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VOL. XX VI li.
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MULTI MURDERER
Sailor Begged for an Early Execution
to Follow Conviction.
New York. June 27 Frank Burn«'*-*
was put to death in the electric chair
at Sing Sing prison early today The
specific crime for which Burness paid
the death penalty was the murder of
a sea captain In the port of New York
last fall
In additiou to this murder
Burness confessed at his trial that he
had killed more than halt a dozen |>er
sons duriug the last 10 years
Burness was a sailor, aud his
crimes, so he declared, were commit
ted in various ports of Spain. China
and other parts of the world where his
ship called Upon his conviction here
he ph-aded with the authorities to let
TOTAL LOSS OF LIFE
him be executed as speedily as possi
WILL TOTAL UP 1031. ble. He declared that it would be
dangerous to the community to allow
him at large, as he was totally unable
to control his passion for murder
Some 93 Persona Not Yet Found— when his temper was aroused
Jury Accompanies Coroner to Wreck
Met Death Eagerly.
in Erie Bas'n Over the Route of the
Ossi ng N. J
Jun«' 27.—Burness.
Ill-fated Slocum—Verdict Expected unattended by clergyman or keeper,
in a Few Minutes After Being Sub almost ran to the chair he was so
eager to have.it over. He sat in the
mitted to the Jury.
death chair »nJ smiled cheerfully at
witnesses as though he were merely
posing for a photograph. Four shocks
New York. June 27 —According to were necessary to produce death The
an exhaustive report made by Police body was buried in quick lime His
Inspector Schmidtberger on the num lawyer, who was appointed by the
ber of dead, missing, injured and un state, appealed the case, which drew
injured in the disaster, it appears that from Burness a letter to the governor
938 bodies have been recovered and in which he asked that this be over
that 93 persons absolutely known to ruled. as it was the work of the
have been aboard the vessel are still scheming lawyer to get more fees
unaccounted for, bringing the total
mortality of the disaster up to 1031.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
A thorough examination of the hull
of the Slocum by Coroners OGorman Baggagemaster
Hamilton
Thrown
and Berry and Inspector Albertson
From Car—May Not Recover.
resulted in the discovery in the locker
Huntington.—June 27.— Fred Ham
in which the fire started of a number
of barrels which bad contained kero- ilton. of la Grande, is lying here in a
serious condition from the result of
sese and lubricating oil.
being thrown from a car at Durkee
Mr Hamilton, who is the baggage
Inquest Complete.
master. attempted to throw out some
New York. June 27—There is every packages at Durkee when the hand
probability that the inquest into the rail broke, throwing him to the
steamtiat Slocum disaster will end ground
tonight.
He was brought here and examined
The jury is expected to render a by Dr McKenzie, of Portland, who
verdict within a few minutes after pronounced him partially paralyzed
the case is submitted to them This and in too serious condition to be
morning the jury accompanied the moved either to his home tn I a
< oroner to the wreck, now lying in Grande or to the hoepital in Port
the Erie basin and made a careful in- land.
spection of the hull. The jury then
boarded a police boat and a trip was
Ram Badly Needed.
made over the course ot the Slocum
The Dalles. June 27.—The rainstorm
while experts pointed out to them va
Broth- that visited this section last Friday
rious places south of the North —
era ie'and at which witnesses have was not general, as it did not reach
said the Slocum might have been south of the Deschutes river or into
In those localities
beached
The detail of men which Sherman county
has been searching for bodies was dis spring grain is said to be badly in
missed today. It is now thought that need of rain, but fall grain will make
hut few more bodies will be recov a heavy crop, even if there is not an-
other drop of rainfall this season
ered.
barrels That Had Contained
Oils Were Found in Locker
Where Fire Started.
RUSSIANS LOSE BUT FEW
MEN IN RUNNING FIGHT.
Two Thouaano Russian Mines About
Kuang Qung Have Been Destroyed
—All Day Sunday Russians March
ed to Front—Great Battle May Be
in Progress — D »ease Kills as
Many as Bullets.
PENDLETON, UMATILLA CO.. OREGON FRIDAY. JULY 1,1904.
STEAL WATER
est Irrigation Meeting Ever Held in
the West—Activity in Government
Irrigation Will Stimulate States to
Deeper Interest—Oregon Will Send
Large Delegation — Portland Will
Get the 1905 Meeting.
The date of th«' n> •xt meeting of th«»
National Irrigation Associ i 'I ou has
been tixe«l at Ei
’aso, Texas. <»n
Tuesday, November 15 to Friday. Nu
vemlier IS and offi« ■ il- not'.r ■•■« cf •t e
nit’eting have ir-en s« nt on; by the
executive committee.
».
Owing to the great activity
m gov
ernmetit irrigation, this in«>oin< it
the association is expected to be the
most important in the history of the
organization
The action of the associatiti! in the
¡>ast has had mm h to <l<> wi h . hap-
ing the policy of the naiioual govern
i
ment in the matter of irrigation. and.
in fact, the national irrigation law
was framed and revised by commit
tees from tn is association
Oregon will have the largest de!«.-
gat ion at El Paso that has ever at-
tended a meeting of the association
front this stt|e. ««wing to the far« that
Portland is in the lea«! for the 19*>5
meeting
Last year Oregon sent fb
Jelvgates to Ogden to the meeting of
the uatlonal association and this year
it is fully expected that 100 delete cs
will go from this state to El Paso to
represent the st» » that is now receiv
ing the most favorable attention from
the United States government and
also as the 1905 meeting of the na
tional association is »anted as an at
traction for the Lewis and Clark fair.
Umatilla county will be entitled to
about 2" delegates, and it will be the
aim of the different bodies appointing
delegates to select only those who will
rromlse to attend the El Paso meet-
ing.
drawbridge with dynamite, which a
convict had secured an«i make a gen
era! delivery. The plot was discover
ed and the prisoners were locked up
until danger had passed
HIGHWAY ROBBER CAPTURED.
Silver City Lone Bandit is Taken in
Oregon—Name is McNally.
B- •• June 25 The man who held
up and robbed the stage near Silver
City Wednesday morning was cap
tured about li< miles from Jordan val
ley. Oregon, by Tom Skinner and an
other man.
.
The robber gave his name as Wil
'iam McNally.
Driven to Desperation.
Poeblo. Col.,
June 27.—Charles
Montgomery, a well known politician
suicided this morning by taking mor
phine
Two weeks ago he married
the former wife of a newspaper n.an
48 hours after she was divorced, The
couple began quarreling during the
MASONS OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY
honeymoon
Fifty-Twc Years Ago First Corner
stone Was Laid.
Olympia. June 25.—Fifty years age
today was laid the cornerstone of the
Masonii temple iu this city, one of
the oldest Masonic buildings on the
Pacific coast.
Fitting commemora
tion of that event are being célébrât
ed with a special communication of
all and visiting Masons.
Battle May Be Raging.
St. Petersburg, June 27—Dispatches
from Tachekiao state that both Rua-
sian and Japanese maneuvers for po-
sition have about concluded and a
great ba’tie even now may be in pro MORTON HESITATES IN
gress. Sharp fighting has been heard
ACCEPTING SECRETARYSHIP.
in the hills Sunday All day Sunday
the Russian troops marched to the
front
Senator Metcalf of California, Suc
Destroy Mines.
ceeds Cortelyou—President Desires
Tien Tsin. June 27—Two thousand
Representative of Business Inter
Russian mines about Kwan Tung thus
ests of the Country in Cabinet—
far have been destroyed.
Resignations Take Effect July 1st.
Counterfeiters in the Toils.
Seattle. June 25—Caught In the act
of making counterfeit money. B I.y
ons and Monroe T. Brown wqre ar-
res'ed yesterday by Secret Service
Agent Marshal Lathe. The men were
at work turning out spurious coins In
a little cabin on the lideflats, near
Occidental avenue and Atlantic street,
and Lyons made an attempt to es
cape through the rear. but. seeing
that flight was useless, surrendered
without any trouble.
NEW FIRE SYSTEM.
Astoria Has Discarded Her Antiquat
ed Fire-Fighting Methods.
Astoria. June 27.—Astoria is to have
a complete new fire system, and a new
engine house will soon be built. Yes
terday the old fire bell, which has
tolled out the warning since February
21. 1878, was taken down and a gong
whistle will be used. Astoria citizens
were rather reluctant to give up the
old bell. The new system is said to
be very fine. There will be nine fire
alarm boxes located at different parts
of the city, and the gong will be in
stalled at the Astoria Electric Com
pany's works, at an expense of not
less than »50.
THANKS GOVERNMENT.
Washington. June 24.—Cabinet ap-
pointments announced as follows to-
lay: William H Moody, secretary of
the navy of Massachusetts, attorney
general; Paul Morton, of Illinois,
secretary of the navy; Victor H. Met-
calf, of California, secretary of com-
merce and labor
The resignations of Knox and Cor
telyou were accepted and will take
effect July 1.
Hesitated to Accept,
Morton dined last night at the
White House and had a long confer
ence with the president, He hesitat-
ed to accept the navy portfolio on ac ’
count of lack of special knowledge I
of naval affairs, but the president
finally persuaded him that this was
not necessary. The president desir
ed to .have one of his ministers a
representative of the business inter
ests ot the country.
Metcalf's ap
pointment was determined upon by
the president shortly after it became
certain that Cortelyou would accept
the chairmanship of the republican
national committee. Metcalf was a
member of the .McCall committee,
which Investigated the relations of
the congressmen with the poetofflee
department.
Rumor Denied That Raisulti Been Or
dered Punished.
Washington. June 27.—The state de
partment received a cablegram today
from Predicadris at Tangier, thanking
A "HOLY TERROR.”
this government for its successful ef
forts made in his behalf It is denied
at the department that Consul Dum Boy is Considered As Sinned Against,
mere has been instructed to demand
However.
the punishment of Raisuli.
Carl Johnson, aged 11 years, who
has resided with his mother on Kel
CREW EXONERATED.
zer bottom, was last evening brought
to the court house, tied hand and foot,
Work Train Was Overloaded and by his mother and step-father, who
Without Control.
wanted him committed to the reform
Stockton. C'al., June 27.—The crew school.
It seems the boy has been severely
of the work train who ran down the
Sierra railway passenger train near punished by those people for some
Melones. in Toulomne county, Satur time past, and yesterday rebelled to
day night, klling two women, has been such an extent that he took a gun
exonerated by the coroner's jury. The and got the drop on his step-father.
jury found that the wreck was caused His mother then approached him from
by the work train being too heavily the rear and disarmed him, when he
loaded for meh grades as are on the was tied and brought *o town.
The child was considered as much
Sferra ros’d.
sinned against as sinned, by the offi
cial, and was today sent to the Boys’
Jamaican Accident.
Kingston, Jamaica, June 27.—The and Girls’ Aid Society of Portland.—
accidental flooding of a large pipe Salem Journal.
leading from the electrical plant to
Plans have been completed for two
the river today resulted in the drown
ing of 34 men who were cleaning the bridges ot viaducts in Seattle across
pipe. Sixty-seven were at work and Third and Fourth avenues, on Main
and Jackson streets, to cost »55,000.
only 16 were saved.
Japanese Torpedo Battleship of Pers evict Type—Disable Battleship Sebat-
topol—Cruiser Towed in Harbor Badly
Loomis Lost Overboard.
¡.ondon. June
27.— A
dispatch
from Bremen this afternoon tends to
strengthen the theory that I-oomis
was lost overboard Both the captain
and head steward of the Kaiser Wil
helm unite in the assertion that
I>ooniis did not leave the steamer at
Plymouth.
Dissolves Company.
Trenton. N. J., June 27.—George
Rice this morning filed a bill in chan
cery for the dissolution ot the Stand
ard Oil Company, a New Jersey cor-
¡»oration, as being illegal under the
anti-trust act.
LOUIS ANDERSON WINS OUT
AGAINST THE O. R. & N. CO.
Wheat Destroyed at Cayuse Ware
house—Supreme Court Decided that
Engines Were Overloaded and No
Precautions Taken to Prevent Fir«
From Sparks—Hattie Jones Refus
ed a Divorce—Both to Blame,
Salem. Or . June 27. —The decision
of the lower court in awarding dam
ages to Iziuls Anderson in his suit
against the Oregon Railroad A Navi
gation Company was affirmed by
Justice Wolverton today. A quantity
of wheat owned by Mr. Anderson in a
warehouse at Cayuse, in L'inatllla
county, was destroyed by fire caused
by sparks from a locomotive on the
O. R. A N. company's track, The
court decided that the engine was
overloaded and proper precaution had
not been taken to prevent the spread
of sparks and cinders. Halley A
Lowell were the attorneys for Mr. An
derson
Hattie Jones was refused a divorce
from William Jones, of Pendleton, by
Chi«f Justice Moore and the lower
court was affirmed. The testimony
showed that both were equally to
blame, for their quarrels and evenly
matched encounters.
Damaged—Japanese
Boat Struck by Shell—Russian Troops Withdraw
From
Torpedo
Pasco G>rl s Clothes Burn From
Body.
Ritzville, June 24.—Theft of water
from the general supply at Ritzville,
and the utmost wastefulness in its
use by those who do not steal out
right, is making trouble in this place.
With the engines working full force
and full time, the water in the reser
voir has been known to be lowered
ss much as two and three feet dur
ing a single night. The city council
Is up in arms, and a drastic ordinance
Is the result. Among other protective
measures Is one cutting down the ir
rigation hour* per week. Home of
the time U>« supply of water Is so
low that the protection against fin
is very insufficient
Walla Walla, June 24 —With the
whole ot the ba< k left arm burned to
a blister, besides other small burns.
Mita Lillian llounw rance, of Pasco,
wit brought to St. Mary's hospital
yesterday. Even more of the surface
is burned than in the case ot Mrs
William Nave ot Walla Walia, upon
whom the prixi-ss of skin grafting
has been so successful
Miss Ro«encrance was preparing
the noonday meal Tuesday, her only
■ otupanion being her sister, Lena 14
years of age. The corner ot her
apron taught fire from the stove and
commuuicated to her dress, of thin
summer material, progressing with
»uch swiftness that the first intima
tion of danger was a blaze almost en
veloping her face. Miss R/rtencranre
»as so severely frightened that she
ran through the bouse till nearly
every particle of clothing had burn
ed. her sister trying in vain to smoth
er the flames with a blanket, but was
unable to reach her until the flames
aad subsided
Miss Lena did what she could to
xlievlate her sister's sufferings, then
went to her father A physician was
called, who advised Mr Rzvsenrrance
to bring the patMBt to the hospital
for proper care, as her critical condl-
lion requires tbe best poslsble medi
al attention
ENLARGING STOCKYARDS
and Japan—Russian Battleship Condemned
the »eat of war state that General
Kuropatkin will not give battle to the
combined armies of Oku and Kuroki
near Kai Chou This would seem to
carry with It the decision to practl-
rally abandon the entire peninsula to
the enemy and as a necessary cotise-
quence withdraw all the Russian
troops from Nlu Chwang It la likely
the Japanese will reach Kai Chou in
a couple of days
To Mediate
Kiel June 25 —Authoritative infor
mation 1» Issued to the effect that
King Edward • visit to Kiel was ta
ken fur the purpose of mediation be
tween Russia and Japan
King Ed
ward baa been working to bring that
about tor some time past. His idea
is that the kaiser is the most suita
ble person to approach the czar in
behalf of England
Business at Echo Demands Doubling
Their Size.
A crew of men for the ORA N.
has begun to enlarge and otherwise
Improve the stock pens at Echo, and
hereafter they will be twice as large
as heretofore. Besides the increased
capacity they will be cleaned out and
fixed so they will not become so
muddy and nasty as they were last
winter
More stock Is shipped from Echo
than from any other one point on the
ORA N and tn supplying adequate-
yards for the handling of the stock
the company has done the right thing
—Echo News
BARK ARRIVES
Is Battered and Worn From Terrible
Experience.
San Pedro. Cal, June 25 —The bark
Hollis Wood put tn here shortly be
fore noon yesterday Captain Knight
says the vessel was almost totally dis
able-1 tn a gal<- two weeks ago. 2*««
m'.les from San Francisco The ves
sel since then has been tossed by
countless gsies and half her rigging
sas lust His wife and 17-monthsoid
baby are little the worse for their
terrible experience Non» of the boat
suffered seriously
Japs Surprised.
Tok to. Jute 25—It is officially stat
ed that the Japanese troop« which
landed at Taku Shan were surprised
and routed at dawn by the 23d squad
ron of Russian cavalry at a point 10
mile* nerthwest of Shan Kokou. on
OPIUM SMUGGLING
the Taahlko road
The Japanese al-
• . occupied heights north of Salto Re«»ssed Pr.scner Tries to Glxe it to
po The enemy left (0 dead on the
His Companions.
battlefield
A. Wildman, whose term of two
yean at the penitentiary for burg
PROTEST AGAINST DIPPING.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
lary expired yesterday, had a chart
table desire to soothe the woes ot
Wealthy Farmer of Cambridge. Idaho, Montana Cattlemen Opposed to Gov bls former fellow prisoners by sup
ernment Ortler.
Can Not Be Found.
plying them with opium, says the
Helena. Mont. June 25—The cattle Walla Walla Union
He bought h.»
Weiser. June 25—Bradley Edmund-
men
of
Montana
yesterday
went
on
ticket home on being released from
eon. a wealthy farmer of Cambridge,
record
against
the
order
recently
pro
the pealtenUary. and invested some
has been missing since May 20, on
which date be purchaaed a ticket at mulgated by the department ot agri of his surplus funds in "dope." pan
Payette for Weiser
It Is said that culture requiring that all cattle ship of which be used for himself, and
when last seen in Payette he waa ac- 1-M out ot Montana be dipped before part he tried to secrete in the brick
com panled by a stranger who also leaving the «tate.
yard for the use of his fr.eeds inside
The reason tor (be order given by Chief of Police Brown arrested him
bought a ticket for Weiser.
Mrs Edmundson tells con flirting :he department was that in many and be will be brought up for tria.
stories about the whereabouts of her sections of Mon'ana cattle are affect today.
husband, but consistently «ticks to It ed with «cab. The protest wga made
bat before leaving he made arrange- M a meeting which waa held in the
Will Unveil Monument.
menu with her for the sale of bis office of Secretary W G Preuttt of
Walla Walla. June 25 —One of the
the
Montana
S'ockgro»ers'
Assoc
la
property, and for her to send the
feaiures of the Fourth of July celebra
deeds to him at Portland to alm So tkm. which was attended by leading tion at ibis place will be the unvei.
'ar she has no found no purchaser rattle men from all parte of Mon- mg of a monument erected to the
■. ,i
for the farm.
memory of the Walla Walla soldiers
Mr Edmunds««!, who was a widow- i In addition to the cattle men there who lost tbelr lives in the Philippine
was
present
a
’
,
the
meeting
Dr
George
»r <0 years of age al the time of his
wars The Red c ross Society of this
marriage four months ago to bls pres S Hickox. who has charge of the place planned the monument, and
work
of
the
bureau
of
animal
industry
ent wife, has never been eccentric, or
raised the funds for II It is one of
by his conduct in any way given rise In the Northwest, and Dr. M. E the prettiest and most impressive on
to a iusplcion that he has voluntarily Knowles, state veterinarian
the coast in the nature of a memorial
absented himself from the neighbor
to soldiers
BEET SUGAR FACTORY.
hood where he has lived so many
years and where he has accumulated
Murdered Babe.
so many friends and such a large Big Crop tn Sight in Grand Ronde
Coquille. Or. June 24—Earl Steele
property.
Very little, practically Valley—Pay Roll 85000 Per Month.
is charged with murdering a babe an
nothing. Is known of Mrs. Edmund
I a Grande. June 25—The prospects hour old and hiding the body in a
son tn this par. of the country.
for a long and prosperous season tor clothes closet He is in jail today
the beet sugar factory hare never
Dr Russel was cal!
WOMAN AND BABY DISAPPEAR. been so bngut as for this season without bonds
e-t and found the babe missing and
The acreage of beets planted this
Some Suspicions of Foul Play Near year Is not so large as last year, but notified the police. The young couple
w«-re married last April.
Hailey, Idaho.
the prospect for a much larger crop
Hailey. June 25.—Mds. Davis Evans per yield per acre Is fine There is
Asks for Recsivsr.
ind her baby are missing from their every Indication that the crop thia
Portland. June 24.—Dr
H
B
home at Carey, near here. They have year will be a record breaker.
The pay roll of the sugar factory O Connor today asked for a receiver
not been seen for several days, and
the suspicion is entertained by some company for the month of June is for tbs North Parme Dental College,
l>at they have met with foul play.
$5<*00 exclusive of the wages paid the alleging that his fellow trustees bad
misappropriated 865,000.
Mrs. Evans and her husband sepa Japanese laborers in the fields.
rated and were divorced about four
years ago I .at er they became recon-
For Summer Vacation.
WILL OPEN A SCHOOL.
died and were remarried, and have
Washington. June 25.—Mrs. Roose
been living happily together, so far Prof.
the velt accompanied by her sister. Miss
as any one knows
Carew, left this morning for Oyster
Bithop Scott Academy Property.
Portland, June 25— Prof. Arthur C. Bay, to pass the summer. The presi
KINGLY KISSES.
Newlli has made a proposition to the dent will join ber there on July 2.
trustee« of Bishop Scott Academy to
Ruler« Embrace and Kiss Upon lease the institution for a term ot
Cleveland Fire.
Meeting.
years and run It as a private school,
Cleveland. June 25 —Two fires, both
Kiel. June 25.—Every German war l^of. Ncwlll claims that the patrons of Incendiary origin, destroyed $200.
ship hoisted the English ensign and of the school have not been treated 000 worth of lumber belonging to
saluted it with 21 rounds. King fairly by the suspension of the Nichola Brothers and J N Hahn A
Edward stood on the bridge of his school, and threatens that if he Is not Co., of this place.
yacht, garbed in the German admir- given a lease to open a private school
al's uniform and responded to the In some other part of Portland.
Dowls Arrive«.
The trustees of Bishop Scott Acad
military salutes. Amid the deafening
New York, June 25 —John Alexan
roar the kaiser boarded the Victoria emy Insist upon the suspension of der Dowle. the Zionist, arrived from
and embraced Edward, each kissing the school, and are anxious to sell Europe this morning
heartily. Ten minutes later King Ed the property, and by that means rid
ward returned the call.
Later tne the Institution of the incubus of debt
kaiser and the king went down the
Geneva on Firs.
bay to witness the motor boat races
Geneva, June 25.—The most dlsas-
trous tire In the history of the city
At the Great Race.
St Lottis, June 22—The largest Is raging in the old quarters. The
crowd- that ever passed the gates a. historical national church, containing
the fair grounds, was at the track many priceless pictures and books.
this afternoon and witnessed the great has been destroyed The cathedral la
»50.000 World's Fair handicap race. in danger.
When it was first called there were
Early Harvest.
RECEIVES HIS FRIENDS
10.000 people present. McGee scratch-
Walla Walla. June 25.—Harvest In
ed. Hermis is the favorite, The
ON THE CAR PLATFORM.
weather is very warm and the track the Walla Walla valley will begin
Monday.
June
27,
and
will
be
general
heavy and holding.
by July 8. These dates are several
days earlier than the average for this Stops Made at Fowler, Colfax and
Timber Land Sold.
Other Towne—Candidate Given a
locality.
Astoria, June 25.—Deeds have been
Rousing Reception in Home Town
filed for the transfer of 2240 acres of
American Horse Wins.
by Former Neighbors.
timber land in the southeastern part
St. Petersburg.
_
June 25.—The
of this county from the state to John
E. DnBois. a wealthy lumberman of Novoe Vremya today laments the fact
Chicago. June 25—Senator Fqir-
Pennsylvania, who was already the that the trotting derby just run at
owner of large tracts of timber in Moscow, was won by a pure Ameri- ter General Payne. Dan Ranrdell and
can bred horse. The famous OrloS banks. Secretary Cortelyou. Postmat*
Clatsop and Tillamook counties.
ter General Payne, Dan Ransdell and
breed not being in money.
a party of 20 friends of the Hoosier
Hurt In a Runaway.
nominee for vice president, left In a
Troy, Idaho, June 25.—Wm. Rick-
Russian Accident.
8t. Petersburg. June 25.—Sixty special car this afternoon tor Indian
ery of Boulder Creek, in trying to
hold his team, became entangled In bodies have been recovered and 160 apolls. Stops were planned for Fow
the harness and was dragged some are still missing from the ferryboat ler, Colfax and several other Indiana
distance, sustaining severe injuries, Rosotofu, wh.ch sank in Khoper yea towns, where the senator received his
admirers on the platform of the car
particularly about the head and shoul- terday.
Arriving at Indianapolis, the candi
ders.
dates became the central figures In
Encampment at Vancouver.
a celebration given by neighbors of
After Port Arthur.
Bellingham, Wash., June 25.—The
Chee Foo, June 25.—Heavy firing Grand Army encampment for the de the senator. The senator had an
was beard at Port Arthur today. partment of Washington and Alaska early breakfast with Cullom, Scott and
Eighteen Japanese transports were will be at Vancouver, Wash., in 1905. Colnew.
The 10th city delegation of the
sighted, going west.
Daughters of the Revolution called
for Mrs. Fairbanks and escorted her
Educator Dead.
Dramatic Critic Diss.
West Point, June 25.—Col. Wright to the union league, where a recep
London, June 25.—Clement Scott,
tlie dramatic critic, died here today. Egerton. of the department of mathe tion waa held tor Senator and Mrs
Fairbanks
matic», Is d«ad.
He was born In 1841.
FUIRBiNKS TO
HIS OLD HOME
J
APRON CAUGHT FIRE
Ritzvill« In Danger of Fire From Re
duced Supply of Water.
Peninsul
King Edward Goes to Kiel to Ask Kaiser to Mediate Between Russia
Tok io. June 25—A dispatch receiv
ed last evening sava a Pon Arthur na
val fight »as the result of a dash tor
th« south made by 16 Russian war
ships Thursday r.lght. They were dis
covered by a Japanese patrol boat
which warned Togo by wireless tele
graph
The admiral advanced bls
entire fleet except those engaged on
special duty.
The Russians stopped at the out-
Jde entrance to the harbor and after
nightfall a fleet of Japanese destroy-
•ra attacked the Russians. torpedoing
and sinking a battk-shlp**bf the Per-
sevlet type, disabling the battieship
Sebastopol, and a cruiser of the Dia
na type, »as towed into the harbor
Friday morning, evidently badly dam
aged The Japanese ships sustained
little damage although the torpedo
boat destroyer Sbierakumo was hit by
a shell, and three men killed and three
wounded Chldori same class behind
WOULD BREAK JAIL
'h .«■ engine room, but with no casual
Two other torpedo boats were
Plot Discovered at Fclsom Pri •on tn ■les
slightly damaged
Time.
Sacramento. Cal . June 25—Warden
Russian Battleship Condemned.
Yell of Folsom prison just made pub
Cronstadt. Jun* 25 —The Russ ion
lic the details of a plot on the day of battleship SiMoiveiiky of the Baltic
the hanging of the Japanese. Hldaka.
ha*
condemned
the tenth Inst . to make a daring
break. About 25 convicts planned to
Witndraw from Peninsula.
secure officers while at the hanging
Petersburg.
June 25.—News from
St
and take away their clothes, open the
Bank Ordered Closed.
St Petersburg. June 27.—A Mukden
Chicago.
June 27.—The First Na-
dispatch reports that a force of Cos
sacks gave chase to some Japanese tional closed its doors this morning
who were reconnoitering on Kuroki's by orders of the comptroller currency
right
The pursuit lasted 12 hours
and when over the valley was strewn
with bodies of Japanese cut down by
the Russian horsemen, The Russians
lost but few men.
Disease Equals Bullets.
Rome. June 27.—A Tokio telegram
says the Japanese government de
dares deaths from disease in both
armies up to present equal the losses
sustained in actual fighting.
Attempted to Make a Dash Southward, But Were Caught
Outside the Entrance.
NO. Gl
NEW PACKING PLANT.
Independent Packing Company Will
Build at Portland
Denver. June 24—Portland. Ore .
.s to have a $500,•■00 packing plant in
connection with the campaign of the
Independent
Packing
Company
against the beef trust. This definite
announcement was made in Denver
today by off!« «rs of tbe National
Livestock Association who will jour
ney to Portland for tbe meeting July
-• when preliminary arrangrcet'.s
will t>e completed
Another Sry at New York.
New York, June 25—Not satisfied
with but experience« here last Ocu>
■rer. Dr lx»»« is to take another shy
it the flesh pots of tbe metropolis.
His agents have engaged Carnegie
Music Ha.! tor tomorrow, when the
-ifs'yled Elijah 111, is to hold forth
morning, afternoon and evening in
m effort to explain hi* recent tin-
-emfortable expertelces in Australia
ist In London and incidentally to
sell some more ot Lis Zion City
bonds
Arrived Safely.
San
/‘rar.ri*co
June
25—The
Northern
Commercial
Company a
•earner St Paul, which sailed from
?aa Frxncisco for Nonp? June 2. ar
rived safely at her destlna ion the
ituti.
St« started to return yester
day
It was feared that the vessel
had been cacgtt in the ice.
Release Confirmed.
Washington June 25—Rear Admi
ral Chadwick cables s cc>nfirmatktn of
ae reiewse of Per dicard 1« and Varley
»nd states that the British minister
as sailed for Gibraltar He suggests
that the American squadron sax]
Monday on a cruise
EARLY SETTLERS
MEET TOGETHER
OLD SETTLERS ARE
IN REUNION AT PORTLAND.
Parade Street* of Portland—Oldest
Settler Lived in State 67 Years—
Was Too Feeble to March—C. S.
Silver, Born in 1814. Oldest Person
m Assembly—Is Still in Business.
The old settlers’ reunion at Port
land is accounted a gnat success,
noth in point ot numbers and the ex
ceeding good fellowship of the occa
sion. which included great deference
paid the veterans by a great con
course of spectators.
A feature of the day waa the pa
rade in which many of the very old
est survivors of the earliest ser.le-
ments walked—a most eloquent tes
timony to tbe healthfulneM of tbe
ciimaie and the sensible habits of life
of the old people whose lives for the
(>ast 60 odd years have been woven
mto ihe history of the state, as part
of its warp and woof.
The very oldest settler was John
Long, of Sauvies Island, who has
«ived in the state 67 years. Though
in full po»x«-ssion of bis mental fac
ulties, Mr. ljong was too feeble to
mart h
The next oldest settler was
Mrs M. A. Bird, ot Hillsboro, who
.arne to Oregon in 1839. Mrs. Bird
is still hale and hearty and marched
>n the procession carrying a banner
.nscribed "lSSO."
There were 523 persons in the pro
.ession whose residence In the state
prior to 1S60 entitled them to full
membership I d the society as genuine
pioneers. In the order of the years
in which their residence began, their
enumeration is as follows;
By years they were numbered as
follows: 1837, 1; 1839. 3; 1840. 3;
1842, 3; 1843. 12. 1844. 17; 1845. 31;
1846. 15; 1847, 60; 1848. 26; 1849, 32;
1850. 54; 1851. 31; 1852. 140; 1853
>'7; 1854. 54; 1855. 12; 1856, 5; 1857,
16; 1858. 18; 185», 11.
Mayor Williams apparently forgot
ill about his 81 years, and marched
m the 1853 ranks with a livelier step
han some much younger men. Ex-
lovernor Moody. Judge Blanchard, ot
Rainier, and other lawmakers were
also in line. One of the oldest was
Andrew Wirt, of Sklpation, bent with
the weight ot 90 years. His wife, al
so a pioneer of the state, Is one of
tbe survivors of the Whitman massa
ere. A child at the time. she was
«•arried off by an Indian and kept
with the tribe for some time.
C S Silver, of Portland, who was
born in Ohio In 1814, and has lived
in Portland 54 years, was the oldest
person In the assembly, lie Is In bus
iness in Portland, and though feeble
physically. Is In full possession of all
his faculties
Will Endeavor to Encourage
Farmers to Make Exhibits
This Fall.
WILL RAI&E MONEY FOR
PURSES AND BUILDING-
Plana Are Now Being Made to S«c«re
Permanent Organization — To Use
Grounds Near tbs Bail Ground«—
Canvas« New Being Made Among
Farmers u Sec-re Esr.ibita—Corr
mereiai Association tc Co-operate
Tne L'matii»* county t^r propoax-
txoc. ilk« the gxxjet of Ba&quo. VU1
not dose and -b-s uas U *«em* to
up to stay tor - »oag«r petvod than
.’.as peen tbe case ueretofor«, at
ienaL
he.erau of the men in the exty wbu
are interested in the fair nave been
•allung says and means tor tbe past
• ees and about bare tbe detail* of
a p»an woraed out, wbicn, if possible
io tie carried out, wui reauze tbe
-ream tnat naa come «o often in tn«
past.
One ot tbe main thing* that tea al
ways be!d tbe fair *<neme back ha*
oeea the lack ot a ptace to pot the
extiution seen it had been gathered
together, but thl* tea been no.ved.
»- 1» .he pian of tbe men two* of tbe
, resent s^f-me to occupy all ot the
»scant
••—: around tbe bas eo a L
para a* a ia-r ground Tua tract i*
,oe property of W. F. Mauock and i*
.arge enough with a Huie improve-
meat, to coctaxa a hail mx.e track
and the necessary bui.xiag* to con
tain ’.he horse* and catue. farm and
product« and fruit that woald ha
^co-gui m tor exbitiuoa.
Mr Mauock i* greasy 1 a favor of
Jxe sc home to have a fair here, and
will souw tbe use of hi* ground tor
xung as tne promoter* sou-d want
> l it la not tne »nientKm to tm
.ne gTcunu* mere permanenL but m
.»e inem temporan.y until it can be
.eermined whether or not it would
pay to purchase a .arge tract for the
-»e ot x.e ;axr aaaocxaiuco.
lbe men wno are oemnd the plan
• ui mas.e an attempt to get tne
rropcaiuon m snap« to have tne first
smi »> ilmm cere in me tab, axier me
_arve*. is in and tbe tanaers are at
.c.surr tor a snort ume. loej sul
to get a large string of good
.vroes nere. to induce me farmers
ot me county to bring m exiuoita
of their grain their bay aad omer
, reduce, wane tbe farmers wives
will be asaed to bring fruxu tresb aad
anted, dairy prvuucts and. in fact,
all of the things grown or raised la
.he rounty. st»» be put on exhioiUoa
it it i* possible to get them here.
From the encouragement mat ha*
been gives the promoters, who are
, rominent farmers and mod owners
of the county, it 1* 'bought that the
.air will mature gad if it is a i u c c e««
in tbe first year it win be made a per
manent feature ot the county. If
the plan is pushed, the- Commerdal
Assnciation will lend a helping hand
’«ward* making the fair a »ueccos
An ac ire canvass will be commenced
at «.me among the farmers who will
be asked u> pledge tbemselvee to ex
hfbit. aad If enough exhibitors can
be secured to make it a success,
funds will be raised for the pr.zee to
be given the purse« for the races
and for the tents and buildings to
house the exhibit* It will be known
in a few lays whether or not the plan
can be cawed out.
SUICIDE IN JAIL
Snecpfisrdsr Insane From Effects of
a Ten-day Sprss.
Heppner. June 34.—Karl Wimer-
kora, a sheepherder, hanged himself
in the county jail yesterday between
10:30 aid 1 o'clock. He had been
herding for A J. Cook at hl* sheep
ranch on Little Butter creek, having
returned to the ranch a few cays ago
from a 10-days’ spree in Heppner.
Since then he has been acting
strangely, and on one occasion waa
found endeavoring to hang himself
at the ranch. This act led other men
at the ranch to suspect his sanity,
and a man sat dispatched to notify
Mr Cook, who was in town He went
vut Tuesday and brought Winterkorn
to the city for examination.
Karl Winterkorn waa a German,
about 50 years of age and had
jeen herding sheep In Morrow coun
ty for the past several years. It Is
thought that tbe only relative be has
is a sister living in Germany.
This is the second suicide that has
been committed in the county jail
«ithln the ¡mat year, China Henry,
i murderer, having hanged himself
here last July.
REDUCED RAIL..JAD RATES.
Inducement for Travel to the Mining
Congress at Portland.
Portland. June 24.—All toad* west
of the Missouri have made special
rates to Portland and return for the
American Mining Congress, which
meets here in August This inform*-
■ Ion was received today from Gener
al Passenger Agent A. L Craig, of the
O. R. k N. company, who i* preseo*
it the convention of the Trans-conti
nental Passenger Association, now m
«ession at St. Paul.
The rates as named follow: From
common Missouri river points, $50;
from Chicago, $61.50; and from St
Louis. $57 50. August 16 to 16 inclu
sive are fixed as
e selling dale«
New Telephone Lins.
A company has been organized to
build a telephone line between Enter
prise and Imnaha. which are about
30 miles »¡«art.
The system will
carry two wires and be in every way
up to date. It will connect with the
outside world at La Grande on the
one side «nd slth Lewiston on tbe
oth«r.