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For catalogue, etcJ. apply to DR. J. W. HILL, Principal. MARSHALL AND TWENTY-FOURTH STREETS. PORTLAND. OR. j VI &T .IF, IT.., IT. fl' fr. )fl rP-rPw ' i H ' v .'XS fT'v Iron & Stzel Workst. f V . H1CH GRADE'MAICH UhCfilW j "PQRTLAHQ -t)ftZ&0(i-U:S.A NEW YORK DENTAL PARLORS Fourth and Morrison Sts. Portland, Or. Old-established and reliable dentists, where all work is guaranteed absolutely painless. Full Set Teeth $5.00 Gold Crowns 5.00 Gold Fill 1.00 Silver FiU 50 Our offices are not managed by ethical dentists, but by Eastern graduate specialists. Fourth and Morrison Streets Mri PLATES SiHsku-, ir Ubtpii- siLi i i il NEW YORK DENTISTS Washington & Oregon iiectric Railway light & Power Co. Now under construction. A population of 40.000 distributed over the healthiest farming country of the world is tributary to this road first Issue of 1000 shares, par value $100 each, now ell!ng at $90 per share. An Investment, Not n Speculation. Low capitalization; $1,500,000, 25,000 shares it $100 each. Shares fully paid and nonassessable. mnsBURQk WTONjk 1 ( Huntsvfe Valley Grove r- mDxe irsrvr.rppR J t t j rit-fw ikt ,,.f,w laT neu MINERS AND POLICE! Serious Riot on the Streets of Shenandoah', ONE KILLED, MANY WOUNDED Governor Stone Orders Ont Troops to Quell the Disturbance Story of How the Trouble Started. - The lone-threatened clash between striking miners and police occurred at Shenandoah last night. A leading mer chant of the city was beaten to death, several borough policemen were shot, one fatally, and over a score of strikers were shot by policemen and Deputy Sheriffs. Governor Stone ordered two regiments of Infantry, and the Gov ernor's troop to the scene. The disorder jras caused by foreign strikers. Offi cials of the miners' union are doing all they can to maintain peace and order. -t (kPENDLETON 5&i5ted Towns Unmcorporvted ...- r n al rt 9)WfiLUn rri Garrison College Place Tt ! fh 1nt.nttnn nf tK. S)? Hatf management to cell the en- lire biock. in iuc eastern BJUP Mountain raffe However, bf way of cour- kettnn tesy, a block of 1000 shares itheflO- isubscrlDtlon for the period of SO dajs from juiy iu, isktz. Appi'.rations coming in later than Aug. 10. 1902. will not be considered. 2)jdOffl5 . . . . v c . nv g. nrt FnilinR: BIdff, Portland, Or. Or to Main Ofllce, Dooly Bulldlnar, IValla Walla, "VYaah. viSS THE PIKNOLH TUB NAME ANDTHE INSTRUMENT! Most people are familiar with the name Pianola, but comparatlvelyew of them have l comprehensive Idea ot the Instru ment. WHAT IT IS AND WHAT DT WILL DO. Made and sold ority by THE AEOLIAN COMPANY . M. B. Wella. Sole Nortl-. -wesjt Agent. 353-355 Washington' St.,' coil Fa bW SHENANDOAH. Pa., JiUy 30. In street lighting tonight between a mob of strik ing miners on one clde and Deputy Sheriffs and police on the other. Joseph Beddall, a leading merchant, was beaten to death, two borough policemen were shot, one' fatally, and more than a score of strikers were shot by policemen and Deputy Sher iffs. Sheriff Beddall arrived at 7:15 P. M. from Pottsxille with a posse of deputies. He has taken up his Headquarters at the Ferguson Hotel. To an Associated Press "reporter he said he nad asked Governor Stone to send the militia. The Governor wired that If the citizens of the town pe titioned for troops, he would send them. The trouble started about G o'clock to night, when Deputy Sheriff Thomas Bed dall attempted to escort two nonunion workers through the strikers' line of pick ets. The workmen were dressed In their street clothes, but one of them carried a bundle under his arm, and this aroused the suspicions of the strikers. The bundle was torn from him and when It was found to contain a blouse and overalls, the man was taken from the deputy and beaten al most to death. In the meantime, Beddall opened lire on the mob which had gathered and emptied his revolver- Two of the shots took effect, one roan being shot In the leg and the other In the foot. The deputy and the other strike-breaker were now compelled to fly for their lives, and took refuge In the Philadelphia & Reading Bailroad sta tion. The station was soon surrounded by an angry mob of 5000, which was Dccora ih g"raoro threatening nndX dTbn$rMvc every moment. Joseph, Beddall. a hardware mercnant arid brother of the Deputy Sheriff, was seen making his way through tfie crowd In an effort to reach his brother, and the mob, divining that he was carrying ammu nition to those inside the station, struck and beat him with clubs and billies into insensibility. He died en route to the Miners' Hospital. Shortly after this the entire borough, police force arrived on the scene and es corted -the Deputy Sheriff and his man to an engine which had been backed Into the station for that purpose. When tho mob realized that their prey was about to escape, they surrounded the engine and the engineer was afraid to move. In a few moments, however, the police fired a yolley, dispersing the crowd for a brief period, and the engineer turned full Btcam on and got away. Stones were thrown thick and fast about the heads of the police, whereupon Chief Frye gave the order to fire. At the first volley the mob fell back and severar were seen to fall. The retreat, however, was only mo mentary. They turned, and, with revolv ers, stones and even shotguns, charged on the little band of policemen and made them fly for their Uvea The policemen turned in their flight at short Intervals and fired volley after volley at their mer ciless pursuers, but the mob seemed thor oughly Infuriated and revolvers seemed to have no terrors for them. "When tho Lehigh Valley Railroad crossing was CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Domestic. '' Strikers and police engaged In a fight at Shen andoah. Pace 1. Iowa "Republicans nominate a state ticket. Pace 2. Democrats of Michigan open their state con vention. Page 2. Piatt says Booseelt will have the solid New Tork delegation at the next National con vention. Page 2. The funeral of the late Chief RabbLJoseph. at New Tork. was the occasion of & riot. Page 3. Corporation formed to take over Rock Island securities. Page 8 Foreign. King Edward's progress continues satisfactory. Page 3. Americans rewarded In connection with Prince Henry's visit. Page 3, Seven hundred bluejackets created a disturb ance at Kure, Japan. Page 12. Sport. Helena beat Portland, score 6 to 3. Pare b. Butte beat Spokane, score 12 to 1. Page 5. Seattle beat Tacoma. score 4 to 2. Page'5. Pacific Const. Warden Janes faon paying Mrs. Waggoner entire reward for return of Convict Mor rill's body. Page 4. Wheat crop of Umatilla bounty will .be 15 per cent less than usual yield, j Page 4. Oregon City Is to have another paper mill. Pare 4. Marine and Commercial. "Marginal" price on JuIy.oats causes ba'd feel ing between bears and bulls and results In advance. Page 13. Speculators shy at .stock market, and let it further lapse into dullness. Page 13. . July lumber shipments from Portland by water nearly 0.000,000 feet, Page 12. Steamer Bailey Gatzert meets with an expen sive accident. Pare 12. Spot ship Sierra. Estrella chartered yesterday. Paro 12. Harvest Queen makes a fast tow up the xlver. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. President of National Irrigation Association on benefits of Irrigation to states like Oregon. Page 10. Band of sheep invades china shop and creates havoc Pace 14. Portland oarsmen return from- regatta at Nel son. B, C Paxe 3. Figures on .the season's salmon pack Page 11. Eugene Fry drowned In Willamette. Page 14. Paul Mohrs portage railroad sold to the North . '.Tern. Pacific. Page 1. Marks by which purchasers of meat may know whether it is properly Inspected. Page 8. 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J5L -U-w asssBsssissPtBsssssSvMlV Bktallftt k V5Sf tsTvfjlS MOHR ROAD IS SOLO Northern Pacific Is Said to Be the Purchaser. WHAT USE WILL BE MADE OF IT (Copyright. 1000. by Lee Morehouse. Pendleton.) SAYS HE HAS A GRIEVANCE AGAINST UNCLE SAM, AND PROPOSES TO AIR IT. PENDLETON. Or.. July 30. (Special.) Chief Peo. of tho Umatilla Indians, proposes to rake an Interesting point of law. Involving the question whether the Goemment agent can take charge of the affairs of an alloted Indian without having been given special authority by the courts. At the bottom of the whole afTalr Is the Chiefs loe for strong liquor. k Chief Peo la the owner of 320 acres of land on the Umatilla Reservation. oer which he exercised full control until about a ear ago. For the last jear. Agent Charles Wllklns has been collecting the rent from Chief Peo'a tenant. Being without money did not deprive Peo of his thirst, so. when he wanted a drink he would pawn h is clothes until he ran narorw risks of being arrested fo exposure of person. About a year ago. while on a drunken apree. Peo sustained a blow which left him para lyzed on one. side and caused the low of speech. Now he has recovered his power of speech somewhat, and is desirous of attending to his own affairs. Peo U one of the mes picturesque characters on the Umatilla Reservation. When a. comparatively young man. during the BannoJcfnvaiUjner737'-ht'rganted aildj o party or 40 friendly WmatlluiBgaliwit "the hostile; pYOOdtng'up-MoKay Crftk tnif availing thjn n the rar, while the regulars, settlers and othfr reservation Indians attack! them In front, an the plain, near the aencj His iravery and military KI11 on this occasion gained him great praise from the whites. But be suffered for the stand he took. When the Bannooks found that Tco was against them, they set Are to and destrojed the house, outbuildings and personal property belonging to Peo and his father. Chief Win-Nam-Snoot, entailing a los of f 1200. Peo laid In a claim against the do-vernment for this low inillcted by hostile Indians In time of war against Indiana who were fighting for the United States Goernment. but waa neer reimbursed, and has eer held that he had a grievance on this score against Uicle Sam. Now that he thinks he has second cause for complaint, he will make trouble If he can. Peo has been to Washington City several times as a delegate for the Indians, and had considerable influence with the Indian Department. A ltfe-slze portrait of him. in full war dre. embellishes tins main window of the corridor adjoining the Commlslsoner'B ofllce. In the Interior Department building, at Washington. Peo Is now a "has be"n." and no longer exerts influence at Washington, or among his own people. Before hln break-down he waa the ablest orator of h,ls tribe, and was noted for his business sagacity and shrewdness In driving a bargain. 9 a reached, a passing freight train blocked the progress of the police, two of whom were caught and brutally beaten. One of them. Stlney Yacopsky, will die. It la estimated that more than 1000 shots were fired, and the wonder is that more fatalities did not result. More than 20 strikers, all of whom were foreigners, were shot, and at least two of them will die. The doctors of the town dressed the wounds of nearly 40 strikers, all of whom were forelgnets 'whose names could not be ascertained. It Is known at midnight that five or six policemen were shot. Chief Frye received a sjlght wound in tie hand; Yacopsky was shot in the neck and may die; Ringhelzer waa shot in the hand and back, not seriously; Lanitals was ahot In several places and cannot recover. The following jjrinted notice was post ed by the Mlneworkera' all Qver the town tonight: "In view of the disturbances that havo occurred In Shenandoah within the past 24 hours In utter disregard to the teach ings and principles -of the United Mine workers as an organization and contrary to the exp.Icltness of the leaders. w3 call upon all members of theN United Mlneworkers at once to do all in their power to suppress lawlessness, and to aid the officers In every way to maintain peace and good order. "JOHN FAHEY, "President District No. 9." All last night fully 1000 men and boys were on the march. They first visited the West Shenandoah colliery and drove the nonunion workmen from tho engines, pump and flrerooms. The strikers assailed tho breaker with stones, doing consider able damage to window glass. From the West Shenandoah mine the mob p'roceed ed to Indian Ridge colliery, where they were confronted by a body of snecial rx- llco, whose presence prevented violence. At snnmoKin nunarcus or striking- min ers lined the roads to the collieries tQaay arfd prevented the nonunion men ffom going to work. John Shlpman and son. nonunion men, were beaten. Strike leaders I are busily engaged In trying to calm the strikers, who have grown more restless. TROOPS ORDERED TO THE SCENE. Fifteen Hundred National Guards nient Sent to Shenandoah. HARRISBURG. Pa.. July 30. Governor Stone has ordered the Eighth and Twelfth Regiments and the Governor's troop of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, In command of General J. P. S. Gobln, to proceed Immediately to Shenandoah, the scene of tonight's rioting. General Gobln left here shortly after midnight In a spe cial train, and It is expected that all the troops, the combined strength tt which is 1500, will be on the ground by day break. The Governor's secretary received the following message early tonight: "Shenandoah, Pa., July 30. William A. Stone: Deputy Sheriff and two assistants surrounded and one killed, three of mob shot by Sheriff, three local policemen shot, one ponalbly fatally. Town Is with out police protection, and local govern ment terrorized, threatened" by mob if they sign petition. Feeling running very high. ' Mlneworkers admit foreign element beyond their control.. Mob Is beyond con trol. . Situation requires greatest haste. (Concluded on Second'Fage.) RAILROAD FIGHT Now Agitating Washington State Politics. GOVERNOR M'BRIDE'S PROPOSAL He Wonld Pat the Railroads Under a Powerful" Commission, and Is Forcing; tlie Fishtlna; In 'the County Convention. SPOKANE, July-3Q. Here In Washington they take politics as they take most things more seriously than -we do In Oregon. Interest Is more Intense, passion runs higher; money flows 'freer, a campaign Alls he air to the exclusion of all other things. They begin earlier, too: and al ready, though the election is more than three months ahead, the "fight" Is on. One willing to be deceived might easily believe all this heat and fury to be the off-l giving of an earnest and strenuous pa triotism, for the talk of principle and of the public welfare Is brave enough, but, probed to Its foundation,. Washington poli tics Is found to rest curiously upon a mix ture of financial and personal Interests. The political pool In Oregon is none -of the cleanest and sweetest, but compared with the politics ofj Washington It Is a very model of propriety and decency. Each political campaign In Washington is a special fight for or acainst something or somebody; and this year it ie a "rail.- j road fight," complicated with the Sen atorial ambitions of several citizens whose w Ullngness to serve the state has "not In previous years lacked aggressive present ment. To comprehend the situation thoroughly it Is necceanry to go a little Into history. Washington has always had a railroad is sue ever since it has had a railroad, for the wheatgrowers of the Interior -have al ways wanted cheaper rates, and the rail roads have very naturally always sought to defeat legislation to this end. Such a contest, continuing over a long course of yeare. has brought the railroads Into pol itics, as they have never been in Oregon sdncc the Ben Holladay regime, and I wish to speak gently has developed a situation very much at variance with the fine pioneer Ideal of a government "unawed by influence and unbribed by gain." Since time out of mind there has been a powerful and very generally a dom inant railroad lobby at Olympla, and It has at times run things with a high hand. Its methods I don't need to describe; it Is j enough to say that they have been suffi ciently varied to appeal to every type of character and with a single exception In 1S97 they have never failed to win "pro tection" for railroad interests. There was the usual railroad fight in the constitutional convention In 1S90, the radicals wanting a Railroad Commission with powers of a large kind like those exercised by the Railroad Commission of California; while the conservatives Tear ful of frightening capital and preventing the.constru'ction of much-wanted new lines, were for referring the whole matter to a future date. With this latter view the railroads naturally fell In. The outcome was a compromise provision to the effect that "the Legislature shall pass laws es tablishing maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight." and to correct abuses and to pre vent discrimination and extortion in the rates of freight and passenger tariffs . . . and shall enforce such laws by adequate penaltle's." From the enactment of this provision until now, a period of nearly 13 years, there has been constant-agitation more or leru active for action under Its mandate. The proposals have been In many forms. Some have wanted a Railroad Commis sion, others have urged direct "remedial" legislation. The "cinch"1 bill, too, In one or many forms, has figured In nearly every-legislature, that Is, a measure aimed to draw the opposition of the railroads In such forms as to yield profit to corrupt members of the Legislature and to a hun gry lobby. It has been an agitation calcuj lated both to Injure the railroads and the public, and above all to debauch the poli tics and the legislation of the state. Never but once, as I have stated, has any practical result come out of all this con tinuing turmoil, and that was In 1S97, when a Populist Legislature passed an act cut ting grain rates from the Palouse and Big Ecnd districts to tidewater from $i 75 to $1 25 per ton. The railroads fought this proposal In the Legislature, but thes quiet ly accepted defeat and have ever since done business at the legal rate By volun tary act some two years ago they with one minor exception, justified by special conditions reduced passenger rates throughout the state from the old rate ot 4 cent sper mile to 3 cents, which is now the universal rate. But there has never been a time when the farmers of the Eastern country hnve been satisfied, and never a time when the attitude of the railroads towards the gen eral politics of the state has not been more or less of a scandal. The grain rate i3 universally believed to be too high, Its average from Eastern Washington points being something like 12 cents per bushel, and aggravatlngly in con trast with the lower rate from Walla Walla, which takes the easy grade down the Columbia River to Portland, while the Washington roads must climb the heavy mountain grades by which they reach ship to Puget Sound. Proposals In the form Property Cost $COO,000, and Now Ha $133,000 ot Liens Against It Ne gotiations in Progress to Clear Up 'the Title. If reports in railroad circles are to be believed, Paul F. Mohr has sold his port age railroad enterprise at the dalles ot the Columbia to the Northern Pacific Railway Company. It is said that the deal was arranged when President Mel lln was last In Portland, about six weeks ago, conditioned upon the delivery of a clear title to the property. This, under the circumstances. Is not an easy thing to do. It is understood that fair progress Is being made, however, and that the transfer Is likely to-be consummated un less some unlooked-for obstacle shall bo encountered. There Is no official con firmation of this Information, but It is fairly deduced from the movements of, men Interested in the Mohr project. There Is good authority for the statement that a number of the claims against the prop erty have recently been liquidated and all clalmhoIders"are said to have been as sured that they will get their money in due time. There Is much speculation as toJrhat this latest move in the portagerailway enterprise may mean. Some say that it Is only an attempt by Mr. Mohr to get something out of a bad Investment. Oth ers think the advantage to accrue to the Northern Paclfib through control of this strategic point on the5 "Columbia Is the most significant feature of the transac tion. There is no doubt that if this trans fer had been made three jears ago, when the relations between the O. R, & N. and the Northern Pacific were not so agreeable as they are now. there would have been blood on the moon Instantly. Now It seems probable that the Northern Pacific has taken the property to keep It out of hostile hands rather than with any intention immediately to make use of it to bring the O. R. &. N. to terms. Not that the Northern Pacific would hesitate to uae the advantage which possession of the portage railroad gives It. if neces sary; but it Is believed that the under standing subsisting between the Harrlman and the Hill lines Is such that neither will be drUon to coercive nvaires against the other. Common use of rrack from Lewiston to Wallula la believed to mean that there will be common use of track between Wallula and Portland in due season. This would rob the transfer of the Mohr property to the Northern Pa cific of present significance. It may. how ever, be a long-headed move to secure the future against trouble that future when adversity shall cause the big rail road combinations to fly In pieces, each of which will seek its own welfare against all the others. Possession of this portage railway Is valuable for two uses. It might be used In connection with steamboats to "bear" freight rates from the Inland Empire to tidewater, to the discomfort of 'present transportation agencies, and It might be used as part of a Hnedown the north bank of the Columbia to tho sea. .There Is said not to be room for two railroads on the north shore of that stretch of the river. Therefore, if the portage railway should be In hands-- unfriendly to the Northern Pacific and that company should find Itself In a position demanding a road down the Columbia It would be forced back from the river where a water grade would be Impossible. Possession of tho portage railway property will make the Northern Pacific feel more comfortable, even though there be no Immediate neces sity for clubbing Its vigorous competitor, the O. R. & N. Co. Nothing is known publicly of the terms of the sale to the Northern Pacific. The Columbia. Railway & Navigation Com pany put Into the portage railroad a lit tle more than 5300.C00, and was then forced to stop. Then the Central Navigation & Construction Company was organized to continue construction. It put In another $300,000. and then fell Into trouble. But It left 10 miles .of railroad practically com pleted. That Is the property as It now stands. Against It are claims more or less secured amounting to about 5133,000. Other creditors hold unsecured claims, be lieved to be within $50,000. The secured claims, at least, must be extinguished be fore a valid title can be transferred. To this duty Mr. Hohr Is said now to be ap plying his energies. Personally he will lose heavily in the enterprise on any set tlement it Is possible to make. tConcluded on Tenth p DEVERY'S BIG PICNIC. Entertains Between 15,000 and 20, 000 Women and Children. NEW YORK. July 30. Between 13,000 and 20.000 women and children wore the guests of ex-Chief of Police William S. Devery on a water picnic today. Devery is a candidate for Democratic Ieaderrhip of the Ninth Assembly District, and tno monster outing was a feature of the spectacular campaign he has been con ducting. Men were excluded and the six shiploads of excursionists consisted of women and children from the Ninth Dis trict. It was the biggest excursion ever handled In this city. Two large steamers and four large barges were required to handle the crowd and Devery waa personally in charge. Ten physicians, a corps of trained nurses, Hfesavers. an opera company, a vaude ville troupe and four bands were taken along and refreshments served In unlim ited quantities. The chief coramteary of the expedition had 150 assistants and the lists of supplies was as follows: One thousand pounds of roast beef. 1200 pounds of corned beef? 1600 pound? of ham. two barrels of sugar, four tubs of butter, 20 barrels of pota toes. 20 crates of tinned tomatoes. 10 crates of raw tomatoes, 500 heads of cab bage, 250 pounds of coffee, 2500 loaves- of bread, clam chowder for 30.000 persons, 1500 pounds of fancy cakes. 500 gallons of Ice cream. S00 quarts of milk, 250 boxes of soft drinks. 10 barrels of Dlrch ."beer, 1400 bags of pop-corn and candy. c White House Strike Settled. WASHINGTON, July 30. The " differ ences between the striking electricians and the New York contractors having 'in charge the electrical work at the White House haye been satisfactorily adjusted and the men have returned to work. ..ltftM 1.1 --V Jf ..