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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
INTEREST IN
FREIGHT THEFTS
WILD RUMORS TO BE
HEARD ON THE STREETS
District Attorney Said TO be Gather
ing Immense Amount of Evidence
-RepOrted that Dickens has Ac-
cused Men Before the District At
tOrney-Hearing Comes up Soon.

District Attorney Phelps has been
busy for the last few days securing
evidence in the railroad cases against
Dickens, Edwards and Ely. The cases
were to come up before the justice last
Saturday, but the prosecuting attor-
ney has not made his preparations
complete for the hearing. A number
of subpoenas have been issued and
examinations have been made in the
district attorneys office behind closed
doors.
1t is said that dozens of persons
in the city have been implicated by
Dickens and among them some very
prominent people. According to wild
rumors there have been thousands
and thousands of dollars worth Of
merchandise sold in Pendleton, which
has gone to some of the most promi-
nent merchants.
Rumors have also been afloat that
Dickens has implicated a number of
people to their faces in the presence
OF Phelps, and that when the accu-
sation had been denied that trouble
occurred. 1t is expected that there
will be some interesting proceedings
when the trial comes off. That peo-
pie who have been here, and who
have moved away have been sub
poenaed and the district attorney is
awaiting their appearance before
conducting the trial, is the reason as
signed for the delay.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
LOCALS


Pastlme pictures please all.
Best pictures and prizes given at the
Pastime theater.
A warm theater with new and lively
pictures-the Pastime.
For Sale-Baled grain hay. In
auire oregon Feed Yard.
]. y. HALEY. express Leave order,
welch's cigar store: Phone Main 1s
For sale cheap, two good delivery
horses Am going to leave city. APP
ply Powers Dairy or ask the driver
Six room house for sale or rent
near high school. Phone Black 2ll2.
or enquire Canadian Pacific land Of
flee.
For rent-32O acres land near
Claresholm. Alberta. VIII sell stock
and machinery. See G. A. Robbins
this office.
Kennedy's Orchestra will furnish
music FOR all ovcaslons. Formerly the
Grand theatre orchestra. Address
Lee b. Kennedy. 623 College. phone
Black 1441.
For sale-Onc sorrel horse six
years old, weight between 1000 and
100 pounds; single or double driver
and n good saddle horse perfectly
gentle. Inquire Of Miles Kemler on
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
GRANDSON OF SOUTHEY.
THE POET, is \ BEGGAR

London.-At Shap, Westmoreland,
yesterday, Charles Southey, son Of the
late vicar Of Askham and grandson Of
the poet Robert Southey, was sent to
Jail for week for begging at Patter-
dale hall on Sunday night.
He told the bench a pathetic story,
His father, he said, gave him a good
education, but no trade so he took up
literature. He got married and had a
comfortable home, but his wife left
him years ago and he had to sell his
home. Afterwards he stole half a SOW
ereign, for which he was sent to pri
son. He had since been unable to
pursue literary work, his appearance
being against him.
81 have not known what it is to have
a proper meal for along time" added
the prisoner. ''but have had TO subsist
at the best of times on fish and chips
in common lodging houses."-Daily
Mail.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
FARMERS ASSOCIATION
WILL MEET SATURDAY

Rep. C. A. Barrett, as president OF
the county grain growers association,
has called a. meeting of the associa-
ton for this city next Saturday af-
ternoon. The meeting will be held
i'm the Commercial association rooms
and will be called to order at 2
o'clock.
According to the announcement of
the president some important busi-
ness will come before the meeting
and a good attendance is desired. 1t
Is understood that the subject of sack
buying will be one of the things for
consideration.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
CAN'T MORTGAGE CHILD.
Circuit court Holds They Sannot BE
Held as Bond for Debt.

Cleveland.-A child is not a chat
tel and cannot be mortgaged as a
piece Of furniture. This is the effect
of a decision of the circuit court CIV
ing the custody of five-year-old
Theodore Barcus to MIS- father,
Charles l. Barcus.
When the child's mother died, three
years ago, he was placed in the Cleve-
land Christian Orphanage, with the
understanding that the father pay
$3.50 a week. Marcus remarked last
spring and took the boy from the or
phanage. Suit was brought by the
institu.'on 20 regain possession of the
child upon the ground that the week
ly payments had not been met.
Judge Kennedy decreed that a child
cannot be held as bond to satisfy
debt. His decision was affirmed by
the circuit court
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
Mckay creek or address P. o. Box
2OI. Pendleton, oregon.
PREDICTS BIG BATTLEsHIPs.
Rear Admiral Goodrich Says 10000
Ton Boats Are Possibility.

Rear Admiral Goodrich believes
that battleships twice the size of the
type now building will be launched
in the not far distant future, Speak
ing OF the navy at the annual ban
quet of the New York State society
OF Cincinnati he said:
over in the Brooklyn navy yard
we are refitting one of the vessels
that formed part of Rear Admiral
SIMPSONS fleet in 1898. That boat is
Of 5000 tons displacement. We now
have ships Of $4,000 tons and are
building battleships of 10000 tons
displacement. II We are spared for
q few years more we shall see ships
Of 10000 and 10000 tons displace-
ment."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
"NIY MA-IN-LAW" WILL
PLAY IN DAYTON

C. ]. Mitchell, manager of the Ore
gon theater, will leave Sunday for
Dayton. Wash, to remain for several
weeks. While he is there he will pro-
duce the play, "My Mother-inLaw"
for the benefit of the Christian church
of Dayton. The people of Dayton
have learned of the splendid success
attending Mr.. Mitchelrs efforts with
the play in this city and they are now
anxious to have it produced in their
town
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
KILLS MAN: TRIES TO KILL
WOMAN AND HIMSELF

Napa, Calf, Feb. 25.-A man nam
ed Wallace, early today. killed an en-
ploye on the ranch of Captain J. J.
Bruce, near Oakville with an ak. He
cut the throat of his victims wife,
fired their house and attempted sui
eide.
The murderer, unable to talk, was
brought here this afternoon.
The cause of the trouble is un-
known. The woman is recovering.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
DEER HUNT IN AUTOS.
This Is the latest Fad Of Maine
Hunters

Seven deer in six days were the
product Of trip in the Maine woods
In which four hunters drove an au-
tcmobile into the wilds where a mo-
tor car had never gone before. Six
teen partridges and other game ad-
ded to the spoils Of the hunters. says
the Atlanta Constitution.
The party was made up by DR..
Heber H. Cleveland, Of Auburn, Me-,
and 1t was in his Franklin touring
car that the trip was made, one alto
gether in excess of 900 miles. OF the
experiences Of himself and his friends
DIR. Cleveland says:
1--WE left Auburn at a. m. There
were four of us, carrying trunk,
dress suit cases, shot guns, rifles,
fur coats and robes. At p. m. we
arrived at Eustis Me-, a distance
Of one hundred and six miles, having
taken out about two hours for din
ner by the roadside and conversa-
tion with the guides at Flagstaff.
while hunting in and about the
town Of Eustis six days netted us sew
en- deer. During this time we used
the car to take us from the hotel to
and from the hunting ground.
my car was the first to ever make
a trip from Eustis to Alder stream,
distance Of six miles back into the
wilderness.
"The last two days were spent in
touring the neighboring towns look
ing for partridge, Of which we cor
raled sixteen. Our return home was
through Rangeley and the beauti-
full Sandy river valley, netting in
all something over 900 miles on our
trip"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
THANKS FOR ALL WHO
HELPED IN "MOTHER-IN-LAW'

The ladies of the Parish aid desire
to thank those who assisted with the
production of the local talent play,
my Mother-in-law." They especi-
ally desire to thank Mr.. Mitchell for
his services and the general public
for its liberal patronage.
The society announced this morning
that the sum of $93.4O had been net
ted them as the result of the enter
tainment.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
HUNGRY FOR 3 DAYS
APPLIES TO POLICE

Chicago, Feb, 25,-Samuel Wymar
10 years old, is being cared for by the
police, to whom he applied for food
ard shelter after being without food
for three rays.
In 1904, says Wyman. his father
was editor of a small paper in Odes-
sa during the anti-Jewish riots. Sol
diers raided the place, killed his faith
er and had two young women sent
to Siberia while Wyman and his
mother fled across the border. Re-
Gently he has been in Cleveland, but
work failing there ne came to Chi
cago.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
CHOSEN AFTER % YEARS
Tuscarawas Man, Candidate at Every
Election. Reaches Goal.

Canal Dover, Ohio.--When Harvey
Barnhil took the office of Probate
Judge of Tuscarawas county, February
9th. he obtained an honor he has
,ought a long time. Twenty-Five years
ago he was a candidate for the office
and was candidate either for the NOM
a.-..on Of the office at every succeed
ing election except where the incum-
bent was man belonging to his
party the democratic, and was up
for recollection.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
GOES TO BALL: LOSES GEMS.
Attorneys Wife Robbed First Time
Sic GOcs Ont After HIness.

San Jose, Calf, Feb. 25-While
Mrs. Marguerite r. Seely, widow Of L.
r. Seely. a San Francisco attorney,
was attending the reception of the
Cotillon Club at the Hotel Vendome
last evening a burglar entered her
apartments in the hotel and secured
and jewelry worth $500. Mrs.
Seely arrived here ten days ago with
a retinue of servants. She has been
seriously i'll and last evening was the
first time that she had left her
rooms
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
ONE DAYS LOSSES BY
LLOYDS AGGREGATE 81. .OO0. 900

London.-It is estimated that the
losses posted" at Lloyd's yesterday
represented a net value of a million
sterling.
Apart from the loss of the White
Star liner Republic. the value of which
including contents of holds, is estimat-
ed at between 100000 and 500,-
900 pounds sterling, cables announce
that the German lined Wangard was
totally wrecked off Buenos Aires.
loss to insurers of over 5000 pounds.
The japanese liner Iburi Maru, sunk
in Togo bay, after collision with the
steamer Sydney, was valued at 10000
pounds, and the Onipenta, of the
British India line, wrecked off the In
dian coast. which became uninsurable
in Lloyd's yesterday. including all in
terests, was worth $4,000 pounds.
The Elder Dempster liner Canada
Cape was yesterday reported on fire
at Norfolk (Va.). She is one Of the
newest vessels of the line represent
ing, including all interests, $4,000
pounds.
The Central News states that the
Republic, WHICH was valued at
25O,OOO pounds, was insured with un
dewriters for $50, 900 pounds, the
remaining 100000 pounds being on
the company's own. account.-Chron-
icle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
BAKER CITY SUICIDE
FORMER PENDLETON WOMAN

The Mrs. Bird who committed sui
eide near Baker City several days
ago, was formerly a resident of this
city. The family lived here five or
six years ago and the husband work
ed as a laborer about the town. Mrs.
Bird committed suicide by taking
poison and the tragedy was the out
come of trouble in which she was in
volved.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
ALFRED C. VANDERBILT FINED.
sailed for Europe without Answer
ing Subpoena for Jury Duty.

Although abroad and for the time
at least out of the jurisdiction of the
court, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt will
have to pay a fine and may have fur
ther trouble when he returns as the
result of failing to answer jury sub
poena served on him before he sailed
says the New York American. Judge
Gay tbday fixed the penalty at $3.50,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
.NLLOWAYS MOVING TO
BOISE TO RESIDE

S. a. Alloway and family, with the
exception of Miss Norma and Miss
Mamie, leave this evening for Boise,
where they will reside in future The
two young ladies will follow in a few
days.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
First Showing Spring Hats.

New and exquisite creations in
street and tailored hats. now on dis
play at the Vogue Millinery. They
are a little prettier than 1t seems pos
sible and prices right Opening OF
trimmed hats later on.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25
coast May Have Half Fleet.

The house today adopted the con-
ference report on the naval appropria-
ton bill carrying nearly a hundred
and thirty-six million. Further con-
ferences with the senate committee
was ordered relative to differences
over the establishment of naval bas-
es outside of -San Francisco and re-
storing the marine corps to the ships
of a division of the navy so that the
Pacific coast will be guarded by half
the fleet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25

Gus La Fontaine has just received
fresh lot OF crawfish, crab and oys-
ters in the, shell at the Quelle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-25

All the news all the time in the
East Oregonian.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-08-25

observe that one of them was slim man. and the
other stout In another minute so. however,
having reached the open, both away be-
fore in the full light of the moon, and observed
that the stout officers uniform, and
that he carried something under his arm The
slim one, too, l thought, looked uncommonly like
my friend. Art suppose should have called,
that l might find if it really he, but partly
because l wanted to take him by surprise, and
partly for some reason which l cannot we'll
them, turning aside as they had done, from the
path and hurrying over the field to the left.
When they reached the uppermost corner of the
field they halted, and seemed to confer for few
moments. For reason, which, too is hardly
eXplainable by now, when they halted then
within about thirty yards of them, and close to the
wooded frontage of the place, stepped in under the
shadow of the trees.
..AIOW" heard the man in military dress say,
- each of will mark off five paces and turn
again; then you will count 1-2-3, and will
fire." They turned The slim partly in
my direction, pacing deliberately I the Off
go off in the other direction; but he went not
than two PAGES till he glanced back his
shoulder, suddenly wheeled, and raised his pistol
while still the me. all unconscious OF
what happening behind him, pacing hon
estly forward l would spring forward, and cry
out but the horror OF the thing bound both my
feet and tongue-and l suffered agony of agon-
les during the two minutes-that felt like two
months-in which the bald-headed oticer-for now
that he faced me. and faced the moon, l saw that
he had particle of hair upon his skui-raised
his pistol took deliberate aim, and fired. The
young gave short sharp cry, threw back his
head-erstwhile bent upon the ground which he
paced-revealing to me in the bright moonlight.
the face of Art O'Connor and then fell forward
with moan. felt speechless, immovabe, bound
as it were, tongue. hand and foot watched the
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said: ut was dreadful
Dreadful" she repeated, and then laid her
finger her lips again. l obeyed her behest,
and soon fell asleep.
When awoke, DR.. Farelly-I knew him OF old:
we had hunted and fshed together-was by my
bedside. He the look of recognition in my
eyes, He laid his hand on my brow, and he
smiled satisfedly
Doctor" l whispered, for my voice was very
weak wasn't it dreadful"
please God"
looked at him in surprise and 1 said, Art
OConnor?'
ooh" he said. oh yes yes. Poor Art, it
was surely dreadful"
said, How long it till he found?"
The doctor replied 1T almost four weeks.
l looked at him in establishment. said How
long have been out of myself?"
You have had brain fever he said, during
the ten days that have passed since your ac-
cident"
-Four weeks until Art was found-ten days
since l lost consciousness!" | lay back the
pillows and retired into myself while / puzzled
over this. "Ah" l then concluded 1.-The fever is
still in my brain, and should rest" But then,
l couldn't rest until | knew more. l motoned for
the doctor to bend over me again. l asked: WHO
was the scoundrel?"
The doctor looked questioningly at me.
THE oticer?" l said, the murderer? Wasn't
he caught?"
Maurice" said the doctor, soothingly Il for
bid you to talk you must rest, and you must
sleep. You are better if you do not dis
tress your brain again Then he said to the at
tendant woman He is still inclined to wander.
When l heard this l composed myself with
sigh and | tried to force from my mind the
battling things that sorely disturbing it, 1t
tried me sorely to refrain from asking further
questions; but l conquered myself for the time,
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the world and it's ways; though cannot in my con-
science say that enjoyed my travel overmuch
for, in dudgeon had set out upon it, and in stub
bornness, than anything else, continued To
Art in his Donegal home l had dropped few
perfunctory letters. at different stages OF my jour
neying; and at few points upon my travels had
found long letters from him awaiting had
no doubt he had written more, but in my erratic
wanderings, they lost to During the
fourth year of my travelling, indeed, l did not
ceive one at all; yet for the just stated,
this did not seem strange to me. AT the end OF
four years found myself weary of my wander
ings, and sick of the wide world, steaming at last
into the port of Derry. But l put my foot
Irish soil again, the WEAKNESS and sickness in
stantly gave way to JOY at the prospect of home
and peace and renewed old comradeship once
more. landed in Ireland in better and
Christian frame of mind than that in which had
left it.
From Derry l had long and weary way by car
across the county to Glen Dun, the western
coast. 1t was the night of the day after that
which l landed that l at length arrived there
When the car reached that part of the road where
it first strikes, and from there skirts the grounds
of Glen Dun House, l, wishing to give Art
prise and knowing we'll the short cut through the
wood-for both had been here for shooting
season half a dozen years before-let the car go
around, whilst | sprang over the fence and took
the cut AS it bright night-the moon
being almost at its full there sufficient light,
even amongst the trees to allow me to skip light
ly and quickly the path. Half way between
the road and Glen House the path reached great
open space, known the Meadow in the Wood,
part of which was in grass, and part titled. AS
approached this place i rudely forced aside
almost thrown, by two men hurrying past me.
They did not apologize for crowding off the
path, did they even offer good nght-which
/ thought adding boorishness to rudeness
In the dark Of the closed path. l could merely
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r come forward, bend over Art
lnor where he lay, press the
lie of the pistol between his
ders, and fire again. l watched
stride a few PAGES away to the
titled ground, where, in the po
tato ridge, two spades stood;
take one of these spades. and,
going into drain in the cor
ner, under the shadow OF the
trees, dig; after a time come
out again, and drag with him,
with much labor, the body of
Art O'Connor; throw it into the
hole he had dug. and cover it
up, putting green sods on top,
and tramping them down with
his feet; and then coolly shout
der his spade and turn to go.
But now. gathering all the
powers of soul and body,
made one supreme effort to
break the spell that held me,
and bound upon the bastard;
but, as if my foot had caught
in something, l was thrown
forward with a great shock;
my head striking a tree root as
fell, the sore pain unloosed
my tongue, so that cry from
my lips rang out in the night.
Then, for a time, all was a
blank to me.
When l came back to con-
seriousness l found myself i'll
bed. l beckoned, when l could,
to a woman who sat reading
by the window. When she
came to me l said: Where
am II"
You are safe in Glen Dun
House." she said, and warned
me to keep calm and quiet.
l relapsed into silent thought
for some moments; then 1
beckoned to her again, where
she had retired to her seat. L
asked: HAS he been founi?"
She put her finger on her
lips and shook her head re-
provingly
But" 1 said, 81 cannot be
calm until l hear that"
Has who been found?" then
she said.
"My friend. Art o'Connor, OF
course" | said.
She said: "Oh yes, yes; he
has been found"
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officer come forward bend over Art
O'Connor where he lay, press the
muzzle of the pistol between his
shoulders, and fire again. l watched
him stride a few PAGES away to the
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tell it to you straightforward
We, who had hitherto been
brothers, parted, | am sorry to
not the best of friends. The
fault, l suppose. was mine,
for, after all, what right had
l to dispute his desire-whim-
steal though it seemed-to
break up the bachelor home
that we had established in
Wicklow, and go to live in wild
and remote Glen Dun, in Done
gal? With good will ] should
have allowed him to go his
ways whilst went mine; but
/ was ever unreasonably dog
matte, and because Art would
not see eye for eye with me,
on this subject, lost my tenn
per, and spoke too warmly to
the boy. Art had will of his
own, and, finding me autocratic,
he set his mouth, and showed
that he could be stubborn.
Then, my boy" said, latter
our long years of close COM
radeship, we have reached the
parting of the ways" l grasped
his hand, and said: God guard
you to Donegal-and in it,"
"And you?" said Art, mois-
ture showing in his eyes in
spite of himself. God guard
you" and he paused for me
to supply the sentence.
"To the ends of the earth,
l completed it.
"To the ends of the earth"
he said,-"and back again"
l shook my head, and we
parted.
l just stayed long enough in
Ireland to hear from him of
his safe arrival in Donegal, and
of his getting settled, a hermit,
in Glen Dun House-which,
with the shooting and fishing of
an estate, he had leased for
five years. On the very next
day after l received Arts let
ter | was off upon my travels;
and, true enough, to the ends
of the earth l went. Roaming
up and down the world for four
years, l followed where rath-
er idle mind led, and l saw, in
that time, very, very much of
4 ~
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TT was a strange story, truly, was
that of Art O'Connor, and will
tell it to you straightforward.
We, who had hitherto been like
brothers, parted, am sorry to say.
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was
will
like
say.