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VOL. 21. '
PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 23. 1908.
NO. 6315 .
SERIOUS MCE
IR IS OH
Nine Negroes Lynched in One
Night and Ali Others Or
dered to Leave County,
HOUSTON, TEXAS, SCENE
OP LATEST TROUBLES
Murder of Two White Men By Nc
groes Is Followed by Wholesale
Lynching of the Blacks Both Col
ors Arc Heavily Armed and Pitch
ed Battle May Occur at Any Tnno
"Ix'uvo or Take the. Consequences"
Notices Are Posted Whites Dc
clure Tlicy Will Make Subliie a
"White Man's Country."
afternoon that Sherman Is much !m
proved. II. E. Devondorff, Sherman's
secretary, Mild: "Sherman Is. better,
and we feel certain an operation Is un
necessary. He hus been under a heavy
strain for the past few weeks and
needs rest and quiet."
It Is the opinion of Dr. Carter that
Sherman will be out tomorrow morn
Ing unless complications set 'In.
One
Houston, Texas, June 23. e
Notices were posted today or- e
derlng all negroes to leave the e
Sabine county Immediately or e
"stand the consequences."
Following the lynching of e
nine blacks, after two men had
been slain by negroes, there Is -e
no doubt in the minds of the e
negroes what Is meant by "con- e
sequences." One notice reads: e
"This Is going to be a white e
man's country." e
e The negroes are armed and e
every while man In the country e
Is carrying a rifle or shot gun e
today. Many have revolvers, e
Excitement Is the highest about e
lfrmphlll, near the scene of
the lynching. e
TEDDY AND TAFT.
Ono Will Wear Crimson and
Blue at Bit,' Races.
New London, Conn., June 23.
Roosevelt Is coming here to root for
Harvard against Taft, who will be the
leading figure in the Tale ranks at
tho annual bout race between the var
sity crews on the Thames, Thursday,
with the president of the United
States gearing crimson and Taft dec
orated with blue, it Is expected the
race will be the most memorable In
the history of the regatta. The man
agers say they will not allow Taft
and Roosevelt to witness the race
from the same yacht. Harvard men
say Roosevelt must be In tho ranks
of the crimson and not mixed up
witn any blue.
Family Will Sec Race.
Oyster Bay. June 23. Roosevelt
today announced his intention of tak
ing the family to New London Thursday.
Houston, Texas, June 22. Last
night nine negroes met death at the
hands of a mob In the vicinity of
Hemphill In Sabine county.
Today both races secured arms and
the tension is such tonight that a
race clash appears Imminent.
Demi Named.
The dead: Jerry Evans, aged 22;
Will Johnson, aged 24; Mose Spill
man, aged 24; Cleveland Williams,
aged 27; William Manuel, aged 25;
Frank Williams, aged 22; two un
known men; William McCoy". The
lynching followed the killing oT two
white men by negroes. Two weeks
ago Hugh Dean and several other
while men visited a negro church and
school house where a dance was, In
progress, presumably In quest of li
quor, it being the custom of some of
the negroes to sell whiskey during the
progress of such affairs.
During the evening Dean was kill
ed and six negroes were held for the
killing. At the preliminary examina
tion It was shown that a plot was
formed at the dance to kill Dean.
Farinor AsHnsinatcd.
Saturday last,, Aaron Johnson, a
prominent farmer was assassinated
while seated at the dining table with
his wife and child, the bullet being
fired through a window. For this
crime Perry Price, a negro was ar
rested and. it is stated, confessed. Im
plicating Robert Wright, a relative
of one of the negroes held for Dean's
murder. Price declared he was of
fered J5 to kill Johnson.
Mob Formed.
Then followed the forming of a
mob last night, the overpowering of
the Jailor at Hemphill and the lynch
ing of the six negroes held for the
murder of Dean. Five were hanged
to the same tree, while another at
tempted to escape and was shot to
death. Later In the night William
McCoy, another negro was shot and
killed while standing at the gate of
the Johnson home, and this morning
the bodies of two negroes were found
In the creek bottom. Wright, the ne
gro who confessed to the killing of
Johnson and the man he Implicated
were taken to Beaumont for safe
keeping under guard of the military
company of St. Augustine.
Sabine county is situated in the
most remote part of the eastern sec
tion of the state with sparse railroad
and telegraph facilities.
ALFONSO PAPA TWICE.
I
Second Son Bom to SfMln's Royal
rulr King Pardon, Criminals ' In
Commemoration,
Madrid, June 23. King Alfonso
was today personally presented with
the new royal Infant by the state's
functionaries. A notable company of
military and civil authorities wa
present In the throne room when the
minister of Justice, Marquis Flgue
rea, brought In the little prince on
silk cushion and made the state an
nouncement that ho was the son of
tho king.
After he was presented, the formal
registration of the child's birth was
made. The Infant is a large, healthy
ooy.
The king Is so elated he rardone
a prisoner who was sentenced to be
executed today, In commemoration of
the birth.
INTENSE HEAT KILLS AND DRIVES
INSANE IV CHICAGO AND NEW YORK.
Chicago, June 23. Excessive heat today has killed eight per
sons at least, and a score are prostrated, many of whom are expect-,
ed to die. The hot wave has continued with all the blistering In
tensity of yesterday.
The death list Includes Edwin Palmer, a nephew of Mrs. Potter
Palmer, the reigning society queen who Is now in England.
William Dettling, aged, 40, was driven insane and committed
suicide. Thomas Seyman, aged 50, dropped dead at his home
Mary Isch, aged 40, was overcome and could not be revived. Wil
liam Turk was overcome on the street and died. Mrs. Anna Trapp
swooned from the Intense heat while walking in the morning sun
and died. An unidentified man went wildly insane and leaped into
tho Chicago river and was drowned.
New Y'ork Swelters.
New York, June 23. Two deiths and 26 prostrations from the
heat have been reported today. T ie whole city is sweltering.
At midnight the temperature was 78 and 85 at 10 o'clock this
morning.
There is great suffering on the east side where scores of families
are crowded info tenements. Hundreds of children lay flat In the
gutters.
I
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III
SENATOR FIW
SEES VICTORY
REPUBLICAN TICKET
MEETS WITH APPROVAL
Oregon Seiuitor Says Mont Iniorlnnt
National Convention Cincc he Civil
War .The Entire National Policy o
Roosevelt Administration Is a
Stake and Should lie Strongly Up
held.
Condition Improves.
Cleveland, June 23. A statement
was given out from the hospital this
"The most Important national re
publican convention since the civil
war, is the estimate which Senator
Fulton of Oregon, placed upon the
recent Chicago convention which nom
inated Taft and Sherman as the
standard bearers of the party for
1908.
senator Fulton, who took a most
prominent part In the republican con
vention, passed through today on his
way home from Chicago and Is en
thusiastic over the prospects for a
sweeping victory for tho republican
ticket this year.
Owing to the vital Issues before the
people this year, Senator Fulton places
a high estimate on the convention Just
closed. The entire national policy
of the Rosevelt administration Is at
stake and to carry out this program
to the fullest extent he feels that It Is
necessary to give Taft and Sherman
such a large plurality that there will
be no doubt about the people's sen
tlment on tho matter.
Senator Fulton says that the ticket
meets with universal approval
throughout tho east and central states
and he believes that the s:tnu hearty
endorsement will be given It by the
west.
Other Oregon delegates arc coming
home this week, after visiting nt dif
ferent places along the route.
F. H. Wright of North Powder Is a
guest of Hotel Bmvmnn today while
here on a business trip.
NO DEW DEVELOPMENTS IN SALOON CASE
Up to this afternoon no further de
velopments have occurred In the
Nolte-prqhlbltlon case and no amend
ed complaint has yet been filed In be
half of the saloonmen. But It Is un
derstood that such a course will be
taken and that attorneys for Nolte
are now1 preparing the complaint.
When the new complaint la filed It
will then have to run the gauntlet of
demurrers, answer, etc., from the op
posing side and If It succeeds In do
ing so the case will then be at Issue
and can be tried out on its merits.
Presumably the case can be tried out
before July 1, but that Is something
that remains to be seen.
That they have thre different
courses open to them Is declared by
the lawyers for the saloonmen. One
of these Is to file an amended com
plaint as is now proposed. Another
l& to take the Nolte case to the circuit
court on a writ of review from the
county court. The third method
would be to bring a suit In the feder
al court in behalf of some Interested
party outside the state.
Attacked by Serious Illness
While on Visit to Friends in
Cleveland.
PHYSICIANS AND FAMILY
ARE SUM ON ED
MASSACRE IN
'. PERSIAN CITY
Taken III Saturday, Ho Grown Stead
ily Worse c.all Stones Which
Have Bothered Before Cause Trou
ble Tills Time Taft Concerned But
Not Surprised IjXo Reports From
Bedside of Republican Vice Presi
dent lal Nominee Note His Improve
ment He May Not Need to Sub
mit to An Operation.
Cleveland, Ohio, June 23. James
A. Sherman, republican nominee for
vice president, Is critically 111. He was
Shah's Troops Massacre Eight
Hundred Rebels With but
Little Loss.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
ARE NOT SPARED.
RUNS AWAY FROM WEDDING.
Wnnts to Get Married But Is Too
Bashful.
Chicago, June 23. A dispatch to
the Tribune from Jerseyvllle, III.,
says:
Daniel Matthews, aged 24, the
"most bashful man In Illinois," avoid
ed the altar for the fourth time last
night. The Rev. J. H. Jones and 150
guests waited for an hour and a half
at the church for him to appear and
become the husband of Miss Marie
Frasler, but Matthews was elsewhere.
Later Daniel said he wanted to be
marled more than anything else on
earth, that he really Intended to face
the altar, but that something he does
not know what prevented him from
getting there.
Miss Frasler admitted she was will
ing to give the bashful one another
chance.
The first time Matthews promised
to go before the -minister was two
years ago, when he was to marry Miss
Mary Miller at Rosedale, Jersey coun
ty. He failed her. A week later he
w as again led to the altar in Rosedale
to marry the lady. He ran away and
took the first train.
The next time Daniel went to the
post for the race for matrimony was
on Sunday, June 7, when he was to
have been married to Miss Frasler.
He bolted before the barrier was
sprung.
Then he again took up his wooing
and all went well until, her anger
appeased, Miss Frasler consented to
try It-again yesterday.
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Last of Million Dollar Appro- -priation
is Being Expended
This Week,
FINISHING TOUCHES BEING
PLACED ON BIG DAit
BASEBALL.
Murdered by Frenzied Soldiers. Tlielr
I iodic Are Outrngcd and Mutilated
T rror Spreading to All Provinces
fiiiifilitcr Said to He Bloodiest In
History of Country Sliali Gives Or
der to Fire and Disaffected Sub
jects Are Mowed Down by Artillery
City Is Looted.
At Cleveland Cleveland 2; Phila
delphia, 9.
At Detroit Detroit, 4; Chicago, 1.
La Grande Takes Anotlier.
Score by Innings.
Total
123466789 10 11
.0 00020000 0 02
.000000200 0 13
W.
La
W.
G.
Sultan Assailed?
Tangier, June 23. It Is reported
that Sultan Abdul Aziz has been as
sailed by political opponents, but the
report is unconfirmed. The affairs
In Morocco are so disrupted that many
think the report Is true. The friend
of the sultan say his enemies started
the rumor for political effect.
Berlin, June 23. Dispatches
state that the shah's troons have
Utlca,
ceiving
Family Summoned.
N. T., June 23. Upon re-
telegraphle advices from
Cleveland this morning saying Sher
man was ill. the family left on the
first train and are rushing to Cleve
land by the quickest routes.
Gall Stones the Cau.se.
Cleveland, June 23. Sherman Is
suffering from gall stones, according
to a statement Issued at the Lakeside
hospital, where he Is being treated
His temperature was 102 at 9 o'clock.
It has been learned that he com
plained of pains before the Chicago
convention and that ho suffered dur
lug the session.
Dr. T. E. Carter, who Is In charge
of tho ease, held a conference by long
distance 'phone with Dr. Finney of
Baltimore, who treated Sherman
when he suffered a previous attack.
The telegram sent the Sherman
family by Herrlok was the first inti
matlon of his serious condition.
The strain of tho convention and
tho trip to Cincinnati has aggravated
tho trouble.
Taft Deeply Concerned.
New Haven, June 23. Taft, when
hown the United Press reports of
Sherman's Illness, as he was entering
the meeting of tho Yale alumni, was
deeply Interested. He said: "While I
m deeply concerned, I am not sur
prised and sincerely hope the danger
Is not as great as reported."
W. B. Lend Dead.
New York, June 23. Paris cables
today tell of the death of W. B.
Leads, former president of the Rock
sland railroad and an American cap
italist. Details are lacking. The ca
bles say the Leads estate Is left In
trust .and there will be no liquidation
of the Interests held by Leads. He
severed his connection with the rail
roads two years ago when he suffered
stroke of paralysis.
A weak head Is easily Influenced
by a full Btomach.
sustaining a small loss to their
own ranks.
removed to a hospital this morning 4 massacred 800 revolutionists,
and the family summoned. Overwork
Is given as the cause.
Sherman's illness began with
bilious attack while he was on his way
home from Cincinnati Saturday night
l pon his arrival he went Immediate
ly to the home of former Governor
Herrlok, where he was to have been
a guest Sunday.
He was unable to leave his room
Sunday and could see no one Monday
though he had many appointments.
It was not thought until this
morning that his condition was se
lious. Y hen he took a turn for the
worse In the early hours of the morn
ing ins aucnuanis realized nis cas
was more serious than was at first
supposed.
A telegram Is known to have been
sent to Baltimore, summoning a sur
geon.
l
eriin, june uispatches say
the massacre at Teheran, the capital
of Persia, is the bloodiest and most
horrible In the history of the country
Tonight the city Is literally covered
with blood and the reign of terror Is
spreading to all the provinces
The carnage Is the direct result of
aji order of the shah commanding the
troops to fire and'the Imperial artil
lery to turn the batteries on the
crowds around the palace,
Hundreds were mowed down by the
volleys, followed by a . free-for-all
butchery. Women and children were
not spared. They were murdered by
the frenzied soldiers, their bodies out
raged and mutilated.
iMgnteen reform leaders were
brought before the shah, who ordered
them shot. A mob attacked the sol
diers and seized the prisoners. The
leaders of the mob were literally chop
prd to pieces by the heavy swords.
The troops are led by reactionary
leaders who encouraged the slaughter.
Whole sections of the city were loot
ed.
Crista Benched.
Teheran, Persia, June 23. The crl
sis of the Persian trouble was reach
ed today when a company of Cos
sacks surrounded the house of parl'a
ment and demanded the surrender of
a number of political prisoners.
It is feared the shah will be killed
by the disaffected part of the army,
which has Joined the revolutionists
and are In open revolt.
The demand made was met by shots
and several Cossacks were killed.
Reinforcements arrived with artil
lery and heavy firing followed. The
parliament house Is entirely surround
ed by troops.
The shah is a prisoner In his sum
mer palace. Several plots against the
life of the ruler have been discovered.
Carticgio AMs Obcrlln.
Oberlln, O., June 23. With elabo-
fiite exorcises, the magnificent li
brary building donated to Oberlin
college by Andrew Carnegie, was ded
icated today. William Coolldge Lane
librarian of Harvard University, made
tho chief address, his subject being
Cooperation Between College Li
braries."
American In Parliament.
Dublin, Ireland, June 23. Robert
J. Burke, formerly of San Francisco,
will soon enter parliament as a mem
ber of tho Irish parliamentary party.
It Is, understood on good authority
he will assist John Redmond In his
campaign for home rule. Burke lost
considerable money In the disaster of
1906. but Is still worth millions. He
built a castle for one of his constitu
ents in Tlperary.
If
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MARKET
ONE WEEK EARLY
BECAUSE OF JULY FOURTH
Many Ghk1 Horses Being Listed
lYovlinlty of Harvest and Demand
for Teams Makes Coining Sale an
Important One Buyers Will Be
Plentiful Outside Dealers Will Be
Here.
Saturday, June 27, will be the next
market day in Pendleton, instead of
July 4, upon which date the regular
July market would occur. Owing to
the fact that the stores will be closed
and business suspended in the city on
the Fourth, the management of the
market days decided to hold the July
event a week earlier and a most In
teresting and successful sale Is prom
Ised.
A large amount of stock is being
listed and some excellent horses will
be offered for sale. Owing to the fact
that harvest will begin soon after this
sales day many farmers are now look
ing for teams to use In the wheat
harvest and buyers promise to be plen
tiful and willing to buy good horses.
One prominent horse buyer from
Billings, Mont., has written that he
will be here on that date and a Seat
tle buyer who visits eastern Oregon
occasionally, win attend the sale here
next Saturday.
Manager S. C. BIttner of the mar
ket days, Is well pleased with the out
look and expects to have a fine list
of stock to offer at the next sale.
The colony of Barbary apes, on
the rock of Gibraltar, Is the only one
of Its kind in existence, and is being
protecter by the British government
Most of Equipment Including Horses
Being Shipped to Other Reclamation
Projects in the West Many Horses .
Will Be Offered for Sale Engln- -eers
Being Assigned to New Duties -
Tieton, Yuma, Klamath and Cal
ifornia Proocts Among Those Get
ting Umatilla Equipment.
The last dollar of the $1. 100,000
appropriation for the Umatilla gov
ernment Irrigation project is being -spent
this week and within a few
days the great dam and reservoir will:
have been completed and the project
will be ready for 'the settler.
This week practically all of th
work will be finished. A small force
of men will be employed for a short
time In putting the finishing touches
on the dam, putting the riprap sur
facing In place and clearing away the
rubbish and debris and soon there will
be In all the once busy camp, but
one or two lonely caretakers and
watchmen.
Of the 150 fine team horses owned
by the government and used In com
pleting the project, a portion will be
shipped to the Tieton project to bo
used In the construction of the reser
voir, some will be sent to Klamfatk
and still others to other project;.
However, a pqrtlon of the horses
will be placed In the hands of gov
ernment agents for sale and if within
a reasonable time the horses are not
sold at private sale a public auction
will be held at the government camp
or at Hermlston for. the purpose of
disposing of the stock.
The equipment Is being sent to other
projects as fast as it can be shipped
out Part of the equipment will be
sent to Yuma, Ariz., a part to the
Tieton project and part to California
projects. The work of taking up the
railroad track will soon be finished
and the bustling activity which has
marked the government work for the
past year and a half will be but his
tory within a short time.
The engineers employed on the
Umatilla project will be assigned to
duty In different portions of the west.
However, most of the engineers and
other employes of the reclamation
service will take- a vacation before
engaging actively In the work of their
new positions.
NEBRASKA CONVICTS ARE IDLE..
Contract With Broom Company Ex
pires and Men Stop Work.
Lincoln, June 23. Four hundred
convicts In the Nebraska penitentiary
are idle, a majority of the members-,
of the board of public lands anfi
buildings having voted not to permit -the
Lee Broom and Duster company
to have their services longer at 50
cents a day, the contract price In ef
fect for several years.
Warden Beemer was Instructed to
collect the amount due from the
company, between 16000 and $7000,
and order the broom company to take
out Its machinery.
Three, members of the board only
re In the city Treasurer Brian, At
torney General Thompson and Seere-
ary of State Junkln but they are
united tna' the price of 50 cents a
day, when the state furnishes bufld-
ngs. heat, light and power, Is too low.
They demand 75 cents a day, which
Clinton R. Lee of the broom company
says he will not pay.
Men Must Be Gallant.
City of Mexico, June 23. Men are
to be made gallant by law In the state
f Michoacan, where Governor Mer-
cado has Issued regulations requiring"
male passengers In street cars to give
their seats to ladles or go to Jail.
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15
In the big water suit pending from
the east end of the county Circuit
Judge Bean has a case that for the
multitude of interests Involved Is
probably not surpassed by any other
single piece of litigation in the state
or in the west. Between 350 and 400
people are Involved In the suit and as
the case Involves the amounts of wa
ter each may receive for irrigation
purposes the case is one that is al
ways "at Issue."
By an order of the court each man
Involved Is now being allowed two
Inches of water per acre and the gen
eral work of seeing that the ruling
is adhered to is being done by a com
mission composed of six men In the
affected community. These men are
J. N. Stone, Fred Evans. Manna Bost
wiek, James Harris, Jonathan Tal
bott and O. IC. Goodman, the latter
being secretary.
But the equitable distribution of
the water is a problem of Its own and
It Is especially so at this time of the
year when every drop of water is val
uable. This morning the court lis
tened at length to a narrative of woe
from one litigant who has not been
receiving the water he feels he Is en
titled to.
Just when the water suit will come
up for further trial Is not known at
present.