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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

WATERVILLE.-The farmers are
generally complaining of the big mar
gins asked by grain companies and are
considering he advisability Of the or
ganization of a 100000 grain pool to
handle the crop of this section inde-
pendent of the companies.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

There will be three men in the COM
ing congress who will be contestants
for the honor of being proclaimed the
tallest member. They are Sulloway of
New Hampshire, Barchfield of Penn
sylvania and Anthony of Kansas. Sui
laway and Barchfield we~e rivals in the
last house. The former has a height
of feet inches, but he is round
shouldered and is topped by Barchfeld
who is feet 8. Anthony, the new
member from Kansas is feet inches.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

TOPPENISH.-A new fire engine
has been received and turned over tC
the Toppenish volunteer fire depart.
ment The engine was ordered sew.
eral months ago and cost approximate
ly $500.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

DAVENPORT. C. Cole reports az
oat crop that will sell at the present
market price for a sufficient sum t,
make him $31.25 per acre and a yieIt
of 1O,155 bushels of wheat from 2s
acres Of land.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22
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. NORTHWEST INLAND NOTES. =

SALEM-Lawrence J. Martin, a
prominent farmer residing six miles
northwest of the city, was instantly
killed Sunday by the discharge Of a
shotgun. Martin has invited a num-
Der of Salem friends to his ranch to
hunt China pheasants and was look
ing at a new gun which had been
brought out by one of the party. With
out apparent cause the gun was dis
charged, the load carrying away the
entire top of his head. !
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

Fusion has been. arranged in the
New York city local contest between
the Independence league and the re-
publicans. 1t includes the nomination
of Max Ihmsen, Hearst's political
manager. for sheriff ~ nL.L,... u
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22
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r POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. :

Governor NJ. R. Patterson, of Ten
nessee. will be married late in Novern-
Der to Miss Mary Russell Gardner, of
Union City, Tenn. 4
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

Walter @. Emerson, a former Wash
ington newspaper correspondent, has
announced his candidacy. for the re-
publican congressional nomination in
the First district of Maine, Thomas b
Reeds old district.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

entire top Of his head. .yi
MABTON.--A spark from a passing
locomotive set fire to the lumber yard
of the Cascade Lumber company burn
ing 100000 feet of lumber and
building valued at $4,000, The loss Is
covered by insurance.
LA CROSSE.-The old story Of not
knowing the gun was loaded has re-
suited in a 15-year- old boy killing his
uncle, Christ Rukus, at one of the o.
r. & N. camps near Meeker. The boy
deliberately picked up the weapon and
| leveling it at his uncles head, pulled
| the trigger Death was instantaneous.
PENDLETON.-Boy Ford was kill
ed by an east bound o. r. & N. train
near Arlington. Boyd was walking
along the track and neglected to heed
the ringing of the bell or the engine
whistle. He was identified by card
bearing his address at Vancouver
Wash, a hunters license issued at that
place and the address of the state
school,
CULDESAC.-The people of Guide
sac are being treated to a second crop
of strawberries and in such quantities
as to be sold in the retail market at 20
cents per box. The berries are of good
size. well shaped and of excellent
flavor The second crop is secured by
means of irrigation.
RITZVILLE.-There are offices in
Ritzville seeking men and at last re-
ports there have not been a sufficient
number of men found who will submit
their names to become candidates, but
still some of the places have no aspir-
ants.
LLMAN.-Indicative of the in
terest in the dairy industry by the
farmers OF this section is the report
of an auction sale where one COW
was sold for $50. another for $56 and
number above the $50 mark. This
records the highest price paid in this
section for a number of years, but the
big profits secured by the successful
dairyman has boosted the price of tried
I dairy stock and viii result in ma
terial growth of the industry during
the next few years.
CoLFAx.-The grand jury called by
District Judge Chadwick to investi'
gate the charges Of graft in the county
attorneys office. The charges .hav'
been made that efforts were made Il
extort brides from Palouse saloor
keeper to secure immunity from prose-
cution for violating the Sunday res
law.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

Now doth the busy little graft en-
joy each passing hour, and gather
Doodle all the day and never doth look
sour.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

only genuine globe trotter built for the
job.
Fusion is still rampant in Nebraska
and will continue to be propagated as
long as there are offices enough to go
around
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

There may be as good Fish in the
sea as ever were caught, but Harri-
man did not land any in his net
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

MABToN.-A spark from a passing
locomotive set fire to the lumber yard
of the Cascade Lumber company burn
ing 100000 feet of lumber and a
building valued at $4,000. The loss is
covered by insurance.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

James K. Jones, of Arkansas. who
managed William J. Bryan's first cam.
paign, recently wrote the Nebraska
leader advising him not to be a candi-
date again, and giving as his opinion
that If he is a candidate he cannot be
elected
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

John Sharp Williams, democratic
leader in the house. will not be a can
didate for reelection to congress. He
intends to take a two-year vacation
before he takes his seat as senator
from Mississippi, succeeding H. D.
Money. In the interval he will devote
his time to reading and to writing a
life of Thomas Jefferson.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

In the opinion of many astute politi-
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

RITZVILLE.-Ther are offices ir
Ritzville seeking men and at last re-
number of men found who will submit
their names to become candidates, bu
still some of the places have no aspir-
ants.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04

Chicago, Feb. A Daily News
correspondent at st. Petersburg cables
that he is informed that Immediately
following the California affair Japan
proposed to Russia the mutual evac-
uation of Manchuria, Japan consent
ing to yield in debatable treaty ques-
tions. His informant is a diplomat
who took part in the Portsmouth con-
ference.
''Unless America makes immediate
preparations for war. war will likely
become imminent" continued the in
formant, because Russian and Japn-
ese affairs are definitely settled.
Japan is preparing for war feverish-
ly.
The idea of selling the Philippines
to the Mikado is unreasonable, be-
cause afterward Japan will ask for
the Hawsi'sn islands. which America
could not grant without humiliation.
Japan's spirit of conquest is bound to
find an outlet.
OF corrsc Japan could only win
the firs. round, hut Roosevelt is right
in trying to prevent conflict by hur-
rying preparations and not magnify
ing the Jamaica incident.
Many Englishmen are already sid
ing with Japan in the California af-
fair, and a apanese-American war
would depend upon the British atti-
tudc.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
FLOOD DAMAGE
SUIT IS BEGUN
BAKER & FOLSOM ACTION
THE FIRST TO BE HEARD.
City and w. s. Byers Are the Defend
ants. and the Three Plaintiffs Who
Filed Claims Ask for Damages Ag-
gregating About S15,00O-Defend-
ants Held Responsible for Absence
of Gate at Lower End Of Tail
Race.

Today the trial Of the flood DAM
ages suit against the city and w. s.
Byers was commenced in the circuit
court, and all forenoon was devoted
to the selection of jurors. Before the
noon adjournment was taken nine had
been secured as follows: w. R. Tay-
lor. f. L. Wright, Amos Richardson,
f. B. Chancey, H. H. Gilbert, William
Kilgore, John Bell, Ben Anspaugh
and L. l.. Mann.
The snit now being tried is that of
Baker K Folsom VS.. the city, and in
the same the furniture people asked
damages for stock ruined during the
high water last spring. The merchan-
disc was stored in their basement,
which was flooded with, water from
the Byers mill race, and the city is
held to have been negligent in that it
did not provide for a gate at the end
of the tail race, which would prevent
back water from flooding the town.
Aside from the Baker & Folsom
suit there are two others, the Fair
Store and the Peoples Warehouse be-
ing the plaintiffs The damages ask
ed by the three concerns aggregate
about $4,000.
In the legal battle that is now on
the plaintiffs are represented by Car
ter, Raley & Raley, while the city is
being defended by Mayor James A.
Fee and City Attorney McCourt.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
RAILROAD BLOCKADE IS PERSISTENT

through the blockade today many
Pendleton people bound for Salem
and Portland will be inconvenienced
Several left on the morning train for
Salem, beoing on the morning train for
work in the interests of various prop
ositions now before the legislature.
W. Il c. II. Is Dead.
on the w. x C. Il. not a train has
been run since the slides commenced
last week. This afternoon Walter
Adams, local agent, stated that serv-
ice would probably be resumed We'd
nesdoy or Thursday. Most of the
trouble on that line is north of Helix,
and crews of men are now hard at
work repairing the shattered road
way.
This forenoon an engine and coach
went over the track on Webb street
and encountered much difficulty be-
cause of the solidly packed snow on
the track. The train was made up to
run between town and the first wash
ont, about three miles out on the
line.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04

Topeka, Kan, Feb. 4.-The ears of
the Standard OIL octopus will be
made to tingle tomorrow when the
governors of half a dozen or more
states gather in this city and exchange
opinions on the big corporation and
its methods of doing business. Gov
ernor Hoch, who issued the call for
the conference, expects representa-
tives to he on hand from Colorado,
Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa,
Oklahoma and the Dakotas.
Governor Hoch believes that If all
the states should act as vigorously as
has the state of Kansas it would
mean the finish of the Standard Oil
company. The governors of the
neighbcring commonwealth who at
tend the conference will be told how
kansns has fought the trust with
drastic legislation and they will be
urged to go home and recommend the
same methods to their respective leg
islatures.
Governor Hoch will refer to leg
islation which makes pipe lines COM
mon carriers and provides maximum
rates for the shipment of refined oil,
etc. Back of this movement are a
dozen independent refineries in Kan
sas who are clamoring for law that
will enable them to use the Stands
ards pipe lines for the transporta-
ton of their oil. They assert that the
right of eminent domain" over the
pipe lines which are to be designat-
ed Common carriers will give them
this privilege.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04

Though some trains have gotten
through from Portland to this place
during the last two days, the block
ade on the q. r. & N. is far from
broken. There is still trouble along
the line west of Umatilla, and this
afternoon the men at the local office
stated that No. 5, which passed
through here at o'clock this morn
ing, is unable to get through. Nor
can any train from Portland get
through tonight coming this way.
No. |, the westbound train which ar
rived here shortly after o'clock this
afternoon, was held here for time
and then left for Umatilla with in
struttions to turn back at that point
and run east as No. 2. A train from
Portland may get through by tomor-
row morning, but the railroad men
make no promises of such. The
Walla Walla-Pendleton line is still
out of commission entirely, service
in that direction now being entirely
bv way of Umatillo.
Ry the failure Of No. 8 to get
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
CHESTER THOMPSON ACQUITTED
Jury Commits Him as Insane and He
VIII Be Imprisoned.

Tacoma, Wash, Feb. 4.--Not guilty
by reason of insanity" was the ver-
dict of the jurw in the Thompson mur.
der case Saturday night.
There was only two ballots taken.
one at o'clock, resulting in a vote
of IL to l for acquittal, and the other
at $3.50 o'clock being unanimous. The
defendant will be kept in Jail until
papers can be made out committing
him to some asylum.
The crime of which Chester Thomp-
son was tried was committed on the
night Of July Z, last. He shot and
killed Judge George Meade Emory in
his home. Miss Charlotte whittlesey
niece of Judge Emory Is said to have
been the cause Of the tragedy. She is
said to have spurned the attentions
Of Thompson, and Judge Emory refus-
ed to alloy the young man to call.
He called the young woman on the
telephone and Judge Emory answer
ed the call. After some conversation
Chester went and hung up the receiv-
er and went to the Emory home,
where the shooting occurred.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04

this association shall send a copy of
this resolution to the president OF the
United States and to every senator
and representative in congress-"
The Full Committee.
Aside from Mr.. Smythe the other
committeeman named by the president
are as follows: Senator r. z. War;
rem, Wyoming, II. A. Jastro, Cali
fornia; Mark earns, Idaho; Murdo
Mckenzie, Colorado; viii Barnes,
New Mexico; F. M. Stewart of South
Dakota. Three of the men are In
the cattle business, three are engaged
In the sheep business, while one, Mr..
Mckenzie, was appointed at large.
Owing to the importance Of the
work to be done by the committee the
oregon sheepmen are rejoicing that
they Will be represented, and the To-
cal friends of Mr.. Smythe have been
busy congratulating him upon his ap-
pointment.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04

New York, Feb. AT 10:45 AS
sistant District Attorney Garvan be-
gan the opening address for the state.
The jury remains unchanged.
Garvan said "The purpose of pun
ishment Of crime is as an example to
the community. The defendant is
White with premeditation, June 25,
1906" eHdetailed the scenes con-
nected with the murder, and contin-
ued, "The murder was criminal, cruel
and malicious, and the state will
prove the facts"
When Garvan closed Jerome asked
the witnesses to leave the room. May
Mckenzie left accompanied by Eve
lyn, who in passing her husband,
clasped his hands with tears falling
down her cheeks as she turned away.
Lawrence White, son of the dead
architect, was the first witness.
White told of dining at the Cafe
Martin, where his father and n friend
left to go to the theater. He said
he went home and learned OF the
death OF his father from reporters.
The defense declined to cross-ex-
anime.
Robert Paxton, an employe of the
Madison Square Garden was called
and described the garden and assign
ment OF the tables. He saii he heard
a shot and turned and saw Thaw fire
the last two shots. Friends of Thaw
cme up and the prisoner said to
them. II shot him because he ruined
my wife" He said Thaw told a
young woman he would probably save
her life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
c. r., o. & N. E. RAILROAD
"Cross Country" From Vancouver
WASH, to Spokane.

The Columbia River, Outlook &
Northeastern Railway company has
been organized to build line from
Vancouver, Wash, to Spokane, dis
tance of 800 miles, says the Yakima
Republic. The line to pass through
the Cascade mountains somewhere
near Mt. Adams, and tap the Yakima
reservation. 1t will cross the Yakima
river near Granger and pass through
Outlook, the present headquarters of
the company. From Outlook the line
will 30 northeastward and cross the
Columbia river near White Bluffs, and
thence to Spokane.
Articles of incorporation of the new
concern have been filed. The company
has capital stock of $4,000, 600, di-
vided into 10O,O 900 shores of $40 each.
NJ McF. Stewart and NJ. C. Stewart of
Outlook are the incorporators, but
they represent the parties behind the
project.
The railway is believed to be a con-
tinuation of the long g-forgotten VAN
couver & Yakima railway system that
was built for several miles into the
Cascades from Vancouver and then
work stopped.
1t is stated in the article that the
stock actually subscribed amounts
to 100000 shares, divided y,
follows: w McF. Stewart, 40 .OOo
shares, s1,2OO.OOO; NJ. c. Stewart. 10
OOS shares 100000. The main office
Is to be at Outlook for the present.
Ihe new railway is believed to be a
part of the Milwaukee system, which
Is now building across the state via
the Columbia river at Priest Rapids
and that the proposed line through
outlook is to be branch to Port
land, this being the most available
route for that road to take to the
city on the Columbia.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
FIRST WOMAN JUROR.
Colorado Court Enjoys Novelty of
Woman Suffrage.


The Rocky Mountain News says of
the first selection of a woman to sit
upon a jury in that state this week:
AS the clerk in Judge McCall's d.
vision of the county court called the
name "Hilda Smith," yesterday after
noon a young woman with masses of
fluffy, golden hair and dancing blue
eyes, stepped jauntily forward, and
Colorado's first woman juror was
ready to answer truthfully all ques-
tions touching upon her "qualifica-
tlons to sit as a fair and impartial
Juror" in the case at bar.
Miss Smith was impaneled upon an
open venire in the trial of the di-
vorce case Of Harvey H. Fretz against
Hattie F. Fretz. She sat in the
Jurors box beside five men with no
outward sign of terpidation.
Gentlemen of the Jury" and
Judge Mccall paused in his instruc-
tions when he glanced at the smiling
face Of the girl juror, "and lady of
the jury" he added, CALAMITY, and
then proceeded. The jury found in
favor of the plaintiff and gave him
a decree upon the ground of deser-
tion. Miss Smith collected $3.50
which, at least, is pin" money, and
resumed the work with which she is
more familiar-that of gathering
news.
ut is not hard work" said Miss
Smith, "but I have no desire to be-
come a professional juror"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
WIDDOwsoN ACQUITTED.
Baker County Man Gets Verdict
From the Jury.

Baker City, Feb. Alex Widow
son, who has been on trial for the
murder Of Willard Moody for the past
10 days. was acquitted of the charge,
after 30 hours deliberation by the
jury. Ira Brown also indicted for the
murder was dismissed by the circuit
court, Saturday.
1t can be truthfully said that Dis
trict Attorney Lomax, Hon. John L.
Rand, Charles +. Hyde and w. Fl.
Strayer for the state, and Judge Sam
White and Senator ]. N. Hart for the
defense put up one of the strongest
cases on record in Baker county,
lacked by eloquent arguments of
facts and law.
The testimony was volumnious, con-
flicting In many points and tried the
patience Of court, jury, witnesses and
lawyers The instructions of the
court were lengthy in accordance with
the circumstances and 1t is not a sur
prise that the jury took 80 hours to
arrive at a decision in so important
matter whereon hung a mans life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
LARGEST CAR EVER BUILT.
One Hundred Feet Long and Weighs
250,000 Pounds,

OIlc uulureu Ttet IOliS anu NtlRIiS
25O,O0O Pounds.
South Bethlehem, Pa, Feb. 4.-The
largest all steel railroad car ever
built has arrived here from the Lehigh
Valley shops at Sayre, to be fitted
with steel platform. The car is to
he used exclusively for hauling the
mammoth cannon from the steel
plant 10 points along the coast.
The car is 100 feet in length and
when completed will weigh about
250,000 pounds. The bed rests on
four separate trucks, or more specif-
ically speaking, two pairs of trucks.
Under each truck there are eight
wheels, making a total of 80 wheels
under the car. Each of the trucks is
II feet four inches in length. There
are 24 equalizing bars, which distrib-
utes the weight equally among all
the trucks no matter how uneven
the roadbed or how sharp the curves
in the tracks. A working crew spent
40 days in doing nothing except driv-
ing the 10000 rivets that were placed
in the car.
Expert railroad men consider the
buil1ing of the car one Of the greatest
undertakings of its kind ever accom-
plished. The entire cost is estimated
at over $4,000. The car will remain
the property of the builders, the Le-
high Valley Railroad company.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
TEDIOUS AND DIsAGREEABLE.
Cutters Last Trip From Walla Walla
to Pendleton.

II seems that the superintendents
of railways are suffering from the
recent flood as well as passengers. J..
g. Cutler, superintendent of the w.
Il c. r., arrived last night after a
hard and tedious trip over the road
from Walla Walla. He says that he
took a train from Walla walla to
Hunts Junction, from whence he
went to Kennon on handcar, a dis
lance of about 15 miles; from there he
walked to Helix, 70 miles. At Helix
he secured livery rig and drove on
into Pendleton. He was nearly frog
en-, and says the road is in very bad
shape In places between here and
Hunts Junction and it may be the
lest of the week before any trains
can be run through over the w. g. C.
r.
Water did considerable damage
about Helix, and some people were
compelled to move out of their
homes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
NEW YoRK's INSANE INCREASE.
Present Number 5761 More Than the
Burden Last Year.

New York. Feb. 4.-There are at
present 2S.3o2 persons in the institu-
tons for the insane in this state, be-
ing an increase of 5761 over last
year. According to the annual report
of the state lunacy commission. 1853
patients were discharged as recov-
cred, while 1142 had recovered suf-
ficientlv to resume life of unre-
straint. The state last year expended
$5,722,429 In caring for the insane
which was at the rate of $3.50 per
capita, including salaries of employees
and medical attendance.
The commission urges immediate
consideration of the needs of the
metropolitan district in the way Of
accommodations for the insane. The
commission points out that the states
lease of Wards island expires in six
wears and they request an immediate
appropriation to provide a site for
an entirely new establishment on ain
extremely large scale.