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rss" WEEKLY EDITION, r. WEEKLY EDITION 104 &L5Q Copies of the SEMI WEEKLY EAST Cauuot be better spent than by sub OREGONIAN will be seat you in one year for only $2.00 the news of the interest you. world scribing for the WEEKLY It prints and OREOON1AN will VOL. XXVII. THEIR LIBERATION MAY PENDLETON. UMATILLA CO..OREGON FRIDAY. OCTOBER Hi. 1903 CRIES LIKE CHILD BEFORE PRESIDENT BE ATTEMPTED. Will Do This to Prevent Amer lea and England From As sisting Japan. i ANCE MADE TODAY. In Return for It* Assistance to Crush Japan, Germany I* to Get a Big Slice of Territory — New Arrange ments Seen to Be Contrary to Past Development. Berlin. Oct 12.—Reliable authority says a complete understanding has been reached by which, in event of war between Russia and Japan. Ger many will lend its diplomatic and moral support to Russ.a, with a view of preventing England or America from going to Japan's assistance. i After Japan has been crushed, Ger many is to share spoils by taking Shantung and possibly another slice of territory. This semes to be contrary- to past developments, as England and Ger many has been friendly, For eone time past there has been a move ment on to form an alliance between England and America. SUPREME COURT CASES. After Summer Vacations United States Court Resume* Business. Washington. D. C.. Oct 12.—After the usual summer recess the su preme court today met for the regu lar fall term In accordance with custom no business was transacted on the opening day. The members of the court paid a visit to the presi dent and afterward held a brief ses sion to hear applicants for admission to the bar. The present session promises to be interesting because^ of important cases to be argued, The most im- portant case will be the appeal of the Northern Securities Company from the decision of a special bench of the United States Circuit Court of Minnesota, which declared the company illegal. Two cases, one from Porto Rico, and the other from the Philippines involve the question whether the Porto Rican and the Philippine acts, imposing tariff du ties, violate the constitution. An other case will involve the question whether natives of Porto Rico are citizens of thd United States. FEDERAL BUILDING AT SEATTLE Contract Was Let This Morning at a Cost of $605.000. Washington. Oct. 12.—Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Taylor tnis morning awarded the contract for the Seattle building construction, to Mc Grath A Duhamel, at $605.000. the government reserving the right to substitute the granite for Chucka- nuck stone at an additional cost of $600. All Spectators Are Searched for Con Arrest in Connection With ths Pos • cealed Weapons Before They Are office Scandal Uncovers a Sensa Allowed to Enter Courtroom—The tional Interview—Postmast :r-Cen-> Mutiny Resulted in One Murder— eral Payne Wanted to Resign. They Will Be Sentenced for Life if New York. Oct. 12.—The arrest Convicted. here yesterday of Henry C. Hallen- Leavenwroth, Kan., Oct. 12.—Five beck, the millionaire head of the Hallenbeck. Crawford mutineers were placed on trial today. Wynkoop. Great precaution is taken to prevent Company, one of the largest printing tueir liberation by their friends All concerns in the world, developed the spectators are searched for conceal story of a sensational interview be tween President Roosevelt and Post ed weapons prior to admission. The mutiny occurred in November, master-General Payne in connection 1901. and resulted in the death of with the postoffice scandal. It is alleged that the postmaster Waldrupe. Twenty-seven prisoners escaped and all but six were captur general burst into tears and threat ed. The men on trial today are. the ened to resign rather than turn down ring leaders. Conviction means life a postoffice contract that was under criticism. imprisonment. It is alleged also that the postmas ter-general told the president the STRIKE REACHES CRISIS. postofflee department was so commit I ted to Paul Herman, the man with Counter Proposition Is Refused and whom the contract was held, that he Original Demands Wanted. could not revoke the contract. The interview is vouched for by Chicago, Oct. 12.—The crisis in the fight of the street railway employes one of the parties to the efforts made for an increase of four cents per hour to break the Herman contract, and was reached today, when the result the man who says it occurred, de of the vote was taken on the counter clared that John H. Eggers, president proposition and was refused, was car of the Winthrop Press No. 32 LAtay- ried to the management. Tbe origi ette place, Manhattan, was willing to nal demands were renewed but the make affidavit to the correctness of officials of the railway positively de the interview as he gave it. nied them. Tbe United Street Rail way Employes will hold meetings this WALLA WALLA SCORCHED. week to vote on the strikes. Fire Which Is Thought to Be Incen BUSHELS OF GOLD. diary, Destroys Planing Mill Wirth $40.000. New Discovery Causes Stampede.- Walla Walla. Oft. 12.—(Special to Near Hamilton, Montr -the East Oregonian.)—Fire, which .s Helena. Mont.. OcL 12—A great now known to have been incendiary, goid discovery has been made on Owl destroyed Abe immense planing mills creek, a few miles from Hamilton. and lumber jardes be Ion di ng to the Mont. A stampede is on. It is Whitehotise-Crimmins Lumber Com claimed the ledge is 12 feet wide, pany. iu this city, Saturday night, with enough ore and placer grounds loss about $42.000. partially insured. in sight to keep a jo-stamp mill going The tire was discovered at 1:30. for 10 years, without uoing any under and started with a furious burst of ground mining. The assays run from flame, as if tbe entire surface of a huge pile ot lumber bad been satur $108 to $1.000 per ton. ated with coal oil Before the local company could get a stream of water A BRUTAL DEED. :o playing on the flames the entire If Criminal I* Caught He Will Be plant was on fire, and the inefficiency of the fire company and equipment Burned at the Stake. was pityfully evident. Wilmington, Del., Oct. 12.—Tbe The wind was blowing briskly and body of Marie Koskoski. aged fl. ths $30.000 stock of lumber in the criminally assaulted and murdered. yard was quickly consumed. While was found this morning. There is im the hose was playing on the burning mense excitement If the criminal lumber yard tbe buildings and offices is discovered the crowd threaten ar.- of the company burst into flame and other burning at the stake. were consumed. A row ot residences on the oppo- BAD BUSINESS OUTLOOK. site side of the street was seriously threatened tor a time, as the burn New York Central Lines Discharge ing fragments of shingles were flying through the air in every direction. 2.500 Men. New York. OcL 12.—Two thousand The residents brought garden hose, five hundred employe* of the new buckets, wet blankets aad water York Centralina allied systems, were pitchers into requisition, and by he discharged today. The officials say roic efforts prevented tbe flames this action is due to a bad business from spreading across the street. The plant and lumber yard was outlook for the coming year. burned down by 4 o'clock and the fire company bad the flames under MASCAGNI IS PRESIDENT. control. Tbe insurance covered about Rome Hopes to Have Best Musicai one-fourth the entire loss. Institution in Italy. Put Lye in Fleur, Rome, Oct 12 — Mascagni has ac- The rivalry between two What- cepted the presidency of the musical com bakeries became so hot lest society of Rome, which hopes to be veek that one of the boke-3 c lande *- made Into a conservatory eclipsing tinely put lye in the flour belonging all others in Italy. to the other bakery and a wholesale killiig was prevented by a discovery EXTRA 8E88I0N NOV. •- cf the crime, after the flour wat> baked in oread. The Call Will Be Issued to the Mem- , her* on October 20. Money for Little Hero. The school district* of Baker coun Washington. Oct. 12.—The presi dent has issued a proclamation to ty are raising contribution* for Dan the effect that the extra session of ny Deiter. wbo was severely burn congress is to convene November 9. ed last week, while rescuing his three little brothers from tbelr burning The call will be issued October 20. tome. Tbe boy is but 12 years of ago and is permanently Injured. Will Be Big Fight. ooia Liquor to Indian. Grande, Oct 12.—William Smith was arrested last evening for selling whiskey to a Umatilla Indian. who was found lying in an alley, and Smith was seen by passersby to hand San Francisco, Oct. 12.—The fight him a bottle. There is more drunk enness among the beet pulling Indi between Jimmy Britt and Charlie Sie ger will draw one of the largest ans this year than ever before. houses ever seen here, Friday night, Seattle and Portland sports have Spain Will Be Represented. Sie- Madrid. Oct. 12.—A dispatch from placed large orders for seats, Britt ger is down to 136 pounds, Farrall this moaning says that Spain day. has decided to send the ironclad. chose Friday, It being his lucky Charles V, to represent the nation at Murderer Weep*. the naval gathering to be held at New San Francisco, Oct. 12.—Edmond York. December 21. Lebrousse, handcuffed, faced the cor HE HAS LEFT NO oner's jury for the murder of Mare Mrs. Moody Dead. . TRACE WHATEVER. East Northfield. Mass.. Oct. 12 — Jordan, this week. He utterly col Mrs. Dwight L. Moody, widow ot the lapsed. sobbing and cried for the famous evangelist, died Sunday after murdered girl. Verdict was murder. Bloodhounds Seem to Be Usele**—It noon at her home in this town. Intermountain Fair. Is Believed That Convicts Who Participated in -is Idaho Jail D«- Boise, Idaho. Oct. 12-—The Idaho New Snake Hiver Bridge, »he new bridge across Snake river Intcrn.Guntaln Fair ipened here to livery Are Aaeieting the Outlaw— at Weiser is now under way and the day under r.usp’cioes conditions. A.. His New Trial I* Being Held—Five contractors, tbe American Bridge departments a c- ’-ell filled wi n Claimant* for One Reward. choice exhibits and indications point Company, uas the first consignment to a.large attendance. of steel on the grounds. Salt I-ake, Oct. 12—Five posses are now hunting for convict Lynch, who was one of the leaders in the attempted wholesale jail delivery at the penitentiary here Friday evening. Ljmch was held on the charge of mur der. He has left no trace whatever and the bloodhounds seem to be use- less. It is believed that tbe convict* who were Implicated in the Idaho UH break four years ago. are now assist ing Lynch. In the meantime, the new trial for Lynch and King, set for today, is be ing argued Lefore tije supreme court. There is a squabble over the reward offered for Haworth's capture, there being five claimants. STORM CAUSES GREAT z Two Lumber Ships Are a Total Loss, But the Crews Are Saved. Norfolk, Oct. 12.—The weather ob server from Currituck, N. C., arriv ed here today a* a special messenger from the cout, where all wires are down. He brought the news of the big wreck of the three-masted schoon er, Mabel Ross, of Norfolk, and the Howlett, of New York, both being loaded with lumber. They are a to tal loss. The crew* were rescued under great difficulty. The coast, for miles, is strewn with wreckage and more is coming in all tbe time, indicating the loss of more vessels. The body of Captain Ames, of an ocean-going coal barge, Ocean Belle, was washed ashore this morn ing. Other bodies are still missing. The government lightship. Cape Charles, broke mooring last night and was brought up this morning in low er Chesapeake Bay. Water Faling Rapidly. Paterson, N. J., Oct. 12 —The water ie receding at the rate of one inch per hour. Tbe death list will not be finally known until after ths waters have receded. A* many are reported to be mi*«- : in«, they will probably be found in Word was receiveu the wreckage this morning of the drowning of Father Archangel, at Port Jarvis yes terday. The towns of Granton, New Dur ham, Oakland, Bloomingdale, Popon and Butler, which have been Isolated tor the past five days, were beard from this morning. Butler suffered the worst. No food was obtainable for three days. The inhabitanta are starving, Supplies are being rushed in from this city by boats. Mountain View, east of here, also sufferefl terribly, All food supply was cut off several days. At Butler, Charles Carr was drown ed last night by an overturning boat. The rescue work of all outlying points is being rushed to the uttermost. Danger I* Decreasing. Paselac, Oct. 12.—The danger is rapidly lessening. The apprehension is relieved by the water falling. Storm Still Bad. Boston, Oct. 12.-»There 1* but little abatesent in the storm today, all ■hipping being tied up. ARE ASSESSED TOO HIGH ROOSEVELT. FIVE POSSES I a year Just think. $1.50 gives you all ths news Try it. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ALLI for EAST Cities and Towns Along Its Banks Are Devastated by Floods, Tying Up Everything. Only Three Death* Have Been Reported so Far—Towns t in Darkness—River Raised Over 20 Feet During Night—Berns. Utter Homes, Bridge* end Railroad Bed* Are Swept Away by tne Fierce Torrent. Paterson. Oct. lu— J lus city is still devastated by the flood. The water is steadily rising It promises to pass the high water mark of 1902. when the damage was appallng Hundreds of families have been driven from their homes The water in some places is above the first story. The mayor has hired the Apollo hall, which is being used as a place ot refuge Many were taken there this morning, who had not lasted any food for nearly ■ day All the silk mill» are shot down The Rogers Locomotive Works are also flooded and idle. Nearly all th ■ i ail ways are tied up. The city nil! be without light tonight. Tbe loss is already large. The Weasel overflowed and '»ash «d away a long stretch oi the Eri • toad., Dutlonville is submerged It is I be- Th-i lieved no lives have been lost town is comyie’.ely deserted The Passac continues to rise and the - -lam age 1* increasing hourly, The ■tty will be in darkness ton-chl. Tiie of- Niels are boldins meeting* to pro vide for the relief of the flootl suf- I erar*. Carries Away Bridges. Si-ranton. Pa . Oct. 10.—The city :s flood bound today Lackawanna is a raging torrent, Many of the largest bridges have been swept away, No street cars are running, Tbe power house is under water, Nearly all of the fad orfes are under water and shut down The only railway rnn- ning trains is the Delaware A Hud SOB. which has but one track open Breaks All Records. New York. Oct 1®.—The storm is believed to be over Nearly lulá inches of rainfall, breaking all rec erds. MOST TERRIFIC RAIN IN SUPPOSED WIFE MAKES Floods at Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Oct. 10.—The city is cut off from the outside world today. All trains to New York are abandon- id. Oni.v one train west In May- nsuk mill district all establishments ar.- closed, uat.-rs from th.- Schuyl ! kill river leaving flooded the flres The Delaware river is filled with Sc bris ot houses and barns from ¡arm ing district* The storm is abated. Two Men Are Drowned. Port Jervis. N J., Oct 10 Tb- worst flood ever known on the Itela- ware and Navesink river« to4ay. The largest portion Oi Ixtwrf Port Jervis and the suburbs are un der »iter Hundreds had to be r-« oiwd with boat* The bridge across the Delaware collapsed while three men were on it Two ot them were drowned Railroad traffic !* partially auepend- ed. Tbe damage amount* to thou» ends of dollar* River Rose Twenty F«et Easton. Pa. Oct. 10.—Tbe Dela ware rose 20 feet in tbe night, higher than It ha« ever been before In» oamage I* unprecedentedly heavy tn this vicinity. One Flood Victim. Paterson Oct. 10.—This afternoon the river reached a higher stage than ever before. The streets in the low lying section are under from two to six feet of water The damage to the mills, factories and householder« wlU be enormous One case of drowning 1* reported. HISTORY OF THE CITY. Horses Are Drowned. All Traffic I* Stopped. Water Five Feet Deep ir. the Streets—Many Families Impn*. oned in Their Hom**— Damage Ir reparable. New York. Oct. 9.- The most terri fir rain ever experienced here, has been falling for 24 ' hours, with no sign* of subsiding. At S o'clock thia morning more than six ncues preci pation had fallen. Almost complete cessation of suburban traffic has re sulted. Many of the commuter** trains were abandoned. Only abso lutely necessary business is being transacted and the flooded streets are deserted. The Bronx overflowed and inundat ed the wholesale bouses on it* bank* Many basement* in the city are flood ed and the loss and damage will be immense. Five horses were drowned and two women narrowly escaped drowning Firemen called to a Are had to pas* through five feet of water, and the horses stood In the streets with only their heads visible, while th* firemen mounted the ladder*. Many street car lines have stopped running. Hundreds of families on Harrison street are imprisoned in their house«. Rafts bare been rigged for supplying tbe people with food. The damage in that section alone, ex ceeds $140.000. IRON FREIGHTS REDUCED. May Be Followed by Curtailment of Output. Birmingham. Ala. Oct. 10.-The <ron makers of the Birmingham dis trict are much encouraged by tbe re- duction of 50 cents per ton in the freight rate on pig iron, which be- chme effective t- dav pursuant to the agreement recently male by the ! Southern Iron C »mmittee. The oper- I ctorv are hopeful that this reduction will relieve tbein from making a fur ther cat in the price of the metal At the same time it !s freely admitted that the situation tnay make it nec essary for them to either curtail the output or reduce the price, or possi bly both. EXORTER8 ORGANIZE. Methodist Evangelists Have Interna tional Order. Wilmington, Del.. Oct. 10.—The Methodist Episcopal preachers of this city have • completed arrangements for the annual convention of the In ternational Association of M E Local Preachers and Exhorters which will MINING MAN ROBBED. be formally opened in Union church here tomorrow and continue in ses Dr. T. E. Alyea, of Wallowa County, sion three days. There will be pres ent at least 150 delegate« from vari Relieved of $1,000. Joseph, (via La Grande) Oct. 12.— ous parts of this country and rever- Dr. T. E. Alyea, a merchant and min al from England. ing man of tbe Imnaha Mining dis trict in Wallowa county, wsb robbed NEBO IN ACTION of $1,000 In cash Saturday evening, as he was coming from Lewiston to It Has Caused Terror By Throwing Eureka with money with which to Out Hot Dust. cash his miners’ check*. Topeka, Oct. 10.—Mount Nebo, the He had a load of freight and had highest hill in the state, a huge pile placed hi* money In a valise and hld- of volcanic rock, isolated on a pra u-»n the valise among the merchan lrle in Sherman county, ts causing dise boxej on the wagon. When about terror by rumblings. It emits hot 25 miles from Enterprise, in camp dust from the crevices. near Sled Springs, a stopping place between Lewiston and Eureka, his Actress Wants Divorce. wagon was robbed. He was camped Paris, Oct. 10.—Mme. ReJane, the with about 18 other teamsters and famous actress, has instituted di there is no clew. vorce proceedings. Caldwell Race*. One of the features of the recent race meet at Caldwell wbb an auto mobile race between two four horse power machines from Boise City. Tbe winner made three miles in 5V4 minute*. Are A QUICK ESCAPE. He Recently Had Left to Him filAOO.- 000—Woman Bags to Be Protected From Publication—Sne Goes by Name of Mrs. Webb and Buys Tick et for the East San Francisco. Oct. 10—The coro ner’s jury this morning decided that young Abraham Kohn, a millionaire of Chicago, died yesterday from chronic morphinism However, the stomach will be analyzed by other Kohn, who was ------- 32 years persons, H( old. recently received 11.500.000. arrived here Monday, accompanied i by a woman supposed to be his wife. and a male nurse. He was removed from the Palace Hotel for treatment for morphine The woman acknowledged last night that she was not his wife, and hur riedly left for the East, begging for protection from publicity. She got a ticket in the name of Mrs. Webb OPERATORS REFUSE DEMANDS OF ENGINEERS. Owners Will Grant Partial Request. But Employes Will Not Accept—If Matter is Not Settled Every Coal Mine in Illinois Will Be Shut Down. Peoria. Ill.. Oct. 10.—The state is threatened with a strike In its entire coal mining territory, owing to the refusal of the operators to grant the demanls of the hoisting engineers They offered to grant a half of 25 per cent increase demanded by the latter, but the engineers refused to accept It. The engineers say that if the operators do not grant the de mands they will tie up every coal mine in the state. MONEY PANIC THREATENED. Unions Will Withdraw Money From Banks if Raids on Unions Are Not Stopped. Chicago. Oct. 10.—Thomas Kidd, vice-president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, stated today that unless organized capital'brought the anti-boycott and employers’ associa tion to a stop its raids on labor, all unions would withdrew money, amunting to $300,000.000, from banks and bring on a panic. THREE ASPHYXIATED. Gas Accidentally Turned on in Room Where Mother end Two Babies Are Sleeping. Chicago. Oct. 10.—Mr*. Nellie Fisk and her 14 months-old baby were found In a[>artments thia morning, asphyxiated through an open gas jet, believed to be accidentally turned on. Also a younger infant Is nearlj dead. All wero taken to a hospital, where there is small hope* of recovery. IRISH TO SUPPORT BALFOUR. In Exchange a Catholic University Is to Be Built in Ireland. Manchester, Oct. 10.—The Guardi an today says that the Irish national ist will support Balfour in the next parliament. Unionists, in exchange for this courtesy, are said to have promised to establish a Catholic unl verslty in Ireland, Reports Disbelieved. Sofia, Oct. 10.—Reports of frontier fighting is given little credence in government circles. There is evi dence that demobilization ot the 10th class reserve* commenced today. Want th* Pony Express. Boise City I* to petition the 8hort Line to continue running tbe Pony Fire Destroys Fruit Exhibit. Express train betwoen that city and Kansss City, Oct. 10.—Almost the Huntington Diminishing traffic had sntlrs Missouri stats fruit szhlblt for caused the company to consider a ths St. Louis fair, was destroyed discontinuation of it. firs today. * A Ninety Complaint* Are Entered Be fore Portland Board of Equaliza tion, Portland, Oct ». Ninety com- plaint* have been made before the board of equalization of Multnomah county against high assesam-ms Tbe complaints are nearly all spec- ial case* and ran be adjusted with- out calling in question the general akse»*nient of the county Most ot tbe complaint* are cor- la.ratlous claiming exemption* und r ’different pretexts man) uf them on the grounds that some other corpora tion received le»» ai »ament than they There is no general complaint of the people against the aseessm- n. FOR LOWER FREIGHT RATES. for a year Try It NO. FAVORABLE FOR CORN CROP Weekly Crop Bulletin Tells About Weather and Prospect*. Washington Oct. 9.—Tbe weather Luresu s weekly crop bulletin : On the whole tbe corn crop ha» ex perienced another favorable week In Iowa 10 to 15 per cent ot '.he area planted Is still exposed in some meas ure to damage by heavy frosts, but1 another week of warm dry weather ' would ri|>«n most of the belated crop, i lu Nebraska, Kauaas, Missouri and1 Michigan about lb per cent of tbe crop is still exposed to Injury from frost, in Indiana about 5 per cent, and in Ohio from 5 to 25 per cent. In Wisconsin. Minnesota and South Dakota from 10. to 40 per cent has already lieen injured to * greater or less extent Rains have retarded MOVEMENT MEANS MILLIONS threshing of spring wheat in Minne sota aud the Dakotas and caused OF DOLLARS FOR UMATILLA. further injury to grain in shock im South Dakota. Early »own wheat has germinated He Believe* the Convention Should and is coming up well, fine stands be- Declare itself in Favor of a Law ing rerxirted____ from ___________ Nebraska and Kansas Recent rains in Texas have Which Would Assist Corporation* put tbe soil In excellent condition, or Individual* to store Water and and seeding i* now active in that state. Then Let it Out Over the 1 -fide Citizen* of Sumpter Petition the Sumpter Valley Railway. Baker City. Oct. 9.—Tbe citizens of Sumpter are circulating a petition to present to the official* of the Sumpter Valley railway, asking for a reduc tion of freight rate* between that city and here. Th* shipment* of mining machin ery and material Into tbe Sumpter district have Increased 50 per cent in NEW WATER SYSTEM. tbe pas: lb months and many small com panes are now holding back in developing tbelr properties on ar La Grande Is Spending $60X100 for New Plant end Pip* Line. counj of tbe heavy cost ot transpor tation. I ji Grande. Oct. 9.—The Morgan l-ake Company has placed an order REQUIRED HEAVY BAIL. tor 8.000 feet of pipe to be used in piping tbe water from Morgan lake. Claimed Some of the Plaintiff* Were The pipe I* made of pore Califor nia redwood and is closely wrapped Beneficiaries. with half-inch iron rod» It is to be New York Oct. 9.—Mrs. Johnston, 18 inches in diameter in the clear. charged with embezzling $5® .000 from This is considered to be a* near per a playing card < ompany, pleaded not fect a* pipe can he made and tbe guiky in lue general assizes today, 8 000 feet will cost $ 15X100. The Her bail «as reduced to 500 but Í* joint* are made with heavy iron uot forthcoming. bands which removes all possibility Her attorney »ai<l he of breaking. Another advantage of prove all money alleged to have be these band* is that they will not stolen by Mr*. Johnston has been swell, thus avoiding any leakage. reived by official* of the company The rompany has al»« ordere-* 2 OiFi feet of iron pipe to t>e -iked on a por tion of the route that is too precipi insurgent Victory. Vienna. Oct. ».—It 1* reported that tous to permit tbe use of wooden pipe. This will cost about $5 l*r foot a Turkish battalion has crossed the delivered F O. B the cars, thus mak itontter and yesterday Bulgarian ing a total cost of about $25 000 for ■outed the Bulgarians at a weak p.pr- Additional to this will be about *pot pear Djuma Two Bulgarian companies from Dubnitza later en- $45,000 as tbe cost ot tbe dam and caged the Turk* and torced them tc other work on th«- r<-servo.r and haul Ing and laying tbe pipe, making a re..re total of about $6<).OO6 as the cost of getting tbe water to the city. Military Review. Camp Young Ky . OcL 9.—Tbe last WANT CHELAN COUNTY CUT UP. day of tbe military encampment was i characterized by a review by General I Citizen* in F*vor of Petitioning rhe Kohl«- of lO.dSO regulars and nation Next Legislature. al guards Tbe long plateau border Chelan Wash.. Oct. 9.—A majority ing tbe Ohio river was lined with soldiers, who presented a formidable of tbe people in this section uf the country are enthusiastically In favor front of petitioning tbe next legislature to have Chelan county made into two At Bieesll's FuneraL counties—Wengtcbee and Chelan. A* Buffalo Oct 9.—The greatest as it is now. the county seat is 45 mile* semblage of nationally prominent by !-uat and 40 m les by wagon road men since McKinley's death, will be frntn Cbelan, and It takes one from here thia afternoon at the Bissel fun two to three day* to make tbe round eral Cleveland. Carlisle. Hoke trip. There is no county officer—not Smith. Daniel O'Day and Morris Ty even a deputy rberiff or constable— ler are honorary pallbearers. in this town. Whenever any kind of a crime is committed tn Chelan It 1* Resignation Accepted. necessary to go 45 mile* in order to Washington. Oct. 9.—Henry A. Ca.¡ get a warrant. The same journey ap tie, auditor of the poet office depe't- plies tc an» other business to be ment. ha* resigned and it has been transacted at the county seat When accepted. He was appointed from the time comes for signing the peu Minnesota ’ton there will be no hesitancy on the part of tbe residents In this part Ex-Governor Leggett Dead. of '.bls big county. Butte. Oct. 9.—General John A. STATE HATCHERIES. Lzggatt. aged 71. territorial governor under Grant, died at Hunter's Hot Proposed That Government Foster Springs, last night. Salmon Industry. President Prison Congre**. E. Washington. Oct. 9.—Dr. D IXHtisvtlle. Oct. 9.—The National Evennarn. who «a» appointed by the Prison Congress today elected Carl .»resident a* assistant director of the \m*Lew1s, of New York, president. .-■ommission to investigate tbe sal non cannery condition* in Alaska has returned to Washington after a through study of tbe situation Dr. David Starr Jordan, of Stan- lord University head of the commi* »on. and Dr Evermann will recom- pjond to tbe president the establish ment of government hate aerie* sup ported by a tax on '-ar ni ng factor ies The revenue from the salmon usheries alone last year amounted to tSJMXi.WO. INTERESTING SUITS No Nsw Developments. ARE BROUGHT IN TEXAS. Washington. Oct 9.—The postofflee case« were discussed at the cabinet Collusion of Railroads and Express I meeting today, but no announcement Companies to Maintain Monopolies. ot any change of policy or new de velopment was made after the ses- and All th* Roads In the State Will •Ion. Be Made Defendants—Fifty Suits Will Be Brought. Killed end Captured. Olivet, N. Y., Oct. 9.—A posse, St. Pau), Oct. 9.—The Peter Power while pursuing the three burglars ease against the Northern Padnc. who blew tbe safe of tbe county with Power eliminated, was argued treasury early today, killed one of before the United States court of ap- the trio and captured another, Both peal* today Camille Weldenfleld are unidentified. take* the place of Powers and asks for a reversal of tae ruling of the Trial of Folsom Escapee. lower court which legalised the retire- Sacramento, Oct. 9.—Convicts ment of Northern Pacific preferred Wood and Murphy, Folsom escapee, stock. were arraigned this morning in court Bunn and Kellogg, for the Northern on the charge of murder. The case Pacific, contend the legality of the went over till tomorrow to allow Northern Securities merger cannot them to get counsel. be paused upou in the present case', which reduces the issue merely a* to Rates for Drugs. the right of railway officials to retire Simkane, Oct. 10.—New lates from preferred stock. Portland to Spokane that should Weldenfield's attorney* contend the prove of benefit to dealers here, will question Involves the right of stock go into effect October 12. Drugs and holders to intervene in a conspiracy, medicines, extracts in packages and and must therefore bring up the patent medicines in car lots, mini question of the validity of the mer- mum weight, 24.000 pounds, will be «er. hauled from Portland to Spokane at State and Railroad* at War. 70 cents a hundred. This rate does Austin. Tex., Oct. 9.—Attorney- not apply on shipments of nitro or General Warren Moore, on behalf ot sulphuric acids, nor toilet articles, ex the state, has entered suits under the cepting tooth and face powder. anti-trust law against certain rail road and express companies, al leg Must Label All Foods. ing that certain corporations had Since llie recent death oi a child entered Into contracts whereby one in Seattle from drinking milk con- express company was given a mo raining formaldehyde State Food nopoly. and that other express com Commissioner McDonald, of Wash panies and persons were prevented higton, has decided that all food from doing an express business on stuffs contaiulnF it. imported Into the roads having the contracts. that state, shall be labelled as con The attorney-general pray* for pen taining it to protect the public. It alties and forfeiture of charter. The is a preservative and 1* used in pick penalties tn the suit* filed aggregate les. condensed milk, process butler $30.000. The defendant* are tae «nd often in corned beef and plcklA«i Rock Island Railroad Company, tbe I ork. United States Express Company, the Texas Pacific Railroad Company and Crooks Are Plentiful. the Texas Express Company. the Spokane is infeettd with crooks, Missouri, Kansas A Texas Railroad fakir*, smooth tongued, sllck-nn- Company, and the American Express gered gentry of all descriptions, and Company, the San Antonio A Aran the police force is busy keeping the sas Pa** Railroad and the Welle, innocent* from the country district* Fargo Express Company. out of the clutches cf these vam Mr. Moore states his intention to pires during fair week. A sucker and file 49 other eult* of a similar char crook is born every second. It one acter. embracing every railroad com should take th* record of th* coui- pany in the state. try fair* aa evidence. He Urges That There Should Be a Large Attendance and Keen Interest. The Present Legislation, He Say*. Is Faulty. Senator Fierce la. anxious that every .rngarioniet in tbe county be on hand at the romlng state conven tion in Pendleton, fully ds'erm ned to learn all be can and rewolved to impart what be knows on the subject to those wbo are les* favored by op portunity and by lack of experience Every person m the county, ot course has either direct or indirect interest and concern in irrigation, and sboula be on hand at the con vent ¿on to add to •.»•« interest and enthusiasm The meet i* of vital importance to every man. woman and child, and every family should be represented The senator is afraid that this subject, which is a direct pn tor tbe addition ot millions ot d of vaiue to Uma'iHa county property *Ld th* addition of thoisandi of im migrant* to our population, is not ap preciated at it* intrinsic value as a •oiioiogicai or an economic proposi tlO«L Mr Pierre is ••xtremely anxiou» that the coming convention not only d'scus* everything in sight in rel* tion to tbe general subject of irriga tion. but that it act—aa tar as tbe sit uation and the prorm "«i of tbe con- veetion gives warrant Power of Convention Tbe cosveation ha* within its pow er to greatly influence future legiv iai-oa relating to irrigation, that u, it will really bare infiueace in pro portion to the judgment displayed tn its re--<>mmendation*. and the unan. m:ty they display in making the rec ?m me nda lions. He believe* the convention should declare itself !n favor of a law under whi< b a corporation or a private In dividual can roservotr water and then have it conducted by the natural channel* past land owner* and les sees lower down, to be afterward utilised by tbe peopie still farther down than the owner* or lesaeer time has been ftulty in hat there » no provision to prevent the waste ot water coming down tbe stream* by those having riparian right* oa the streams prior to tbe right* of thoae wbo may build the reserrotrs. In other words, those wbo ¿are the pri or rights are notoriously wasteful of water frequently and habitually, in fact, using far more than they should and more by far than that tbe court* haev held that they should use. Al the same time, in the absence of d! rect legislation upon this point, it is impossible to prevent them doing so This fact 1* a gnat discourager o. Irrigation development Should Be a Penalty. Mr Pierce thinks the coming con vention should appoint a committee to frame a law which wiF affix an ad equate penalty for the use of water in excess of the naturn' need* aa 1 ri par right* of those wbo have bu.id ian rights to those wbo below reservoirs for water to be allow them Instead of a man 1 iwtura" ed to use 100 incites whea needs demand but 50 in tbe extra 50 inches is virtually stoler from those lower down tbe stream Mr. Pierce believes in a law which will provide for an equitable allot ment of water for all on the stream, including those who may build a res ervoir for the storage of water In tended to be used by themselves be low those who have long bad water right* dependent upon the natural flow and supply of water in the nat ural channel* He believes the com ing convention should appoint a com tn it tee of five to frame such a law for recommendation to the irrigation commission, said committee to. be composed of two lawyer*, two proc tica] irrigation!*!* and one civil en gineer, Such a law is very badl* needed on the Grand Ronde. Walla Walla, North Powder and Umatilla rivets. Laws Need Revising, The laws on *.N* general subject of allotment and distribution ot water need revising, and the coming convention will be acting strictly within its prerogatives in appointing committee* to make recommends tions to the state irrigation commis sion. Mr Pierce further recommend» that the convention pass a resolu tion declaring that no man, no mat ter to what political party he may belong. can have the support of its members for either house of the leg' islatnre who is not an irrigation en thusiast and as such ready to make irrigation a prime issue in the work, of the legislature. Treasurer Did Not Skip. The report that the treasurer of the Sumpter Racing Association had __ _ the _ _____ __ t* un skipped _____ out with funds, true, M. H. 'Allen of Sumpter, a highly respected cltixen. I* both sec rotary und treasurer and I* at hi* home attending to hi* business, There was no foundation for the re- port. Smallpox at Heed River. The Dalles. Oct. 10.—Several so tere cases of smallpox have appear ed at Hood River in the past few days Boise Odd Fellows’ Hall. The Odd Fellows of Boise City have just erected a new two-atory brick building costing $$,0ud. The hall will accommodate 300 member*.