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The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1906-04-07

Foreclosure. Default as 10 de-
fendart. Decree foreclOsing mort
gage Of plaintiffs and def Browns
r. r. Sitz VS. A. 5. Swain-ln-
iunction. Motion to strike out and
demurrer deemed filed. Each mo
ton and demurrer overruled. May
rs to answer, June let to reply.
Referred to official reporter to take
testimony. Commissioners to take
of II. W. Lyons at Cambridge, Ids.
Geo. II. Smith vs. Clara smith
Divorce. Default Of def, tried and
decree Tor plaintiff
jess Ferguson VS. Edith Purge
son-Divorce. Default OF def.
tried and findings and decree for
plaintiff.
Birdie Vert vs. Sam wert-Di.
vorce. Default. Finding and de.
cree for plaintiff.
John Beatty VS. Carl A. Thomp-
sen = Injunction. On demurrer.
Overruled by consent. 80 days to
tABsset. 30 days to reply
Nix Marx vs Daisy Marx
I Divorce. Continued for service.
J.P Dickinson vs Laura Dick.
enson-Divorce Demurrer over
ruled Findings and decree for
I plaintiff.
Eta Hayes vs II. NJ Horton
Accounting On demurrer. De
murrsr to jurisdiction Of equity
allowed amendment complaint
filed Dem to amended complaint
sustained.
: Defenbaugh vs A. p Duncan
e, ais - Foreclosure Default
aeaius, defendants served. Decree
against defendants served.
American Land & Livestock Co
/ ]. c. Beat,y-injuno,ion. Tempo
rary Injunction dissolved Plain
,iG allowed 60 DAYS to amend. 30
days thereafter to answer
In the matter OF memorial OF
| Capt. II Kelly, Hon. c ". Par
rish. Hon. VIM. Miller and Hon
c. II. Leonard appointed com
mi,tse on resolutions Resolutions
a. adopted at meeting Of the bat
presented and ob motion Of Hon
iC. W. Parrish is ordered spread
upon ,hs journal and certified
copy furnished by the clerk 10 the
family Of the deceased.
Law
II c. Levens " James Woodard
-ai,achmeut. Settled and die.
missed.
Eta Hayes " II NJ Horton, II
b. Mace and c COMMUNICATION
on bond. Settled and dismissed
/ c. A. Haines W. Geo : Miller
Attachment Settled and dismiss-
ed.
Geer a Cummins We A c Finn
/. attachment. Demurrer over
ruled. Defendant allowed unii
Thursday 10 move or plead. Judg
meni for wan, OF answers AiioT
ney's fees on each note ten per cent
c. II. Voegtly " NJ = William
ct ux-a,,aehment Settled an'
dismissed
J ? Diekrnson We Tom AlieI
Sh-riif-Damages Amended com
plain, hisd Motion 10 strike ou
r oyerruled. 30 days 10 answer, 3
r DAYS thereafter TO move or plead
Melvin Fenwiek ys J Z Karuu
z E J Mar,in and Archie MeGowaT
b Damages RemAnded back 4
, juf,ice court.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1906-04-07
LITERARY SOCIETY

Ths High school Literary soeie-
ty NE, yesterday afternoon At 200.
The officers elected las, week we're,
president, Mason Smith. yiee-pTes'
iden,, Neil Smith; treasurer. Irving
Miller; secretary, Frankie King.
The program for the afternoon
was as follows;
Song by Society Old Black Joe
Essay .......... Harry Buck
Reading ....--..... MADie Cross
Instrumental Duet. .........-...--
Lea Robinson and Genet GOwan
Debate Resolve, That Labor
Unions are a Benefit to the Com
mon People. Affirmative, Neil
Smith, Curtis Smith and Gertrude
Barnes; negative, Frank Thompson,
Blanoh Terrill aud Ella SWeek.
The critic Was Clifford Reed
Judges we're Douglass Hawley, Will
Gould and Joe Thompson, they de-
oided in favor Of the negative.
Song by Society ... Nellie Gray
Current Events Agnes sAyer
Vocal Duet .......... .-..-
Floy Thompson and Merle Dalton
The ireasurer's report was read
and accepted. Ruby BurroW, HaE-
~ Buck and Mable Cross were ap-
pointed 10 prepare the program for
next Friday.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1906-04-07

Up-to-date lob printing a, reason
able prices.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1906-04-07
CIRCUIT IOURT PROCEEDINGS.
Respectfully
GRANT THOMPSON

One Of the lightest terms Of sif-
cult court ever held in this county
was adjourned Thursday evening
There was hot jury trial. Judge
Davis presided and W. K. King
and G. ". Hayes were the only
outside attorneys in attendance
Dist Atty. MeCullOoh was prevent
ed from attending on account oi
sickness. The following are the
proceedings:
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1906-04-07

s. s. Williams ei ais vs Wm.
Altnow ct ais-Iujunc,ion. Deeid-
ed in vacation
James Campbell ys. j. Il Gard
e. als-accounting Passed eVi-
druce no, taken.
p. L. :. Co vs Jasper Davis, ei
als-Injuneiion. Passed.
Rhoda Aldrioh We John Aldrich-
Divorce. Settled and dismissed
Eta Hayes vs. H. NJ. HOrtOa-
Referees report. By agreement
clerk appointed referee to ascertain
liens upon real property sold. Re
port filed. Objections TO judgment
lien Of state filed by plaintiff, al
lowed in SO far as state lien wa
concerned, otherwise OyeTruled
Referees report confirmed and
money ordered distributed as Del
bis report.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-12-27
Warren-Winton Wedding.

At the home of the brides parents in west Meua Mir. Edward Warren and Miss Della Winton were united in marriage yester- day afternoon at o'clock by Re, . w. B. McMillan of Board Camp.
 There was large number of the relatives and friends of the young couple present and after the wedding the event was ceie- brated Dg big diuuer which proved to De d genuine feast and with the Social pleasures lucilen, thereto made ali lae guests al- most as nappy as he bride and groom.
 Oi sae young people joined in this wedding tn bride is tue daughter oi Mr. aud drs. M. D. Winson a charming young lady wosihs pf ,il the nice things that 1OAld D ; i If the daughter
 oae Poik county's best families,
 VT W is a son of A, Warren of Mountain Fork, a
 duaee of the Msna Business Cpflege and holds position with ne firm of G. W. Petty X Co. ol g8i> cig1 l'he young couple letl
 a, ior visiI with relatives a
 fountain F ,rk
The Mena weekly star., 1906-12-27
STOLEN JEWELS RECOVERED.
Man and Woman Arrested in Utica, N. Y. Charged With Chi
 cngo Robbery.

Utica, N. Y., Dec. 22.--A man who gave his name as Franz Niedsielsk and woman who claims the name Madeline Kreeger were arrested on train arriving here at o'clock Friday morning and are held by the police upon the charge of having robbed c. V. Stein of Chicago of large quan- tlty of jewelry and silverware.
 The Utica police were notified from Buffalo to watch for the couple as 1t was expected they would change cars here for Montreal A detective met the train at Oneida and on arrival here had the suspects in charge. Their trunk which is believed to con tain most of the loot was captured by the Syracuse police.
 When searched at the station house the man was found to have from STOOD to Sl0,000 worth of dia- monds and jewelry in his possession. There were IT diamonds and about 30 pearls. magnificent sol itaire ring, gold watch, gold coins and many gems of various kinds. The prisoner claimed that all the articles belonged to his companion, who. he said. was a woman he met In the oid country and with whom he had been living about year.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-12-27
ACCEPTED THE CHARGE.
President Roosevelt Respects wish of Mrs. Grover and Her Pets Are
 nt the White House.

New York, Dec 23.-Before Mrs. Lulu b. Grover committed suicide by taking poison in her home on Dec. 8, she expressed in writing the wish that the president should receive hsr personal property She added the hope that MT. Roosevelt would order the disposal of her body and take care of her pets,, two angora cats.
 Friday it was learned that although President Roosevelt had never known the woman, her wishes have been respected. Acting under the presi- dents order. United States District Attorney Henry L. Stimson in conjunc- ton with the public administrators personally supervised the cremation of the body and forwarded the two pet angora cats to the White house.
 Secret service men also saw to it that all the property left by Mrs. Gro yer was taken in charge by the public administrator and advertisements in- serfed in newspapers notifying her relatives of her death MT. Stimson said Friday
 Little was known of Mrs. Grover further than that she described herself as magazine writer, was of independ- ent means, and an admirer of the pub lie career of the chief executive of the nation
The Mena weekly star., 1906-12-27
RECEIVED A HARD BLOW.
Wan Hart at Eagieton Brought t
 Mena for Treatment.

k. w. McBride of Eagletou was Drought to Mena yesterday after noon oy some of his friends, in Unconscious condition from an ugiy wound on the side of his osad. He had bsen in a fight With Bnck ,lnaes.
 It IS said Jones asked Mcbride 'o pay small account due him aud McBFide, who haa been ariuking, made a threat and drew
 Sn'ie. Jones picked up bar " stave aud knoeRed Mcbride down. Tn niow cut McBride's fisn gar V too and made b q saNh aione his shtek and side O. hs T Tu.> aappened at s9At Z o'l ,ck nd ine uan mad
 o"4N psrt'a''y regained conscious
 Hess w'eH ne reached Mena on tns .Se'cloek train and WIS hav- ,ng his wound dressed b, Dr. DAvis, who expresses the opinion mat he WIS nof darvrr0usly huri The friends If Mcbride deny
 that he drew knife.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-12-27
A BAD BOSTON BLAZE.
Studio Building on Fremont Street Burned--Famous old Music Hall
 Threatened.

Boston, Dec 20.-Fire Wednesday caused heavy damage in the block bounded by Fremont. Broomfield. Washington and Winter streets and although the flames were confined practically to one structure-the stu dio building in Fremont street-it for a time threatened to cause much greater destruction.
 The fire broke out on the lower floor of the Eldridge & Peabody Fur niture establishment and quickly swept up through six floors of the firms section of the Studio building. The roof fell and the fire jumped across a narrow alley to the roof of the Orpheum theater, formerly Bos- tons famous music hall. and to the top of the building occupied by the Talbot company. clothiers in Wash ington street The firemen had to fight in narrow alley on ice-coated ladders and fire escapes and with their own bodies encased in ice. A rough estimate of the property loss places the total at about s150,000.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-12-27
TO REMEDY CAR SHORTAGE.
Legislation is Being Planned to Amend the Interstate Commerce.
 Law at This Session.

NJ Nashington, Dec. 21. Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota, who has taken an active interest in steps to remedy the situation caused by the car shortage, particularly in the Northwest, has prepared the outlines of legislation which he believes if en- acted into law will tend to prevent a recurrence of the present condition of affairs. These have been shown to the president. at whose suggestion the senator's ideas were put into shape and to Chairman Knapp, of the inter- state commerce commission. They contemplate legislation along the fol. lowing lines:
 Giving the interstate commerce commission power to inquire into the equipment capacity under stress of extraordinary requirements, of all interstate railways, so as to judge as to their ability to move traffic under extraordinary conditions; giving the commission authority to require ship pers holding cars in demurrage to un. load such cars with "A hours after the cars have been placed in position to be unloaded
 Making 1t misdemeanor for com mon carriers to compel trainmen to attempt to move trains containing tonnage in excess of the registered tonnage capacity of the engines haul. ing such trains.
 Authorizing the commission to re quire the temporary use of idle equip ment of one railroad line to supple ment the overtaxed equipment of the other.
 Many suggestions on the question of legislation affecting the car short age situation are being received by the commission. Meanwhile, consid' erable testimony is being taken in the West on this subject py Commission CTS Harlan and Lane and their con- clusion will be awaited before any further communication on the sno- , feet is made to the president.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-12-27
ILLINOIS M|N[ DISASTER
Cage Full of Workmen Precipitated to Bottom of 400 Foot Shaft
 Near Carlyle.
NOT ONE OF TIE OCCUPANTS ESCAPED
are Believed to he Dead Under the Debris, the Other Man Jnmp- ed and Was Cut In Two One Workman Injurcd.

St Louis, Dec. c2.---One miner is known to have been killed. five oth- CTS are believed to be dead and an- other was seriously injured by the dropping of the cage early Saturday in the shaft of the Breese-Trenton Coal Mining company about ten miles west of Carlyle. Ill. Carlyle IS 4S miles east of St. Louis. The de- tails were learned by long distance telephone. The accident occurred as the second cage full of day shift miners were descending into the mine. The cage containing six men had descended 300 feet down the 400- foot shaft when it stuck momentarily and then went crashing to the bot tom with noise similar to an ex- plosion.
 William Fritz was at the bottom of the shaft working almost under the descending cage when he heard the shout of the miners above him as the cage stuck As he looked up the cage dropped and he barely had time to spring to the side when the crash came and debris was piled about him. His leg was broken and he was badly bruised. At the bot tom of the cage shaft Is another hole called a stump and portion of the debris plunged on down into the stump carrying five of the miners with it. The sixth. August Foppey, | jumped as the crash came and was cut squarely in two. His body was taken out during the morning and up to noon was the only body re- covered by the gang of over 100 ress curers.
 The debris was so tightly wedged into the mouth of the stump that It will likely be some hours before 1t can be removed. No sounds or out cries have been heard coming from under the debris It Is believed that the five miners were instantly killed and probably badly crushed.
 The stump or sumphole in mine is a drain hole into which the Water that collects in the levels is drained. It was stated that the stump in this mine contained IS feet of water and no doubt is entertained but that the five miners were drowned if they had mIraculously escaped death in the crash before being plunged on down into the stump.
 The engineer stated that the cage had descended smoothly and he pre- sumed 1t had safely reached the bot tom. Suddenly the cable coll drum l began revolving backward with ter riffic velocity and he heard crash. It is believed that the cage stuck in the shaft and the sudden relaxation on the taut cable caused the hoisting machinery to reverse and drop the cage or else the cage became disen- gagged from the cable and dropped
 The scenes about the mouth of the shaft were heartrending as wives and children of miners con- gregated and gave vent to their anguish. Those miners who were al- ready in the shaft immediately be- gan rescue work and as soon as oth- CTS could be lowered every effort was made to speedily remove the debris.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-12-27
WILL REPORT TO CONGRESS.
Recommend Legislation to Re- licve the Chr Shortage.

St. Louis, Dec. 23--C. A. Prouty. member of the Interstate Commerce. commission, who has been conducting an investigation in St Louis and Kan. sas City, into the freight shortage situation, passed through here Satur- day en route from Kansas City to Washington. He stated that the com. mission will meet within the next few days at Washington and recommend to congress some legislation for the relief of the shippers who nave been suffering from the car shortage con ditions.
 "The damage to grain and cattle shippers in the west and southwest. especially in Texas and Oklahoma. cannot be estimated" he said. Active and stringent methods will have to be adopted at once to relieve the sit. uation."
The Mena weekly star., 1906-12-27
CALLS IT THE "sLocK SYSTEM.
standard Oil Empioye Has New Name for the Trusts Method.
 in Business.

New York, Dec. 21.--The method l employed by the Standard oil com- pany and it's subsidiary companies in Missouri was described as the block system applied to trade" by wit. ness who testified Thursday in the hearing of the case instituted against the Standard Oil company, the Waters Pierce Oil company, and the Republic Oil company, by the state of Missouri. The witness was P. c. Crenshaw. gen eral manager of the sales department of the Standard Oil company of h. diana. He declared that in his opin- ion the plan adopted by the Standard furtherance of trade. He said he knew of no agreement between the Waters-Pierce company and the Standard Oil company of Indiana other than those already uncovered He never knew of any rebates al lowed by any of the agents
 Attorney General Hadley, of Mis- souri, announced his elation at the outcome, so far, in the resumed talk ing of testimony in the Standard Oi cases. He said that the Standard Oi men had done more to prove theil guilt in their attempt to establish their innocence than he was able tc prove a year ago when he sought to convict them.
 I've got just what I want,' he said. T would have been well sat isfied if I had been able year age to have obtained such discriminating evidence as that given here by James A. Moffet of the Standard oil com pany of Indiana
 Through an admission of an import ant employe of the Standard oil com pany, Attorney General Hadley estab llshed the fact that the three grea independent oil companies whicf controlled practically all the business of the United States west of tho Allegheny mountains, including Mex leo. were managed from 16 Broadway the home of the Standard Oil. These statements were made by one of thu companies own witnesses. c. l.. Mich ols. president of the Republic Oi company. Incidentally it was said il testimony that one of these companie had all it's mail sent to 75 New street which is the back door of the stand ard building at 26 Broadway.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-12-27
ROYAL WELCOME GIVEN TRAIN.
Winch for the First Time Invade Con,
 fines of Montgomery County

Black Springs, Dec. P. The flrst railway to invade the prime val Calm of the 950 square miles of rich agricultural territory, virgin forest and store houses of mineral wealth of dontgomery county puffed over the borders this week. It was a big ten wheeler of the Gurdon and Fort Smith railway, pulling a coustruc. tion train, but 1t was given as royal a welcome by the native Montgomeryites as though il were train of Pullmans bearing King Edward or Jeff Davis.
 Montgomery is large county and as rich as it is large. Despite the lack of railroad facilities, its people are well-to-do and pro- gressiye. They have been wait ing twenty years for a railroad, and in the meantime have been hauling their supplies and pro- duce to and fro, for an average distance of forty miles, at a cost of 50 cents per hundred pounds. The first railroad survey into that county over score of years ago, but never until last week did hundreds of its inhabitants ts see locomotive.
 The new road will not build through Fort Smith immediately, it is sad, but it is expected tha, 1t will have reached Caddo Gar by Christmas.
 The terminal is at present at a point 15 miles south of Black Springs and 25 miles from NJ. Ida.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-12-27
GAP I. MACKLM WOUNDED
Commander of Company c, 25th Infantry, Shot by Masked Me-
 gro at Fort Reno.
BLOOD HOUNDS TO TRAIL AssAlLANT
While at Dinner in His Quarters the officer Was Called to the Door and Shot Twice, the Assas- sin Escaping In the Darkness = May Recover.

El Reno, Ok, Dec. 23.-Captain Ed. gar B. Macklin of Company c. 25th United States infantry. twas shot twice and dangerously wounded Friday night by negro, and belief is expressed here that it was one of the members of the troop discharged by Pres ident Roosevelt for participation in the Brownsville affair. Bloodhounds will be brought here from Oklahoma City to track the assassin.
 The. shooting occurred at the off cer's quarters at Fort Reno. Captain Macklin and his wife were seated at the dinner table when some one tried t. gain entrance at the side door. Captain Macklin asked, "who is there?
 The reply came, T have message for you'
 Come around to the back door" said Captain Macklin.
 A pegro, part of his face covered by mask entered with he command, throw up your hands and give me all the money you've got"
 W ilhout SlNIu6 Sdptdih mdShiih time to reply he fired twice, then fled into the darkness. One bullet entered Captain Macklin's abdomen, the sec ond struck him in the jaw. The sur geon says that while his wounds are dangerous, they are not necessarily fatal.
 Captain Macklin is about 30 years of age and is son Of Col. Mack lin who recently was retired with the pay of brigadier general
 On December IA the secretary of war. upon recommendations of the the general staff ordered the trial by court martial of Captain Macklin un- der the sixty-second article of war for conduct 10 the prejudice of good or der and discipline. in failing to exer. else due diligence in preventing the occurrence of rioting at Brownsville last August.
 No trace of the would-be assassin who is believed to be one of the ne gro soldiers recently discharged on order of President Roosevelt, has been found Samuel Bartell, 8 de tective. arrived here early Saturday from Oklahoma City with blood hounds which he placed upon the trail of the negro. Captain Macklin says positively that the man who shot him was a negro. He says he knows of no cause for the assault.
 At II o'clock Saturday Captain Macklin was resting and was report ed by the hospital physicians to be improving. At that hour they said his chances of recovery were grow ing brighter. Officers at the fort had no opinion to express early Sat urday as to whether or not the ne gro was one of the discharged sol diers.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-12-27
Christmas In Germany.

Potsdam, Germany, Dec. 23.-Twelve large Christmas trees from the forest of Rominten have been set up in the Shell Hall of the new palace for the emperor and empress, their six sons, Princess Victoria Louise, the crown princess and her baby. and Princess Eitel Friedrich The emperor has articles brought to him from which he chooses gifts. but the empress and the other members of the imperial family go shopping in the streets of Berlin daily beginning fortnight previous to Christmas.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-12-27
I'll. second Life sentence.

Louisville, Ky, Dec, 22.-Curtis Jet was Friday found guilty of the assas' sination of James Cockrell at Jack son. Ky. four years ago and sen fenced to life Imprisonment. Jett confessed Thursday during the pro gress of his trial at Cynthiana that he alone had killed Mir Cockrell. He is now serving a life sentence for com plicity in the murder of Attorney Mar cum several years ago.
The Mena weekly star., 1906-12-27
CHINESE CALL FOR AID.
Fifteen Million People in North ki- angsu Province Destitute on
 Account of Floods.

Washington, Dec. 20.--Official ad- vices received here from the Prefect of Huaianfu regarding the famine in North Kiangsu, China confirm the stories of suffering and want among the people of that section. The crops are reported as being almost total failure in Taoyuen and it is stated that by the new year the meager sup ply of provisions will be exhausted.
 Ire conditions in Antong and Flu ming townships are still worse. the crops being practically total fail ure. The country everywhere is un' der water and for a distance of 50 miles the people were compelled to wade through water from knee deep to waist deep and in some places up to their necks.
 The prefect states that in the stretch of country immediately west of Tsingho what formerly was fer tile plain covered with good crops and prosperous hamlets Is now a vast lake, extending 10 miles at the mar rowest point and stretching for over 40 miles toward the southwest. Here and there" the prefect says. "are groups of cottages which arise above the sheet of water and can only be reached by boats. The people are in state of absolute destitution, not only their crops but also the reeds which constitute their fuel being de stroyed by the floods"
 An urgent appeal is made to the people of all foreign lands for aid for the stricken people. whom state de partment advices already have placed at 15.000,000.