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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 22.
PENDLETON, OIJEfiON, TUESDAY, JANUAHV 4, 1910.
NO. 6789
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TRUST UNITES i
. WITH TRUST!
Colossal Merger of Morgan,
Ryan and Morton Com
oanies Consummated.
TRIPLE ALLIANCE HAS
CONTROL OP $150,000,000
Merger the largest of ItH Kind In
V. S. New Cdrabln0 Will Be
Known As Guaranty Trust Company
Three Parties Are Big Figures in
Financial Circle No President Is
Yet Elected Hemphill May Be
Namod.
New York, Jan. 4. J. Pierpont
Morgan, Thomas F. Ryan and Levi
P. Morton linked hands In New York
yesterday in a trust company merger
which unites resources of 115.000.000.
It is a triple combination, bringing
In the Guarantee Trust company, the
Morton Trust company, and the Fifth
Avenue Trust company, all of this
city, under one head with the title
of the Guaranty Trust company.
The merger Is perhaps the largest
of Its kind in the United States. Di
rectors of all three companies met
yesterday and Informally approved
the terms of the merger, which will
be put in more definite form tomor
row, when another directors' meeting
will be held and the plan ratified by
stockholders. A formal vote w'll
not be taken until later.
Levi P. Morton, president of the
Morton Trust company, and of the
Fifth Avenue Trust company both
known as Morton-Ryan concerns
has consented to act as chairman
of the board of the merged com
panies. No president has been se
' lected. The name of Alexander J.
Hemphill, vice president of the Guar
anty Trust company, has been men
tioned for the position.
Terms of Merger Concealed.
The Morton Trust company, for
merly the banking house of Bliss
Morton & Co., was organized in 1899.
Thomas F. Ryan Is vice president.
Its deposits aggregate more than
145.000.000. Like the Guaranty
Trust company, its capital and sur
plus are-$2,000,000 each. ;
The Fifth Avenue Trust company,
founded ten years ago, is one of the I
better known uprtown financial Instl-
tutlons. With a capital and surplus
of $1,000,000 each, It has paid large!
dividends. The capital stock of the
new company probably will be fixed
at $5,000,000, with perhaps a like
amount 'for surplus. It Is believed
that the merger will Involve the
largo stock and cash dividends to the
shareholders of the threo companies.
The present premises of the Fifth
Avenue Trust company will be retain
ed as a branch of the combined com
panies while the main offices will b?
In the financial district.
It was rumored that the Morgin
interests had acquired the holdings
of Thomas F. Ryan In the Morton
Trust company, but no statement on
this point was obtainable.
JOHN I. JR. INSERTS PROBE
IN WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC
New Yortt, Jan. 4. The Rockefel
ler grand Jury of which John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., Is foreman, today Is
probing tho while slave traffic In New
York.
OF
TO
From present Indications there will
be few prosecutions In this county as
the result of failure of public and pri
vate ditch owners to screen their
ditches In conformity with the laws
of the state. The Byers' mill race,
and the Walters' mill race have al
ready been screened. The big feed
canal of the government project tit
Hertnlston Is being screened and th
Irrlgon Irrigation company will put
In screens Just as soon as they begin
taking water out of the river.
While these are the principal ditch
es which had not already been pro
vided with appliances to save tho
trout, a largo number of private per
sons arc also following the lead of
the "big fellows" and Deputy Game
and Fish Warden Turner says that
his efforts, so far. to find any -ne
who Is disregarding the law, havo
been without avail. Ho- is still look
ing for violators of the law. however,
and if any can bo found their cases
will be presented to the grand jury
which Is now In session, or its succes
sor, next week.
Tho members of the local anglcH'
association are more than delighted
OWNERS
INSTALL
ROCKY MT. RLIZZAKD v
EXACTS IIKAVV TOLL
Denver. Jun. 4. Eight per
sons aro dend, hundreds of cat
tle and Bheep have perished,
railroad traffic Is demoralized,
and wire communication is pros
trated as the result of blizzards
and rains resulting In floods
that swept the Kocky Mountain
states for the lust three days.
Four men are reported to have
been killed near Shenandoah,
Colorado, by snow slides. One
man and two boys, their names
unlearned, were frozen to death
In New Mexico near the Colo
rado line last evening. At the
Iowa mine In this state, a miner
was burled beneath a snow ava
lanche and his body has not yet
been recovered. Reports from
all sections of the mountainous
states indicate that the storms
have boen general and heavy
damage caused.
NEW YEAR'S DESSERT
FATAL TO FEASTERS
Sawtelie, Cal., Jan. 4. Four are
dead and six are expected to die here
today as a result of eating canned
peaches at a New Year's celebration
at the home of Alphonso Ferrandez.
The dead are Mrs. D. G. Valdez, aged
66, of Ocean Park; Frank Garra,
aged 13, a grandson of Mrs. Valdez;
Mrs. Ferrandez, aged 25 of Sawtelie
and Elezabeth Ferrandez, aged 2, a
child of Mrs. Ferrandez. Among
those not expected to live throughout
tho day are Mrs D., H. Reclado, a son
In law of Mrs. Valdez, his daughter
Virginia and his son Antone, aged 4,
Ramona Gurcia aged 12, and G. Reyes
aged 68.
HEAVY ItAIXS PREVENTED
BURYING OF THE DEAD
Pomona. Calif., Jan. 4. Because
the rains filled the graves nearly as
fast as they could be dug, bodies
which" were to have been Interred
nearly a week ago were not burled
until today. During the heavy rain
storm just passed over this section, of
the state, the bodies of seven persons
were held by undertakers on account
of the storm. Funeral services were
held as usual, but the bodies were
kept In the undertaking parlors. Had
the rain continued longer, special ar
rangements would have been neces
sary to store tho bodies. Four bodies
were Interred yesterday and three to
day. IF MINERS HELP SWITCHMEN
SMELTERS WTLL SHUT DOWN
Butte, Jan. 4. Upon the decision
tonight of Butte miners as to wheth
er they will continue to support the
striking switchmen hinges the em
ployment of twenty thousand men.
The Amalgamated Copper company
announced today that If the miners
vote to continue to lend their aid to
the striking switchmen It will close
down all its plants in Montana and
Wyoming, throwing miners., smelter
men and quarrymen out of work. The
Great Falls Smeltermen's union whose
members have suffered from priva
tion due to the shutdown of the Bos
ton and Montant smelters, last night
voted to. aid the railroads In carrying
on the switching In order that tho
plant might be reopened.
FAMOUS AVIATOR MEETS
DEVTII DURING FLIGHT
Bordeau. France, January 4. Lon
Delegrande, the famous aviator, was
killed here today when hts aeroplane
collapsed while 'making a flight.
The backward man sometimes ex
periences trouble In forging ahead.
with the results of their ttg.i.itiori and
they now believe that last year's ex
ceptionally fine fishing will be re
peated for a number of years to "onto.
They are particularly well pleased
with the result, of their efforts to pre
vent a repetition of the wholesale de
struction of fish on the Knintilla pro
ject. Senator Bounv Rentiers Aid.
A letter received from Senator
Bourne, chairman of the senate com
mittee on fisheries, tells of his hav
ing taken the matter up with Secre
tary vBalllnger and of having been
given every assurance that the in
take ditches will be properly screen
ed In future. ' Ho asks to be kept
posted In regard to the matter and de
sires to be notified by wire, nt his ex
pense. If at any time Immediate ac
tion is regarded as necessary.
In addition lo the telegram receiv
ed from Congressman Ilawlc-y. a let
ter hits also been received In which
he states that It is the desire of tho
department at Washington to protect
the trout and lt was . supposed tit
Washington that this detail would be
attended to without any special order.
HASTEN
POSTAL BUSINESS FOR 1909
WAS GREATEST Iff HISTORY OF CITY
PENDLETON' POSTAL BUSINESS Fort THE PAST YEA It WAS
GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF THE
CITY. IT SURPASSED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS THE
TOTAL BUSINESS FOR 1908 AND '08 WAS A RECORD BREAKER.
THE BUSINESS .FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. JUST
CLOSED, WAS THE HEAVIEST OF ANY MONTH IN HISTORY
AND THE QUARTER JUST CLOSED WAS LIKEWISE THE BEST
QUARTER THE OFFICE HAS EVER KNOWN.
ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE POST-
OFFICE, AS COMPILED BY HARRY REES, ASSISTANT POST-
MASTER, THE BUSINESS BY QUARTERS FOR THE PAST TWO
'YEARS HAS BEEN AS FOLLOWS: ,
Quarter ending '09 '08
March 31
June 30
Sept. 30 -.
Dec. 31
Totals
Gain over 'OS .'. $322.00
THE BUSINESS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, JUST
CLOSED. REACHED THE SUM OF $3025.24 WHEREAS FOR LAST
YEAR THE DECEMBER BUSINESS AMOUNTED TO BUT $2340.91.
WHEN THE $20,000 MARK WAS PASSED DURING 1908, THE
ADVENT MEANT AN INCREASE OF $100 PER ANNUM IN THE
SALARY OF POSTMASTER BROWN. THIS YEAR MR. BROWN
GETS NO INCREASE YET HE EXPRESSES GRATIFICATION
OVER THE FACT HAT THE RECORD FOR HEAVY BUSINESS
DURING DECEMBER SAVED THE DAY FOR HIS OFFICE. UNTIL
DECEMBER THE RECORD WAS PRACTICALLY THE SAME AS
FOR 1908 BUT THE HEAVY CHRISTMAS BUSINESS RUN THE
FIGURES AHEAD OF THE MARK FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
.
PAISLEY CENTER OF 1
IMMENSE ICE FLOE
LAKI
COUNTY TOWN
MAY BE SWEIT AWAY
Oiewaucan Hive on RuniMigc, Car
rie Huge li'o Blocks Through Uic
Streets WuUr Freezes When It
l Reaches Ix'vcl People Have Tn
'en t Highlands.
Paisley, Ore.. Jan. 3. (By courier
to Lake View, Ore.) Paisley is In
imminent danger of destruction by a
flood and citizens of that communi
ty mave fled to higher ground. The
Chewaucan river Is on a rampage
carrying huge cakes of ice through
the principal 'streets" of the town.
The river has spread over the entire
valley surrounding Palsiey. congeal
ing Into an immense Ice floe. For
two miles the channel of the river Is
a solid nuiss of ice. Ice Jams have
battered clown the bridges connecting
Paisley with the outside world.
As fast as the rushing water reach
es the comparatively level ground It
freezes, This has been going on since
December 20. The present situation
Is without parallel In the town's his
tory. The weather here Is exceeding
ly changeable, and it is feared a Chi
nook wind may come suddenly and
convert the hundreds of tons of Ice
Into water and cause thousands of
dollars worth of damage.
CONGRESS DECLARES RECESS
IN RESPECT TO M'LAURIN
Washington, Jan. 4. Congress
convened today after Its two weeks of
holiday recess, both houses going Into
session exactly at noon. Only a brief
session was field In each house on
account of the 'death during the
Christmas holidays of Senator Mc
Laurin of Mississippi. The senate ad
journed at 12:09 o'clock.
DR. COOK MAY SHOW
HIMSELF IN DENMARK
Copenhagen. Jan. 4. The an
nouncement of Secretary Lonsdale,
who bore Dr. Frederick A. Cook's
polar data to Copenhagen, that he has
been in personal communication with
the explorer, has g.ven -rise to the
hope that Cook will come to Den
mark and appeur personally before
the committee that recently rejected
J his claims to the polar discovery.
RIVER BOAT BLOWS IT
KILLING SEVERAL MEN
Pittshurg. Jan. 4 Several men are
reported to have been killed when a
river boat blew up over Beaver, near
this city, shortly afternoon today.
Will Identify Woman's Body.
Santa Monica. Cal . Jan. S. The
body of a 'young woman washed
ashore yesterday at a point on the
Mnlihu ranch. 27 miles north of this
city, will be brought here tomorrow
an expedition having started for the
place totlay. Descriptions of the
clothing and general appearance make
It quite certain that the body Is that
rnf tvilne Borde. the San Luis Obispo
school teacher who disappeared from j When searched a complete bur
it hotel here on December 14. Iglt'-r's outfit was found upon Kennedy.
All Quiet at Barcelona.
Madrid, Jan. 3. The governor of
linrceiona has telegraphed that abso
lute quite prevails at Barcelona and
throughout all of Catalonia and that
there has been no attempt nt a gen
eral strike. Dispatches received from
that city Indicate an anarchist. c
movement.
$5075.94 $4652.96
.... 4597.84 4759.70
'. ... 4561.46 4566.21
.( 6338.97 6273.90
$20,574.21
$20,252.77
ECLIPSES RECORDS
l0 BUSINESS TOWERS OVER
THAT OF PREVIOUS YEARS
IflOtt Plieiiomciiul HcN-cipts Exceeded
". by Thousand Dollars Over Four
Thousand listruinent Placed on
Record Office Self-supporting.
C ... !
' According to Hie
annual report.
now . in course of
preparation by
C ounty Recorder Fred W. Hendlev,
the business of his office for the year
itftis breaks all former records. The
phenomenal receipts of the office for
the year 1908 have been exceeded by
more than a thousand dollars, while
tile number of instruments placed on
record mounts into the thousands.
Tho total number of instruments
uctually placed on file during the
year was 4612, while the total receipts
of the office amounted to S5.621.5ti.
The total receipts for the year 190$
were $4615.30, leaving a balance in
favor of the past year of $1,006.25.
That this office is more than self-1
supporting is indicated by the fact
that while the receipts' amounted to
$5,621.55, the salaries only amount
ed to $4500, leaving a balance In fa
vor of the county of $1,121.55.
According to Recorder Hendley, the
growth of the business of the office
has been steady ever since his en
cumbency, but in no one previous
ear has there been such a remark
able showing over its predecessor.
A BURGLAR-BAROX.
Robber Killed In Chicago Was Head
of House of Ec)ex.
Chicago, Jan. 4. It developed to
day that Lord Featherstonhaugh, the
rightful head of Essex, England, and
the house of that name, was shot and
killed by a policeman on New Year's
morning. Harry D. Featherston, slain
while robbing a saloon was no other
than the last of that famous line ln
England. Mrs. Eliza Featherston
haugh, the dead man's mother, and
William W. Featherstonhaugh. his
uncle, still retain the titled name that
Mrs. Featherstonhaugh's father had
when he was disinherited for mar
riage against the family wisltes. His
son changed his name when he be
came what the family thought was a
professional broker. The first Inti
mation of Harry Fetherstonhaugh's
alleged criminal record came to the
family yesterday at the Inquest over
his body. The coroner's Jury com
mended Patrolman Maloney for killing
the robber-baron.
HOLDUP MN CAUGHT BY
VICTIMS DURING ROBBKRY
Uitkersfield, Cal., Jan. 3. A man
giving the name of Hank Kennedy
entere 1 a saloon in East Bakersfield
at 8:30 last nlpht with a drawn re-
! volver and ordered the five men In
the bar room to throw up their hands
which they promtly did. While the
desperado was abstracting a purse
; from one man's pocket, another of
J the victims jumped the hold-up man
and the whole five joined In suhdu-
; Ing him.
His description has been wired to th
principal cities us that of a probably
much wanted criminal.
Mrs. Anna M. Klnnersley has re
turned from The Dalles, where she
has been visiting since before Christ
mas. She Is spending the winter nt
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jam-s
Cooper of West Alta street.
DYNAMITE SHAKE IP
WHETS MAN'S APPETITE
Medford,, Ore., Jan. 4. After
being hurled twenty 'feet
'I
through the air by the prema-
ture explosion of dynamite on
o the Pacific Eastern railroad last
evening, John Messlno, a labor-
er, awoke this morning in a lo-
cal hospital and demanded to
know where he was, asked for
his pipe and a plate of ham and
eggs. The nurse, leaving him
for a few minutes was astound-
ed on her return to find him
standing by the window en-
grossed by the street scene be-
low. Beyond complaining of a
headache, Messino apparently
was uninjured though he re-
malned unconscious all night.
Now he begs to be discharged
, and allowed to return to work.
THE STONES ACCUSED.
In Bloody Murder of Morgan Shlvely
t'oroner's Jury Returns Verdict.
Los Angeles, Jan. 4. A coroner's
Jury In the case of Morgan Shlvely,
the Pacific Electric railway conduc
tor who was killed early Sunday
morning In the home of G. A. Stone,
at San Gabriel, rendered a verdict
yesterday which Implicated Mr. and
Mrs. Stone In the murder.
"Death was caused by the severing
of the ulna artery in the forearm by
a knife wielded by some unknown j troops have been divided evidently
person," the verdict says, but this displaying Estrada's determination
statement Is followed by a recom- j not to TiBk hlg entire command In a
mendatlon that both Stone and his j derive engagement. One division is
wife, who are now In the custody of , sajnng up the San Juan river and
Sheriff Hammel, with no chanrge : lt , believed the insurgents' com-
against them, "be held to the higher mander plans to send this detacfr- '
courts." ment upon the capital by way of Lake
Sheriff Hammel and several depu-, Managua. The second rebel force la
ties made a searching investigation ; marching by way of .Aceropa. ' To
today !n an effort to solve the mys- avoid a ciash with the government
tery of the murder by the finger print j troopg jn that vicinity, if such is
method. What the result of the in- , Estrada's intention, it will be neces
vestigation was the sheriff refused to 8arv that the body maHe , a detour
state tonight. ' ! n0rth or south of the city. Estrada
Many mysterious circumstances ' now hil8 unaer his command five
connected , with the death of Shlvely thousand men. Although many of
are still to be cleared up. That all . these are recruits,. the entire force is
of. the clothes he wore previous to j t0 be welj equipped and, far su
the time when he leaped through the ( perlor ln thls respect to the govern-' " -
kitchen window of the Stone home In ment troops. .
a nude state were burned In the ' , -
Ultnhan -i tt ir.i If! tVia hnllua i a nn a.
tablished fact, but the reason for I
hnrnln? the earments Is not known.
No trace of the weapon used has been
found .
I destroyed the plant of the American
DEATH TURNS ROMANCE ! Bridge company shortly after mid-
INTO CRUEL TRAGEDY : nlgnt. The dead are Captain John
; Hennessy, Lieutenant Domlnyk Oden-
San Francisco, Jan. 4. A romance eIli ppeman William Foley and
came to light today following the pipeman Joseph Sullivan. The four
death of Frank M. Jermyn, the scran- men were members of the first corn
ton coal baron. Jermyn who died pany to reach the fire. They were
yesterday from injuries received when . r.ia lng a stream of water on the walls
struck by a street car, has been en- ' of the east wine of the buildtnir when
Baped to marr' Mrs. Clara Wads-
worth of Oakland for the last four
years The wedding was set for Feb-
ruary 25. Mrs. Wadsworth is the di
vorced wife of Joseph A. Wadsworth,
former'.y paying teller, of the Wells
Fargo National bank of San Fran
cisco. She and Jermyn had planned
an automobile party and dinner for
an early hour the day the milllonary
was struck and fatally injured. She
was at Jermyn's bedside when he died.
Baseball Heads Meet.
New York, Jan. 4 President Thom
as J. Lynch, of the National League
and John Heydler left New York to
day for Cincinnati where they will at
tend a meeting of the national base
ball commission. President Lynch,
and Ban Johnson, the official head
of the American league hold the bal
ance of power ln the coming com
mission election and their choice for
president will decide the Issue. . It is
expected here that Garry Herrman of
Cincinnati will be reelected.
Fatal Train Wreck.
Bowling Green. Ky.. Jan. 4. Many
persons are reported to have been in
jured when the Louisville and Nash-
vllle railroad southbound passenger
train No. 3 collided with the nortli-
hound local passenger at Oakland, ten
miles north of this city.
T
SED OF RETRIBUTORY JUSTICE
According to reports which are just
now becoming public property there
was a wholesale poisoning on wood al
cohol in this city on Christmas day.
The victims, as well as those respon
sible for the poisoning have been do
ing till In their power to have the mat-
ier kept quiet and it is for that reason
that the general public is just now be-
.-l ining familiar with the details of
the affair.
As the slory runs, some man who
makes Pendleton his headquarter'-
shipped In a harrrl of whiskey jttsr
before the holidays. The demand for
his goods was so strong that he ile-
.1 led to ivil-e H co as far -is tiossdili
and tor that reason he added liberal
ctiantitles of Pendleton's pure water,
The result of this treatment was do-
IS
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Insurgent General Will Not
Risk His Ali in One Battle
With Government.
ADVANCES ON CAPITAL
IN TWO DETACHMENTS
Revolutionist Commander Plays Or-'
tain Game Moves Toward Mana
gua by Two Different Route Has
Five Thousand Meo Under Hi
Command Troops Are Better
Equipped Than Government Sol
diers Many Recruits in Ranks.
Bluefields, Jan. 4. General Estra
da is determined not to stake the fate ,
of his revolutionists upon one battle
with the government troops at Ace
rapa if the manner of the. advance
which he. has begun upon Managua
may be taken to indicate his plans.
The insurgents are moving towards'
the capital by different routes. The
iFOUR FIRE LADDIES '
PERISH IX FLAMES
,,,,
j Milwaukee, -Jan. 4. Four firemen
i lost their lives in a fire that partially
it collapsed, burying them beneath -Its
reckage. Captain Hennessy's skull
Was crushed while the bodies of the
other firemen were terribly ground
beneath the debris.
ENGINE LEAPS TRACKS
KILLING HER CONTROLLERS
Vallejo. Jan. 4. Engineer Charles
Rosani was scalded to) death and Fire
man Guy Cameron so badly wounded
that he is practically Insane and may
I die, when a Southern Pacific engine.
oacaing at a nign rate of speed left
the rails and toppled Into a ditch
three miles north of here today en
route to Napa Junction. Rosen i was
caught in the cab where boiling water
and fire burned him so that his body
is unrecognizable.
Shoots Enemy; Suicides.
Idaho Falls, Idaho, Jan. 3. Dr. J.
W. Mercer, a veterinarian. uai shot
; and killed here tonight by W. W.
Riley, who then turned the gun upon
himself, blowing the top of his head
off. The shooting took place ln the
rear room of a cafe and was wuhout
witnesses. The men had be-. at outs
for some time owing to the fact that
I Riley's wife had left him and taken
! her residence at the homo of Dr.
j Mercer. Dr. Mercer came hre from
' Iowa about 'a year ago.
T
trimental to the quality of the drink
that intoxicates. By the time Christ
mas day was reached the stuff neith
er resembled ln looks or flavor, to
any great extent either Cyrus Noble
or Oil Bourbon. The I'legal Impor
ter of booze is then sai.Pto have tin
j dertaken to tone up the contents of
the barrel and secured a quantity of
; wood alcohol for that purpose,
I His trade continued to thrive as be-
I fore, but before the day was over 1$
I pi rsons are said to have been more
J or less badly poisoned. Those who
i were satisfied with one drink of the
i heme made ware escaped without the
services of a physician, but eight of
i the victims called In doctors, while
j one of the eight was a mighty sick
; man.
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