THE OREGON DAILY JOURWAU PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVBNINO, OCTOBER 10, UW BOMB FOB JUDBE CAMERON Nihilists Threaten to Use Violence M Police Magistrate Does Not Deal leniently With John Lewandoski, Accused of Crime. w,.u .wlrt and iiirt, ! to mated out to, Judge Ctoeron by Uio local branch of th dread Nlhlllat or ganisation In the event that ha decides adveraely to John Lewandoekl. tha al leged Ruealan bomb thrower, who given a hearing yeeterday on a of unlawful cohabitation. In tha mall today Camaron received tha following ' threatening communication: "Monday. "Judge Cameron, City. "Tomorrow la Lewendoskt'o caaa. Look out I Free him. otherwise well be afttr you. "Ha la our brother, and yon Know hit it maana. MEMBERS OF THE RED FLAG." Immediately after receiving tha letter Judg Cameron notified both the police and tha United States aaeret eervlo agents. Tha latter la written on ordinary ruled writing paper and waa lnoloaed In a white envelope. The handwriting U crude and evidently disguised. The communication waa mailed Monday aft ernoon and beara the a tamp of Station Tj. From trtla poatmark It la evident that the eplatle waa -deposited in an east aide bo in Alblna, aa aubatatlon B la located on Ruaaell afreet, near Vancouver ayvenue. The headquarter! NO MORE LAND FRAUD TRIALS PORTLAND UNTIL NEXT YEAR There will be no more land fruad trlala In Portland thla year. Thla la the opinion of United State Dlatrlct Attorney W. C. Bristol, who returned thla morning from a trip to San Fran cisco, and U Angela, where he a slstee Francla J. Heney In arguing the Williamson. Oesner. Biggs, and the Henry Meldrum cases on appeal at Ban Franc leco. H also Investigated, the Wisconsin cases In Los Angeles. The lllneaa of Judge Morrow of the United Bute circuit court of aapeals at San Franclaeo la directly resaafcalble for the pcatponement of th Oregon ajasaa Judge Morrow haa overtax hla eyea and baa been ordered to rest for n Indefinite time by hi physlciene. He has therefore retired temporarily from the federal bench at San Franclaeo, and Judge Hunt, who waa to have tried the land fraud caaes here haa been ordered to asaume the dutlea of Judge Morrow On the berteh of the court of apeeela. Judge Wolverton will alao go to San Franclscd; taking charge of the Insur ance casta which are to be heard In the dlatrlct codrt. Judge Hunt will reach Ban Franclaeo on October !0. and will begin hi duties en tl)e bench there on October tt.- He IU not finish until December at the rileat. and In the Opinion of Mr. Brls 1 It may be January 1 before he la Able to return to Portland and again tke up the land fraud trlala. Judge Wolverton may be In San Franclaeo for two montha before he haa disponed of the Insurance litigation. -' Mr. Heney haa been aelected aa one atf the three members of the board of arbitration which la to arbitrate th tabor troublea between th United Rail ways and lta employee and thla' work will be of long duration. It 1 Mr. Heney' expectation to be through with this task by the flrat of December, but gain Bristol is doubtful, thinking that It will be nearer the flrat of th year before? the work I finished, as th con dition there are very complicated and Will be difficult of settlement, requir ing time. In the meantime the land fraud cases will be st a etandatlll and nothing will or can be done until after the return of Judge Hunt and Mr. Heney. Th caaea Bill be aat ahead In the order In which they stand until the court can begin their consideration onoe mora. " - It Is poaalhle that Mr. Bristol will convene tha federal grand Jury between thla time and. the flrat of January, If the assignment of th Judges will per mit. Mr. Bristol aald today that It waa tola desire to begin the investigation of further violations of the timber lawa. gnd of varloua poatofflce matters, and that be would secure an order calling a grand jury from Judge Wolverton, be fore the latter left for San Franclaeo. If it were possible to handle the jury In the-absence of the judge. Owing to the fact that Portland will have no fed eral Judge for so long, it la doubtful If the Jury will be called at thla time. , Mr. Bristol expects to be busy during If you want to feel good and look food surround yourself with one of our good Top Coats. We hare the knee lengths In blacks, Oxfords and grays for conservative dress ers and the short "Toppers" for the swell young man. Prices from $10.00 to 925.00. g LION ClothinQCo ChttloUmPlw Men' and Bora' Outfitter. 164 and 168 Third Street. Mohawk Building. wHTW-ja( A VI i -vri I mlfri JSX I BB VvJSriPff . of the Pollah secret aocletlea are Is thla dlatrlct and during tha Investigation made by the police and government agents aeveral months ago lnflamma torv anarehlettr literature waa found In one of tha meeting places on Ruaaell afreet. Judge Cameron la not perturbed over the matter and la Inclined to treat the matter lightly. The threatening note la looked upon aa corroboration of Deputy Bletrlet At torney Haneye atartllng etetement in vesterdav that I.ewandoskl had been aen tensed to death ia Ruaala for throwing a bomb, aa the letter la algnea the "Red Flag," the uaual elgnature uaad In anonymous communications em anating from the headquarter of the anarchlats. Lewendoskl's oaae la sched uled to be heard again on Friday and It la not thought that any attempt will be mad to molest Judge Camaron be fore he gives a decision In the oaae. Thar has bean trouble brewing among various Pollah and Russian aecret or gan laatloaa In thla city for aeveral raontha and. although Secret Service Operative Foster did not give out the result of hla Investigation. It la thought that ' he found abundant evidence to show that there waa a branch of Rus atan Nthlllata In Portland. ' - th Interim while the land caaea are not before tha court. He haa a large accumulation of office work whloh he will 'now bar an opportunity to clear away. He will alao take action In re gard to the fouling of the river with oil and other debris, and will look after many harbor matters which ar await ing hla attention and other local work. The caae against Gilchrist and other Michigan resident who are resisting re moval to Oregon for trial for alleged land frauds will be taken up by Mr. Bristol and an effort will be made to hrlitar the men Twtfnre the court. The lnveatlgatlon of tho caaea where timber selections have been made and held up during th land investlgs tlona will also be taken up and those suspended elatma which are made ac cording to the law will be recommended and passed to patent. One of the moat Important matters which Mr. Bristol will take up will be the enforcement of the eight-hour law on all federal work. Ia this he will act under the direction of the government and will enforce the regulation even In caaea of emergency work, aa that seems to be the desire of the administration. Mr. Bristol ia now about buried under a pUe of letters and la laboring hard to' catch up with ls correpaondenee and the business accumulated during his ab sence WILLAMETTE PRESBYTERY MEETS AT CORVALUS fJearaal gaeeta! S-f-tee.) Corvallla, Or.. Oct 10 Xh. wm.m. ette preabytery waa In sessfftn here laat mgm. in sermon waa delivered by the Rev. H. M. Mount of Eugene Rev. M, S. Bush waa elected moderator of the presbytery; Rev. Lowrey of New herg was chosen temporary clerk. Thla afternoon at 1:10 o'clock the fourth annual conference of the Sabbath School Missionary synod of Oregon con vened here. Slxtv delegates .rriv.d thla rooming and 100 are expected. Thla afternoon the nroeram ini,M. addresses by the Reve. T. B. Qreewold of Albany, M. 8. Bueh of Corvallla TV Thompson Of Portland It a Ketchum of Baker City, J V. Mllllgan and W. S. Holt of Portland, and J. M Ferguson of southern Oragon. . Tonight here I of sermon by the Rev Alexander Henry of Philadelphia. ROCKEFELLER'S NEMESIS PRESENT AT OHIO TRIAL aa ... 9 rrtes.1 Flndlay. O.. Oct. 10 -John D. Rocke feller a Nemesis. Ida M. Run. . ter of the late George M. Rice, waa prea ent at the trial of the Standard Oil com- "" "7. nice waa an Independent ruinm y me standard. His daughter baa devoted her life to Sght lng the trut and took up th battle She will be a atar witness for th. r.,.. cutton. Th present Incriminating doe umenta were gathered by the father and aasg-a ewejaa. LARGE CROWDS GREET BRYAN IN MISSOURI Kansas City, Oct 10. William J. Bryan apoke today at Nevada. Clinton aeoaiia and Columbia. Large crowda an a i eacn place. AT THE THEATRES. 1 "The Deserter." in ine ueaerter- the Lyric atock company, haa a great military drama . J, .- .L. '"nning and Herbert i.iuu bis jaw roiaiers, while Ml Howard haa one tt those emorional roles In which aha excel.. Mta Bran.cnrnb and Mr. Connr aupply th comedy element "The Deserter7, Is a olav svery on with a lov of country should w1tn.a It is Oiled with p7tr" i.m and fires one's enthueleem for Old Glory. At the Grand. LeughUr reigns supreme this week t the Grand. There la a hlg suddIv -... uiwuu; ii me program mij i nan is usual. i ne nut la re plete wun capital acta, any one of win. n wou di a neaaiiner under ordl 2fryK olrcumetancee. "Mademoiselle Manhattan' is a condensed musical wiui Travesty interpolations Ous Leonard la a mualcal magician and . oritrn ana west sing and dance to the delight of all. a . At the Star. Of the any olays offered at the Star since the Allen stock company csme to thla house none other haa mad such a favorable impression a thla week' bill. "The Girl from Texas " Th play I exceptional In many respects. It was originally written for the famous soe brette. Katie Putnam, and thla part Ts well suited to Mlaa Vera Kelton. the lever little actress who heads the Al len company SECOND G AME WON BY NATIONALS Whit Sox Go Down to Dsfsat in Freezing Game at Chicago. National T. American 1. (Joaraal Special Servtae.1 Chicago, Oct 10. Whit waa In .the box for the Chicago Americana today. with Sullivan behind the bat, while Ruelbaoh and Kllng filled similar poei tlons In ths line up of the Chicago Na tionals, in the second gam of the series for the world's championship. Probably a game of baseball waa never played under such frightful condition aa that of today, for although th morning waa bright, crisp and promising, th tem perature dropped rapidly aa th hour of play approached and th wind rose to half a gala . After the defeat of the Cuba yeater- day by the White Box ia the flrat i of the champlonahtp series, the Ameri cans Jumped into the place of favorite In the betting, although the odd were against them yeetenday before the con test was pulled off. Th crowd of fana preaent at the game today exceeded In numbera the crowd of yeeterday and tha backers of the White Sox outnumber thoee of their opponents fully three to one. On be ot a erasure. The fireworks commenced in the eeo ond Inning, the 'first having resulted In a goose egg for each team, when the Cube, bent upon retrieving their fail ure of yesterday, pounced upon the Sox for three rune and succeeded in shut ting ths other team out without a tally. Chance went to the bat for . the Cuba and fanned. He was followed- up by Stlnfeldt. who hammered one Into left field. Tinker beat out a bunt and Evera followed with the same tactics. Whan Ever bunted Isbell at second gathered it la from the ground, but made a wild throw, peat Tannehlll and three men were safe on the bags. Steinfeldt scored Whit intention ally paaaed Kilns, for a double play. Ruelbaoh aacrlflced and waa put out. I she II threw to Donohue find Tinker cored. Hoffmen was next up and beat out a bunt. Ever aoorlng. JDonohue tnrew home ami got Kung. In the second half th Whit Box were unable to. mark a run lo their credit. Score' Again In Third. In the flrat half of the third the Cuba made another run. Sheckard was pinched between White and Donohue. Schulte walked. Chance forced him and Tannehlll threw to Isbell Chance atole a base, ran to third on a wild throw of Sully's and scored on Stelnfeldt'e elngle to left. Steinfeldt was "put out while stealing second. Sully throwing to la bell. The Box were shut out again in the third and when they took the field at the beginning of the fourth Owen waa placed In the box. The score In th fourth was nothlne to nothing. , , oaae aoor ox ta Birth. j IF the fifth inning the Cube scored nothing and the Sox scored one run. ne walked, being forced by arty. Steinfeldt flew out to wild nttch idvanp.il I)ti-h- '"erty, lhlllvrt fouted to Kllng Tinker led TannehlH'e grounder, Deugh- coring. Owen, flew out to Sheckard. In the sixth inning the Cuba carried off another run. Steinfeldt hitting aafe ly to left and Tinker forcing him to second. Owen knocked a fly, which was gathered Id by Tannehlll. and Evers singled. Tinker then pulled off a dou ble steal. Sullivan threw badly and Tinker scored. Kling struck out and Ruelbach went out from Robe to Don ahue. The Sox trotted to the bat but, unable to repeat their performance of the fifth, went down In one, two, three order. MAYOR LANE SAYS THINGS ABOUT ATTORNEY LOGAN Declares Lawyer Is Apparently Ignorant of Alaska and of Oregon Law. "If Mr. Logan doean't know anything more about the Oregon la we than he know about Alaska, I feel sorry for his clients." That la the reply of Mayor Lane to the announcement that John F. Logan, attorney, had discovered the mayor Is Illegally holding office becauae he re sided Jn Alaska for aome time. Mr. Imogen pointed out that the charter pro h- Tilt. t ! he a citizen of vides the mayor muat :ztn f 'wr'3,"iwirru.Vn?.nr:t u vscX election. Mayor Lane did not return frcm Alaska until within, less ths n one i year before he waa elected. "He ought to know that by living In Alaska you cannot gain or lose resi dence," said the mayor this "Thai Is one of the lawa conce; territory. The people of A la ski fought agelnat It for a long tlm clarlng It an lnjuatlce to the terrltoi LATINS BOYCOTT AMERICAN GOODS (Joaraal Special gervtee.t New Orleans. La., Oct 10. Circulars mailed from San Jose, Costa Klca, de clare that President Roosevelt aald In a recent addreea that the Lattn-Amerl-can countries are bound to disappear because they are Latin In character and also because they are ao small. The circular adds that 117 boycott station have been established In South Ameri can countries and every effort will be made to prevent the sals of American made goods. LA FOLLETTE CALLED IN BIQ RATE CASE (Jonrat geedii gsrvlre.t St. Paul, Minn., Oot. 10. Senator La Follette will testify before the state railroad warehouse commission on the day upon which J. J. Hill Is sub poenaed to sppesr In ths action Insti tuted by the State Shippers' associa tion upon an alleged illegal Imposition Of freight rates . SILVER IS BOUGHT FOR THREE MINTS Wsehlngton, Oct. 10 The director of the mint this afternoon purchased 600,000 ounces of silver for delivery In equal lots to San rranelseb. New Or leans and Denver, at es.n eents an ounce, . BETURBANED SIKHS REACH THE CITY AND SEARCH FOR WORK W B H mm KB H9 H i Sohawa Singh sad His "On th road to Mandalay, Where the flying fishes play, And th dawn comes up like thunder.' Out er China cross the bay. During a lull In business at police headquarters this morning Captain John Moore sbstractedly hummed Kipling's Jingle of the east as he beat an accom paniment on the deak with a penholder. He waa aroused from hie deep reverie by the question addreseed to him In oriental English: "Sahib. I am looking for work Will you most kindly examine these papers 7" Upon looking up Moore rubbed hi eyes to make sure that It waa net the result of a disordered Imagination, for standing at attention' , with the hands raised In military salute were two bj. whiskered and beturbaned Sikhs, who looked as if they had just stepped from a peg of Klpllng'a ballade. The teller of the two, who gave his name as Sohawa Singh, was over six feet tall and his height waa accentu ated by a large white and gold turban. His companion, whom he Introduced with a wave of the hand- aa Natah Singh, his cousin, alao wore the heed gear emblematic of the land from whloh they came Aa examination of the contents of aa official-looking packet of documents handed to Captain Moore by Sohawa Singh brought to light aeveral highly interesting papera. Bearing .the elgna ture Of President Roosevelt and th late John Hay, secretary of state, and atamped with the great eeal of the United Statea, waa a reeommsnaaiion from the national government to the ef fect that' Sohawa Singh had occupied the position of marshal of the consular court at Hankow. China, for a period of three years. Accompanying thla waa a letter elnged by Consul-General Wil liam Martin certifying to Sohawa's ablV ity. Integrity and honesty. A Isttef THIEF STEALS TWO MILES OF COPPER One of the most remarkable thefts reported ' to the police In some time le being Investigated by th bureau of criminal Investigation. James Oleason nf tha Conaolldated Railway company notified Captain Bruin this morning thst . - - TT .. Mit.. A mi lew polee of the disused W ood lawn -Van - lB Th. man waa eeen at work by an em ploye of Pllkerton'e nureery and ordered to deelet From the amount of wire taken It wee absolutely necessary to have a wagon to haul the property away, and the detective bellevee that aeveral thieve were concerned In the affair. MRS. SNYDER AGREES TO GO TO HILLSBORO (Special vispaicB u """' Hitleboro, Or., Oot 10. At l o'clock thla afternoon Wktrtct Attorn Alien received a tele gram from Mr. Madge Snyder at Portland eeying that she had mlaaed the train, but would be here euro at noon tomorrow. PRESIDENT DEFERS ATTACK ON STANDARD (Journal Speelsl service 1 Washington, Oct. 10. The proposed attack of the government against the Standard ha eeen deferred Indefinitely, the president believing; that to start a suit now would be regarded as cheap politics to Influence slectlons, and be sides the preparation Of evidence Is la complete. Federal Judge OrlUoally HL i I Ber.tr I Dixon in. Oct 10 Federal Judge Bethee Is critically ill at hla I here A surgical operation may be ssssry to save his life. home i Joaraal ftp la I sen Ire.) Milwaukee, Oct. .10. Billy Potts waa today matched to fight young Fltsger aid on October 1. 1 I o Consin, Natah Singh. from the American consul at Vancouver, British Columbia, at which point the two men had landed a few day age from an Asiatic steamer, was also found In the envelope. . " A discharge paper signed by Major Ratt cliff on th Thirty-third regiment of Sepoy Infantry ahows that Sohawa served In that organisation at Bi ma, India, for five year. Natah Singh also has a military record, having been a private In the Twenty-ninth regiment of Sepoy, stationed In th ame dlatrlct for fouv yea re. Captain Moore turned the two men end their papers oyer to Chief Orlts roacher. They Informed the head of th police department that they bed arrived In Portland laat night from Vancouver and were dealrous Of securing employ ment. The chief Informed thsm that he did not know of any position for them. Natah Singh Imparted the Information that he was on the police force In Han kow. China, and the suggestion haa been mad that he be detailed with Kay and Burke on the "moral equad." Ia posing for picture at The Jour nal office both men war extremely nervous and suspiciously eyed the cam era while the photographer wee adjust ing the mechanism. They are nattra of Jelapur and belong to the race of Sikhs. According to the tenets of their religious belief smoking and the eat ing of beef are prohibited. There Is no ban, however, on the use of the flesh of the sheep. They heve taken up quar ters at ths Qirlmby hotel until they can secure employment. Whether this coun try will satisfy them aa well aa the territory contiguous to the "road to Mandalay" remains to be seen. Perhape they will prefer: "Some place east of Sues. . Where the best Is like the worst. And there aren't no ten commandments, And a man can have a thirst." m WIRE FROM POLES The nurseryman, by hie opportune ar rival on the scene, no doubt prevented the theft of ejl the wire on the pole. The value of the property stolen, In view of the exceptionally high price of copper prevailing at the present time te In excess of 11.000 The merchant tailoring establishment of T. Sohultse on East Burnalde and Union avenue was entered by thieves Monday night, and $0 yards of trouser ings csrrlsd away. Schultse suspects a man who entered the piece early In the evening of having committed the theft. The fellow made en inspection of the goods stolen and appeared to be taking a survey of the Interior of the store. ATTORNEY FOR MAYS REQUESTS MORE TIME W. D. Fan ton. who represented Franklin P. Mays In the Blue mountain land fraud ease, aaksd for an order In the Unltsd States district court this morning for an extension of 10 days In whloh to prepare a motion for a new trial and alao to prepare a bill of ex ceptlona for Maya to present to the court Mr. Fsnton explained that there are more than 1,200 pagee In the record of the case and that he hae not had time to go Over tt. An order was alao aaksd for to remove the 700 exhibits presented la the oase to Mr. Fanton's office that he might examine them while preparing hla bill of exceptions Th requests wsrs allowed by Judge Wolverton with the understanding that United States District Attorney Bris tol is to consent to the arrangement before the orders become effective. Big Banch Sold. (Special Dispatch te Th Journal ) Pendleton, Or., Oot. 10. By the terms of a deal that has just been mads Wal ter Adams and sons of this city have purchased ths stock ranch of. Jacob Born, neer T'klsh. for a consideration of 120.000. There are 1,100 acres in ths ranch and it la regarded aa one of the best oettle ranches in that section, be ing well Improved and stocked. Big (geadal Dispatch te Tae Joaraal.) Newberg, Or., Oct. 10. The Newberg public school has bow enrolled 410 pupils, PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS' RULE Have Power to Force Board of Education to Safeguard Lives of Children. That ths nublio safety offlclala Of the city nave toe auuavniy o u.napvi mt beard of education to make alterations the sohooihoueea if it la coaaiaered ceesaxy for the nroteotlon of the pu pil, I th belief of the building Inspec tor and rir onier. Further investigation of the fire rlaka In school are now under way. Both yeaterday and today the chief and the fire marshal have been vial ting school upon whloh only a partial re port had been made to the executive board. "The report mention stovepipe chim ney, and they are against the law," says Building Inspector Spenoer. "Aa te the extinguishers and stand plpee, thoee were only reoommendatlone. We didn't ask that the fire drllla be the earns la all the schools, but we did recommend that th signals be the same In all the schools and that the children be taught to drop everything and get out without atopplng to get their book and wrape. Suppose the children stampeded la a stalrcass and dropped their books. Why, 40 children would drop enough books to block th tlre." Aa Herman Wittenberg 1 eat of the ofty, the director will take ao action on th report until hie return. He and I. N. Fleleehner constitute the building committee, to which the matter waa re ferred. The executive heard haa allowed the director 40 day In which to make th alteration recommended and de manded. Among these are cutting a doorway through to ths fir escape on the Shaver aohool and cleaning out the waat from around the furaaeee of nearly all th schools. YACHT FROLIC WITH CHINAMEN SEIZED Providence, R. I., Oct. 10. After elud Ing th Immigration offlclala for oyer a fortnight with a cargo of Chine im migrants the yacht Frolic waa eelsed In the Providence river today and con fiscated In the name of the federal gov ernment. Seventeen Chinamen and three members of the crew were a treated. The commander and other mem bora of the crew were not preaent. The Frolic came up the harbor undetected. A watchman In a coal yard atumbled over two Chinamen and started ta arrest them when a volee from the Frolic told him to let them alone. The watchman reported the occurrence and the eeisure followed DALLES IS TO HAVE IMPROVED STREETS (Special Dtepates to The Journal Th bailee. Or., Oot. 10. The new street commissioner ia enforcing the ordinance aa regarda obetruotlona In streets. Me haa arrested three men during the paat two daya for placing obetructlona on streets and each waa fined $1 and costs. He la also estab lishing hi reputation for Improving street, and In a little while The Dalle will have aa good street aa any city In Oregon. The rook eruabar 1 kept busy all th time and thoroughfare which were formerly well known for hole and mud. are regular city boulevard. PERRY CHARGED WITH AIDING JAIL BREAK (Special Maaeteh te The Journal.) Pendleton. Or., Oot 10. Win Alfred Perry waa brought to the city from Walla Walla yeaterday by Sheriff Tay lor, charged with being Implicated In furnishing aawa to th prisoner who mad th recent jail break at thla place. perry was formerly a partner of Our Toung and before the jatlbreak be called at th Jail several different time and talked with come of th prisoners. Thu far no Indictment has been returned against Perry by the district attorney. The evldenoe againat him la very dlreot. and It 1 more than likely that ha wlU be confronted with a aerloua charge of aiding prisoners to escape. ( SALE OF BIQ MINE STOPPED BY COURT (ioeclal Dtasateb to Th Joernal.) Eugene, Or., Oct. 10. The Great Northern Development company waa to have formally turned over the Oreat Northern mine and milling plant. In the Blue river district, to th Blue River Mine company at a meeting la thla city yeeterday afternoon, but an Injunction order by Judge Harrie, reotralnlng the aale of the property, has held the aale up for a while. The aale waa all but consummated, the purohass prloe to have been $240, 000, but yesterday forenoon J. M. Cook, one of the stockholders In the Great Northern Devslopment company. Insti tuted injunction proceedings. SEARCH FOR BODY OF TUPPER IS RENEWED (Joaraal Special Benin.) Wawona, Cel., Oot. 10. Seereh for the body of H. W. Tupper, who fell off a 2,100-foot cliff In Toeemlt. waa again begun thla morning. Several hundred feet of rope waa taken to the place the accident le supposed to have hap pened. It win be used In lowering a man over the cliff In an attempt to find the body. WALLOWA COUNTY TO HOLD ANNUAL FAIR (Special Dispatch to Ta Journal.) Lostln. Or.. Oot 10. Th Wallowa county fair will be hId at Lectin. Oc tober 17, II end 1. 1000, and promisee to be one of the beet fairs ever held In thla county. The premium list shows liberal awards for exhibits, snd a good race program la being arranged. Bank Xaray DM. Umatilla, Or.. Oot 10. Hank Kear ney, a middle aged man who hae been working on the North Bank road for eome time, died at tha Cottage hotel lest night very suddsnly. Hs tied been kicked In the abdomen by some unknown person which, with ths smount of liquor he had been drinking, hastened hla death. It la alao reported that he was an opium flsnd and took too much, whloh oansed hie death. Juet how toe came to hla death la a mystery. Long Creek, Or.. Oct 10. One of the well-known ranohere of this section, B. C. Henderson, sold his ranch, con sisting of 240 acre, ons-half mile north west of Long Creek, to Arthur Mulksy for a consideration of (1,400. Mr. Hen derson expects te Iseve for The Dsllee, where he will engage la the livery busl- CONVENTION WILL BE SUCCESSFUL Rsv. E. L. Housg Says Christian Endeavors Are manning to Have Great Matting. Bv. 9. I. House, who has been eon. aeeted with the work of tha Chrlstlsn Endeavor for II years, feele oonfldent that the state convention of Endeavor era, which la to open at th Flrt Con gregational church Friday, will be one of the largeet Endeavor meetinga ever held In Oragon. 'We are going to have a very suc cessful meeting If good speakers and hard work will make It so." he sold this morning, "and I think that a great many Rev. E. L. House. Christlan Endeavor members will be present at the convention. And, of courae, the general public anloy the meetings almost as much as the mem bers. J. A. Roekwood, the world's vice president, and a number of other promi nent worker In the National society win re present and make addresses on subjects of Interest to all Endeavor workers, and the local ministers will tell of th work done In this state be sides making addresses on other sub jects." The First Congregational Church Chrtetlan Endeavor society ts the larg est In the state and haa done eome note worthy work In the laat few years. Pil grim chapel, on Lincoln street Is sup ported by the Endeavor and a mission ary kept In Foo Chow, China, through its work. The different committee of the Christian Endeavor look after the social affairs of the church and have charge of the Sunday evening prayer meeting. The society haa a member ship of 110 active worker. Bvery other year th Christian Bn d savor society hold an international convntlon and between 10,000 and . 000 delegate are ueually preaent at thee conventions. The laat Interna tional convention waa held ta London and next year It la to be held In Seat tle. In 10, the convention will meet In jeua)m. Drf Franei HV Clark, the founder end preeldent of the United Society of Chrtetlan Endeavor, la gen erally preaent at the International oon- J VttftOf-saV The Endeavor eoelety waa started about t( years ago and slnoe that time haa grown to wonderful proportions The constitution haa been translated Into every language and share la a steady net gain of more than 1,000 o cletlee and 100,000 mem bore every year. London, which le the largeet Chrtetlan Endeavor city In the world, haa TOO ocletlea. Oregon haa a membership af about 1,000. LONG FRANCHISE IS GRANTED BY R0SEBURG fgaseial Dispatch to The Joaraal.) Rosaburg. Or.. Oot. 10. The elty council Monday night granted a fran chlae to the Willamette Valley Trac tion company for the Installation of a water and light system In thle city. The franchise came hp for considera tion laat Monday evening, but action waa deferred on It until laat night The franchlae waa granted for a terra of 10 year. By the term of th franchlae th systems must be commenced within 10 daye and completed within on year. The granting of the franchise to the new company la the result of the poor service given by the old company for the paat two or three years. NEW MACHINERY FOR NORTH POWDER MINE (apodal ntspitch te The Joaraal.) North Powder, Or., Oot. 10. A oar load of mining machinery haa Just ar rived In North Powder for the' Coop erative Copper dt Gold Mining com pany. Th copper mine le only about twe mile from North Powder and Mr. Down, th mining engineer who la manager for them, statea that develop ment work will be pushed vigorously aa aoon as the plant Is Installed, and that they will, without doubt, la a very short tlma, opts one of the largest bodies of copper ore In eastern Oregon. LONG SENTENCE GIVEN ' NEGRO MURDERER (Joaraal Special SerTlee.) Belleville. HI.. Oct 10 Thomas Wat- kins, ths nsgro president of a Demo cratic club of negroea of Bt. Lout, was today sentenced to 90 years' Imprison ment for murder. He killed a white man who was driving a party of negroea to a picnic. RUSSIAN SOCIALISTS DECLARE BJG STRIKE Lods. Russia. Oot. 10. The Socialists In thla section of Russia are declaring a general strike aa a protsst against the drumheed courts-martial by which 11 executions took plaes In the past few days. Ths strlks Is precipitating seri ous difficulties. Buslnsss la at a stand still and bloodshed Is expected. PERSONALS ' Harry Dyer, aseltaant to Thomaa B. Neuhsuaen, special Inspector of th In terior department, hae returned from an outing In southern Oregon. Senator M. A. Miller or Lebanon la at the Imperial hotel. Mlaa Vivian Fhexner, elerk In th United State dlatrlet attorney'e office, haa returned from a three weeks' out ing at Seaside. al . mm