East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-29
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

Tampa, April 29-E r. Andrews,
under sentence of death for murder
escaped and his wife Is held in Jail
from which he fled, charged with
furnishing him with the saw which
released i'm. Mrs. Andrews was ad-
mitted to the Jail to visit her hus-
band during religious services An
dres sawed out of the cell in "mur-
derer's row" and then through the
barred outer window into the Jail
yard. He scaled the prison wall with
out arousing the guard.
Jefferson City, Mo. April 29.-The
supreme court issued an injunction
restraining 1872 fire insurance COM
| panies from terminating contracts now
in force. The court did not restrain
the companies from ceasing to write
new business in the state.
Deadwood, S. d, April 29.-Evi-
dence is being procured by govern
ment and state officials to present to
the federal grind jury which will
meet there next month against sever
al persons who are alleged to have
been guilty of criminal negligence in
connection with the recent forest fires
in southern Black Hills that caused
heavy loss to both the federal govern
ment and the state.
Washington, April 29.-In a deci
sion of momentous Importance, espe-
cially as to railroads. the supreme
court laid down the general principle
that a creditor of a corporation, not
party to its reorganization. may
hold it's successor for its debt.
Logansport Ind, April 29,-Mrs-
Nellie Paugh, SO years old, threw her
two sons Donald II and Delbert, 6,
from a bridge into the stream. The
mother and the younger boy were
drowned but Donald swan ashore
before throwing the boys off the
bridge. the mother told them she was
doing it because no one loved them.
Boise. Idaho, April 29.-The Hotel
Van Wyck in the village of Van Wyck
100 miles north of here, in an isolat-
ed section was destroyed by fire of
unknown origin Sunday night A
number of guests escaped in their
night clothes but no one was injured
Loss $4,000, partly insured.
Amherst Mass. April 29.-Former
| President William Howard Taft.
| now Kent professor at Yale, has been
| engaged to deliver the Henry Ward
| Beecher lectures for the next college
| year in the department of political
science at Amherst college. Mr.. Taft
/ will give two public lectures and will
! speak at two student conferences.
| Ottawa, Ont, April 29.-An earth
quake shock was felt here yesterday
Houses were badly shaken but no one
was killed or injured, according to re-
ports The dome of the dominion oh
servatory collapsed during the shock
destroying apparatus valued at about
$780, 900.
Peking. April 29.-The rupture Is
widening between the Chinese cabinet
and the senate regarding the loan Of
s125, 900, 900 to be isued by Great
Britain, France, Germany Russia ana
Japan. The ministers refused to ap-
~ pear before Ine legislature lO tApioh'
| the signatures of the contract for the
loan pleading that they were III.
San Francisco. April 29.-Of the
six convicts brought from San Quen-
tin penitentiary to testify at the po-
lice graft inquiry being conducted by
the grand jury, Michael Gallo told q
most comprehensive story last night
| in which the names OF the eight po-
lice officials under suspension were
mentioned freely.
New York, April 29.-Ten thousand
peddlers plan to parade with their
wives and children to the city hall on
Wednesday, should the board OF al
dermen pass a pending ordinance to
Danish push carts from the streets and
place them under approaches to East
river bridge. Indications are that the
measure will pass. The parade agreed
on at a meeting of the United States
citizens peddlers association would
be in the nature OF a protest and an
appeal to Mayor Gaynor to withhold
his signature from the measure.