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CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT.
Frank P. Faruiworth lu Charge of
M. C. L. & T. Co'i Warehouse.
Frank P. Farnsworth, of this city has
been appointed general manager of the
big warehouse business of the Morrow
County Land & Trust Co. in Heppner.
Mr. Farnsworth is a very competent
and well known young man and the
business of the company will be well
taken care of in his hands. He is now
in charge.
Resolutions of Condolence.
Whereas, the recent calamity which
befell our community the All Wise Cre
ator has seen fit to include our mem
bers Brother and Sister J. J. Roberts,
Brother and Sister B. F. Vaughan,
Brother and Sister Samuel McBride,
Sister C. A, Rhea, Sister Mary Howard
and Sister Matgaret Abrahamsick, and
Whereas, it is emintly fitting in rec
ognition of their many virtues that due
mention be made; therefore be it
Reolved, by San Souci Rebekah
Lodge No. 33, that while we bow with
humble submission to the will of the
Most High, we yet mourn for our broth
ers and sisters who haye been taken
away ; and be it further
"Resolved, that in their death, not
only the lodge, but alse the entire com
munity has Buffered a deep and irrepar
able loss of those who were ever ready
to lend a helping hand in times of ad
versity; honored members of our order
who were ready at all times to promote
its prosperity and general welfare.
Resolve!, that the heartfelt sympathy
of this lodge be extended to the families
f the deceased in their bereavement.
Resolved, that these resolutions be
Bpread upon the minutes of this lodge,
and a copy thereof be transmitted to
the families of our deceased members,
and that a copy be forwarded to the
Pacific Odd Fellow, and each of the
newspapers of Heppner.
S. P. Devix,
C. T HlMi'IIKEYS,
E. M. Shutt,
Committee.
DIED.
FLORENCE At the residence of Mrs.
Brock, in Heppner, July 23, 1903,
Mrs. Catharine Louis Florence, aged
88 years, 5 months and 22 days.
The funeral was conducted at the
Heppner cemetery Friday afternoon.
Advertised Letters.
The following letters remain uncalled
for in the postoflice at Heppner. In
calling for these letters say 'advertised.'
Chase, A B Douglas, Stephen
Davidson, Wm Frey, J M
Franklin, Mattie Fridley, Lewis
Gorrell, D H Higgins, Phil
LewiB, W J Lord, H C
Miller, M L Richmond, V E
Wilkin, Frtfnk
Gertri de Crawford, Acting P. M.
The skeleton of a 75-foot whale
will be od exhibition at the St.
Louis fair.
HAS 'CONFESSED
WONG HONG QtlONG TELES ALL
ABOUT CHINESE MURDER.
Broke Down Completely When
Captured by Sheriff Shutt
at Monument.
Sheriff E. M. Shutt arrived in this
city Saturday morning at 10 o'clock with
Wong Hong Quang, the confessed mur
derer of W'ODg Ching. Mr. Murphy,
the Monoment merchant, driving the
team for Mr. Shutt.
It was a worn out, dusty looking
party, both the officer and prisoner
showing the effects of hard work.
Since the mysterious disappearance of
Quang, the n urderer, on Wednesday,
July 15, Sheriff Shutt had worked al
most day and night, and could not stand
for the idea of being bo cleverly out
witted by a murderous Chink. But the
Chinaman was gone without leaving
even a track in the dust and the sheriff
had very little to work upon.
The body ot Ching, the murdered
man, was found floating at the mouth of
Willow creek, on Monday, the 13th ot
July, and not much was thought of the
matter until Wednesday, when Gong
Lane, a Chinese restaurant keeper of
Heppner, called upon George Conser
and stated that he thought that Quang
was the murderer. When Lane made
this known, Quang, or China Henry was
on the Btreet, and had previously made
no attempt to get away, but when
Sheriff Shutt was telephoned for and
arrived on the scene a few minutes later,
Quang was no where to be found.
Men were sent out on way roads lead
ing out of Heppner, and every hiding
place in the city was thoroughly searched
but Quang was not to be found.
Quang had not been seen. The first
clue came from a timber cruiser by the
name of Martin, who had walked in
from Wall creek Thursday. In talking
with W. L. Smith, at the county clerk's
office, Mr. Martin was telling about be
ing very tired, but said that be had the
consolation of meeting a Chinaman out
in the road who was just as tired as he
was.
In speaking with Mr. Smith, Mr.
Martin's description of the Chink that
he met tallied with that of Quang.
Sheriff Shutt was notified, and heav
ing a sigh of relief at even this much of
a clue, immediately started out. The
officer correctly surmised that the China
man was heading for Mouument, where
some of bis cousins resided, who are
engaged in scrubbing Boiled linen.
Mr. Shutt rode all nieht and got into
Monument early in the morning. Avoid
ing as much publicity as possible, he
made inquiry as to the arrival or de
parture of a Chinaman in the quiet little
town. Not a person had 8e?n the Mon
gol come in, and no passengers had left
on the stage. It looked discouraging,
The Chinese wash house was an un
pretentious looking shack, but Mr.
Shutt was not ready to give up. En
ffaging the help of two persons at Mr.
Murphy's store to guard the doors while
he went in, the sheriff leisurely walked
in and innocently asked if Quang had
been there.
With a blank smile and never missing
a lick with the polishing iron, the wash
house man did not sabby.
Mr. Shutt made it a little plainer.
"Oh no, I no sabby, I not see him.
He no been here."
The sheriff commenced a search of
the building. He looked through the
cellar and the lower part of the build
ing and was about to give it up, when
he noticed a manhole in the ceiling.
Not withont some protest from the in
dustrious wash man, be jerked a table
away from him and was not long in
squeezing through that little hole. It
was a dangerous procedure, for the
Chinaman had every advantage.
Getting his head and shoulders
through, tbe officer noticed the feet of a
man sticking out of a dark corner in the
garret, and it was not long before a
rapid fire gun was pointing in that direction.
At tbe looks of that gun the Chink
uncoiled himself where he was doubled
up like a rat, and with shaking hands
and a trembling voice of bad English
and scared Chinese, said, "No Shoot."
He was thrown a pair of handcuffs and
was not slow about putting them on as
ordered. While this was going on there
was an alarm of fire sounded and a big
blaze broke out in a building adjoining
the wash house.
The murderer was pulled down
through the manhole and hustled away
from tbe fire.
After the excitement of the fire was
over, Quang kept looking at the steel
bracelets that encircled his wrists, and
after a few questions, broke completely
down and made a full confession.
He said that he had been sleeping
with China Lane, of Heppner. That
Ching, who waB then stopping there,
had about $2000 on his person. That
Lane asked him to go to the Junction
and kill Ching and get the money and
they would get $1000 apiece. He first
refused.
Quang said that Lane went and got a
50 cent bottle of whiskey and told him
to drink that and ha would think no
more of killing a Chinaman than he
would a chicken.
Ching started for China Saturday
morning, and Quang went as far as the
Junction with him. Arriving at the
Junction Quang asked Ching to go out
under the shade of the willows and have
a parting talk. While there be struck
Ching on the head with a rock and after
taking $735 from his person, threw his
boby into the Columbia, at the mouth
ot Willow creek. Quang said that he
was mad about Lane lying to him about
the amount of money and when he came
back to Heppner that night he gave
Lane $225.
When captured Quang did not have
any money, but said that he had given
it all to Lane, but when the sheriff went
to the place of hiding and found $510 in
gold wrapped in a towel, Quang made
the confession as stated above.
Quang while in the garret was not
armed, having left a heavy revolver
with the Chinamen below.
Quang says that while Lane was talk
ing to George Conser about the affair
on Wednesday morning, he was stand
ing near and Lane told him, in Chinese,
to get out quick and go to the Susan
ville country where he was well ac
uqainted and could get away in the
mountains. He lost no time in getting
out, having walked right up Main street.
He hid in the gulches in the day time
and only traveling at night, having
eaten but very little food during the ten
days that fie was in hiding.
When the iron doors of the steel cage
in the Morrow county jail were closed
and locked behind him, Quang broke
down and cried like a child.
As soon as the confession was made,
Sheriff Shutt telephoned to Geo. Conser
of this city to apprehend Lane. Lane
was in Portland at the time. Clue
Hunt was advised and Lane was soon
located and placed under arrest.
Sheriff Shutt left here Saturday even
ing, drove to Arlington and was back to
Heppner Monday morning at 1 o'clock
with Lane, having made a remarkably
quick trip.
Sheep Poisoned.
Trairie City, Ore., July 23. Charles
Johnson, who has just come in from
Dixie mountain, brings the information
that a large number of sheep have been
poisoned in that vicinity. The report is
that a mixture ot salt, sulphur and salt
peter was put out where the band of
sheep could get at it. The information
is that 50 sheep were killed and a num
ber more were badly poisoned, although
they have not died as yet.
Along with this a number of cattle
were found dead, having been poisoned.
But it is not known w hether they were
poieoned from the sheep poison or were
poisoned in revenge for the death of the
sheep. Both cattle and sheep men are
endeavoring to occupy this section of
the country, and although hostilities be
tween these two classes of owners are
brewing, this is the first appearance of
the war being actually on.
Strange as the occurrence may seem,
some of the sheepmen deny that any
deliberate poisoning was committed, but
that the sheep came to their death by
eating alkali. One sheepowner reports
that on opening the stomachs of some
of the dead sheep he found a large, bard
ball of alkali.
Says irierrlll is Alive.
Baker City, Or., July 27. Two ex
convicts, Gale and Barclay, who served
a 10-years' sentence in the penitentiary
at Salem, and who were there when
Tracy and Merrill escaped, tell an in
teresting story to the effect that Merrill
is still alive. Gales, who was formerly
a resident of this county, tells the
story.
He says that he bad charge of the
prison baths and knew Merrill well.
Merrill, he says, had very little hair on
bis body, scarcely any on his breast.
Merrill had two upper false teeth and
two gold ones in front. The body of the
man which was brought in and buried
as Merrill's had a heavy growth on the
breast and all the upper front teeth
were gone. Gale says that the man
supposed to be Merrill was decoyed to
tbe place where he was killed and shot
by both Tracy and Merrill.
Merrill, according to Gale's story,
wished to leave the country, but Tracy
was anxious to meet a woman whom he
knew and who hovered around his
neighborhood all the time he was keep
ing up the running fight with the offi
cers. Fitzsimmons Gets JTIarriag'e License
San Francisco, July 24. Robert Fitz
Simmons, actor and pugilist, was today
granted a license to wed Julia May Gif
ford. The ceremony will take place to
morrow at the young lady's hotel. The
groom-to-be gave his age as 41 and that
of the bride as 23. Both claim New
York as their homes.
To Cure Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund tbe money if it
fails to oure. E. W. Grove's signa
ture is on eaob box. 25o.
COAL
The Heppner Railroad & Coal Coir.
pany is now prepared to furnish coal at
the company's mines, in the Willow
creek basin, at $3 per ton. Bunkers are
finished and scales are ready for weigh
ing. UEU. (JUNSEK,
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LEADING HARD
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spection of our display
Gilliam
DraggedDoivn
Feeling
In the loins.
Nervousness, unrefreshlng sleep, despon
dency. It is time you were doing something.
The kidneys were anciently called the
reins in your case they are holding the
reins and driving you into serious trouble.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Acts with the most direct, beneficial effect
on the kidneys. It contains the best and
safest substances for correcting and toning
these organs.
C. E. WOODSEN,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
Office In Palace Hotel Heppner, Oregon
Good Horseshoeing
Is my Bpecialty. I keep the right kind
of a man for thie purpowe. No extra
charge for the care taken.
Blacksmithing & Woodwork
I am well prepared for the spring rush
of work and can handle o. ders promp Jy.
Wagon Making and Genera!
Repairing
W. P. Scrivner, Heppner
Red Front Livery &
feed Stables
Stewart A. Kirk, Props
FIRST-CLASS:
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Kept constantly on hand
and can be furnishes on
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