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an ........ f. t 4 1 EVEIIIliGEDITIOfi VFJIINGEDI7I01I After you bve read the ads., yoa are ready to go shopping. Pen dleton's beat kaegain giving itorea are rep resented In this paper. weather retort. Fair and cooler to night; Tuesday talr. 'Sunrise, 6:10; sunset, '1: 09. I VOL. 20. PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 16. 1908. NO. G330 SPRING FRESHET IIP 111 RAILROAD TRAFFIC Torrent of Water Does Untold Approaches No Trains For Several Days. O. It. ft N. Compkttty Tied Up From Et:nd West by Washouts 500 Feet of Track Out at Duncan and 'Big Slide Corers Track for Long Distance Abutirtmt to Cayman Bridge. Is Gone Steel Bridge at NoUn Push Out of 'tine Several Indies Approach to New Bridge West OT City Dajai&gcd M nel and SUU JMtincGrrrrmment 'Canal at UcrmMon Suffers Bad Waaioa Flood Gates Work Perfectly, HcwrverEcrio Bridge Is SUU Safe Wert End of Pendleton Flooded Oaqpago Water Does Damage Dow Town. The periodical .flood of tttie Umatil la river has come Agate nd ' the O. R. & N. railroad 0 blockaded east, west and north. No wall has been received from either at -r west since Saturday night and at time of going to press today tthere Is little prospect of any mall 'train arriving from any direction lor 'several days. At Duncan, 30 miles i east of here. on the Blue mou&Uitne.Habout BOO feet of track is washed out and at another point In the Immediate vicinity f the washout is a tat.d slide covering the track In dirt, -rocks, trees ar.d debris for a distance of about 6W feet. A message brought1 In by a section hand this forenoon says that 'ttw abutment to the Ceyuse bridge Is gone and that a pile driver will be neces sary to repair It. The new steel bridge at Nolln Is pushed out Of line by the rush of the water and the ap proach ta the new steel bridge Just west of the city Is ttamaged. Large forces of men are at work at every point where "damage Is threat ened. Every tram crew In the City was pressed Into work train servloc this morning and trains bearing large forces of laborers and bridge carpen ters were sent east to Cayuse, west to Nolln and north to 'Freewater thl morning rn hopes of checking the dntnnge to the bridges' by Clearlng'ttw river of debris. No efforts are Wtug made to run trains, the company using every avail able engine and trrfm crew to repair damage already dmw and toprevnnt further damage. Damage mi "West "End. The first serious damage to the V. R. & N. tracks came on Saturday afternoon when n Ullde near Wyeth blocked traffic and delayed all trains for several hours. "When this slide was removed It, was found that a cul vert of considerable Ue had been washed out and with 'Increasing trou ble from washouts on 'the west en'J no trains are running and It Is not known when they will "be able to get through. Mcachmn Creek Overflowing. At noon today It was reported to the East Oregonlnn by telephone that water was pouring through the O. R. & N. tunnel at Meacham and that the creek was still rising. It was raining cn the mountain at that lime nnd the enow was being melted rapidly. Government Canal Damaged. In order to test the rtrength' and capacity of the government canal a full head of water was -turned Into the canal yesterday afternoon by the government engineers and at a point a half mile west of the 'headgate, (where the canal had beon practically built upon the surface of the 'ground, About 50 feet of the bank was wash ed out and the head of water rushed (through and out upon the flats. The gates were Immediately shut dewn and the Inflow of water stopped and today a large force of men Is engag ed In repairing the break In the ca nal. The government headgate stood the test of the high water satisfactorily and it Is not believed that any rood that may come down the river will af fect it The Furnish headgate and canals are In excellent condition and were not damaged by the high water to any extent whatever. Echo Bridge Safe, It was reported In the city this morning that the new wagon bridge at Echo had been washed out, but the report proved to bo untrue. The bridge Is unharmed, although water t-tarted to pour about the west ap proach last evening. By working with a force of men all rtlght this flow was stopped and none of the approach was washed away, although It was threatened for a time. Rose Saturday Night and Similar. Saturday night the Umatilla began to rise as the result of the heavy rains during the night and the afternoon previous. Yesterday morning the rise was rapid and during the early forenoon It had risen until the gauge at the Main street bridge registered seven and a half feet above the low HAS TIED Damage to Bridges, Grades and cwrtiaoi Creek Pours Through Tun water mark. During the day the stream continced to rise slowly and at 6:30 In the afternoon it was more than a foot higher. During the early evening yesterday the water receded somewhat and at 10 o'clock last night It was lower than In the afternoon. But last night It began to rise again and this morn ing the river' was booming as It had not done since? the big flood two years ago. At 8 o'clock this forenoon the Main street gauge registered nine feet. Flood Gate Installed. Fearing that the water would rise higher and that back water from the Byer's tall race might again flood tha city Mayor Murphy ordered a flood gate Installed at the end of the tall race yesterday afternoon. The gate (Continued on Page 8.) TODD'S BODY IS LOST III Rn DROWNED MAX'S REMAINS MAYTSEVEU BE RECOVERED FurtlKT Particulars of Accidental Drownlnjr.te.lunv Tlmt Accident Hap pened While Todd Wa Attempting to Crosa .River Near Old Camping Groiind-$wept From Horse Horse Swaai Ashore Scareli Made Until River I Mho Reward for Body. No trace hat. yet been found of Troy Todd's body mid with the high water that came on so soon after his drown ing It Is very doubtful If It can bo recovered unless it should be picked up between here and the sea. Further particulars regarding tho drowning of Twld show that he met death while trying to ford the river at the crossing about a half mile above the old Indian camping ground. At the time he was on the north side of the river whIVe Mrs. Bowman and her daughter were unon the south side. According to -thf account given Todd was close to -the 'north bank or the stream when his horse struck deep water and the rider was torn from the saddle by a projecting limb. He was then swept down stream and drowned while tho horse wam ashore. At th ford where young Todd was drowned the river Is swift and Satur day after-noon it was running high thnueh the river had Just commenced to rise. The ford Is the one reached by the ros,d that leads u-p the rail road track for a' half mile from the nM rnmnlnr ground and then runs down to tho river. Several drifts ob struct the river not far below the spot. When he learned of his son's sad end Saturday John Todd rode to the ford and within a short time had a Kmnii band of men searching the river for the body. However, with the river so swift and the banks lined with marshy land It was very difficult to rln anything. At the time It was be lieved the body had lodged In one of the drifts and they would have been searched yesterday had the flood not risen. A reward of 1100 was offered by the father for the recovery of his boy's body and the Indians on the res- '!on promised to take up the arch. Saturday afternoon and even ing they watched the banks of the st ream but without avail. Since the accident the father, lother and sister of the drowned man have been nearly frantic with grief nd much sorrow Is expressed for hem. About a year ago a daughter lied and the accumulated troubles lave been hard for the parents to bear. JONATHAN BOURNE IS SORE DISCOURAGED. Washington, March 16. United States Senator Bourne left the White House last night discouraged. "If Raoeevelt doe not run Bryan will rarely win," he aald. "The people's choice is Roosevelt, Bran or La Follette. Whose voice shall prevail, that of the people or that of the White House." T Death Ends Lingering Illness of Highly Respected Citizen of Oregon. FORMER MAYOR OF PENDLE TON, EX-SUPREME JUDGE TltoMUM Griffin Hal ley wad Bom In La Grande JMy IS, 1865. and Spent HU Boyhood at BoUe 'Com Jng o Pendleton jm a Young Man In law PawnendUp with Lee, Lowell aud BnUoray In This City Funeral in Portland Wednesday Afternoon. Thomas G. Halley, ex-mayor of Pendleton, ex-dlstrict attorney of the Umatilla-Morrow county district and ooe of the most highly respected citi zens of this state, died at his home in Portland at midnight last night after a lingering Illness resulting from In testinal trouble. For the part two weeks it had been apparent to his physicians that he could not recover, notwithstanding brief rallies and signs of improve ment, and although his death was not hollV' unexpected, yet "the news was received with genuine regret In the city this morning, His father, John Hailey of Boise , and his brother, Jehn Hailey, Jr., of i this city, were at his ,bdside when he died, but his mother, who had been retained at the bedside of her broth er at Shoshone, Idaho, did not reach Portland but .is nw on .the water- bound O. R. & N. t ruin. at. La Grande. Judge Lowell, a former law part ner of Mr. Hailey, renelved a message this afternoon saying that the funeral will take place In Portland at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, but ow ing to the uncertain train service It will be impossible for Pendleton friends to attend the funeral. Fur ther notice of the funeral will be given. Biographical. Thomas Griffin Hailey, ex-supreme Judge of Oregon and one of the most prominent citizens of the state, was born on July 13, 1865, at La Grande i Union county, and was the third son of John Hailey the pioneer stage man and well known citizen of Idaho. When Thomas O. Hailey was six months of age the parents moved from La Grande to Boise City but lire e ID H POMLI 0 soon returned to Oregon, residing at has turned up since the raid was re The Dalles for a time while the .fath- j ported is the statement of a street er operated stage lines In Oregon and i car conductor that a man answering Idaho. loafer the family moved to 'closely to the description of the thief Rolse City again and established a I took his car a short distance from the permanent residence which has since ! railroad crossing where the robber been tho home of the elder Ha'tleys j left the train and rode Into the city. . Thomas G. Hailey was educated in The police are positive that the the public and private schools of i man has not been able to leave Spo Roise City, spending his vacations on ! kane since and believe him to be the farm, where his father kept large i hidden In one of the lodging houses herds of horses and cattle, and where the young man became familiar with all the vicissitudes of western life. In the fall of 1884 Thomas G. Hail ey came to Pendleton and Joined the law firm of Cox and Minor as a student and clerk and remained at that work for a year, when he went east and entered Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia, where he spent four years In the col- leglate law course, graduating from (Continued on page 5.) BISHOP PAODOCK'S The first missionary work perform ed In his new field by Bishop Robert L, Paddock of the Episcopal diocese of pastern Oregon was the confirma tion of a class of 25 at the Church of the Redeemer yesterday where the bishop conducted the services' both morning and evening. It was a gala day for the Episcopal church in this city and a hearty greeting was given Bishop Paddock who administered the sacrament to 83 confirmed the large class men tioned and preached to a large con gregation both morning and evening. rishop Faddock will preach at the BRYAN REITERATES SILVER IS NO ISSUE. Lincoln, Neb., March 16. William J. Bryan today reiter ated his statement that silver will have no part in the coming campaign. He also stated that he was satisfied with the Ne braska platform as a whole. He also declared that he thought the Oklahoma bank guarantee law the best he bad yet seen. RIFLES 1IL lone Thief Ties One Mail Clerk to Chair, Shuts Other in Closet. TAKES HIS TIME IN GOING THROUGH MAIL. Affable Stranger Enter Car, Imper. Bonatea Inspector of Malls, Covers Clerks With Revolver Rifled 31a 11 for Tliree Hours In Perfect Safety Was Solicitous About Comfort of His Prisoners Dropped From Car at Spokane City Limits With Bog of Booty. Spokane, March 16. Impersonating an Inspector of railway mails, a lone robber entered a mail car at Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, on the Great Northern, held up two mail clerks, tied one to a chair, put the other In a clothes closet and then rifled the mall sacks for next three hours in perfect secur ity. . He did not' leave the car until it reached the city limits of Spokane, when he dropped off the car with a small sackful of coin and valuables. Mall Clerks Nyateum and Benjamin Stumpf were released when the train reached the depot and the robbery was discovered. The thief worked with perfect calm ness, smoking a cigar and handling the bundles of letters with great ex pertness. Several times he loosened the bonds of Stumpf's wrists and eased the conditions of Nysteum's con finement In the closet in order that the prisoners might be more comforta ble. The robber entered the car at Bon ner's Ferry at 4 o'clock this morning and said his name was C. W. Ben nett, an Inspector. He asked the clerk to see If there was any mail for him and as they did so he covered them with a revolver. When the robbery was discovered in Spokane the blood hounds w'ere put on his trail, but after a few blocks it was lost at the street car tracks. With but one slender clew upon which to base their hopes the police of Spokane still expect to capture the daring Great Northern mall car rob ber before tomorrow morning. The single clew which the police In the tenderloin A house to house canvass will be made by officers today. The fact that the robber cut his hand while opening a mall sack makes the chances of his ultimate discovery con siderably brighter, as the police are confident his bandaged right hand wT11 in the end give him away. Further Investigation of the rifled car offered the detectives no more information and a renewed examlna- (Continued on page 8.) FIRST SERVICES HERE Church of the Redeemer tonight, and also on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights at 8 o'clock. A short service will precede each sermon and a cordial Invitation Is extended to all to attend these services. Bishop Pndd.tck Is delighted with Pendleton and In fact with all of east ern Oregon and already feels at home In his new field of labor. He 19 pleased with the enthusiasm which he finds In the church here and la elated over the excellent prospects for a large addition to and great ad vancement for the church In the en tire diocese. , CLEVER II GAR REVOLT ID ASSASI'TI ARE RUNNING filial HAYTI Minister LeConte Dibcovers Plot and Proceeds to Exterminate Leading Citizens of Two Cities Foreign Citizens Attacked, Wildest Ramon Afloat of the Policy of AsHamtnatlon Adopted by the New Minister Accidentally Came Across letter Showing Intrigue Again Him and Naming Members of the Plot Citizens Shot Without the For m&Hty of Trial or Court-martial Men and Women Assaulted and Thrust Into Jail Warilpa From France, Germany and England Hasten to the Scone. Kingston, Jamaica, March 16. Re volt, Intrigue and assassination are running riot today in the Haytlan cities of Port Au Prince and Gonalves, according to cable dispatches. A hastily organized censorship has caused confusion and accurate details are unobtainable at this hour. Wildest rumors are in circulation following the policy of wholesale as sassinations adopted yesterday by General Villardouhln, Le Conte, the newly appointed minister of the in terior and 10 leading citizens of the country taken out in the outskirts of the city and shot without even the formality of court-martial or rlal. The public murder was followed by assaults on men and women and the thrusting Into jail of a score of others. A report to the English fruit com pany today declares that Le Conte has ordered the French consult to sur render the fugitives to him and that a number of residents have been burn ed and shot. Foreign residents are flocking to the consulate for protection. There is not room to house them all. Drunken soldiers are pillaging the deserted homes. Warships from France, Germany and England are hastening . to the scene. The English cruisers Indefati gable and Crescent are en route and the French cruiser D'Estress is under a rush order from Santiago de Cuba. The trouble originated several weeks ago in a political intrigue of the enemies of Le Conte. Saturday. Ti By FLEET WARSHIP GUNNERS MAY SET NEW MARKS Silence of Sleeping Hills About the Calm Waters of Magddena Bay Broken by Hying Shell and Angry Roar of Big Guns Preliminary Work of Clearing Superstructure and Putting Vessels In FiglMlng Trim. Magdalena Bay. Cala., March 16 (via United wireless and United Press leased wires, by special correspon dent.) A puff of white smoke, a flying shell and an angry growl from one of the battleship's big guns shat tered a deathlike silence of sleeping hills that cluster about the calm waters of the land locked bay, mark ed the opening of the target prac tlce by Evans' fleet today. Early this morning the first of Uncle Sam's floating fortresses swung out of the bay and headed for the ranges. In a moment three grim fighters detached themselves from the squadron and moved slowly to ward the open sea where for the next few days the gunners of each battleship will strive to surpass this wonderful records already establish ed by the "dead shots" of the Pacific fleet. Preliminary to the actual practice came the work of clearing away the superstructure on each battleship and the putting of each vessel into fighting trim. All was readiness and by daylight tugs were out in open sea putting UP targets which are soon to be torn to shreds. Conditions for accurate shooting are propitious and new marks will probably be hung up. TATSU MARU INCIDENT CLOSED. VciJel Will Be Released Tomorrow Jap Flag to Be Run Up China, to Salute. Toklo. March 16. The receipt today from China of Japan's apology for tho Tatsu Maru incident and China's com pliance with the Japanese ultimatum closes the Incident. It Is probable that the release of the vessel will take place tomorrow. As the Japanese flag Is run up a Chi nese warship will fire a salute. MET by means of a letter that accidentally came into his hands, Le Conte became aware of the conspiracy against him. The letter was directed to General Flrmln and made reference to a con spiracy against Le Conte with a list of the names. , Le Conte gave the list to a brother with orders to arrest and the assas sinations followed. Le Conte today repudiates the killing. . A cable dispatch received here to day states that Majors Leon Carraque and M. Flfford and Lieutenant La Roche were shot before sunrise this morning. They were named in the Utter as implicated In the plot. M. Borno, the Haytlan minister of foreign affairs, has served notice on the French government that owing to the discovery that the conspiracy against Le Conte was originated with in the walls of the French consulate the agreement between Haytal and Franco in relation to the protection of the political refugees will be abro gated. English Warships on Way. London, March 16. Chancellor of Exchequer Asqulth today Informed parliament that the British govern ment had ordered the British cruiser Indefatgable and the converted cruis er Crescent to Haytl to protect the British interests at the consulates at Port Au Prince and Gonalves where fugitives are flocking to escape the bloody hand of the Le Conte adminis tration. WHEAT OVER NORTH BANK. ThoiMinds of Bushels Will Be Di vert ed From Iiong nnul Over Cascade Mountains, Portland, Ore., March 16. The di version of something like 275,000 or 300,000 bushels of wheat now in the warehouses In the Pasco country from the long mountain haul to Ta coma tidewater via the North Bank road will begin with the running of through trains over the North Bank road today, or as soon (hereafter as freight cars can be forwarded to the eastern end of the road. Special permlsion has been secured from the interstate commerce commission to amend the freight tariff of the road so that thl bulk of wheat can be sent down from Psteco to Vancouver by rail and It will then have to be titins-shipped only from Vancouver to Portland. Special effort will be made by the traffic, department of the North Bank road -to have every bushel of wheat still unsold brought to water terminals in .record breaking time. There Is plenty of rolling stock avail able and the time required to move It w ill be able to handle trains of near ly twice the wheat tonnage of the Northern Pacific line over the moun tain haul, and at much better speed. APARTMENT HOUSE FIRED. Fiiv Bug Gets Busy for Tenth Time on Fashionable Denver Rooming House. Denver, March 16. For the 10th time within a year and a third time since Sunday last, the fashionable Bernard apartment house was set on fire at 3 o'clock this morning. Tho blaze was accompanied by a stampede by the tenants. Only by desperate work were the flames checked. Before the fire bug started the fire he cut the electric light wire and threw the entire building into dark ness and this with the stinging clouds of smoke that blinded and suffocated the fleeing residents of the building caused many to lose their heads. A mad rush for doors caused a crush at the exits and the doors were Jammed and none were able to get out until the firemen had cut down the loors. several were palnfullv injur ed. Richards WIU Run Again. B. B. Richards, justice of the neaca of Athena, has announced himself a a candidate for re-election. His an nouncement was filed with the county clerk Saturday and he will ask for the republican nomination. A man who prides himself uDon be- llng contrary Is best left In solitary contemplation of his own grandeur.