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VOL. 21.
PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 4. 1908.
NO. C273
JUS
CAUSES
TRAGEDY
Heppner Brakeman Kills His
Sweetheart, Wounds Com
panion and Himself.
MURDERER STILL ALIVE BUT
DEATH SURE TO KJI,
Henry P. Morrison Hunts Down Nora
Wrrght and Barney Ahalt ami With
the Command, "Say Your Prayers,"
Opened lire Girt Fails Dead at
First Sliot With Hulk la Head
Ahalt Though Wounded, Whips
Horses Into Run and Escape with
Dead Body Asalii Places Re
volver to Temple and Fires.
f,
Heppner,
Ore., May 4. Insanity
will nrobably be the line of defense
k u. p MArri.n the o
" " ; ,
B. A N. brakeman, who, crazed with
4a Vi ,i nt a4 j4nu.n Vita u.'Aof htoart
Nora Wright and her escort, Barney
Ahalt. late yesterday afternoon and
murdered the girl and wounded
. Ahalt. He then turned the gun on
himself and is fatally wounded.
Sheriff Shutt and Deputy District
Attorney Notson of Morrow county,
are at the scene of the tragedy, se
curing depositions from Ahalt.
The killing occurred near the little
hamlet of Morgan, near Cecil.
Morrison had taken a "speeder,"
borowed an express messenger's gun
and started down the track. He
knew that Miss Wright was riding
with Ahalt.
Close to Morgan he passed the cos-,
pie at a .crossing. - ne Jumped from
, the "speeder" and stopped the team.
"Say your prayers," he said, and
and opened fire.
Miss Wright dropped dead, shot In
the head. Ahalt is wounded in the
breast, but may live.
Morrison then lashed the team In
to a run.
Going to Morgan, Morrison heard
the girl was dead and walking into a
wheat warehouse put a revolver
against his head and fired.
The wound was not Immediately fa
tal, but it Is thought there Is no hope.
He was not found for several hoars.
Morrison had been brooding ever
his love affair with Miss Wright for
several weeks and was very depress
ed. 1500,000 Stolen.
Pittsburg. Pa.. May 4. H mow
Mated that the robbers ho held up
the Adams Express car on the Pan
Handle Thursday night x-enred $600,
000. It was one of the blggefS ever
pulled off In the United Slates. To
day men and boys found a nwuaber of
.gold coins about tha track here the
.robbery occurred. Several five dollar
.gold pieces were picked up a well as
.a quantity of gold left.
May Pardon I "oner.
Frankfort, Ky., May 4. Fr
MOurces considered reliable, it 1a Ktat
ed that Governor Wilson will consid
er an application for the pardon of
Caleb Powers and Jim Howard, un
der life sentence for killing Governor
Goehcl. It is stated from the same
aouvce that the governor has made up
his .mind to pardon both men as he
does mot find Incriminating evidence
enough to hold either.
JUDGE PLEAD GUILTY.
Ukm-n Trader Will l Senteneer
Judge Bonn Wednesday.
by
Aaron ' KUlge, the young man
charged with stealing a horse from
Charles Hamilton, plead guilty to the
same before Circuit Judge Bean this
afternoon. The court then set Wed
nesday as a time for passing sentence.
Ridge was working for Hamilton
and rode to Adams with a horse he
had borrowed of his employer. He
traded the animal off in that town re
ceiving another horse in return. He
then rode to Athena and there sold
his new mount after which he took
the train for Walla WalU.
FIGHT FOD UTS
FIshkill, N. Y., May 4. Habeas
Corpus proceedings to release Harry
Thaw from Matteawan asylum were
begun today in Justice Morschauser's
court.
Under a ' heavy guard Thaw was
brought over from the asylum. He
was accompanied by Dr. Baker, act
ing superintendent of the Institution.
Thaw looks much better than he
did when he entered the asylum. His
Cheeks have a ruddier tinge, and he
Is in good spirits.
Nobody without a ticket wag admit
ted to the proceedings.
Four chaplains and five attendants
JUDGE LAXDIS FIXES
RAILROADS $12,400.
Chicago, May 4. Federal
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lan
dls fined a number of railroads
a total of 112,400 today for vi
olation of the 28-hour rule in
regard to tho transportation of
livestock.
The Rock Island was the
heaviest sufferer,' being assess
ed $6350.
CLEVELAND IS WORSE.
Lflkewood, N. J., May 4. Dexpitc
thorlty that G rover Cleveland
Worse Dr. Bryant still refuses to
make a statement.
Long-Lived FamHy.
Louisville, Ky., May 4. At Charles
town, across the river from Louis
vllle, William J. Bottorff will tomor
row celebrate his 84th birthday with
a family gathering that will be one
of the most novel ever held In South
em Indiana. Mr. Bottorff is one of a
family of five brothers and three sis
ters who are descendants of John
Bottorff and Betsy Stoneclpher Bot
"rri. or wnom were horn nea
Charleatown. The aggregate ages of
I the eight is 630. an average of 79 to
(h per80n oldeBt ,8 91 and tne
' unntiMat m 7 V
E
IS Hi SESSION
Forrt cases disposed
OF IX SHORT ORDER
Two Sullg Submitted In One One Ap
ipatl Dismissed One Case From
Watico. County, One Wallowa, and
One UnionAll Five Members of
Court, Attorney General and Clerk
Moreland In Attendance Many
Attorneys Here.
The supreme court of Oregon Is
now holding Its May session here and
today it has already disposed of four
of the cases set for hearing at this
time.
The first case to be argued and
submitted this morning was that of
Wheeler county vs. P. L. Keeton et
al the former being appellants. Tho
action Is one to recover on a sheriffs
bond. B. S. Huntington of The
Dalles, argued for the aDDellants.
while W. H. Wilson and E. H. Hen
dricks represent the respondents.
There are two cases arising out of the
-eult, but today they were argued as
one.
The case of J. B. Ready, respon-
otint, vs. Henry Schmidt, appellant,
uppeaiea irom Wallowa county, was
prgued by J. A. Burleigh for the re
spondent, and O. N. Corklns for the
appellant.
The case of Starr vs. Starr was dis
missed.
The case of the Elgin Forwarding
company vs. F. M. Cummlngs, appel
iIkiH, was argued by J. W. Knowles
Jor the appellant and F. S. Ivanhoe
for the respondent.
All five of the court are present at
the session today as follows: Chief
J:ustlee R. S. Bean, Justices Moore,
Kick hi, Commissioner King and Com
mirHioner Sinter. J. C. Moreland.
cWlk (Of the supreme court at Salem,
nnd A. "M. Crawford, attorney general.
are likewise here for the session.
Among the outside attorneys In the
city fr 'the session are Colonel F. S.
Ivanhoe, La Grande; J. D. Slater, La
Grande; H. H. Hendricks, Fossil; J.
W. Ktw'k's, La Grande; B. S. Hunt
ington aid W. H. Wilson, The Dalles;
3. A. Burleigh, Enterprise, and O. M.
Corklns, Enterprise,
Elgin Ilaa Four-Legged CluVken.
Elgin, Ore., May 4. Elgin is en
Joying the notoriety of being the only
town In the state that has produced
a fouriegged chicken. The chicken
was hatched four days ago, has the
usual two legs, and twor supplementary
legs, completely formed, growing out
of Its breast. The chick is well and
lively and gives all Indications of liv
ing. FREEDOM BEGIIG
of the tombs, the alienists who testi
fied for Thaw at the previous trial and
District Attorney Garvan were pres
ent. Harry was the only member of the
Thaw family present.
Justice Morschauser ruled that wit
nesses who will testify that Thaw is
sane will be heard by him and those
who will testify contrary will be ex
amined In New York city. He decid
ed that the county must bear the
bulk of the expenses of the trial.
A' delay until May 11 was grahted
so that Jerome could appear person
ally at the hearing. Meanwhile Thaw
will stay In Poughkeepsle Jail.
1
1
HOTEL EI
Ten Dead; Dozen Missing, and
Thirteen Are Thought to Be
Fatally Injured.
FORT WAYNE HOTEL IS
TOTALLY DESTROYED
Sleeping Occupants Given No Chance
for Tlielr Uvea, Meet Death In
Bluzing Hell Pit Floor After
Floor Falls Until Smoking Shell Is
Ail That Remains Many Rush to
Windows and Plunge to Death Af
ter Imploring Vainly for Help
Thrilling Khchix-s arc Numerous.
Fort Wayne, Ind., May 4. Ten are
known to be dead, a dozen are miss
ing, 13 are thought to be fatally In
jured and another dosten were pain
fully burned in a fire that totally de
stroyed the Avellne Hotel at an early
hour today. The Avellne Is the prin
cipal hotel in the city.
Chief Ankerbruck believes that 20
bodies are still in the ruins. Only
the smoking shell of the brick build
ing remains.
The known dead are Jl. S. John
son, Pana, Ills.; M. Hickson. New
York, J. B. Miller, Sheboygan, Wis.;
J. E. Ellis, Chicago; W. A. Pitcher,
Fort Wayne; G. W. Devlny, Philadel
phia. The remains of three uniden
tified men and one unidentified wo
man have been taken from the ruins.
The fire was discovered at 3 in the
morning and within 20 minutes the
entire Interior was a blazing hell pit.
Floor after floor fell, carrying the
helpless occupants.
Many rushed to the windows, im
plored help and then Jumped to their
death. There were many thrilling es
capes. NEW PAPER AT WALLA WALLA.
Democrat at Banquet Pledge $l,0O
tor Party Organ.
Walla Walla. May 4. "We, the
democrats of Walla Walla county.
pledge ourselves to raise $10,000 with
which to establish In this city a daily
newspaper to represent out party."
This resolution was unanimously
passed at a banquet given by the
Young Men's Democratic club Satur
day night, and in IS minutes 33000
was subscribed and a committe con
sisting of J. H. Morrow of Waltsbnrg,
W. A. Kitz and Dr. J. F. Crop of this
city was named to secure the bal
ance of the pledges.
Enthusiasm was high and the de
termination to secure the organ at
once was strong throughout the large
audience. The banquet followed the
countj- convention and covers were
laid for 200 In Odd Fellows' temple. T.
M. McKLnney presided as toastmaster,
The address of the evening was de
livered by William Goodyear of Col
fax, who spoke n "Democratic Fair
JVr.y." National issues were discuss
ed freely and at length. Hugh C.
Todd, clerk of Whitman county,
spoke on "Young Democracy," J, H
Morrow of WaJtsburg on "The Hope
of Democracy" and E. F. Baker of
this ciiy spoke on "Patriotism as Ap
plied Today In Politics,"
u he addresses were well : received
nd all pointed to an earnest cam
paign or encces In this county.
Strike Gold in Contralto.
lenirajia, vvasn., May 4. A sec
ond gold discovery since work In
constructing sewers In Centralia com
menced was made yesterday by A, R,
Strahan, manager of the Perth Coal
Mining company. A shovel full of
gravel from the sewer ditch In the
Iley back of his home was panned
nd about $1.60 In gold found. The
gravel came from a depth of about
feet from the surface of the
ground.
The gravel in which the gold is
found is of glacial origin. There, li
much "black sand" in it and a con
siderable quantity of platinum. Plans
are being discussed for the sinking
or a prospect hole.
Insnne, He Leaps to Doatk
Salem. May 4. James Whlttinirton.
a resident of Baker City, committed
suicide by Jumping from a stairway
at the state Insane asylum. He fell
about 15 feet, striking his head and
shoulders upon a concrete floor.
Whlttengton was brought to the asy
lum about nine months ago, after he
had made several attempts at suicide
at home. He made two previous at
tempts at suicide here.
He was about 65 years old and
leaves a wife and several children.
Labor Men Organize.
Baton Rouge, La., May 4. Nearly
all the labor unions of Louisiana have
sent representatives here today for
the purpose of organising. a state fed
eration of labor. The Farmers' union
as well as the different trade unions
and railroad organizations, will be In
cluded In the federation.
IN
ELEVEN
1
DROWN
SHIPWRECK
Steam Schooler Goes Ashore
Near Newport Captain and
Half of Crew Rescued.
MAX WITH BROKEN LEG
SWIMS THROUGH BREAKERS
LunilMT Laden She Becomes Disabled
and Piles Upon Rocks Now Lying
on Desolate Reach But May Be
Saved IJfe Saving Crew Do Good
Work Though Comitcllcd to Go
Great Distance Accident HapciiM
Sunday Afternoon VcskcI Shifts
lioad, Srlitg4 Leak, Then Goes
AslKire.
Newport, Ore., May 4. Eleven men
are supposed to have gone down In
the wreck of the two-masted schoon
er Minnie E. Kllton of San Francis
co, in charge of Captain James Sic
Kenna, and loaded with lumber out of
Aberdeen, which plied up on the
rocks north of Yaqulna bay at 6:30
Sunday evening.
The crew of the Kllton was com
posed of 21 persons. Ten are known
to be ashore.
The vessel Is lying 15 miles north of
here on a desolate beach.
Cuptaln McKenna and eight of the
ciew were taken off by the life-saving
crew and one man, named J. Nelson,
swam ashore although suffering from
a broken leg.
The deck load of the Kilton shift
ed Friday night and Saturday the
vessel sprunjr a leak and became un
manageably After dinner Saturday
the boat Shipped a big wave which
tore the cabin and the deck load off.
Captain McKenna says the vessel
may be saved.
Morrison Is Dead,
This afternoon District Attorney
Phelps received word from his dep
uty. Mr. Notson. at Heppner, saying
that Morrison died at 9 o'clock last
night.
Robbers Are Caught.
ivareno, Texas. May 4. The men
who robbed the Wells Fargo company
of $63,000 are In Jail and have con
fessed. They are Luis Cutting, chief
clerk In the general office of the ex
press company here, and Rodolfo Al
vares, express messenger. The money
was found in Cutting's room.
$250,000 for Sufferers.
Washington, May 4. The senate to
day passed the house resolution ap
propriating $260,000 for sufferers In
the recent tornado.
OREGON HAS 1503 INSANE.
Asylum RcKrt Shows Tluit Attend
ance Decreased Five In Post Month.
.The monthly report of Dr. R. E. L.
Stelner, superintendent at the state
insane asylum, presented to the gov
erning board today, shows a decrease
of five patients during April, says a
Salem Item. The total number of In
mates March 31 was 1508, while the
total number April 30 was 1503, of
which 1051 are males and 472 are fe
males. During April 49 patients were re
ceived and one escape returned. Twenty-one
were discharged cured, 10
much Improved, five not Improved, 15
died and one eloped. The total num
ber received was 60 and the total num
ber discharged, died of eloped was 55,
making a decrease of five Inmates
since March 31.
The total cost of maintaining the In
stitution during April was $11,144.10
or slightly more than $12.90 per cap
ita of Inmates.
Painfully Wounded.
un account or righting over a wo
man in a saloon at Ballard on Tues
day night, Carl Goodene lies uncon
sclous at the Wayside hospital at Se
attle, and his combatant, Frank Mc-
gee, Is confined In" the Ballard Jail.
The former sustained a fractured
skull and is suffering from concus
sion of tho brain. After wounding
Goodene, McGee took him to a room
over the saloon, and he was not dis
covered until Wednesday night.
Pupils Still nn Strike .
Principal Simmons of the Kiona
school is stil holding his position, but
has only two pupils. The rest of
them say they will not return to
school. As there are only three weeks
more of school the board of directors
say they will let the principal and
pupils fight it out and will make no
further efort to act as a peace com
mission. Seattle Italian Murdered.
The murdered body of Domlnlck
Carllno was found lying in the street
in the heart of the Italian colony at
Seattle Friday night. The clothing
about the waist was badly torn, and
It Is believed that the Italian wore a
money belt, which was cut and taken
away by his assailants. Carllno was
In Seattle on a visit to his cousin.
4.
ENGLISH TROOPS IX
BATTLE WITH NATIVES.
London, May 4. Major Gen
eral Wilcox, with five brigades
of English troops, are repelling
20,000 tribesmen on the Indian
frontier today.
It is reported that Wilcox is
forcing the natives back. Af
ghan allies of the tribesmen are
fighting desperately, but the
machine guns are causing great
execution.
GETS STONES WIHLE
CLERKS ARE AWAY
Tacoma, Wash., May 4. Three
unknown men yesterday entered the
Jewelery store of Frank C. Hart and
while the attendants were in a back
room stole a wallet containing $5000
worth of diamonds and made their es
cape,
First Pension Payment.
Washington, May 4. First payment
of pensions to widows of veterans,
under the increase of from $8 to $12
a month recently voted by congress,
was made today. -This Increase will
result In the distribution annually of
several hundred thousand dollars
among the pensioners affected.
PRESS OF BUSINESS IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTION
Company L Left Without a nead Of
ficerLocal Guardsmen Will be
Compelled to Elect a Successor
Company Has Been Successful Un
der Hid Administration Doctor
Had a Military Record.
Captain M. S. Kern has tendered
his resignation as commander of com
pany L and the same Is now In the
hands of the adjutant general. As
soon as acted upon by the proper au
thorities it will be up to the local
guardsmen to endorse another for the
post that has been vacated.
The resignation of Captain Kern
was given over two weeks ago and at
that time was sent to Captain John
son, adjutant of the third regiment
It is now being passed through the
regular military channel to the gov
ernor's office. Nothing is yet known
as to the action that will be taken, but
it is presumed that after due time it
will be accepted and a successor ap
pointed. Presto of Business.
In his letter jt resignation Captain
Kern stated that he wishes to leave
the guard because of the press of pri
vate business. Aside from his dental
practice In this city he has heavy in
terests in the west end of the county
and also much property In Harney
county. Because of this he found he
would be unable to "go with the com
pany to American Lake this summer
and so with much regret he decided
to tender his resignation. The admin-
it was organized over a year ago Cap-
quires much time and attention on the
part of the captain.
As commander of company L since
he was a member of a Minnesota
tain Kern has been very successful.
During that time the company has
been made into what Is reputed the
crack company of the third regiment
and the organization is now In better
condition than at any time sinee tt
was formed.
it is recruited up almost to the
maximum and In general training and
company spirit Is perhaps unsurpass-
eu oy any company In the state. Much
of the company's success Is due to the
hard and earnest work of the captain,
who is personally popular with the
other members of the company, who
regret to see him leave the service.
During seven years of his life Cap
tain Kern has been enlisted either as
a guardsman or a volunteer in the
service of his country. For five years
he was a member ofa Minnesota
guard company and during the Spanish-American
war he was with a vol
unteer regiment In the army that was
taken to Porto Rico by General Miles.
He has had over a year's experience as
captain of company L and when he
resigns will have had a military rec
ord of which any citizen might well
be proud.
C1PII KERN
HAS RESIGNED
Rll HOLDS TILL 11111116
At the campmeetlng on the reser
vation the service last night was con
tinued until 1 o'clock this morning,
so great was the Interest manifested.
During the service yesterday a half
dozen conversions were made and
there were 275 present within the tent
and many outside during the meet
ings.
At the Christian Endeavor and tem
perance meetings large additions were
made to both organizations, and much
enthusiasm aroused.
M KUT
IN WEST END
0
Opening of Reclamation Pro
jects Injects New Spirit Into
Irrigation Belt,
BREATH OF LIFE COMES
WITH RUNNING WATER.
Many Pendleton People Take Advan
tage of Excursion Rates Trip to
Dam an Enjoyable .One Citizens
of Hermiston Declare That County
Si-at RcHiilentH Are Tlielr Worst
Enemies Real Estate Men Will
Attend Meeting in This City Thurs
day Night, But Have Faint Hopes
of Results.
With the opening of a portion of
the east Umatilla project and with
the lands of three private irrigation
projects now upon the market, things
are becoming interesting in the west
end and the transformation that Is
now on in that section of the eounty Is
wonderful.
As though the breath of life had
com with the water that now trick
les through the distributing ditches of
the Hermiston country the land has
been' awakened from its long sleep
and signs of life may now be seen on
every hand.
Yesterday was the first Sunday the
excursion rates have been In effect
between Pendleton and Hermiston,
and quite a number made the trip to
the little project city and from there
out to the dam. The weather yester
day was ideal, being free from wind,
and those who made the trip enjoyed
1U
There is every Indication that the
excursions will grow In popularity,
for they have good livery teams at
Hermiston and the drive to the res
ervoir Is one that those who have
made it do not regret.
About the Publicity Bureau.
Among the realty men of Hermis
ton there is considerable Interest in
the meeting that is to be held here
Thursday and in the general propo
sition of raising a fund for a county
publicity bureau. Yesterday four or
five of the principal Hermlstonians
declared their intentions of attend
ing the real estate men's meeting if
possible for the mto do so.
Among those who are active in the
west end affairs there Is a feeling of
antipathy towards Pendleton because
of the attitude of some local people
towards the project.
"Some of the most vicious knocks
that I have ever heard against this
section of the country have been
given in Pendleton," declared one
prominent real estate man at Her
miston yesterday. "Most people there
do not understant the situation here
and do not take the trouble to learn.
It Is strange, but the people who live
right adjoining this project do not
show anything like the Interest or
appreciation that those from abroad
do.
According to the same man, it has
been a general rule In the past that
when a prospective homeseeker stops
off In Pendleton he Is "queered" as
far as the government project Is con
cerned by things he is told by people
who are Ignorant upon the subject or
else by curbstone real estate men
who knock the project for another
purpose.
Because of this feeling towards this
city the Hermlstonians declare they
were not greatly surprised at the fail
ure to raise a publicity fund at the
Tom Richardson meeting. They do
not seem to resent the seeming fail
ure of the publicity. bureau move as
much as they do the general apathy
of Pendleton towards the west end.
However, they have been Invited to
this city to attend a meeting which
is intended to work for the welfare
of the irrigated section and they say
they will come. But they will come
with faint hopes of getting anything
out of Pendleton, though they are
willing to be "shown" that this city
Is the west end's friend.
Stuyvesai Flslt Resigns
New York, May 4. Stuyvesant Fish
today resigned from the directorate
of the Missouri Pacific.
It has been decided by the elders
of the different churches to continue
the meetings until after next Sunday..
At first it was proposed to end the
meetings on the coming Thursday,,
but the Interest has been such that'
the time will be extended.
Among the 85 visiting Indians there
Is much interest In the meetings and
method of conducting the same. Upon
the return of the Yakima and Warm
Spring Indians to their 'own reserva
tions It Is probable similar services
will be held there.