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VOL. 21.
T.J. Tweedy Wins Contest for
Umatilla Reservation Land
Against A, F. Boyne.
DECISION II AS IJEARIXG
ON OVER 300 OASES
Entrymen Under Fulton Act Sec In
TliU Decision in Uie La Grande Of
fice a Victory for all tlio Claim
Held Up by (lie Government Land
la More lit for Grazing Hum for
Agriculture and llw Tweedy Case
Is Raid to be Typical of About 300
Other.
' There Is much satisfaction toduy
among those who purchased reserve
tlon land In 1902 and 1903 because
of the La Grande land office's de
cision favoring T. "J. Tweedy In the
contest brought against him by A'. P.
Boyne. The Tweedy case Is said to
bo a typical one and It Is now be
lieved that the findings In that case
will also apply to others of the same
character.
This keirig Hie case, the entrymen
and their backers take the decision
as a vlcory for their side and say
that they are now vindicated from
the chargos made against them by
' Special Agent Alexander.
Something like 300 entries were
hold up by the land office at the In
stance of the special agent who re
ported that the land Involved was
good as agricultural land as. well as
for grazing. A score or more of the
claims were contested by other par
ties and Mr.' Tedy's was one of
these. His land Is said to have been
' better than that of the majority of
the claims upon which proof was to
be made under the provisions of the
Fulton act
Only Good for Pasture.
The following extract from the de
cislon In the Tweedy case shows the
reason for upholding the contestee
"The contestee produced a num
ber of witnesses, stockmen, farmers
and real estate men, who had care
fully examined the land and who tes
tified substantially as follows: that
the land Is a thin reddish soil, shal
low to bedrock, with outcropplngs of
atone and barren places here and
there over the surface and contains
, considerable growth 4t scrub pine
timber and native grass, and that said
land could not be profitably ixflUl
vatod; that said land Is suitable for
grazing and that for several years the
claimant has pastured his stock there
on. Some of these witnesses testified
that It would-cost from $30 to $50
tier acre to clear the land of stone
and timber and put It In conditiou
for ithe plow.
"We have carefully considered and
welched all of the testimony In this
case covering not only the lands In
queallon,, but a territory as wide as
Umatilla county and find that a
clear ;prepondgrance of the testimony
Is to ,the effect that the lands are
grazing lands and are not suscep
tible vof cultivation or residence and
we further find that for several years
past, the contestee has used the land
for the purpose "for which they were
best adaptod, namely grazing.
"We, therefore, hold that the law
under whli'h these lands were taken
row FOR
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PORTUGAL FEARS
MUKBEHOUS PIX)TS.
Lisbon, Aug. 26. Believing
that a widespread revolutionary
plot Is brewjng n Portugal the
government Is resorting to se
cret repressive measures. Gen
eral orders were Issued to this
effect from the royal palace to
day. According to the story young
King Manuel Is not permitted
to stir from the palace except
In the midst of a cordon of
picked guards. Little depend
ence la placed In the troops.
The list of trusted men has been
rapidly depleted.
has been compiled with and recom
mend that the contest be dismissed,
"F, C. BRAMWELL, Register,
"A. A. ROBERTS, Receiver."
SECTION' MEX LOSE STRIKE.
All the Rig Roads Enter Agreement
to Pay Same, $1.23 Ter Day.
. Tacoma, Aug. 26. Superintendent
W. C. Albee, of the western division
of the Northern Pacific, announced
today that the strike of section men Is
virtually over. It developed today thav
an agreement reached between the
Northern Pacific, Great Northern, the
Ujnlon and Southern Paclglc and O.
R. & N. roads whereby section men
on these systems will be paid the same
wages, $1.25 per day, this will prevent
men shifting. The employes struck
for $1.50 per day.
CROWDS GREET URYAX
AT HIS IHRTHPLACE.
Salem, til., Aug. 26. With a banu
playing "Home, Sweet Home," sever
al hundred friends and old neighbors
were at the depot when Bryan arriv
ed at his birthplace today. The can
didate was escorted about -the town,
and eniertalned at the home of relatives.-
At noon he bad luncheon at
the Democratic club and addressed the
club Informally.
Bell of California, followed him anu
said that Bryan can carry the Paclfle
coast.
VIHTESH
RUFFIAXS OF TLOIAS OOCX- -TV
TO BE QUELLED
Citleus Have Organized to Protect
Themselves from Band of Thugs
Attempts Mndo to Burn the Town
of Qulney lire Hose Cut and
Threatening Letters Sent to Xtimcr
ims CitUens Vigilantes are In
CI i or po.
MarysvJlle, Calif., Aug. 26 The
vigilantes are In charge of the town
of Qulney, the county seat of Plumas
county. It Is feared that serious
trouble 'will result between a band of
ruffians and the citizens whom they
have been terrorizing several days.
Matters came to a climax last night
when the fire apparatus was tamper
ed with. The hose was cut Just be
fore an attempt was made to burn a
building. A number of Incendiary
attempts have been made. Business
men have received numerous unsign
ed threatening letters.
Judge Benson Resigns.
Salem, Orn., Aug. 26. Circuit Judge
Henry Benson, brother ef the secre
tary of state Benson, last Monday
sent his resignation to the governor In
order to resume the practice of law.
He Is In the first district, comprising
Lake, Klamath, Josephine and Jack
son counties.
Careiiter Steals Diamonds.
Seattle, Aug. 26. Finger murks In
tV? dust on a Jewel "box lead to the
arrest of James Holmes, a carpenter,
wtrw confessed to stealing 42 diamonds
vatued at $1000, from Captain E. W.
Johnston, a Nome operator. Holmes
built -the pecret Jewel closed In the
JnhriHton home;
Washington FUmr to Manila.
Seattle, Aug. 26. With a draft of
146 enlisted men for the cruiser Col
orado' now upder repairs the trans
port Buffalo arrived from San Fran
cisco today. She will load 800 ton
of flour which will be taken to Ma
nila from San Tranclscotby the trans
port Crook.
Netherlands Keeps Hnnds Off.
,The Hague, Aug. 26. Minister De.
reus, former Dutch minister to Vene.
zuela, today denied the Netherlands
will support the United States or ata
In the revolutionary movement " in
Venezuela. Dereus was In consulta
tlon with the foreign office all day. .
Thirty Miners Entombed.
Guthrie, Okla,, Aug. 26. Thirty
mlhcrs are entombed by an explotton
In a mine at Halleyvllle, Okla. The
mjne Is burning. It Is feared that all
will burn to death. Rescuers are
working desperately.
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PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2G.
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Mrs. Fitzpatrick of Colorado
Springs Says City Hall Site
Belongs to Her.
ESTATE OF $120,000,000
XOW IX THE COURTS.
Startling Claims of Descendant of
Colonel Baker, a Fhlladelirfila Pio
neer Causes Stir in City of BrotherI
Love Counsel Is Employed and
ProjxTty Will Be Recovered Land
In Question Is Xow in Heart of the
Clt Rig Estate Also Held In
Hanks.
Philadelphia, Aug. 26. With paperc
by which she claims she will prove
she Is the rightful owner of the city
hall and other Philadelphia property
of an estimated worth of $120;000,
000, Mr?. Samuel Fitzpatrick of Col
orado Springs, arrived today.
In addition to this property she says
she expects to obtain a fortune of
$20,000,000 which she alleges Is tied
up Illegally In local banks.
Another claim Includes 500 acres of
coal lands. She alleges that her an
cestor, Colonel Baker, an old-tlmev
here, obtained the original property
right to the Philadelphia land In ques
tion. She has employed counsel.
TAFT GOES FISHIXG.
Week's Outing Is Planned by the
Presidential Candidate.
Hot Springs, Aug. 26. Arrange
ments for the departure of the Taft
party Friday on a fishing trip were
completed today. They will prob
ably start September 7 to Cincinnati
where they will make headquarters.
The first stop will be at Gamley
where the car will be side, tracked
for thiee hours. There will be a
three-minute stop at Galllpolls. Ohio.
At Athens Taft will nu.ke a non
polltleal address to the civil war vet
erans.
Toledo will be the next stop at 10
o'clock Saturday night. The week's
outing will be spent at Middle Bass
island. It is expected a number of
leaders will come to the island dur
ng the week to hold conferences.
OLD VFTERIXS READY
FOR RIDING TESTS
Wilcox, Aril., Aug. 26. Col. Wm.
Stewart, who was placed tn exile In
lonely Fort Grant, Arizona, by Roose
velt because of "temperamental in
capacity," is overjoyed today because
he has be-n ordered put of exile to
take part In a riding test, which Is
said to be the last attempt to retire
the colonel. Stewart eays he will
fool them, as he Is in fine condition
for the riding.
To Complete Wireless Stations.
Vallejo, Calif... Aug. 16. An expe
dition of seven electricians and three
enlisted men under a master electri
cian, George Hanscum, left Mare Is
land today for Valdez, Alaska, to con
struct the last chain of the wireless
telegraph stations built by .the navy
from San Diego north along the coast
As estimated It will require 60 days
to completethe stations' at ;a cost of
$70,006.
Hank Robbers PnrsiHSd.
Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 26. It is re
ported that robbers broke Into a bank
nt Genesee, N. D., today and escaped
with $3000. A sheriffs posse Is ou
r.a trail.
Farmers Union Helps.
The Farmers' Cooperative and Ed
ucational union Is adopting systemat
ic methods of furthering the Interests
of the tillers of the soil In our neigh
boring tate of Idaho. Among the
things to be asked for at the next
legislature will be a railway commis
sion law will be a weed law. Both of
these measures are Important. This
state has benefited .by her railway
commission law and would benefit by
her weed law If It were enforced. The
farmers should demand good laws
and then see to it that they are en
forced. Palouse Republic
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DROWNS FIFTT
South Carolina Rivers Out of
Banks and Many Miles of
Country Are Inundated.
OXE COLLAPSIXG BRIDGE
CARRIED DOWX
19.
Southern Railway Loses 100 Miles of
Track Between Falser and lied
mont Three Days of Heavy Rains
Have Pn all the Streams Out of
Their Ranks Proierty Loss Will
Reach Into the Millions Twenty
Towns are Cut Off.
Columbia, S. -C., Aug. 26. Reports
today Indicate that nearly 60 persons
have been drowned In the flood rag
nig In this state. The property loss
will reach Into millions.
The Waleree river is out of Its bed
at Camden where 19 lives were lost
when the bridge collapsed. Reports
from the Lynch river district say the
loss of property and life Is heavy.
Heavy rains have lasted for three
days,
Following Is the official report Is
sued by the Southern railway:
"The rains are Very heavy over our
lines between Columbia, Greenville,
Spartanburg and Asheville..
'The Broad liver at Altson, S. C,
Is over Its banks. There Is a cave-in
at Herberts aiding and for 100 miles
the tracks are washed out between
Palzer and Piedmont, S. C."
Bain Is Widespread,
Sallsburg, Aug. 26. The heaviest
rains in many years have prevailed
for 48 hours In central and western
North Carolina. It is feared that
many lives have been lost.
Flood Still Rages.
Raleigh, Aug. 26. The rains con
linue today. The Norfolk and South'
ern railway has suspended operations
on account of the washouts.
Georgia Is Stricken Also.
Athens, Ga., Aug. 26. Two
Athens, Ga., Aug. ' 26. Two
others are tottering as .a result of
the floods. The gas and electric sup
ply plant is shut off. Telephone and
telegraph wires are down.
Crops Are Ruined.
Spnrt.insburg, S. C, Aug. 26. All
the bridges in this county are down
The damage is great Crops are
ruined.
Augusta Canal Bursts.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 26. The cana,
locks, seven miles above this city,
burst today under the terrific force
of the floods, inundating the entire
city, which Is under two feet of water.
Great destruction of property has re-
suited. The canal Is nine miles long
and brings a great volume of wate
Int othe city.
The break was unexpected. Tho
water rushed seven miles to the city,
spreading in all directions. The peo.
pie had time to escape, but It Is Im
possible to tell whether any lives
were lost. The destruction Is com
plete In the path of the water.
Rcpublicim Conventions Meet.
Oakland, Aug. 26. Republicans
from all parts of the state are prepar
ing for the state convention tomor.
row afternoon to name their, presi
dential electors.
Baseball Scores.
Portland 9, Oakland 11; San Fran
cisco 0, Los Angeles 3.
"Blind Pigs" Fined $100.
At the hearing at Albany of D.
Kennedy and Frank Albrecht, de
fendants In the "blind pig" casea,
both men pleaded gulltj to the charge
of maintaining a nuisance In viola
tion of the city law. A fine of $100
each was Imposed by Recorder Red
field. Cattle Killed. ,
Seven head of cattle being delivered
at Wallace, Idaho, for Maloney Bros.,
were killed by a switch engine at
Wallace Saturday night. .
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1908.
DEXIF.S AXXIS BOAST
ABOUT MRS. IIAIXS
New York, Aug. 26. District At
torney Darrln of Queens county, to
day declared he did not believe the
statements circulated to the effect
that William Annls, killed by Cap
tain Ha Ins, had boasted of being In
timate with Mrs. Halns. Darrln Is
sued a 1200-word statement on the
proposed conduct of the case against
the Halns brothers.
The witness whose story Is pub
lished today to the effect that Annls
boasted of his Intimacy with Mrs.
Halns Is reported to be a member of
the exclusive clubs of New York and
a practitioner before the United
States supreme- court.
UXDESIRABLE COXVERTS
WILL BE DEPORTED
Boston, Aug. 26. It Is announced
today that a board of Inquiry will be
appointed by the Immigration bureau
to Investigate the case of a hundred
Mormon converts who arrived on the
steamer Republic from Europe. It Is
decided to deport 13;. 23 will be held
for further examination and the rest
will be allowed to land. Immigration
agents say the majority of the immi
grants were offered Inducements t&
come here. The Mormon elders are
ndlgnant and declare they will carry
the case to Rosevelt. Two of those
ordered deported are young girls.
FARMER THOXE SYSTEMS
ARE IXCREVSIVG.
Xew Linen Xow Under Way From
Tliis City to Coombs Canyon and
Also to the Cold Springs District
Joe Hnnsoom Is President. W. R.
Mulr Treasurer, and Dr. W, R.
Campbell Secretary of Odd Springs
CoiiiMiny.
Two new farmer 'phone lines are
now being organized and they will be
constructed during the coming fall.
One will run Into the city from the
Coombs canyon country, while the
other will come from Cold Springs.
The people back of the line from
Cold Springs have already, organized
and elected officers. Joe Hanscom Is
president; William Mulr, treasurer.
and Dr. W. R. Campbell, secretary.
There will be 12 subscribers on the
line and It will be built as soon as the
harvesting work Is over. Most of the
work on the line will be done by the
subscribers themselves.
C. A. Johnson Is the prime mover
In constructing the line from Coombs
canyon and he has five other people
with him in the enterprise. The line
will extend southwardly through the
Coombs canyon neighborhood.
Both the new rural linos are to be
connected .with the Pacific States
company's city service and in the
work of organization the ranchers
have been given assistance bv Mana
ger M. F. M.ur.tou of the telephone
company.
Some of the 'phones for use on the
new lines have already been ordereu
and are now on hand at J. L.
Vaughan's electrical store on Court
street.
Tolstoi Near Death
St. Petersburg, Aug. 26. Messages
say that Count Tolstoi, the phllosopb
er, is critically ill and near death.
' Baker City Girls Kan Auy.
Three young girls from near Baker
City were intercepted on advices fror.
their father near La Grande yester
day, says a La Grande item. They
had parsed the night somewhere In
La Grande and left yesterday morning
with two horses between them n.
the west. They were overtaken by
Policemen McLachlan and Carr anu
brought back to La Grande. In the
meantime their father had reached
here from Baker City and he started
homeward with the two younger ones
by team yesterday afternoon. The
oldest girl was sent back on last
night's train for Baker City. The
girls were all young and seemed to
have no apparent motive or reason foif
leaving home In the way they did.
II 111 LIS
FOB FEHDLETDH
TO ADVERTISER.
Don't lit down in th
meadow and wait for
the cow to back P
and be milked go af
ter the cow.
NO. 6361
GAMBLING EVIL
Over $3,000,0.00 Gambled
Away Annually by American
Japanese, it is Said.
BROWX MEX ARE PRO-
XOUXCED FAX TAX FIENDS
T, Kauma, Secretary of the American
Japanese Association, Declare His
Countrymen Are Devotees of the
Green Cloth to An Alarming Extent
In Frsno, Cal., Alone Over $300,
000 Is Gambled Away by Japanese
Chinese Fan Tan Joints Get the
Money.
Stockton, Aug. 26. Japanese resi
dents of California gamble away
$3,000,000 annually, according to T.
Kauma, secretary of the Japanese as
sociation of America. He estimates
that $300,000 are spent ' in Fresno,
alone.
Kauma is hee to confer' with th
chief of police relative to closing th
Chinese gambling dens of the city..
He says there Is no gambling In Ja
pan, but In China gambling Is recog
nized by law. The Japanese have a.
weakness for fan tan.
postpone Japanese Fair.
Toklo, Aug. 26. The unpopularity
of President K&n"ko Toko of the ex.
position has caused dffwuliy which
may result In the postponement of the
show which was set for 1912. The
people are angry because Kaneko l
spending so much government money.
The rumor of the postponement is
so strong- that the minister of agri
culture and commerce today' Issued a
formal denial.
Many think that owing to strain
ed financial and industrial situation
the government has chosen a poor
time to spend money for the exposi
tion. Already many millions of yeu
have been expended.
Keneko belongs to the party repn-.
scnted by the deposed cabinet and is
accused of extravagance and waste in
handling the funds.
TEACHERS WILL MEET AT
LA GRAXDE FRIDAY
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Eastern Oregon Teachers
association will be held in La Grande
Friday, says the La Grande Star. This
meeting was to have been held In
Baker City on the 29th of the month
but on account Of the Inability of
State Superintendent Ackerman to be
present the meeting was called for
this place.
The meeting Is for the purpose of
fixing the time for the holding of
the annual meeting of the association,
to arrange a program for the same
and attend to other preliminaries.
The annual meeting will be held In
Baker Clty.
The members of the executive com
mittee re State Superintendent Ack
erman of Portland; J. S. Landers of
Pendleton; J. A.. Churchill of Baker
City; E. B. Conklln of Ontario, and
School Superintendent E. E. Bragg
of La Grande. J. F. Smith of Baker
City, president of the association,
will also be present at the meeting to
be held Friday.
SWEETHEART JILTS
LOSING ITALIAN.
Modena, Italy, Aug. 26.
She little god of love has be
come angered by the boastful
attitude of Dorando Plotri, who
finished first, but did not win
the Marathon race.
It Is reported from the village
of Carpi that Dorando's sweet
'heart has forsworn her troth.
Whether the girl $as lost faith
In her lover through his repeat
ed declarations that he won
the race fairly or whether she
la piqued by the flattering re
marks about the English girls
Is unknown.