East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-27

GENERAL NEWS.


II. II. Rogers, the active head or
the Standard Oil company, was on
July % prostrated with heat while
at his desk in his New York office.
He is recovering rapidly.
A gasoline launch capsized in Lake
Ontario. near Toronto, and Frank
Kyle. Joseph and John Irwin, John
Rowden aud five other men were spill
ed into the lake and drowned.
Charles Norris 65 years old and a
pioneer of the Lochsa country, near
Orofino, tdaho, was drowned a few
days ago while out endeavoring to
catch mess OF trout to make sup
per for some visitors.
Twenty-nipe anarchists composing
the entire national convention of the
German anarchist societies, who were
placed on trial at Mannheim, on the
charge of holding an Illegal open air
meeting were acquitted, 90
Nine pairs of twins and one set of
triplets have been born in Portland
since the first of last January. TIE
triplets, all boys, with a combined
weight of Y pounds. were born July
25 to Mr.. and Mrs. Antoine Digman.
Angry because her husband, a lab
orer, refused to praise her for saw
ing money, Mrs. Anna Lowe, of Little
Rock, Ark, poured gallon of coal oil
on her head, told her little daughter
to watch and then set fire to the oil.
Mrs. loves body was burned to a
crisp.
A thunderstorm at Augusta, Ca,
played some queer pranks. One bolt
of lightning which set fire to the cot
ton in the cardroom in the Augusta
cotton factory was followed BY anoth-
er which turned on the automatic
sprinkler system, quickly extinguish-
ing the fire by flooding all parts of
the building.
Minnie Wong. wife of a prominent
Chinaman, of Stockton, Calf, was
stabbed to death. Her husband nor
any other relative is suspected 1t is
generally believed that the deed was
done by highbinder who served a
term in the penitentary for perjury
of which he was convicted several
years ago upon Mrs. wongs testi-
mony
Antonio Orico, section foreman at
Shoshone, Idaho. is under arrest
charged with stealing from freight
cars. A large quantity of goods in
original packages were found cached
away on his premises. Henry Hicks
and Carl Mellich have been sent to
I the penitentiary, and William Sell
strom to Jail from Shoshone for steal
ing from cars.
The arrival in Clinton, H., of Fred
H. Magill and his bride, Fay Graham
Magill arrested in California charged
with murder, has aroused the citizens
of the town to such an extent that
within six hours $4,000 was raised to
aid in the prosecution of the man and
woman who are accused of having
Magll's first wife.
At the Elks'. convention in Phila.
delphia last week, Jerry d. Sullivan.
3, member of the Roseburg lodge of
Elks, won the s25 prize for being the
smallest Elk of the order in the
country Jerry will be remembered
by many Roseburg people as the COM
ical little acrobat with Hamlins Wiz
ard OIL theatrical and advertising
troupe.-Roseburg Review.
There was heavy rain at Phoenix,
Arizona, July 25. Precipitation reach
ed IL inches. Reports from Roose-
welt showed flood $500 feet. Water
is flowing over the Roosevelt storage
dam, now under construction, but the
flood can do no damage except to
delay work until the water recedes
and fill with water and debris the
excavated portion Of the foundation
where rock is not yet laid.
New'York city has the greatest
supply of water on hand in its Croton
system within the history of the city.
Without drop of rain or the fall
Of flake of snow between now and
, March 1. 1908, the city would have
an ample supply of fresh water to
meet every emergency. This supply
is stored behind the new Cornell dam
in the Croton valley. The total
amount Of water In storage is about
e $1,000, 100000 gallons.
Yakima has begun to lay wires for
the capture of the next National Irri-
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