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NO. G35.T
VOL. 21.
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NEW LIE WALL
10 BE EXTENDED
Over 1400 Feet of New Wall
at the Upper End of the
Levee.
riiANS OF CITV IM
PROVEMENTS CHANGED
Levee Committee Inlt oirilurrylng
I'p tlio Work Before High Water
Come Extension of the Lcvcc
Wall to the Railroad Bridge Will
Complete Uie lTopowed Park Site
Area of Iroowed Park In Greatly
Increased by Uio Extension of the
Wall.
Instead of a mere 500-foot addition
to the wing wall at the upper end of
the levee the city la going to extend
the wall this year clear to the O. R.
& N. railroad bridge. An agreement
to extend the wall has already been
signed by Contractor Betts and when
his contract Is flnlwhed this fall the
Upper part of the levee will be fully
completed according to the plans of
Messrs. Young & Kclsay.
When the levee contract was let to
W. C. Betts a month or more ago, the
specifications called for a 500-foot
extension to the wing wall. At the
time It was thought the city hadn't
sufficient funds to extend the wall
further.
But It has since been found that
there will be plenty of money to ex
tend the wall to the railroad bridges.
This means an additional extension of
750 feet and when completed the wall
will be 1450 feet In length.
Under the terms of the contract
with Belts, the city has the power to
alter its specifications by adding new
work and the contractor Is required
to do the work for the aiiie compen
sation lie receives for work under the
original contract.
In an official notice sent him Sat
urday by Messrs. Ell and Mumm of
the levee committee, .Mr. Belts was In.
structed to complete the wing wall
to the railroad 'bridge. He Immedi
ately accepted the alteration In the
plans.
Hushing Levee Work.
Work on the levee Is progressing
very rapidly and every effort Is being
niado to have the work finished be
fore there Is any danger from high
water. Joe Ell, chairman of the Ieve
committee, feels strongly Ihc need of
haute and Is doing everything In his
power to hurry the work through.
According to him no time can bo lost
or the Improvements will be unfin
ished when the high water comes this
fall.
Aside from the further extension of
the upper wing wall the levee con
tractor also has some toe wall work
to do between the Lee street bridge
and the extension work at the lower
end of the levee, A score of teams
are now at work at the lower end.
Complete Park Site.
When the wing wall Is extended
down the river to the railroad bridge
the city will add many acres to the
triangular tract of land lying above
the water works. Most ol the land is
now owned by the city and if title to
the new made land can be secured
the town will have a tract amply
large enough for park purposes.
MORE STRENGTH FOR JAPAN.
rewco of the Pnclflo Will Be Assured
by JupanoBo Supremacy.
Toklo, Aug. 17. That Increasing
the military and naval strength of
Japan Is lndespenslble to the maln-
WILL CHOOSE PENDLETON CUBING SITE
J. E. McDowell, Inspector for tha
treasury department, will reach here
tomorrow for the purpose of looking
over the locations offered for the
Tendlcton federal building. Post-
master Brown received, word from
him this morning. At that time he
was In La Grande and wired he would
arrive here tomorrow.
liOSS BY OIL FIRE
REACHES $5,000,000.
Tamnlco. Mex.. Aug. 17. De-
spite every effort made to stop
It a miniature volcano of burn-
Ing oil In the San Geronlmo
district continues unchecked,
consuming hundreds of thous-
aijds of barrels daily. Work-
men are today pumping Im-
mense quantities of sand and
mud Into the crater. Since the
well began burning on July 4,
more than 5,000,000 barrels
have been destroyed. The oil
Is valued at fl per barrel.
tenance of peace In Asia and on the
Pacific Is the gist of an Interview
given by Prince Ito, the resident
general of Korea. He said: "It Is
necessary for Japan to have a great
army and navy If peace Is to be main
tained In Asia and the Pacific ocean."
IS WESTIXGHOUSE JILTED?
Wedding of Young; Millionaire to Eng.
IMi Girl Is "Postponed."
Pittsburg, Aug. 17. Pittsburg sod-
cty is agog over the news that the
wedding of Miss Violet Brocklebank,
an English aristocrat, and , George
Westlnghouse, Jr., Is Indefinitely post
poned. Society has It Miss Brocklebank Is
rt sponsible for the breach. One ex
planation Is that a recent death In
the family Is responsible for the post
ponement. The wedding was to have
been solemnized in October.
IRATE CAPTAIN
. KILLS EDITDF!
PRETTY WIFE OF ARMY
OFFICER THE CAUSE
William E. Annls, Publisher of Mc
intosh's Monthly, Shot and Killed
by Caln Haines Imprudent Ac
tions on Pnrt of PnbUnlier and Cap
tain Haines' Yonug Wife Caused
the Murder.
Bayslde, Long Island, Aug. 17.
Captain Peter Conover Haines, Jr.,
U. S. A., son of Brrgadler General
reter Conover Haines, U. S. A., re-,
tired, fired seven bullets from a re-
volver Into William E. Annls of New
York, owner and publisher of Burr!
Mclntosh's monthly and other maga
zines, late today on the landing stage
of the Bayslde yacht club, Flushing,
and Annls, whom Captain Haines'
brother had accused of having been
Improperly attentive to the captain's
wife, died In the Flushing hospital a
few hours after the shooting.
Wife of Dead Man, Witness.
A crowd of gaily dressed women
and yachtsmen, among whom was
Mrs. Annls, witnessed the tragedy.
Captain Hnlnes, accompanies by
his brother, Thornton Jennings
Haines, well known as an author and
amateur yachtsman, walked to the
landing stage of the club as Annls
and a club member named Harway
were disembarking from a boat and
ot once opened fire upon Annls.
Annls had two bullets In his abdo
men, one In the arm and two In his
legs.
Captain Haines and his brother,
neither of whom appeared In any
way disturbed, awaited the arrival of
the police on the club float ond then
surrendered themselves.
Mrs. Haines has confessed that she
permitted conduct on the part of An
nls which clearly Justified the action
of Captain Haines.
It Is understood that ofter Investi
gating the different localities submit
ted the Inspector will report to the
department In favor of the one which
appears to him to be most advantage
ous. But the actual selection may not
be made for some time' yet.
Mr. McDowell Is today making a
selection of a site for the La Grande
federal building.
DM ASSAILED
DT HIS ENEMIES
Charged That He "Sold Oi't"
Colonel Guffey ard Friends
of Pittsburg,
VAX CLEAVE ATTACKS
BRYAN'S BANK PLAXK
Irc!kleiit of National Manufacturers
Association Says Denver Plank for
Payment of Depositors In Insolvent
Banks Would Ituln the Banking In
dustry Bryan Refuses to Slake
Reply to Jc Attack by Vancleave
Says He Didn't "Sell Out" McGuf
fey. Falrvlew', Aug. 17. Bryan today
declined toreply to the attack made
upon him by Jamea Vancleave, pres
ident of the National Manufacturers'
association. He may reply later.
Vancleave asked if Bryan didn't
know that his platform charges are
false. Vancleave said: "Does Bryan
know that the vicious provision of
the Denver platform for the payment
of depositors in Insolvent banks
would penalize the honest, careful
banker for the benefit of the dishon
est banker?"
Did Bryan "Sell Out?"
Falrvlew, Aug. 17. Bryan today
denied that he "sola out" In the ease
of Colonel Guffey of Pittsburg for
1200,000 but failed to receive the
money.
The story from Pittsburg says that
Bryan for that sum promised to use
his Influence to have Guffey and his
friends ousted from the national
committee.
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LUMBERMEN' WIX CASE.
IlniTuiiiin Lines Will Submit to the
New Hate.
Portland, Aug. 17. Pending a fi
nal decision by the United States su
preme court In the lumber rate con
troversy, the Harriman officials have
announced that the rates fixed by the
Interstate commerce commission will
prevail.
This amounts to a victory for the
Oregon and Washington lumbermen
s,IH.p tne decision of the commission !
virtually restored the tariffs that I summoned to appear In court tomor
wpre j Cffect prior to November 1,'row morning.
1907. Following the ruling of the
commission the railroads appealed
the case to the supreme court of the
I'nlted States.
Announcement to that effect was
made today by W. E. Coman, assist-
ant goneial freight agent of the Har-
rlman lines for the northwest. In the I
following form:
"The r.ites from November 1, 1907,
to October 13. 190S, on shipments
from parties to the injunction suU
will be the rates as ordered by the
commission which will be published,
effective October 15. .
"The rate on shipments on and af
ter October 15 will be the commis
sion's rates as published, regardless of
wTiat the final outcome is in the court
up to the time of the decision by the
supreme court."
Xo Trace of Missing Man.
G. H. Hedberg of Ashland, who is
searching for his uncle Ephrlam Hed
burg, who mysteriously disappeared
at Umatilla on August 6. is in the city
today on his way to La Grande. He
has found absolutely no trace of the
missing man and is at a loss as to
where to search further for him.
Snagging Salmon In Alaska.
I saw Indians on the Chlleot river
fishing day and night. The fisherman
walked along the bank carrying a pole
on the end of which was a barbless
steel hook. Tossing the hook end of
the pole Into the stream, he turned it
so that the elbow rested on the bot
tom. Then he gently drew the pole
back and forth, and when he felt a fish
strike the shaft he knew that a sal
mon was probably crossing over the
pole, so he gave it a quick Jerk, drove
the hook Into the flsh'a side and
hauled It up on the bank. This Is
called snagging salmon. Forest and
Stream.
ARID
RULE SPRINGFIELD
linois Capital Now Prac
tically Under Martial Law
as Result of Race Riot.
OVER 3000 TROOPS IX
THE RIOTIXG CITY
Special Grand Jury Will Investigate
Auack of George Rlclmrdson, a
Xegro) I'on Mrs. Karl Hallum
Tills Crime Started the Riot Jury
Will Then Seek Out tlie Instigators
of the Riot Xegroes Are Leaving
the City.
Springfield, Aug. 17. Rioters who
have held the city in a reign of ter
ror since Friday were only checked
by the presence of more than 3000
soldiers, heavily armed, today.
The soldiers are in complete
charge. On the governor s orders a
special grand Jury will' convene to
morrow, to take up the case of George j
Richardson, whose alleged assault
upon Irs. Karl Hallam caused all
the trouble. Then the Jury will be
ordered to Investigate who Is respon
sible for the riot.
One of the first cases to be taken
up will be that of Abraham Rayman,
a Russian Jew, who confessed that he
was one of the members of the mob
that cut the throat of Wm. Donigan,
an aged negro, Saturday night. Ne
croes are leaving the city In great
numbers.
Made Roots for Lincoln.
Springfield, Aug. 17. It Is learned
trday that Donigan, the negro who
was lynched by the mob. was boot
maker for Abe Lincoln before the
latter left here for Washington. Gen
eral Palmer, the nominee of the gold
standard wing of the democratic par
t for the presidency in IS 36, was al-
si. the negro s customer.
No 'Whitewashing."
It was announced this afternoon
that the Investigation will be real and
there will be no whitewashing. The
homes of the dead leaders are being
searched by the sheriff's agents In an
effort to find relics of the destroyed
business houses as evidence. The
court has ordered the grand Jurors
Rincling Brothers circus, which is
scheduled to appear here tomorrow,
was notified that they can't show here
because the appearance would have
a bad effect.
At noon SO arrests had been made
Kate Howard, accused or Inciting rl-
t. burglary and larceny, was admit-
ted to bail.
From the statement made today by
Mrs. Halfan that she could not Iden
tify her assailant, It is believed that
Richardson was the wrong man. It
is reported that a number of reliable
citizens are ready to prove an alibi
for the ngro. The negro and his
wife were born here and bear a good
reputation.
Through Service o Coast.
Chicago, Aug. 17. Through ser
vice will be Inaugurated on the St.
Paul roads to the Pacific coast ex
tension late next year, according to
a statement made by a high official
today. The road will break all rec
ords by building 117 bridges and 115
miles of track.
V. P. Hauls Pliw Free.
The freight on hundreds of tons of
Iron pipe and other supplies for a
$160,000 water extension Is no small
item, and the proposition of the Union
Pacific railroad to transport it all to
Cheyenne free of freight charges will
be appreciated by Cheyenne people,
siiys the Cheyenne Tribune, t'nder the
Interstate commerce law a railroad
could not make an Interstate shipment
to an individual without charge, but
may do so for a municipality. This
policy of the Union Pacific is not new
lii this city. The road has always
shown' a willingness to help out In
such matters and the city Is thereby
saved a great deal of money.
Pay ns you go, but
try to save
I enough to get back on.
YOUTHFUL ROBBERS
MURDER THEIR VICTIM.
San Francisco, Aug. 17. Two
19-year-old highwaymen held
up Wm.' Lee early today and
when he failed to obey their
orders beat him to death. Lee
was going home. He thought
that the robbers were drunk
and walked on. He was then
felled by a blackjack after
which they kicked him. He was
taken unconscious to a hospital,
where he died.
THREE WERE KILLED
OX MICHIGAN' LAKE.
Petoskey, Mich., Aug. 17. Three
are known to be dead and many of 50
passengers are missing as a result of
the explosion of the boiler of the
steamer Leslana, on Carp Lake. Three
bodies have been recovered. It Is be
lieved that a dozen perished. The
panic which ensued was terrible.
Many In the staterooms were caught
without a chance of escape. Those on
the deck were hurled into the water
Mrs. Isabel. A. Laberla, of Travers
City, Mich., was instantly killed.
E
"BLACK HAND" AGENT
CAME TO GET BOX OF GOLD
Benedetta iCaro, Wealthy Italian Gro
cer, Received Warning to Place
$1000 Under Sidewalk While Get
ting the "Swag" Vincent Craps
AYa, Captured by Police - K",
Said Money Must Be Paid or Death!
Would Follow.
Chicago, Aug. 17. Vincent Craps,
a Sicilian, alleged to be a leader of
t
the Mafia was arrested today In the
act of getting a box supposed to con- j
tain M000 from under the sidewalk:
here, placed by Benedetta Caro, a I
wealthy Italian grocer. I
Caro Informed the police that he
received a threatening letter from I
the Black Hand society demanding
$1000 under pain of dynamiting.
POSTOFFICE SAFE WAS !
BLOWN' T WALLULA
i
Robbers blew open the safe of the.
Wallula postoffice some time last j
night and succeeded In getting away,
with what money was contained 1
therein and also a quantity o stamps 1
But meagre details of the robbery:
have been received hero. The safe
was blown open by the use of nltro-
glycerine, but It is not known Just
what the plunder amounted to. Three
men, all of whom had been loitering
around Wallula for several days, are
suspected of the crime.
Descriptions of these men have
been sent out and all the officers In
this section are -on the lookout for,
the men. ,
Robbers Ml.ed Booty.
Later this afternoon it was learned j
U 1
that the robbery occurred between 4 j They also found plenty of trout and
and 7 o'clock this morning. The safe j enjoyed their outing very much. Ac
was blown to splinters but only J6 ' cording to history the ibex has be-
in money was secured by the robbers. 1
Inside the safe was a small safe con- j
taining $90, but this became covered j
up with debris and was not found by
the robbers. 1
OLDEST ENGINEER
The distinguished honor of pulling Kruttschnltt's outgoing trip to Spo
the special train provided for Julius I kane.
Kruttschnltt, the vice-president an 1 j Mr. Theisen is the oldest main lino
general manager of all the Harriman j engineer on the mountain division
lines, on his tour of the system In
eastern Oregon, has fallen to the part
of Engineer Peter Theisen, the oUUst
main line engineer on the mountain j
division of the O. R. & X. j
Mr. Theisen arrived In this city lat
night . from La Grande, having been :
summoned here for the purpose of
pulling the Kruttschnltt special over
the Pilot Rock branch and from her
to Umatilla. Mr. Theisen pulled the
special from Umatilla here on Mr.
MA
COME
TO
Democrats to Have Speaker
of National Reputation Here
This Fall.
ALTON' B. PARKER MAY
COME IX FAIR WEEK
County Chairman Will M. Peterson
Sends Out Circular Letter to Uma
tilla County Democrat Xo Special
Car to Portland Effort to Ge
Croud from This City Abandoned
Pendleton Will Be Favored With
Prominent Speaker.
Judge Alton B. Parker, former
democratic candidate for president,
will speak in Pendleton If he makes
a tour of the northwest In the In
terest of William J. Bryan. If he
des not come some other democrat
of national reputation will speak
here.
Several days ago Will M. Peterson,
democratic county chairman, planned
for a special car to take a number ot
Umatilla county democrats to Port
land to hear Judge Parker tomorrow.
But finding that Judge Parker may
be brought here Mr. Peterson has Just
mailed out the following letter to hit
fellow democrats:
It was announced a few days ago
that a special car would be run from
Pendleton to Portland, Tuesday, car
rying a delegation of our party to heaf
Judge Alton B. Parker speak.
After negotiating with the railroad
officials I am Informed that we can't
get, at this late date, a special car
for the occasion, and that the very
obta,nable are a fflre an
I I have further ascertained that
(judge Parker will speak In Pendleton
I sometime during the Umatilla-Mor
row county fair In the event that he
makes a tour of the northwest during
the campaign, which is very likely.
In any event some speaker of na
tional reputation will be here on the
occasion In behalf of Mr. Bryan. We
I shall, therefore, have an opportuni
ty to hear at home some great man
j of our party without having to go so
i far away. Tour struly,
WILL M' PETERSON.
Chalrman remocratlc County Central
Committee.
Teliania Burned.
Tehama, Calif, Aug. 17. This town
Is without a business center as a re
sult of a fire last night sweeping the
business section out.
KILLED THREE IBEX.
Only Place in United States Where
the I1kx N Found.
The district known as Main Eagle
In liakrr county is s.iid to be the
only place In the United States where
the original Ibex can be found, says
the Baker City Herald. Today W. R.
and Carl Parker. Ed Cranston and
Tom Helsel returned from that part
of the country and reported having
killed three ibex and seen many more.
come practically extinct in all coun-
tries save a few in the United States.
and they have never been found only
In eastern Oregon, and a few which
are left In China.
FOR KfiUTTSCHMTT
and is now only outranked in point of
service en this division by O. W.
(Pad) Moon, the aged veteran of the,
Pilot Rock branch who Is. now
a fa-
miliar figure In this city.
However, Engineer Moon has not
run on the main line for many ye,tr,
having been assigned to the Elgin
run before coming here to take tho
Fllot Rock branch run which is the
preferred run of the mountain division.
PENDLETON