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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
WILL |NTERURBAN
ENTER PENDLETON?
SURVEY BEING MADE AT
ATHENA so INDICATES
Party Surveying Lines Between Milton
and This City-It Is Thought Walla
Walla Interurban Will Be Extended
TO This City.
Especial Correspondence

Athena, Ore, April 1S.-A survey is
being made along the power line be-
tween Milton and Pendleton and while
there has been no definite informa-
ton given out as to its purpose, yet it
is the opinion of all that its object is
to extend the interurban line from
Milton to Pendleton. 1t is said that
the grade along this line is good and
that the road can be established with
nominal cost. The people in the vi
cinity of Athena are all eager for the
line to be built and will lend all the
encouragement in their power to the
promoters. A line is also being talk
ed from La Grande to Walla Walla by
way of Athena. Surveyors are at this
time trying to find a feasible route or
pass across the Blue mountains be-
tween the Grand Ronde and Walla
Walla valleys. Willie Jameson of this
city, has been spending several days
with the surveyors showing them the
various passes and helping them to
determine the most feasible route.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
KEARNEY DAMAGE
SUIT IS NOW UP
DIFFICULTY EXPERIENCED
IN SELECTING 4 JURY
Twelve Men Accepted for Cause But
Peremptory Challenges VIII Be
Uscd-Kcarney Suing o. R. & y.
for 500, 900 Damages.

Much difficulty is being experienced
in getting a jury for the trial of the
$4,000 damage suit of Clarence
Kearney against the o. r. & n. COM
pany and at the time of going to press
II seemed there was small chance Of
the case getting to trial today. Twelve
men were passed for cause before
noon but the trouble began almost as
soon as the exercising of peremptory
challenges began and though at the
time Of going to press there were 70
men In the box IL was conceded as GER
tain that they would not all be ac-
cepted. The venire was then exhaust
ed and the excusing of any one of the
twelve men would cause a delay until
other veniremen could be summoned.
The injuries which Kearney receiv-
ed in railroad accident in the local
yards were suffered in May of last
year. He had formerly been a men,
ber of the police force. serving as
night officer. At the time he was in
jured he was returning from a sheep
shearing trip into eastern Was .ington
and fell out of the vestibule of the
train, few hundred feet west Of the
depot.
In falling he struck on the side of
his head and face and was rendered
unconscious for several days 1t was
many weeks before he was able to be
up town and in the complaint it is al
legged that his mind was affected by
the force of the fall.
The twelve possible Jurors are H.
NJ. Sloan. Peter Jensen. Dave Nelson.
Claud Sloan. Fred Searcy, w. T. Sell
ers A. C. Shumway T. G. Smith ]. T.
Thompkins l.. L. Mann. Carl Jensen
and Bruno Weber. All but Bruno
Weber had been passed for cause
and he was being examined at time
of going to press.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19

Washington, April 19-"The duties
of leadership of the senate forms no
light task and l have begun to feel
the strain declared Senator Aldrich
today. a desire to conserve his
health was given as the reason for
his retirement Aldrich has prepared
a letter formally notifying the gov
ernor Of Rhode Island of his intention
to retire from the senate.
Mr.. Aldrch talks freely of his de-
termination to retire. Ill health alone
dictated his decision. During his SER
vices in the civil war he had a long
siege of typhoid fever and as result
of that illness he has suffered period
ically with intestinal trouble. These
discomforts have manifested them
selves when he has worked particu-
larry hard and have caused him con-
siderable worry.
one week ago the senator went TO
New York. where he consulted with
his physicians. They were insistent
that he rid himself of the more exact
ing of his burdens and devote a large
share Of his time to out door exercises.
He could see no way to lead such a
life II he accepted another term of
six years in the senate and therefore
he will retire.
After talking the situation over with
members of his family the senator
went to Rhode Island Friday to make
the necessary arrangements. He
wanted to confer with his republican
associates and to Insure a republican
succeeding him.
And there is no doubt of the re-
suit" he said. THE party leaders
have canvassed the situation and a re-
publican will take my place. All of
my associates in the state are as con-
fident as I on that score"
1t is a well known fact it has been
the ambition of Mr.. Aldrich to crown
his legislative career with a thorough
reform of the currency system of the
government 1t was with that end in
view he became the moving spirit in
the national monetary commission,
has directed the work of that COM
mission since its inception and expects
to continue his work along that line
although his retirement next March
probably will deprive him of the dis
tnction of having such currency leg
islation bear his mama al
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
ESCAPE CONVICT is
CAUGHT IN PORTLAND

Walla Walla, April 19.-Word was
received at the penitentiary yesterday
that George Adams, alias Frank Orr.
who escaped from Travelling Guard
Easterbrook and Lowell in November,
1908, while being brought to the pen
ltentiary, had been captured in Port
land, and is being held pending the
arrival of an officer from the prison.
who left this morning for the Rose
City, for the purpose of returning the
man.
Adams, who was sentenced to the
pententiary from one of the west-side
counties, was brought to the institu
tion by Travelling Guards Barney"
Easterbrooks and Frank Lowell. and
when the change was being made in
Pasco from one train to another, the
prisoner made his getaway in the
crowds. Search was Immediately In
stituted, but Adams or Orr, as he is
known to many, has succeeded in
making good his escape up to this
time.
Upon receipt of the word that the
man had been located by the Port
land authorities, Warden c. S. Reed
at once made preparations to send an
officer for him, and he will probably
De landed behind the prison bars to-
morrow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
CAN JEFF STAND PUNCHES?
Visitors at Camp SkepticaI About His
Ability to Stand Punishment

Rowardennan Training Camp, April
l9.-Jeffries is feeling fine today
Reports from the hospital to the eff
feet that Mrs. Jeffries is recovering
rapidly from the operation of Satur-
day has done much to cheer him up.
as a result he is going at his work with
more evidence of his old time vim
than he has heretofore shown. He
took his usual ten mile hike this
morning, followed by muscle forming
indoor gymnastics.
Visitors are immensely impressed
with the stamina displayed by Jeff
ries, but when they go away, they
invariably ask themselves. Can he
stand the punch? Is his stomach as
good as ever?"
sam Berger insists his man will be
the same old Jeff and that his Jaw
and stomach viii be as invulnerable
as Of yore. To hear Berger and the
rest of the camp talk, Jeffries has no
possible chance to lose, unless he
should break an arm or leg, but
skeptics will have to be shown. They
are willing to concede the boiler
maker can get into good physical con-
dltion. but have to be convinced that
he has recovered all of his old power
10 assimilate punishment before ad-
he has an even chance to win
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19

tendency to confine the efforts of To-
cal anglers to that portion of Meacham
creek, below Duncan The North
Fork of the stream and the portion
of the main stream above Duncan will
not be so popular as they have been
in the past.
The excursion rates are not to go
into effect until June and then as In
the past they will only apply to the
Sunday trains. The excursion tickets
Will be good on train No. 6, going up
to the mountains in the morning and
on No. s, coming back at night. The
former Is now due to leave here at
2:25, while the latter is due to reach
Pendleton at midnight. The people
who have been in the habit of making
use of these rates in the past are hon
ing that there will be a change of
schedule for these trains before the
fishing season proper arrives. They
say that any change would be better
than the present one.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
BUTTE TEAM WINS
THE RIFLE SHOOT

Washington. April 1S.-The indoor
rifle shooting team championship of
the United States has been won by
the Rocky Mountain Rifle club of
Butte, Mont. This club and the Win
chester Rod and Gun club of New
Haven, Conn, were tied for first
place in the IL weeks shoot In the
deciding contest last week, the Rocky
Mountain club won, 9S5 to $50. Each
Of the leading clubs had lost one and
won ten matches
The Seattle Rifle and Revolver as
sociation was sixth.
Among the other clubs in the league
were the Los Angeles Rifle and Re-
volver club, the Tacoma Rifle and Re-
volver club, and the Triangle Cadets
Rifle club of Los Angeles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
SUMMER RATES TO MEACHAM
THIS SEASON WILL Be HIGHER

The popularity which Meacham has
enjoyed as summer resort for Pen
dleton people is in danger of waning
to a certain extent as the result of
an announcement made last evening
by Travelling Passenger Agent O'Nelll
of the o. r. & N. This was to the
effect that the railroad company
would not be able to put the one dol
lar Sunday excursion rate into effect
again this summer. The rate which
will be put in effect will be s1.45 for
the round trip to Meacham while a
rate Of one dollar for the roundtrip
to Duncan and points this side will
be put in effect for the benefit of the
hundreds of local anglers. All points
above Duncan will have the $145
rate.
The revised schedule will not only
have the effect Of curtailing the num-
Der OF people who will spend Sunday
at Meacham but II will also have
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19

Budapest, April 19.-Colonel Roos-
evelt visited Babolta today for two
hours and inspected the only Arabi-
an stud farm in Europe. The owner
of the farm said he would send one
of his finest horses to Roosevelt to
SHOW his appreciation Of the honor of
the visit.
Large crwds Of Hungarians cheer
ed Roosevelt everywhere he went.
Perhaps the most interesting fea-
ture of yesterdays program was COL
onel Roosevelt's half hour talk with
Francis Kossuth. Although Kossuth's
name is synonymous throughout Hun
gary with the independent aspirations
of the people of Hungary, he is now
living quietly, owing to the recent fall
of the independent coalition ministry.
The Austrian. government manifested
not the slightest disapproval of the
visit, on the contrary, Baron Hengel-
muller accompanied Mr.. Roosevelt
and was present at the interview.
Kossuth told the ex-president how,
in early life, which he had spent In
America where his father had found
welcome and refuge. They talked
chiefly of the material development
of Hungary since Mr.. Roosevelt
was here forty years ago.
The rain did not dampen the ardor
of the Hungarians. Wherever the for
mer president went there were
crowds to cheer him. The inter-par-
liamentary group, through Count APP
ponyi, hailed him as the champion Of
public honesty throughout the world
and as the greatest living statesman.
To meet Colonel Rooseveltsat lunch
con Archduke Joseph had several no.
table Hungarian hunters and travel
ers including Count Klaune Won He
dervary, Count Rudolph in British
East Africa, and Counts Zichy and
Szapary who also have hunted in
Africa. Therefore big game was the
principal topic of conversation. Ow-
ing to the illness Of the archduchess
no ladies were present.
Roosevelt will start for Paris to-
night.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19

Kansas City, April 19.-Scarcely
had the state completed its opening
In the murder trial Of DR.. B. c. Hyde
yesterday when DIR. G. T. Twyman,
one OF the prosecutions most import
ant Witnesses, died at a local hos
pital. He was stricken last Saturday
Acute divertlculitls caused death.
DR.. Twyman was for years the
Swope family physician. When the
nurses struck at the residence and ac-
cused DR.. Hyde, they carried their
complaint to DIR. Twyman. He called
DR.. Hyde to his office and told him
he was suspected.
The state depended largely upon
Hoss Hunton to death. He was also
expected TO testify regarding the al
legged attempt of DR.. Hyde to poison
Miss Margaret Swope.
When DR.. Hyde's attorneys took a
deposition from DIR. Twyman. he re-
fused to critlcise DR.. Hyde. Without
going into details DIR. Twyman said
he approved in general. DR.. Hyde's
work in connection with the illnesses
of various members of the Swope
family.
DR. Hyde calmly sat beside his wife
and father in the criminal court room
yesterday and heard himself describ-
Cd ~ man whose greed for gold had
made him a poisoner and murderer.
1t was Attorney James ID. Reed,
who in the course Of his opening state
ment for the prosecution, thus paint
ed the physician.
Throughout the long ordeal Hyde
listened attentively. At no time did
he reveal a sign of perturbation.
When Mr.. Reed closed. Mrs Hyde
turned, patted her HUSBAND on the
shoulder and said:
you did fine"
A few feet behind the Hydes sat
Mrs. Logan o. Swope. mother OF Mrs.
Hyde, and employer of Attorney
Reed She too, paid strict attention
to the address, but displayed no emo
ton
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
GOOD NEWS; CHEAP BOOZE.
Disiillcrs Bring Price of Whisky
Down to S13O Per Gallon

Peoria, H., April 10. - Following
closely on the two cent reduction Of
last Friday brought about by the
american spirits and manufacturing
company, Independent distillers of this
district have brought the price Of
whisky down to S1.3O per gallon.
This is a reduction of five cents in
ilVe days and there is a possibility Of
much further reduction. Independ-
eht distillers of this district with a
combined capacity of $4,000 gallons
OF spirits daily, propose war on the
American Spirit and Manufacturing
company.
Molasses spirits" put on the mar
ket at cheap price by the American
company is claimed by the local ouo.
tauons committee. representing the
important distillers of the west to be
the cause of the friction.
Reduction in prices was first ouot-
ed in New York week ago, when the
American company cut the price A
i-2 cents. This reduction was met
III this district a few days later Nv
cut TO S1.SS. Today it was understood
on the floor of the exchange that both
the American and the Independent
houses were selling at $1.s0.
The Atlas Distillery engaged in
manufacturing denatured alcohol
owned and operated by the American
Spirits and Manufacturing company
was recently closed. The largest dis
tillery in the world, the Great Western
owned by the American company. has
a capacity of 10000 gallons day and
is operated at full capacity.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19

guardsmen and others familiar with
guard affairs. George Hartman. Jr.,
is chairman Of the Commercial club
committee that is working for the re-
tuvenation Of the company and he as
well as others will lend their influ-
ence towards strengthening the COM
pany.
Guard service is a splendid thing
for any young man and I will be sur
prised il the ranks OF company L are
not quickly filled" said Mr.. Hart
man today The company offers
splendid training for young men who
are going to tie high school. to the
academy or TO the business college
L should not be difficult to secure 90
or 20 young men In this city for the
company and predict that company
L will soon be one OF the crack com
mands of the state"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
TO REJUVENATE COMPANY |
c. J. FERGUSON FOR CAPTAIN

At the armory tonight the members
of company L will meet to select a
captain and to take up plans for a
general reorganization of the COM
pany. That Charles ]. Ferguson will
be chosen as the commanding officer
of the company seems certain. Dur
ing the past week Mr.. Ferguson has
been asked by guardsmen, members
of the Commercial club and by form
er comrades of the Second Oregon to
take the company. He has consented
to do so and the meeting this evening
will be in the nature of n caucus or
informal election. The official cleo
tion of the captain must await orders
from the adjutant general.
That company L may be made into
a full recruited and highly creditable
company under the command OF Mr..
Ferguson is the belief OF both local
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19

Red Bluff, Calf, April 19-An at
tempt was made today to derail and
rob the Portland express at Corning.
The lives of hundreds of passengers
were endangered when the engine and
four cars left the rails. railroad
tie had been placed across the track
The train was going at high speed
when it struck. Engineer Gardner
and a tramp were killed. Railroad
detectives have been ordered to in
vestigate the attempt at train rob-
berry.
Railroad men here believe tramps
placed the tie across the tracks in re-
venge for a beating given fifteen of
them a few days ago by Division
Railroad Policeman Kennedy. Others
are inclined to think robbery was the
motive.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
MAKES GOOD HER PROMISE
TO MARRY AN AMERICAN

New York, April 19.-When late
this afternoon Marjorie Gould be-
comes the bride OF Anthony Drexel,
Jr., she will make good her promise
to her father that she would marry
an American. She has refused an
army OF titled foreigners. Bishop
Scarborough will officate and lun-
cheon will be held at the Gould man.
sion following the ceremony. Thou
sands of dollars have been spent in
floral decorations at st. Bartholomew's
where the ceremony Will be held. The
honeymoon will be spent abroad.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
LANDSLIDE DESCENDS ON
TRAIN KILLING FORTY

Quebec. April 19.-Forty men were
killed in a landslide which caught a
work train on the Grand Trunk Pa
cific yesterday according to reports
just received here. Eight bodies have
already been recovered and those
working in the mass of earth and
boulders expect to unearth more
corpses. The men were killed while
working on ballast train. A noun
tain of sand and rocks swept down
upon them and buried them in the
bottom of a creek so feet below the
bridge over which the train was rum
ming at the time.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
Report Is Denien.

Omaha, Neb., April 19.-Denying
the report that the Burlington road
had entered into an agreement with
the Denver and Rio Grande and West
ern Pacific roads to run through
trains from Chicago to San Francis
co, Darius Miller, president OF the
burlington road, today said that the
dispatches from Denver that such
an agreement had been entered into
were without foundation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
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ENGINE ROOM FIGHT
RESULTS IN DEATH.

Seattle, April 15.-D. Reed, a
sawyer at the Bryant lumber
mill, was killed In a fight in the
engine room with w. j. Pelffer,
the chief engineer today. The
men quarreled and exchanged
blows, then clinched and fell
to the floor. Reeds head
struck on a pile of scrap iron
and his neck was broken.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
WHO OWNS AIR?
German Air Fleet League Discuss, =
AerOnautical Problem

Berlin April 19.-Who owns the air?
This subject was broached again to-
day at a meeting of the German Air
Fleet League in Berlin. The society,
at its recent session in Cologne, dis
cussed the topic in a preliminary way
and. committee was appointed to
present report at today's session.
The answer seems to be the famous
one of "Me-und Gott"-Me. of
course, referring to the kaiser
Lieutenant-general Won Stieber
called for strict state supervision of
passenger air traffic, and outlined
scheme of rules for the control of
aerial navigation with a view to the
prevention of espionage.
1t is stated that the government is
planning the Introduction of regula-
tions for airship traffic over German
fortresses, and prohibit stations in
fortified towns.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
son OF NOBILITY SUDDENLY
DROPS OUT OF SIGHT

Bakersfield, Calf, April 10
Search was begun today for Robert
Decolmar, the grandson of Count.
Decolmar of France and second
cousin to the King of Saxony, who
has been missing since Thursday from
Moron. On that date the lad who .
sixteen, started to walk to Bakers
field. It is believed he either lost the
road or met with foul play. The boy
and his mother had been visiting at
Moron.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
JACK JOHNSON LEAVES
FOR COAST THURSDAY

Chicago, ILL.,, April 1s.-Jack
Johnson will start for the coast next
Thursday and will stop for a day or
two at Salt Lake and Los Angeles.
He will begin training the moment he
arrives at Ocean View, near San Fran
cisco.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
Earthquake i'm Mexico.

Mexico City, April 19.-Heavy dam
age was done in the city of Ccapulco
by series of earthquake shocks
April s, according To advices today.
There is no report of loss of life, al
though it is believed many were bur-
led under scores of fallen buildings.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
TIE ON TRACK
DERA|LS TRAIN
Portland Express, Going at
Full Speed, Is Wrecked at
Corning, Calf,
BELIEVED ROBBERY OR
REVENGE WAS MOTIVE

Southern Pacific Fast Train Hits Rail-
road Tie and Engine and Four Cars
Leave Tracks-Engineer and One
Tramp Injurcd-Lives of Hundreds
Endangered-Railr Men Think
Tramps Did Deed for Revenge
Others Think Robbery Was Plan
ned.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
ELECTION TODAY BASED
UPON TARIFF LAW

Rochester, n. Y, April 19.-
The workingman's opinion of
the Aldrich tariff law is being
recorded in special election
here today to select a successor
to the late Congressman Per-
kins. James Havens, a demo-
crat, pledged to the tariff for re-
venue only, is opposing George
Aldridge, republican. The
district is largely a manufac-
turing center.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
Mrs. Ryland Dead.

San Jose. Cal, April 10. - Mrs.
Letita NJ. Ryland, who crossed the
plains to California, in 1916. died here
last night. Mrs. Ryland was a dau-
ghter of Peter II, Burnett. first gov
ernor of California, and mother OF two
well known San Jose capitalists, JOS
eph and j. w. Ryland
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
Killed By baseball.

Troy, n. Y, April 19,-John f.
Burns. of this city, a member of the
freshman class of the Rensselaer, Po-
lytechnic Institution, died yesterday
from blow on the temple by n pitch
ed ball at baseball game Saturday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
LEADERSHIP IS
TOO STRENUOUS
Senator AldriCh Explains
Reasons For Retiring From
The Senate.
HEALTH Is BROKEN;
MUST BE OUT DOORS

Typhoid Fever Contracted i'm Civil
War Undermined Aldrich's Health
Strain Of Bearing Burden of Sem
ate Leadership Breaking Him Down
Says Republican Will Take His
Place-WOuld Crown His Career
With Reform of Currency System
Notifies Governor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
DEATH STOPS
HYDE s TRIAL
Or. G. 7. Twyman, Star Wit
ness for the State, Expires
in Hospital,
WAS FAMILY PHYSICIAN
FOR THE SWOPE FAMILY

Stricken Saturday, Physician Could
Not Rally-Was Expected to Fur
nish Important Testimony Against
Dr. Hyde-On Death Bed Refuses
to Criticise Accused Man-Defend-
ant Sits Calmly and Listens to
Opening Statement-Wife Encour-
ages Him.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
Rush Is On.

Cedar, Wyo, April 1s.-The rush
to obtain desirable locations in the
agricultural land drawing which will
take place here April 20 has begun.
Thirty thousand acres will be dis
tributed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19

Washington, April 19.-The Chi
nese minister has designated the first
attache of the legation here to go to
New York to settle the war between
the tongs.