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I XT1? . ! DA1LYEVENINGED1TI0M WM WENINGEDITION nATT V h'f,,M0,.r- A WEEK. y ji. t " L. IS. " PEXBLETOX, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, "WISDXESDAV, MAY 2S, 11)02. NO. 440 state funeral. p . n II I" IP Pll f n II H Al M II IMfl Rl fl I IT i A TEMPER ANCE ELEPHANT j n . ii n nrPmTrn HI u. H. nnLli ID UULU nrnvllH VUUiM UU I killed man "who" offered I0LHI1U UluliIIlU HI HER GLASS OF BEER. MR North Martinique Entirely De- ffSg sorted, the Residents Going 1 Iffim to Fort de France. flip ERUPTION OF PELEE WIPED llWM OUT ANOinER TOWN. 111111 ISE TIN EVER Ling Trades Strike More IriousThan at Any lime L it Was Started, TP BUILDERS REFUSE TO RESUME OPERATIONS. remands That All Building l - trial Bear the Stamp of the L and Master Builders Can Go On as They Hcve Contracts Non-Union Mills. tland, May 28.-The strike' sit l . l.oonmp more complicat- L.. n, ovov as the Master lay mou . iconpintinn has refused to e operations because the union hds that all maienui ui l nf tho nnlnn. ori mi now worse than and hundreds of carpenters, nnrt e nziers are luie. j.u r Builders have contracts with Waning mills for material ana bannot secure that material as fc hR hnveott is on against un title honpp tlmv rpb no chance Esuming work. They are now I to compel the unions to ac- nntorlnl frnm nil nf the mills. lomplete boycott is now being F against tne planing mills ana painters, glaziers and others fcted with tne building trades, : cauea on any ana an an jous any attempt is made to use ' tho llnfnlr nrnflnnt A numhpr liters and glaziers have quit to teetlng will be held tomorrow by the Building Trades Coun.- r-Jhe purpose of perfecting for the early starting of a new mill which several of the have under contemplation to fcwn as the Building Trades Co pve Planing Mill Company and will represent a capitalization LOOO. Master Plumbers' Association Dt yet reached an agreement he union, but expects to with- lay or two. In tho meantime, it many of the plumbers have but to work by master plumbers ea with the association. Thero tout six of those firms in the I Some are bitterly onnosed to Ithey designate as a combine by the association for selfish es only. Public Services Held Over Ambassa dor Pauncefote. Washington, May 2S. The state funeral services over the remains ot Ambassador Pauncefote, were con ducted today in St. John's church. The full diplomatic corps and the president and cabinet were present. A detachment of 1600 troops es corted the body from the embassy to the church. Twelve American sol diers and marines were tho active pallbearers. The casket was draped in the British flag and bore as its sole floral adornment a wreath of white roses, and lilies of the valley from King Edward. ELECTRICAL TRANSPORTATION. Edison Announces That He Has Solv ed. This Problem. Orange, N. J. May 28.-1-Thomas A. Edison announced this morning that the problem of electrical transporta tion had been solved. The announce ment is based on tests of his new storage battery, which has proved de cidedly successful. In one test 62 miles were made over a billy coun try with one charge. In another, 8b miles were covered. Next week Edi son will make a 1000-mile endurance test. THINK THEY'VE GOT HADLEY. Murderer of Nora Fuller Believed to Be Jailed at Portland. Portland. Mav 28. Detective Ker- rican todav arrested a man suspect ed to be ti. B. Hadley, the murderer of Nora Fuller at San Francisco. Investigation at Fernie. Vnnrnnvfii- Ti. f!.. Mav 28. A SDeC ial from Fernie, B. C, says: There will be no whltewasned veraict ren dered hv the coroner's iurv which will recommence Inquiry Into the mine dlstaster Friday. The. Miners' union has retained counsel to look after the Interests of the miners. This jury is composed of merchants of Fernie, who are free handed in the matter, whipii thpv will have to consiuer Tlio mi hi In demand for an Official in- vestigation, aside from tne inquiry of the coroner's jury, is becoming more insistent and it Is predicted that the verdict of the coroner's jury will be such as to force the govern ment to act. So far 72 bodies have been recoverd. CALL GENERAL STRIKE. Ituminous Coal Workers May Ordered Out of Mines. Ouls, May 28, Frank Sartrent. ft the Brotherhood of Locomo RSineers and a member of the Pi Committee tr nrUHroto tho f. in an interview here today, P3' a symnathetio. rItIUa nf hi. N coal miners may be inau- -meus tne anthracite strike Is ry soon. rW he advised ATiti,ii noit li strike after he had attend- I Mat monHno- ii.. i, 11 it e. at which he said the mine ' manifested no inclination to concessions. A Big Franchise. PJ. May 28. Dr. Desote, of Rk. and William B. Riley and I ui i-nuaaeipnia, granted a blanket fran- lr ,e power Plants and iruaas through Snohomish ' Iney nrnnnaa annnn o '0 dammino. . o..u. . ' teroui b "lo ouiwin river viae 250,000 horse-power. To Coin More Sllur. Dgton nr.. no IttM .ra' o. rne house lu hild 1 w.no.10 today began -huu nr t h -v 1,111 i Ei2S??ry Bllver coinas- r' 8uth0ri2ea the tecretary ot n tho ;,,rn 550 cu "naer the act of tout i ; V, noay corning fire i rw of frame build- lr of ,fc8let. Baker City, ln Ksly de87" f P'scopal church, aeB roying Hartman' hr I .V Jfughes- real Mnn "we. Tho i. By Woman Who Wants $15, 000 for Laceration f Her Tender Affections.. His State Ticket Carried Ohio Republican Convention by Overwhelming Majority, SAYS SHE HAD BEEN HIS HOUSEKEEPER. And After Expecting for Four years to Marry Him, She Was Turned Down With a Dull, Sickening Thud, Another Woman Winning His Affections. Portland, May 28. C. A. Rhea, a prominent banker of Heppner, was sued today for breach of promise by Annie Schmitt. She sinks for balm for her wounded affect ons to the amount of $15,000. She had been his houskeoper in apartments in Portland., for the past four years and now claims that he deserted her for another woman. A MEAT FAMINE. Strike of Stock Yards Teamsters Causes Shortage In Chicago. Chicago, May 28. The possibility of a meat famine in Chicago is in creasing. The packers smuggled sev eral carloads out of the stock yards this morning, but the striking team sters prevented the delivery of the meat either by persuading the driv ers to ioin their ranks or by forcibly nreventine delivery. Several riot calls were turned in, but there were no serious outbreaks. Appropriation Cut Down. WnBhlnfrtnn. Mav 28. The appro priation for improvement of The Dalles has been amended to reduce the amount continuing the contract rrom $400,000 to $134,000, ana a pro viso Is inserted at the end of the pai nrrrn nh that before entering upon any work examination shall -be made by a board of engineers with a view to modifying the project in sucn way as to diminish the cost thereof and if the project can be modified, work is to be done in accordance wjtn sucn modification. Otherwise it is to go on in acocrdance with the project submitted by captain nans. Nominated by Roosevelt. Washington. May 28. The presi dent today sent the following nomi nations to the senate: Melvin Grigs by, to bo United States attorney for the district of Alaska; Thomas Dar gie, to be postmaster at Oakland, Cal. Attempted ...urder. Pnrtland. Mav 28. 'James Murray attempted to murder W. E. Minan in a saloon today in a dispute ever some drinks. The shot grazed Minan's head, but he was not injured. New Postmaster Appointed. Wndhinetnn. Mav 28. Fred "W. Miller has been named postmaster at Oakesdale, wash. "The New Agriculture." In June Scrlbner's: "The, New Agriculture," by W. S. Harwood, is what the author calls glimpses into "the pages of a book of magic." Few people realize that a thousand train ed scientific men are at work and a million dollars are expended annu ally by the government to support the agricultural experiment stations ln the various states. Within the last decade the work of these men the results of which are freely given tn th niihllc. has revolutionized many branches of agriculture and added many million aouars to me noinn nf farm nrndncts in the United States. This article for the first time sets forth In popular form these wonderful achievements. The illus- of the experi ments ip progress. Tne article Is an eyeopener who believe that agrl culture -has stood aside while ,other American industries have gone Peace Not Assured. London, May 28. Just before par liament arwose, after midnight Tues day morning, a rumor reached the lobbies that a hitch had occurred in tho peace negotiations. Nothing offi cial concerning this rumor could bi ascertained, but the dispatch to the Associated Press from Pretoria, in which it' was stated that the preva lence throughout South Africa of the optimistic feeling in regard to the peace negotiations was hardly based upon solid facts, may be regarded as an indication that such a hitch has occurred. Little information from Pretoria has been able reecntly to pass tho censor. Closed a Loophole. Washington, May 28. Secretary Hay yesterday closed up one of the principal places of refugo for crimi nals committing crimes in tho United States, when he exchanged the final ratifications with Wilker Martinez, the Chilean minister here, of the new Chilean extradition treaty. The United States never has had such a treaty with Chile and somo of tho most notable defaulters and embezzl ers from the United States havu found safety in that country. TAKING IN FARMERS. GOVERNMENT'S PHILIPPINE POLICY WAS INDORSED. Platform Adopted Favored Chinese Exclusion, Retention of the Philip pines, Reciprocity With Cuba and Other Matters of National Import ance Hanna Made Strong Speech. Cleveland. O.. May 28. Tho sec ond day's session of tho republican stato committee convention was call ed to order at 10 a. m. Congressman (irosvenor, elected permanent chair man, in a speech accepting tho chair, made a reference to Uoosovelt which brought forth tremendous applause. The nlatform was adopted alter firnsvonnr closed. Tho first plank is a tribune to William MeKinloy; the re-enactment of tho Chincso exclu sion act is commended; tho Isthmian canal favored; trusts denounced, and reciprocity with Cuba is Indorsed, as fs the administration's Philippine poU icy. The platform says our flag is in thn islands to remain. The entire Hanna state ticket wont through, the Cox forces being sound ly thrashed. When the business of the conven tion had been completed Hanna made an address, in which ho said: "Great national questions will be involved in tho coming campaign, and I trust that you will voto for congressmen who can bo called upon to support our strenuous president. In all campaigns there are issues. Tho democrats are trying to make an issue of the Philippine question which tho republicans settled last year and settled right. They have claimed that the policy of MeKinloy was morally wrong. It seems almost an insult to his memory to have such an attack mado on tho floor of tho senate. His course was dictated by a desire to do the best for his own country and people and tho people on the other side of the hemisphere, uur flag is in tho Philippines and it win stay there." Keeper of Topsy, One of the Ele phants of Sells & Forcpaugh's Cir cus, Crushed to Death by the Huge Beast This Morning at Brooklyn. New York, May 28. Jesso lllount, of Fort Wayne, Ind., was crushed to death this morning by Topsy, a fe male elephant of tho Sells & Fore paugh show at tho circus ground in Brooklyn. Hlmnit hail a izIiish nf hear In hU hand and showed it to tho elephant. Instead ot her giving hor usual greeting, tho great beaut seized Blount with her trunk nud after hurling him violently to the ground, kiu lt on him, crushing him to donth. NEW YORK MARKET. Reported by I. L; Ray 4 Co., Pendle. ton, Chicago Board of Trade and New York Stock Exchange Brokers. Now York, May 2S. Tho grain markets wero all down grade today, prices being off over a cent on wheat and 1V6 on corn. Liverpool closed Vj lower, G. New York opened at 80 for July nnd closed 71) being tho high and low prices. Chicago closed 7291. Thero will lie no markets on Friday on account of Decoration day. Closed yesterday, 80V6. Opened today, SO. Itango today, 79VAe?S0. Closed today, 70. Sugar, 129. Steel, tOit. St. Paul, 170. Union Pacific, IOIV2. Wheat In Portland. Portland, May 28. Wheat Walla Walla, 0(ic; valloy, (7c; blucHtcm, G7Vic; Tacoma, GGV&c. Wheat In Chicago. niilrnirn. Mav 28. Whoat 7-1(0)7:1 They Unite to Wipe Out Wheat Spec ulation In Kansas. vWalter Vrooman of tho western co operative movement, has closed con tracts for tho purchase of six of the largest wheat elevators in the Kan sas wheat belt and two of the larg est flouring mills. The price paid is said to have been $760,000, and Mr. Vrooman, who has left for New York to complete the financial end of the plan, says the present purchase is but the beginning of a movement to center the farmers of Kansas in a branch of the Vrooman Co-operative Company. The farmers are to be taken Into the scheme upon the payment of $100 each, for which they are to receive the market value of their wheat eold to the company and ln addition will receive one-half of the profit derived, the other half going to cooperative stores through which the wheat and flour will be handled. "The plan," said Mr. Vrooman, "is to eliminate wheat speculation and the middle men. The farmers are in earnest $ympathy with tho moye mept. Jt is tho only way to head oft the talked-of flour trust forming ln New York. It is intended to ship to Great Brit ain, to be sold among tho co-operative members there, the surplus pro duct not disposed of ln Kansas and Missouri. Found an Infernal .Machine. Tendon. Mav 28. A St. Petersburg dispatch says the police have arrest ed a woman at the Imperial palace at Zcarskoe Selo, who had an internal machine on her person. Tho palace is but a few miles from St. PeterB burg, and according to recent ndvlcos tho czar Is domiciled thero. GRAIN ELEVAlORS. The Wheat and Corn Crops of the United Stateo. The farmors of tho United States today are sowing corn Holds aggro gating eighty million acres, ton million more than ten years ago and harvesting two billion bushels and over in a season. Their wheat fields cover forty million acres, four mil lion more than In 1890, and oven the oat area is nearly thirty million acres, an increaso of 20 per cent. It may be Impossible to sell such a crop Immediately except at a loss, Therefore the imperative necessity for storage facilities has resulted in Um iiovHlonment of the elevator sys tem in America on a scale unknown elsewhere ln tao world. On a Dakota, Kansas or Nebraska farm, where tho harvest field may cover D00 to 2000 acres only a small portion of the yield is thresnea ana placed in tho barn bins. Tho bulk in -nrrlnil to what are termed rail road elevators located ln convenient towns. These vary ln capacity from 100;000 to. 100,000 bushels, according to their .location in tho producing district, and from them tho transpor tation, companies load Its cars for tho domestic or foreign market. But the district elevators, as they might be called, represent only a fraction of tho space for storage which now ex ists in the United States. Before Jt Is loaded on ship board at tidewater, a cargo must pass through threo or four different buildings, bo transfer red from car to vessol and back again to car, as tho modern processes omnloved facilitate Its handling with ease and economy. jDt Allen Willoy, ln the Engineering Magazine for May. More Filipino Treachery. Manila, Mny 28. Whllo Second l.lnnlniiant Ilobort C. Iltimbor. of tho Tenth Infantry, and Sergeant Wnrk- ing, or tho samo reglmont, wero walking about six miles from Camp Vlekoi-H. In Mindanao, they nrocolved a single Moro carrying a ling of truce. When tho native had approach ed close to tho Amoiicana, ho sud denly drew a cutlnHS and slashod Sergeant Warklng, cutting his arm complotoly off. Lioulonanl number attempted to shoot the Moid, but his revolver missed ilro and the natlvo escaped. None of the Inhabitants of Morna Rouge Who Remained at Their Homes Escaped From Destruction Volcano Is St II Active and Clouds of Ashes and Smoke Cover the Island. Fort do Franco May 28. Tho north Island of Martinique It) now deserted, 'iho Inst eruption of Peleu created a panic and the Inhabitants of Grando Riviere and Hasso Poluto nnd tho coast oast of Poloo woro brought huro today. As a result of Monday's oruption none who remained at Morno Hougo escaped. Volcano Still Active. Paris, May 28. 'Acting Gounnor ot Mnrtinlmtc. Illuerro. today sent a cablegram to tho minister ot colc niuki, diving tho latest, accounts ot tho conditions there. Hoavv rains liavo nraventod tho projected exploration ot tho interior of tho island. Tho volcano Is still active, throwing heavy clouds of ashes Hlrough its several crators. Tho government ship' Tngo reports that whon It passed St. Plerro a now oruption wub causing a rush of mud Into tho Red Hlvor Blanche. Lumber for Homes. Norfolk, Vu., May 28. Tho Unltod States collier Lcouldn, sails from hero thin ovcnlnit henvllv loaded with Illlii- hor to bo used in providing eholtor for tho homeless of St. Vlnct-nt. Queen to Be a Nun. London, May 28; According to ad vices from Rome, Queen Marglierltu of Italv. has decided doflnltoly to bo como a nun. Rumors of such a stop on the part of tho widowed quoon lnivn hnnn more or loss nrovaloiit slnco King Humbert's assassination, and it i regarded as probablo mat 1.10 present announcement Is correct. Quoon Marghorita is fil years of ago, and is noted for hor learning and piety. NO MONOPOLY GOE8. President Roosevelt Insists on Equal Rights on Uintah Reservation. President RooHovolt informed u number of senators who called upon him that ho would Blgn tho Indian appropriation hill, Somo of the ob jections that ho had to it liavo boon hv snecial loKlslatlon. Tlioro Is Htm nnn nrovlslon which ho Insists on being changed, and that Is tho 0110 which gives tho exclusive right to uio Florence Mining Company to pros pect ono year all tho mineral lands on tho Uintah reservation in uiau. It Is understood that a bill will be liitrnrtiifflf! ln both llOUBOS Of COngrOBS ropcallng this provision, which, If It passes, will havo two onoct 01 allow ing tho gonoral nubile to oxploro tho land and establish claims, Southern Pacific's Earnings, Presidont H. Harrlman, of tho Southern Pacific has issued a state ment of tho incomo and outlay of tho company from July 1, 1901, to March 31, VM. In that period tho groan earnings of tho company wero $G3, 435,970, an increase of $6,255,148 over tho same period of the year bo foo. Operating expenses and taxeB worn 41.887.559. an increase of $4.- 531,851, Net earnings amounted to $21,548,411, an increase of $1,723,297, Thn tntnl net income was tZZ.W(. 144. Deducting from thiB $12,154,770 of fixed charges and $8,033,389 of bet termonts, there was left a surplus of $2,218,984. General Wheeler Off for Europe. Now York. May 28. Gonoral Job. nub Wlmolor. accomiianled by hla daughters, sailed on tho Philadelphia today to witness tho military man oouvors In Franco and Germany. ilioy do not expect to roiurn unui Into In August. A NEW ELECTRIC RAILWAY. Company Incorporated to Build From Dayton, Wash., to Pendleton. Walla Walla, May 28. "Tho Wash Ington & Oregon Electric Railway, Light and Powor Company," is thw namo of a new corporation formed bore, articles of Incorporation huv Inir linen lust filed with tho county nudltor. Tho company will oxlst for CO yoars, and havo a capital .stock or Sl.r.00.000. divided Into shares of $100 each. Tho Incorporators aro 11. Moll man and R. W. Bachrach, of San Francisco, and F. I. Romo, of this Htv Tim business of u general street railway and powor company Is glvon as tho purpnso of tun company. ThiB Is tho compuny that la book Inn franuhlscs for a lino from Day ton, Wnsh., to Pondieton, Or., pass ing through this city una nun a doz en smaller places. Applications are pending in all tho towns and countiea for tho rlghta to uao Btrcots and pub lic highways. Tho company proposes to build an electric lino connecting all tho fruit and vegetable soctlons of Umatilla county, Orogon, and Walla Walla county, Washington, passing through tho thickly sottlod districts, whero small farms and largo orchards aro tho rule. Peoplo hero havo no furthor Information of tho plans than that given out by Mr. Mailman, who roprosonts San Fran cisco capitalists in tho matter. Hurt at Walla Walla, Walla Walla, May 28, While rid- lntr homo from Main street yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Honrv Blnckman fell from her wheel at Palouso and Birph streets aim suuereu n iraciure 01 me right leg below the kneo, Although tho Injury Is very painful, tho break hub been reduced and Mrs, liiackman Is resting aa easily as could bo ex pected. Tho young woman had been down town on a shopping excursion, and when she attempted to turn A corner tho front wheel of tho bicycle slipped and tho machine Jumpod froqi, tho walk. Mrs. Blackman w tbrpvf suddenly nnd forcefully to tf ground and rendored partially unconciou by the shock of the'fall. i t jii 1 ahead. ."..7