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c WEEKLY EDITI«». WEEKLY EDITION. IM $1.50 Copies of the SEMI WEEKLY EAST Cannot be better spent than by sub OREGONIAN wi!l be sent you In scribing for the WEEKLT one year for only $2.00 OREGONIAN the news of the interest you. world It prints and will for a year. VOL. XXVII. FORGERY FOR $57.000. PENDLETON. UMATILLA CO.. OREGON, FRIDAY. MARCH 27.1Ö03 WILL PROBE LAND FRAUDS. J. Pierpont Morgan's Name Used to Secure a Big Fraudulent Haul. London. Match 23.—A meeting is 1 eing h< ld if the creditors of Count Maurice Delosdari, who is charged with having forged J. Pierpont Mor gan's name to large amounts. The meeting is in the bankruptcy court. The petitioning creditor is Sir Alfred Bickmsn. a prominent member of parliament, who claims to have ad vanced $57.000 to the count on a bill purporting to be sig»-- , by J. Pierpont Morgan, but whic* *oved to be a forgery. The co” t 'abilities are CHURCHES HOLDING SPECIAL shown to be $100.004». .argely raised by this method: his assets. $5.000. PRAYER MEETINGS TODAY No tra-'e of the missing count has beer, discovered, neither has any con firmation of the suicide story been Mississippi River Falling Much Slow made . Government Will Use New Law to Compel Witnesses to Talk. Washington. March 23.—The in terior department is preparing to take advantage of the law passed at the i ecent session of congress, comitell- ing the attendance of witnesses In heatings before local land offices, ami will make the first tests In investiga- tiors that are being conducted In Ore gon. Washington and Calltornla. to determine the extent to which fraud ulent entries are being made under the timber and stone act. The investigations heretofore hate been somewhat ham|>ered because of inability to procure witnesses but under the new law there will be no more difficulty than it had in procur ing witnesses in esses being tried In courts. The department is depending to a considerable extent upon testi mony which can be brough’ out under DISMISSES CHARGES. the new law to establish its case and All of General Woods' Actions Rela to bring to justice those parties who tive to Postoffice in Cuba. Approv are willfully violating the law ed by War Department. E E CLARK SELECTED «Vastiington. March 2 J—Secretary Loot today officially dismissed the charge* made bv Major Rathburn Will Be Assistant Secretary of the New Department of Commerce and against Brigadii-r-G« neral Wood, de claring them to be without founiia- Labor. tion, as all of Wood's actions rela Washington. March 23—It ia semi tive to the postoffiee case in Cuba, officially announced that President were taken with the full knowledge Roosevelt has under consideration the and approval of the war department. appointment of E E. Clark, of Cedar Rapids, la , as assistant secretary in STRIKE AT TACOMA. the new department of commerce and labor Clark's position at the head of Stieet Car Men Ask That Non-Union the railway conductors and bis nota Men Be Discharged and Their bly good work as a member of the an thracite commission makes his sele< Union Recognized. Tacoma. March 23.—The street car tion almost certain Will Not Interfere. strike continues today. A few cars aie operated by non-union employee Washington. March 23.—A dispat« h The company stiil refuses to recog from Rome indicates that the te»! nize the union or discharge the non- hat can come to Archbishop Ireland i.» ion men. The company has given only on Roosevelt's request It Is re the employes until 4 o'clock to return garded as extremely unlikely that the tc work. president will make any suggestions, as he is pronounced against any in FERNIE STRIKE SETTLED terferenie in church matters MITCHELL PLEASED INSPECTS SHOOTING AT ELGIN. PLEASED Findings of Strike Commission, Taken as a Whole, in Favor of the Mine Workers. INCREASE IN BU8INE88. Firmer Shoots a Blacksmith Over Trivial Matter. Elgin. Orc.. March 21—Arch Hal garth, a blacksmith ot this city was »hot four times by Woods Gray, a farmer living five miles east of here, Friday morning. Trouble arose between the m*-n over a quarrel between their children and resulted in a fight. Gray shot Haigarth in the abdomen inflicting a fatal wound Wihle Hal gartb was lying prostrate on the ground after being shot, Gray's son. who was the can»«• of th< trouble, »tabbed him in the back with a pock et knife Haigarth then secure«! the gun and pointed jt at Gray's head. Gray beg ged for mercy and Haigarth was |>er- suaded not to shoot although one car- tride yet remained in the pistol. Gray Is under art eat and !s now In ,'ull at this place awaiting trial. He has a wife and five children Hal- r-.arth is not expected to 11 vt He has a family of four chiidreu BOLDEN TUMBE STOPS LAND FRAUD ROUTE PRESIDENT’S ITINERARY IS ANNOUNCED 0. R. & N, Gives Roosevelt’s Dates and Where He Will Go on His Visit in Eastern Washington. DECIDE TO DEPOSE MISS CLARA BARTON ♦ BAST year. Just Try IL NO. 34 Life Insurance Issued in Oregon Dur ing the Year of 1902. Salem. March 21.—The following figure» from the sworn reports of the various companies to Secretary of State Dunbar show the amount of life insurance issued in Oregon by the dif ferent companies during 19«>2: Aetna Life ............................ $ 190.250 Connecticut Mutual .............. 27.000 Equitable ................................. 918.517 Manhattan............................... 309,557 Mutual Benefit .................... 155J39 Massachusetts Mutual 534,500 Mutual. New York .............. 625818 New York Life ...................... 808,400 Northwestern ......................... 897,000 Penn Mutual.......................... 1.405.283 Pacific Mutual ...................... 364,600 Provident Savings ................ 467JM Washington, Mar« h 21. The report the contention 1» not fiijly Justified Travelers ................................ 4,<i00 oi the anthracite commission «»as I that the wages paid are insuffleiet.t to Union Mutual 107,471 er Than Was Expected—Many made public this morning. maintain an American standatd of iiv- Union Central ...................... 37/167 Breaks Threatened and Convicts It provides, in general, for an in- ' it g During the last 2«t years there Washington............................ 707.71» Ct ease of 10 per cent In the rate of Las been a steady Improvement in the Nearly all the companies show an Are Being Worked Night and Day «ages paid to contract miners A re ‘ miners' homes The social conditions Increase of business over the previous to Strengthen the Levees. auction m the hours per da) for other are good year The two per cent tax on the net '.’.ineworkers. Water hoisting engirt premiums realized 317.737. This in New Orleans, March 23—There Mining IS Dangerous. FIGHTS BUT SEEKS PEACE. vers will work hereafter in eight- clude» old as well aa new policies, so were three new breaks in the levees The wagt-s of the anthracite miners | hour shifts at a 10 per cent Increase, that the largest payments on the two this morning. The Southern Pacific t they !..i«i 1«eti working here tire not lower tbsn those paid the bl- ' Uruguay Offers to Change Appoint- er cent tax were not necessarily in luminous miners and the average I tofore In such shifts. Other eugln- to the west, cut their overtopping ment of Prefects. the proportion* of the above figures daily rate earning« compare favor- ! o rs and pumpmen are g:v«-n 5 per levees along the Isaquent county Montevideo. Uruguay, March 20 — 'or they represented new bustness c« tit increase Firemen are given ably with other industries requiring | Fighting betwe«-n the revolutionists written last year water front. The inhabitants are be equal skill and training The annua! eight-hour shift» only, without any and government forces is reported to lt. g moved to a place of safety as fast earnings of the contract miner are be- lucres-e FOR PRISON PHYSICIAN have occurred near this city, and Mining as ] .wsible. All the houses on Pal Other mine workers are tc be pal I tween $560 and $600 a yeai member» oi the Red Cross have start the same wages on a basis of a nine should, however, be classed as a dan- ed for the scene Four delegates have Several Prommsnt Aspirants Looking myra island, near Vicksburg, have hour day that they have been receiv gtrous industry ranking with the most een sent from here to treat for peace. for the Place. iieeii swept away. The people were liazidotts. Regarding law!< ssness. It ing for 10 hours' service. The government proposes to call out Salem Ore., March 21^-Supenn saved. says «he governor was juftlfied I d the National Guard and declare a state tendent James of the Orrgon state Board of Conciliation. calling out the troops .but the m.ne Pray That Levees Stand. «•f »lege All telegrams are censored Prison, who is to manage the Inst! workers of the region are. az a whole A I maul ot conciliation is provided The government peace delegates are rittion is in the city and the aspirants Memphis. March 23.—The river is to settle any disputes arising out of well disposed and good citizens. instructed to notify Saravanfa. the 'or prison physician are again on the falling much slower than was expect it caaracierlz<-s the boycott as im- | any interpretation or application of irstlgator of the revolution, that the ed. The only breaks reported are the commission awards It consists moral anti-social, cruel and coward-I government, as the tiasis of an agree anxious sent near Vicksburg, where several thous The democrats are pretty evenly di jf three selected by the operators ly. where applied to defenseless wo- I t. ent will aeree to the appointment and acres of land have been flooded, «ided between Dr. Byrd. Dr Mott and It »ays the black ' three by the miners' organization and men and children under the direction o fthe Nationalist and many homes washed away. Mil Dr. Shaw is the head of an umpire to be chosen in <ase of dis list it equally le.d and should ba I , arties of new prefects in six depart f»r. Shaw lion's land loop is threatened. Two «he facult) of the Willamette Medical agreement by one of the circuit frown«>d down by honorable men It I meats. hundred and fifty convicts were sent r>,l!e-e. and it is stated that bis ap- judges of the th'rd judicial district. condemns the practice of employing I there this morning. A special prayer ¡■ointment will be a valuable arquisi- No strikes or lot k out» are to take deputies u; on the reqmwt and at the meeting is being held in many of the Washington March 2» — United t on for that school as a regular pla e «bile such adjudication Is pend »xp» dm * of the employers. It Irritates churches in the threatened district ing The commission de* lines to rec the men and secure» the services of State» Minister Finch has advised i linir will be established at the prison today. men and is the state department under the date for the students, who will be present ogi.fae the United Min- workers of nanjr unprincipled increase of Wages Given Miners and ot the at ui-erations. and will also have op PRESIDENT APPOINTED America a- such, by compelling the against th- doctrine that the «oujty Of Montevideo, yesterday Union Is Recognized. GANG COLLECTED $40.000 vperator» to enter into »a agreement ¡■i d state fficera are abundantly a'lv causes for the revolution in Uruguay portunities to observe the treatment Victoria. B. C.. March 23—The Fer- Rotert C- French Appointed Head of with the organization, but in interesting case» of diseases The FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES. notifies i to preservi the peace and prot“c< as follows: nie strike has been settled by a coir- "The white party rebelled dissatis Willamette school already has a rep- this tn the mar.n»-r above stated, and property The employment of coal Eastern Oregon Normal SchcoL fied with the new president (OrdonezI r»*sertation on the state board of Each One Was Fined $500—Sapp mittce of the Proviniial M-ning Asso Weston. March 23—(Special to the by providing that the organization n.d iron pcllce !» consider -d unwise » ho suc«-eed«^l President Cuestas, and health In Dr E A Pierce secretary hall tare a baud in the machinery Forced to Retire Soon After Roos ciation. The terms have not been I East Oregonian i—At 3:30 o'clock Ccmpulcory Irvestigation made public. An increase in wages the recent appointments of depart- of the faculty. evelt Became President—Created a was giv<-n the strikers. It is believed ( this afternoon Professor Robert C. whereby tie finning» of th« comm's Tn« commission cannot e» any mental prefects. No disorder in the »¡on shaii be put into eff«of Political Sensation at That Time. «ay to recommend compulsory arbi capital. The government is hurrying that the miners are satisfied with the French, of Monmouth. Or. wa* ap NORTHERN SECURITIES CASE. pointed president of the Eastern Or Third Demand Refused. tration. but does believe, however, troops to the rvvoiutionicts " Louisville. Ky.. March 23.—Former settlement egon Normal School, to succeed i'res Ta«- thir.’ demand of the mim-rs that the state and federal government Revenue Collector Sapp. Chief De;r Counsel Griggs Declares That the ident .Martindale .deceased by the SOCIALIST DEMONSTRATION. that coal be paid for by weight wher should pro« ide machinery for what WILL PAY TAXES uty Parsons and Potoningen. the io- board of regents, now tn session at State» Have Right to Object to ever practicable «as refuse.!. the may be called compulsory investlga I Merger. al republican boss, this morning Twenty Thousand Members in Line | that place comniisaiun refusing to make an ob tion of any controversy when It Announced a> a Wonderful Bit of St. Louis March 20.—In the North at Buda Pest Today—Each Wore a ligatory decision They dec Im« to fix arises lnferentlally. It condemns the I ¡•leaded guilty in the federal court of News That Carnegie Will Not ern Securities case counsel Griggs is FREIGHTS COLLIDE. Red Carnation—Opposed to Cleri assessing federal employes for polit a tandaid ton where the coal is paid oierators tor not agreeing to arbltra Evade His Taxes This Year. calism. arguing before the United State» ical purposes. They were fined $5>*o for by weight and from imposing on tlon when they first decided, they New York. March 21.—The tax court of appeals Today be declared ea- li. Sapp was forced into retire Buda Pest. March 23.—A mons’er Engines Demolished in Tennessee the owners of loillerie» where coal could not sc« their way to make any commissionens have been informed that the «late» through which the ment scon after Roosevelt became meeting of socialists was held here Wreck—One Fireman Killed. is ne w m'ned by car any obligation •'occessioas flat Carnegie will make no attempt Great Northern railway operates bare president, and created a political sen toda~. Twenty thousand members, Knoxville. Tenn.. March 23.—Two tc pay by weight ar.d make the Pleated With Dec-non. to evade his tixts like the other non- a better right than the federal gov sation. The gang is said to have -ach wearing a red carnation, w« re fre -ihrs on the Southern railway col chan ex neo-xsary therefore IndiarapolU Ind., March 21.—-The ttwidenf millionaires, imt will pay the ert ment to object to its presence and collected $4 i >.«‘ m >0 from the federal em !n line. They have sworn to resist lided near Morristown early this A check weightman shall be em official journal of the mineworkers ployes. the government military bill and the mornirg Both engines were demol ployed when requested by the major! today says that on the whole. th<- de full amount He 1» a**«*»e<j at a 17.- the actions ot the railway's iaterest Ooo.MM) valuation in the securities company ty of the contract miners and their progress of clericalism. ished. One fireman was killed is pleasing It says that a prac wat< « are to be pct«! bv the miners oisicn CATHOLICS IN CHINA PRE tical recognition ot the union Is made * A shdtng scale of wag»-» u provided, PARE TO FIGHT BOXERS. whereby the miners may increase Will be Pa<d by May First. their earnings according to the tn Wtikesbarre March JI.—The In i Rebels Massing to Attack Kwangsai crease of the market price of coal croase granted by the strike commit | Capital—Call for Relief Meets No aiove the rates awarded, that be ng I slon to the miners is back wages | Response. in all case? the minimum amounts to nearly |1.0<>o.<MW The ' Victoria. B. C-. March 23.—The There shall be no discrimination j coal comnanieg hope to pay the ' SEA GIVES UP RICHES FROM GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN RE steamer Tartar, which arrived from SAYS COMMISSION'S AWARD a rains’ any workman b-cau«e of atnonrt before May 1st GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN LONG-SUNKEN VESSEL. membership nor non-membership in Yoka’.oma and the Orient, brought FUSES TO SELECT LIEU LAND. IS VICTORY FOR MINERS. AND PARTY AT THE DALLES. Well P.eased news that some of the Roman Cath the labor organizations nor shall there - - ■ Scranton. Pa. March JI.—The min Forty Year» Ago the Sidewheeler Was Determined That th« State Shall Not olic missionaries in North China are Best Feature is Advance in Wages— On Special Train They View the Pro be- interfer«-nce by union men wtth ton-unionists. The awards shall con ers here are well pleased with the de arming their missions because of the Burned at Sea. and All Aboard Per be Further Robbed—Trouble Ahead Award is Itself Recognition of the posed Portage Railway Route— tinue in force until March 31, 190« fear of further Boxer uprisings. Na-: cision. ished. for Base Hunter*^ Power of the Union. May Not Begin Survey Until Refer tive papers at Nankin report that reb- i Findings Unan mous. Cheers for Mitchell. San Francisco. Cal. March SO.— Salem Marcn ?0—The lieu land els are being massed at different Detroit. Mich., March 21—"The de endum Is Disposed of. Particular »tress is laid on the fart Shamokin Pa March JI.—The min Among the passengers on the steamer business has come to an abrupt end. points along the Yangtsekiang. pre cision of the anthracite coal strike The Dalles. March 21 —Governor that the findings were unanimous ers are enthusiastic and cheer for Newport, which arrived from South Governor Chamberlarn has refused to paring to cause an uprising, and a tel commission is, on the whole, a de of State The entire report requires 87 printed the commission and Mitchell. They and Central American ports Wednes make any more selections of lieu egram from Kiukiang says the situa cided victory for the miners, and I Chamberlain. Secretary day. was Captain E W Johnstone are planning for a big celebration Dunbar,. State Treasurer pages and contains 50.000 words. lands on mineral bare, or "ven for the tion there is critical. us pleased with it." said President Frank I and a party of treasure-hunters, which purpose of setting up selecticn» here Ore chapter in review deals with Appear Displeased. Regarding the Kwangsi rebellion, John Mitchell, of the United Mine Moore, and mcmoers of the Portland left here last November in the hope the losses occasioned by the strike New York. March JI—The presi of locating the wreck» of the side tofore made, but which have fallen. some of the native papers state that workers' of America. press reached the city on the late vbicb aggregate approximately |100.- In answer to every application that "The anthracite miners of Pennsyl dents of the coal carrying roads de the rebels are planning an attack on train Thursday night, and with about 900.000. wheel steamer Golden Gate, which Kweilen. the provincial capital. Gov vania have reason to be much pleas 20 leading citizens of this city visited 1 dine to discuss the findings of the was burned to the water's edge off has been trade the governor has de The »mmuit of In'-ress* under the ■’ared that he will not make any ernor Wang Chi Chun has applied to ed with the commission’s award, and the site oi the proposed xrtage rail- cotnruiss'on. They appear displeased the Mexican coast tn 1862. • ard due tor wotk done between Nov- more selections until it bas bees final I am sure they are. ” he added. the government for troops, but none Nothing to Say. •oa., Friday The visit was entirely ’ mber 1st. 1902, and April 1st. 1903. The Golden Gate carried much ly determined what amount of those In reply to a question as to whether can be spared from that province. en unofficial one .but it perhaps has treasure tn her strongroom, and her Detroit. M>ch.. March JI.—Presi dealt with In a separate clause, already made will fall. '.hi miners were given as much as If the quantity is large ne will con hid been ’toped for. Mr. Mitchel) an more significance than :a apparent which provides that It shall be paid on dent John Mitchell today declined to passengers individually were credited or before June 1st. 1903. discuss (be findings of the board until with having Immense sums of money tinue his tefusal to proceed. If the ANOTHER ACCIDENT IN swered. after an instant's delibera on tae surface . It perhaps means for a certainty the result of amount Is small, he will permit selec One interesting chapter in the sum- he had gone over it thoroughly. His in their possession ILLINOIS COAL MINE. tion: “I do not care to sav.” that the road will be built. jtiary ts that relative to the conditions manner indicated that he was highly lucky strikes In the California gold tions in all cas«?s where the purchas "The most important feature of fields. The ¡»arty of gubernatorial sight of life. The commission finds that ‘ pleased ers furnish the base and pay the state Six K.lled and One Seriously Injured the award.” he continued, "is of seers left The Dalk-s at 9:30 o'clock The Golden Gate »as botn-i from the difference between the amount course, the increase of 10 per cent —Many Had Narrow Escapes—Oc- this city for Panama, and was in col for Celilo on a special train consist they have already paid for lieu lands. cured at Athens. Near Springfield. riven to the miners. This will result ing of an engine and coach and as lision with an Atlantic liner at Pana His determination is that the credit in an annual increase in the wages ma. She took fire at sea and was ot the stat«* shall no longer be hawked Springfield, Ill., March 23 —A pow of 140,000 anthracite miners of Penn they passed the 8<mfert place above sunk, all on board losing their lives. about by lieu land operators for their der explosion in the Kinraid coal sylvania of $6,000.000. The sliding the city, were joined by F. A. Seu- After 40 years. Johnstone's expe own gain. As a consequence of Gov mine, at Athens. 20 miles north of scale provided for by the commission fert. who is well informed on the sub dition is one of the many de.ermlncd ernor Chamberlain's taking thia firm here early this morning. Six were ia very satisfactory, inasmuch as a ject of the portage railway and furn to search for and if possible, secure position, the lieu land operators and killed and many others are believed minimum of $4.5«i per ton is fixed. ished valuable information to the the Golden Gate's treasure Captain purchasers are in sore straits and to have lost their lives in the deeper With white ash coal at $5.50 per ton party, having with him maps and Johnstone reports that the efforts of are fearful of the outcome. parts of the workings. at tidewater, the increase provided in charts of the government survey, the expedition met wtth success, All the men are now out of the the sliding scale wll be equivalent to known ax the Harts plan. The first It has been talked around quietly mine. Twelve men in the interior had 20 per cent more in the miners' stop was made at Celilo. where the Poitlaud. March J"—Pre «ident should those effjrts prove successful that the vessel, submerged in 8" in timber land circles for several days feet of water has been located, and that the governor has sprung a sur party proceeded to the site of the old narrow escapes. One was seriously wa ges." Mohler has extended the courtesies the time of arrival and departure the treasure, or some of It found. injured. prise on the land grabbers, and that President Mitchell was asked if he O. S. N. incline. Here they were of the O R & N. to President Roose from Walla Waila must be slightly He exhibits many sea-corroded and there Is trouble ahead for the base was disappointed because the com piloted about by 1. H. Taff«'. who is revised. I>art]y melted gold coins, in proof of hunters who have sold invalid base THE BURDICK INQUEST. mission did not recognize the union also deeply interested in the project. velt and pa't« the generous offer has On the return trip stops were made l>een accepted, and this morning, It has been rumored that there Is O. R. A N. officials have also been his assertion that the treasure has formally, and he replied that he was Court Room Filled With Fashionable not. because the decision of the com at the site of No. 5 fish wheel, and through the general office of that unofficially Informed that President been located, and returns to this city also consternation in certain small Women—Nothing New of Import mission and its award were in them- at Big Eddy. During the entire trip comi ary. was given out the following Roosevelt bas accepted an Invitation to obtain appliances for recovering circles where the effect of the gov the gold that he feels asscred is in ernor's determination Is likely to = elves recognition of the power of the the gubernatorial party occupied a a nee. position from which they obtained a announcement of the presidential Itin to dine In Walla Walla at the home the bulk of the lost Golden Gate prove serious in the extreme United Mineworkers. of United States Senator Levi Anke- Buffalo. March 23.—An hour before splendid view of the river and as no erary along their lines: ■'After the increas ■ of wages given the Burdick inquest opened today the pains were spared to give them all The train will be received by the I ny. and If this Is a fact the stay In GREWSOME HANGING. AGAINST BEEF COMBINE court room was crowded with women the miners.” said Mr. Mitchell, "the information desired, the trip has ful O R. « N. at Wallula at 2 5u o'clock Walla Walla must be prolonged. moct important awards from the min- wearing fashionable apparel. Mrs. No material difference would be filled the purpose for which it was on the afternoon of May 25, and will Ole Oleson Meets Death for Butcher Supreme Court of Missouri Fines Five Burdick and Mrs. Hull arriveyd at orr standpoint are the one fixing a intended and the governor now has a be tak -n direct from that point to made to 8pokane In either case, u the ing Hi* Daughter. Big Packers 85.000 Each. o'clock, when there was a general t ire-hour day and providing for a knowledge of the site of the proposed Walla Walla, where the presidential train Is scheduled to arrive there dur losrd of conciliation. The award Aitkin. March 20.—Through a bun craning of necks. ing the night and must remain until Jefferson City. Mo.. March 20—Ar Itortage otherwise unobtainable. party will arrive at 4:30 in the after gle in adjusting the noose, the hang The motley crowd in front of the "ires a nine-hour day with ten hours' mour. Cudahy. Swift. Hammond and noon of the day following In speaking of the visit. Governor noon of the same day. ing of Ole Oleson, the wealthy farm station house was so dense the po ■ av directly to 90.000. and practically Chamberlain said: the Schwarts. Schilds ft Sulzberger At 5:30 o'clock of the same even The Presidential Train. ’ ll of the other employes of the an- er at 1 o'clock this morning, was a licemen were compelled to clear it packing companies .the five defend "While this visit is entirely an un Ing the train will leave Walla Walla The palatial train in which Presi grewsome sight. He »-as almost de away. The first witness was an at thiacite mines will get a nine-hour official one. and cannot have much and will make a night run through the ants in the ouster proceedings dent Roosevelt and thoee who are to day by reason of their comrades' capitated .drenching the nearest spec torney who was Burdick's attorney. significance. I am much pleased with Palouse country, arriving In Spokane accompany him will travel through tator« with blood. His crime was ex brought by the Missouri attorney-gen shorter hours. Miller told nothing new He was oral against the alleged btnd combine “The provision for a board of con the outlook and general aspect of at 1:15 in the morning of Tuesday. the West is to consist of five cars. ceptionally brutal. He deliberately last summer, »ere fined $5.000 each followed by the furnace man at Pen things. May 26. I steam heated and lighted by electric- butchered his daughter with a knife nell’s house, who told of careing for ciliation will result in a great good. in* the Missouri supreme court today The stay at Spokane will be until “We find what you already know, the furnace the morning after the I am much pleased with it. It will that the right of way is principally noon of the 26th. From the Falls City i ity. It will consist of a Pullman b«>caiiBe she tux-ame engaged to a and ordered to pay the costs In the . composite car. a dining car. a sleeper, compel investigation of both sides of neighbor and refused to keep house murder. case, which amount to $5.000. The controversies between miners, and owned by four persons, all of whom the presidential train will double a compartment car and the private for her father any longer. court orders that unless the fines are are in favor of the project. back along Its former eourse to Tekoa | car for the exclusive use of President operators and bring the employers TIMOTHY A SUCCESS. paid within 30 days all will be ousted “Not being an engineer I can give branching from that Junction to Har Roosevelt and the memtters of his CHIEF OF SURVEY AT ECHO- into closer relationship with their from the state. no opinion as to whether the appro rison and Wallace, Idaho, reaching I family. The same cars will be used This cannot help but bring Emery Baltezore Experiments Suc men. priation is adequate for the work, hut the latter place at 4:50 p. m. most beneficial results.” throughout the country being simply D. W .R om . of the Hydrographical cessfully With Cultivated Grasses The presidential party will leave delivered to the O. R & N. and turn ATE TOO MUCH PIE. Mr. Mitchel) was asked whether am pleased generally with the out Bureau, Looking Over Ground. look." the O. It & N. lines at Wallace and in the Mountains . the portion of the commission's report ed over by It to the Northern Pacific Echo. March 21.—D. W. Ross, chief In answer to a question regarding will begin the return Journey East utter the Journey through Eastern of the hydrographical survey being Barnes. Who Had Fiv« Knife Wounds Emery Baltezore, of Cabbage Hill, saying that the miners’ union as at in His Abdomen. Broke Stitches in is building a residence which he ex- present organized offered little in- the effect of the referendum on the over the Northern Pacific at 8:50 I Oregon and Washington has been made here by the federal government, ixutage. the governor replied: o'clock on the evening of May 26. the 1 completed. accompanied by John T. Whistler, the pects to have ready for occupancy dui emeut to the operators to enter His Lung. “We will begin steps to secure the first stop of Importance being Helena. The finest locomotive In the em California expert, arrived yestertay by April 10. He reports that the long mto contractual relations with ft, re Redding. Cal., March 20.—Lee right of way just as soon as the law Itlnerarv May Change. ploy of the O. R ft N will be detail and went out to look over the situ Barnes, who lived through the famous season of forage feeding has resulted ferred to the fact that the United goes into effect. May 21. but I am of The above itinerary Is not definite ed to pull the presidential train, and ation. Mr. Whistler will take charge knife duel in which Billy Silverthorn in a shortage of feed and lias been Mineworkers was not an incorporated body. an«l whether it would have any the opinion that there will be no sur ly and i>ermanently settled and may a pilot engine or “pacer" will be sent of the work here after receiving the was klllfM in January, was stricken hard on the stock. vey made until the referendum ques be slightly altered at a later date. over the line in advance of the presi report of J. G. Camp, who has been Mr. Baltezore last seasot' experi effect on the possible incorporation tion is disposed of." Little fear from Pendleton, the largest city in East dential party to guard against acci doing preliminary work during the fatally by eating blackberry pie yes mented with timothy seed. It has of the order. terday. Barnes ate a whole pie. Vio that source is expressed by our peo “The commission does not refer to ern Oregon. Is endeavoring to obtain dents and to make certain that the past six weeks. been considered that timothy would lent cramps broke the stitches in his ple generally. «he organization not being an incor recognition from the president and Mr. Whistler will put two crews in be a failure in the mountains, though road is clear. lung and the surgeon says he will die. the field with the view to surveying Barnes had five knife wounds in his it is not known that any really seri porated body,” replied Mr. Mitchell, CHINAMAN ARRESTED. and croas-B<>ctioning the most feasible abdomen and his recovery was pro ous attempts had been made before “but to the fact that so many of Its route . Mr. Baltezore’s experiment, to try by members are among the miners." nounced the most remarkable case Held Before Commissioner Hailey for The commission's recommendation actual test, its adaptability to that on record. Selling Whiskey to Indians of more stringent enforcement of the LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODED. district and altitude. Jung Jack, a Chinese saloon roust Washington. March 21.—The board j harmony in the ranks of the associa A year ago he sowed 2«) pounds of laws against child labor in the min DYNAMITE BANK. was yesterday arrested, of trustees of the American Red Cros«, tion. timothy seed and from it cut four ing region would,” Mr. Mitchell said, about, Roundhouse Demolished—One Killed tons of hay. Naturally he does not “result in great good. I think that charged with selling liquor to Indians Society yesterday decided to depose and One Seriously Injured. Denies Report. Robbers Get $5000 This Morning nl regard timothy as an experiment any this will result,” said he. “in secur- and was today held by Commissioner Miss Clara Barton from the active as Taunton. Mass.. March 21—A con Kentucky Bank. Meriden. Conn.. March 21.—Fran solidated locomotive exploded in the longer, but on the contrary, will need 'ng the passage of a law that is now Hailey to appear before the United sociation and appoint Rear Admiral Bardwell. Ky.. March 21—Robbers 20 or 30 acres to it. He wishes to pending in the Pennsylvania legisla States grand Jury at Portlund. Jung Van Reypeu surgeon-general of the cis Atwater, a member of the execu roundhouse here this afternoon. One raise enough to warrant baling, sb the ture raising the age limit at which Jack. Brenner Ballou and Dan Hart navy as her successor. Miss Barton tive committee of the Red Cross So «vas killed, one seriously and four dynamlttd the deposit bank vault this baled product is easier to handle for "hildren may work to 14 years for will all be taken tomorrow to Port will be given the office of honorary ciety. denied emphatically this after less seriously hurt. The building was morning and got $5<X»0. The charge the market and commands a much boys in the breakers end 16 years land by Deputy United States Mar president for life. It Is announced noon the Washington report of Mias wrecked It is feared that others are was so strong that it destroyed $2500 In curraiicy. for entering the mine«." shal A A. Roberts. better figure. that this action is taken to restore Barton's removal. underneath the debris. All the Houses on Palmyra Island, Near Vicksburg, Are Swept Away a think, $180 gives you all the news Try it. LEVEES BREAKING for DEMANDS ERINTED Conference Between Trainmen and Manager of 0. R. & N. Was Short. CONCESSIONS MADE BV BOTH SIDES Settlement Rssched on Basis of 15 Per Cent Increase for Freight and 12 Per Cent for Passenger Train men. Salt Lake, March 21 —After a short onference between the gr.evanc» • ommittee of the trainmen of the Oregon Short Line and General Super intendent Calvin, several conceaston» sere made on both sides A settle ment was reached on the basis of 15 per rent increase for freight tnunmei. and 12 per cent increase tor passen ger trainmen, effective Man h 1 DODGED ONE TRAIN RAN OVER BY ANOTHER Horrible Accident Befalls Rhode Is land Women While Walking on the Track of the New York & New Ha ven Road. Philllpadale. R !., March 2v—Three women were killed and a fourth was fatally injured on tbe New York A New Haven railway while walking from Pasrtucket on the tracks. The» stepped off of one track and were struck by an opposite going train on another track ENGLISH COMMON PEOPLE SYMPATHIZE WITH BOERS Joseph Chamberlain Not Very Popu lar—In Speech He Said Land Val ues Had Increased to 300 Per Cent Sine« War. London. March SO.—Chamberlain was given a dinner by the lord mayor today After luncheon be was g.vet an address of welcome Balfour and other members of tbe cabinet were present. His reception by the people was very mild There were but few cbe»?rs There is a general feeling of Boerdom relative to South Africa Ic his speech Chamberlain said the values of land had increased from 50 to 300 per cent since the star, because outside capital was feeling tbe sta bility of the government SEVEN DEAD. Total Lose to the Steamer Plymouth ia About $40000 New London. March 21.—No more bodies have been found It is believed that one other waiter was drowned, however, ai he is tnisstnc this mak ing a total of seven dead. The Ply mouth is uamaged to the ¿.mount of $40.000. KEENE SOLD OUT. Reported on Stock Exchange That Harriman Hae Purchased All ef Keene’s Holdings. New York. March 21.—It »as re ported on tbe stock exchange today at Boon that Hamman and Keene had settled their differences, the former taking over Keene's Southern Pacific bolding» at 70 cents MORE TAXABLE PROPERTY. Over 40.000 Acres of Land Added to Morrow County's Roll. Assessor W L. Sailing s office is now a busy place, says the Heppnei Gaxette. The assessor is now at work «in the new assessment Hank* which have just been received in list ¡ng the property. The ownership record is about up. and field work will be commencivi about tbe first of April The work of bringing the ownership record up to date has been greater than ever before known tn the history of the county, in fact the labor is more than doubled, which has been caused by so many transfer» and the entering of a large amount of land which ba» been acquired from the government and state, by individuals Mr. Saling estimates the Increase in assessed valuation at about 20 per ~ent over last year. The increase tn land values bas had a tendency to -aise the value of cheap lands more than the higher priced lands, and placing values more on an equality in general. During the past year lands have '»een acquired in Morrow county from the government and state as follows: La Grande land office, entered un- ler the homestead and timber acta, including coal land purchased. 15.- 864 acres. The Dalles land office, entered un der the homestead and timber acta. 17.52«' acres. Purchased from the state of Oregon. 6.240 acre«. TO VISIT THE DALLES. Governor and Party to Inspect Port age Site. Salem. March 21'.—Governor George E. Chamberlain today will be joined by Secretary Dunbar and the state treasurer, and the three will proceed to The Dalles to make a preliminary survey of the situation with a view to perfecting plans for the construction of the portage railway, authorized by the legislature for which an appro nrlatlon of $165.000 was made. While at The Dalles the officials will meet all parties interested In tbe project, xnd invite suggestions as to the work to be undertaken under tbe act ot tbe legislature. Sheep Not for Sale. T. A. Sulivan. of Gibbon. Neb. has been In Heppner tbe past week or more endeavoring to purchase a large band of 2-year-old ewee. but he in forms the Times reporter that he ha» not been able as yet. to close a deal He wants ewes for future delivery- after shearing season. He aays the sheepownera hesitate about naming a price. Evidently the sheepmen are holding out for a better price, which they expect to get after tbe shearing season.—Heppner Times