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-
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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.