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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11

the will in evidence, but Jerome's OBJ
lection was sustained. The will was
temporarily laid aside and Evelyn
then recalled.
Instantly the court room was arous-
ed from disinterestedness to excite
ment. The wife, clad in the same sim
pie costume that characterized her
throughout the trial, entered. shuf-
fling feet and craning eyes followed
her down the aisle to the stand.
Delmas asked Jerome for the note
Evelyn wrote to her husband at the
Cafe Martin the night of the tragedy.
Several minutes elapsed before II was
produced. The girl identified the
note and said she wrote 1t. Delmas
read the note to the court. It read:
THE B was here a moment ago,
but went out again"
ITO whom did 81 refer?" asked
Delmas. ITO Stanford White" Now
will ask you" said Delmas very
gently, Hf you ever heard Thaw
speak of any threat made against his
life by White?" Jerome objected.
lHe court SuSIdlIleu MIN anu Ine
question rested, Jerome again object
ing on the ground that the question
did not bear on the insanity defense,
but had to do with the plea of self
defense, which is not yet established
by Thaw's attorney.
Evelyn knew Thaw carried a pis-
tol at one time in 1903 in New York,
but believed he never carried a weap-
on when not in New York.
Did you ever say anything to your
husband about the visit you made to
May Mckenzie at the hospital when
she was i'll, at which meeting White
was present? ?" asked Delmas. "Yes,"
answered the witness.
Jerome and Delmas again had a
spirited contest as to the admissibility
of this as evidence along self-defense
lines, and the answer was then ruled
out.
A question as to the effect of see-
ing White upon her husband was
ruled out.
Questions as to the statement Thaw
made to her regarding the relations
of White with other girls, and a ques-
tion asking the repetition of her hus-
bands proposal. were ruled out.
The court adjourned upon request
of Delmas so he might have time to
prepare expert testimony, for the lack
of which most of his questions were
ruled out
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11
Chinese Phcasants In Canada.

Fred Lockley, formerly connected
with the Pendleton East Oregonian,
and new member of the staff of the
Pacific Monthly, returned yesterday
from a trip through British Columbia,
says the Oregon Daily Journal In
one 1O-acre field of shocked wheat,
near Mission Junction on the Great
Northern. he saw scores of Chinese
pheasants. The people of the neigh
horhood allowed them to feed unmo-
Tested on the frozen grain. One day
24S pheasants were counted in this
field. Mr.. Lockley says all that part
of the country was covered with a
sheet of ice last week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11
FULLER NOT TO RETIRE.
Expected to Remain on the Bench for
Several Years,

Washington. n. c.. Feb. t1.-Chief
Justice Fuller of the United States
supreme court. entered upon his 18th
year today. Although he has been
eligible for retirement for rour years,
so far as his friends know he has at
no time since he reached the age of
20 seriously considered taking ad-
vantage of the privilege. He appar-
emily is in good health. and enjoys
Washington life. For a man of his
age he is well preserved. and the pre-
vailing opinion here is that unless
his health should suddenly fail, he
will certainly remain on the bench
until after the next presidential elec-
tion.
Chief Justice Fuller is a democrat.
and though he is compelled by prece-
dent and good taste to keep out OF
politics. he is yet a staunch party man
and would leave no stone unturned
to see his successor a man of the
same political faith as himself. If
Theodore Roosevelt is succeeded by
democrat as president, barring i'll
health, Chief Justice Fuller will likely
not retire before March 4, 1909, at
which time he will be &c years of age.
BY pursuing such a course the chief
justice would have the pleasure Of
seeing his successor a democrat.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11
NORMAL SCHOOLS
ARE UNCERTAIN
SITUATION AT SALEM
is STILL CHAOTIC.
Deep Laid Plot Is Suspected in Meas
IRE by Senator Smith of Marion
Salem May Yet BE Made Normal
SchoCl Center of the State-Ques-
tion Will lie Fought Out on Tues
day.

| The normal school situation in the
Oregon Legislature is still in a chaotic
state and no one can yet guess as to
the outcome. 1t seems that the legis-
! lature is determined to reduce the
| number of schools, but there is no
strong movement to abolish the Wes-
ton normal, in fact the feeling is gain
ing ground that one normal should
be located in eastern Oregon, perma-
nently but as to the location, the leg
islature is in doubt. The following
review of the situation from John W.
Kelly, correspondent for the Evening
Telegram, shows the trend of senti-
ment.
Should senate bill 1874, by Smith.
providing for a board of regents to
select two normal schools, pass the
house, as it passed the senate, and
20 TO the governor, what will he do?
says the correspondent 1t is a ques-
tion propounded in the lobby and the
lobby also answers: "The governor
will approve the bill"
In the event of this measure going
through the house victorious, it is ru-
mored that ]. n. Smith, the Marion
county senator who introduced II, will
be one of the two regents to be ap-
pointed by the governor under the
provisions of the bill. This, it is said,
the governor will do out of courtesy
to Senator Smith.
There is a moro far-reaching effect
than is suspected in the case of Sena-
tor Smiths appointment. Senator
Smith is imbued with the ambition of
every legislator of Marion county to
land all the appropriations possible
for Salem. Once on the board which
is to select the two normal schools,
Senator Smith can insist that one of
the schools, at least. be in Salem. In
this he has The backing of the SUI
preme court which has decided that
n! institutions supported by the state
must be at the seat of state govern
ment With an argument like this,
Senator Smith can compel one of the
normal schools to be established in
his home town.
1t is possible for the board to agree
that there shall be but one normal
school, a first-class institution, and
that it be in Marion county.
The triple-allance, Monmouth,
Weston. and Ashland. is fighting the
hill in the house, where 1t will come
Up Tuesday and If 1t can succeed in
this 1t will take from the table Sem
ator Caldwell's bill, which eliminates
the Drain school.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE presi-
dent has asked the postmaster gem
eral to take steps to bar from the
mails all newspapers printing details
of the Thaw trial, If he can do so un-
der the law.
The following official announce
ment was made this morning from the
White House:
"The president has communicated
with Postmaster General Cortelyou to
learn If ii is feasible to bar from the
mails those papers giving in full the
disgusting particulars of the Thaw
case. He does not know whether 1t is
feasible, but If 1t is. he wishes it
DONE"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11

Salem, Ore, Feb. 11.-Seeing pos
sible defeat staring their measure in
the face as a result of the objections
which have been raised against some
of its vital provisions, during the seY-
eral meetings of the joint committee
on banking of the legislature, the
executive committee. upon request of
the legislative committee, has re-
drafted its bill and incorporated some
amendments calculated to abrogate
the objections.
There are still, in the mind of some
of the best authorities on banking in
the legislature, some omissions, dis
crepancies and possibly unintentional
determinations that will have to be
corrected before there is much chance
of its being enacted into law.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11
TWO TRAINS FROM PORTLAND TONIGHT

Two trains are expected to arrive
from Portland this evening, the first
at and the second at s o'clock. They
will be the first to arrive from Port
land since last evening, and it is not
known how long the line will be open.
The continual slides in the Cascades
and the rising water still add an ele-
ment of uncertainty to the service,
although No. went west at / O'Clock
today, expecting to get through to
Portland tonight.
The Walla Walla branch of the o.
r. & ~ and the w. & C. r. are still
out of service and 1t is not known how
long 1t will be until repairs sufficient
to admit of temporary traffic, will be
completed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11
VIII Prosecute I'm New York.

New York, Feb. 11.-United States
District Attorney Simpson sent a
warning today to all New York news
papers that every publication which
prints obscene matter concerning the
Thaw case will be prosecuted under
section 1898 of the federal statutes.
Simpson acted independently of the
president and did not know at the
time of the latter's order to Cortelyou.
The president frequently, since the
Thaw trial began, has expressed HIM
self forcibly on the question and early
ordered all attaches of the White
House to watch carefully and prevent
by all means any of his children get
ting hold of papers containing the de-
tails.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11

Q. r. G n. officials say that the
present tie-up has had more stubborn
features than any they have ever ex-
perienced Owing to the heavy snow
fall in the Cascades, the slides have
been frequent and very large. Twice
the track has been cleared after pro-
digious labor, only to have larger
slides than ever fill up the narrow
passage made after several days of
labor with shovels. This feature Of
the obstruction has made progress
very slow and the management of the
o. r. & N. has displayed tireless en-
ergy in fighting the conditions along
the west end of the system.
There is much snow to go off yet
along the Columbia and high water is
expected when this starts to melting
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11
EsMERALDA DAMAGED BY SLIDE
Surface Possessions Completely De-
stroyed.

Sumpter, Feb. 11.-Fred Downey,
the Bourne stage man, has received
word that on Thursday last there was
terrific snowslide on the mountain
at the head of Cracker creek, about
three miles north of Bourne and that
all of the surface possessions of the
Esmeralda group, in which he is in
terested with some eastern parties,
had been crushed to splinters and
hurled into a gulch down the noun
tain side.
The company had done considerable
work there last fall and had left things
so as to resume advantageously with
the opening of spring. No one was
in that vicinity at the time. Parties
crossing over that way say that the
country surrounding, with the present
thaWing, will have tendency to have
more slides.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11
DELEGATES HAVE
MUCH At STAKE
Schmitz Et Al Must MAKE
Good" on Their Mission or
Be Extinguished,
CALIFORNIANS INSIST
UPON ENTIRE EXCLUSION.

Self-Evident That Roosevelt Can
Guarantee Nothing, Though He
May Advise anu Cinsuit Ad Libitum:
He Cannot Enact Laws, Nor Can
He Frame Treaties, Both Being
Constitutional Prerogatives Of Con-
gress as a Body and of the Senate
Second Conference With Roose-
welt This Afternoon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11
AGREEMENT HAS
FALLEN THROUGH
FloOdgates of SaIacious and
ScandaIous VerbaIities May
Be 0pered Wide,
JEROME WILL NEUTRALIZE
MRS THAW'S CONFESSION

BY Attempt 10 Impllcate the Million
airc Habitues of "The Great White
Way and Exposing the Orgies of
the SwelldOm of Gotham-All the
Women Except Reporters Excluded
From the Trial Hereafter-First
Testimony Introduced Today Was
In Relation to Thaw's viii as In
dicsitlng Insanity.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11
MUST AMEN He
BANKING LAWS
Joint Legislative Committee
Faces Many Vital Objections
to All its Reports,
NO CHANCE OF LAW BEING
ENACTED AS NOW FRAMED.

Chamberlain Vigorously OPP
poses the Repeal of the Timber and
Stone Act, But Favors Amending
and Strengthening the Present law
so as to Prevent Frauds; He Ad-
dresses Request to the Legisla-
ture to Memorialize Congress and
Presents Reasons for Sustaining the
Enactment.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11
THREE TRAINNIEN WE'RE HURT.

Junction City, Ore, Feb. 11.-West-
crn Pacific Passenger No. 1sS, tele-
sCoped the rear of an extra freight
this morning in fog. Two brakemen
and Fireman Bolder were injured. The
engine and two coaches were demol-
ished.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11
CORONER'S JURY
RETURNS VERDICT
Relative to Kin .~,,,. ~ ~
tes, Averring He Ne. DeaiEj
at the Harris e,f.Mck l3al|
NO EXPRESSION AS TO
THE DEGREE OF GUILT,

Post-Mortem Examination DiscloSes
That the Pistol BAH Entered the
Right Side of the Back, Ranging
Through to the Left Side-Testi-
mony Does Not Coincide as to the
Entrance Into the Saloon of Estes
and McMams--McManus Bought
the Revolver Saturday of Goodman
Hardware Company.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11

William Pfunder, druggist. is dead
at Portland, aged 81 years. He had
been in the drug business IN that city
over 40 years. He was a prominent
and well known Mason.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11
VIII Sell -Four Per Cents.

Washington, Feb. 11.-Secretary
Shaw announces he will sell $25,OOO,-
900 worth of four per cents at 1.105.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11

two men passed into the place. He
said on the stand that they had enter
ed side by side and were talking,
though he could not overhear what
was said. On hearing the shot Coff-
man had also rushed back and meet
ing McManus with drawn gun, stop
ped him and took his weapon from
him.
Cass Matlook, who was sitting by
the stove In the saloon when the kill
f1IO curred, also testified to having
1Ioos Estes lying where he had been
oSoIo He had not noticed either of
the inen pass through.
\ Complained Against McCaty.
\, irEiat McManus had heen to see him
as justice of the peace was stated
yesterday by Judge Joe Parkes He
said McManus had come to his Of
flee last Monday and complained that
man named McCarty had robbed
him of his watch and some money in
the Idle Hour lodging house. He said
he told McManus to lay the matter
before the district attorney, but that
he left the office saying he did not
know whether he would see that Of
ficial or not
Officer +. a. Waters testified as to
the condition of McManus during the
past week and as to his charge against
McCarty. He said that McManus had
seen upon a protracted spree and that
or the evening he was first robbed
he had gone to supper with McCarty.
Afterwards he had presumably gone
10 the Idle Hour. On complaint being
made against McCarty he locked that
individual in the city Jail However,
no formal charge was made against
him by McManus, who, according to
the officer, did not want the matter
to get into the papers and accordingly
McCarty had TO be released. While
on the stand Orville Coffman describ-
cd McCarty as a disreputable charac-
ter whom he had once run out of
town while serving as marshal. He
said he never knew how he made his
living.
Had Bought Gun.
FHa
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11

81 have been instructed by .
my attorney. Judge Fee, not to .
talk regarding my case, and so .
I can say nothing now except .
ing that when am brought to .
: trial I will tell the truth about .
the whole affair and rake the .
consequences, whatever they
} may be-"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11
HID BOmght Gnn.

That McManus had been in the
Taylor hardware store shortly after
O'Clock Saturday and asked for a
gun, was stated by John Kees. He
said McManus had entered the place
in an excited condition and had ask
ei for the gun, saying that he had
been robbed and that the fellow who
did it was going to try it again and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11

The new Methodist church at Pay
ette, Idaho, was dedicated February
?. The building cost $1,000, and s4OO
covers its entire Indebtedness,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11

Washington, Feb, 1.-THE
Smoct case was brought up in
the senate this afternoon by
ped $500 in their flight. but
the adoption of the resolution
reported by the committee on
privileges and elections. hold
ing that Smoot is not entitled
to his seat.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11
MAY EXCLUDE
FROM MAILS
ROOSEVELT AROUSED BY
EVIDENCE IN THAW CASE

Newspapers VIII BE Excluded From
Mail Transmission IL il Can BE Ac-
complishCd Under Present Laws
Twenty-Five Million Dollars Worth
of -Four Per Cent Government
Bonds Offered Today at 1.1O5.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11
Russian Treasury Was Robbed.

Moscow, Feb. 11.-Tcn arm
ed men this morning stole $685.
OcO from IA government messen-
ger and escaped. They drop
Berry of Arkansas, who urged
got away with the remainder.
Tho soldiery were confused and
made helpless by stencil bombs,
and two were asphyxiated.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11
Coroncr's Inquest.

The cOroner's inquest over the re-
mains Of Estes was held at the Baker
& Folsom undertaking parlor Satur-
day night, the hearing commencing
at 7'3o. At the inquiry Coroner Ralph
Folsom was assisted by John McCourt.
acting district attorney who question
ed the witnesses. The following served
as jurymen: Joseph Basler, George
O'naniel, Charles Fishman, S. NJ.
Doan, Valentine Stroble and Louis
Greenawald.
Doctors d. J. McFaul and J. A. Best
We're the first witnesses called and
they testified as to the cause of death,
likewise described the wound. The
bullet had entered the back just below
the 10th rib and almost five inches to
the right of the spinal column. 1t
had ranged through the liver, lower
stomach and came out five inches he.
low the left nipple. According to DR..
Fest, who arrived first, he had at
tempted to administer a hypodermic
injection of strychnine, but the
wounded man had died before the
same could be done.
Walter Hopper, bartender in the
Pullman saloon, was the second wit
ness called. He said that just before
the shooting Estes had entered the sa-
loon at the front door and passed
through to the rear without stopping
or speaking. - He said McManus had
followed him by a distance about the
length Of the room. On hearing the
shot Hopper rushed to the rear of
the saloon and saw Estes fall back
ward Also. he saw McManus place
his pistol into his coat pocket.
orville Coffman, former chief of
police, was standing at the cigar case
in the front of the saloon when the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11

The above brief statement was
made TO the East Oregonian this
morning by John p. McManus, who
shot to death Bob Estes in the rear
of the Pullman saloon Saturday eve
ming. The statement was made
through the barred door Of the coun-
ty jail. where McManus has been
confined since his arrest Immediately
after the tragedy. Although still
suffering from the effects of his ter
rible experience McManhs was COM
paratively composed this morning and
apparently had recovered from his in
toNication. To the writer he ex-
pressed deep regret that the affair
had happened, but his sorrow is not
that of one whose conscience Is bur-
dencd with the thought that he killed
fellow being in cold blood and
without provocation. He bears up
well considering the crime with which
he is charged. and but for the in
structions Of his lawyer would have
freely told all OF the circumstances in
the case. He says he had never known
the name Of the man he killed and
knew him simply from the experience
he had with him while here upon his
drunk. The only Estes he could re-
call personally was the one who had
conducted a saloon at Pilot Rock.
As to when McManus will be
brought to trial nothing has yet been
settled. The jury term of circuit
court is now on and so. If desired by
both sides. the case could probably be
fought out at this time Otherwise II
will go over to u later term.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11

Spring, summer, autumn or winter,
the hest bargains are always to be
found in East Oregonian advertise
ments.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-11

Continued on page 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-08

yesterday. when Line teacher of that room
reported that the attendance dropped in
one day from forty-five to thirty-one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-08
OvERCROWOING IN SCHOOLS
PARENTS OF CHILDREN AT
MORGAN BUILDING COMPLAIN.
Accommodations for Not More Than
800 Pupils, While $50 Are
on the Rolls.

Closely following the controversy con-
corning the Improvement of sanitary
conditions in the Berret. Emory and Pet
worth public schools another question in
reference to the schools Is coming TO the
tore. This has to do with the overcrowd-
ing which is so much in evidence, and, in
particular, complaint is being heard from
the parents of children who are forced to
attend the Thomas p Morgan School. in
V street between 18th and 18th streets.
Originally the Morgan School was in
tended to be a model of its kind. and in
construction and sanitary arrangements it
is easily one of the finest smaller school
buildings in the District. But the Nor
gan School. with its eight rooms, was
built with accommodations for not more
than $50 children, and now the enroll
nent Is $50 and II s the very young chill
dren who suffer NJ ost. How many of the
older pupils who would ordinarily attend
the Morgan School. and who under the
school law OF the District must be In
school from o clock in the morning until
:; o'clock in the afternoon, can only be
roughly estimated Each of the rooms in
the building where the children above the
second grade pursue their studies is
crowded to Its capacity.
Kindergarten and First Grade.
For the kindergarten and first grade
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" NE there has been some DELAY due
70 the tact that the new force is not com
pletely organized, Mr. Twohey renortad N
Commissioner West this morning that the
work IS We'll in hand. and that by the end
or The week he believes no further from
pie VII! be experienced The question as
70 The liability of the contractor and the
sufr1ciency Of the bond IS now before the
corporation counsel of the District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-08
GRADE DAMAGE COMMISSION
Hearing in Reference to Realty in
Dingman Place.

The Union station grade damage COM
mission. composed of Charles A. Baker,
George W. Moss and George Spransy, met
at the city hall today and commenced the
hearing of evidence in reference to the
damages sustained b the owners of the
real estate on Dlngman place and on an
alley in square 62s. bounded by E. F and
North Capitol streets and New Jersey
avenue. There are about forty pieces of
property involved.
The property owners are represented be-
fore the commission by Attorneys George
Francis Williams. Barnard & Johnson
William H. Shoales. Leon Tobriner. Raw
mond a. Heiskell. Ralston G. Siddons B.
II. Warner, jr.. William H. Linkins, w. p.