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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04

government the right of appeal in
criminal cases on questions of law.
This right exists in many of the states
ii exists in the District of Columbia by
act of congress. 1t is of course not
proposed that in any case verdict
for the defendant on the merits should
be set aside. Recently in one district
where the government had indicted
certain persons for conspiracy in
connection with rebates, the court
sustained the defendants demurrer;
while in another jurisdiction an in
dictment for conspiracy to obtain re-
bates has been sustained by the court,
convictions obtained under It, and two
defendants sentenced to imprison-
ment.
Lynching.
In connection with the delays of the
law, l call your attention and the at
tention of the nation to the prevalence
Of crime among us and above all to
She eqidcmic of ,ynching and mob
violence that springs UP, now in one
part of our country, now In another,
Each section, north, south. east or
west, has its own faults; no section
can with wisdom spend its time jeer-
ing at the faults Of another section; 1t
should be busy tring to amend its
own shortcomings.
To deal with the crime of corrup-
ton 1t is necessary to have an awaken
ed public conscience, and to supple
ment this by whatever legislation will
add speed and certainty in the eXecu-
tion of the law. When we deal with
lynching even more is necessary.
A great many white men are lynch
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04

Lisbon. Dec liking Carlos and
the crown prince came near to death
while boar hunting today A wild
boar charged, the kings horse fell,
and the animal gored the steed to
death, though Carlos escaped. The
crown princes horse outdistanced
the boars. Count Demolina and the
Marquis DeFerrera were injured.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04

San Francisco. Dec. 4.-The Off
cial report compiled by the Chamber
of Commerce. on the insurance COM
panies doing business in San Francis
co at the time of the fire and the
treatment of policyholders will be
made public Saturday
The report is expected to do meal
culable harm to n number of COM
panies, but officials or the chamber
declare they can substantiate every
statement in 1t.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04

Lawrence, Kan, Dec. A man
giving the name of John Clark and
said by the police to be Charles II.
Green. a hoilerrhaker from Colorado,
was arrested at the office of a doctor
this morning, where he went for
treatment. He is suspected of the
robbery of a Santa Fe train last night
at Holiday. He has a bullet hole in
the left leg.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04
Terry McGoycrn Insane.

New York. Dec. 4,-Terry Meow
home at brooklyn today. His sanity
has been suspected before. He car
ried loaded shell which he secured
at the navy yard at Washington,
which he visited yesterday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04
Open shop Denounced.

Chicago. Dec 4.--Walter Drew, a
commissioner of the National Manu-
facturers' association told the indus
trial association:
The open shop and industrial
crime in san Francisco have brought
work to a standstill The employer
is to be censured. but the blame is on
all who stood by and watched the re-
suits of the closed shop"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04
VIII Have New Trials.

jefferson City, Mo-, Dec. 4.-The
supreme court today reversed and re-
manded for new trial the murder
cases OF Vaughan, Raymond and Ry-
an, convists, who in November, 1905,
broke out of the penitentiary, killing
Guards Allison and Clay.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04
Cubans Are Suspicious.

Ha'ura, Dec. 1.-THE impression
created in Cuba over the presidents
utterances on the situation in his mes
sage is that Washington is determin-
ed 20 establish a protectorate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04
HOW MESSAGE
WAS RECEIVED
All Senators Gave it Consider
alton Except TiIIman and
the New York Members.
THE CUBANS REGARD THE
MESSAGE WITH SUSPICION

Construe IL to Mean That Washington
Is Determined to Establish a Pro-
Observation-Disclosures Are Enraged
About the Chapter on the Japanese
Question, Especially Concerning the
Possibility of Naturalizing Them,
and Predict Acts of Over Anti-Jap-
anese Hostility.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04
CAUSES RESTED
WITH EMPLOYERS
Because of Their Unjust and
Hostile Attitude Toward Or
ganized Labor,
VANCLEVE PLEADS FAIR
PLAY FROM EVERYBODY.

President National Association of
Manufacturers Puts Bryan, Comp
ers, and Abc Ruef i'm the Same Class
Advocates Increase I'm Wages and
Quotes Statistics to Prove the En-
plOycrs Generally Are Not Sharing
Their Prosperity With Employees in
Proportion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04
WILL EXPOSE
THE WELCHERS
Chamber of Commerce Will
Issue an Official Expose of
Insurance Companies.
CLAIM THEY CAN BACK
ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD.

Report VIII Unquestlonably DO Many
Insurance Companies Great DAM
age: VIII Afford the Suffering San
Franciscans Opportunity to get
Eycn"-Schmltz and Ruef Pleaded
Not Guilty and Both Cases We're
Continued-Prosccut Ready for
Trial.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04
Fatal Duel I'm Crook County.

Prineville, Ore, Dec. 4.-As
the result of a duel at Tumulo
Sunday between H. A. Melvin,
q rancher, armed with a rifle,
and S. NJ. Dorrance. armed with
shotgun, the latter was fatally
wounded and died a few hours
later. The fight was the result
of an old feud. News of the
murder was brought In by Mel
win today, who surrendered.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04
OUT OF THE TRACES.
Courts Called Upon to Help Discipline
Preacher.

Milwaukee, Dec. 4.-The circuit
court this morning issued an injunc-
ton restraining Rev. Franz Kupfer,
pastor of the Evangelical creed
church, from preaching anything but
Lutheran doctrines in that church.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04
Chicago Wheat Market.

Chicago, Dec. 4.-Wheat opened at
73 S-S. closed IA corn opened at 42h
and closed at AZ 3-4; oats opened at
33 and closed at 33A.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04
VIII Hang the Preacher.

Atlanta, Ga. Dec. 4.-The governor
last night refused to further respite
Rev. ]. C. Rawlings, who will be
hanged today at Valdosta on the
charge OF planning the murder of the
two Carter children, year ago.
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No Theft of Relief Funds.

Washington. Dec. 4.-Secre-
tary Taft and the president of
the Red Cross today received a
telegram from ex-Mayor James
d. Phelan Of San Francisco,
denying that any relief funds
had gone astray or stolen. All
alleged shortages have been
traced and the money found to
be recelpted for.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04
REED WILL SUSTAINED.
Supreme Court Decides That II Is
Valid Document,

Salem. Dec. 4.-(Special.) 1.-The su-
preme court upheld the lower courts
in the matter of the estate of Amanda
Reed, AMI sustained the will.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04
kilanne In EruntiOn.

Honolulu. Dec. 4.-Kilaque is In
eruption. Commercial organizations
of this city are trying to secure a Pam
Pacific congress.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04
APPARENTLY A SPITE FIRE.
Sole Loser Was Opponent OF Ameri-
can Society of Equity.

Owensboro, KY, Dec. A barn
belonging to James Wilson, opponent
Of the American Society of Equity
was burned by incendiaries, Destroy
ing 29 mules, tons of grain and hay
Loss $40,
One hundred fifty thousand pounds
of tobacco belonging to Wilson's ten
ants, all Equity sympathizers, was un-
touched.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04
MEET At HEPPNER
NEXT TUESDAY
Development League Leaves
PendIeton by Special Train
on December IL.
WILL STOP AT ALL THE
INTERMEDIATE POINTS.

Heppner Is Preparing an Elaborate
Program of Entertainment for the
Excurslonists-Social Features Dis
tinctive Though Business Phases
Will Receive Proportionate Atten-
tion-Walla Walla Interested and
VIII Send Delegation Headed by
DIR. n. G. Blalock.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04
TOWN WAS HELD UP.

Stores and Postofflce Looted I'm Far
merville, Ill.
Farmersville, ILL.,, Dec. 4.-The town
was held up, several stores robbed
and the postoffce safe wrecked, con-
siderable booty being stolen from the
government. Wares from stores val
ued at several hundred dollars were
taken.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-04

Arrangements are now being made
by Pendleton business men to attend
the Development league meeting to
be held in Heppner on Tuesday De-
cember II. The object of the meet
ing will be to seal the friendly COM
pact between the two counties, which
was so favorably started in the coun-
ty fair recently held in this city.
This will be the pilgrimage of Una
tilla county business men to Morrow
county in return for the large at
tendance of Morrow county people at
the fair.
Heppner is preparing an elaborate
program of entertainment for the ex-
cursionists who go from this county
next Tuesday and every business man,
not only in Pendleton, but in all the
smaller towns of the county, is earn
estly urged to join in the excursion
and attend the meeting at Heppner
While the formal object of the
Heppner meeting is to organize the
Third District Development league,
yet it will be made memorable by the
social features of the occasion, which
will be in the nature of a family re-
union of the two counties.
The special train will leave Pendle-
ton on the arrival of the Walla Walla
| train on Tuesday morning at 9:15. and
will arrive in Heppner about o'clock
in the afternoon. stops will be made
at Echo. Umatilla, Irrigon, lone and
Lexington. to pick up delegations from
those places and it is expected that
fully $50 people will reach Heppner
on the excursion.
The business men of Pendleton
and other Umatilla county towns are
urgently requested to make arrange
| ments to join the excursion. y rate
of one fare for the round trip has
I been secured and the people of Nor
row county cordially invite Umatilla
/ county people to visit their county
and become better acquainted.
Walla WaIla is Interested.
DR.. y. C. Blalock. the veteran
worker for the interests of the inland
empire. has just written that he eX-
poets to have a delegation from Walla
Walla ioin in the Heppner excursion,
to take part in the proceedings. The
work of the Walla Walla delegation
will be especially devoted to the SUBJ
iect of the open river and strong reso-
lutions will be presented upon that
subject.
DR.. Blalock hopes to see the Com
mercial club of Walla Walla take the
matter up at meeting this week and
elect a strong delegation.
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CONTINUED on page S.)
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If YOU wish to know how to buy
what to buy, when to buy and where
to puy holiday goods, read the East
Oregonian advertisements.
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The Washington times., 1906-11-04
4 Swift WooIng.

The girl 70 whom this young Mex
lean. for such he IS although he lives
across the border in the United States,
Is the daughter of weII-known fam
iiy which moved West from Virginia.
She has the pride OF her race and
end when she said that she loved
Joseph and became his wife II was her
pride that made her strong 10 submit
.o the indignities which were heaped
9ou her The wooing Was swift and
although her parents objected TO the
marriage on account of their daugh-
ter's youth, the young people seemed
SO mach IN love and the young man
had abundant means TO support her.
the wedding was consummated soon
after the engagement was announced
Their wedding trip was short and
then Joseph took his bride into the
Mexican colony on his fathers place.
She founI everything strange; strange
faces, a strange tongue, new customs,
aud-a new husband. For the An
tonic to whom she had been accus-
toned. the lover, became transformed
In his old surroundings, still Mamie
loved her husband and endeavored to
make the best OF things on his ac-
count They lived IN the big house
with Joseph's father This house was
like "a feudal castle. The retainers
were housed there. The lord OF the
house demanded absolute submission
Of all those with whom he came in
contact. The greatest respect was al
ways paid tlc elders Of the household.
Tho little American was received
co'lt hv her new in-laws. Antonio.
senior dlJ not Ike the idea OF his
sons marrying any but a Mexican.
She Was told that she must not speak
above "a whisper in the dining room
lest she disturb the older members OF
the family. She did not Ike tzis idea
very much. What American girl
would7 Put she thought she could
stand The strain II her husband could
He had always been glad 20 see her
Esv AS Gar as she could she con-
formed with the demands OF the Next
can household
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Worse and Worse.

But there was apparently no best TO
be made Of this matter. Try as she
would 10 make friends with the fam
lily of her husband. and she tried
hard. although it hurt her pride cruel
ly. she made TO headway. Her hus-
band was more eXacting than ever
ard If she said single word in oppo-
sition to him. he would fly into a rage
and beat he-
Finally she was practically cut of
from the outside world The letters
which were sent her by her friends i'm
Denver and by her family were inter
ce9ted and never delivered. The let
ters she herself wrote We're always
read by her husband. Any that she
put into the mail without first showing
them to him were destroyed. There
was no way in which she could get
news to her friends
Her husband, she discovered at last.
was making love. to another woman
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Pride Saves Her.

After she had been In New Mexico
for about four months. and # seemed
To her that her life must be thence
forth merely q matter OF suffering.
her husband Unexpectedly granted her
permission TO go to Denver 20 visit
her parents. But before she left the
ranch he impressed II upon her that
she must not complain to her people
OF the life which she was compelled
70 lead IN her new home. He threat
ened her with FAR worse treatment IL
she did.
Back in her old home Mrs. Joseph
had to exert all her pride to keep
from breaking down and telling the
whole miserable story to her mother
and father. She knew, however. that
il she told them they would insist
upon keeping her with them and upon
a divorce. She was unwilling 10 bring
the enemity OF the Josephs upon her
family. although she had a feeling that
the old man would be rather glad TO
be rid OF her. and she knew what a
blow II would be TO her mother II The
case was brought up in the divorce
courts. The scandal. she felt. would
bring a stain on the family. Therefore
because she had the pride OF her race
she did an heroic thing. She went
back TO her husband IN New Mexico at
the expiration OF the time allotted for
her visit
While she was al her old home her
friends remarked upon the change IN
her. She looked years older. she had
bccorae subdued when she had always
been the gayest of the gay. But she
passed all their Inquiries and remarks
with a sad smile. saying that she had
had been well. In the meantime she
learned that her husband had further
deceived her. Although he had been
only tWenty-three at the time OF
their marriage, he lad been married
before and divorced after eight
months. Thoroughly heartbroken she
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Like a Leaf From Fiction

OCKED in her home and
/ unless accompanied by
IL Beaten intervals. a
to such punishment
Forbidden speak aloud in the dining
Her mail intercepted and all letters which
Unable from it all because
road station and the line controlled by husband
Finally father of
order for dry goods. through a Denver firm.
Now home with her waiting divorce which
viii yoke which
for thirteen months and thirtt n
This tory misery epomize the short
Hfe Of Mamie Joseph. Joseph twenty
hreeyearolG Ojacaliene New Mexico
The Washington times., 1906-11-04

not have strength. Then she ned from
the room and found her mother-in-
law.
Instead OF taking her part. as Mamie
had expected her TO do. the older
woman calmly told her that she must
submit to being struck. since 1t was
her duty as a wife not to complain OF
anything which her husband should do.
Finding no comfort there the young
wife went back to her room Fortu-
nately Antonio had gone away 70 get
more drink and she was left alone 20
weep herself TO sleep. That was the
first OF many such scenes. and Mrs
Joseph. tr. learned that her husband
was anything but the man she had
supposed.
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Divorce LAWYERS Troubles

wife That's what she would do ana
she did it And my month work went
for nothing. Not a penny did ! get for
ms trouble
Another time ] had all arrangements
made with the exception OF the fee for
the lawyer The husband was 10 be
made % ray alimOny, but ! was TO
look fer the fee from the wife. / de-
manded a hundred or two for nv fee
and II tho mere mention Of the sum the
wife hacked out No. If she couldn't
get her divorce for nothing she wouldn't
got IT, Another month OF hard work
gone 10 The eternal bowwows
But what rled me most was the
divorce OF a couple / had worked up so
braUJf1lly IL was ready To go to court
ant the goose hanging high when. like
Incoming idiot. ] brought them to-
EethnI 10 talk over some techniCality.
They had both denounced each other
separately in my hearing to so great
an extent I thought IL would be per
ieotly safe for them To see each other.
They no sooner laid eyes on each
other than they ran into each others
arms and such billing and cooling and
shedding happy tears and hysterical
SIhDlug YOU never beheld in all your
born days Never, 1t Was ridiculous.
They We're 50 glad they had met they
said. between happy sobbings. They
were 50 glad they had been saved the
disgrace OF letting the matter go TO
thor c1nSrat tul4Hon. At length, separ-
aUng slightly, they wept over me.
All right said l. when l had eXtri-
Gated myself What are you willing 20
conferred upon YOU? Don't YOU think
that the months 5 work / have put in Is
worth something Don't you think il Is
worth at least S50?
know what they gave me--or YOU would
II You were a lawyer. The merry ha
ha. of course" And the lawyer looked
positively savage as he lighted a cigar.
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T% HE story OF a fair young
American girl. the wife OF
a Mexican, by name An
tonic Joseph. who has been
Imprisoned by her husband
and treated little better
than a slave and who has finally
escaped from her lonely prison IN the
Wilds Of New Mexico by a clever Tuse.
comes from Denver. where Mrs. JOS
epa is making her home now with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. 4. D. Talia-
ferro.
Lines Of suffering mark her face and
the story she tells OF the cruelty which
her husband inflicted upon her is un-
belieyable. Woman ensIaved and man
her master. the old summing up OF
the marriage ties, is the way her hus-
band interpreted the meaning OF his
marriage. according to Mrs. Joseph.
when "A year ago Antonio Joseph.
e. young man with nashing black eyes.
the tenGerest kind Of a lover, made his
suit TO pretty Mamie Taliaferro in
Denver. there was uo suspicion OF
what was to follow. Joseph is the son
OF one Of the most prominent men in
New Mexico. Antonio Joseph. pere. is
the Car Of the realm over which he
rules. The twenty-five thousand acres
of rich farm land are his. His place
Is situated near Ojacaliente and the
old man has transferred a bit Of old
MeXIco TO IT, The men employed about
the place are all Mexicans. Mexican is
the only language that Is spoken there.
and Mexican customs are followed out
to the letter.
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a Mexican girl said 20 be very beauci-.
ful She was not jealous, she had
ceased TO love her husband and
whether he cared or not for her was
a matter of little moment But she
despised him the more for his perdIy.
She fell III and was neglected by
every one Of the people who should
have been the most eager to care for
her. There was only one person n
the big house who seemed 10 care
whether she lived or died This was
a woman. a servap,, to whom she had
been kind This servant brought her
her food and nursed her and finally
brought her through alive But she
was the mere shadow of her former
self. Her pride was gone. What
she wanted was TO be free from the
slavery in which she had been held for
months.
The question was. How could she
escape? There seemed to be no outlet.
But the servant encouraged her. Mrs.
Joseph had learned the language
which the MeXicans spoke and occa-
s!onally her husband made her write
letters for him and for his father in
tie line Of business because neither
one OF them was over fond of writing.
one day she was called upon TO write
a letter to a firm in Denver with which
the Josephs had been dealing for many
years. Her husband did not stop to
think that this firm was located in the
old home of the woman whom he had
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first blow she had ever received IN
her life and for a moment she was
too much astonished to understand
what hsd happened. But her husband
had been drinking and his father had
ling thing which the young American
woman had done. It was enough 20
rouse the devil in Antonio and he
swore that he would see that his wife
made no more mistakes in the future.
Then ne sought her and struck her.
After her first surprise at the blow.
the little American turned herceiy
coward. She had spirit II she did
The Washington times., 1906-11-04

NIoU see that woman sitting al
" the desk in that cafe?" asked the
lawyer as they passed by. Last
winter she came to me i'm great
distress. She and her husband had
quarrelcd bitterly. she said They had
got into the habit of qJarreling. They
did nothing else. il seemed. Must ii
go on always? She couldn't stand IT,
She must have a divorce Wouldn't I
ser it Tor hcrR lie was a brute.
But there was another thing. There
was $1,000 in the bank in uer name.
buJ ht was already hurryiug there to
prevent her from getting it out. What
Was the use ct divorce without
money 4 hopped into q cab and raced
with the husba nd. for that bank. She
was with me, Gf course. We got in hy
q neck and cribbed the $4,000. We
stood by-and WATCHED the husband go in
the bank and come out with his trouble
for his pains. 1t was a glorious mo-
ment, more glorious because OF the fact
that she pOnied up $3.50 of the $4,000
very gracefully 10 me.
That man you sec walking about
among the walters. seeing that they are
serving the people correctly, is her nus
band. Finding she had the money he
went on all fOurs and Won her back.
II cost her $3.50 however. which is a
good deal more than such freaky no
tions have cost some others.
1T would make your heart ache 10
follow the careers OF some of US law
yeTs. Sometimes | think / II go hauling
rails. II would pay better, and all on
account of the notions Of women once
I had q divorce all arranged The hus-
band was 10 furnish his wife with evi-
dencc and the money 10 pay FOR the di-
vorce, when at the last moment the
wife backed out.
NO. she wasn't going 10 let him have
a divorce and marry another woman
Whether she lived with him or not. she
would keep him from having another
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Her Faith Broken.

Hut one nlght her faith ia her hus-
band was utterly broken and she
learned she had mistaken the man.
Ife came into their apartments In the
h.g house and struck her. II was the