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0AILYEVEMK8 EDITION EVENING EDITION Eastern Oregon Weather Tonight fair; warmer Satur furduy; Increasing cloudiness. DAILY 1 be delivered at your residence oi DURjneii uy currier i J5c A WEEK. PENDLETON, UrATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, Fit f DAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 190H. NO. 485W. L. ig. C SEAN I C Gift L IS SURE bgarded by Senator Cul- Thnnrrh Hn flnec. Nnt Sure of Panama. USED AT STAND OF COLOMBIAN SENATE. ; That Incident as Only a Tern- ry Delay, ana ueciares i nai Janal Will Be Built, Owned and ailed by Americans Presi- t's Policy Is Unknown. Francisco, Sopt. 4. In an in- ng intorviuw upon national nf- Jnltml Status Senator cullom, now visiting this city, said: a canal will bo imllt is as as that two and two make id no doubt that the broad- among thu owners and ofll tho railroads must realize ,ct If the cunal Is not built at a. It will bo built at Nicaragua. iHBb&many others, at nrst favored flatter route. Personally, I did becausc at the tinio It looked as thliplcountry could not got control nnama route. When I lounil r could bo secured, I helped o reasons. t It Is the shortest route. oiid TLis the stralghtest routo. Ird I ' Is the routo nearest the ol. that Colombia has rejected aty, what Is to be dono. Un- Spoonor measure. If Columbia 1 tho Panama canal treaty, tho nt was authorized to select tho ua canal. Wholhor tho pros Ill do so at once Is something t toll. Probably ho may think nhlo to pursue a policy of rea delay In order to wait filia tion by the Colombian loglsla- ut I am not trying to predict io will finally do in tho matter. I have not thought of the like- f tho state of Panama seced- Colombia on account of tho n of tho treaty, and asking lted States to deal with It as pendent country In tho matter taanal. It Is a waste of time ulato on such a proposition. al would mean much for Co pland on that account it is all re ot a surprise niai i.iuiu 'have been such a unanimity part of tho Colombian (senate ine to ratify tho treaty. 'BRthis rejection only means a toMlay to the realization ot a ca Jtio peoplo of this country havo B.p thoir minds to have a canal fcrJjAmorlcan control and owner and thoy are going to have one Bwncar future That the peoplo ro favor a canal goes without 1 snouiu suppose, iiiu canai an much for the development ' Pacific coast." SMUGGLING CHINAMEN. ptured In One Bunch and Will Be Detained. rtego, Sopt. 4. Ton Chinamen ptured last night being smug- 08S tho Mexican line into tho Btatos. A gun .play was nec ktie Mexican drivers showing into men hired Mexicans to "Chinks" to Anaheim to I vegetable gardons. None llflcates and all will bo do- rho Mexicans wilt bo pros- An effort will bo made to lie whlto smuggler who was to the bunch at Santa Ana. PERUVIAN RAILROAD. Continental Route From Lima to the Atlantic. RLako, Sopt. 1. Alfred W. Mc- lino uiun mining millionaire, Bn granted a concession by the n government to buim a rati- tho navigablo wators of tho river to jonl a lino ho and hoggin aro now constructing to copper mines. Tho commls nart of a trana-continontal om Lima, Peru, to tho Atian- EVIDENCE OF MURDER. Bus Acid Found In the Stomach of Martin Bowers, iFrancIsco, Sopt. 4. Dr. L. C. toxlcologlst for tho city reported to tho coronor to- il.ni I... linrl found over lour grains of arscnlous acid in the stom ach of Martin uowors. xno uccusuu woman will not be questioned nt tho Inquest tomorrow. Twenty Witnesses Examined. San Francisco, Sopt. 4. Mrs. Bow ers and Mrs. Sutton wero attentive listeners at the Inquest of Martin Bowers, whom they aro accused of poisoning. On ndvico of tholr attor neys Jhey did not take tho stand. Dr. Von Friedman stated ho made eight visits to Bowers, hut Mrs. Bowers ordered him to stop on account of tho oxponso. His treatment was for ptomaine poisoning. Twenty wit nesses were examined and all evi dence points to the woman's guilt. GRAIN MARKETS. Quotations Furnished by Coe Commis sion Company B. E. Kennedy, Lo cal Manaaer. Chicago, Sept. 4. Corn opened very strong, but there was considera ble for sale on tho advance. Scptenilior corn sold at r.S this morning and is still holding strong around last night's closing price. Liverpool wheat is unchanged from yesterday. In view of the impending holiday, thoro Is litllo activity in any ""oil account of tho bullish features yesterday, tho market becamo easier today, ruling about Vs lower than yes torday's close. Tho estimates of the Minnesota, North nnd South Dakota wheat crops Is placed at 180,300,000 bushels. vVheat Opening. Close. Sopt 81 soy, Bee 82 S2v Com Dec 52 52 May 51 52 Minneapolis, Sopt. 4. Doc 81 80 May 83 83 Want Murderers Punished. Belgrade, Sept. 4. At Nlsh and other Servian towns a number of of ficers have been nrrcsted for having In their possession a proclamation against tho murderers of the lato King Alexander and demanding their punishment. ATTENDED TO EVEfiYTHING ST BEEN OF DEATH Abdul and His Court Were Thrown Into a Panic by the Macedonian Threat. MACEDONIAN AGENT IN LONDON AFTER A LOAN. American Mariner. May Be Landed at Beirut Turkish Coast Opposite ! PUBLIC TRUSTS IE SNIPS Federal and County Officials of Indian Territory and Ok lahoma Involved. THE GRAFTERS ARE OF HIGH AND LOW DEGREE. Members of the Dawes Commission Implicated Prominent Contractors, Adrianople Is Ablaze With Burning j County Commissioners and Others Villages An American Promises If Justice Gets Her Blinders Off, to Loan Macedonia $500,000 Something Will Be Doing. South McAlostcr, 1. T., Sept. I. Something of a sensation was creat ed hero by the publication of a list of office-holders interested as regis tered companies doing business with tho Indians. The following Is the list: i:ui'iuiln Trust Company, C. B. Breckinridge. T. B. Needles, members Dawes commission; Plcnsant Porter, chief of Creek nation; Canadian Val ley Trust Company; Tarns Bixby, chairman Dawes commission; Tish omingo Loan & Trust Company; W. C. Stanley, member of the Dawes commission; Tribal Development Company; Pliny Sopor, rederal attor ney; Benjamin Collbert, marshal ; Verdigris Oil & Gas Company; James Ulcklebeiry. assistant federal attor ney; Wacht Gas & Oil Company; W. 11. Darreough, marshal; Jefforson Trust Company; .1. W. Freeman, cleik court of appeals; I F. Fannin, clerk of the district court. MADE A BUSINESS OF HER PREPARATIONS. Old Lady !n San Francisco Spent a Week Arranging the Details of Sui ciding and Made-a Fine Job of It Lett Money to Pay All Incidental Expenses. San Francisco, Sept. 4. Mrs. L. Petsch, 70 years of age, wrote a let tor to an undertaker, mailed It, then connected a rubber hose to the gas jot and placed one end in her mouth. A week ago she called an under taker and got rates on cremation, and also visited tho coronor and asked his fee. The undertaker received tho following letter this morning: "Please call Soptombor 4, at 781 Fol Bom street, room 27, after 8. Re spectfully." Ho called and found tho old lady dead, with this noto on the table: "Friday morning at 2 o'clock I go to rest. Good-byo. I leavo $C2.GS for the undertaker, $5 for tho coroner and $1 for gns." (Signed.) Every thing was natty and nicely arrangod. RIPARIA TO LEWISTON. Now Company Organized to Connect Those Points Directly. Lewlston, Sept. 4. Interest in the construction of tho proposed L-owls-ton-Rlparla road will ho Increased when it 1c learned that ft now com pany, presumably an adjunct of tlio O. II. & N. systom, has been organiz ed to construct tho lino. A certified copy of tho articles of corporation wore (lied yesterday at tho county auditor's offlco in this city. Tho luimo of tho now corporation is tho Oregon, Washington & Idaho Railroad Com pany and tho capital Is $1,000,00. Tho persons signing tho nrtlelej of incorporation nro W. H. Kennedy, .1. N. Teal and James G. Wilson, all of Portland. Mr. Kennedy Is tho chlpf engineer of tho O. R. & N.; Mr. Teal Is an attorney for tho company, and Mr. Wilson Js an attache of tho Ore gon road. To Modernize the Church. Rome, Sopt. 4. Tho young clorgy are agitating tho starting of a world wide movement to Induce mo popo to modornlzo the papal system so ns to accord with modern, progressive ideas. German War-Play. Berlin, Sopt. 4. Tho Gorman army maneuvers woro again too realistic today. One ofllcar was killed and six men wounded, London, Sept. 4. Eugene hazaro vitch. organizer for the Macedonian revolutionary committee is now In London seeking to raise a loan of $10,11110,000. With this money he hopes to recruit an International ar my of (iO.000. Ho says 18,000 insur gents are now in tho field. He looks to America for substantial help, nnd asserts that a rich American has promised $500,000, provisionally. Landing Marines. Washington. Sept. 4. Minister I.elsbiuan today Informed tho state dopnrtniont that Russia and Austria bad each landed a few marines at Constantinople to do guard duty with in their lPgntioiiG" enclosures. Fire and Sword. Vienna. Sopt. 4. A dispatch from Odessa says all the coast of Adrian ople and Stetfan Is ablazo. Hundiods of villages are destroyed and hund reds of Turkish women and girls burned to death. Another dispatch says the Macedo nian town of Tavenik was partially destroyed by fire. Many lives were lost and seven mosques burned. Cross Turkish Frontier. Solla, Sept. 4. The insurgent lead er, JankofT, with 400 followers, cross ed tho frontier Monday without oppo sition from tho Turkish frontier. Tho date lor the general Insurrection lias been postponed. Foreign Fleets to Turkey. Pails. Sept. 4. It Is soini-olllcially announced that Franco has decided to order the French floot to hold itself in readiness to proceed to Turkish waters as the result of the receipt of a dispatch from the nmbassado to Turkey, saying the presence of a warship is desirable. Great Britain, Russia, Italy and Austria havo made similar prepara tions and tho Iloets are expected to act together In case of a crisis. Cannot Provide Against Fanatics. Wushlngton, Sept. 4. Tho only re cent advices received by tho stale department on tho Turkish situation consists of a dispatch from Irishman yesterday. It recites the warning sent out to the various foreigu legations by tho sultan, stating that Turkey is ablo to protect tho foreign legations, but cannot be held responsible for fanat ics or cranks who may gain admis sion to buildings and then explode bombs or procuro assassination by other means. According to Welshman the only precaution observed by dip lomats was tho appointment by oacn of additional guards. Filed on the Sultan. Milan, Sept. 4. Advices from Con stantinople say tho Macedonian com mittee hns notified the sultan thoy have decided on his doath. The sul tan and his court councillors at once became terror-stricken, and every pre caution to protect Abdul has been taken. May Land Marines. Washington, Sept. 4. In view of tho extremely unsettlod condition of affairs In Turkish possosslons, tho navy dopartmont Is today consider ing tho advisability of ordering Ad miral Cotton to land a force of ma rines from his squadron immediately after his arrival at Boirut. TRIUMPHANT RELIANCE. Victorious Yacht Greeted With Great Enthusiasm. Highlands, Sept. I. Reliance left Horseshoe this morning In tow, and started on a triumphant journey to rh-t. iinsln. Whistles screamed aboard every sort of steam craft about tho Hook. Shamrock also left her moorings for the trip "P the Nnr- rows. Sho looked a ucieuieii yacm ns she trailed after Reliance Just ns she did in tho races. Sho had her share of salutes, however. LIGHTS ON TODAY. An Oklahoma Scandal. Guthrie, Oak., Sept. 1. Acting for tho department of justice States At torney Speed today completed tho in vestigation into the expenditure of tho public funds In tho recently open ed Kiowa country. As a result, three county commis sioners u.ie fugitives from Justice, and indictments havo been returned against several prominent contrac tors nnd many county officials. JAIL BREAK AT SEATTLE. I Seven Men Slipped Away This Morn ' Ing and Have a Good Start. Seattle. Wash., Sept. 4. Seven prisoners, all serving light sentences, escaped this morning from tho city jail. They were In tlio left tank, which opens In tho jail ynrd. Tho door is fastened with a largo staple. In some manner the prisoners re moved the staple, took off tho lock and walked out in the jail yard. They then secured a ladder, scaled tho fence and escuped. Tile delivery was not known to tho jailer until three hours afterwards. Those who escaped wero: Joe Scheu berg, John Bardsloy, Billy Madden, Charles Galllgher, John Cummings, Harry Wilkinson and Bob Froster. Shouberir had three duys to sorvo; Bardsley five, Madden 30, Galllgher I'.n, cummings ;iu, Wilkinson u;i aim Froster 1G. TROOPS ORDERED OUT Mine Owners Dictate the Policy for Cripple Creek. Denver, Col., Sopt. 4. The gover nor todny ordered 750 troops to pro ceed to Cripple Creek mining district immediately, to suppress disorder there. Tho order was issued at tho earnest appeal of the mine owners, and against tho protest or tho sheriff of Cripple Creek. Concerning tne Civil Service. Washington, Sopt. 4. An order is soon expected from Oyster Bay that will virtually have the effect of plac ing thousands of government em ployes designated as laborers In tho classified service. Tho proposition is to create an eligible list of laborers, Fifty Stalls Added. Wolla Wnlla, Sept. 4, Tho demand for stall room has become such that tho management of tho Walla Walla County Fair Association has decided to oroct CO additional stalls out at the race track. Tho work will bo com menced immediately that horsemen from a distance who contemplate en tering tholr strings In tho raco meet next month may socuro sultablo quarters, Disabled Steamer. New York, Sopt. 4. Tho disabled steamer Barbaroosa arrived this morning. At no tlmo was suo in dan gor, tho only troublo being a broken tall shaft. Treacherous Market. Now York, Sopt. 4. Tho stock mar ket opened narrow and Irregular. Amalgamated copper lost hi. cent. Bonds showed a hotter tone than stocks. Plant Was Out of Order, Resulting In Current Being Turned On. The people of the city came near having an nil-day light service today. Tho engineers nt tho power plant were testing nnd readjusting some of tho lines and machinery of tho sta tion, and tho dynamos were run near ly all of the forenoon. Sonic of tho mechanism of the swltchbonnl was out of order, nnd It was necessary to adjust it. Owing to that tho city for a time enjoyed tho privilege of light in tho daytime. ARGUED HIS OWN CASE. COW ON OF NEGROES Send Them Anywhere, East or West, to Get Rid of Them, Says John Temple Graves. OLD DOCTRINE IN NEW AND STARTLING TERMS. California Physician committed to In sane Asylum. San Diego, Cnl., Sept. 4. Dr. G. 12. Cowell wns today committed to the Highland insnne asylum. Dining tho examination lie called Superior Judge Conklyn nn Idiot, fool and jackass, and Insisted on tho judge changing places with him. Ho pleaded bis own caso In verse of his own composition, and pathetically referred to tho death of his son, which is supposed to bo tho cause of his condition, FOR PHILIPPINE SERVICE. Privates Volunteer for the Island Ser vice. Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. I. Oincers gathering the names of pri vates who desiro to sorvo in the Phil ippines, are surprised at tho large number who wish to go. In ono comnanv 35 of !)8 men volunteer, and tho percentage is about tins in nil the regiments. favoh a or terror REVOLUTIONISTS WHO ARE EXTREME RADICALS To Abolish the Russian Autocracy by Violent Measures If Necessary Is Encouraged by Growing Spirit of Discontent In the Army and Among the Liberal Aristocrats, New York. Sopt. 4. The now rev olutlonary party formed in RiiBsia, entitled tho Russian Socialist Rovoiu tionary Purty, which differs from the Russian Social Democratic party, in being less doctrinaire and moro vio lent in tactics, Is described by tho London correspondent of tho Timoi, In a dispatch which declares that tho new organization has revived something of the terrorism which shocked Russian society 10 years ago. There Is a third party, tho Rus- sian Revolutionary party. All thrco agree as to the necessity of abolish lug tho existing autocracy. Tim now party alms at arousing tho heart of Russia, reaching tho peasants not nffectod by previous ef forts. Tho dispatch assorts that Blnco April. l'J02. a "fighting organl zation" has been created as a wing of tho revolutionary party in order to meet force with forco and torror with terror. Tho especial significance of this movement can only ho understood by taking other facts Into consideration, such as thu reaction m military and high aristocratic circles In Russia against tho time-honored, hoary' headed, ancient system of brutal op proHslon and suppression of all liber alism. Tho resignation from tho army of Marshal DragomlrolT, tho czar's favorite aide do camp, for tho avow- ed reason that ho will not longer countenance "the employment of tho army for tho massacre of political malcontents" has a vast Import to thinking people of all classes in Russia. New Immigration Agent. Smith W. Purdeo, a new immigrant inspector, will arrive from Washing ton, D. C, this week to assist J. II. Barbour In enforcing tho Chlnoso ex clusion law at this port, says tho Ore gon Dally Journal. Among tho duties which the now inspector will havo to jKjrform will bo to visit all tho Bhlps that arrive in tho hnrbor from for eign countries and ascertain if any members of the crow intend to land and change their occupations, If tney do he will collect a tax of $2 aploco from them. But If thoy land with tuo intention of signing articles on auothcr ship, no tax will be im posed upon them, Regards the Black Man In America as a Sociological, Raclologlcal, Po litical and Industrial Accident, Nuisance and Menace Up to the White Man to Get Rid of Him. Chicago, Sept. 1- - John Temple Graves, nf Gonrcla delivered nil ad- iIi'oks on "Tim Problem of tbn Races" this morning before the -IStli conven tion of tho University or Chicago, li satil In part: ' rbo nmlmllre nf u nice ih a nolnt- lug of Providence, and the antagon ism or peoples is tin- nxeii poney oy which God peoples the different por tions of tho universe nnd established llw. lmllvlilmilltv nf the nations. The act that brought tlies. peoples to gether on this continent was n sin ni tho fathers, a sin of greed, an Inlqni iv nf trmU. nml t lit wirrnw and suf fering of tho present la for tho sin of tho past n sin against nature nnd n sin against God. The curse can be lifted only when nature Is vindicated and God Is obeyed. The problem will ho solved only when tho negro la re stored to the 'bounds of his habita tion.' "It Is neither Impossible nor Im practicable. Tho elements aro wil ling and tho way Is In reach. This Is not a day of inipossii es. Tho band or the Almighty is steadily opening the way. "It may b! thai the Islands or the sea wero placed by Providence In our keeping to furnish an answer to the problem of I ho time. "Tho negro Is an accident, nn ac cident, nn unwilling, a blameless, but an unwholesome, unwelcome, help less, unasslmllablo element in our civilization, lie Is not liuido for our times. He Is not made to sliaro in tho duty anil tho -.cstlny which ho perplexes nnd beclouds. Lot us put him kindly and humsimiy out of the wny. Lot us give him a better chance than ho has ever had in history and lot uh have done with him. Let us solve his problem frankly, fearlessly, nobly nnd speedily. Lot us put It bo hind us. Ia'X us purify our politics of tho perplexity. Let us llherato tho South to vole and to think lllio freemen upon the mighty issues of the times," FOUR MEN KILLED. Fall Sixty-Five, Feet at Spokane, at Noon Today. Spokane, Hopt. 4.- As workmen building- tho steel elevator tank for tlio Centennial mill wero placing tho last sheet In position this noon, C5 feet from the ground, tho scaffolding collapsed, precipitating four work men to the ground and instantly killing George Carrlck, aged H2, of Carrlck Brothers, contractors; fatal ly Injuring Oscnr Williams, figed 26, nnd two others, all from Seattle. Tho Injured nro dying at the hospital. CAROLINA WRECK. Passenger Train Goes Through Fish ing Creek Bridge. Charlotte, N- O., Sept. 4.-A north bound passenger train on the South ern railway, hclneon Rock Hill and Yorkvllle, 8, C, wont through Fish ing Creek bridge this morning, Hoven or eight people wero killed outright. Five or six woro badly hurt nnd 16 or 10 passengers more or less injur ed. Conductor Turner was seriously injured, and tlio fireman, mall clerk nnd buggegemnn are muter the wreck. Woman Hanged, Norfolk Vr.. Kent i. .Inlln War. ren was hanged at Courtlarul today for murdering Fronla Allen Wilson, her husband's mistress. Mi-u Antifi fliL'If.l, 1.. .Itmirli. tor Ada, ot Chicago, ono aged 50, the other 20, havo gono insuno with ex actly tho same delusion: that boiae ono is trying to kill them by blow Jug poisonous powders through tho keyhole. UK.