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PENDLETON. OREGON. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2. l‘MH.
VOL. XXVIII.
THREE JAPANESE ARMIES
NOW ENCIRCLE LIAO YANG
Total ot 27,000 Men Lost on Both Sides in the Terrible Car
nage of the Liao Yang Fight.
Russian Center Broken and Nodzu and
Oku
in
Pursuit—Kuroki
ting Off Kuropatkin’s Retreat to Mukden — Russians
Lose
40.000
Rifles. 200 Supply Wagons Captured and 200 Destroyed—45 Russian
Cannon Destroyed—Japanese Force Now Advancing From the North.
Japanese Surround Liao Yang.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 1—The report’
that the Japanese under Kuroki have
crossed the Taitse river is confirmed
in an official dispatch from Sakha
roff. The dispatch states that a di
vision of too. soldiers with cavalry
and artillery crossed at first and cov
ered the advance of a further detach
ment.
After fordirg the river the Japan
ese advanced towards Liao Yang in
two bodies, one marching due west,
the other by way of Yontain mines
Fierce fighting ensued between the
leading ranks of Russians and Jap
anese.
Says Liao Yang Is Captured.
Chicago. Sept. 1. (4 p. m l—The
Jiji Shimpo. a Japanese leading news
paper. announces in an extra that the
Japanese have captured Liao Yang
LABOR DAY PROCLAMATION.
tonight. There are great losses on
loth sides.
Russian Center Broken.
Tokio. Sept. 1.—News reached here
this evening that the Russian right
center defending Liao Yang is re
treating with the Japanese in pur
suit.
Surrounding the Russians.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 1.—Kuroki s
rainy is crossing the Taitsho river to
the east and north of Liao rang. One
division has crossed on pontoon
bridges and others are following.
Russian General Wounded.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 1.—An offic
ial message from Liao Yang an
nounces that General Krosvski. com
manding a portion of the Russian
fighting line, was seriously wounded
yesterday.
Fierce Battle Raging.
St. Petersburg. Sept.
1.— Reports
from the Liao Yang battle say it
continued until the middle of the
night fight, full of slaughter
The
Japanese succeeded in getting a col
umn across the Yaitse river northeast
of Liao Yang, and Kuropatkin gave
an order to fall back on the main
works.
Owing to Japanese pressure this
movement was not executed and the
armies slept in their positions. At 6
o'clock this morning the battle has
not been resumed.
Terrible Losses at Liao Yang.
Rome. Sept 1.—The Liao Yang
correspondent ot the Italian Militalre
wires that the total losses in the
fighting at Liao Y"ang are thus far
27.000. The Russians have already
lost 15.000 in killed, wounded and
prisoners
They have also had 45 cannon de
Stoessol Grows Enthusiastic.
stroyed. 16 cannon. 40.000 rifles. 200
St. Petersburg. Sept.
1.—General
wagons captured, and 2'>o wagons de
stroyed.
The correspondent esti Stoessel, in command at Port Arthur,
reports that the Japanese made as
mates the Japanese losses at 12.000
saults on the fortress on August 23
killed and wounded
and 26 and were repulsed in each
case. He states that the garrison re
Stackleburg Wounded.
ceived the congratulations of the
London. Sept. 1.—Reuter's St. Pet czar on their bravery with loud hur
ersburg correspondent reports 'hat rahs. He adds: “Your majesty's
the news has reached St. Petersburg message has doubled the forces de
that General Stackleburg was wound fending Port Arthur and the heroic
ed in the fight at Liao Yang yester spirit of the troops. From today,
day. but remained in the fighting with God's help, all assaults shall be
line.
Fighting continued until late repulsed.”
PICKING HOUSE STRIKE
SPREADS WITH Nffl FURÏ
All Independent Plants Are Closed and I rattle lied Up by
Strike of Yards Switchmen.
MAJOR
MAYOS FUNERAL.
NO.
Suspended—Meat
Famine Will Result Frciv the Strike of the Employes of Independent
METHODISTS STOP GAMBLING.
Paraphernalia Burned at Hailey in
Front of the Court House.
Halley. Idaho. Aug. 31— The county
attorney and uli’-rllf raided all the
gambling houses in town, confiscated
the paraphernalia and burned it in
front of the eourt house.
A .Methodist conference is in ses
«ion there and the ministers gathered
around the burning pile and sang
praises to their Maker.
Several
speeches wen- made and the affair
■levelojied into one of the most spec
tacular camp meeting* ever held in
'he West
A similar raid was made
by the same officers in Bellevue, the
paraphernalia being broken In pieces
with sledge hammers In the street.
The deputy sheriff at Soldier perform
ed a similar service
This proceeding rids Blaine county
ot gambling devices. Recently a row
in a gambling house aroused consider
able feeding and was largely respon-
slbl for today's developments.
Plant*—12.000 Union Pickets Now Guard the Livestock District*—
Respected G. A. R. Officer is Laid to
Over 15.000 Butcher* and Meat Cutter* Are Called Out. 4500 of That
Rest.
Number in Chicago—Police Deta i Is Doubled Everywhere to Prevent
Portland. Sept, 1.—The funeral of
Mayor John E Mayo. a'.! ia it gener
CHAMPION COWBOY RACES
Anticipated Trouble.
al if ht departmen. ,-i trig-i,
C.rrr.d Army of the Republic, took
World’» Cnampicn*hip wil Be Com
place in this city Wednesday.
peted for at Pueblo.
Chicago. Aug. 31—In accordance die cars loaded with packers' goods
A large number of G A R and W
Pueblo, Col. Aug 31—The worlds
C R members were in attendance, with the plan adopted yesterday by It is reported that a telegram has
and the old soldier was laid to rest the strike leader», to continue and ex- been sent to Grand Master Hawley, « ampion cow bo- relay race will be
I tend the par king house strike, aud of the Hwiuhmen'a I nioii of North , run for the first time in the Colorado
with honors.
' state fair here which will be held
The services were conducted by realizing that the lite of the union is America asking him to order all the
Rev C. E. Cullen, ex-department at stake unless a more successful switchmen in tbe coiintry not to ban | Sep.eiuber 26 to 30, inclusive
i .«• *-*' Ik; uee-for-xll event and
chaplain. The interment took place blow is struck at the packers, union die m«-at trains bel onging to the
1 all «-.as««-» of horse* will be permitted
¡officials '.his morning called out the pa< king houses
in I.one Fir cemetery.
I in >.e rac-e. It is expected that a new
slock handlers employed by the
The poll«-" dviail ; n tbe yards WSH
rd for the flre-mlle relay race
Union Stockyard* Transit Company increased today in ant Irisation •t I
DEWEYS PRIZE MONEY.
will
be established
R«-|iuris fn
I to the number of 650, of whom 125 trouble
Kanban City
Thoroughbred horses instead of cow
are s[«ecial policemen.
and
Omaha
say
the
situation
there
is
Government D stnbuting Proceeds of
The remainder are employed In ih > affected by the new gen-ral strike i ponies, as have been used heretofore
, n thee, « ven’s will take part in th*
Manila Fignt After Six Year*.
weighing, counting feeding and dri» order, issued by Donnelly.
| «orld's > i.ampionship race
Washington Sept 1—A. W Brown ing cattle. It is believed the walkout
The record for the distance 1* held
auditor of the navy department, be of these will seriously cripple the op-
Omaha Swtchmen Strike.
by Watson brothers of Fremont coun
gan the distribution of the prize ‘ eratkin ot the plants.
Omaha Aug. 31.—All the switch it y. who sun the cowboy relay race
money Won by Dewey, his officers
Before going out tbe stock handlers
men
in South Omaha have volunteer I last year in 9 minutes 35% seconds
and men at Manila
The money I took care of a large part of this morn
ed to strike lu sympathy with the t J B Pratt of Syracuse, Kan . rode
amounts to $375.‘*»1 to be distributed ings’ receipts.
among 2000 persons
Dewey gets j President Donnelly aimed another butchers and will probably quit this j the race
$17.0o<>. The money was won May 1, blow at the packers this morning evening This will tie up all tbe trat
Killed While Swimming.
1898.
when he announced that be would ti- . • t. • i>a. I ir.g i. -. -• ■
La Grande. Aug. 31.—Tbe funeral
; immediately call out the butchers
I >f Ri< hard Crossen. the la Grande
12.000 Pickets on Guard.
and all the workm.-n of tbe tndepen
Prostrated by Threats.
«lent plants The .ndepend«-nt plants
Chicago. Aug
31—According to ’ boy who was killed while swimming
Spokane. Sept. 1.—Mrs
Susan I that will be forced to close down to-
Donnelly, there will be no union meat ; n a natatorium in St Louis, last
Stewart, the aged mother of County •lay are Boyd fc Lunbam Roberts a
produced in tbe country when tbe week, was held yesterday at the Pres-
Assessor Dayton H Stewart, is lying , Oakes, Boors a Co.
Croasen was born
latest order goes Into effect tonight I byteriaa church
at the point of death at the home ot
This move will bring on a meat fa Tltts order involve* 15■ butchers and reared in this valley and was SO
her son. 1117 Fourth avenue
Mrs mine and call the attention of tbe
and meat cutters
4 and of them in ; year-, ot age He was floating on his
Stewart is suftering from nervous public to tbe seriousness of the situa
Chicago
Twelve thousand pickets ‘ Lack tn a swimming pool when a boy
prostration, resulting (Torn the shock tion
The striker* hope by this will patrol tbe stockyards <1 listri i lived from a height, striking Crosaen
of finding dynamite placed ready to means to force intervention.
' in tbe stomach with bis head, from
night and day from Dow on.
blow the Stewart family to atoms
*Ui«h Crossen diol two hours after
Fixed Bail for Nan Patterson.
New York. Sept 1.— In the absence
ot opposition from Jerome. Justice
Ammend. of the supreme court, this
morning granted the application of
Nan Patterson for an administration
bill Bail was fixed at $20.'*«'
Switchmen Will Sink».
Chicago. Aug 31 —As a result of
Donnelly * appeal, the S*itchm>-n s
Union will hold a meeting this after
noun when it is expected action will
be taken on the proposed sympathet
ic strike.
The switchmen will refuse to han
No Strike at St. Paul.
Bi Paul Aug 31 —President! Do
neilj '* strike order to tbe alii«
trader can have no effect here as
none save tb«- switchmen are union I
ized. and they have not been ap
proached The backbone of the strike
has long been broken here
RUSSIAN COMMANDER
REPORTS 3000 LOST
Japanese Attack Ha* Been Most De
termined and Vicious of the War—
Bayonet Encounter Took Place in
Trenches — Russian* Report th«
Capture of one Japanese Battalion
tn the Engagement—Fight Was
Carried Into the Night, Darkness
Only Checking the Assaults.
St. Petersburg, Aug 31— IJeuten
ant General Sakharotf reports on yes-
terday's battle as follows
From 5 o'clock in the morning un
til 9 in the evening, the Japanese
attatked our front posit.on* before
Liao Yang and on th«- left bank of th«
Taitsho river, both their artillery and
rifle firing being intense.
'Their main efforts were directed
against our cenu-r position* and right
flank
But their numerous attack*
were repulsed along the entire line
Our troops made several counter
attack* and l>ayonet encounters ensu
ed Some positions were taken by the
Jap*, but at the end of the battle
were re«v upled by our troops
During the artillery battle our bat
ter, did some effectual work
At 4
in the afternoon tbe enemy was ob-
Sitrved attempting to turn our right
flank with considerable force*, bat
several battalion* of our reserve were
sent forward and after a fierce en-
sag-m«-nt compelled them to retire
The battle continued after darkness
set In and only end««d at 9 o'clock.
"The spirit of the troop* is excel
'«•nt They received the news of th"
heroic behavior of the Port Arthur
garrison joyfully
Our casnaltles to-
lay were considerable, and according
to the number of wounds dressed,
the» sill r«-arh about 3'*<t The Jap
anese losses must have been heavy.”
Japanese Are Reinforced
Tokio. Aug 31 —If is reported here
that tbe Jaj>anese have obtained a
Patting within '.be inside of the out
skirts ot Liao Yang Reinforcements
to the Japanese forces are continual
ly arriving
Wo-eles* Station Dismantled.
Washington. Aug 31—Consul Gen
era' F'-wler. at Chee Foo, reports that
the tsireless tel«-grapb station there
has t«een dismantled.
Russian* Report One Catch.
St Petersburg. Aug
31 —General
Saniwnoft reports that he has cap-
tured an entire battalion of Japanese
Sumpter Valley Car* Burned.
Baker City. Aug 31 —Three pas I
senger '««aches belonging to the I Massachusetts Statesman Linger*.
r Mass
Aug 31—There
Sumpter Valley railway were destroy I Wor •
ed by fire in the yards here Tester I
no api«aren' change in Hoar's coo-
d it loo today
da- evening
FILIPINOS LOSE
IS THREATENED LIVES IN A EIRE
CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUC
TION TO BE LET AT ONCE.
Open River Commission Guarantees
brougbt a list of prominent citizens
STRIKERS ATTACK A STREET
the State tc Pay o.i the Cost Above
of
Alaska.
The
Dolphin
carried
122.
CAR AT TAST ST. LOUIS.
the $162.000 Available From State
and the Valencia 46. Sixty of the Dol
Appropriation — State Commission
Reports From City Show That Only phin's passengers were from Dawson
as were a goodly number of the pas
to Have Complete Control of Con
Two or Three Days' Supply of sengers of the Valencia.
struction—Bid* for Construction
Meat Is on Hand—Picketing Goes
The other vessel to arrive was the
Will Be Asked at Once.
on With Vigor—Packers Say This steamer Portland, of the Alaska Com
The Portland
Flurry Is the Last of the Strike— mercial Company.
New York More S-riouely Threat brought a gold brick valued at $12.-
Salem. Sept. 1.—The form T con
000 from the Appolo mine at Unga.
ened Than Chicago—Threat That
tract to lie entered into betw«en the
Stock Will Be Destroyed.
EDITOR OF OUTLOOK LOST.
Portage Railway board and the Open
Chicago, Sept. 1.—Eight hundred
River Association, looking to the
police are distnouted about the stock- Either Falls or Jumps Overboard building of The Dalles-Celilo portage
yards this morning, to anticipate From Steamer in English Channel.
railway, having been adopted by the
trouble. Rigid picketing is in pro
New York. Fept. 1.— Word was re
gress today. Donnelly declares the ceived today tba' Charles B. Spahr, conference which took place yester
day afternoon between the portage
real struggle has only begun, and the editor of Outlook and Current Liter
t»oard and J. N. Teal, of Portland, rep
I>ackers assert the strike is on its ature. disappeared mysteriously on
resenting tbe Open River Association
last legs.
the night of August 30. from the of Eastern Oregon, in this r-ity, al)
Fifteen
hundred
independent steamer Prince Albert, which plies
'hat now remains to be done toward
butchers will be out of work tonight. in the English Channel between Do
the accomplishment of the desired
They are cleaning up today and by ver and Ostead.
end is the approval of the contract by
tomorrow the independent plants will
The message says he jumped or the executive committee of the Open
be closed.
has fallen overboard. He was trav River Association, the signing ot the
Grim Famine Threatens.
eling in Europe for his health.
same by all parties concerned and
A meat famine in Chicago it is now
the actual beginning of the work
declared will follow the closing of the ROOSEVELTS COLORED FRIENDS which will tie begun immediately af
independent packing concerns and
ter all of the preliminaries have been
the refusal of the strikers to permit Special Train of Colored Business settled
commission men to ship cattle from
The road will be built upon the fol
Men’s Association at
Sagmore
the yards.
lowing conditions:
The board ot
Hill.
Reports from the city markets indi
portage railway commissioners, after
Oyster
Bay.
Sept.
1.
—
Sagmore
Hill
cate the supply of meat will not last
all of the preliminaries are complet
today is being stormed by a thous ed, entertain bids for the building of
more than two or three days.
Brook the road.
As most of New York’s supply of and colored picnicers from
rattle goes through the Chicago lyn. A special train will bring mem
All that it will cost the Etate. re
yards, the former city will experience bers and frieuds of the Colored Bus gardless of what tbe completion of
iness Men's Association, of King's the project will cost, w»u be the
a more serious famine.
A rumor is current in the yards county.
amount appropriated by the legisla
Two bands started for Sagamore ture, $162,000, any amount In excess
that the livestock handled by non
Hill,
to
play
"Hail
to
the
Chief.
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but
union men sent out on hoof will never
of that sum, according to the con
it is doubtful if they see the presi tract. to be met by the Open River
reach its destination.
dent, who started away this morning Association.
on a picnic with the boys.
Striker* Attack Street Car.
It will be specifically understood
that the portage board, on the part
East St. Louis. Ill., Sept. 1.—Five
of the state, will have all of the con
hundred strike sympathizers today
Chicago Wheat.
attacked a street car carrying non-
Chicago, Sept. 1. Old September structing and necessary nego.iatlons
union men to the packing houses, opened at $1.08% and closed at $1.09 io attend to in the matter anti the
Clubs and stones were used and sev- New at $1.06% and closed $1.06%. read, when completed, will l»e sub
ject to the approval of the board.
eral were seriously wounded. Three Corn. 53% and oats 31%.
Th" Open River Association is to
arrests were made.
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Local wheat today is quiet No have no jurisdiction In the matter
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STEAMERS FROM THE NORTH.
sales are reported. Club, 68% cents ■giir.fever, except to fulfill Its guaran-
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and bluestem, 73 cents.
;ee
pay all expenses in excess of
Three Alaskan Vescel* Bring Many
the sum appropriated.
Fairbank* in Kansas.
Passenger* am Much Gold.
Misscuri Campaign Opered.
Marion, Kan., Sept. 1.—Fairbanks’
Seattle, Sept. 1.—Three steamers
Springfield, Mo.. Sept. 1.—The
arrived in port from Alaska this morn speech was a review of the republican
ing bringing larg, lists of passengers party's achievements and elms. He democratic state campaign was open
Fifteen thousand
and a fortune amounting to more confined himself largely to state is ed here today.
sues. Several thousand were in at were in attendance. Folk s[x»ke last
than half a million dollars.
this aftenuxtn
Bryan will spekk to
On the Alaska Steamship Com tendance.
night. All candidates on the state
pany's steamer Dolphin was a ship
New General Delivery Clerk.
ticket anti Governor Dockery made
ment of treasure valued at $602,000.
Miss Lulu Marple will succeed Miss short addresses.
Three hundred thousand of this was
consigned to the Canadian Bank of Agnes Fletcher as general delivery
Commerce, and a like amount to the clerk in the Pendleton postoffice, the
Embezzle* $12,000.
United States assay office in this latter having resigned. Miss Marple
Watertown, Mass., Sept. 1.—Na
city. The remaining $2000 was the is an ex-teacher in the city schools. than A. Frye, treasurer of the Water
property of the different passengers
town Savings Bank, was arrested to
Dallas Plant Destroyed.
who arrived from the inside on the
day on a charge of embezzlement of
vessel.
Dallas, Texas, Sept. 1.—The big $ 12.000 of the bank's funds. Frye con
The Pacific Coast Steamship Com plant of the Armstrong Packing Co. fessed and gave bond ample to cover
pany's steamer Valencia, also arrived was destroyed by fire today. The any loss.
in port this morning. She brought I loss will probably reach $500.000.
8000 cases of salmon, 5000 being
Rockefeller Invade* London.
Twenty-five Drowned In Gale.
shipped from the canneries at Tonka
luttidon, Sept. 1.—The .Mirror says
and 3ooo from the Pt. Ellis cannery.
Athens, Sept. 1.—An excursion boat John D. Rockefeller is about to es
The Valencia also brougbt a cargo i filled with people was caught in a tablish a bank in Ixtmlon. It will
of 10(1 barrels of fish oil from the ■ gale near Volo today, and 25 were have a capital of many million
canueries at Killlsnoo. Both vessels ' urowned.
pounds sterling.
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Governor Chamberlain Issues Official
Call for the Holiday.
Salem.
Or., Sept.
1.—Governor
Chamberlain has issued a proclamu
tion setting aside Monday, Septem
ber 5, Labor Day. as a holiday. The
proclamation says;
"Recognizing the fact that none
but the friendliest relations should
ever exist between labor aud capital,
the two great impelling forces of our
civilization. 1 do hereby recommend
that Monday. September 5. be observ
ed by our people everywhere. That
as far as possible all places of busi
ness be closed to the end that em
ploves and employer be afforded an
op|K>riunity to meet in friendly and
All Stock Handlers Quit in Sympathy and Business is
social intercourse.”
Has
Crossed the Taitsho and Now Surrounds Liao Yang on the North, Cut
London. Sept. 1 — The Exchange
Telegraph repor.s that official con
firmation is received in London of
the report that the Russian right
center is in full retreat at Liao Yang
with Oku and Nodzu in pursuit. Also
Kuroki has succeeded in .urning Ku
ropatkin's position from the north.
Th« Bast Uraganiazi of pen
di«Urti, Oregon. Is published tn
th« heart of the wonderful In
land Empire.
You will And
that It is readable, reliable
sod progressive, and will give
you the new, reliably, accu-
rately and fully.
CLAIMS THERE IS NO
CONVICTING EVIDENCE
MAYOR MATLOCK URGES
LARGE ATTENDANCE
threat grew out of
OVER 200 BURN TO
DEATH AT BINANG
POLITICAL FIGHT.
Counsel for the "Florodora” Opera Say* Bad Weather Alone Can Prevent Letter Accompanying Dynamite Said Native Village Destroyed. 220 Lives
Lost. 5000 Are Homeless and Prop
Assessor an« Family Would Be Ex
Singer Will Make a Supreme Effort
the State of Oregon From Holding
erty Loss Estimated at $320.000—
to Secure Her Release—Failing in
terminated—Assessor Stewart
Is
the Best State Fair Ever Witnessed
Thatcned Huts Were Tinder for Fu
Habeas Corpus Motion Will Asa for
Accused of Favoring the Railroads
—People of Eastern Oregon Do Not
rious Flames—No Fir* Fighting Ap
— Bitter Political Fight Is Be.ng
Reasonable Bond Pending Trial—
Visit the Fair as Much a* They
paratus—Town Built on Piles and
Waged Between Two Factions of
Charged With Killing ~Ca«*ar"
Should—More Acquaintance in Or
All Means of Escape Cut Off—Many
Republican Party.
Young in New York.
egon 1» Necessary.
Families Burned.
New York. Aug 31—Through her
counsel, i^vi a Unger. Nsn Patter
son this morning applied to Justice
Amend, of the supreme court for a
writ of habeas corpus. Tbe argum«-nt
will i>e heard at 10:30 tomorrow
Counsel will ask her discharge on the
ground that there is not sufficient ev
idence to convict.
If ibis fails they will ass a reason
able bond, so Miss Patterson may be
set free pending the trial
District
Attorney Jerome, in person, will com
bat both motions.
Nan Patterson, a memtier of the
Tlorodora” <omi<- opera company, is
charged with complicity in the mur
der of ’’Caesar’ Young, whom she
claims committed suicide while rid
ing in a <ab with her, in this city two
nxinths ago. Y tung was a famous
Oakland bookmaker for the races.
CRAZED Bt
WRECK.
Colorado Girl Brood, Over Eden Dis
aster Until Her Mind Fails.
Pueblo. Col.. Aug 31.—Proclaiming
that she is a disciple of Carrie Nation
and has been entrusted by the Kan
sas hatchet wielder with the mission
to purge Pueblo of its saloons and
dives, Miss Mamie Dunne, a pretty
young woman 20 years old. was taken
to the Woodcroft Insane asylum this
afternoon violently insane.
A few days after the Eden wreck
her friends noticed that she was be
coming morose. She spent hours read
ing the accounts ot that disaster and
then would go to her room and pray
for an indefinite period for the salva
tion of the souls of those who lost
their lives. Several days she went
without touching food.
After returning from church last
Sunday she became very violent. She
secured an ax and began to break up
the furniture and smash the windows,
under the impression that she was
wrecking a saloon. Her brother sent
for Rev. Mr. Cone, who succeeded in
quieting Miss Dunne. Last night
Miss Dunne again attacked the furni
ture and windows with a hatchet and
drove her brother and sister-in-law
out of the house.
Charged With Forgery.
Baker City, Aug. 31.—William Bur
dick is under arrest for passing a bo
gus check on a local restaurant for
$22.50. He forged the name of Wai-
ter lx»ve. a well known farmer anti
stockman, to the paper
Oil for State Institutions.
Salem, Aug. 30.—If the flow of oi.
discovered near the deaf mute school
proven to lie permanent, arrangements
will be made to use it for fuel t«.’ that
institution and possibly others.
"Bad weather is the only thing that I Spokane. Aug 30.—Five stick* ot
can prevent a first-class state fair. I dynamite accompanied by a threat
this fall said Mayor W. F Matlock.* ening letter were found on the thresh
old of the residem-e ot County As
a member of the state agricultural I se>s<.r D. H Stewart last night.
board to the East Oregonian, today j The letter was written on plain,
“From the present outlook and th«- i white paper and gave no clue, but
threatened to exterminate the asses
interest being taken tn the fair It now j sor and his family for tbe alleged fa
see-ms that we are going to have the I voritism shown by him to the rail
best state fair ever held in Oregon road* in the matter of his assess
I am especially interested In seeing ; ments.
a large attendance from Eastern Or ' It is the outcome of a bitter pollt
egon there-
Very few people from leal fight in this «ounty between the
this part of the stat» ever visit the I railroad and anti railroad factions ot
state fair and therefore they do not i the republicans, which has just had
understand the amount of work anti * a bitter culmination in the fight ovei
expens«’ necessary to gather the ex the assessmt nts of tbe Sp«»kesm*n
hibits. arrange the programs and con Review property.
duct tbe fair.
Efforts have been made to suppress
"If people from all parts of the I the dastardly act, but the sheriff's
state would meet there and get ac office is now searching for a clue
quainted and talk over the Inteiests that will locate the criminal
of the different sections, while com
The letter stated in a few brief
paring products an«l resources, it lines that unless tbe assessor switch
would have a tendency to bring them ed from the railroad faction to the
closer together, give them a better other side that the crime of which
understanding of the needs of the this dynamite was an awful hint,
state, and soon the Cascade moun ! would lie carried out.
tains would cease to l>e a dividing
A guard will be placed about the
line in Oregoti.”
assessor's residence for a few de vs
Mayor Matlock will stop off to at to insure his safety.
tend the fair on his return from the
Knights Templar conclave at San
FLOGGED BY WIFE
Frat cis<-o.
Pretty Kentucky Stenographer Severe
Miners leaving Nome.
ly Beaten by Prosecuting Attorney's
Seattle. Aug 31.- The long dry spell
Fiery Spouse.
which has prevailed at Nome almost
Knoxville. Tenn . Aug 31.—Goaded
during the entire summer is now by jealousy of her husband's pretty
driving the oldest and toughest sour stenographer. Mrs James G. Sharp
doughs out of the country. Some re wife of the commonwealth attorney
turn to the states while others, who of the Twenty-seventh judicial circuit
cannot shake the country, are jour of Kentucky, at Jellico, a town near
neylng to other parts Many of the the Kentucky-Tennessee line, publicly
miners are hiking for the Tanana flogg<«d Miss Pla Farris, at the latter's
from Nome, going In by way of St. apartments, and recovc ed from the
Michaels and thence down the Yukon younger woman a diamoud ring. Mrs.
The report leached this city today on Sharp said the ring had been given to
the Globe
Navigation Company's her by her husband, who hau after
steamer Tampica. Capt »in Humphries ward given it to his stenographer.
that the majority of the exodus from
Nome was directed toward the new
FOR CONSCIENCE FUND.
gold mining center in the Tanana dis
trict.
Unknown Man Sends $300 to New
York State Treasurer With Expla
Parker* Attend County Fair.
nations.
Kingston. N. Y., Aug. 31.—Judge
Albany. N. Y., Aug. 31.—A check
and Mrs Parker passed through here
today on the way to Ellenville, to at for $300 was received by State Treas
urer* Wlckser from New York attor
tend the Ulster county fair, as has
ney's. with a note stating that it is
been their custom for several years.
for a conscience fund
They say It
Mrs. Parker was born near Ellenville
was placed in their hands by Attor
and both are well known in that lo
ney John T Doyle, of San Francisco,
cality.
for a client
The check was drawn
on the First National Bank of San
Hoar Shows No Change.
Francisco.
Worcester. Aug. 30.—Senator Hoar's
condition this morning shows no
Hogs Roasted to Death.
change. He is still very weak.
Baltimore.
Aug. 31.—Th,e pork
packing plant of Street A Cocker was
William Pollard, of Prairie City, destroyed by fire this morning; loss.
accused ot stealing 200 sheep, has ac $200,000. Two hundred hogs were
knowledged his guilt.
roasted to death.
Manila. Aug. SO.—The city of Bin-
ang. province of laguna, in Luzon,
»as destroyed by fire yesterday even
ing and 2W people are said to have
perished in the flame*. At ¡«mt 500«t
are homeless and the propertv loss is
$320.000.
The city of Binang is the chief cen
ter of iAguna province and has a
population of 13.000. mostly mixed-
breed Filipinos The town was built
principally on the native style, tbe
thatche«l dwellings being like tinder
for the flames.
Many of the bouses were built on
piles over a slough and the natives
were <augbt like rat* in a trap, it is
a rich agricultural country around
Binang. and many of the native* burn
e<l to death were families of Filipino
(arm laborers.
The absence of any fire fighting
apparatus an«! a high wind made the
progress of the flames rapid and
highly destructive
OLYMPIC GAMES
Ralph W. Rose, of Chicago. Make*
New Shot Putting Record.
St Louis. Aug 31.—Four thousand
Iteople watched the Olympic games
today
The 4<M> meter hurdle was
won by Hillman of New York in :53.
The mile handicap was won by
John J. I>aly. of Ireland, time 4:27 2-5.
Putting 16 pound shot »as won by
Ralph W Rose, of Chicago, distance
48 feet 7 inches, this being a new
world's record.
Noted Diplomat Dead.
Middletown. N Y., Aug
31.—Dr
Thomas Perran. formerly a represen
tative of Colombia at Washington,
died in Loomis' sanitarium, at Liber
ty. N Y.. Tuesday afternoon
His
wife aud two sons were with him.
For years previous to the trouble
with Colombia over the secession ot
Panama. Perran was a popular figure
in social and diplomatic circles at
Washington.
Boodler's Wife Insane.
St Louis, Aug 31.—As a result of
brooding over the incarceration ot
her husband in the penitentiary. Mrs
Julius Lehmann, wife of a convicted
municipal boodler. is violently insane
and will bo taken to the asylum.
Rented Hi* Wife for $50.
Peter Nelson, who. it was stated in
Justice Quinn's court, in Chicago, had
agree«! to rent his wife to John Fit-
nizki for a period of two months for
a consideration of $50. was held to
the grand jury in $500 bonds on a
charge of larceny. The charge was
made by Fitnizki. who is said to have
tired of his bargain after a week, re
turned the woman to her husband and
demanded the return of hh $50.
/' i
MUROtR MÏSTERÏ
IS lfNFiTHOM*BLE
No Possible Clues to the
Cowardly Stayer of Young
Ellis.
SHERIFF TAYLOR MAKING
A TIRELESS SEARCH.
Last Th«ory Advanced I* That EH m
Ha<| Damaging Knowledge of Some
Person Who Killed Him to H.de
Another Crime—Young
Man
Had
Just Earned $7Q in Harvest Field—
Mystery of H«e Murder Recall« th«
Murder of May
Wai lac« in
Th!«
City Six Years Ago.
Not since the my*t«>rious murder of
May Wallace. * Pendleton
school teacher, six year* ago
ba«
such a perplexing <-rime been brougbt
to the attention og Umatilla r-onnty
official* a* tbe killing of Christopher
Co. cm bus Ellis
Sheriff T D Taytor has not been
heard of by the local office since be
departed yesterday morning for Wee
ton mountain, tbe scene of tbe Ellis
’rag«*dy He is oeing assisted in hl*
»«-ar’fi for a clue as to tbe assess.n
by Special lA-puty Sheriff D F Lav
ender of Weston The two will re
main in the mountains until the affair
is thoroughly sifted out.
The latest theory advanced as to
tbe probable motive for the murder
«* that the slayer had committed
some previous crime of which Ellis
was aware
Afraid that the boy
would divulge it be lay in waft and
snot him down
oung Ellis had been working in
tbe hnrvest field of Harry Cockburn,
on Dry creek, and received $7«’ Sat
urday night the evening before the
murder This money he gave to bl*
n-other and it was in their little «.abln
wben be was murdered Robbery is
not 'bonght to have been the object
of th*- assassin
The mystery surrounding the Ellis
tragedy leeaji* the strange death of
May Wallace
Miss Wallace was a
teacher in tbe Pendleton Academy
and resided on Ra..n?-ad street with
her father and sister
As she was s"and;ng one evening
with her back to the window, some
one fired a shot from without and
the bullet struck the woman tn the
small of the back She died the next
morn.ng
Miss Wallace was well
known and had many friends and no
clue as to the murderer or his mo
tive was ever discovered The dying
woman was unable to throw any light
on the matter
A reward of |13M) was offered by
citizens for the apprehension of th«
person who fired the fatal shot
Justice Miller's Report
Justice of the Peace J L. Miller, of
Milton. who conducted the coroner'*
inquest over the body of Ellis, today
filed hi* papers with the county
clerk. The evidence of the witnesses
examined is meagre
K W Smith
a resident of th«
mountain measured the tracks of th«
person who evidently followed young
Ellis
In hi* testimony Smith say*
the length of the stride increased
after the body was passed and that
’he man was evidently running.
Tbe right foot print indicated that
the side of the shoe was badly worn.
Sheriff Taylor Return*.
Sheriff T D Taylor returned last
night from his trip to the scene of the
Ellis tragedy
A shake of his bead
is the answer he gives when asked if
be discovered anything upon srhich to
base a clue as to the identity of the
assassin or the motive of the crime
“I must confess." he said, “that the
affair is too perplexing for me. Evi
dence that I gathered was very mea
gre About the only thing that seems
apparent is that the murderer 1*4
his victim walked side by side for
some little distance
The wound in
Ellis' head was a little to the right
in front. Evidently his slayer paus
ed to raise his gun and Ellis tuned
to face him just as the shot was fired.
I don't know whether the weapon
used was a rifle or a shotgun. Th«
l«er«>ns who prepared the body for
burial say they picked a piece of shot
from the wound
“However, the lead might hav«
been a sliver from a rifle ball. One
witneei at the inquest said he heard
a shot which he thought was occa
sioned by a rifle discharge Another
said be heard the report and that it
was the muffled explosion of a shot
gun.
Footprints Give No Clu*.
“The footprints were measured and
the right track bad tbe appearance of
having been made by a shoe with a
worn sole Had several persons been
placed on the trail these tracks might
have been traced so that we' could
gain some idea of tbe direction the
murderer took after the killing, but
this was not done. The slayer may
still be In the mountain*, and he may
be several hundred miles away from
the place where Ellis met his death.
“A detective sent into the neigh
borhood might be able to ferret out
the mystery, but for myself or any
other person, who is well known, to
go on the mountain and find the mur
derer. ls a labor heavily handicap
ped '•
M ih
Barrel* of Men.
Great excitement was caused in
union labor circles when it was dis
covered that the packers were Import
ing Greek laborers into the Chicago
stock yards in empty barrels. Picket*
stoppl'd a wagon loaded with sup
posedly empty barrels. While they
were arguing with the driver one of
tl.e Greeks poked his head out of the
barrel and examination disclosed a
Greek in each of the barrels. Presi
dent Donnelly and*the picket* decline
t«» say what became of the Greeks
bu' they did not reach the yards.