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New-York tribune., 1907-01-11
INDIANS ASK FOR RELIEF.
Say that Payment Made to Lawyers by Sec
retary's Order Was Excessive.

washington, Jan. Jo-DavId Muskrat Frank J.
bouoinot and j. Henry Dick committee repre-
senting the Eastern Cherokee Indians presented a
petition to-day 70 the Senate committee which Il.
engaged in Investigating the affairs of the Five
tiVllzed Tribes. praying for relief on account Of
the payment Of $4,000 made 10 attorneys on the
authority Of the Secretary Of the Interior T7hs
payment was made in connection with an effort +o
recover funds from the government. and the East
ern Cherokees contend that the sum was far In ex-
cess OF the amount called for by their contract
Ihey therefore request that Secretary Hitchcock
he asked 10 explain the expenditure and that re-
Hef he granted If IT he found that il excessivs
The Cherokee committee goes into great detail
concerning eG the employment OF attorneys. saying
that after the services of the late W p. Springer
had been engaged the Indians met with objections
from Secretary Hitchcock and upon his recon-
mendation made new contract with the ST Louis
law hrm Of F1nkeluburg, Nagle & Kirby. menu
Der of which firm, the members OF the committee
Hitchcock
II is also asserted that. unfair means were used
to secure the cooperation of Chief Burlington In
carrying into effect the contract with the
firm. The Indians also declare that Mr.. Springer
was indnced by a secret agreement TO withdraw a s
counsel end that after his death his estate received
slsoo9 from the money paid TO the attorneys
The Senate committee has taken ip the petit
tlon and the members decline to give ont anything
concerning it or TO forecast their dealing
with It.,
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11
FALSE ALARM RoUsEs CHATHAM.
Elias Muchmore Thought He Saw Much
More Than He Really Did.

South Orange, y. J.. Jan. 10 (SpeciaD-Will
lam II. Miller. of Chatham. decided last night
that the time ripe for the destruction OF his
Christmas tree. and he accordingly took 1t out In
the back yard and applied match. Just below
Millers are the greenhouses OF James r Little
john.
ELIAS Muchmore happened to be passing. and
seeing the blaze through the glass. concluded the
greenhouses were on fire, and said for the
information OF the nelghbors within half mile
Others took up the cry, and one Jealous youth
rushed up the ladder to the platform. where the
Justify with the hammer provided for the pur-
pose.
BY the time the firemen got around with the
gilded hook and ladder truck and the nickel
plated hose cart, the Christmas tree had burned
up and the apparently serious confa grafton was
al end BY that time, also. the women y
auxiliary was ready with the hot coffee and
shortcake
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11
MR. PURDY REPORTS.
President Erpected to Send Special
Messoge on Bro1cns1uUe.

Washington. Jan. 10.-Mllton Purdy. assistant
to the Attorney General. who designats1 to
make investigation OF the Brownsville affair
returned to Washington to-day from Texas and
Oklahoma, and reported to Secretary Taft, He
expects to submit a written report on the
Brownsville incident. experimenting and con-
Guiding the long telegraph and mail reports he
has presented. but it is stated that these reports
will not be made public until they printed
and transmitted TO the Senate. probably next
week.
II is understood that the President will ac-
company the report with special message on
the subject of the Brownsville incident. and
from inquiries that have been made it is ex-
pected that he will Indicate that he has decided
to amend the original order dismissng the
battalion OF the 25th Infantry TO remove
the bar against the future employment of the
in the Civil Service. The reason for thi.
change is believed to be conviction that there
is reasonable doubt as TO the right OF the
Executive, though clothed with the power to
regulate admission to the Civil Service to pro-
scribe by name individuals from employment
therein
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11

Der 81, 1905. was S302 54I. $50. On March IA.
1906. the company issued S2,9sO'oCO Of addi-
tonal capital stock. making ifs outstanding
issue S3o5, ,527 ,3J0-
The funded debt outstanding on Decenper 81.
1905. was $191 81. AZ 40. OF this sum So,IoZ.
S21 10 consisted Of mortgages and ground rents
and the rest OF bond issues. The increase IN the
funded debt in 1908 044o 20
In 1905 The Pennsylvania foated three large
loane. The first of these was an issue of $40
ooG,noo collateral trust per cent 1910 year
gold bonds, under date Of April = These viii
mature April l. 1881.
The second was sn issue of S50.OO0.0o0 OF Ala
per cent collateral trust gold improvement notes,
on May ]. These will mature on November /,
1907.
The third was loan of 250000O00 French
francs about S4S2500 000). dated June 15 1906,
and maturing June 15, 1921. This loan was Sc
cured in Paris at ga per cent interest, and is
known az the Pennsylvania company 3sa per
cent French franc loan OF 1906
Thus the bonded debt Of the PENNSYLVANIA sys-
TEN was increa sed by S11s,25O.000 in 1906 which
savc the system a total funded debt OF 1910 lo2-
Al 4S ct the close of last year.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11
REJECT ROOSEVELT RESOLUTION.
South Carolina House Differs with Senate
on Brownsville Case.

Columbia. s. C.. Jan, 1o-By a vote Of 30
to 40 the House of Representatives to-day de-
clined 10 concur in the resolution introduced I'm
the State Senate by Senator Blease. and passed
by that body. II to 16. yesterday approving
the course of President Roosevelt in sunlrnarily
dsmisslng the Negro troops implicated in the
Brownsville riot.
When the resolution called II was urged
that IL intended rebuke to the senior
United States Senator from this state, and that
such indirect and covert method OF indicat-
ing the national representatives. OF the state
tho wishes and opinions of the House would
be both undignifed and insulting.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11
MORE PAY FOR MINISTER'S
House Bill Prorides That Those Get
ting 81 800 Shall Receive $4,000.
rFron The Tribune Bureau. '

from The Tribune Bureau!
Washington, Jan. 10-A provision increasing
the salaries of all United states ministers now
receiving $500 to $4,000 is inserted in the
Diplomatic Appropriation bill. which was re-
ported to-day by the House Foreign Affairs
Committee. The ministers benefited are those
serving in Denmark, Norway. Sweden, Morocco,
Paraguay snd Uruguay. Runania and Servia.
Switzerland. Greece and Montenegro, Bolivia,
Ecuador. Hayti. Persia and SIAM The increases
made al the request OF the Secretary of
State.
The bill carries total appropriation of S3.-
13S.4T7 -. as compared TO estimates of S.
001 - by the State Department and S3,206,
294 II In the present law.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11
MAY INVESTIGATE LYNCHING,
Governor Cummins Likely, to Act in Regard
to Hanging of Wife Murderer.
IBy Photograph TO Tho rribun. /

Des Moines. Iowa, Jan. 10--Governor A. B.
Cummns may order an investigation Of the
lynching OF James Cullen at Charles City last
night and may dispatch special messenger
TO collect evidence In the
IT developed to-day that the mob was inoited
and led by one man particularly, who came
from Chickasaw County, and is reported to have
been q friend of the wife Cullen murdered He
led the mob adjusted tho moose over the mans
head and when the crowd faltered jerked the
rope that sent the aged man into eternity A
coroner's jury has been taking evidence all day
but has returned no verdict as yet
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11
SALARY INCREASES CUT OUT.
Committee Against Paying More to Vice
President, Cabinet Members and Speaker

Washington. Jan 1o.-The bill making appropria-
tons for the legislative executive and judicial ex-
penses OF the government reported to the SEN
ate to-day IT carries $50 ss5 S34 net increase OF
so25 $50 the amount of the bill passed by the
House All propositions for raising the salaries
of members OF Congress and members OF the Cab
including the provisions inserted by the House
increasing the pay of Cabinet members, the Vice
President and Speaker of the House to $4,000 n
wear were rejected II Is expected. however. tha Z
an amendment will he offered the floor OF the
Senate TO restore these items and also to raise the
salaries of members of Congress.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11
MR.. CROMWELL TO RETURN FEB. i

Washington Jan. 10.-The Senate Committee on
Ineroceanic Canals to-day received word that Will
lam Nelson Cromwell, who has been subpoenaed TO
appear before the committee January %. would
not return from Europe until about February H.
His departure from this country was taken befere
the committee voted to recall him % testitx pQr.
-ssEnlnl Q9aaA fna1
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11
DR.. POTTER WANTS LECTURE PLATFORM

Utica. X. Y, Jan. Io-Bishop Henry G. Potter,
of New GorS. delivered interesting lecture to-
night before tbe Oneida Historical Society Oh The
Lecture Bureau: Some It's Great Lights and It's
Greater Possibilities. He made earnest plea
for the restoration of the lecture platform in its
most useful form and called attention 10 some of
the many grave problems which to-day are press
ing for solution and which by common consent
there seems 70 be very general readiness TO
ignore.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11

or the more important increases in the production
OF gold compared with 1905 Alaska stands first
with gain of l010 Nevada comes next with
s45OO,O0o and Arizona third with s6s2 COO Colorado
shows a loss in gold production OF $4,000 and
California loss OF s56iO00
In silver production Montana shows a loss OF
100000 ounces Colorado loss OF $50 ounces and
Utah gain of 1,2l7.000 ounces The figures for all
the states show net gain In gold production OF
s907oo and net gain In silver production of 81 100
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11
COURT MARTIAL FOR KNOWLES.
No Way of Furnishing Macklin's Alleged
Assailant Under Territorial Law.

Washington, Jan. 1o-Secr-tarv Taft has teI.-
graphed Brigader General McCaskev. commanding
the Department OF Texas. To try at once by court
martial Corporal Knowles. Company A. 25th In
fsntry. who is under arrest at Ell Reno a
charge Of having murderously assaulted Captain
Macklin Of that regiment
This action was taken by the Secretary on repre-
sentations by General McCaskey that. owing to a
defect in the territorial law, no provision IS made
for the crime OF attempted murder. and that the
only way of Furnishing knowles II he is guilty cf
the assault, is through court martial.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11
ASKS ABOUT DRAKE LETTER.

washington, JaIV10-Representativ ROBINSON OF
Arkansas. introduced resolution to-day asking
that the President be requested 10 inform the
House whether he wrote a communication 10
Thomas c. Drake Superintendent of Insurance for
the District OF Columbia "condemning as invalid
and improper legislation limiting the amount Of
salaries which life Insurance companies may pay
their officers and if he such letter that
he furnish the House with copy OF the same
also whether he authorized said Drake to send
copies of said communication to insurance COM
missioners officers in any state and II so
whether he requested said Drake TO send the same
tally
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11
SUPPORTS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
Tennessee House Indorses Dismissal of
Negro Troops.

Nashville Tenn. Jan. 1o.-The Tennessee House
OF Representatives unanimously adopted a Joint
resolution indorsng the action OF President Roose-
welt in dismssng the Negro soldiers connected
with the iioting at Brownsville. Tex. The resolu-
ton requests the Tennessee delegates in Congress
10 support the President IN this case.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11
SMITH TO BE SENATOR.
Chosen to Succeed Russell a. 4Eger
from Michigan.

Lansing. Mich. Jan 1o-Congressnnan wfIi-
lam Alden Smith. OF Grand Rapids. was nom
mated tonight TO succeed United States Senator
r. A. Alser As there only half Q deeen
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11
GOLD PRODUCTION GAIN, $7,9ao7oo.
Total in the u S. for 1905, SOC, ,1O1 400
56183,50O Ounces of Silver Mined.

Washington, Jan. to.-The Director of the Mint
made preliminary estimate to-day of the produc-
ton Of gold and silver in the United States during
the calendar year 1906. follows:
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11
REAL WHIsKEY BLENDED, HE SAYS.
Lawyer Assures Secretary Wilson Product of
Distilleries is Something Entirely Different.

Washington Jan. 1O.-Additionai informa alton was
given Secretary Wilson OF the Department OF Agri-
culture to-day on the question OF what onstitutes
whskey. The Secretary, DIR. Wiley and Solicitor
MeCabe gave a hearing Warwick NJ HUFF of ST.
Louis general counsel of the blenders OF the middle
Western country. Mr.. Hun urged the Secretary TO
issue regulation In line with the contention of the
blenders that their product only is the whiskey OF
commerce and that the product OF the distilers is
not whiskey, but either alcohol high wines or
spirits
rectincaton after the spirits have been distilled
and that the first product OF the distilers is no
more whiskey than is straight alcohol.
Mr.. SHAW TO BE MIssoURlANs' GUEST.
Washington. Jan. IA committee representing
the Missouri Society OF the city Of New York CON;
l!Ita4 g EalteS AsxandssA Nilusn Z NBnnsD
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11

and Burton Thompson. called on Secretary Shaw
to-day and gained his acceptance Of al invitation
to be the guest OF honor at a dinner to % given
by the society at the Waldorf-Astoriason the ass
inst
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11

Democrats In the state Legislature, to-ntyhc1
nomination by the Republican caucus Is eou.va>
lent TO an election.
William Alden Smith has served from the sth
District OF Michigan IN the Ath. 18Th. 5sth. S7th.
5sth and 5sth Congresses. and reelected to ths
Goth. He Is a lawyer. living at Grand Rapids. and
was at Dowagiao. Mich. fn 1s5a Hs received
a common school education, was appointed pass
to the Michigan House OF Representatives IN 1872.
studied law and admitted to the bar in 1855.
He received the degree OF master OF arts from
Dartmouth in 1901
New-York tribune., 1907-01-11

Attention, Syracuse University AIumni--AnnusI din
uer, Eotei Astor, January Is. At p n. u, eNFpE2,
gr:aAa 4. c9Mt 81. Hliyps gslspboqf assa M9tA
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-07
DOUBLE WEDDING.
Brother and Sister of Two Prominent
Families Wed at Gurdane.

A double wedding Of unusual in
terest took place near Gurdane yes
terday when Rev. ]. NJ. CornelIson of
the Tutuilla Presbyterian church
performed the ceremony for Robert
olmstead and Nina Cate and Earl G.
Cate and Cassie olmstead a brother
and sister from each of the two fam
lilies.
The weddings took place at the
home of C. r. Cate near Gurdane
and were witnessed by a large num-
ber Of friends of the young couples.
The Cate country home was delight
fully arranged and decorated in au-
tumn foliage for the occasion and a
wedding dinner was served to about
rs guests after the ceremony.
In company with a number of
friends the young people came to
Pendleton last evening and will go
upon a brief trip to Portland, after
which they will return to the Cur
dane district to reside permanently.
Both the families are Well known and
prominent in that part Of the coun-
ty.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-07
PERSONAL
MENTION

Mrs. Bonney of Echo, was among
the visitors in the city today.
w. H. Bond, the Helix wheatraiser
has been visitor in town today.
Attorney Olivier P. Morton, OF
Echo, was a brief visitor here last
evening.
o. G. Allen and Otis McCarty of
Echo, are in the city today on a busi-
ness trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Switzler of
Umatilla, came up from there last
evening for a short visit with friends
in, this city.
H. c. Willis, who is now employed
with the Business Mems association
at The Dalles, visited his family here
last night, returning to The Dalles
today.
Mrs. Anna Selkirk-Norton came
down from Walla Walla this morning
after giving special lessons in the
Fischer School of Music there last
evening.
Mrs. E. C. Hogue, wife OF the
agent for the Pacific Express COM
pany, is expected to arrive from
eastern Washington this week to join
her husband here, where they will
make their home.
"Sor' Lemmery and family were
here today from Adams. He in
company with three of his brothers
are arranging to leave for Missoula,
Mont, in a few days, where they have
received allotments on the Flathead
reservation.
Charles Hanna Of Meacham, left
for his home today after a trading
trip to the county seat. He says
there are now about 1000 cords of
wood at Meacham with considerable
more in the timber yet to be hauled,
when snow comes for sleighing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-07

To be a polished caricaturist and
lecturer by night and hasty, though
highly talented show window artist
by day requires a versatility that is
rare. But such is the stunt now be-
ing performed here by one man and
It is only fair to the gentleman in
question TO say that he has been most
successful in both roles.
Since yesterday forenoon passersby
at the Teutsch department store have
been attracted by some miraculous
work being done in the corner win
do. one after another landscape oil
paintings have been created while
you wait and the skill with which
the artist has mixed his paints and
swung his brush has awakened the
admiration of the crowds. The pic
/ lures are being given as premiums
for cash trade by Mr.. Teutsch and a
| landoffice business was transacted
yesterday afternoon. Those who
enquired at the store as to the iden-
tity Of the artist are told that he is
f. NJ. Burt and they leave declaring
that he is a natural born picture
maker.
At the big Methodist church last
evening Charles F. Stalker, noted
cartoonist and lecturer, pleased an
audience that was not as large as the
character of the entertainment merit
ed. Tastefully attired in a dress suit
Mr. Stalker created many cartoons
and enlivened his work with a lee
ture that was equally interesting.
knowledge is the spice OF life"
Seeing is better than reading"
Are the slogans upon the page that
Is devoted to Mr.. Stalker in pamphlet
of the Chautauqua assembly under
whose auspices he fills engagements
here and elsewhere.
In the crowd watching the artist at
work in the window this afternoon
was a well known young man whose
deep legal learning has not obliterat-
ed a Sherlock Holmes instinct.
IT have a hunch." said he. that
this man is the same one who lectur-
ed at the church last night" Being
a society man himself. he had not
been at the house OF worship, but in
stead was with the throng at the
skating rink last evening. This is
said in order that the readers OF this
story may realize the full value Of
his discovery, for 1t was made with
out the aid of any of the usual, clues
which detectives readily find.
However. the fact that he had not
attended the cartoonist entertainment
did not battle our friend. To hunt
up a poster picture of Cartoonist
Stalker and then to mentally COM
pare the same with the gentleman in
the window was the work of but
minute.
"Ah. he is found" said Mr.. Raley
when he had finished the comparison,
for it was plainly to be seen that the
two men were one and the same.
Thus it is shown that an evening lee
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-07
O. r. & N. Deposits Larger.

The amount of the daily deposits
of the o. r. & N. in this city should
have been given at $500 instead of
S1050 as stated in the East Orego-
nian yesterday. The daily deposits
average $500 and at times reach
twice that amount. All Of the re-
ceipts of the Pendleton offices are
now being deposited in local banks
as formerly. For several days the
cash was needed in Portland and was
sent in by the local offices daily to
meet the heavy demands from dis
charged laborers at the Portland Of
fices.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-07
VIII Locate i'm Oregon.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Shipley OF
Ravelstoke, British Columbia, are
here for visit with Mrs. Shipley's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McBee
of Birch creek. Mr. Shipley has been
a locomotive engineer on the Canadi-
an Pacific out of Ravelstoke for the
past 10 years and on the recent jour-
ney of Count Ito of Japan, over the
Canadian Pacific, Mr.. Shipley was Sc
lected to pull the special train assign
ed the count by the Canadian gov
ernment. Mr.. shipley will locate in
Oregon somewhere on the o. R. & ~,
as he is tired of the extremely long
and cold winters of British Columbia.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-07
A. G. Ruby Through.

A. C. Ruby, formerly Of this city
and yet interested largely in the
Commercial National bank here,
passed through to lay from Ontario
TO Portland. He has branch sta
lie at Ontario where he keeps a
number of imported stations for sale
but his principal headquarters are at
Portland. The money furry has not
interfered with the horse business
ard Mr.. Ruby feels chat 1t is but a
temporary matter which will pass in
short time, leaving the country on
a more stable basis than ever before.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-07
TAAIPERED WITH JURY.
Sensational Charges in Idaho Land
Fraud Cases.

A special from Moscow, Idaho, to
the Lewiston Teller says:
The attorneys for F. w. Ketten-
bach, Geo. H. Kester, William Dwyer
and Clarence Robnett, convicted Of
land frauds in the last term OF the
federal court, today filed affidavits
made by members of the jury jury
which brought in the verdict of gull
ty in which 1t is charged that threats
were made to induce these jurymen
to vote favorable for a verdict OF
guilty. The jurymen making the af-
fldavits are j. B. Rice, John Leach
man and John E. Cloverdale.
The chief charges are made
against F. A. Stewart, one of the
jurymen and M. d. Fredenberg, fore
man of the jury. Another affidavit
by Robert M. Mark recites a CONVEX
sation which the affiant held with
Stewart, in which the latter told OF
the measures used in securing the
verdict.
The taking of testimony in the
DOllttl GdSt COIHIuGICeQ lOudy anu
two witnesses had been examined up
to 2 o'clock.
The record testimony from the
Occur d'Alene land office was ad-
mitted without objection. The first
witness for the prosecution was An
ma Peterson. She stated she took up
the land at the suggestion of Pres
ton, a nephew of Dollar. That she
gave Preston money to save for her
so that she could make her payments
on the land and that when the time
came for her to prove up Preston
gave her the money with which to
make the proof and she believed 1t
was the money she had given him.
George Curtis was the second wit
ness for the government, and he
stated he had never had a conver-
sation with Dollar relative to taking |
up the land and did not know Dol
lar until after he had made final
proof, when he went to Dollars bank
10 sign some papers and there met
he defendant.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-07
LIKE BAKER CITY.
Sneeter-Bryan Stock Company Have
Deci0ed to Make That City Their
Home

The streeter-Bryan Co. of this
city has closed le1se for the opela
house at Pendleton for term of five
yearg and will put 4 new AMI COM
pletely organized company on the
boards in that city. On or about the
2Sth the company will be seen in
Baker City in connection with the
popular company and two complete
programs will be carried out Mr..
Streeter leaves tonight for Pendleton
to complete his arrangements for the
appearance Of the new company in
that city.
We wish to say that Mr.. Streeter
and Miss Bryan and their excellent
company of players have no idea Of
leaving Baker City, but to the con-
trary have practically decided to
make this city their home.-Baker
City Democrat.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-07
W. s. Brown Recovering.

W. S. Brown, the pioneer of Mil
ton, who has been critically Ill with
heart trouble for the past month, is
now recovering and 1t is thought will
entirely regain his health. Owing to
his advanced age his life was de-
SPARED Of for a time. but rugged
constitution and good general health
enabled him to overcome the attack.
His son, Win, has returned to his po-
sition on The Dalles Chronicle after
few days at his fathers bedside.