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PENDLETON. UMATILLA CO. OREGON. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1003.
County Assessor Makes an Able Showing in Presenting His
I
Side of the Assessment ot Railroad Property.
The East Oregonian takes pleasure ••on per mile upon their track and
in printing, in full, the able defense roadbed.
Second: To my assessment ot $21.-
made by County Assessor C.
P
900 upon their depot grounds.
Strain, in tue O. R. & N. tax case.
Third: To my assessment of $24.
While it will be impossible to publish 850 upon their supplies.
I will discuss these objections in
it all in one issue, it will be run from
The company I
day to day, until the people of Uma their reverse order.
had the material here on me first day
tilla county have been permitted to of March. 19o3. They don i deny that.
read the entire paper.
I valued the road at what it was
Without doubt, Mr. Strain has pre worth exclusive of this material. 1
pared the most elaborate and able made a separate assessment uixin rhe
material.
statistical article upon the subject oi
Loss to County in 1901.
railroad taxation ever made in the
In this connection I will suggest
state of Oregon, It is the first time
the subject has been treated from an that the company had in l»01 cash
expert standpoint, and it is a paper and current assets to the amount of
that will mark an epoch in the his $2.547.9$$ and materials and supplies
tory of assessments in the state. The to the amount of $759.189. Total. $3.-
amount of patient and well directed 307.157. Against this were current
research, necessary to compile the ar liabilities to the amount of $879,748.
guments. and the vital comparisons Their net personal property at that
made between the values of property ,ilne amounted to $2.427.409 exclu-
under different conditions, in differ- sive of their rolling stock This coun-
ent parts of the United States, shows (-v • assessed pro rata of that proper-
a wonderful energy, and the undings O' would have given us $121,028. Me
of Mr. Strain upon the subject will got nothing.
*
stand for future reference in Umatil
It might be well for you to call up
la county and in the State of Oregon, on the company for a statement of
their personal property this year
for years to come.
Following is the introductory and a
As to their second objection. 1 val
portion of his argument;
ued their depot grounds just as I did
Assessor Strain Said.
I adjoining property, and then deduct
As an introductory to this discus ed $6.t>00 from the total.
Owing to its semi-public usage
sion, 1 desire to invite your attention
to the geographical strength of this and the nature of their title I admit
ted to their tax commissioner that
company's position.
It commands the Columbia basin their objections upon this point had
as no other road can. This basin is some force. I agreed to reconside,
in itself an empire, settling up and the matter upon condition that the
developing as few other localities are company's siding in this county be
doing. Every new settler, every Ad assessed. He never again mentioned
ditional acre brought under cultiva the subject of their depot grounds to
tion. every new mine, every new in me
Their first objection is the one of
dustry. expands the business of this
most importance. Here are some of
company.
No man can measure the possibili ficial statistics bearing upon *he
ties of this great basin
Within it vaine and taxation of railroads
millions of treasure will doubtless be
Interstate Commission Authority.
expended by the government in ex
The following table is taken from
tending the project of national irri the report of the Interstate commerce
gation
New people, new products, commissioa for 1902. and shsws the
new enterprises promise to multiply average valuation tn the Northwest
as never before.
stales:
Again, this company meets the
Tax per Mile
Great Northern and tne Nortnem Pa
California .................................. $250.81
cific at Spokane, and the Union Paci
Nevada ......................................
143.53
fic at Huntington
I do not profess Oregon ........................................ 148.46
to know anything about the traffic ar iaaho ..........................................
197.95
rangements. present or prospective,
Washington ..............................
178.14
of the O. R. & N . but I do know that
The average tax in the Northwest
this is an age of combinations and
ern states is $183 per mile. * The aver-
mergers.
Nothing is more apparer.r than the age tax of the O. R k N. . in this
economic advantage of a community county Is $149 per mile.
An examination of these figuren
of interests between the O. R. & N
on the one side and the Great North will show that the O. R. & N. Com-
ern and Northern Pacific on the pany pays less tax per mile than does
other. By a union of these interests railroad property of equal value in
those two great continental
roads any other section of the northern
would be given a down-hill pull to half of the United States
Beginning with the New Eng'.ar. 1
the sea.
A merger of the Union Pacific, the States, we find an average capital
Northern Pacific and the Great North per mile of $62.199 paying $3,794 net
Under per mile. The taxation per mile
ern is not an impossibility
such an arrangement, the heavy traf- ranges from $167.77 in Maine, to $L-
fic of every one of them would fol 336.32 in Massachusetts If tn- mile
low the line of gravitation down the age were equal in each state, be
Columbia over the O. R. & N. to average tax per mile in New England
would be $603.05. But the states in
tide-water.
The economic key to this whole which taxes are highest contain the
problem is the Columbia gap which is most mileage. This rule holds good
in other groups.
commanded by the O. R. & N.
Average Per Mile Exceeds O. R. A N.
Factors in Valuation.
Therefore tbe average tax per mile
Where can you find another road on other roads is above rather than
with equal geograpaical advantages. below these figures.
Who can estimate the future value
If railroad taxes both here and in
of this road? Our supreme court has New England were based upon net
laid down the rule that an assessor income and New England made tne
shall take into consideration the cap standard, then the O. R. & N. should
ital. the cost, the net earnings, the pay approximately 3500-3700x600. or
power of a road to command the $567 per mile. But it paid last year
traffic of a country, and its connec only $149 per mile in this county, or
tion with other roads, in determin 26 per cent of what New England
ing it value.
would have taxed it.
The company in utelr petition, o >-
I To be Continued I
ject first to my assessment of $12.-
cover, provided there are no cuiupll-
■ at Ion s from the wound
No booty whatever was secured by
the robbers The train did not arrive
here until 7 o'clock this morning
Jim Conners, of Portland
Portland, Sept. 24. —At 3:30 o'clock
Gils morning Sheriff Storey, in pur
suit of the robbers, found one lying
Beside the track at the scene ot the
hold-up. with buckshot wounds in hi»
head fatally wounded. He would not
Kansas City Secretary Shaw Will Renew
tell the names of the others. It is Convention at
believed lie will confess before be
Still Fighting Over the Con
Refunding Bonds Which
■lies
was brought to this city.
The other desperadoes ar<- being
pursued. The police believe they
vict Delegate.
Are Now Due.
have sained this city by boat
Conner Will Di«.
Portland Sept 24.—James Conners
was brought to the county jail this
FIVE PER CENTS MATURING
morning and then taken to ilood Sa QUESTION IS REMANDED TO
marltan hospital, where he will prob
the general convention .
FEBRUARY 1, be REDEEMED.
ably die. One shot went through his
:><*ad. At times he is unconscious
He will not talk, only to say he lives
Union's
Grievance Refunding Bonds Amounting to Foui
in Portland
His hands show he is Typographical
a workingman. and he wears overalls
Hundred and Eighty Million Doi-
Case From Washington Will Not
and a jumper
•are Already Held at the Treasury
Be Considered—The
Assembled
ASK SHORTER HOURS AND
BETTER PAY IN CHICAGO.
Unionists Have it in for the Kan-
sas City Paper Which Calls Them'
NO. 83
district which comprise* Utah. Wy WAR BETWEEN THE UNIONS
oming. New Mexico and Colorado,
AND EMPLOYERS* ORDER
because the operators ignore tbe de
mand for an eight hour day and an
Dealers of Chicago and Buffalo Shut
Increased and equitable weight sys
Down to Roopsn With Non-Union
tem
Twenty flve thousand miners are in
Employes—Building Trados
May
i the district, all of wnom are expected
Become Involved.
'o strike October 15
Chicago. Sept 22.—The five largest
marble plants this morning shut
BISHOP VERSUS PRIEST
down because they allege tbe unions
Lave broken tbeir agreements, and
Baker City Catholics Have Not V«t following tbe
Associated Marble
Settled Their Difficulties.
Dealers' agreement they say that
Baker City. Sept. 22.—Tbe trouble Thursday they will resume work as
between Father Deemari», tbe rési i open shops. A hundred men ax«
de nt Catholic priest, in ibis city, and j locked out. The building trades may
Bishop C. J. O'Reilly, over the pos become involved.
session oi the par tunage Is yet un
Follow Suit at Buffalo.
settled.
Father Desmaris and
bis
Buffalo Sept. 22.—The heaviest
sister,
who
has
been
in feeble health marble dealers shut down today in
I
for some time, have not yet had a
compliance with a resolution paasekl
trial on the charge of rioting, as
by the National Association of Mar
charged by Bishop O'Reilly. Satur
ble Dealers last March
They will
<lay evening
follow the general policy to resume
The priest refuses to Vir-ate the on Thursday next
but wtth non !
parsonage, and resign his pastorate, union help.
as demanded by the bishop, and as a
consequence, legal proceedings will
PROMINENT MINING
be Instituted against
him and his i
MEN WERE SUFFOCATED.
sister, who keeps bouse tor him. The
Though Past Due—Five Per Cents
affair has created great consternation I
Will Be Retired by Substitution.
in church circles In the city, and the | Were On a Tour of inspection of a
Min« in Colorado—Victims War»
citizens are watching the proceed
Washington
Sept. 23—Secretary ings with deep interest
Where a
Known All Over the West.
Shaw authorizes the staiement that bishop is located, he takes place of
Buena Vista. Col., Sept. 22—Man
owing to tbe scarcity of 2 per cent the regular priest in the parish, hav ager Morley, of the Buena Vista
bonds. both for circulation and as ing only an assistant, and the re »melter, and head of several big
security for government deposits, ue moval of Father Desmaris précipitât mining enterprises, and Foreman Ab
will renew refunding bonds now due I ed tne fight.
rahams, ot the Mary Murphy mine,
to the extent of $20,v00,0v0. in accord-
were asphyxiated on tbe 14th level
ance with a previous circular.
LAND OFFICE OPENED.
last night by powder gas The bodies ?
Of the total issue of $517,000.000 in
~ i
were discovered this morning,
this class, tbe treasurer already bolus Interior Department Wires That Both
The men entered tbe mine
Utt I
tor circulation and deposit $48O.uuv,-
Offices Be Opened for Business.
night to inspect the workings
Bota
000.
La. Grande. Sept. 22 —Special to were among the best known oiln.ng I
He also states he will redt-e'U the East Oregonian
*
>—The following me«- men in the West
5 l<er cenr tx>nds maturing Feb.'imry sage
was received by the local land
1. 1904. pity Ing interest tber»-«»i t? office officials this morning:
HOPELESS FOR JETT.
maturity. Formal instructions will
Washington, D. C, Sept. 22.
be issued to tbe sub-treasuries tolar. Register and Receiver, la Grande
Mia Own Testimony Has Ruinad Hi*
Banks that have bad on file with
If both officials are at the office
Chances for Acquittal.
the treasurer for 3« days or more 5 ready for duty, both offices must be
Cynthia. Ky, Sept 22—Ex-Senator
per cents as security for public de opened for business at once
Hargis did not appear at the Curtis
posits. will be permitted as a substi
(Signed)
RICHARDS.
Jett trial today, and has almost lost
tute. approved state or municipal
Immediately after tbe receipt of all hope of saving his nephew Jett's
bonds at 75 per cent of par vaine
the m«-«sage the land office was »pen- testimony in his own behalf has com
ed for th* first time since Saturday, pletely broken tue alibi so carefully
CAUSED BY A LACK OF
and the office force is now busy prepared by the defense.
WATER IN THE BOILER. clearing up tbe accumulated work
Bartlett has been in tbe city and at
Lipton Recovering
Engineer Was Blown Two Honored the office most of tbe time ».nee the
Chicago. Sept 22—Sir Upton. who
Feet—Other Men Were Ser.c •*!» offi.e was closed
has been threatened with appendici
Injured—Accident Occurred
in a
tit. is out ot bed today for the flrwt
GAVE UP THE STRUGGLE
time ib nearly two weeks
Quarry Near San Francisco.
Thugs.
They Are Workino to Extend the
Strike All Over the Ci'y—Mana-
Kansas City, Sept. 23—The Barks
gers Wil! Fill Their Places With case was thrown into the hands of
4
Girls.
the convention this morning by a ma
jority
report
of
the
credentials
com
Chicago. Sept. 24.—Messenger boys
mlttee. who said it had been unable j
in the Western Union down town of
to decide.
fices struck this morning for more
The credentials committee I report-
pay and shorter hours. They demand
$4.50 to $6 per week and an eight- ed It believes the suspension of tit®
New York Union Bridge and I Iron
hour day.
Workers
unconstitut onal
because
Two hundred boys are parading the '
the testimony on which tbe act ei<
streets, visiting the offices and induc
ing other boys to join, and have based is insufficient.
When the convention opened ib ex
picketed
offices.
Policemen are
ecutive session all the contest*! del
guarding those who did not strike
The managers say they can
fill egates. policemen and reporter« were
Parks and hfs delegates
tbeir places with girls, as in the last excluded
profess to be perfectly satisfied to
strike. Organizer Fitzpatrick, of the
leave tbeir case with the judgment
Federation of Labor, will form a Mes
of the convention.
sengers' Union.
It is not likely the convention will
consider Roosevelt's refusal to dis
OLD-FASHIONED TIMES
miss Miller.
ON THE ARIZONA RANGE.
The most Intense ill-feeling exists
among the visitors against Kansas
Rustler Fights Despera ely When City and its press, because one local
Caught in the Act and Escapes— newspaper this morning printed as a
He Kills One Man and Wounds top line under the head on the front
page, saying. "When thugs come to
Several Others.
town why protect toem* Let them
San Francisco. Sept. 24.—Josepn fight It out. and jug them "
Roberts was caught removing a hide
Francisco, I Sept 23—Joan Resorted to th* Razor When the
from a steer owned by a man nasv 1 STRUCK AN ICEBERG HEAD
I San
John Stockton, near Solomon. Ariz.
ON uFF ALASKAN COAST. Rannler an engineer, was killed, and
Keeley Cur* Failed.
six were injured by a boiler explo
Strckton summoned his cowboy* In
Chicago. Sept 23.—William bavin.
the fight which ensued, Stockton was Collision Within a Mils of Whore sion at the Bijou quarry at O.waa
View at II this morning. The caus » contracting agent for th» Vailed
shot through the body and several
Islander Was Wrecked a Year Ago of tbe accident was lack of water n State« Pipe A Steel Company, sulcid-
cowboys were wounded
— Must Be Repaired to Continue the boiler
Tbe engineer, who wa. ed wtth a razor this moruin« becanee
A posse from Solomon aurnMiaded
failed*to to- cures; oi «be Lquor
i
. ' tv 4'ng r'-iagslde was thrown joJ he
the house in which Roberts »ought
Work.
habit “
*
- -
- - from
He recently
re'timed
feet
Bijou,
son
of
tbe
own»r,
»r.s
refuge.
The fight continued
until
Juneau. Alaska Sept. 23.—The ca-
Dwight where he took the Keeley
seriously
hurt.
Other
men.
though
darkness. The outlaw made a des ble ship Burnside laden with
cure
perate dash for his home, woundinr miles of Alaskan cable, arrived here quite a distance away, were serin.sly
I
three of the posse, snd esciped
last night after a narrow escape from injured
Killed by a Fall.
being a total wreck by ar. iceberg off
Walia Walla
Sept
23—W
IL
TRAIN ROBBERY
Admiralty Islanu
She struck the
RAILROAD MFN SCARCE.
Crandall the aged farmer who fell
iceberg bead on during a fog. Her
Perpetrated in
Missouri—Robbers from a barn loft at his place six miles
Work Plentiful Everywhere and Men plates were badly bent.
west ot Walia Walla a week ago u>
Escape to Kansas.
She came here under her own
Are Independent.
day. and sustained injuries about the
steam. She will have to be repaired
Si Joseph Mo., Sept. 23.—Dayligi t head and body, died at the Walia I
lta Grande
Sept
24. —Several here before laying the cable. The ac revealed no material dues to lb?
prominent enginemen <>n tbe O
t cident occurred within a mile of train robbers who perpetrate 1 last Walla hospital at 1 o'clock this after- i
noon. For several days he has been '
A N have resigned their p.sitions where the islander was totally wreck night's hold-up.
in a critical condition. His injuries I
this week and as men are »carte In ed by an iceberg a year ago
A pa. Lag-- containing eledr;< light consisted chiefly of concussion of the
the country, the lone is somewhat
fixture« was found
in th.- weeds, brain and an injured back
short at present
MARTIAL LAW.
presumably carried away thinking It
Among the engineers to resign
contained money
The safe was to
Accident to Carmen Sylvia.
tnis week are J.
Oliver who has Civil Court* Backed by State Troops tally wrecked and cleaned out. The
been on the road here for 10 years
Berlin
Sept 22—Queen Elizabeth
in Colorado.
express officials still maintain noth
Joe Fiv.es. who nas worked here 1 >r
of Roumaaia. whose literary name is
ing
of
value
was
stolen
Cripple ('reek. Sept. 23.—The hab
three years anti A F Drefson. a re
The railnad has offered a reward Carmen Sylvia, fell from her car
eas corpus bearing was resumed this
cent arrival.
of
$2.KKi
Other sources claim the riage at Neuweie. South Germany
Several new men have been sent morning, with 250 militiamen post
today
Her injuries are not danger
safe < obtained nearly $10.900.
ed
around
the
court
with
a
catling
here from Portland
but only re
The robbers had a wagon conven ous. She is 60 years old.
gun,
guarding
the
door
and
tbe
court
mained a short time Wor . is plea-
ient with which to haul away the
tiful on all the western roads and room filled with soldiers with bayo- booty and escaped across the river in
netted rifles Tbe attorney general
railroad men are independent
I
to the Kansas wooded bottom
The resignation of these old men protested against tbe presence and
has promoted several firemen and being offered no relief, packed his
URANIUM IN WALLOWA.
it is the intention of the O. R A N. books and left. The counsel for the
to secure all its eng.neers in future military men resumed their argu
Have
through promotion, if possible, as a meat to quash the writ for habeas Valuable Discovery Thought to
Been Made Near Lostine.
ST. LOUIS WORLDS FAIR
more permanent class of men is no- corpus.
The arguments closed thia after
Joseph. Or . Sept. 23.—H. N •A
tamed in this way. When a young
PEOPLE GIVE INSTRUCTIONS.
man is promoted he must work for noon and the court will render a de hams one oi Wallowa county's com-
cision
tomorrow
afternoon.
The
im
farm
missioners and who owns a fine
two years before he tan get a recom-
mendation as an engineer, so the pression is it will order the release near Ixietine has for some time had Utmost Care Must Be Taken to Pre
of
the
men
from
the
bull
pen.
Judge
scientific men at work investigating
company is sure of their service for
vent Spoiling Exhibit*—Selections
Seeds this morning said the governor a peculiar rock which he first dis
this length of time.
undoubtedly
did
wrong
in
rushing
Must Be Made Before Fruit Is
covered on his place about three
All those who have resigned will
Wholly Ripe—Quality First. Quan
years ago. It is now claimed that
go to the Southern Pacific where oil troops into the district.
these scientists have established the
ourning engines are used.
tity Second.
COLE YOUNGER ACCUSED.
fact that It is the ore which contains
a new substance called uranium.
SMALLPOX AT WALLA WALLA.
St. Louis. Sept. 23—The officials
Charged With
Embezzling $6.000 Uranium is a substance that has been
In charge of tbe horticultural exhibit
From
Wild
West
Show.
causing no little excitement among at the St. Louis World's Fair have
Student of Business College Develops
Nevada. Mo., Sept. 22.—A charge se'entists. as It contains properties prepared instructions in regard to
a
Mild
Case.
the other one of the robbers. A
of embezzlement of $6,000 has been which enables it to throw off rays of
the preservation of fruit to be exhib
buckshot entered the breast of the
Walla Walla. Sept. 22.—After a made against Cole Younger, bandit, light more powerful than the X-ray. ited next year. They say:
engineer four inches above the heart month's freedom from smallpox in by the management of tbe Wild West It has been found in only two other
The ripeness ot the fruit is tbe
and he fell to the ground. The rob Walla Walla. the record was broken Show, with which Frank James and places in the world, and it the sub
ber fell, shot in the temple and the Sunday when the case of Miss Mar- Younger have been associated since stance found on Mr. Williams' place very first ana most important matter
to consider when gathering fruit of
face.
garet Hayes, a student at the Em- shortly after Younger's vardon fiom be Indeed uranium, be has made a any kind for enner processing or in
The leader of the robbers wished pire Business College, was reported the penitentiary. James and Young valuable discovery.
glass this year, or sending In fresh
er had previously brought action for
to follow up the work that they had to County Health Officer Stiles.
to go on the tables next year or fcr
Miss Hayes had been attending 'he damages against tbe management be
begun, but the other members of the
cold storage.
ORDERS TO EXTERMINATE.
gang bad had enough and wanted to college but two weeks, coming from cause they allege the proprietors
The fact is that fruit must be in
quit. Accordingly they told the en the home of her parents, 10 miles failed to equip the aggregation ac- Turkish Troops Will Be Concentrat the ripening stage
BANDITS USED GIANT
that is just ripe,
gineer and fireman to get on their east of Walla Walla, She was re- cording to contract, and refused to
not fully ripe: just colored or color-
ed on Bulgarian Frontier.
POWDER ON EXPRESS CAR. engine and pull out. This was done, moved to the house of a privato drive away the gambling element.
Bucharest. Sept.
23.—Dispatches Ing. not fully colored; perfectly firm
the robbers picking their companion nurse.
Younger assert the un
James and ~
received here »his morning state that or hard, not Beginning to soften;
From the fact that ite case is a bezzlement charge la retaliatory.
up between them and carrying him
Affair Lasted About Twenty Minutes over the bank at the side of the very mild one, and that Miss Hayes
reports abput the anti-Jewish riot showing its ripening characteristics
at
Gomel. Russia, were exaggerated, partly spread over Its surface or ful
left
school
owing
to
indisposition
—A Brakeman was Shot at Twice roadway.
GIBBONS RETURNS.
none
being killed. The riots were, ly so. depending on the kind of fru t,
four days previous to the manifesta
—The Wounded Highwayman Was
Shot at Brakeman.
tions of the disease, it will not be Predicts Changes in Administration however, serious, many Jews being whether It be a strawberry, black
Captured and the Engineer is in
From the time that the train stop- necessary to close the school.
beaten and tortured until crippled berry or grape, or if It be a plum,
American Church.
pear, peach or apple, telling us plain
a Hospital at Portland.
ped till the highwaymen left, per
New York, Sept. 22.—Cardinal Gib for life. The Russian government ly ft is ripe by Its parting easily from
haps 2'1 minutes elapsed. During this
shows
a
cold
Indifference.
Pioneer Settler Dead.
bons returned from Rome today on
Train No. 6, scheduled to reach ( time the people on the train were
A Constantinople dispatch says the tne branch, as In the case of the
Walla Walla. Sept. 22.—Paul Molke, the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. He Turkish minister of war has directed pear, peach, apple, or from its recc|»
quiet,
and
there
was
no
excitement
this city at 5:40 this morning, was
speaks with the greatest enthusiasm
tacle. as in the case of the raspberry
When the train first stopped, for more than 30 years a resident of
held up last night about 9:30, three I at all.
of the new pope. who. he says, is sin that the Monastir troops be trans or blackberry.
on the Walla Walla, died at 7:35 last even
C. N. Smith, a brakeman
ported
to
Adrianople
for
concentra
miles this side of Troutdale, When I train, got off the car and started for ing at the Walla Walla hospital from gularly familiar with American af tion on the Bulgarian frontier, with
in fact, all these items are imporr
the train pulled into Troutdale two tbe engine. When near the end of a stroke of paralysis. He had been fairs. Radical changes will probably orders to assume the offensive if nec ant and should be carefully heeae-.l
when we are gathering for the lienor
men got on the back of the tender the express car a man stepped from sick about two weeks. The deceased occur in the American church admin essary
of the state, and it includes every
and rode out. As soon as the train between the cars and took a shot at was aged 80 years and a native of istration. but he declines to discuss
kind that we grow, from the straw-
had gotten under headway the men him, telling him to get back to the Poland. He has no relatives in probabilities. Cardinal Gibbons is
BEATEN AND TORTURED.
much Improved in health.
berry to the apple.
climued over the coal and held the train or he would blow his head off. America.
In al) this, remember
enginemen under their guns, telling Smith got back, walked through a
the
Renewal
of
Barbarities
Against
ALL MEN ARE ANIMALS.
Baseball Contracts.
quality is what is wanted
them that when they saw a white couple of cars and got off on the
Russian Jaws.
quantity
Berries may be made up
Cincinnati. Sept. 22.—The National
light about three miles down the other side of the train. There was a
Vienna. Sept. 23—Die Zeitz Klr- of one. two. six eight or more varie
track, for them to stop. This the man near the baggage car on this baseball commission met here today But This Yardman Is Also an Ignor
killtssa correspondent says the Turk ties. If it be more convenient of-
ant Bruts.
engineer did and two other men got side, with a rifle, who shot down the Among the contracts announced were
Colton, Cal, Sept. 23.—Editor Mc ish authorities have distributed arms times to fill a barrel with a number
on the train with lanterns. They side of the train and Smith got into Hickey, of Seattle, with Cleveland
told the engineer, Charles Barrett, the train and stayed there, He told and New York, and George Putnam. Kie. of the Chronicle, was badly to the Mohammedans, declaring the of varieties, then do so. but be sure
beaten by a yardman of the Southern sultan has been given authority !iy they are up to the standard. Many
and Fireman Stevenson, to come with some of the passengers that they ot Helena, an dQuick, of Salt I take
Pacific, The editor In his paper said the powers to exterminate all the times It will be more convenient to
them, and that they would not oe were being held up, and they began
all men are animals
The yardman Bulgarians If they so choose.
have a variety in the barrel when we
harmed.
Chicago’s Oldest Mayor.
to hide their valuables, but before
Fifty villages have already
been are putting them on the table. Qual
wanted
a retraction.
The editor
Chicago,
Sept.
22.
—
Allison
8her-
train
had
they
had
them
hid.
the
Used Giant Powder.
destroyed
At Evkarion the Moham ity first, quantity second.
man. Chicago’s oldest ex-mayor, who tried to explain, but was kicked and
The robbers then went with the started and the robbers had left.
medans pillaged the Greek church,
beaten and seriously hurt.
1. Good, sound, hard, ripe fruit.
held
that
office
In
1844,
died
today.
92
At the next station the news of
enginemen to the baggage car. which
and drunken soldiers paraded the
Large, smooth, free from scab
they blew open with giant powder, the hold-up was wired, and a posse years old. He broke ground for the
streets, clad In priestly vest.nun'.«. and worm marks.
Cramped and Sank.
first
waterworks.
was
started
on
the
trail
of
the
ban
held at the end of long poles. The
Redding. Cal., Sept. 22.—Renieri, 8cores of women and girls were car
3. Stem calix, bloom on the fruit.
The wounded one was over-
whe.'e
powder was put on the end of these dits,
an Italian, bet a comrade $5 he could ried to the Turkish camps,
4.
Handle with the greatest of
Livery
Stable
Fire.
miles from the
poles and a fuse , attached. It took I taken about two
win in a swim across the mill pond. those who still survive are held in a care and as little as possible
Reno, Nev.,
Sept. 23.—Hymer's
taken,
nearly a minute tor the fuse to do its scene of the attempt, and
A large crowd gathered to witness horrible state of bestial captivity.
5. Wrapped at once In tiasue and
work, but when it did it blew out He is shot in the temple and face, livery and feed stable burned this the contest. When In the middle of
then in wax paper also.
the glass and the lower panels of both but it is thought that -e will re- morning, Thirty horses and many the pond Reneirl, who was ahead,
BIO STRIKE DATED.
6. Packed closely in boxes or bas-
valuable buggies were burned. Loss.
cover.
doors
cramped and sank The body has not
kets or barrels suitable for tbe fruit.
$20.000
Partially
insured.
Barrett,
the
engineer,
was
put
on
Miners of Utah, Wyoming, Now Mex
Engineer and Robber Shot.
been found.
7. Shipped at once to the nearest
board a caboose at The Dalles and
ico and Colorado Called Out
place
designated.
Fred Körner, the express messen
New car Wise I Company.
taken to the hospital at Portland, ac
Ex-Senator Farwell Died.
8. Marked with owner's name,
Pueblo, Col.. Sept. 23.—The annual
ger, opened fire on the bandits as companied by Dr. F. W. Vincent, of
Albany, N. Y„ Sept 22—The Na-
Chicago,
Sept.
23.—Ex-United convention of the United Miners, con postofflee, county, and the variety of
soon as the explosion took place, fir this city, who was on the train.
tional Car Wheel Company, of Roch States Senator Farwell died early vened this morning, a month earlier fruit.
ing two shots in quick succession. While his wound is painful and dan-
ester,
was
incorporated
today
with
a
9 From tbe tree to tbe box or bar
this morning at his home at Lake than scheduled. The purpose Is to
Oa« of th« shots hit th* engineer and gerous, It is thought that he will re
capital of $9.000.000.
Forest, after an Illness of two years. call a strike of all the miners In the rel.
TÜRKS 00 BITTLE
Turks Burn Villages as a Re*
prisai Following Heavy Loss
in Bulgaria.
BATTLE IN PROGRESS IN
MACEDONIAN MOUNTAIN.
Anti-Turkish Sentiment in the Hun-
garian Diet Causes a Riot.
Mem
bers Expressing Great Displeasure
With the King—France Has Sent
Four Thousand Troops to Creta
Constantinople. Sept 24—A fierce
battle is in progress in Kresna Pass
in the Macedonian
mountain« be
tween the Turkish troops and insur
gents
The Turkish casualties thus
fax reported are 325. including five
officer»
The insurgents' Ions is six
killed and 20 wounded.
R,ot tn Hungarian Diet.
Buda Pesth, Sept. 24.—There was
a r.ot upon the reopening of the Hun-
ganaa diet this afternoon
A num
ber of members attacked
Premier
Hedervary crying "Bribetaker; put
him oat_" Quiet was finally restored
Tbe premier attempted to speak and
started. "In the name of the king.**
He was interrupted by shouts. We
no longer believe tbe word of the
king "
The acridity of the situation at this
time is largely due to tbe numbers
of Macedonian ana Bulgarian sympa
thirers in the diet being greater than
ever before, and they announce tbeir
purpose of forcing as an issue a
propositJon to ally Anstro-Huncnry
with Rusaia in an effort to oast th«
Turks from Europe. To a man this
element is arrayed against the k.ng
whose age and settled policy of con
servatlsm and peace forbid al! Lope
of his being a part» to such a com
pact
Emperor Joseph is known to -e at
I
heart a sympathiser with the Balkar
revolutionists, but baa pursued a tam
portzing. vacUating policy that has
brought down upon him chargus of
faithlessness and double-dealing, fen
erally termed perfidy by the liberals
Turks Were Defeated
LBGAL ATTEMPT TO HAVE
Sofia Sept 24 —A dispatch today
PRISONERS RELEASED.
reports a batue between 7.(M k ' Turk
ish troop« and a revolutionary force
Troop* Called to Armo Last Night at near Koutani Friday in which «uu
Turks were kuied. Later tbe Turks
Bull H>ll—Prewdent Roosevelt Will
pillaged and destroyed a number of
Not Confer With Labor Leaderw— Bulgarian villages In revenge for
Executive Committee Federation of their losses
Labor Arranging a Settlement
Battle o« the Frontier.
Constantinople. Sept. 24—It is of
Cripple Creek.
Seot. 22— The ficially annoonced that in a battle
habeas corpus peoewedmgs were re near M shino. near the Buigartaa
sumed in tbe aistrict court this frontier yesterday, tbe Turks lost
morning Tbe judge gave tbe militia seven killed snd seven injured and
authorities until 2 this afternoon to the insurgent» 45 killed and captur
bring four petitioners from tbe bull ed
pen to court
General Chase an
bounced he would bnng tbe pnaon- ■
SOME IRRIGATION POINTS,
ers. but under a heavy detachment j
of soldiers, who will be instructed to Oregon Has More Natural Advanta
r»-*i»t any attempt of the civil offic
get Than Utah.
ers to take charge of tbe men
Since the sessions of the
Arguments Being Heard.
Congress are over and the
Cripple Creek. September 22.—Ar have returned from Ogden.____
guments are being heard tn the been much interest in what was done
babvas corpus proceedings today lor and what of good will spring from it.
the release of tbe four prisoners now Mr Halley, in speaking of the mat
tn the bull pen
ter. thinks that one of the chtot
points of benefit to this pan of the
Troops Called to Arms.
Victor Sept. 22—The troops were state is the enthusiasm that was en
called to arms last night.
~
Shots gendered by the vtmt and the com
were exchanged with a party trying mingling of all of the irrigatioaists
of the country.
to break through to Bull Hill.
Another thing is what the men
Federation of L*toor.
from this state saw there in the way
Washington. Sept. 22—The morn of irrigation. The people of that
Ing session ot the executive com country have taken land not _
as ter
mittee ot the Federation ot Labor tile by far as that of this state, and
was devoted to a hearing of the dlf by the use of water have made one
ferences between the metal workers of the richest districts in the nation
and machinists. An amicable agree The natural advantages there are not
ment for a meeting was arrived at. so man? as here and there were more
where the two trades will probably problems to overcome The cost ot
»ettle their dffferencea. Neither the Irrigating was greater, and we ot this
Miller nor Westinghouse case was state have the advantage in every
reached
way. For these reasons the people
Will Not Confer.
of this state should be ready and wil
Oyster Bay. Sept. 22.—Secretary ling to help the problem ot irrigation
Ixveb today denied the report t
in every way that is possible.
tbe president has arranged a confer
The best way to hasten the con
ence with labor leaders over the Mil summation of the plans of the engin
ler case on hia return to Washington. eers and bring the country tinder the
water, is to see that there are laws
President Shaffer Under Fire.
Pittsburg. Sept. 22—Because of made as soon as possible for the
his long absence from his office. help of the government in establish
President Shaffer, of the Amalgams! Ing the work. Any obstacle in the
ed Iron and Tin Workers will noder statutes that now exists should be
go investigation on charge« of nou- eliminated, and the way made clear
performance of duly, by a specia' for the institution of the plans of the
committee next Friday. Official an government. Water rights should be
looked into, the api>ortlonment of the
nouncement was made today.
water over the land, and the distri
Steal Worksre* Strike Th»watens.
Pittsburg. 8ept. 22.—All lodges of bution of the same should be deter
l he Amalgamated Association of Iron mined. and all of the details, as far
and Steel Workers were today noli as possible, should be fixed, so that
fled by the secretary to hold a spe> when the time for the government
lai ■
meeting. An important meeting to open the work comes there will be
is scheduled to take place at nation- nothing to delay the consummation of
al headquarters here this week. It Its plans.
W F. Matlock, who was also at
is currently believed a general strike
will be ordered against all companies the congress. Is of the opinion that
which refused to sign the wage scale. the best thing the people of this sec
Among these is the United States tion can do Is to keep the matter of
irrigation before the state and see
Steel Corporation.
that they keep it before the national
legislature, so that body will not for
FATE PURSUES A FAMILY.
get the appropriations that are need
Four Members of the Pruett Family ed to carry on the work. The gov
ernment is now doing all that it can
of Oregon. Follow Each other to
in the direction of irrigation, and will
Death.
do more in the years to come it it
Fatality still pursues
the Pruitt thinks and sees that the people of
family, of Prairie
Two weeks ago the country are anxious for the work
the Herald chronicled the death of and willing to do their share in car
'Hub" Pruitt at Whitney, after a rying out the directions of the cen
brief illness of typhoid. His death tral government. The
people of
had followed the killing of bis broth Eastern Oregon should convince then
er "Mug" at Mitchell on July 4. Thia representatives at Washington that
was followed a few days later by the they are in earnest about the work
death of a sister, and a cousin. Willis, and they will have all of the assist
was all but killed in a Dixie Meadows ance that they need. Laws should
mine accident in August And now be made by 'hie state legislature and
tbe news comes that the father has enthusiasm kept up among the peo
died at Prairie City.
pie of the districts to be benefited by
This. Indeed, is a phenomena that Irrigation
will attract universal attention. -Rak
er City Herald.
Spokane Bank Unfair.
One of the five banks of Spokan *
Ownen Kame, an inmate ot the has been declared unfair by the labor
county hospital at Butte, committed unions of that city. Tbe other four
suicide Tuesday, by jumping from a carry advertisements in the labor pa
second-story window of the hospital per and are therefore indorsed