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L’nsw ayed l>y fear, uninfiu-
eneed by favor, the East Ore-
gonian will tell the truth. the
county.
whole truth. about
state and national affairs. It
is fair. absolutely fair. to
» aose who differ from its
views. as well as to ita
friends
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The Eaat Oregonian of Pen
dleton. Oregon, is publiabod In
the heart of the wonderful In
land Empire
You will find
that It la readable, reliable
and progressive, and will give
you the news reliably, accu­
rately and fully
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PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 15,1904
ATTEMPT TO
i cow from Sol
l-eniery ~ ThA f.
steers were sold at Walla Walla, but
were recovered by the owner. White
was sentenced last Monday, at that
lime breaking down and weeping bit
terly in court. Duffy is out on bonds
and will be tried at the next term of
court.
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Rear End Collision Brings Fatal Re­
suits.
Picnic Train Crashes Into the Strike at This Juncture ís Chas. S. McNichols, Indian They Are Met With Desper­
New York. July 12—Sixieen per-
Inspector, Will Fill the
Way to Liberty With a sons were killed and about three
Large'y Attributed to a
Rear of a Freight Which
ate Resistance Southeast of
store injured in the rear-end collis­
ion
between
trains
on
the
Greenwood
Office Temporarily.
Large Pair of Shears.
Was Backing D omo .
Misunderstanding.
Niu Chwang.
Lake division of the Erie railroad at
Midvale. N J., yesterday The offi«-
ial list given out here shows that 14
BELIEVED THAT HE HAO
CHARLES ROBINSON WILL BE
SOME PLANTS RUNNING
GREAT BATTLE IS RoGING
adults and two children lost their EIGHTEEN PERSONS
OUTSIDE ACCOMPLICES. lives, Many of the injured are seri-
INSTANTLY KILLED
WITH IMPORTED LABOR.
RETAINED IN CLERKSHIP.
IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
ouslv hurt and some of them may
die.
Prisoner Had Nearly Dug His
Sentence to the Penitentiary—Wa*
Overlooked Last Night When the
Prijone«-* Were Locked in the Dor-
mitory Cell*—Planned and Execut­
ed With Much Skill and Plenty of
Nerve.
What came within an ace of mater-
ializing into a daring break on the
par; of a number of prisoners at the
county- jail last night was avoided
only by the watchfulness of Deputy
Sheriff Davis. He arrived on the
scene, having made an investigation
on hearing a slight noise, just as
Grover C. White, sentenced to serve
two and a half years in the peniten­
tiary at Salem by Circuit Judge EUlis,
was in the act of cutting his way to
liberty through the east wall of the
county jail.
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Used Shears and Flatiron.
The ciretuns.ances have convinced
the officials that White had accom­
plices. The tool used in breaking a
lock on an upper cell door and in tun­
neling through the wall was a large
pair of shears and a heavy flatiron,
The flatiron »ad been lying around
the hotel corridors for a long time
and was used by the prisones for sev-
eral purposes. but the authorities are
convinced the shears were smuggled
in by friends.
White was supposed to be locked in
his ceil with the other prisoners.
when Deputy Sheriff Dav>
Davis. who
slept in the sheriff’s office, went to
bed
Hew the man was overlooked
is not known. That he was overlook­
ed is not to be questioned. The cells
in the jail are arrange«! in tiers, one
over the other Before locking up
time White went up stairs and climb­
ing on top of the .upper tier of cells,
«-rawled as tar back as he could and
lay quiet while the other prisoners
were placed in their cells.
When all was still and he was sat-
isfied that Davis was asleep, he clam-
bered down into the corridor and tak­
ing the flatiron and shears, mounted
a back stairway, at the top of which
is a small cell, next the wall, the
door leading into the cell «as open.
Another door «as fastened by a
small lock. This w^s twisted out of
place with the shears.
Dug on the East Side.
White dropped down to the floor
next to the wall and began to tun*
nel through under a window, He
tore the lower part of the window out
and excavated a large hole. In order
to make as little noise as possible he
wrapped a piece of cloth around the
handle of the shears and then drove
the intrument into the wall with the
iron.
While he was engaged in this work
Davis was awakened by the sound.
He listened intently, and then being
satisfied that a break was being at­
tempted, hastily dressed and went
after D. Turner, a special deputy. The
two made an investigation of the jail
premises and came on White while
he was engaged in the work. He was
led to a cell and locked in, making
no resistance.
Wa* Nearly Successful.
In about 3o minutes be would have
regained his liberty. The walls of
the jail are studded with railroad
iron, but by removing his clothing
White would have had little trouble
in wriggling between them. It is
about eight feet to the ground from
the point where he would have crawl­
ed through the side of the structure.
White denies that he was given the
shears bya friend, but will not say
where they were obtained. The other
prisoners are also reticent. Several
of them are known to have been
awake while White was engaged in
cutting through the wall, yet they did
not attempt to notify Deputy Davis
of what was going on. For this rea-
son it is believed that Whlte may
have intended returning and attempt-
ing to overpower Davis and secure
keys with which to liberate other in­
mates. If he had outside help, as
s«>ems probable, weapons may have
awaited the liberated men.
Deputy District Attorney Collier
was notifie«! ot the circumstances to­
day and went to the jail and made
a personal investigation, He is said
to be convinced that the attempted
break was the outcome of a plot in
which outsiders were interested and
may file an information against
White. Mr. Collier himself refuses to
discuss the affair, even going so far
as to deny that he hail been notified
of an attempted break.
White claims to be 18 years old.
His father has stated that he is 20.
He was charged jointly with Joe
Duffy with stealing two steers and a
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Five-year-old Homicide.
Cincinnati, July 13.—How­
ard Dobell, aged 5, son of the
manager of a branch telegraph
office, after close question­
ing, has admitted that he kill­
ed his infant brother, aged 4
months. The infant was found
dead last night. Howard ad­
mitted he struck his brother
with a hemmer. Some few
weeks ago the lad struck at
the baby with a hammer, but
failed to hit its head. Since
then weapons have been kept
out of his reach. Howard has
no peculiarities except jeal­
ousy of his baby brother.
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PLEADED GUILTY.
Fourth St. Louis Aiderman to Take
That Step.
St. Louis. July 13.—John H Schnet
tier, the aiderman convicted of brib­
ery and released by the supreme
court on a technicality, entered a plea
of guilty this morning Sentence was
deferred.
Seem* to Have Belief Expreased m Washington That Senator Mitchall Said to Have Rec- Japanese Occupy the Town of Kin
Trouble Was Precipitated at Thia
ommended A. A. Cunningham, of
Chow — Vladivostok Squadron Has
Time to Embarrass the A ministra-
Salem, a* Inspector to Succeed Me-
lessness or Disobedience of Order*
Been Repaired and la Again at
t«on—Packers and Union* Will
Nichol*—Salary of Agent Not so
—Accident D-rectly Caused by Mis­
Large—Persistent Rumors at Lon­
A Misunderstanding
Been the Cause. Rather Than Care­
placed Switch and a Prior Accident
Have an Amicable
to the freight—Sisty-eight Persons
Cnicago Soon—Most Plants Work­
Nichol* Said to Stand High With
Fallen—Japanese Source* for Story
More or Lets Injured.
ing m All Cities, With Light Forces.
the Government Authorities.
ot Great Losse* in Attack on Port
Arthur.
One Man Missing.
Portland, July 13.—Telephone com­
munication has been re-established
with Mitchell, the county seat of
Wueeler county, which was recently
nearly destroyed b> a cloudburst yes­
terday. So far no other deaths are
r«?>r«ed than Martin Smith and Mrs.
i'etbuen.
The man who rode ahead warning
the inhabitants along the gorge is
still missing
The damage estimates are crawl­
ing up and show that crops and farm
houses were swept away in the valley
for many miles.
Chicago. Juiy 14.—Eighteen people
were killed and about 68 injured last
night in a collision on the Chicago
A- Eastern Illinois railroad at Glen-
wood. 33 miles south of here.
The collision occurred betwen a
picnic train running from Momence,
111 . and a freight train, into the rear
end of which the jiassenger dasheu
at a high rate of speed The picnic
train was on the right han<! track
coming north and the freight on the
left track. A misplaced switch threw
the picnic train over on the left track.
Cloudburst in Philippine*.
Manila. July 13.—Two hundred and before the engineer could apply
lives were lost and 32.000.000 damage the brakes it ran at 4" miles an hour
is the result of a cloudburst at San into the rear ot the freight
Juan Delmonte. Rain fell Incessant­
Wai Church Out«ng
ly for 20 hours and reached the un­
The picnic wa* the annual outing
precedented aggregate of 1.' Inches
In San Juan boats are the only meth of the members of the Doremus
od of communication. People are church, formerly a chapel of the
Plymouth Congrogationsl church of
seeking safety in the hills.
this city
When the picnic train
reached Chicago Height*, four mi)««*«
Crippled for Life.
H«o«i River. July 13—William Ec beyond Glenwood, it was switched to
cles. the 21-year-old nephew of David the regular south-bound track, and al­
Eccles, president of the Sumpter though it was «-orning north it was
Valley railway, and also of the Ore­ given a clear track by the operator
gon Lumber Company, was horribly at Chicago Heights until it should
mangled in a sawmill here yesterday reach Glenwood
A Sharp Curve.
evening. His right hand was cut in
strips and his arm may have to be
Between Chicago Height* and Gien
im pntated
wood there is a sharp curve and as
the picnic train lore around this on
Murdered by Thieve*.
the south-bound track a freight train
New York. July 13 —George F Ab- was liacking south«ar«i to the north-
bott. aged 68, a junk dealer, and W bound track, It was partly on both
H. Vanhalster. hi* employe, were tracks Th«* bend «as so sharp that
found murdered today in their dingy the engineer of the picnic train had
shop. The bodies Indicated the crime no chance to see the freight before he
was committed two days ago, by was upon it. All passengers in the
first coach were caught beneath a
thieves
mass of debris and it was here the
loss of life occurred.
Freight Had Had AccidenL
In explanation of the accident the
engineer and crew of the freight train
say their train which was north­
bound. parted at Ch.cago Height*, and
the break was not noticed until the
AVERY C. MOORE. OF
train was near Glenwood
The en­
IDAHO. JOINS REPUBLICANS gineer knew the excursion train was
coming, but believed it on the north­
bound track, and was switching bis
Say* the Wall Street Inspired Candi­ train from the north-bound to the
dacy of Parker I* Abominable—He south-bound track in an «-ffort to keep
Prefers the Americanism of Roose­ out of its way.
velt and Borah—Many More West­
ern Democrat* Will Follow Hi*
Steps.
A special to the Lewiston Tribune
from Grangeville, Idaho, gives the fol­
lowing account of the departure of
Avery C. Moore, a prominent politic­
ian, from the democratic ranks:
“Avery C. Moore, member of the
legislature from Idaho county, has
left the democratic party an«l has
joined tne republicans. This an-
nouncement was made today by Mr
Moore to a large number of citizens,
and when seen by the Tribune report­
er, he confirme«! the report As ground
for a change in his political belief and
affiliations, he authorized the Tribune
reporter to say:
“ 'The Wall street inspired candi­
dacy of Parker and the inquisitorial
politics of Dubois are more than I
can assimilate. I prefer the Amer­
icanism of Roosevelt and Borah.’
"That Mr. Moore has changed his
politics comes as no surprise to the
leaders of the democratic party here.
For several days it has been sug­
gested he was about to take the step.
"Mr. Moore is well known in the
state on account of the prominence
he secured in the last session of the
legislature. He was also a prominent
candidate for the congressional nom­
ination on the democratic ticker two
years ago. being defeated for nomi
nation by Joseph Hutchinson.
“He is a public speaker of much
ability. Mr. Moore has been promt*
nent in the faction i.ghts of the party
in Idaho county for the past four
years, and was know-n as the leader
of the Moore wing of the party. Of
late he has strongly opposed the Du-
bois-Heitfelt control of the party in
the state, claiming that it was a mix­
ture of populism and anti-Mormonism
instead of democracy.
"He recently returned here from a
trip in the East and announced that
he would begin the publication of the
Inland Ifemocrat, a democratic paper.
With his change of projects, how­
ever. this project has been abandon
ed. It is believed that Mr. Moore will
be asked to stump the state this fall
for the republican ticket.
"Mr. Moore has also been a conspic­
uous figure in the state as the sup­
porter of the labor union contentions
and he has a large following in la­
bor circles. He mad«- the fight In the
'ast legislature for the
eight-hour
law and has frequently delivered ad­
dresses at the labor demonstrations.
“Mr. Moore is also very ambitions
as regards public office and has had
an up-hill fight in the democratic par
ty. It is not improbable that aside
from the strong views he holds In op­
position to the Dttliois democracy, he
also feels that the republican party
lifers better opportunities for reward
to a young man who is ambitious to
remain in public life. ’
Many other Idaho democrats will
follow Mr. Moore’s example.
MUSKOGEE ZEAL.
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Indian Territory Confidently Promis­
ed to Parker.
Ek.jpus, July 13.—Muskogee. Indi
an Territory, unfurled the hrst flag ot
th«- campaign yesterday. If a telegram
from hre«- citizen« this morning is
rightfully understood, whlrh say*:
Muskogee, in its first election
afier your nomination, is clslmed by
the repub!i«ans, but will go dem«>-
«ratlc The territory 1* on fire with Much Destruction of Property
un'-onquersble d«-m«x ratlc zeal "
and Two Persons Are Re-
The humor of the message lies in
th«- fact tba' no one in the territory
«an vote tor president Save fur thia
ported Missing.
telegram and the arrival of
let­
ters. Parker spent, a» usual, a quiet
day
WATER CAME IN THREE
Sheehan left for New York this
morning, and while there a dale for
DISTINCT ONRUSHES
the meeting ot the national <ommit
tee will be fixed
Practically all the
intervening time until election wi.l
be spent by the candidate at Eaoptu Valley Devastated for Many Mile*.
There will be tu swing around the
and There Were Many Narrow
circle, but toward the last he will
Escapes—Two L«ve* Lost at M itcb-
vlatt a tew of the largest cities,
«here the fight is hottest.
ell. and the Town Swept Away—
Clev. eland «¡11 deliver one address,
Great
Damage Done at Hood River,
but Bryan'* intention* here are un­
known
To date no congratulations
Including the Wrecking of the
have come from the Nebraskan
spencer on the River Bar—Wave*
SWEPT 8Ï WATER
NEW JERSEY WRECK.
Fellow Whc Nearly Dug His Way Out
Is Under a Two and a Half Years
NO. M
Conference
at
Chicago. July 14.—Pending the out­
come of tentative proivwltlons look
ing towards a meeting of packer* and
union representatives today for the
purpose of submitting ibeir differen-
<-«-* to arbitration, the situation at the
stockyards remained very quiet this
morning.
The plants continued operation* in
* small way. with such imported help
as could be obtained, but no heavy
work Is done
The strikers, obeying the orders ol
their leader. Itoneily. kept away from
the Immediate vicinity of the yards,
an«l are gathering at h«-adqu*rters to
distuss what apjiear* to be a success­
ful start towards ending the present
difficulty.
Politic* m the Strike.
Washington. July 14 —The Post In­
dependent this morning print* a «lory
to the eff«*ct that in the opink>n of
some publl« official* here th« *tr:ke
of packing bouse employes is con-
aiv*d at by th«* big men of the beef
trust for the purpose it possible. ->f
encompassing the defeat of Roo»er<*,i
.or riM*lectlot>
Arbitration by Agreement.
Chicago. July 14—Late this tore
n«x>n President Donnelly and J Og
den Armour were called before the
state board of arbrratkm, and the
prospect s--*-m«--l bright f*»r some
basis for a settlement
Donelly said the strike had be*n
called before the packers' letter ask­
ing for arbitration had been received,
and thai be «as willing to enter ne
gotiation*
Armour is agreeable to taking up
a discussion of the demands of the
men
Quiet m New York.
New Y’ork. July 14—All is quiet
among the m«-at strikers today The
m«-n are awaiting event* at Chicago,
where the first step* looking toward
arbitration will be taken
Operating Planta.
Kansas City. July 14 —Both Armour
and Swift continued to operate their
plant*, but on a limited scale today.
The striker* remain firm and quiet
continues.
Unchanged at St. Louis.
St. Louis. July 14.—The strike «it-
uation
remains unchanged.
The
packing houses are running with
greatly reduced force* A slight ad-
vance of prices has been put into
effect
Quiet at Omaha.
Omaha, July 14—Both strikers and
RIGHT FOR GOVERNMENT. packers today are hopeful the strike
will be arbitrated and the men return
to work in a day or two. pending a
Water Users Association of Malheur settlement. The utmost quiet pre­
vails
Meats have been advanced to
County Will Be Formed to Make retailers 2 cents.
Way Clear for Construction of Gov­
ernment Project — People Have
JAPAN BUYING MUSTANGS.
Every Hope That Harper Basin
Project Will Be Constructed — Ad­ Firms Said to Be Seeking Large Num-
her* for Army Use.
vice of Government Engineers Will
Be Heeded.
Chicago. July 14—A dispatch to
the Tribune from New Orleans, says:
Creole ponies from the prairies of
Ontario. July 13.—Before the gov- Southwest Ixiulslana 'and bronchos
«-rnm«-nt will accept the Malheur ir­ from the plains of Texas, may be fight­
rigation project known as the Harper ing the battles of San Juan within two
Basin scheme, the citizens of this months. It is learned that a Texas
county must organize and secure ail firm has been approached by Minister
the possible water rights necessary Takashira of Japan, with a view of
to the construction of the scheme, securing 100,000 head of horses of the
from private parties and make the type now used by the Japanese caval­
way clear for the government in other ry in warfare.
ways.
The Creole ¡mnies anti Texas bron­
This is the gist of the information chos. with wonderful staying qualities
given out to Malheur citizens by F. easily fed and kept, are considered
Newell, chief hydrographer, and Mor­ Ideal mounts for the Japanese sabre
ris Bein, his chief legal advisor, who men. and it Is understood negotiations
have recently visited the Harper Ba­ have been opened with the traffic de­
sin project on a tour of inspection.
partment of the Southern Pacific
Following the advice of Mr. New­ Railway company for large numbers
ell, a Water Users’ Association will of cars, so that everything may be in
be formed for the purpose of acquir­ reaiflneiui to rush the ponies to San
ing water rights and removing diffi­ Francisco, thence by ship to Korea
culties now in the way of the con­
struction of the proposition.
The people of this county are en­ DISCOVER OF SAN JOSE SCALE.
CITIZENS WILL SECURE
thusiastic over the prospects and
have no fears that the government Number of Tree* Affected in Turner
Orchard, at Hellgate.
will abandon the plan, as the wishes
of the engineers will be complied
Wilbur, Wasn, July 14.—Fruit In-
with in every detail, so far as lies spector L. L. Goodwin stated that
in the power of the united people.
whll«- In the orchard of John Turner
.it Hellgate, on the Columbia river,
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT.
last Saturday he discovered San Jose
scale for the first time in the or­
Airship Ascends Over Harbor of chards along the river A number of
Montpelier, France.
trees are affected, and he left again
Montpelier. France, July 13 —Count this afternoon to make a more thor­
Delavaul ascended in his new airship ough examination of the affected or­
this morning
—„ and
—— remained
—
—.1 for an chard. He said:
"The upland orchards are free from
hour over the sea, watched by tor­
pedo destroyers. The experiment is all the pests except aphis, which is
reported as successful.
to lie found on all the trees."
Murderer Attempt* Suicide.
Walla Walla. Juiy 13.—Frank Hott-
man, who was taken from here Sun­
day to Kansas City to answer a
oalgt- of murder, attempted suicide
while confined in the Denver jail be­
tween trains. He twisted strips of
his blanket Into rope and was found
by the jailer in the act of hanging
himself.
Say* Grover I* Not III.
Boston, July 14.—Mrs. Cleveland
this morning denied that her husband
is ill as reported, or that she was
hurrying to him.
British Advance on Lhaesa.
Gyangtse, July 14 —A move on
Lhassa. capital ot Thibet, was begun
today by British forces.
Large a* That
of
Inspector—Me-
New* has been received in this city
that Charles S McNIchola, an Indian
inspector of Arizona, has been ap­
pointed bond«-d superintendent of the
Umatilla agency, to succeed Agent
Wilkin* who handed m hi* resigna­
tion to the department some lima
ago
Charles Robinson «ill be re­
tained a* clerk on the reservation II
la understood that Senator Mitchell
ha-, r«-« ommended th«- appointment of
Allen A Cunningham, of Salem, a*
Indian Inspector, to succeed Inspec­
tor M< Nichol*
From the information at hand it *p-
pear* that the appointment of Me-
Nichol* to the agency i* only a tern
porary expedient, made necessary by
Wilkins resignation
After he ha*
affairs shaped up rightly, it I* und«-r
stood some man occupying a subor­
dinate position will be made agent
and M< Nichol* again placed In the po
sition of inspector
The salary paid the agent of the
Umatilla rwrvation is not so large
as that received by an inspector.
The policy of the department la to
promote employ«*» rather than to de-
grade them
M«Nichol* t* said to
enjoy an «-scellent reputation as •
public official. Other reasons are also
given for the opinion that the »P-
pointment is only temporary
OOM PAUL DEAD
Patriot of th* Transvaal Passed Away
tn Switzerland
Geneva. July 14—Paul Kruger tor
m«*r president of ¡he Transvaal di*-d
at Clarewz, in the Swiss Canton of
Vaud, at 3 this morning.
Is-atb »«» due to hear: weakness,
resulting from an attack of pneumo-
nia. and he ha* been ill for a month
past He last Monday loo: consciou*-
MM
Hl* daughter and son la-law
were at his bedside
The body will be immediately em
balmfU and later in the day the re­
mains «ill be placed in a vault peod-
ing the resuit of an application to
England for permission to take the
body to the Transvaal for final In-
terment. This request 1* in accord-
inn. with the wish«*» often ex press* *d
by Kruger that he might be buri«*d
beside bi* late wife
don That Port Arthur Ha* at Last
on R«ver Ten Feet in Height.
FOUR MYSTERIOUS DEATHS.
Miners in Idaho Camp Eat Some
Deadly Poison in Their Food and
St Petersburg. July 14.—A dispatch
today reports that the force of Japan
Follow Each Other to the Grave.
•*ae which began to march at Tatichl
Boise City, July >2 —Four well
Ktao. has returned to Kai Chow.
known citizens engage«! in mining
n«-ar Resort, a few miles from this
Japs Occupy K inchow.
city, ar.- dea<! from eating some I low
Niu Chwang. July 14—Heavy firing poison in their food. I* C. Driggs, hi*
baa been heard to the southeast day ton Charle* Driggs. Andrew Larson
and night for several day* indicating and Chari«-* Sycber, followed each
stubborn resistance to the Japanese other in quick succession to death,
stivarne It is reported the Japanese and William Mason is tn a critical
condition from the same cause that
bave occupied Kinchow
killed hi* partners.
The men have died from the same
Jap* Occupy Kashigou.
unknown horrible cause, no medicine
8t Petersburg. July 14—General or skill being able to relieve them.
Sakharoff reports that a Japanese They have eated common, rough pro­
force advancing on Taschiklua ha* vision* of the mining camp boarding
occupied the town of Kaahtgou
house, and all the physician* are at
a lost to know what i* the cause of
Rumor* of Fall of Port Arthur,
the trouble.
The general impression is that
London. Juiy 14 —There is publisb-
ed this morning a rumor that Pon some poisonous drug or vegetable
Arthur had fallen; but It ia discredit­ has come in contact with the«’ pro-
ed. and lack* confirmation of any vis.on* while in transit, the beans
and «offer baring come from Mexico.
sort.
Full aralysis will be made of the
stomachs of the men and also of the
“From Japanese Sources"
remaining food supply in the camp
St. Petersburg. July 14—A special
dispatch received from Mukden to­
Atrencan Peaches for England.
night. dated Juiy 12 repe*t* the story
N»« Y’ork. July 12 — England is in
of a Japanese r-pulse at Port Arthur
with a loss of M.M0 The dlxpa'-b th«- Amerunn market for ptsche«.
an«i srrang* ments ar«- under way for
say*
New* has been received fr«-m re th«- exportation of part of the large
.table aources that the Japanese crop that has been produced here.
third army on the night of July 11. at­ The peaches from the Ozark moun­
tacked P««rt Arthur and wa* heavily tains s«eni to be mo«« favored for
de!«-*ted. an immense number being export.
klled by Russian mine*
The total
Advancing on Liao Yang.
loss was about JO/»«
Ji* Petersburg. July 13 —The Ga-
“It has developed 'bat the official
report did not emanate directly from
’«•da» reports that Japanese
Alexieff. but wa* given out by him trol«» bare reached a point 12 miles
as a report ree« hing bis beadqnxr from Liao Yang •
ters from a Japanese source "
Heppner July 12—{Special to East
Or^gontan « —A temfic rainstorm oc­
curred here last night and caused
considerable «iamage along Willow
and Hinton ryeek*.
The *torm started at about 7
o'clock with loud peals of thunder,
and the atmosphere was heavily
charge«! with electricity. The rain
«omm-Eced to fail in torrents, which
raused i-onsidcratle alarm among the
citizen* of Heppner The people gen­
erally «ent to higher ground
The main body of water came along
Willow creek at .about 10 o'clock, in
•ctne places going out of the bank*
acd making a great roar There wa*
<-on*id«-rabie io*a to ranches along
the creek t*y taking away fen«?e» and
washing a«ay hay.
At about 12 o’clock -another rush of
water came down Hinton creek, and
at* caused ,on*;derabie damage to
bottom ranches
Several bridges
were «ashed ooL
Railroad St age Go«w.
The ra.iroad bridge at Lexington
wa* washed avay and the train was
unable to leave Heppner today.
Apparently there were three differ
• nt < loudbnrats. The first raised a
wav. but a few feet h-gh. thus warn
ing the inhabitants The second wa*
nearly as great as last year
Crop« and «rattie town the valley
for 45 miles were d«ratroyed. and
there were many narrow esirape*
The railway U destroyed for a dis­
tance of 12 miles, and two persons
are reported missing
Mitchell Swept Away.
Shanjko July 12— Private mess*
>;e* say a « loadburst ¡ant night swept
• away Mit< hell. 5<- miles from her»-
i Two live* are known to be lost, and
| th. list may be heavily increased A
Miner from that vicinity say* a great
wall ot water »wept down toward the
town from above
Al; wire commu-
niration is destroyed.
V:adi«o*tok Squadron at Large.
Lundon. July 14.—According to a
dispatch to the Central News agency
from Toklo. it was reported there
several torpedo boats of the dadivo-
»’ok squadron appeared off the island
total output for
of Hokkoido iast evening
1904 *4.500 TONS
Chee Foo July 14—Private advices
just received from New Chwang Indi­
cate that the long expected battle be­ Poor Crop Condition* and Lack of
tween Kai Chou and Ta Tche Kiso
Ram in California Ha* Reduced
is now in progress
Yield m That State—Many States
RECEIVING CALLERS
Are Increasing in Beet Acreage
Every Year.
President Also Has a Telegram From
Pennsylvania Miner*.
Oyster Bay. July 14.—The president
The possible yield of sugar beet* in
this morning after -a tew seta of ten-
the l otted States, based on the aver­
nl* with his sons, put In two hours
age output of the last two seasons
attending to correspondence relating
shows some interesting comparisons
to business
This afternoon he re-
Although the figures of the prospect­
ceived four visitors: Jsmes R Shef­
ive yield at present show up some­
field former fire commissioner ot New-
what smaller than last year, the
York. Justin McCarthy, the author. UNION COUNTY DISCOVERS
fact should be taken into considera­
M A Gun«:, of San Francisco; Rev.
tion that the weather conditions dur­
A NEW DIFFICULTY ing the growing season may material­
Fatb«*r Malone, of Jlenver
All were
calls of a social nature.
ly alter the prospects
A telegram was received this morn­
Prospect* in Oregon are considered
ing from the convention of Pennsyl­ Deed tc Court House I Property Pro­ very favorable, though in California
vania miner* whose committee Pri­
vide* That Grounds. I Buildings and th«- outlook is not so good. Beets in
vate Secretary l»eb refused to allow
Appurtenances Must I Revert to Michigan are doing very well as
to see the president
What the m«-s
Original Owners When No Longer compared with the early part of the
sage contained «as not made public.
last two seasons
Used for County Purposes—Steel
Poor crops of late in Michigan and
Vaults
and
Cell*
Cannot
Be
Taken
IDAHO PIONEER DEAD.
lack of rain in California account for
Out of Building*—Hannah Heirs the falling off in the acreage of these
General Petit of Mining Fame Passe*
Will Bring Action to Recover Prop- two Important sugar beet producing
states
In other states the weather
Away at Boise.
srty.
conditions have thus far been about
Boise, July 14.—General W H Pet­
normal, and the crops have made a
it. one of the pioneers of Idaho, died
Iai Grande. July 18.—A new phase fair start.
last night at St. Alphonsus' hospital
The factory at Grand Junction. Col.,
He h»d been in poor health for some of the county seat removal question
time, but his death was not expected no«- confronts *be people of this will be started up again this year, one
new factory is building In Idaho and
and the announcement came to his county.
three are being moved, one from
When the deed was made
friends as a surprise.
At the time of hl* death he was a county for the present court house New York to Idaho, one from Michi­
gan to Wisconsin and one from Cana-'
large owner in the Monarch and Gen­ grounds at Union, by Samuel Hannah
The figures for
eral Petit mines In the Atlanta dis­ in 1874, it stipulated that the title to da to Wisconsin.
trict. and numerous properties in and the property should remain with the this season show an estimated reduc­
county only so long as it should be tion from those of last year of one
around Halley.
lie was appointed surveyor general used as a court house site, but when factory. 40,195 acres sowings and 23.-
635 tons of sugar.
of Idaho by President Harrison, a po­ It should ceose to be so used, then it
A leading sugar firm of New York
sition he filled with distinction and and all appurtenance* should revert
published in May a preliminary esti­
credit, Since then he has lived prac- to the heirs of the Hanna estate.
Now that the county scat will come mate of the sowings, showing a total
tically a retired life.
to l«a Grande, and the building on of 251.000 acres which, on the basis of
the Hann* property will cease to be last year's out turn, indicated a pro­
Scab in Grant County.
duction of about 179,000 tons sugar,
Baker City, July 14—George Irvin. used as a court house, the heirs have with the prospect of a slight improve­
already
begun
action
to
recover
the
stock inspector of Grant county, was
ment on these figures.
in the city yesterday and reports property and prevent the removal ot
The usual time for ¡lanting having
the
vaults
in
the
offices,
and
the
steel
having found 23 bands of sheep in his
cells
in
the
county
jail,
to
I
ji Grande, passed, they now give the following
county affecteii with scab this sea­
close estimate, based on their latest
son They all became diseased early claiming that by the provisions of information, received from the best
In the spring, about the same time, the deed, these are ’’appurtenances" sources, showing the acreage of sow­
and it Is thought cattlemen Import'd and belong to the real estate.
Steel vaults and cells have been ings of the new beet crop by states:
a band of scabby sheep into the
Possible
placed
in the court house and jail at
range for the purpose of spreading
yield
a coat of about $25.000 by the people
the disease.
So wings sugar,
of the county and this qew phase of
tons.
acres.
the question has had a cooling effect
Colfax Wants Water Power.
1ÎM44-5.
1904-5.
on the enthusiasm over the county
... 5.600
New York
Colfax. Wash., July 14.—The city seat removal
3.000
,
12.500
... 13.900
council at last night’s meeting decid­
The new city hail at Ira Grande, Wisconsin
4.650
3.200
ed to employ an expert to investigate which is to be used as a court house, Ohio ............
. S4.600
41.500
the feasibility of bringing water from has not been provided with vaults, Michigan ...
2.600
3.500
a point north of Colfax to the city by the builders, and this additional Minnesota
... 14.150
12.000
pumping station, for the purpose of expense to be borne by the county Nebraska
... 49.700
39.000
supplying power for a turbine wheel may have some effect on the removal Colorado __ _
...109.100
19.000
with which to run the pump station. of t*e county seat, as the law pro­ I'tali ............
... 10.900
7,000
The expense for fuel for the station hibits a county from incurring more Idaho ............
... 2.900
Oregon ........
1.800
amounts to from $3000 to $4000 per than $5000 Indebtedness.
... 4.000
2.400
year, and It is hoik'd this can be
The Hannah heirs reside in Baker Washington
... 41.300
40.500
saved if water power can be substi- county, where Mrs. Hannah married California ...
tuted.
Joseph Kennison, after Mr. Hannah’s
Totals ..
..252.100 184.500
death, many years ago. and has sev­
Giving Away a Pony.
eral living children from her union
Five Thousand Homeless.
Lewiston, July 14.—The Shawknit with Mr. Hannah.
Berlin. July 13.—Five thousand
stocking fM-ople have sent a Shetland
According to the law, nothing but
pony to this city to be given away to the books, records and movable ef* persons are homeless and 400 houses
the person guessing nearest the fects of the county can be removed destroyed as the results of fire in the
town of Prozysuscba, Russia.
ixmy's weight, on December 1.
from ths buildings.
Spencer Wrecked at Hood Rivwr.
Hood River. July 12— A terri Sc
«.nd storm this morning «n this sec­
tion did great damage to crops
Building* were unroofed and the big
river steamer Spencer wa* wrecked
on the bar in the Columbia and will
be a total loss The passengers were
panic-stricken, but all were rescued
wfth difficulty. Wave* on the r.ver
were 10 feet high.
WHY THEY COULD NOT SEE HIM
Coal Miner* Lacked the Required
Court Manner*.
Oyster Bay. July 13.—No visitor*
rtioe to see the president this morn­
ing
Secretary Loeb explained that
the Pennsylvania miners committee
that called yesterday would have been
enabled to see the president but the
spokesman was dictatorial and ugly
Giant Steamer Launched.
Glasgow. July 13.—The new Cunar-
der. Carcola. 21.000 tons, the largest
steamship ever built in England, was
launched today. Mrs. Choate, wife
of Ambassador Choate, officiated at
the christening.
New York Butchers Strike.
N* w York. July 13.—Thirty-four
hundred butchers and other employes
joined the meat strike this morning
The packers called on the police for
protection. which was granted. The
retailers lost no time boosting price*
two cents
JUNEAU FLOURISHING.
Treadwell Mining Company Making
Extensive Improvement*.
The citizens of Juneau. Alaska, are
greatly elated over the latest move on
the part of the Treadwell Gold Mining
Company which operates the largest
gold mine m Alaska, says the Seattle
Star The company is now extending
operations from Treadwell
their
across the channel to the Silver Bow
basis. which lies back of Juneau
The company is now opening up a
new mine in the basin, after which
a 500-stamp mill will be put in. This
means that hundreds of additional
m?n will have to be employed, which
will be a great benefit to the city of
Juneau.
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German Society Event.
Berlin. July 13.—While the
crown prince was riding from
Potsdam at the head of the
guards today, an elegantly
dressed young wotnau carry­
ing a baby, threw herself be­
fore the prince’s horse Asked
what she desired, she said she
was an officer’s orphan, and
that a prominent courtier had
betrayed her. and besougui
(he prince to compel him to
marry her. Frederick William
promised to report the ease to
the kaiser, and placed the [>e-
titloner in care of the chap­
lain’s wife