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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-11-06
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II. III. Hill was in Pendleton Tuesday.
Jack Tom1lnse@s was up from Umatilia
Saturday.
Mrs. Areta Plamondon is visiting
friends in Lewiston.
j. T. Lieuallen was in town from
Adams Wednesday.
Mrs. Frank Gagnon, of Cul de Sac,
Idaho, is in the city.
~ Able Jones is learning the barber's
trade at Keen's shop.
PHI. Tiedeman and and Ed. Payne
were in Pendleton Saturday.
Mrs. Barto and children. from Colo
radc, are visiting relatives in the city.
Ladies, get your raffia for basket
weaving at Stones Pioneer drugstore.
x B. f. Mansfield has recently COM
pleted contract in carpenter work at
Weston.
Theodore Russell was down from
Spokane and spent the week with
friends here.
DR.. Willis, physician of Seattle, was
in the city this week. He is son of
Mrs. Davenport.
Mrs. II. W. Learn and little girls left
this week for the east, where they will
spend the winter.
4 A. Kunkel, Of the firm Of Kunkel &
Co., Implement dealers, was up from
Pendleton Monday.
The gobbler is in evidence in many
back yards in Athena a reminder that
Thanksgiving is not far off,
Mrs. Richard Morrison was over from
Walla Walla and visited with friends in
this city the first of the week.
x Mr.. and Mrs. G.. @. Osburn will leave
Athena about December ], and viii
spend the winter in Portland.
u Joe Hodgson was in from his ranch
V>Tuesday. Joe has about recovered from
his long attack of rheumatism.
Mrs. A. L. Swaggart and two little
girls went down to Pendleton Tuesday
for few days visit with relatives.
1t is reported that Walter NJ. Pierce
Of Pendleton will establish an electric
light plant at Haines, in Baker county.
A man with well developed case Of
smallpox was found wandering about
the streets Of Pendleton one day this
week.
The Athena public school closed for
the week Tuesday in order that the
teachers might attend the institute al
Weston.
The Peoples Warehouse, Pendleton,
is out with another prize offering. Read
its announcement on the last page OF
this paper.
~ Eng Quong las purchased the 0. *
restaurant and win take possession
Monday. He viii serve first class meals
at all hours.
On his fine Wild Horse farm, Ed
Simpson has just completed 200 yards
Of levee, with the object Of protecting
some valuable bottom land, subject t.
overflow during high water periods.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-11-06
GERKING FLAT "FLATs."

Wick Harris visited Athena on busi-
ness Monday.
j. N. B. Gerking finished digging
spuds Monday.
lM>The thermometer registered rs in the
shade Sunday.
NJ Clarence Whiteman is out on hunt
this week.
A fine display of electric lights from
the north pole was visible here last Sat
urday morning.
Alexander McKinzie was a business
visitor on the Flat Tuesday.
Chas. and Dean Gerking were in PEN
dleton Saturday.
Miss Bette Scott, Of Fresno, CAL, is
at the Scott home on an extended visit.
| A rural electric light line is being
talked of by some Of the enterprising
citizens of this neighborhood. 1t is
| thought that a gasoline engine of about
~ horse power would be sufficient to
operate small circuit and could be
handled very cheaply.
JohnC. Walter has lately purchased
16O acre farm from his brother Charles.
The land lies on the Helix road at the
crossing of Sand Hollow. Now if this
were only leap year, John would more
than likely soon have cook.
The barbwire telephone line running
out to the Flat and beyond will soon be
changed to high line, which will be
more satisfactory than the present one.
UNo.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-11-06
Miller, The RuStIer

n Misses Effie and Una Smith and Ed.
gar Smith, children of E. L. Smith of
Pendleton, are visiting at the McEwen
home in this city.
Robert Jameson, of Weston, is in a
Walla Walla hospital, receiving treat
nent for paralysis. One arm from the
elbow down is affected.
Pev. w. e. Arnfeld spent the week
in Pendleton, assisting Rev. Warner in
conducting series of meetings in the
M. e. church in that city.
Rev. j. W. Jenkins announces the
subject for Sunday morning at Christian
church: "Jesus as Man of Prayer
evening subject, 1.-THE Great Refusal
Mrs. Davenport, who has been i'll for
several months, has gone to Pendleton,
where she will be under the care of her
daughter, Mrs. Lee Moorehouse, of that
city.
Mrs. Hill, who went to Lewiston, (not
to Joseph, as erroneously reported in
the Press last week. reports her mother
as somewhat improved upon her arrival
there.
Mrs. d. G. Baker has moved into her
town house from the Lockwood ranch.
Mr.. Baker is at present taking care OF
his corn crop there and will come in
later.
Mrs. Lizzie Jones offers her fall and
winter ready-to-wear hats at cost, from
now on through the season. Trimming
to order and making over hats a spec
ialty.
G.. @. Osburn offers his household
goods at private sale. Furniture and
other articles are in first class condition
and will be sold reasonable. Investigate
at once.
1t is reported that Will McCollum
has purchased the residence of Mrs. G.
Waterman, now occupied by him. Mrs.
Waterman will make her home with hel
son in Spokane.
Raymond Victor Wilkins, the 16-year-
old son of Chas. Wilkins, the agent oi
the Umatilla reservation, died at the
home of his father, Tuesday morning
| ~ haork fro,hIo
Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakley was uT
from Pendleton Tuesday. He disposed
Of the stock of liquors in the Mckee
saloon at sheriff's sale TO Jack Tomlin.
son, of Umatilla.
| G. M. Pierce, Weston's hustling rea
estate agent, was over for awhile Tues
day and could not resist the temptation
to do little trading with Athena mer
chants. They all do it.
Mrs. Charles Brown will serve tea al
her home in this city, on Friday after
noon, November l3, from 2 o'clock unit
5, for the benefit of the M. e. church
All are cordially invited.
Martin Madison and Mary Ladue
both Of Cayuse, were married in thu
parlors Of the Golden Rule hotel ii
PeDdleton last Friday, Rev. W. e
Arm6eld OF this city, officiating.
<.Among the teachers, who have beeI
| home during the week while not attend
! ing the institute, are Misses Alley Foss
Bertha Baker, Edna Rider, Aimee Dob
son, Mrs. Dobson and Roy Beck.
The foundation for the new parsonag
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-30
Sheriff Tries His Hand at the
Joints.
Three Places Visited and Pro-
priet0rs Arrested.
BARS ARE ALSO TAKEN
Very Little Liquor Is Found at
Amy Place.
Result of County Attorney Hun
gates InquisitIons.

Sheriff Lucas and his officers this
morning at II o'clock raided the Royal
joint at 710 Kansas avenue. the Ma
tional joint at 70S Kansas avenue, and
Ross place at 514-516 Kansas avenue.
on warrants issued by County Attorney
Hungate as the result of his LIQUOR
inquisition.
The warrant for TO Kansas avenue
called for the arrest of Fred Simmons.
Newman Hord and Pete" Plamondon
as the proprietors.
The warrant for the National at 7eS
Kansas avenue called only for the
arrest Of James Sheasiey.
The warrant for 514-516 Kansas ave-
nue. called for the arrest of Fred Ross.
Frank Murphy. Pete" Plamondon and
TURK" Simmons and John Doe as pro-
prietors.
Sheriff Lucas arranged for the three
places to be raided at the same time.
Lucas went to the Royal and an.
nounced that the place was sspuIleds %
The men called for in the warrant were
the bar.
At the National Jailer Lawson found
James Sheasley and took him to the
county Jail.
At 514-516 Kansas avenue Under
Sheriff Belts found "Turk' Simmons
behind the bar and took him to the
county Jail.
At the National no LIQUORS were
found. The bar and fixtures were ta-
ken to the court house and stored in
the basement. At the Royal a keg of
beer, pump and the bar and glasses
were seized. At Ross place two kegs
of beer, a pump, an ice chest. the bar
and glasses were seized.
By O'Clock this afternoon all the
men named in the warrants, who were
not found in the joints, reported to
Sheriff Lucas at the county Jail and
were placed under arrest.
Each of the defendants gave a bond
for $500 and was released. H. c. Lind
sey. Mike Thompson and Ed Mosier
signed the bonds.
The cases against the jointists were
brought by County Attorney Hungate
direct in the district court and all will
be required to go to trial, during the
January term of the court, before
jury without any preliminary skirmish-
ing in the city uf police courts.
County Attorney Hungate began his
inquisition at the request of the city
officers who had decided that they and
the prohibitory law. A list of the
names of 300 witnesses was given to
Mr.. Hungate by Mayor Bergundthal.
For several weeks witnesses have been
subpoenaed to appear before the county
attorney and testify. Out of the 300
names 55 witnesses have been examined
and the three cases were brought by Mr..
Hungate.
The only evidence given, which might
in any way serve to secure convictions,
was against the three joints raided to-
day. The witnesses gave some testf-
mony which may result in conviction,
but as in most cases the witnesses who
testified to buying liquor in the places
did not know who they bought the
liquor of.
The expenses of witness fees and
mileage for the IS witnesses examined
will amount to S53
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-30

James M. Barr was formerly third
vice president of the Santa Fe, the po-
sition held now by J. w. Kendrick. AS
head of the operating department he
came into conflict with the employees
of the road on various occasions by his
effort to establish the pieoe-work sys-
tenn. He displaced a great many of
and put an almost entirely new corps of
chiefs in charge.
Mr.. Barr went from the Santa Fe to
the Seaboard Air Line as first vice
president and general manager.
Mr. Barr was born in Ohio and is 80
years of age. He entered railway SER
vice in 1871 as a messenger boy in the
office of the superintendent OF the st.
Louis division of the Pennsylvania
road. Mr.. Barr entered the service of
the Burlington & Missouri River R. R.
the land commissioner. Since then he
has occupied the following positions in
their order: Secretary and chief clerk
to the general manager of the 3. & NJ.
in Nebraska, after which he became
purchasing agent of the same road: as
sistant superintendent of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Northern;
superintendent Wyoming division
and Nebraska divisions of the Union
Pacific; superintendent Chicago &
Council Bluffs division and Chicago di-
vision of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul; superintendent, assistant general
superintendent and general superin-
tendent, Great Northern railway; vice
president and general manager, Nor
folk & Western; and third vice presi-
dent, Atchison, Topeka & Santa F'e. Mr..
Bars railroad experience extends over
a period of % years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-30
ANTITRUST MEAT.
Firm Organized in Topeka to
Furnish 1t.

Four Shawnee county farmers have
esta blished a new slaughter house on
Shunganunga creek 112 miles south of
WashbuFn college, to be run as an anti
trust concern. They have in course of
erection on the farm of George Hampe
a building which will be the first home
of the new enterprise. The men who
are putting up the money are E. H.
Hewins and Hugh Hewins, stock rails
to do, George Hampe, the man on
whose farm the plant is being built,
and William Craybill, local butcher.
The building in course of construction
is of frame, and will not be very large.
The object is to get the business es-
tablished on a small scale and see how
it works before investing much money.
The four men who are associated in
the enterprise have for some time been
killing their own beeves and pork, and
marketing them to local butchers.
reputation among the butchers of the
city that they have been overwhelmed
with orders for meat. They find them
selves unable to supply the demand,
and are obliged to increase their IA
cilities for handling cattle and prepar-
ing meat for the market. The s-inde-
pendent slaughter house will fix it's
prices according to the prevailing price
of cattle and hogs, and will not be un-
der the influence of the alleged meat
trust
The new concern will not limit its
operations to slaughtering beef raised
by its owners. but it will buy cattle
and slaughter them for market. If the
rush of business continues the new
packing house ought to develop into an
important industry here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-30
TROY CLUB BURNS.
Three Prominent Citizens Lose
Their Lives.

Troy. N. Y, Dec. 3O.-Moses T.
Clough, the Nestor of the Rensselaer,
county bar and the last survivor of the
| class of 184S. of Dartmouth college;
William Shaw, head of the law firm of
Shaw, Bailey & Murphy, and Benjamin
w. Kinney, manager for the Fuller
Warren company, of Boston, Mass.
lost their lives in a fire which partially
destroyed the Troy club today. AL
though the doomed men were seen at
the windows, nothing could be done
to save them, so dense was the smoke
and so rapid the progress of the flames.
Edward Capentier, of New York, was
taken from an upper story window by
the hremen and removed to a hospital
where he is recovering from the effects
of smoke inhaled. He was in town pre-
pairing for his marriage with a young
society woman of the city. His escape
from death was regarded as one of the
remarkable features of the fire. All
the persons killed were occupying
rooms on the upper floor of the club
building, which is four stories in height
and it was this part the flames attack
ed first. The victims had retired about
10 O'clock and were sleeping soundly
when the alarm was given by thet en-
ployes An effort was made at once to
reach the sleeping apartments, but the
progress of the fire had been so rapid
that the help at hand could not make
their way to the top floor.
The fire is thought to have been
caused by a lighted cigarette being
thrown among some combustfble mater
ial. The club house was built 10 or II
years ago at q cost of half a million
dollars. The loss by fire will reach
$4,000. Mr.. Clough was 80 years of age
and Mr.. Shaw was nearly 20. Both re-
sided at the club at which Mr.. Kinney
and Mr.. Carpenter were guests. The
police report that while the fire was at
it's worst a man was discovered trying
to set fire to the building at the corner
of Broadway and Fifth avenue, occu-
pied as a newsstand. The man escaped.
1t is not believed however, that the
club house fire was of incendiary or
iofn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-30
HEARSAY EVIDENCE.
Much of It in IL. G.. Doodle In
vestigatiOn.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 30-Before the
grand jury at Kansas City, Kansas, to-
day, George Mel. Miller, member of
the board of education, told the jury.
it is said, that an agent of a Chicago
book firm told him that one of the 9TH
er members of the board had agreed to
secure a contract to supply books to
the public schools in consideration of
$500.
The school book agent then arranged
meeting with the member of the
board when a verbal agreement was
made and witnessed by two other per-
sons Mr.. Miller also told the jury, it
stated to him that a member of the
board of education had demanded 800
to get the signatures of the board for
paving in front of a school building.
George Morrison, an insurance and
the Jury that when he tried to sell tho
board of education a site for the Ban
croft school building for $4,000, agree
ing to give a member S4O0 of his COM
mission in making the deal, that the
member told him that he came too late.
Later another real estate man who had
obtained an option on the same site,
sold it to the board for $4,000.
Mr.. Morrison also testified that he
had paid NJ. G.. JONES' who was clerk
of the board until he resigned under
pressure a few months ago, rebates on
insurance. Morrison told the jury that
Jones told him that a certain member
of the board would have to be consult
ed before insurance could be let with
ont rebates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-30
FREIGHT HELD UP.
Southern Pacific Train Attack
ed by Gang Of Negroes.
Crew Driven Off and LoOting of
Cars Followed.
TWO TRAINMEN SHOT.
Conductor Gathered a Posse and
Came to Rescue.
After Some Shooting Bandits
We're Driven Of.

New Orleans, Dec. S0.-In a fiercely
1ought battle between railroad enl-
ployes and negroes, following an at
tempt to hold up a freight train on the
southern Pacific railroad, two of the
tralnmen were fatally wounded. The
train was attacked by a gang of negro
tramps near Morgan City, and captur-
ed after the crew had been driven off
body of railroad employees gathered
by the conductor opened fire upon the
negroes who were looting the cars. AT
ter an exchange of shots during which
Brakeman B. S. Cooper and c. F.
Watcher were shot, the tramps were
driven off. Several were captured la
ter.
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SWORE FALSELY.
Witness in Bribery Case
Changes q is Testimony.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 30.-J.
Boyd Pantlind, proprietor of the Nor
ton house, today gave what the prose-
cution regards as damag ging testimony
against William F. Mcknight and ex-
State Senator George R. Nichols, when
their examination in the police court
on charge of subornation of perjury
was resumed. Pantlind testified that
during the bribery trial of Liant K.
Salisbury, former city attorney, during
which the alleged offense was com
mitted, he gave to Mcknight the key
to a private parlor in the Morton house.
The prosecution endeavored to show
that an attempt was made in this par
lor to bribe Witness Garman the
states strongest witness.
The evidence regarding the key was
directly contrary to that given at an
earlier examination, Pantlind stating
that he swore falsely previously be-
cause of friendship for Mcknight
When Pantlind took the stand today
he said:
There are changes I desire to make
in the testimony that I have already
given: | said something on the stand
Tor which am sorry. I said that I did
not give Mr.. Mcknight a room. 1 de-
sire to change it. 1 did give him a
room. This is a very humiliating po-
sition for me.
Nj Mcknight did not ask me to
testify in his favor I did it only
through friendship for Billy
Nothing was paid for the room I
gave 1t as matter of accommoda-
tion.''
Mortimer Rathbone manager of the
Morton house, changed his testimony
also and stated that he gave the key
of the private parlor to Pantlind. who
gave 1t to Mcknight. He declared he
mad not been asked to give misleading
testimony.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-30
HAWAII IS RELIEVED.
Federal Government Takes Over
the Lighthouse Service.

washington, Dec 30-By proclama-
ton dated December 2S, 1903, President
Roosevelt directed that all public prop
erty of the former government of Ha-
wall ceded heretofore to the United
States, and consisting of lighthouses
and public lands used in connection
Herewith, light vessels, lighthouse ten
ders, beacons, buoys, sea marks and
their appendageS and supplies, and ma
terials of all kinds provided therefor,
be taken for the use of the United
States, and that the department of
commerce and labor. through the light
house board, be charged with all ad-
ministrative duties relating to the Ha-
waiian lighthouse tablishment.
Secretary Corte1you at once cabled
the presidents proclamation to the
governor of Hawaii, and informed him
that the federal government would as
sumo charge of the Hawaiian light
house establishment on January 1, 1904.
As modus vivendi the secretary of
commerce and labor authorized the
governor to maintain the Hawaiian
lighthouse service at the expense of
the federal government, promising to
reimburse him Immediately therefor
through the lighthouse board
The present Hawaiian lighthouse
keepers are all taken over into the
United States lighthouse service. which
will pay them for their services from
and after January l. The lighthouse
board will, at its session of January T.
1904, by formal action. make the terri
tory of Hawaii part of the twelfth
lighthouse district.
An officer of the United States navy
will be detailed as assistant to the in
spector Of the twelfth lighthouse dis
trict, to reside at Honolulu and act un-
der the orders of the inspector of the
twelfth district The secretary of war
has been requested to detail an officer
of the corps of engineers, U S A, for
assignment to duty as assistant to the
engineer of the twelfth lighthouse dis
trict. whose headquarters are at San
Francisco, with directions to take sta
tion at Honolulu and attended to the
construction and repair of lighthouses
and lighthouse buildings.
The territorial government was with
out funds to continue the lighthouse
service of the islands after January l.
1904, and the interests Of commerce and
navigation required that the federal
government should provide for their
maintenance from and after that date.
The president by executive order OF
December %, also directed that the de-
partment of commerce and labor, take
charge of the lighthouse and buoyaga
within the limits of the naval reserva-
ton at Guantanamo bay, Cuba
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FOUND MELTED SILVER.
AtchisOn Man Mixed Up In a
COunterfeiting Deal.

Atchison, Kas.. Dec. 30.-A trunk be-
longing to W. B. Lockett, under arrest
at sLeavenworth, and containing ten
pounds of melted silver, was found to-
day in his room on a farm north of
Atcl1ison. The police are certain that
Lockett had confederates and that they
have operated extensively in this sec
ton. The police hold receipts said to
have come from Lockett which give the
formula for making gold and silver
coins. The silver dollars taken from
Lockett yesterday were splendid imi-
tations. It is believed that Lockett's s
real name is Hendricks and that his
home is at Cairo, ILL.,
W. B. Lockett. of this city,
who is said to have confessed
in Leavenworth of being con-
nected with counterfeiterS, is not gen
orally known here. He visited here two
years ago, and, after remaining some
months without working, disappeared
He again appeared here last fall, but
worked very little. Recently he bought
a one-room house in a remote part of
town and has since been living in it.
Skeleton keys. files and other burg
lars equipment were also found in the
trunk. Lockett has served one term in
the Kansas penitentiary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-30
THE PIPE ORGAN.
Association Formed to Secure
1t for the Auditorium.

The Auditorium Pipe Organ associa-
ton was formed at meeting at the
Commercial club rooms last night. AS
soon as can be done a state charter
will be secured for a company with no
capital stock. Plans will Immediately
be put into execution to raise money
for the sole purpose for which the COM
manent organization arrangements are
in the hands of a committee composed
of Major T. J. Anderson, F. H. Foster
George Whitcomb, DR.. Norman Plass
and G. M. Noble. Some of the most
substantial people in the city are in
terested in the installation of a mag
nificent organ in Topeka's public hall,
and the present scheme has been
launched in the most practicable man
ner yet proposed.
The general discussion of the pipe
organ proposition which has taken
place in Topeka in years past has
aroused outside attention and brought
IN many offers from organ builders to
erect the instrument. Many of the
offers are liberal. 1t will be possible
to secure the construction of a So 900
instrument upon the payment of S., 900.
After the Instrument has been in
stalled it can be used very successfully
in paying for itself. The Topeka
Choral union, which for several Years
has maintained an organ fund with the
design of sometime putting an organ in
the Auditorium. will join with the new
association to accomplish it. Since the
present idea has developed, a number
of pledges have been made for the
payment of individual subscriptions of
$lOO into the organ fund. A meeting
OF the committee will be held THURS
day afternoon to arrange for securing
charter and doing effective work.