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VOL. XXIX
Tbe Last Oregonian of Pen
dleton. Oregon, Is published Io
the heart of the wonderful In
land Empire
You will And
that it is readable, reliable
and progressiva, and will give
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rately and fudy
PENDLETON, OREGON FRIDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1»M
THREE MFA KILLED
Japanese Blow Up a Parapet Awful Fate of Nihilists Just
and Occupy an Impregnable
Released From Secret Dens
Position.
of Torture.
REVINT M IDE TO COAI.
RI n SIAN TORTI RF> HAVE
WRECKED
ITIREE LIVE.«»
1 tequesl
Ba-cd oil lT.-ce.lcnt F.'tab- Vera Figtier. Col. Aseltenbrener aixl
lidie»! by Allowing Rii"ian W ar I
Bra'll Ivanoff Taken From SeiTet
ships to Coal Along tltc Route to
Dungeon' After 20 Year' of Vn-
the Far Ea-a—Ku-Man ITnances
«pea table 4’ruelil,'** sih I Are Novv
Known to Be Shaky—Russian Ag-
A-eJgneil to Salt Mine»« of tlie Arc-
gresdoas in Northern
Manchuria
lie Circk* In
Northern
Siberia—
Repul-wvl W ith Slight Loss to the
Three «.'omiemiHvi Nihilists Are Itu-
Ja|MUiese — Czar', Lite
Probably
ers
by
Russian
Insured.
iH-x'Hes. and Have IxMt Speveli anti
Bondhold
Il earl ng Under Their Awful Maon
Torturer
Tokio, Dec. 29.—The following is
received from Port Arthur:
"The besieging army at 10 on Wed
nesday morning blew up the parapet
in front of Fort Erhlung Shang and
then occupied the parapet site by as
sault.
They
constructed
defensive
works under cover of heavy guns and
field guns despite the fire of the en-
emy.
After placing heavy guns the
army proceeded to the gorge in the
rear of the fort, from whence the
enemy was eventually dislodged after
a stout resistance.
The whole fort
fell into our hands at 7:30 in the
evening.
"The Japanese casualties in occupv-
ing the heights is estimated at 1909
killed and wounded."
llii"ian Garri-on Escapes.
A later dispatch states
that the
third Russian garrison of 500 at the
fort has escaped.
Ru-uuan Finances Shaky.
St. Petersburg. Dec. 29.—Russia is.
it is declared, issuing several million
roubles of paper money each month
without registering them.
This comes on top of the rumored
discovery that Russia's silver and gold
reserves exist partly on paper only.
. Officially the bank note circulation
^-SUhas increased 49 per cent since the be
ginning of the war. 883.090,000 rou
bles. instead of 590.000.000 roubles,
roubles In paper
Twenty million
money are issued weekly without no-
tice to the proper financial authorities
—that is. Russia’s foreign creditors.
Consequently the question agitating
all minds is: Is the gold reserve In
tact? Rumors have it that It ls not;
that, in fact, it never was as large as
officially announced.
Request tn Cool Japane-e Warship*
Birmingham. Dec. 29.—The Post
learns that Baron Hayashi, the Japan
ese minister to Great
Britain, in
quiries whether facilities can be given
for coaling Japanese warships in the
British East Indies. In view of the
many advantages accorded the Rus
sian fleet the Post does not see how
the Japanese request can be refused.
Court-martialed Ho Sailor«.
Odessa. Dec. 29.—A dispatch from
Simpheropal says the commander of
the Russian Black Sea fleet has or-
dered 95 sailors court-martialed for
mutiny.
Ja|iane«<e Off Javan Coast.
Batavia. Java. Dec. 29.—A warship
showing the Japanese color«, passed
Angiers today.
St. Petersburg.
Dec.
29.—Three
famous nihilists, leaders of the ter
rorist movement from 1878 to 1884
have just been released from the for
tress of Peter Paul after 20 years'
solitary confinement. They are Col.
Aschenbrener. Mme. Vera Figner and
Brasil Ivanoff.
All three have become mental an<l
physical wrecks under the »oul-kill-
ing effects of the "silent" system of
incarceration.
For 15
years
they
have not been permitted to speak.
Though released, they will never
regain complete liberty,
The clem-
ency of the czar
ha.« opened the
prison doors only to banish the un
happy trio to a remote village in
the extreme north of Russia, within
the Arctic circle.
Vera Figner. or Vera Fllipava. as
she »»as then called, was a beautiful
woman of 27 when she was sent to
the fortress. For six year, she had
been the mainspring of every nihilist
movement, and her loveliness and
wealth made her one of the greatest
if revolutionary powers.
She converted half the troops of
the Caucausus to the nihilist side, and
Col. Aschenbrener. then commanding
1 South Russian regiment, was one
of the most powerful of her disciples
Together with five other officer«
Col. Aschenbrener. inspired by Vera
Figner. had plotted a revolution to
which the whole of the troops were
committed.
At the very moment of fruition the
plot was betrayed by a renegade
nihilist named
Degalieff. Degalieff.
high in the council of the terrorists,
had been arrested. Put under torture
he turned Informant and became the
head man in Col. Soudatkin’s secret
police.
Then the nihilists seized him. tried
him and sentenced him to death. The
price of his life was the assassination
of Col. Soudaikin. and Degaleff paid
it.
In the
meantime.
Aschenbrener.
Vera Figner. Ivanoff and 11 other,
had been betrayed. Vera and stx of
ficer, were sentenced to death, and
until today it was believed that pen
alty had been carried out.
The government, however, followed
the precedent of 1872. when Nechav-
-ff. the "Father of Russian Terror
ism. " was also sentenced to death or
Siberia, but was confined Instead In
the "ravelin of Alexis"—the most se
cret part of the fortress —of Peter
Paul—in the hope that nihilist se-
'ret, might be wreried from him.
Vera Figner is now a bent, whlte-
haired old woman; Ivanoff ls little
better than an imbecile, and Col.
Aschenbrener is dumb.
STANDARD OIL CITS.
Ru-odans Are Aggressive.
of
Shouinjr Effect«*
•The Systeni**
I*auMon*H f'ijtfit.
Toledo. Dec. 29.—The Independent
oil men received a severe jolt this
morning when the Standard Oil an«
nounced a break of 5 cents In Penn-
sylvania and 3 in Ohio. Indiana and
Operators say
the
Kentucky oils,
market conditions do not warrant a
cut. They say "the system needs the
money.”
By this they mean that
Lawson's crusade against the Stand
Insuring Czar's Life.
London. Dec. 29.—The czar’s life ard Oil interests has had its effect.
was insured at Lloyd'« today for a
Seeking Artesian Water.
large sum. It is believed the policy
was taken out by Russian bondholders
La Grande. Dec. 29.—Three arte
at a premium of 15 per cent for one sian wells are now being sunk in the
year. For one week the rate on the valley near this city, and prospects
czar’s life is five per cent.
are bright for a permanent flow of
artesian water. One well on the Mc
Connell place, four miles east of the
Work Abandoned on Variag.
Seoul. Korea, Dec. 29.— The Jap- city, is now down 800 feet, and the
experts say that water will be found
anese have abandoned the attempt to
at a depth of 1000 feet, Another ts
raise the Russian cruiser Variag and
McDonald's
being bored on
Peter
It is Impossible to recommence work
place near Imbler and another still
before spring.
near Alice).
In all three places the
indications are most
favorable for
Ckwdng in on Port Arthur.
water.
Chefoo, Dec. 29.—The
Japanese
line at Port Arthur is now much
Beckwith Seriously Ill.
closer to Liaotlo mountain as a re
Oberlin. O„ Dec. 29.—President C.
sult of the general attack beginning T. Beckwith, of the Citizens’ National
December 25. Two steamers recently Bank, which was closed by the f.'had-
ran the blockade at Port Arthur. One wlck affair, is today pronounced se
was captured by the Japanese when riously ill by his physicians. He was
leaving the harbor.
found unconscious in his
bedroom
Tokio. Dec. 29.—A report from the
Manchurian army headquarters states
that the afternoon of the 27th the
Russians bombarded the Shakhe river
railroad
bridge with
heavy
field
guns, and Russian guns at Talientun
shelled Chisiang Tunand Shunllntzu.
Russian cavalry attacks on Heilintun
were repulsed twice the same day.
Three Japanese were killed.
SHOT TO DEATH.
A W«>nian
Figure« in a Fatal
Francisco Affray.
San
San Francisco, Dec. 29.—Edward
Bruce Metcalf, a traveling
photog
rapher, was shot to death In his room
early this morning by a man identi
fied by the victim’s wife as Edward
Keeley, with whom Mrs. Metcalf had
been friendly.
Keeley escaped.
A
divorce suit instituted by the woman
was to have been decided today.
She claims she saw Keeley emerg
ing from her husband’s room a few
seconds after the fatal shot was fired.
The Metcalfs are from Auburn, Cal.
yesterday as a result of an attack of
apoplexy.
The attack was brought
on by a nervous collapse.
May Call Off Strike.
Fall River, Mass.. Dec. 29.—Acting
on the recommendation of the Tex
tile Council, meetings of subordinate
unions have been called for tomor
row to consider calling off the strike.
The general opinion is that a major
ity of the unions will declare In favor
of ending the strike, which has now
lasted 23 weeks.
Depew Will Succeed Himself.
New York. Dec. 29.—Senator De
pew, after a conference with Gover
nor Odell today, announced publicly
that It has been agreed he should
succeed himself in the senate.
Oi l 1(1 Its Itoli THi M
hill Olliers Badly llijurol by Buller
ExplvMtoli. •
Chehalis. Wash.. Dec. 39.—Presley
Eppllng. Frank Dowell
and R. O.
Hicks were killed, and lioy Hicks am!
W. Beauchamp were injured, proba
bly fatally, by a boiler explosion In
the sawmill plant of Walworth
&
Neaville at Walville. a few miles
from this place.
Build
Both Hickses are single, as also are Nelson à White Will
Eppllng and Beauchamp. Dowell has
the Grade Only for $115,
a family living at Walville.
was
It is believed the explosion
523.
due to simple carelessness due to the
fact that while the plant has been
undergoing uverhaullng only enough
power has been used to run the dry <
»er price ex < i . i
ing kilns and cross-arm factory, and
it is supposed the engineer allowed
KIVK OF EQUIPMENT.
tlie water to get low by inadvertence
or inattention, a mishap much le ut
■ikely to take plAce.when the bolle;, State VV Hl Buy Equipment on Quan*
and engine, are runnnig at full ca-
Illy Basi- a, .Aeedeil—Aon Tlxiuglit
parity and the engineer and assist-
the Rouil Cail Be Built ami Equlp-
Thls view
ant.« are on the qut vtve.
is the most likely to be correct when
ped for 9170.000—Ih-flclt to Ik-
It is recalled that the boilers were in
Raised by Intanai Empire UHI Ik.-
spected and O. K d less than two
But Z2.'>.i>O«i—No Seoaiwl-liaml lt«>U-
week, ago.
ing stuck or Engine- to Ik- Used—
The pecuniary dan age cannot be
O| m - ii llhtv Isialloo May Enter
less than (li.OOO.
The loss of life
been
would
unquestionably
have
« outract to ILqulp tl»- Road.
much greater had the mills been
working full force, which Is 100 men
The shut-down for repairs and addl
Portland.
Dec. 3s.—Nelson
A
tion, was Instituted December 15 and
While, the contractor, who are build
the mills were to have resumed full
ing the Great Southern railroad from
capacity January 1<
The Dalle, to Dufer. were yesterday
evening awarded the contract for
BISHOP ARRAIGNED
constructing tl.e Celilo portage road,
on their bid of *115,533. exclusive of
AttoriM'y« Engaged in
Formulating
rai.s and rolling stock.
« 1 large- Against Him.
The contract was awarded on the
New York. Dec. 29.—Herbert No quantity price basis, compensation U>
ble. senior counsel of the presenter, be made according to the amount of
against Bishop Talbot left today for materials used and work done.
Philadelphia to formulate
further
The award was made by the state
plans for the arraignment of the bish portage board, composed of Governor
op of Reading next month. Mr. No Chamberlain. Slate Treasurer Moore
ble will confer with Rev. Dr. Bodine, and Secretary of Slate Dunbar, as
chairman of the committee on in sisted by J N Teal, attorney for the
quiry, and also have a conference Open
River Association.
Attorney
with several presenters.
General Crawford and Slate Engineer
A. J. McMllan.
Dead in 111, Cabin.
Nelson a White agree to file a bind
Huntington. Dec. 29.—An unknown of *59.000 for faithful performance
man. 50 years of age and dressed as of the contract, and to have the r-xad
a laborer, was found dead In an old completed by May 15
Failure to have the road done on
cabin on the O. R. A N. right of way.
five miles west of here last evening. that date will subject them to pay-
He appear, to have died of hunger and men! of *300 a day until the job u
exposure. The cabin Is used by the finished.
The remaining portion of the state a
O. It. A N. section men a« a «ore
house for dynamite used on the tracks (151.000 appropriation fur the port-
age road, will be applied on co« of
and has not been visited for months.
rails and equipment, and the Open
River a«suriat>on will supply the de
I nion Strikers Sent to Jail.
Indianapolis. Dec. 29.—In the fed- ficit. which will be about (35.000.
The outcome of the advertisement
Anderson
eral court today Judge
to the Open
sent 15 striker, in the Macbeth lamp for bld, is gratifying
chimney factory at Elwood, to jail, River executive committee and the
It ts thought the
with heavy sentences, for Interfering Hate portage road
road can tie built and equipped com
with non-union worker«.
plete for a sum between (170.000 and
(175.000.
There will be in the state
fund
money sufficient to build the road,
and probably a small balance will be
left in the treasury
The Open River
association will probably enter Into
a contract with the state to equip the
line. No second-hand equipment will
be considered by the association.
RAH.ROADS WILI. I'NDERTXKE
THE ENORMOUS TASK.
Ini Conjunction With the Government
Official- the Burlington ami I'nlon
Pacific Railways Will Seed Million«
of teres of Hard, t.rss ri I»ry
land Alfalfa and a Ru-edan «¿raw
Will Be tin- Principal « rop» Sown on
tlie Dew-rt—Entire Western Desert
to Be Iticiuiled in Ilie M!<-«ne
<>tnaha. Dec. 29.—The Union Pa
cific and Burlington railroads, assist
ed by the United States government,
have a new scheme for reclaiming sev
eral hundred million acres of arid
Western lands without the aid and as
sistance of expensive irrigation work.
Dr. Elwood Mead, head of one of
the agricultural departments at Wash
ington. will represent the government
In the deal and is in Omaha now con
ferring with the general managers of
both roads as to details of the work,
which will begin in the spring.
The new scheme is based on grasses
and a new alfalfa which grows in
Southern Russia and which requires
so little moisture as to exist where-
ever sagebrush and prairie dogs can
lhre.
Experimental stations will be built
along the railroads Immediately and
from these the surrounding country
will be seeded with the new alfalfa.
If the scheme Is successful hundreds
of millions of acres will be added to
the tillable lands west of the Missouri
river.
«M EAN RATEN ADVANCED.
Lines
Operating Betweem
Port laud
ami San Francisco Have Incrranrai
< iiarges.
Portland, Dec. 29.—Beginning the
first of the year the freight rates be-
tween Portland and San Francisco
will be (2.50 a ton, all companies op
erating coasters having entered into
an agreement to this effect.
Heretofore there has been no reg-
ular rate fixed, steam schooners tak-
Ing freight as low as (1.75 a ton; the
usual figures were 12. The managers
met in San Francisco and decided
that a minimum scale should be es
tablished. It was held that there is
no money in the business carrying
freight at *1.75 or 12 a ton. This Is
the last week that shippers will have
an opportunity to send goods down
the coast at the figures which have
prevailed for the year. Wheat Is the
principal
commodity
sent
south,
nearly every vessel taking out from
300 to 500 tons. A couple of cargoes
will probably be sent to San Francisco
this week at (2 a ton.
I .urgent Number of Prisoners.
Walla Walla. Dec. 2».—There are
now 721 prisoners In the Washington
state penitentiary, the largest num
ber ever confined In the Institution
before.
937.000 for His Wheat Crop.
The largest wheat Bale ever re
Next Session at Berkeley.
ported in Ritzville, was made last
San Jose, Cal., Dec. 29.—The state
Chicago Grain.
week by Benjamin F. Berry of Rat
Chicago.
Dec.
29.—May
wheat Teachers' association today decided
tlesnake flat, who made a sale
amounting to (57,000.
Mr. Berry opened (1.1314, closed *1 14%. Corn to hold the next meeting at Berke
James Barr, of Stocktun, was
raised 100,000 bushels of wheat thia opened 45%, closed the same, Oats ley.
elected president.
opened 30%, closed the same.
year.
(•«»lrriifiMuir Hill Be ( ulknl I ¡ moi to
Clear Cp Arnij S oum I s I.
Over $1,000,000 Distributed
by Chicago Firms in Pres-
ents
I •(«»FIT-MI VltlAl. PI. VA
Ia><h Eiiipki««- <>f »fan, |j«rgv <«>n-
«eni« <>i««-ii lo l'vr O hi «>f Tlu-ir
Acur'- s.i'arlc» a» Ama» «.Iti-—Tln-
« rsiu- < <>iii|>aii) AkiiM- (¿ave *2óo.-
ihhi io S0gg I-tupP.,»'—-— Parry. tlu-
Irvi, Enerny <>l latMvr. Op(M*«ro ili«-
Pian aiul l*rvvvrit- Many t'oncern*
Froiu Adoptlng It—First Ad->ple«l
Washington. Dec. 27.--Congress will
!»<• called upon to
I Investigate a scandal
al Governor's Island.
I
X.
Y.
The
c.iaigea made by the special civilian
■ ommlllee are ? of so Hensation.il a
nature and involve s<j many officiais
that members of the committee de
clare the war department could not
be an lmi>artlal tribunal.
It is charged that officei s of th*
post have misappropriated
137
for their own comfort from the fund
of S4V.OO0 appropriated b> t onffreSM
for the benefit of the enlisted
enlis
men.
The money, the committee declares.
use«l to build an a*td!Uon to the
»-ri»’ club house and to refurnish
remodel the building
only IJMoo of the llo.Ojf appro»
pruned aa> spent on the part of the
building devoted to enlisted men in
the construction of a reading loom
This M<>-«-alied reading room, however,
contains no books, magazines or news-
p.«pers <jf any kind
The officers at
the ¡>ost have made a partial admis
sion of the charges, but they deciare
th.it they suppose<l that was what the
money was to be used for.
by "taikieu ltuk-" Jorm.
Chicago, Dec. 27.—The profit-shar
ing erase ha* hit Chicago Industrie*
hard.
Banks, brokerage firms manufac
turing establishments and other large
corporation, which make a practice
of sharing profit* with employe*, have
distributed
mor* titan
(l.eetooe
Christ ma* gifts.
The «Crane company alone
save
(330.000
to
5000
employes
The
company I, one of the first in «'luca-
(u to share profits with the office
force and workingmen Each employe
of the Ciane company, from a (3 -a-
week office boy to head* of th* de
partments. received 10 per cent of hl*
total salary for the year, Bank* and
brokerage house« followed th* same
four»e.
This Is the plan first adopted on a
large scale by “Golden Rule" Jones,
mayor of Toledo, O.. and since Jones
eliminated al! labor trouble, from his
shops, foundries and offices by the
scheme, it ha, grown In popular fa-
vor.
Other larg- Chicago concern, would
adopt the plan were It not for the btt-
1er op|H>sltion of Parry president of
the Manufacturers' Asxxiatlon
and
labor's bitterest enemy.
H» declare, that such a plan will
breed independence among working
men and make it imp «stble for em
ployer, to operate at a profit.
Parry", Inftuet e has n >t deterred
many prominent
firm, who have
found the plan satisfartory.
IN -TOR.M - «.It 1-P.
Central \1<*M in lite Grip of I uriou,
fllluani.
-WEM BY Till
BHtisli Milp Asiiore on (ire 1-land—
Mill Probably Ik- Total laxa.
Pat< h-vque. L I.. De- 2».—The ait-
uaUv-n of the Brittan steamer Drum-
elxler, which I» ashore off Fire la.and
l<ea h is extremely critical thl* morn
ing
Unless the wind and sea settle
t-etore night, her destruction *eem*
aino-st certain. So far the iife-«aver»
have been unable to renco* the cap
tain and crew of 32 men. The sea it
too heavy to permit of the uae of llfe-
Ivoats.
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ZJM'IVO VliJOt RA-.
Vfl—¿on Ha- Bm Ac.inpli-lM'd
11» «e««iring of l.ovtu lU-f<mn«.
Moscow. Dec. 2».—The zemstvo has
adjourned indefinitely last night aft*t
adopting resolution, to the effect that
they were too deeply moved by the
government not* regarding the pro
reedings of the zemstvo to continue
business with necessary cairn
II
Sin <MM j for Xan l*attrrM»o’% Bond.
Fairmont. W. Va., Dec. 2S.— P- A.
r*ven> one of the wealthiest men in
the city confirmed the report today
that he and H. J. Brice, and Edward
Stack would furnlsh Nan Patterson
with a bond to the estent of (50.000
If neceaswry. because he beüeve, the
gtr! innocent
C. W Swtsher. secre-
tary . f State, assert, the use of ht,
num
t>-.:» . ..rrection ls unauthor
iZ<“d.
Indicted fur Fraud in Ta-car-riie, a Umatilla Brave.
New York City
on
April
22, 1890.
It 1:1
<
Found Dead on the Reber-
vation.
\ i ill Hi'
I HI All
Dt*H«»M 'T.
A BOTTI.F OF U HI-KEY
liars*'. Uw Tliai « rinilnal Inform-
atfam.
Fa«-t- an<l Rrpurt* Rad
Bern
Clrculateil io
tffesr
tlte
1 k-titu Wa* Well Known in 1‘endleton
and U a* a slave to the lJqu.<
'IAS.
Habit—Narrowly Ewaped Ik-atli by
Drinking the Poison Intended for
Anna Edna—Hi, Fate 1« Oasunoti
—UM-k Market \4 Hit Imeni lo De-
fraud
ImxMvnt
>*ur*4i***-r-
ut
-t< x-k- —la »»•«•li and l*art»
Have
to I malilla ludiauv—(I»e
I ngaged Quarter- In «-uadalajara.
Met!««». Veliere Ile UHI « outlnue
Mint Noted of lise linstilla Tribe.
Frosra to Death io the lt***l Willie
Hi' I Igtit on Mandarvi Oil People.
Drunk, 1 v»u Years Ago.
Crow«,
Frozen to ieath while tn a drunken
■'**; -r •■ as the fate Sunday night of
Ta-car-nle. a Umatilla Indian,
Hi,
life.-«* body wa* discovered near his
tepe* yesterday muroing
with
an
empty bottle of Pendleton booze by
hi, side. The funeral was held this
n.urnn.g. The lead man was about
4 3 years of age and well known in
Pendleton.
T e death of an Indian from ex
posure is * common occurrence or.
the l*mat:na recreation. Lari winter
a t ¿-n brave was found near the
■ t>
'.:t*. in the east cad of town.
Two year, ago Five Crow, met death
by freezing near the agency.
The death of Ta-car-rde recalls an
dei t of the murder of Anna Edna,
an Indian medicine woman. The sor-
• cress was poisoned and
Columbia
George and Toy-toy are serving life
aentencea for the crime.
The mur
derers were on their way to their vic
tim's lodge with a bottle containing
a.-ohol and «rtrychr.lne.
They
dia-
played the bottle to Ta-car-nl. who
«eize-l it ahd was only prevented from
drmkir.g It« content, by the comin
ed efforts of tu* two companions.
Ta -ar-ni- • appetite for liquor wa,
!i ter.»e and he has been the moM
ruled whiskey drU.ker o 'he r es e rva-
He «eemindy experienced no
UKdalajara. I tion.
ir
a plentiful Fup-
* engaged I
there for himself ¡ ; ’y at Pendleton joUtfa. aa hi> vialta
.. • -
lend, for early In I
It <» reported that his ob-¡ 4 «pree<-
«Mígate tbe operation, of
t I I KT *n>f^
ap
Lard OH company
in that
New York. Dec. 2».—While look-
». through the records of the court
■>• g-ner 1 - -n.ira today Chief <?lerk
Welsh dug up an old Indictment
agalnri Th-<mas W. Latwson. returned
by tbe grand jury of New York court-
■ April 22 1 •.»<». and charging crim-
a; libel u:.1--r section 435. mbdivLa-
Ion 3. penal code, which set* forth
that it Ls a crime k: low ingiy to rircu-
late false #*atemer.ts. rumors. or in
t*liigence with intent to affect t he
market price of stocks, bonds or other
evidence of debts of a corporation,
forth that on
Mar ch 5. Ifttc. Thomas W Lawson
and others issued a circular with in
tent to effect the market
price of
stocks, bonds and
i
other evidence of
debt of the
Lawson
Consolidated
Store Service rompany of Borton.
ular • ,’ated that, owing to
;• sir.eralike
;k-
management of
fficers of the corporation the af-
t i he r • -rporation then were in
cri f .-. ii-ior.. that little of Its
had any value.
nmested. The in-
Iru was dismissed
March 24. 1*91.
i of DeUncey
district attor-
ui.:ry.
SHEEP KILLED
Sar. Francisco. Dec J(.—The coun
try east of the Rockies ts still In the
blizzard's grasp- Traffic and corn
municatlon continue, to be badly crip
pled
The upper Mtarissippl and Mis
souri valley, are feeling the brunt of
imi. IN IDAHO
MONTINI «Tot K MIN IA
the rtorm Communication with thee
\ BITTER I l«.HT.
Rk h I Ind Sahl to Have Been Made section, I, practically cut off. Even
the weather bureau I, unable to *e-
on lie Bruncau.
regular reports
A heavy
Boise. Dec 2*.— The most import cure Its
Puget (her MO -Iwep -iiot t«> Death on
«orni Is moving down from
ant discovery made In this section of
Sound.
< lark'« Fork. In Ow Itakl b, < at-
Idaho in many years, was reported
<>n
tk-nwn—Mwv-p Were Ranging
yesterday from Bruneau. where an
I 1RGE STEAMER YMIORE.
eight foot vein of good bituminous
VI «m
l orbfaklen Tcrrit«»ry— (rnwd
coal was found at a depth of COO feet
lirovc Hcnk-r
atv-l -laugliter-
An effort ha* been made to keep Breaving 1 p on the Rode*» of IHa«
nl lite Animal« by -ha«>lIng Thera
hmmm ! Sbtmla
the matter quiet, with the result that
hih I Driving Ttsrra Over a Bluff.
details <>f the great find are not ob
Norfolk. Va.. De<
2ft-—A
large
tainable
A man was drilling for ar steamer whose name Is unknown, is
tesian water In th* Bruneau valiey. aground on Diamond Shoals,
eight
Helena. Dec. 27.—A special from
a*. ’ at the depth of COO feet he struck miles off the North Carolina coast
Bridger.
Mont . says
A war itas
the ck «L He drilled through and Il is fast going to pieces.
It is be-
found th' measure was eight
feet lirved the <.rew numbers 23 men. No broken out between cattle and sheep
men hi the Clarke Fork valley and
thick -Th* coal brought to the sur- ;iMS| stance can be rendered.
Aa the
face was te,»-d and was pronounced seas are mountains high and would reports reached Bridger today to the
effect that cattlemen had bombard
a first-class allele
of
bituminous »»imp boats going to the rescue.
ed and killed
v i ! of sheep for
coal.
C. B
Clarke, who resides on the
Sandstone, coal shale and fire clay
FIERCE
I
IRE
RM.IAG.
A
25 miles
Clat ke Fork river about
if ere found In the vicinity of the
.«outh of Bridger.
coal, which makes tee discovery ap-
« Iw-tvr - llu-IlM" Di-trict I- Threat-
The sheep were brought to the val-
pear to be that of a p-rmanent coal
Musselshell
rneii With Destruction.
ley recently from the
body.
«'heater. Pa.. Dec. 29.—The heart of country* an'l taken to wh.it is known
the business section Is menaced by a as Sliver Tip.
Artist Wad, Stcpdauglitr -.
The story* of the slaughter is to the
New York. Dec. 2(.—Bruce Crane, fire which at 3:30 attacked six build
the foremost American pair ter. »row ing,
Aid has been summoned from effect that the sheep were grazing ^t
the mouth of the Longdav. when a
pain tings were awarded the gold Washington, Del.
number of masked men rode up and
medal at the St. Ixiuls exposition, has
compelled the herder to leave. The
just wed his wife’s daughter, after a
I ami «»filer Quarter« Moved.
party then attacked the sheep with
highly
sensational elopement
and
la Grande. Dec -'«
The land of
subsequent divorce. Mr«. Crane, the fice has been moved from the Snod dub, and guns, driving some over a
elder, is an actress and ts said to have grass building to the new Foley an bluff and shooting down the others.
favored the marriage and only sought nex. just completed, where
elegant
a divorce to permit the young lovers quarters have been fitted up
AFW .9« 1*1« I VI DISTRICT.
There
to wed. Crane will now devote him was no vault tn the old building and
self to his art and the divorced wife the valuables were kept in a large linker County Ma) Hr Made a Sepa
and mother-in-law will return to the safe.
been
A capacious vault has
rate Di'trkt.
stage.
built for the accommodation of the
The proposal of dividing the Eighth
office in the Annex, and the land of judicial district and placing
Baker
Prince Fu-Jilml Sail«.
fice la now in the most convenient county in a separate district will be
San Francisco, Cal.,
Dec
2».— building it has ever occupied «Ince It
before the legislature at the coming
Prince Sadanura Fushlmi. who came was first established over 10 years
session.
to this country a month ago as the ago.
A report from Baker City «ays that
special envoy of the emperor of .la
Slate Senator John L. Rami of Baker
pan. sailed for home today on the
Moor- Killing anil Ixxitlng
county, has announced hl, intention
Pacific Mall steamer Mongolia, The
Tangier. Dec. 2*.—A party of Moor, to Introduce a bill at the next session
prince takes home with him more
of the legislature to create a new ju
than 100 trunks, which are largely looted a garden belonging to a Brit
dicial district by dividing the Eighth
filled with the fruits of his shopping ish subject just outside of town, kill
Baker,
expeditions In New York. Chicago, ing the Spanish servant of the Eng district, now composed of
I'nlon and Wallowa counties. leaving
lishman.
and other cities which he visited.
Union and Wallowa in the old district
i
and making a new district of Baker
county. A bill to this effect was up
before the last regular session, but
failed to pass.
The leading attorneys all agree that
the creation of another judicial dis
trict, to be comprised of Baker coun
It Is possible ty. is necessary, and there will be no
Since the portage contract has been stock and equipment,
that the amount of the Mieti win t>e opposition to the passage of the bill
let. and work will immediately begin
somewhat reduced, but what Is to be
on the grade, it Is urged by the Open collected should be in the hands of from this end of the state.
River association that the deficit to the Open River association as soon as
DEATH.
be raised by the counties of the Inland possible, or on deposit, where that or
Empire lie collected as soon as pos ganlzation can be assured of li when II oiim - TiH»k Fir*' From a Tallo»
sible. In order to guarantee the needed.
Candle.
The grade will cost much less un
amount needed to complete the road.
A 3-year-old boy named Cain, the
Citizens of Umatilla county,
who tier the contract with White & Nelson
stepson of John Hanly, was burned to
are Interested in the completion of than it was estimated and that sev-
a crisp Inst Friday morning In a fire
the road are especially urged to as- etal thousands of dollars are to be
that destroyed the latter’s house down
HlSt in raising this amount, and to saved by this contract, it is earnestly
Crooked river, near Rlnn-ock. says the
that end It Is suggested by the com requested by the Open River associa
Sumpter Miner
Particulars are mea
mittee having the matter In charge tion that the people of the Inland
ger. but from what we have been
here, that every farmer who desires Empire, who are to receive the di
able to learn It seems that the little
to see the road completed and freight rect iind only benefit from the port-
fellow was one of the several children
age.
do
what
they
can
immediately
one
of
rates reduced, call at once at
who slept upstairs, while the parent,
the banks, or on one of the commit to facilitate the work.
They
The committee In charge of the occupied a room downstairs.
teemen, and subscribe the amount In
tended. for this worthy work, in or work In this county are as follows: had lighted themselves by means of
a candle, without a candlestick, which
der that the labor Of collecting and T. J. Kirk. Athena; W. P. Temple.
was placed on a stand table, and the
soliciting the fund shall not fall on Horace Walker, M. M. Wyrick, Geo.
Perlng«-r and Leon Cohen, of this children, as was their custom, went
one or two willing men.
to bed leaving it burning, expecting
Since the contract has been let for city, any «M w hom will be glad to take
to chat a while and then blow It out.
subscriptions
on
the
fund.
rolline
the
the grade, exclusive of
portise deficit should be collected
Was
largvM Lumber Output for 1S0I
lnm?.n-Pnu!xn Lumber com-1
f Portland, cut 129.000.000 feet ;
her during the year 199ft. the I
put by any single company
the world, tor the year.
Tlw Iliad wick Inquiry Re-ting.
Cle velar, d. Dec. 27.—The Chadwick
receivership inquiry was not resumed
today The district attorney announc-
-d that nothing more would be done
r. the matter for several days.
I . w. law- Don't Apply.
Washington.
I »ec
—Assistant
Attorney General Campbell, in an
opinion rendered today, held that the
laws of th- United Stales are not ap-
pli.-able to the Panama canal z-»ne.
Mexican Dollar, Plentiful.
Walla W»lla. Dec. 27.—Walla Walla
merchants are complaining of the cir
culation of Mexican dollars, The
coin, that have gained their way into
circulation are new.
(Mil Bail Out Mrs. Ctiadwick.
Cleveland. Dec. 2S.—it ts reported
a bonding company will
tomorrow
furnish (40.000 bond for Mrs Chad-
wick.
< VIA IA M \Y BE PROMOTED.
(¿eneral Manager of tlie Harriman
I.inc* I- Sold to Ik- stall'd fur
Higher PiDsilion.
While the officials deny any knowl-
edge of the details, U is persistently
rumored that E. K. Calvin, general
manager and president of the O. R
N since the promotion of Mohler,
is to oecome manager of the South-
• m Pacific with headquarters In San
Francisco.
Mr. t'alvln has been on the O. R.
«\- X but a shprt time, coming here
from the < »gden division of the Colon
Pacific.
He 1« a practical railroad
man. having come up from the ranks,
through the suixTessive positions of
trust until he has reached the hlgh-
••«t in the gift of the Harriman peo
ple.
AA
If Mr. Calvin goes to San Francisco
it it thought that J. P. O’Brien, now
«up« i mtendent of the O. R. A- N. and
Southern Pacific lines in Oregon, may
sueevcti to the office of general man
ager of the Harriman lines north of
Ashland.
PIONEER OF 1843.
I"
M Griffith Now Vi-dting in This
«tty. Pa'xKl Over th«' Bln«- Monn-
taiiis 39 Yenrw Ag«>.
r.4«l Tbe Dalle« l*r'q>r»«*<*irs He Would
■u-H Tlteir I’AnplrenalUL
li'* no trouble to stop gambling.'*
said F. A. .'eufert, mayor of Tbe
Da Iles last evening to the Chronicle,
and he proceeded to tell how he ran
the gamblers out of hl, town without
making a single arrest or «pending a
single dollar of the taxpayers' money
When I went into office of mayor. ’
continued Mr. Seufert. *T was told
that gambling wras ne*'esuary and that
the town couldn't get rid of It. Well."
and his honor took a deep breath. "I
had them packed away tn no time at
aU."
"How did you do it?" was asked.
Simply ordered them to shut up
shop." responded Mr Seufert laconi
cally. "A game was running in nearty
every saloon in town.
I told them
that I wasn't going to be hard on
them, but that they must look out so
they didn't get caught. I’U confiscate
everything in sight.' I said, 'where-
evry I find gambling. IH strip tbe
car ■pet off the floor and the pictures
■>ft the wall, and arize your roulette
whe* is and beer glasses, bar and all.
and auction them on the street-corner
to the highest bidder. Then you can
site the city to recover and run up
against a taxpayers’ jury.'
"That was the way to settle those
fellow a" went on the mayor. “Our
town I, better off than ever, and we
used to hear that gambling was nec
essary to its prosperity. We used to
have 15 or 30 tinhorn gamblers hang
ing round the town; now we haven't
any."
Mr. Seufert has the saloons so well
in hand that no brawls or "rough
houses' have occurred ainee he took
hold of the rein, of government, . “I
told them, each and every one." said
he. "that their licenses would be < con-
fiscated at the first indecent or I law-
less act. That's the wav- iff deal with
’
those fellows."
IT.FA (OR IRRIGATION
Ny««a Progrtw Mak«-. Striking Argu-
m«-nt for Maliw-ur Projert.
The Nyssa Progress, published at
Nyssa. Malheur county, prints the fol
lowing imivassloned plea tor the ac
ceptance of the Malheur government
irrigation scheme by the people of the
county:
"The large portion of the business
of the world is done on borrowed cap
ital on which interest is paid.’’ says
the Progress', "lairge enterprises are
built w ith borrowed money and inter
est paid for its use. The Oaryhee
ditch has (50.000 of borrowed capital
on which it pays g per cent interest.
The same company
i* borrowing
money for improvements and is pay
ing 10 per cent interest for its use. If
It pay, to pay interest on borrowed
capital, and the Owyhee people, as
well as people engaged tn other busl-
neas enterprises evidently
ihitik it
does, why will It not pay to do buai-
new where you can get the money
without Interest?
“We. as a people, are made the
heretofore unheard of offer of un
limited capital to construct a perfect
irrigation system and all we are asked
to do is to repay the actual cost on the
Instalment plan.
No offer coaid be
more generous, except * free gift, «ui-1
yet we find people opposing it. The
very people who are paying high In
terest on borrowed capital oppose It.
How can they explain this inconsist
ency ? We would like to see some one
make the attempt.’’
F. M. Griffiths of Idaho Falls. Ida.,
who Is visiting Jett Marrs in this city
for a few days, passed over the Blue
mountains on the way aerosa the
plains from Illinois to VVIIIammette
valley In the year 1845. or 5» years
ago.
HU parents settled tn what is now
Lilin county, and he was reared in this
state, leaving here for Idaho in 1873.
Mr. Griffiths remembers but
little
about the «a»uiitry which hi, people
paged over in that early day. except
that it was the acme of loneliness and
peril.
He recalls the rough mountain,
passes crossed where no sign of a
wagon road had been made, and says
Ills parents and the train with which
they came, biased a trail most of the
way across. There was not a vestige
of civilisation in any part of Eastern
Lousvllle, Ky., has received a He
Oregon al that time, except the Whit len. soaking after five months of
man colony at Walla Walla, and one drought. All the creeks, cisterns and
blockhouse at The Dulles.
reservoirs are running over.