East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-19
GENERAL NEWS.


AT Seattle, Charles p. Bergen, a
poor man with a family, recently
eagerly jumped at chance to saw
aud split wood. The second day on
the job he was killed by a green log
rolling upon him.
The Portland council has passed an
ordinance imposing a fine of 500
upon any householder who let's the
city water flow to prevent freezing.
insisting that the water must be cut
off from the house. rr
The Lewiston Tribune claims the
assets of that town are s130,995 over
the liabilities, a difference in favor
of the city of s12,S77 compared with
a year ago. OF the assets, however.
delinquent taxes constitute s36,2S2.
Aberdeen. WASH, has issued 10 600
Illustrated booklets containing 4s
pages, advertising that city and vicin-
ity A feature is a table showing the
payroll Of 32 milling and other man.
ufacturing concerns employing 1895
hands.
At Mountainhome, Idaho, ]. ].
Armstrong tried TO put large chunk
| of coal into the office heater 1t
was trifle too large, and when he
attempted to trim a corner off with
hatchet the chunk fell apart, re-
, vealing large stick of giant pow
| der.
The range in the kitchen OF Thos.
Rose at Walla Walla, fro2e up and
then exploded when a sudden fire
was built. The range and everything
else in the kitchen was demolished,
the doors and windows blown out
and a piece of range blown through
the partition.
The preliminary hearing of w. B.
Howard and Edward Wiley, al
Grangeville. Idaho, accused of the
murder of Swan Kundson on the
Florence road, August II, 1901, is in
progress. James Wiley has been dis
charged from custody and will be a
witness for the state.
Twenty-three degrees below zero
was recorded January II at EllAns
burg, Wash, the coolest weather in
parts of the Yakima river fine ice
has formed, and for the first time in
1s years is being cut for commercial
purposes. 1t is eight inches thick
At Anaconda, Mont, Frank Carpen
ter, aged 16, confessed to the mur.
der last Monday of George Johnson
ranch hand, aged 55, in the Deei
| Ioa 81,
John Berberich, aged 10. johnson
caught the boys robbing the safe II
the Parrott ranch and they killed
him.
Miss Lena Peterson, a stenograph-
or, was killed at Leavenworth, Wash
by being run over by a freight train
Fourteen cars passed voer the body
No consistent account Of the acci
dent can he gathered, but It is sup.
posed she became confused by bells
ringing and escaping steam and per.
hars slipped while crossing a track.
The dead body of Miss Mary Glas
was found In the country school hous
where she taught, near Eldorado
Kas., with the throat cut. Later Rob
ert Hall was found at home with hi
throat cut and in a dying condition
Hall admits being at the school hous,
and says he and Miss Glass quarreled
He claims she first attacked him, will
a knife.
The Kansas legislature has voted I,
abolish capital punishment. BY tn,
laws Of that state heretofore, since
was organized in 1861, persons con
i, victed Of murder in the first degre
are imprisoned at hard labor until tn,
: governor signs the death warrant
which no governorhas ever done. A
a result, there has never been lega
) hanging in Kansas outside of the oper
! alton Of the federal laws, which
: outside the states Jurisdiction.