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PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 20. 1908.
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JUDGES
II
IN BIG GAMES
Several Countries Threaten to
Withdraw Teams From
Olympic Contests.
AMERICANS DISCRIMXATED
AGAINST BUT WONT QUIT.
Twin of Athcletcji Prom United
States Is In to Win ami Will I)o
Despite Favoritism Shown English
C'ometitors France Leads the
protestors Now York Swimmer
Wins Five More Points for Yankee
Team American Win's MntcJi.
London, July 20. Favoritism,
shown the athletes representing the
United Kingdom by the Judges of the
Olympic games threatens to result to
day with the withdrawal of the team
from several of the competing coun
tries. The Americans are not Includ
ed In this number though they have
been discriminated against. France
is leading the protestants.
America won five more points to
day when C. M. Daniel of New York,
quailed the world's record In the
100-meter swim, winning first pliice In
the final heat. Time, 1 minute 5 3-5
seconds.- He was opposed In the finals
by Dolhalmay of Hungary.
In the finals for the wrestling
matches, Mehnert of America defeat
ad Press, of England, getting his first
fall in six minutes, forty three sec
onds and the second In 3 minutes
47 seconds. Cote of Canada, de
feated .Tompkins of England, for the
Bantam bronze medal In one fall.
They wrestled three minutes 65 sec
onds. When Rector of America, won the
ljth heat In the premlmtnary for the
100 meter dash today, he equalled the
Olympic record held by Jarvls. Time
10 3-6 second!.
Del Halmay finished second In the
100-meter swimming finals
MASSES MUST PAY.
Bryan Declares People Mast Contri
bute, f they Would Control.
Falrvlew, Neb., July 20. The
masses must finance Bryan's cam
paign for the presidency If the rank
and file of the voters are to have a
hand In directing the affairs of the
contest, according to a statement Is
sued today by Bryan.
"I wish every democratic paper
would Immediately begin to collect
funds in small amounts for the cam
paign," he said. "There are few
democrats In the United States who
could not afford to make small con
tributions. The people will never be
able to control the party until they
assume the burden of supplying the
funds."
SERIOUS FOREST FIRE.
Famous1 California Redwoods Are
Threatened Willi Destruction.
Santa Cruz. Cal., July 20. A seri
ous forest fire broke out near here to
day. Millions of dollars worth ot
fine redwood timber Is threatened
with destruction.
It Is believed the fire was started
by cnreless campers. It originated
eight miles north of the big basin.
The flames are sweeping across
Buttano creek and are devouring fine
forests on Jackson Ridge.
Jockey Suicided,
Seattle, July 20. Willie Holmes,
who was a crack Jockey years ago,
suicided by putting a bullet In his
brain, near the Meadows track Sun
day afternoon. He had been follow
ing the horses on the coast.
IMG FORCE ON WALLOWA ROAD
O. R & N. has over 400 men In new
line of Elgin.
The Elgin Record says the progress
of work on the Wallowa branch of
the O. R. & N.: At present about
400 men are employed on the work,
all that can be handled at this time.
As soon as the track has been ex
tended a distance of 8- miles, however,
the crew will be Increased to 1000
or 1200 men, consisting of ballasting,
surfacing, and tracklaylng gangs.
Crews for the construction of per
manent bridges and trestles will soon
be on hand and there will be no un
necessary delays In the work from
now on. , ...,,
Engineer H. A. Brandon, In charge
of the work, has his car at the scene
of the operations and has the work
under personal supervision , seeing
that no time Is lost.
Those who had the contracts for
campletelng the unfinished portion of
the grade are making rapid progress
and that portion of the work will be
campleted within a few weeks. The
only grading to be done Is In Wallowa
county and this will have been com
pleted before the tracklaylng gang
reaches there. : ' ' '
BLUE JACKETS INJURED.
Another Steam PlfH! Burst With Dis
astrous Result
Honolulu, Hawaii, July 20. Three
bluejackets were seriously Injured and
two others badly scalded as a result
of an explosion of a steam pipe In the
boiler room of the United States bat
tleship Kcrsarge. The explosion which
occurred Saturday, was similar to
that which happened on the cruiser
Tennessee at San Pedro June 5. ,
One of the pipes in the forward
Mnrboard room blew out while the
five men were there. The fire was
promptly drawn to save further dis
aster. Admiral Sperry made public these
facts. The names of the Injured are
Water Tender Wilson, First Class
Fireman Ferguson,. Coal Passer
Pomplon and a miner. An Investiga
tion will be made.
ITALIAN CRUISER COMING.
Los Angeles, Cal., July 20. The
Italian cruiser Puglia has arrived at
San Pedro, where will remain until
Wednesday. She is on a cruise around
the world, and will proceed to San
Francisco, Portland and Seattle,
thence to the orient.
ANNUAL LREPORT SHOWS
EFFECT OF NEW LAW
Out of 6231 Pupils of Sdwol Ago,
4597 Have Been Regularly Enrolled
New Combulsory Education Law
Brings Errant Pupils In No Crim
inal Proceeding But Several Warn
ings Issued.
Prof. F. K. Noordhoff. acting
ehool suDerlntendent, has lust com
pleted the superintendent's annual
reDort and the statistics contained
therein show much concerning Uma
tilla county's school system.
Dim of the most significant things
shown by the report Is the ract mat
school attendance during the past
year has been better than previously.
Out of the 6231 pupils of school age,
between 4 and 20 years in the county
4597 have been regularly enrolled as
pupils In .the 85 school districts of
the county.
That this Increased percentage of
attendance Is due partly to the new
compulsory education law there can
be no doubt. Under the new law par
ents must send their children to
school or suffer criminal prosecution.
Though It never became necessary to
bring any criminal actions in this
county the first steps towards such
were taken in several cases. In
each instance the warning proved
sufficient and the parents promptly
complied with the law.
The following Is the table showing
the enrollment and census for this
county:
Census.
Of school age, males ....3141
Of school age, females 3090
Total 6231
Enrollment.
Males 2367
Females 2230
Total 4697
According to the .superintendent's
report there are 167 teachers in the
public schools of the county. Of this
number 36 are men and 131 women.
Stato certificates or diplomas are held
bv 42: first grade certificates by 5.3;
second grade certificates by 37; third
grade certificates by 15; primary
grade certificates, two and permits
18. -i
There are nriw 94 school houses In
the county and two new buildings
were erected during the past year. At
present the public chool libraries
contain 7040 volumes and 1239 vol
umes were added during the past
year.
The average attendance In the
schools of the county during the past
year was 90.39 per cent.
GOOD SERVICE AT WENA1IA
Famous Blue Mountain Resort Bet
ter Than Ever.
Congressman and Mrs. W. R. Ellis
and Mr. and Mrs. Montle B. Gwinn
returned this morning from Wenaha
springs .where they have been for a
few days outing and report a most en
joyable time. The accommodations
at the springs are now better than
ever before. The hotel has been re
fitted, the service improved, and the
features of the resort made better and
and more attractive In every way.
Two loads of people In automobiles
came In from Walla Walla and spent
Sunday and the bridges and roads will
soon be In condition to permit of
automobile travel from this city. A
large number of Pendleton people
are at Wenaha and It Is now one of the
finest resorts In the northwest.
Those who are familiar with the re
sorts of the country say that It Is Im
possible to secure better service at
any of the mountain or coast summer
resorts than at Wenaha spring and
Pendleton people are Invited to pat
ronize this popular place.
MICE GOOD
TRIPLE TRAGEDY
iii po ira
Jealous Italian Kills His Lady
Love, Her Escort and Him
self.
PURSUED BY CROWD
MURDERER SUICIDES.
Portland Third Street Rooming House
Scene of Bloody Sunday Night
Tragedy Duvld Conclll, Crazed
With Jealousy, Fired Four Bullets
Into Body of Mrs. Dolly Sharp.
Fivo Into Dclnuir Peterkin aim
Hum Sends One Crashing Into Own
Brain.
Portland. July 20. David Conelli
an Italian, aged 27, and Mrs. Dolly
Sharp and Delmar Peterkin, her
companion, are all dead today as the
result of a tragedy last night In a
Third street rooming house. Con
elli killed the other two and then,
pursued by a crowd, ran to his room
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clde with the same revolver he used
in kllllnir the woman and Peterkin.
Conelli called several times Sunday
to see the woman. She was absent
everv .time.
He 'came again about 8 o'clock
lost night and saw Mrs. Sharp walk
ing down the hall with Peterkin. He
Immediately fired four bullets Into
her body and five Into Peterkin. They
both died a few minutes later.
Conelli dashed from the place, fol
lowed by persons attracted by the
shooting. He threatened his pursu
er with his revolver. While the
crowd was trying to "enter the home
where he boarded Connelll ended his
own life.
He had been Insanely Jealous of
the women. . .
Steamer Ohio Sued.
Nome, July 20. The steamer Ohio,
which was 41 davs en route frem Se
attle to Nome with freight and 600
passengers. Is being plastered with
damage suits. The John J. Sessnon
company has filed a damage sujt for
$90,000 and two passengers who lost
heavily, have each filed a $15,000
suit.
China Is Grateful.
Pekln. July 20. It Is announced to-
day that the Chinese government has
decided to BDDOlnt Tang Shao Yl, gov
ernor of Moukden province, as high
commissioner to the United States to
thank the American government for
remitting a part of the Boxer Indem
nity.
An Honest Woman.
Seattle. July 20. Ernest Johnson,
a miner from the Tananan district,
who Is here on a honeymoon, lost his
wallet, containing $10,000. The cou
ple were about to abandon their
honeymood plans when an aged wo
man returned the wallet Intact. She
had found it on the street
Warships at Manila.
Manila, P. I., July 20. The battle
ships Maine and Alabama, which left
San Francisco June 6, arrived here
today. They comprise the special ser
vice squadron in advance of the At
lantic fleet.
Taft a Dedicator.
Hot Springs, Va., July 20. Taft to
day dedicated the county court house
at Germantown with a brief address.
AFTER THE AGENT'S SCALP.
Qulnault Indians Try to Remove W.
H. Van Aoorliecs.
Indignant Indians of the Qulnlauh
reservation on the coast, at a mass-
meeting held to discuss grievances
against the government, real and im
aginary, severely criticised , W. H.
Van Voorhees, superintendent of the
reservation, and have demanded that
he be removed by the commissioner
In charge of Indian affairs at Wash
ington, D. C.
Indians who attended the demon
stration are reticent regarding the de
tails of their deliberations, but state
thatlt was unanimously decided by a
majority of the male members ot the
Qulnlault and allied tribes that at,
effort be made to secure the removal
of Superintendent Van Voorhees.
If necessary, the Indians state, an
emissary will be sent to Washington,
D. C, to lay before the officials of the
department of the interior and Secre
tary J. R. Garfield the complaints
which they have to make against the
agent in charge of their reserve.
The detailed charges and grievances
which the Indians have against Su
perintendent Van Voornees have not
been made public, other than the
fact that they are all Included in the
general term of Incompetency. In
dian Commissioner Johnson of Ta
coma Is investigating the matter and
will report to Washington, D. C, the
results of his Investigation.
FIFTEEN HURT
1
Linden Automobile Stage Goes
Over an Embankment With
Nineteen Passengers.
FIVE OF THEM ARE
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Aoridoiit Ilapis'iiH in Outskirts of Rcl
llngham Wire Catches In Steering
Wheel, Rendering it Useless Rig
Machine Plunge Down Fifteen-Foot
Embankment and Then Turns Com
pletely Over Some Are Crippled
for Life and Few May Die.
Belllngham, Wash., July 20. Fif
teen persons were Injured, five seri
ously, when the Linden Automobile
stage, bound for Belllngham, went
over a 15-foot embankment at E and
Dupont street Sunday afternoon. It
carried 19 passengers.
The loosening of a heavy wire on
the left front tire which became en
tangled with the steering gear, ren
dering It useless, caused the machine
to run wild over a sidewalk, crash
through a railing and plunge over the
bank.
The seriously Injured are Mrs.
Herman Johnson, five scalp wounds
and badly lacerated. She may -lose
the sight of an eye.
Mrs. W. F. Miller, leg broken and
hadly bruised about the chest.
Rev. J. E. Williams of Trinity
Methodist church, collar bone broken,
shoulder wrenched and chest badly
bruised.
J. R. Crltes, chest and right Ride
badly brofted.
A. E. McKay, owner of the stage,
left hip wrenched and legs bruised..
The automobile was coming down
Dupont street at a moderate rate of
speed, when without warning It took
a sudden swerve to the right. Harry
Belford, the driver, tugged furiously
at IrTe wheel, but the wheel failed to
respond.
Realising he had lost control he
shut off the power and threw on the
brakes. The machine had slowed al
most to a stop when It hit the weak
railing and plunged over. At the bot
tom It struck a post and turned com
pletely over.
FATE CRUEL TO FAMILY.
Three Children Die Within Few Hours
With Scarlet Fever.
Prairie City, Ore., July 20. Jim
Castle and wife, who live six miles
west of Prarlrle City, have lost three
children in three days from scarlet
fever. The children were taken sick
on Thursday, July 9. Hallle, 10
years old, died Saturday; Goldle, 6
years old, died Sunday, as the bereav
ed parents were returning from the
graveyard, and Susie, 15 years old,
died as the few relatives and friends
were about to -go to the grave with
the remains of the second one. Two
other children have been exposed to
the fever.
Messengers of Peace.
Lincoln, Neb., July 20.-Former
Attorney General Frank S. Monett, of
Ohio and E. H. Moore, are hurrying
back to Ohio, bearing a message ot
peace from Bryan The Commoner
sends word to the democrats of Ohio
that they must cast aside their per
sonal differences, and get together In
a united effort to carry the state.
Money for the Fair.
Washington, D. G, July 20. The
treasury department today notified
W. M. Geddes, currency distributing
officer of the exposition company that
the government appropriation for the
Alaskan-Yukon exposition in Seattle,
amounting to $600,000, is now avail
able. MAN STRUCK GIRL.
Mcrrett Willis of Milton, Said to Have
Used Buggy WlUp.
Charged with striking a little girl
with a buggy whip, Merrltt Wilils'of
Milton, will be arrested and brought
before County Judge Gilllland for a
hearing. A warrant for his arrest
was sworn out before Judge Gilllland
this morning, the complninlng witness
being A. Pierce, father of the girl In
jured, i
While full details of the case are
not known, it Is said Willis was work
ing for tlfe Pierce family and struck
the child because he was angered at
her over a trivial matter. W. C. E.
Prultt, deputy district attorney, Is
handling the case for the prosecution.
Injury May Prove Fatal.
John Layman, a workman on a
business block In course of erection
at Olympla, was probably fatally In
jured by a fall from the second story
a few days ago. In falling he struck
on his head and shoulders and It Is
believed his skull Is fractured.
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MRS. MARCUM DIES.
Wife of Gurdune Stockman Dies hi
Tills City.
Mrs. Cora Marcum, wife of James
Marcum, the Gurdane stockman, died
at midnight Saturday at the home of
her sister, Mrs. L. K. Curtwright, 810
West Webb street. Death was due to
Leukenmla.
The deceased was a native of Shel
by county, Missouri, and was born In
1872. By her death she leaves a 15-year-old
son, aside from her husband,
and a large circle of other relatives.
Sisters of the dead woman are Mrs.
Curtwright, Mrs. Dan Hicks and Mrs.
James Hall of Gurdane, Hrs. Monroe
Hicks of Weston, and Mrs. H. D. New
ell of Hermlston. Brothers are E. L.
McBroom and Robert McBroom, the
latter living In Arizona.
Clarence McBroom, shot at Potts
by George Horsman, waa was also a
brother.
The funeral service Is set for 4
o'clock this afternoon and will be held
from the Rader undertaking parlor,
the service being conducted by Rev.
J. D. Lewellyn, pastor of the Metho
dist church, south.
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OH III EARNEST
MANY COMBINES START
IN HELIX WHEAT FIELDS.
Y'lelds Much Heavier Than Usual
Fall Grain Nearly Normal While
Spring Wheat Is Short Forty
Bushel Wheat Is Not Uncommon
Some Reservation Farmers Suffer.
Threshing In . the Helix country
commences In earnest today and If re
ports from that section are not ax
aggerated that part of. the county will
thresh a splendid crop. In spite of the
dry spell this spring. Though the
yield will not be up to the normal. It
will be sufficiently good that farmers
will realize a good profit for their
year's work nevertheless.
That there will be lots of 30 and 35
bushel wheat In the Helix country is
predicted by J. E. Montgomery, agent
f6r the Puget Sound Warehouse com
pany, and who has been keeping a
close tab on crop conditions. He says
that In fall grain the yield will be but
slightly less than usual though spring
grain will not produce so heavily.
According to Frank Richmond, a
prominent farmer of the Helix coun
try, he will thresh some 40-bushel
wheat on his place and he declares
that many of his. neighbors will get
40 bushels per acre from some of their
land.
A. B .Montgomery", cashier of the
bank at Helix, who was here yester
day, says that there will be an Im
mense amount of 30-bushel wheat
around Helix.
Helix Combines Hum.
Today nearly every farmer of the
Helix country, excepting those already
started, began threshing. Owing to
the usual season threshing begins
somewhat earlier than usual this sea
son. Last week quite a few combines
were under full speed, some threshing
In barley, but a goodly number in
wheat. Stockman & Peterson, Terg
eson Bros., Frank Brotherton, Will
Knight and M. D. Smith are among
those starting early this year. Henry
Henrlckson, Ruthers, James Hill and
countless others commenced thresh
ing this morning.
Reservation Has Suffered.
But while the reports from Helix
and the northwestern part of the
county are very optimistic the yields
on the reservation are falling down.
Many combines are now tutting on
the allotted lands and It Is known
that some of the yields at least are
disappointing, though in other cases
farmers are threshing much more
than they expected to get.
PACIFIC COAST IN FRONT.
Campaign Will Be Waged In Coast
States Tills Year.
, Los Angeles, Cal., July 20. "Paci
fic coast will be right at the front
in this year's presidential campaign,
and a strong protective tariff oJfrults
raised here will be the keynote of
local activity." said Harry White,
former mayor of Seattle, and now
Taft's personal representative on the
coast, who is back from an extended
eastern trip.
"Some of the strongest speakers In
the east will be sent to the Pacific
coast,' he continued. "An energetic
canvass will be made in California,
Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho
and Montana."
Yesterday's Games.
Los Angeles, 9; Portland. 3.
Oakland, 8-1; San Francisco, 4-6.
Spokane, 4-6; Tacoma, 3-4.
Butte, 3; Aberdeen, 1.
Seattle, 7; Vancouver. 3.
Struck by Lightning.
The residence of J. H. Baxter, at
Walla Walla, was struck by lightning
early Wednesday morning and consid
erably damaged. The occupants were
Uhocked but not seriously Injured.
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T
IS III ASHES
Business Part of Cottonwood
Wiped Off the Map by Fire
This Morning.
FLAMES START IN
SALOON FANNED BY WIND.
Both Sides of Main Street Swept
Clean Two Banks, Several Stores,
Six Saloons and Many Dwellings
Are Burned to the Ground Early
Today Devastated Town Was Lo
cate 1 on Camas Prairie and A boot
Fifty Miles Southeast of Lewlstoa,
Lewlston, Idaho, July 20. Tha
business part of the town of Cotton
wood, ' Idaho, on Camas prairie, it
miles southeast of here was wiped
out by fire early today.
. The fire originated in the Club sa
loon and under a high wind, swept
both sides of Main street
The places burned were the Gold
stone, Brust's Severn, Fuch's Mer
cantile store, the German State and
First National banks, Llbbey's fur
niture store, Dorrls and Robbinson's
drug store, Koene's hardware, six
saloons and several dwellings.
QUARANTINE RAISED.
Nebraska's Officers and Men Allowed
to Celebrate for First Time. .
Honolulu, July 20. Officers and
parr ot the crew of the Nebraska wera
released from quarantine today in or
der to allow them to participate la
festivities. The ship has been In quar
antine since its arrival on account of
scarlet fever and diphtheria.
The fleet expects to finish coaling
tomorrow for the departure Wednes
day. There will be a sailors' ball at
the Seaside hotel tonight. No feature
of the celebration Is closed to the
Jackies.
AT THE RESORTS.
Forshaw Reports Signs of Game Near
Uidaway Many Go to Mountains.
S. H Forshaw has lust returned
from Hidaway springs, where his
family Is encamped for the hot weata-
er, and he says that there are many
signs of game in that region tnis sum
mer. Several deer have been seen la
the neighborhood of the resort and
there are bear In the adjoining moun
tains.
J W. Malonev and Dr. S. H. Gar
field left Hidaway this morning on a
hunting trip to the Elkhorn country.
Judge Bean and wire nave jusi
gone to their ranch near Hidaway ts
remain for several weeks.
William Slusher drove out to ths
springs yesterday.
Robert Stark, the hide oeaier, nas
returned to the city from Hidaway,
leaving his family camped there for
the summer. .
TO ELECTRIFY THE G. IT. ,
Project on the Way to Pull Trains by
Electricity.
Work on the project of electrifying
the Great Northern line In the Cas
cade mountains is being rushed, states
an exchange. Additional men hava
recently been. put on the work In an
.attempt to get the electrical machin
ery In operation before another year.
When the work Is finished powei-
ful electric motors will take the
ulace of the heavy mogul engines now
used to carry trains through the cas
cade Tunnel. The order for the mo
tors was placed some time ago and
they will be ready for delivery as
soon as the electrical equipment Is
Installed on the mountain division.
The electric current for the project
will be furnished by a power plant
being constructed near Chlwaukum,
on the east side of the mountains. We
natchee lake, Into which a number
of he streams flow, will be used as a
storage reservoir. From the lake a
large flume is being built to the sld
of the plant near Chlwakum.
60.000 horse power but engineers es
50.000 horse power, but englners es
timate that by putting in additional
equipment and increasing the sire of
the flume it can be made to produce
100,000 horse power.
Fruit Inspector Injured,
Charles L. Whitney, county fruit in
spector and game warden, was the vic
tim of an accident this morning that
came near being fatal, says the Walla
Walla Bulletin. As a result Mr. Whit
ney has several broken ribs, and It
will be some time before he Is able
to leave his home. Details of the ac
cident are meager, but it Is claimed
Mr. Whitney fell from a load of hay,
about 9 o'clock this morning, on his
ranch south of this city. Whether
the accident was caused by a runaway
could not be learned. Dr. C. N. Sut
ner was called to dress the wounds.
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