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EVFJirriB EDITION
EVEIIIIISEfflTIOli'
WEATHER REPORT.
Probably fair tonight
and Friday.
Take your store new
to the people and the
people will bring their
patronage to your store.
VOL. 21.
PENDLETON, OKEGON, THURSDAY, MAY 2t. 1908.
NO. 6287
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BECHI'S FRIDAY
Two Days' Fun and Frivolity
for Wheat Town Caledc
nians to Be Supreme.
LAKGE CROWDS EXPECTED
' ' FROM SU RROUNDLNG TOWNS
preparations Marie for Mont Success
ful Celebrations Ever Participated
In by Vmalllla County Scot Ex
tenslvo Program Prepared fur
Iloth Days Music and Dancing As
Well as Old Time Sports Dear to
die Heart of Every Clansman Will
Be Features of die Great Event-
Many Prlzea.
Two days of JoJllty, fun and entha
alasm are in store for Athena this
week, while the Caledonian picnic Is
in progress Friday and Saturday.
The picnic will begin tomorrow fore
noon, the first part of the program
to be given at 11 o'clock and from
that hour until midnight Saturday
night the merry making will proceed.
Large crowds from every part Of
the county will attend the picnic and
especially will every loyal Scot be
present. Pendleton will send a large
delegation tomorrow morning and
Walla Walla will also furnish a good
ly number of visitors.
Athena hus made every prepara
tion for the event and It .promises to
be the most successful picnic ever
held by the Umatilla county society.
Following Is the program In full:
lTogram, Friday, 11 -a. ni.
Selection, Bag Pipes ..............
. . . Pipers McDonald and McKlnley
Address of Welcome
J. D. Plamondon, Mayor of Athena
Vocal Solo Miss Lytle
Scotch Reel Pottage Sisters.....
Misses King and D'Arcy
Recitation Jack Coleman
Voval solo.. Prof. A. Epping, Portland
Address ......Attorney 8. F. Wilson
Selection on bag pipe Piper McDonald
1:30 p. ill.
Selection, Rag Pipes
.....Pipers McDonald and McKlnley
Vocal Solo Miss Mae McKlnnon
Sword Dance ...... .D'Arcy and King
Double Quartette Old Folks at
Home
Misses Zurcher, Makln, K. Paxton,
A. Paxton, Messrs. Mitchell Hooper,
Staggs, Romey.
Address
Hon. George E. Shepard of Portland
Vocal Duet
MiBses Jackson and Mackin
Sailorr' Hornpipe. .. D'Arcy and King
Vocal solo Miss L. Stanton
Addrcs Hon. Oebrge E. Cameron
Comic Song Frank Hennessey
Selection .Mr. Jack Coleman
Schori Trues ..Miss Jeanle Best
, Vocal Solo Miss Ethel Lytle
Highland Fling ......Four Children
Vocal Duet
. . . .Misses Katie and Alpha Paxton
8:00 p. m.
Entertainment nt Apera house, ad-
mlslon 0 cents.
Saturday, 10:30 a. ni.
Music, Bag Pipe
McDonald and McKlnley
Scotch Reel
Miss Stanton, Miss Pottage, Hon.
George Cameron, A. B. McEwen.
Vocal Solo. .Mrs. Stanton
Sailors Hornpipe. . .D'Arcy "and King
Vocal Solo Prof. A. Epping I
Address
Monologue Mr. Jack .Coleman
Sword Dnnce Pottngo Sisters
, D'Arcy and King
1:30 p. m.
Bag Pipe ...McDonald and McKlnley
Vocal Solo Miss Ethel Lytle
Addresses By Members of Political
Parties.
Joint Debate
...Jos. N. Scott, Thomas Mahoney
Shon Trues Miss Jeanle Best
Scotch Reel.
Vocal Solo Prof. A. Epping
Selection... Mr. Jack Coleman
Solo Miss Stanton
3:30 p. m.
Scotch games and foot races.
5:00 p m.
Running Race, Trotting Race.
The county campaign was formally
opened by the republican candidates
at Umatilla, Hermlston and Echo to
day and from .now until the close of
the campaign meetings will be held
and oratory will be plentiful through
out the county.
The entire party of county candi
dates left on the Portland local train
for Umatilla this forenoon, and today
addressed the citizens of that place
and met the people from the surround
ing country. This afternoon Hermls
ton was visited and tonight a meeting
T
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ONE MAN KILLED IN
SOUTHERN PACIFIC WRECK.
Portland, May 21r Express
messenger Edward Cummins
was Instantly killed and three
other employes were badly In-
jured In the wreck of the second
section of Southern Pacific train
No. 16. near Pinole, Cal., at 9:40
last night. The train left Oak-
land mole for this city at 8:60
and was running at a high rate
of speed when the wreck, which
was caused by a broken rail, oc-
curred. The Injured are Fire-
man Cody and Engineer Ward.
both of whom it Is thought will
die: Express Messenner Blrmlns-
ham and Baggageman Rodehor-
er.
STILL 1 DOUBT
F.VTE OF OMNIBUS RILL
NOT YET DETERMINED.
Referred to Secretary "i Treamiry and
May Shone Same Fate as Currency
Measure Pendleton's 170,000 Ap
iwoprlallon Hold I'p Willi the
Others Associated Hctorta it as
Pated.
The fate of the omnibus federal
building bill In which an appropriation
of 170,000 for a federal building in
this city Is included, is still uncertain
and It looks now as though It might
not become a law at this session al
though its friends are doing every
thing In their power to secure its pas
sage through the senate.
The East 6regonlan received the
following dispatch from the Washing
ton correspondent of the United Press
this afternoon regarding the fate of
the bill:
"The omnibus federal building bill
ha been sent to the secretary of the
treasury for his opinion on Its merits.
Every effort Is being made to pass the
bill If within human power, at this
session; but both It and the currency
till appear to be In danger of not
passing at this session."
However, the Associated Press sent
out a different story regarding at least
a portion of the omnibus bill,' a special
to the Walla Walla Union of this
morning reading as follows:
The senate today passed the omni
bus public building bill Inserting not
only the numerous amendments sug
gested by the senate committee on
public buildings and grounds, but also
n few proposed by Individual senators.
As passed, the bill carries a total of
about $35,000,000 of which Jfi, 000,000
Is for building contracts.
The larger appropriations for new
buildings added by the senate In
eluded:
Riverside." Cal., $125,000; Everett,
and Walla Walla, Wash., $140,000.
The limit of cost fixed for the sub
treasury building In San Francisco was
Increased from $375,000 to $625,000.
The senate amendment providing
for a new office building for the de
pnrtment of staje and Justice to be
used Jointly was retained, the ultimate
cost of which is limited to $2,600,000
and It Is hinted that If this Item is not
letalned the bill may be allowed to
fall.
The amendment appropriating
$400,000 for purchase of an embassy
building in Paris to be used as an of
fice and residence also was accepted
by the senate.
To t Port Townsend.
Port Townsend, Wash., May 21.
The battleships Illinois and Kearsarge
dropped anchor here today ns the At
lantic fleet passed. The arrival was
greeted by a salute from tho forts.
AllMiny Next Year.
Salem, May 21. Albany, Ore., was
selected as the next meeting place of
the grand lodge I. O. O. F this morn
ing, at the grand lodge meeting.
Oiocr Is Sane.
Tacoma, May 21. In the Chester
Thompson sanity hearing today, Dr. E.
M. Brown, alienist, testified that
Thompson was sane at the present
time,
IS
will be. held at Echo at which place
all of the candidates will make brief
addresses.
Those In the party leaving here this
morning were: C. A. Barrett, L. L.
Mann, Frank K. Welles. Robert T.
Brown, Horace Walker, Frank Baling,
Q. W. Bradley, Fred W, Hendley and
Ralph Folsom.
The party Is anticipating a most
pleasant tour of the county during
the next 10 days and all of the can
didates will make the dates announc
ed at different points.
SIXTY (II LED
i
One ot Worst Railroad Disas
ters in History of Holland
Early This Morning.
MANY ARE DEAD AND
HUNDREDS WOUNDED
Two rasscngcr Trains Running at a
High Rate of. Speed Crash Together
Wreckage Piled in Heaps Dead
ami Dying Uuriecl Beneath the De
bris and Hours Required to Effect
a Rescue 51 Intake Signals at a
Crowing Rosixmwlble for DisuHter
Three Couches Smaalkcd to Kindling
Wood.
Antwerp, Holland,' May 21. In one
of tho worst railroad disasters that
ever occured in this country, at least
60 passengers were killed , and 100
seriously hurt In a collision between
two passenger trains this morning.
The trains were running at a high
rate of speed when the crash occur
red.
At the town of Contlch, six miles
south of Antwerp, the two trains met
They came together with a great
force, piling up the wreckuge in "great
heaps.
One train was bound for Brussels
and the other for Llerre. Three
coaches of the latter train were
smashed Into kindling wood.
Mistaken signals at the crossing
are thought to have caused the dis
aster, though a misplaced switch wa
the direct cause of the wreck.
So badly entangled were the pas
sengers thut it was several hours be
fore the rescuers could get In effi
cient work.
Bodies Roasted.
Many corpses were so badly roasted
they could scarcely be handled as a
result of the fire that sprung up In
the wreckage. The hospital facilities
are Inadequate and there is much suf
fering in consequence.
CLAMOR WILDLY FOR BRYAN.
Vfter Enthusiastic Session
Missouri
to Vote
Relegates lire Instructed
for the Peerless; one.
Jefferson City, Mo. May
21. Vo-
clferously applauding every
mentlon
of William J. Bryan's name, the dele
gates to the democratic! state canven
tlon yesterday Instructed Missouri's
delegates to the national convention to
vote hs a unit for the nomination of
the Nebraskan for president. The 32
delegates from the congressional dls-
rlcts were selected by the conven
tion delegates at IS district caucuses
whole selections were subject to the
convention's approval, and the ap
proval was unanimous.
The convention also reelected Wil
liam Rothwell national commirteman,
declared for deep waterways and vot
ed 'down a resolution to disfranchise
Ignorant negroes.
Governor Folk, Senator Stone, Jas.
A. Reed, of Kansas City, and Dnvla
R. Francis of St. Lotiis, were selected
as delegates at large to the national
convention.
French Fhuinclal Deficit.
Taris, May 21. Minister of Flnnnce
Ceilleux announces that the budget of
1909 shows an estimated deficit of
$8,000,000, the revenue being estimat
id at $785,800,000 and the expendi
tures at $794,000,000. In order to
make up the shortage It has been de
cided not to Issue short terms bonds,
but to reform tho collections of duties
on stock and bond transfers and strict
ly enforce the existing regulations
looking' to prevention of the present
frequent evasion of duties.
BISHOP NICHOLS CHOSEN.
Sim Francisco Prelate Is President of
Missionary District.
Portland, May 21. Bishop Nichols
of San Francisco, was elected presi
dent of the eighth district missionary
conference of the Episcopal church
today. Rev. L. C. Sunford of San
Francisco, was elected secretary and
M. B. Coffman of Olympla, Wash.,
treasurer.
No selection has yet been made for
the meeting place next year. Spokane
and Boise are the leading contestants.
Murderer Gives Up.
Astoria, .May 21. Michael Camp
bell, who shot and killed John Mc
Clellnn yesterday at 4 Wlllme landing,
came into Astoria today en route to
Cathlamet, the county seat of Wahki
akum county, to give himself up. He
claims he shot McClellan In self-defense.
Fleet Enters Sound.
Seattle. May 21. The Atlantic fleet
entered Puget sound at 13:10 this
morning,, and passed Port Crescent at
5:30.
' JUL, PUTT FIE
Court Finds Aged Senator
Never Married Girl Com
pletely Exonerated.
SHE LS ARRESTED
ON PERJURY CHARGE
Affidavit Introduced Showing Cer
tificate Was Issued Year After Mar
riage Is Supposed to Have Been
Consummate! Newspaper Men De
clare Miss Wwxl Told Him She
Was Not Interested in the Senator's
Matrimonial Affair Merely Hon
rrM Him No Endearing Terms In
IiOve Letters.
New York, May 21. Charged with
perjury, Mae Wood, the plaintiff In
the sensational Wood-Piatt case, lies
In Jail, while the aged senator is
cleared of all suspicion of having
committed bigamy.
The blow that broke the case of
Miss Wood was the affidavits that
demonstrated that the marriage cer
tificate had not been printed until a
year after the ceremony is alleged to
have occurred.
Judge O'Gorman found for the de
tense In the Piatt case today, exon
erating Piatt and sustaining his as
sertion that he was never married to
Mlsg Wood. Mlrs Wood was commit
ted to Jail.
More hard blows were struck at the
foundation of Mae Wood's contention
that she was the wife of Thomas C.
Piatt 'when the annullment proceed
ings were resumed today. Frank
Piatt related Incidents of the payment
of $1000 to ber for the return of
Piatt's letters to her, which it was
rumored she Intended to publish un
der the title LoTe Letter? of a
Boss."
"Did you see those letters," Inquired
Attorney Stanhflcid for the defend
ant.
'I did."
"DM they contain endearing 'terms
such ns 'my bride to be' and 'dear
little one?'"
"They did not."
Frank Hill, a newspaper man. tes
tified that Mae Wood told him one
time that Piatt's' matrimonial affairs
did not Interest her, that she respect-,
ed the senator, but had no oher feel
ing for him.
Whpn Piatt left the stand the de-
fenre sprung the greatest surprise of
the trial. It was Jn the shape of the
deposition of F. E. Hafeley, a station
ed, who hvered that he furnished the
marriage certificate Introduced by the
plaintiff. He declared that the cer
tificate oouid not be printed until at
least one year ufter the alleged mar
riage. John H. Piatt, a lithographer, pro
duced plates hearing out Hafeley's
statement.
GREATEST STREET CAR
STRIKE IS IMMINENT.
Chicago. May 21. Unless the Chi
cago Railways company does not dls-
charge 19 non-union employes, 5000
union men will walk out and tie up
everj" line on the north and went sides
of tho city.
Tills Is the ultimatum delivered to
tlie coiiiMin- by the Amalgamated As
sociation of Street Railway Employes
on N'lialf of the men who deihnnd a
strike.
W. D. Malum, president of the Inter
national union, has left the delicate
situation at Cleveland to come to Clil
cago and take charge there, for he
fears tile greatest street car strike in
ilstory Is about to bo precipitated.
Malion believes a walk-out la certain
unlet the coniNiny capitulates.
SUFFRAGETTES DISPERSED.
Ijondon, May 21. A mob of suffra
ge! (cm Invaded Downing street this
morning and gathered in front of the
offices of Prime Minister Asqultli. Re
fore the speakers could make nny ad
dresses, however, the police charged
and dispersed them. Six arrests were
made. It was the Intention of the mo
men to make a demonstration lieforc
Asqullh's offices leeniise he refused to
grant their demand for a suffrage bill.
NEW RAILROAD
FOR NORTHWEST,
Log Angeles, May 21. Edwin
Gould announced today that the
Western Pacific would not only
reach San Francisco and Los
Angeles, but also invade the Pa
cific northwest. He predicts
that the Pacific coast Is going
to experience the greatest period
of railroad activity ever known
In the next few years.
SHEPHERD WILL SPEIK
TOMORROW EVENING
George 8. Shepherd, late can
didate for congress for the sec
ond district, will address the
people at the court house Friday
evening. The county candidates
will also be here tomorrow night
and a round of speechmaklng
will be enjoyed. All of the can
didates will make brief ad
dresses and it will be political
night in Pendleton.
However, the principal ad
dress of the evening will be
made by Mr. Shepherd, who will
tour eastern Oregon counties In
the interest of the republican
ticket.
REGULATIONS ADOPTED
BY STATE SHEEP BOARD
W. H. Steusloff Elected President and
Dan P. Smytlie Reelected Secretary
All Sheep Brought Into the State
Must Re Dipped Oregon Flocks
Are Practically Free from Scab
Few Cases Reported In Douglas
County.
W. H. Steusloff of Salem, is now
president of the state board of sheep
commissioners, his election having
taken place at Salem Wednesday.
Dan P. Smythe, who was reelected
as . secretary of the board, returned
from that city on the early train this
morning.
This was the second regular annual
meeting of the board and the first
one since the resignation of President
Thomas H. Boylen. A, L. Mcintosh
was formally installed as a member
of the board, he having been recently
appointed by Governor Chamberlain
to fill the vacancy.
To Fight Foot-Rot.
Smythe says important action was
taken 'by the board in a number of
Instances. One of these was the
adoption of a resolution providing for
rules covering the inspection, quaran
tine treatment and cure of the dis
ease commonly known as foot-rot and
other contagious foot and mouth dis
eases.
There have only been a few cases
of foot rot discovered In the state,
but as this disease is about as disas
trous to the wool Industry as scab.
the board believed It better to take
early action toward stamping out and
preventing the spread of the disease.
Foreigners Must Be Dlpied.
Regulations were also adopted with
regard to the introduction of for
eign sheep Into this state. The rule
specifies that all sheep coming into
the state either by rail or trails must
be quarantined and dipped. Smythe
says that according to the showing
made to the board scab has been
practically eradicated from the flocks
of Oregon. Three or four bands were
recently reported in Malheur and Lake
counties, but these have already been
treated.
There are also a few isolated cases
in Douglas county and the state sheep
Inspector was Instructed to direct his
time and attention toward stamping
out the disease In that division of the
state. Thre or four federal Inspectors
wll lalso probably be assigned to
Douglas county to help In the work
of cleaning up Its flocks.
Arlington Sale Saturday.
From a half to three-quarters of a
million pounds of wool will be offer
ed for sale at Arlington, Saturday, ac
cording to Smythe. This will be the
opening of the selling season In east
ern Oregon, and while the secretary
of the state board does not believe
the price will be up to that of last
year, he thinks the greater part of
the clip will be sold. He says .how
ever, that If the buyers do not offer
a fair price, that the sheepmen of this
state will be compelled to do what
those of other states are doing, con
sign their wool. "Local growers, how
ever, would much prefer to sell their
fleeces to buyers who are here," he
says. ISiLSU
An educational fete, such as has
never been witnessed In eastern Ore
gon before, will be carried out In
Sherman county today and tomorrow
by County Superintendent Bryant of
that county and will culminate in an
oratorical and declamatory contest In
which all of the county school will
take part, tomorrow night at Wasco.
An educational train bearing teach
ers and students will be started to
morrow morning at the southern
boundary of Sherman county and will
be run during the day, gathering up
teachers and friends of education at
the different stopping places and In
IB DECLARED
OK FOOT DOT
EDUCATIONAL F E FOR
re
Tin FOILED
Adams Liveryman Attempts to
iVirde rate's Affin'ty or
Streets o ndleton.
V-.
SPECTACULAR XNT1NG
EXHIBIT!
SSI EVENING
Lee Price Followi wuse to Pen
dleton and Finds "i - in Company
With Dosser Green at Rader Fur
nkure Store Irate Husband Whips
Out Gun and Commences to Pull
the Triggcr But Cartridges Refuse)
to Respond to Hammer Green Im
mediately Displays Acrobatic Abil
ity. A most spectacular sprinting exhi
bition was given by Dosser Green of
Adams last evening In front of the
East Oregonlan building on East.
Webb street, his speed and agility be
ing accelerated by the snapping of a-
revolver, in -the hands of Lee Price, .
an Adams livery stable man, close be
hind him.
The sprinting stunt of Green was
the culmination of long standing trou
ble between himself and Price and
grew out of his attentions to Mrs.
Price, the wife of the livery stable
man.
Price had accused Green of belnfc..
on intimate terms with Mrs. Price and
serious trouble had been experienced
in the Price home at Adams over the
matter. Mrs. Price had been accusea .
of riding with Green and of allowing
him to visit her and associate with,
her without the knowledge or consent
of her husband and finally yestedray
morning Mrs. Price declared her In
tention of securing a divorce from her
husband and accordingly came to this
city on the 10:45 train.
Suspecting, that Green was also la
the city and in company with his wife.
Price also came to this city, arriving
on the 4:25 train, and soon after
alighting from the train and while
walking down Main street toward the
East Oregonlan corner, he spied his
wife and Green at the Rader furniture
store across the street, where they
were renting a go-cart In which to
wheel Mrs. Price's baby.
Price stopped opposite the -Rader.
store and called to Green to come
across the street as he had something -to
say to him. Green reluctantly
complied with the request, walking -.
slowly toward the injured husband. .
When Green was only a few feet dTs
tant, Price drew a 32-callbre revolver
form his pocket and began snapping :
It directly at Green, who in the
meantime was performing some aero- -t
batlc stunts which place him In the
professional class.
Leaping away from Price the fright-
ened lover darted from one side of
the street to the other, crouching close
to the ground at times and running
forward toward Johnson street, cov
ering the distance of two blocks in
less time than It takes to tell it and
rushed Into -the arma of Policeman
William Scheer at the corner of
Johnson and Alta strets, where Price
was placed under arrest and disarm
ed. It was foynd that three cartridges
In Price's pistol had been snapped and
It Is evident that his Intentln to kill
the disturber of his home was good,
but that the faulty cartridges failed
to act and thus prevented another
costly murder trial for the county,
perhaps.
Price was placed under $23 bonds
for disturbing the peace and permit
ted to, go on his own cognizance.
Green has left town and none ot
his friends know his whereabouts to
day. Mrs. Price Is at the Golden
Rule hotel In this city undecided ask
to her future course.
Dr. Roller of Seattle, has accepted'
a challenge for a wrestling match
with Frank Gotch, the world's cham
pion. The event will be pulled off in
July. So far neither man has ever
been defeated.
the evening the entire party which
enjoyed the excursion during the day
will assemble at the little town of
Wasco for the climax which will con
sist of oratorical and declamatory
contests, addresses by prominent ed
ucators and a delightful musical pro
gram. This is the first attempt at an edu
cational fete of this kind In eastern'
Oregon and Its outcome will be
watched by educators with unusual
Interest. President R. C. French of
Weston normal went down to Wasco
today to Join the party and act as one
of the Judges In the contests- tomor- -how
night.
EASTERN