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LYEMNGEDITIOiJ EYF.NINGEDITIH TO ADVERTISERS. Don't sit down in th meadow and wait for the cow to back up and be milked go af ter the cow. WEATHER REPORT. Fair tonight with light front Wednesday fair VOL. 21. PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEITEMHER 22. 1008. NO. C381 1 1 Five Hundred New Cases in St. Petersburg in Twenty four Hours. FIFTY PER CENT OF SlITERERS ARE DYING. Official Kivm lNmrrli1! lo Chock Spread or Dmul RIhcum" Decided Not to Make Hospitals of Schools - Premier Stolypln CoiitliiucM to Di rect Cniide Agnlnnt the Plague .Many Dyiiift in Streets. St. Petersburg, Sept. 22. It was announced tonight that within the li.st 24 hours over DIM) now cases of cholera had been discovered. Conditions are most serious. The death rate among the afflicted Is over GO per cent. Every effort Is being made to se cure accommodations for the suffer ers but It was decided to abandon the Idea of making hospitals out of the M'honls. Premier Stolypln since his assump tion of direct charge of the antl cholcra crusade Is doing all In his power but the efforts of the oflclal do not seem lo check the growth of the plague. Many are dying In the streets. LOCATES IfiO IN THE APPLE EMPIRE'S HEART. Hood River. Ore., Sept. 22. Not withstanding the fact that apple land at Hood River is at a premium nnd that the valley lias been scoured by Investors who have been looking for something easy, J. P. Cotton, a Con don man, came here recently anil succeeded In locating lfiO acres of un improved land estimated to be worth 150 per acre. While the tract filed on by Mr. Cot ton was known of. It was thought to be deeded. Investigation by Mr. Cot ton, however, disclosed the fact that It wns not and he filed on It Saturday. The land Is situated but 10 miles from Hood River. Taking no chances, Mr. Cotton will at once commence the erection of n house and other build ings. HIC. SALE OF. TIMBER IN RELLINGH AM DISTRICT Bellingham. Sept. 22. To supply the Immense combination mill which Is to be erected on the South Belllng ham water front one hundred and twenty million feet of timber were recently purchased by Kansas City capitalists from E. V Sallng of Mich igan. The price paid wns $250,000. The timber Is located on the hills of Iiike Pnmlsh. AUTOS ARE STRANGERS IN THESE DISTRICTS. Olympln, Wash., Sept. 22. Not one citizen of Douglas. Perry, Okanogan, Skamania or Wahkiakum counties In this state owns an automobile, ac cording to the schedule set forth he fore the state board of equalization today. Asotin nnd Benton counties arc proud In the possession of one devil car. while Cnllam has purchased four this year. Ilonduran Fears Revolution. wlth ri)hhK , nt Stevenson San Francisco, Sept. 22. Atnapala of 200. Honduras, Is under martial law, ac- Information to the effect that Mc rordlng to news brought by the United mullin was headed this way was re States cruiser Milwaukee, which coal- eelved here yesterday from The ed hero toilay, Government troops Dalles. Accordingly the deputy at are In readiness to quiet any uprls- I'matilla was notified and ho caught Ing of the natives In the Interior. the fellow at that point. M' S PENDLETON LOOKS BETTER "Pendleton certainly looks very good to me. The town has grown and Improved considerably since I left hero two years ago. The streets have been paved and the town In general looks better. The closing of the saloons does not seem to have hurt tho town." Thus spako a good-natured, distin guished looking gentleman this morn ing. He was none other than Joseph McCabe, former vice-president nnd general manager of the W. & C. R., now the Northern raclfle Pusco-Pen-d!eton branch road. While on his way east after a few weeks visiting In Oregon and Wash ington Mr. McCabe dropped lnt'. Tendleton this morning to visit old friends of. whom he has many here abouts. . He came In on train No. 6 this morning and will Join his wife as she passes through on the way back MACHINIST MURDERS HIS FRIEND'S WIFE KILLS SELF. Vallejo, Cal., Sept. 22. Mrs. Harry Magnus, daughter of a well known Los Angeles family, was shot ami killed at her home here today by Charles Strlburg. Strlburg then blew the top of Ills own head off. There were no witnesses to the tragedy which occurred after the wo man's husband had gone to his work In the Mare Island navy-yard. Neigh bors say Strlburg enter the house and heard the shots. Following that alarm they rushed Into the house to find Strlburg dead on the bed with the pis tol In his hand and his victim on the floor with a bullet through her heart. Strlburg wns a machinist at the Mare Island yard and quit his Job, de claring that his friend would never i see him again. He went to the Man gus home, where the crime was com ¬ mitted. The murderer and his victim had been seen together often lately and It is supposed that he killed her upon her refusal to leave her husband and go with him. The woman was drs.4 cd as If for a Journey and it Is sup posed that at the last moment she re fused to carry out Strlburg's plans and he killed her In Insane Jealousy. Strlburg and Magnus were close friends until lately. REMAINS IN AIR UNTIL N M.I IT FORCES DESCENT. (.real Triumph for American Inven tor Win n lirotlicr of Injured Man In Fraiui Yesterday Remained for One and One-Half Hours In the Air W ith Machine Under Porfi-cl Con- trol Surpas-oi All Records for Flight. Lemans, France, Sept. 22. In the presence of the officials of the French aero club of Sarthe, the American am bassadnr, Henry White, General Baz-alne-Hayter, commander of the fourth WILBUR WRIGHT IS ill CUM army corps, a large number of "in endorsing this charge you at French and foreign officers and earn-j tack the democratic party, saying plane experts and a wildly cheering! that Haskell stands high in the coun crowd numbering 10,000, Wilbur I cils of Bryan. ..llfeill, inr mm I unn .i...,..,.,.,, yesterday afternoon accomplished a signal victory, capturing the world's record from his brother, Orvlile Wright, with n marvelously impres- sive flight In his powerful machine of ; one hour and 30 minutes and 51 sec onds, covering In that time an actual distance of 9S kilometers, or nearly (!J miles. Owing to the recent accident at Fort Myer. today's trial for the Michelen cup for the greatest distance covered j by mi aeroplane In lfOS, and the aero i club prize of $lim0 for the longest flight over an enclosed ground, at tracted Intense Interest. With a mad cheer the crowd broke through the line anil ruslie dforward only being prevented from hoisting the American In triumph on their shoulders by charging cavalry. Mr. Wright declared that he had descended only because of darkness. He still had sufficient essence In the ti'nk to last an hour. STEVENSON RARTENDER ARRESTER AT UMATILLA Ben McMullln, a bartender of Ste venson, Wash., was arrested at I ma , tllla yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Till I son under Instructions from the I sheriffs office. McMullln Is charir- TBI EVEA BETORE to New England. Since he resigned the management of the W. & C. R. Mr. McCabe has been in tho contracting business In New England, nnd has handled some very Important work. He has Just completed the construction of n great double-track tunnel on the New Ha ven railroad, a tunnel that passes un der tho city of Providence. On his return he will take up other work that Is now awaiting him. According to Mr. McCabe there Is now much more railroad building In tho east than there Is In tho west, .though but little Is said about It. Most of the work Is In constructing addi tional trackage, alterations In line and other Improvements. Mr. McCabe came westward several weeks ago and has been visiting in Seattle, Taeomn, Portland and other places since his arrival. DEMAND E Asks Roosevelt to Furnish Evidence Against Haskell in Bribery Matter, DEC LAKES IF TRI E HASKELL MIST GO Rcinoeraiii' Candidate Declares That Roosevelt Mum Rave Had Evidence to Justify His Renouncement of Democratic Treasurer and A-'ks Thr. the Facts Re Given lo the Public Haskell Court Investiga tion. As Doc Chief. Detroit, Sept. 22. William J. Bry an today demanded that President Roosevelt prove his charge that Has kell was connected with the Standard Oil company and that the Standard Oil was back of the present Bryan campaign The demand was made In a tele- gram addressed to the chief execu tive and came as a result of Roose velt's statement this morning that Taft's defeat would only bring a last ing satisfaction to but one set of men, namely, to those men who, as shown in the correspondence published by Hearst, were behind Foraker, the op ponent of Taft within his own party, and who are now behind Governor Haskell ami his associates, the op ponents of Taft and the opposite party." Bryan's telegram is worded cour teously, but can hardly be Ignored by the president, or considered other than as a challenge. He says: "In a statement given out by you, you endorse the charges against Governor Haskell, to the effect that be was once employed by the Stand- ard (Ml company in connection with an attempt to bribe Attorney General no Monett of Ohio to dismiss a suit pend- fMI"" lnat tlu' eorporatmns were sup In aeainst that comn.mv porting his candidacy. Mr. Bryan re- This Is a charge so serious that I cannot allow It to pass unnoticed. "Mr. Haskell demands an investi gation now and agrees with you that I' he N guilty he Is unfit to be con- n,.(-t.-.l with the democratic party. "I think you will agree with me that If he Is innocent he deserves to be exonerated from so damning an accusation. "You add that the publication of tills correspondence has not merely Justified in striking fashion the action u," tli" present administration, but that !; also easts a curious sidelight on the attacks upon the administration In the Denver convention and In Mr. Bryan's campaign, as the selection of Mr. Haskell as chairman of the reso lutions committee at Denver and also as treasurer of the national commit tee had my approval and indorsement "J'or tills reason I feel it my duty ti demand an immediate Investiga tion of the charge which Is endorsed by tile president of the United States as one in your high position as well as your sense of Justice would pre vent your sanctioning any such charge if not proven. "1 respectfully request you to fur nish w hat proof you possess or if you have none, request that you Indicate the method In which the truth may be ascertained." ROBBERS HOLD UP TOWN AND OVERIX)Olv NO ONE Auburn Cain., Sept. 22. A sheriff's office posse Is scouring the hills of Placer county for two masked men who last night held up nnd robbed . . . ...... '"I Hepburns country store at Apple- the entire population of the town had gathered in the store to get the mall after the evening train had left when the holdup occurred. The robbers! suddenly appeared nnd commanded everybody to hold up their hans. One man protested nnd was struck over the head with a gun. The rob bers commanded the men. women and children to put their valuables onto a handkerchief and then marched all Into a tunnel nearby nnd ordered them to remain there under penalty of death. WASHINGTON METHODISTS WOULD DOWN JOE CANNON. Tacoma, Sept. 22. Speaker Cannon has been given a hard rap by the Pu get Sound Methodist Conference. Just closed. Kvery one of 200 ministers In the district pledged themselves to vote figalnst anyone for congress who will vote to return Cannon to the speaker's chair. The ministers want a speaker who will encourage the passage of a bill prohibiting the In terstate shipment of liquors Into pro hibition territory. Cannon's name Is used In resolutions. II 6 0 T.D.'SCHIIRGES Bryan Evades Discussion Roosevelt's Accusation Trust Support. ' of of WILL NOT TALK OF IIEARST-IIASKEI.L I'TND. Democratic Leader Address- Rig As. seliihly ol University of Michigan Students hiuI Talks of Ijilior, Trusts and Rank Deposit Again Says Trust Want Tall, Rut Will Not Talk or Alleged Standard Oil Sup lort for Democracy. Detroit, Sept. 22. William J. Bryan refused to discuss Roosevelt's accu sation that the trusts were supporting the l'''"tie ticket. When before 'the students or Michigan University I today ho spoke on the Issues of the campaign. Thousands attended the meeting, which was held at noon to day In order to afford the students an oppoitunlty to hear the Democratic leader. The welcome extended to Bryan by the democrats was enthusiastic and the college boys of the democratic club were especially prominent In the demonstration. It Is declared that the meeting was one of the must re muVkable political gatherings of stu dents ever held. Bryan devoted his speech to a dis cussion of the trusts more particu larly, emphasizing gome of his former charges that the republican campaign WRZ DClnK supported ty trust mier- I Ue explained his attitude to- .......I I..K..- .11..... ,...-....1 II,., Irnnb j """" "- " j deposit guaranty plan w hieh is a feat- i I uro lf nl present propaganda. I -"h"h importuned by the party j leaders to reply to Roosevelt's accu-i fused to make any statements In that regard at the meeting. He declared, however, that he might have some thing to say later on that score. Bry an also refused to dl.-cusse in any way the Haskell Incident or Mr. ellarst's charge that Standard Oil was interest- say that some of tnem were aston ed in the victory of the democratic j isnP(i not only at tne natUral beauty party In the present campaign. of ,hp grounds, but at the amount Immediately after his meeting at j of work tlat h., been done to get Ann Arbor Hi.v.ui left for Columbus. , nem n sllnpo for the ,now. The where he will speak tonight. ROOSEVELT LEAVES HIS SUMMER CAPITOL Oyster Bay, Sept. 22. America's summer capital is so no more. Oys ter Bay from this day takes rank among the deserted villages Its glor- ies are of the past. Its supremacy j among the villages of the land is no, more. left Oyster Bay as president. He left ! cement lKUs not exaggerated when this morning accompanied by his!,, t,,ajmCli tllat tne track is the best family, by W. Emlen. his cousin. Sec- , ,p wost ,, one of ,c bost , retary Loeb and staff. The party left j (hp i-nj,,n) pates. in a special train of three cars. j m Ko!,uUs of yesterdav's races were: President Roosevelt and his wife; 2:14 pace, best 3 in 5 were accompanied by a large party! Josephine 1 1 I of townspeople, who went to the de-av o'Llglit 2 2 2 pot to say farewell. The president I jionnjp f 4 3 3 made a speech from the rear plat-j oiooprttra 3 4 I form of the train, telling his neigh- TimPi z.K ' ('rl' 'rocovA for bors of the many pleasant days spent first ):l.forma"I10e on new track;) in the village and expressing his hope'o.nq 01. o.ai to return to Oyster Bay after his re- tirement from public life. SEATTLE RUSINESS MEN ADVERTISE A.-Y.-P. FAIR Seattle, Sept. 22. A special train bearing 103 Seattle business men who are advertising thm A -Y.-P. expo sition to be held in this city next year, left today at noon for Portland where they will be given a reception to- ., Thtt .,,, ' Walla Wednesday and will spend I Thursday at Lewlston, arriving at i Spokane Friday nnd Ellensburg on Saturday night. The excursionists wear little silver watch charms ad vertising the exposition, the seal of which Is on one side, while on the other Is tho motto of the Chamber of Commerce, under whoso auspices the excursion was organized "All nnd one for nil." for one' MORMONS CELERRATE FOUNDATION ANNIVERSARY Salt Iike, Sept. 22. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or Mormons, throughout Utah and other states, are today cel ebrating the S5th anniversary of the founding of that sect by Joseph Smith. According to Mormon his tory of the founding, Joseph Smith, the prophet, was in communication with a heavenly messenger during the night between September 21 and 22. 1825, nnd three visions were given him. As a result he visited the Hill of Cumorah the following day and found burled sacred plates containing the creed of the sect. The member- ship Is now In excess of 300,000. ' GIVES IP THOUSANDS TO ENGAGE IN MINISTRY, Pittsburg, Sept. 22. George L. Gunt, one of the young men who have come Into prominence in the past few years through Important positions with the steel trust, today resigned a (10,000 position as superintendent of the Carnegie Steel company and will engage In the ministry. Gunt expects to enter a western theological seminary within a few weeks and when his course Is com pleted will engage in work among the steel workers of the country. "I want to show thousands of young men In the steel Industry," he said this morning, "that there is something on earth above and beyond the mighty dollar." CROWBAR IS WEAPON OF INSANE MURDERER Washington, Sept. 22. Suddenly seized with a homicidal mania, An drew Llghtfoot, a patient In the gov renmont hospital for the Insane, to day killed two persons with a steel crowbar and escaped during the ex citement.. He was pursued to a swamp, where after being shot-In the leg he was captured. When the guards closed in around him in the swamp Llghtfoot still carried the crowbar. PORTLAND FAIR PROVES UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS' ' FaM Track and Good Speed Program With Splendid Stock Show Attracts lliousaiids of People to Opening of Show Beautiful Grounds and Splendidly Constructed RulMlng: Add to Attractiveness of Affair, , L, u. . Portland, Sept. 21. The blue blood of the livestock of the west Is attract ing great attention to the Portland Livestock show, and that the big meet now held for the first time will In an unqualified success is pre dicted by those who are In charge. Yesterday afternoon the ' grounds were visited by thousands who went out for the first time to see what the place really looks like. It is safe to whole grounds form a natural am phitheater, with the race track In the middle, so that everybody In the or bleachers or outside can see the en-, tire track. The track has been thoroughly worked and Is In excellent shape, and i there ought to be some fine races, es-: lo0,av , vUmv 0f the quality of ,.,.,,,.,, ,llat fills up the racnR ,,.,. ! blcs. It only needs a glance at the mile oval to tell one that the man- 2:16 t'-ot, best 3 in 5 Daybreak 1 1 1 General II 3 4 3 Xncl 3 4 .1 Delia Derby 5 3 4 Time, 211 3-4; 2:11 : 2:104;; j (equals record for the state of BLUE BLQGD IT STOCK EXHIBIT gnu.) country. I he men, it Is alleged. re- Four furlongs, running Rusterj eelved opium from Vancouver, B. C, Brown won: Hegarden second; Sallio and were members of a syndicate en Gondwin third: time, :4Si:,. .gaged in smuggling the drug. II INTEREST The Eagles' building, one of the finest business nnd lodge buildings in the city. Is to be owned Jointly by the Eagles and Woodmen of the World, the decision to purchase a half inter est, having been made at a meeting of the Woodmen last evening. Some time ago the offer to sell a story brick structure with a pressed half interest in their building was brick front and Is 75x96 feet. At pros made by the Eagles and members of j ent the first floor Is occupied by the the Woodman lodge have had the Wilcox Implement company and by matter under consideration for some Sam Forshnw, there being one store time. Iist night the proposition was j room left vacant. "There are two np- fully discussed and the vote taken showed that the majority of those members present believed the invest ment to be a good one. The building will be owned Jointly by the two lodges, the ownership be ing divided equally In the building and furniture Just as It stands. Tho plans for handling the property have not yet been worked out and will be left lo the board of managers of the Woodmen and the board of trustees f the Eagles. These two bodies will STUBY IHUEH III BANK MEETING Conference at Washington to Safeguard Depositors and Stockholders. NATIONAL RANK EXAMINERS TOLD THE DEFINITION'. I C'ii:ir:.l'cr f mn cj.cy Says Rank Is .Not insolvent I mil All Capital and Surplus Arc so Absorbed by Its oses That Assets Will Not Pay De positors und Creditors) Wants Uni formity in Closing Regulations. Washington, Sept. 22. "A bank is not Insolvent until its entire capital and surplus are absorbed by losses and its assets are insufficient to cover its liabilities for deposits and other creditors exclusive of capital stock." Such a definition will hereafter govern the bank examiners of the United States in their investigations of the institutions under their supervis ion. It is the definition of Comptrol ler of the Currency Lawrence O. Mur ray, who today continued the grilling examination of the national bank ex ii miners from east of the Mississippi river who are In session here. Comptroller Murray declared that an Impairment of capital was often taken for Insolvency and that mis- made fcy examIner9. He (wants uniformity in closing insttu ; Hons. WILL BUILD RAILROAD TO REACT I LA GRANDE La Grande, Sept. 22. "I am con- fldent the Central railroad, now run- I ning between Union Junction and Cove, will be extended to reach La - ' ,., ,n , ture. Capitalists have gone over the ground and report such steps will be taken," said Robert Marr. Mr. Marr, who Is one of the direc trs and stockholders of the Central railroad, is In the city and states that r: a a r.inl'l f raoont .-let. ... V. I. I,, of Kyml st(K.kholjcrs that he is confident that the original plans of the company will be carried out. They spent several days looking over the valley and were well pleased. Much of the preliminary work may be done this fall, hut, at any rate, Mr. j Marr Is confident tha active work I extending the road through the Sand 1 ridge into La Grande will be com menced early next spring Also, the road up Catherine creek, tapping the Immense timber belt in that vicinity. CANADIAN POACHERS VIOLATE AGREEMENT Washington. Sept. 22. TJiat Ca nadian fishermen engaged the past summer seal poaching in Alaska wa ters In violation of the agreement be tween the United States and Gre;yt Britain is the substance of the report that Captain Rertholoff, United States revenue cutter bears to the treasury department. He names the schooner Thomas H. Bayard as al liged offender in this case. An In vestigation has been started. It Is alleged the Bayard had 2S seals aboard during July of this year. MAK E RIG II M L OF SMUGGLED OPIUM. San Francisco, Sept. 22 Fifty tins of opium were seized heer when W. J. McMullen, Arthur M. Jones and Charles .fwanson. marine firemen of this city, were arrested today upon a Ore-(charge of smuggling opium Into this L form the Joint building board. As soon as the details are worked out the deal will be closed and it is probable that the new ownership will begin the first of the year. The building was erected In the fall of 1905 and Is a handsome three- plicants for the rental of this, how ever and It Is probable that It will be rented within a few days. The two office rooms on the second floor are occupied by Justice of the Peace Parkea. while the lodge hall Is occupied five evenings in the week. The small lodge room on the same floor will also be used a few evenings In each week during the winter. The large banquet hall and kitchen Is located on the third floor making It an ideal building for lodge purposes.
