uons uiili ,, woman whose name is Unknown, Rev George W. Thompson, aged 18. pastor of the First Presby terian church or iiis city, committed suicide in a local hotel today. He wits engaged to Mrs. Fannie Keiitworthy of ,hls elty, hut at the Inquest it was discovered be luul had a stonn.v interview with sonie woman inuiieHaieiy after the engagement to Mrs. Kent worthy was made public. " 11 in -mien mat tins unman uireaitmen to publish tlie facte of iik 11 relationship. Worry is supposed 10 uawc urwen 1 nompaon suicide Heavy Vote Despite Rain. Portland April 17. Despite a heavy rain which has been drenching the city all day. the voting of the first two hours at the primaries was the heaviest in the city's history. There is no rowdyism and no arrests so far. Apparently the voters are taking con siderable time over each ballot as long lines of men are formed in many of the precincts awaiting their turn. (iiii Killed by an Elephant. Riverside, Cal., April 17. Miss Ellu Gibhs. a deaconness of the If, E. church and a prominent slum worker, was killed last night by nn infuriated elephant which broke away from Hi keeper in the Sells-Floto circus dur ing a fire In oil tanks near the circus last evening. The elephant rushed wildly through the city, crashing windows, knocking down pedestrians and creating jfiVW where it went. L. J. Worsley was also fatally injured by the animal. TO MARKET MILTON FRITT. BINGE H DACES III CDOOK COUNTY WILLIAMSON'S BARNS AND CORRALS BURNED Sltorlff Elklns Arrested I nrkin H. Elliott for Incendiarism Loss of $5, 000 Sustained by Congressman J. N. Williamson Miles or Wire Fence Cut Down I-ast Tuesday Night More Arrests Are Expected. Piinevllle, Ore., April 17. The range war has broken out in central Oregon again after smoldering for some months. One arrest has been made. Sheriff Elkins has niaeed Larktn H. Elliott, a rancher of the Ochocco valley under arrest, charged with burning the sheep corals, hay With lively Interest manifested In all four Pendleton precincts the pri mary election is on this afternoon and If the voting continues at the rate lt started with there will be few who do not vote. At 12 o'clock the polls were opened at the voting places designated for the different wards, at the court house for Pendleton precinct; the Hotel Pendleton sample room for North Pendleton: at D. Turner's residence for East Pendleton, and at Mrs. Bish op s house for South Pendleton. By 1 o'clock the various booths were filled with eager voters and the Judges and clerks were given an early workout. Though there are comparatively few contests there is sufficient Interest In those to bring forth a strong vote. Naturally the chief Interest centers In the race between Ellis and Geer for the republican nomination for con gress, while much concern Is ilso taken In the senatorial race between Fulton and Cake. If sentiments expressed upon the streets are to be relied upon.' Con gressman Ellis will carry the cjty and also the county by a landslide vote, and Fulton will also win over Cake In Pendleton. For legislators a lively contest Is also on between Messrs. Barrett. Mann and Steen. while the three-cornered race between Messrs. Walker, Bailey and Sunderman for county commis sioner Is also a lively one. The only other local contests are those be tween Charles Wall and Ralph Fol som for coroner and between Messrs. Hendley and Macomber for recorder On the democratic side there has been little excitement today for there are really no contests whatever for democratic nominations. Upon the ticket there appears but one contest, that being betwen Messrs. Jeffreys and Derby for the congressional nomination. Governor Chamberlain's name was generally written In for senator by lemocrats and many other names were filled In upon that ticket. BASEBALL SCORES. Record of Yesterday's Games Among the Leagues. Los Angeles, Cal., April 16. Los Angeles 3, Portland 2. At Eugene Oregon 3, Whitman 1. At San Francisco Oakland 4. San Francisco 3. 6, New Union of the Growers Has Been Or The Fruit vniwami ,.i .i i l)arna an houses of ex-Congressman " " " " T 1ST Willi.,.,,...,.. ...u.u . w. 11 iui.uiisuii, milieu utrasiuriea a loss of about $5000. The Mackintosh Livestock com pany also suffered a heavy loss when their corrals and barns were burned last week. Last Tuesday night a mile and a organized among the fruit raisers of the Milton and Freewater districts will try the interesting experiment this year of handling and marketing the fruit produced by its members, some 300 In number In a small way the growers for sev ral years have marketed their own fruit, but owing to a lack of coopera tlon among the different growers, the most successful results have not been obtained. Tins year, nowever, the growers have adopted plans employed by the frultnien's unions In the Yakima Hood River and Wenatchee districts In marketing their fruit and lt is ex pected that better results will be se cured. The Milton-Freewater union has Just let a contract for a new ware house which will be erected In time (o handle this season's crop. It will be located conveniently to the two railroads connecting with that place so that markets in all parts of the United st : ti s can be conveniently reached. In order to protect the eastern shipments the union will keep a man in the hlg eastern markets. It will he the eastern man's place to ascer tain the best markets, place ship ments to the best possible advantage and sec that commission merchants make adequate returns for all ship ments received and disposed of. National League. At Philadelphia Phlla York 3. At St. Louis Pittsburg 9, St. Louis 6. At Brooklyn Brooklyn 3, Boston 1. American League. At Cleveland St. Louis 6, Cleve land 2. At Boston Boston 3, Washington 1. At Chicago Detroit 4, Chicago I. At New York New York 2, Phil adelphia 1. The Missouri Pacific system In half of wire fence belonging to Wil- Kansas will employ telephones Instead llamson was ruined by wire cutters, of the telegraph In Its railroad work. LANDSLIDE VOTE III PUBLIC SCHOOLS At several of the Pendleton schools straw votes were taken today by the children, the sample primray ballot being used, and the elections proved almost as exciting as the regular pri mary. Up to this time complete returns have been received from hut one The voting at the east end school was In the seventh and eighth grades, but the vote of the larger grade has not been learned. At the Hawthorne school the same grades also voted, but the counting will not be done until Monday. At the high school no election was he' I, but the sample ballots were dis- ward " that helng from the vote in tribute,! Ma nia he students an,i tha fl" warners room in i lie u isa voting -ysteni explained by Priinipal gress M ington school. The contest there 1 Hampton. showed landslide tendencies. For con i jn (he votliic at the differs. ,.o w - , -.'i'jui rooms only "registered" voters were allowed to participate and some lively skirmishes occurred over contested votes. The vote of one young hdy was contested on the ground of frroo,- Wulker and Ralph Folsom both , ulanity because her reeltere,i mr carried off the honors for commls- held to be different from tht .m. sloner ami coroner respectively. she gave at the mils Kills received 15 VOtea to but 2 for (leer: Fulton carried the gcruitorii'1 contest over rano ny me same yore; srs. Barrett and Steen were nomi nated for the legislature, while Hor- ict
