IVENIN6EDITI0N DAILY EVENING EDITION THE DAILY 5cAWEEK. Eastern Oregon Weather Tonight aud Thursday, ralr. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COXTNTV, OKEMON, WHDKSDAY, 11, IDOL'. NO. 1 157 BILL Government Construction of Pacific Cable Under Discus sion in the House. ItlRBANKS FAVORED PANAMA CANAL ROUTE. eet Sugar Men Are Jubilant Over the Revelations of Man Who Says i Investigations Are Liable to Be Made Into Woods' andling of Gov- emment Funds. Washington, June 11. The senate bday passed by a unanimous vote the ouse bill authorizing the granting of ssports to citizens of Forto Rico nd the Philippines. The house took up the Corliss hill pr the construction of the Pacific fiblo by the government. Richard bn opposed it, favoring the Commer- al Cable Company, which asks no pbsldy. The house committee on rules de- Ided to take up the Philippines civil overnmcnt bill on the 18th and con- lude the debate on the 25th. In the senate this afternoon, Fair- Miks spoke in favor of the Panama pute, when the Isthmian bill was Iken up. He said he was confident lat perfect title could be obtained Beet sugar men in the senate are luch "elated over revelations made F. H. Thurber, president of the latcs Export Association, before the knate committee on relations with uba, that he had been employed by le Cuban military government tc isist in the work of preparing a tar- for the islands. lAt the expense of the government had circulated many documents, testified. Beet men talk of start- an investigation of the way in hick Wood spent the insular funds oposing a' suspension of the recip city hill till the inquiry is made. No Pacific Cable. Washington, June 11. In the house to this afternoon the Corliss bill voted down. THE COAL STRIKE. Bmpromise Is Now Entirely Out of the Question. Pilkesbarre, Pa., June 11. Mitch- resumed charge of the miners' adquarters here this morning. He disappointed over the unsuccessful Itempt at intervention by Wright, (t aot discouraged over the Bitua pn. Compromise, however, he de ft, is out of the question. No Freight Moving. Ifceeland, June 11. No freight Is moved over the Delaware. Sus- Nhanna & Schuylkill railroad today 1 result of the turnlnir hack of a la crow by the strikers this morn- Railroad employes attempted to lote a train loaded with supplies for r non-union miners, but were not Fimmea to do so by the strikers. Aiken Imperial Potentate. San Franrl Ron Tiinn 1 1 Tho Im. council of Mystic Shrlners to- elected Honrv C. Aiken nf Dm. k l , . . " "ieriai potentate. All the other were were promoted- to the next ntl posltIn. Frank C. Roundy Pl Piard. PennvDacker is Raf HarriEburg, Pa., June 11. The re- k .r . late convention was called aere this morning. Senator annenra n i, i i ,a - i uo iu iuii uuuirui to rn nora!natlon of Pennypacker o-'uur seems certain. fcJ2?,??t2n. June 11. Minister litnt if Aek'Di cables an announce- Muei TiL Powers have agreed to aaded 7 ttinunt or indemnity do I, "um vnina. by about $10,000,. Uncle ca(V,i , . . Lon,u ruppet Arrives. London. .Tnn . .. rero Tr wnuejaw Keia Dy the king this after- u fP. Delr. e "-Commandant DRLE5S ILLINOIS CYCLONES. vvorst Storms in Years Raging in That State. Peidn, 111., Juno 11. In a cyclone that passed over this section last night three were killed at the King ston mines and two fatally injured Great damage was done the corn crop. Seven at Peoria. Peoria, June 11. The worst storm in 50 years raged here for four hours last night and this morning. Seven lives are known to bo lost and untold damage done. The wires are down in all directions. Three Women Killed. Bloomlngton, June 11. At Morna, Uhree women were killed In the storm and about 20 injured. HARRIMAN IS IT. Goes in as President of Central Pa cific Railway. Salt Lake, June 11. A meeting of the Central Pacific directors this afternoon elected the following offic ers: E. II. Harriman, president; Charles H. Tweed, vice-president; N. T. Smith, San Francisco, treasurer; J. L. Willcutt, San Francisco, secre tary; D. R. Gray, Salt Lake, assist ant secretary. Grand Army of Vermont. Montplelier, Vt, June 11. Mout pelier is gayly decorated in honor of the Grand Army veterans of Ver mont, whose thirty-fifth annual en campment is in session here. The, formal opening took place In the Blanchard opera house, with Depart ment Commander Lucia presiding. simultaneously the Women's Relief Corps began its annual meeting in the church of the Messiah. A big camp fire takes place tonight and the business of the encampment will be continued and concluded tomorrow morning. ' Many Graduates at Columbia. "New York, June 11. The one hun dred and forty-eighth commencement of Columbia University was held to day. The exercises took place this morning in the university gymna sium, which was thronged with stu dents, alumni and friends of the in stltution. The number of graduates established a new record, no fewer than 700 degrees and diplomas being awarded. Husband in a Cage. Paducah, Ky., June 11. Imprison ed in a wooden cage to prevent him from doing himself or anyone else bodily harm, J. W. Pike, of Ohio county, Ky., with his wife and six children in a covered wagon are trav eling to the Choctaw nation. Pike received a wound through the head in the civil war that rendered him liable to violent convulsions and dur ing these spells ho is dangerous Seven years ago he went blind. They expect to reach the Indian territory next fall. Northwestern Iowa Veterans. Correctlonville, la., June 11. The annual encampment of the North western Iowa Veterans' association opened here today under favorable conditions. About BOO veterans and 3000 other visitors are in attendance. A good program of speeches has been arranged for the three days the en campment will be in session. Lumber for Africa. Tacoma, June 11. Immense ship ments of fir lumber to South Africa are being resumed following the com ing of peace. That market has been closed for three years. The Russian bark Ocean, began loading the first cargo today. No Indictment. New Orleans, June 11. The feder al grand jury which has been lnestl gating the alleged beef trust, was dis charged at noon. No Indictment was returned, as they were unable to get the Information desired from wit nesses. Sldl All Dead. Tunis, Africa, June 11. Sldl All Bey, of Tunis, died this morning. The Vote of Lane County. W. W. Withers, democrat, was elected sheriff of Lane county by a plurality of C21 votes. He was the only democratic candidate who car ried the county, the pluralities of the rfiiiubllcan candidates ranging from 2C0 for governor, to 1010 for supreme judge, 1106 for B. U. Lee, county clerk, and 1157 for C. M. Collier, coun ty surveyor. The Initiative and ref erendum received 3130 in favor and 309 against All over the state the voto against the measure was about 10 per cent, SCAPED con Tracy and Merrill Brought to Bay in a Clump of Brush About Two Miles From Gervais, Oregon, and Thoir Capture is Hourly Expected. Gervlas, June 11. Convicts Harry Tracy and Dave Morrill nro now sur- i rounded in the brush near here. At 4 o'clock the escapes held up August King, a wood chopper, compelling him to prepare their breakfast. On getting track of the men this morn ing the posse called for more help and is now throwing u cordon around the woods. Bloodhounds are out and will probably locnte the men whoso cap ture Is hourly expected. Posse After Cyclists. Salem, June 11. The escaped con victs are believed to bo located in a tract of 200 acres of timber near Gervias. Two companies of national guards, one from Salem and one from I Woodburn, .are ordered to the scene to assist in their capture. They will arrive at 2 o'clock and aid the sher iff in surrounding the bush. A posse i of citizens and city officers from here is also at the scene. The fugitives may have escaped, as two men were seen at Aurora, 10 miles distant, nt 11 o'clock, who answer their descrip tion. A posse is in pursuit of this clue. ' As Heerd at Portland. Portland, Juno 11. A telephone from the Journal correspondent at Gervias reports that the posse is still in the brush two miles from Gervias. The dogs traced the men from King's cabin to a point so closo to the csv capes that the tracker feared they might kill the dogs, and reinforce ments were called for. The brush "grove is surrounded aud militia from Woodburn and Salem are expected momentarily. Both companies have been ordered by Governor Geer, to respond. At 11 o'clock a report from Aurora, a few miles from Gervais, says two men answering the description of the escapes came through there on wheels, going toward Boono's Ferry. It may be possible' that they have es caped the posse. A Brave Bunch. Portland, June 13. The posse saw the fugitive convicts In a wheat field at 3 p. m. They were only 40 yards away, but the posse did not make an attack. The capture of the men Is only a question of a few hours. The Break of 1803. The Tracy and Merrill escape calls BLOODHOUNDS ON TRAIL. This Announcement Brings Up Vis ions of Slavery Days. The announcement that blood hounds aro on the trail of Tracey and Merrll, the two escaped Salem convicts, raises In many minds vis Ions of the fierce and bloodthirsty beasts tracking their victims through swamps and marshes and finally run ning them to earth and perhaps tear ing them to pieces before those In charge of tho dogs can Interfere. This idea of the ferocity of the bloodhound has been promulgated through tho fierce appearance of tho animals which havo been seen all over the United States with traveling "Uncle Tom's Cabin" companies, but In reality tho bloodhound Is as harm less and peaceful as any other spo cles of pet dog. Tho real bloodhound Is very far from tho ferocious creature which playB so prominent a part in tho dramatization of Harriet Beecher Stowe's great book. Instead of be ing a massive creature of terrible as pect, the bloodhound Is a rather un dersized hound with long drooping ears and a most benign and pleasant countenance, it is miia tempereu, onlv becoming ferocious after long confinement, ami the reason It Is used In tho tracking of criminals is because o fa peculiar faculty It has of finding and following tho scent of a human helntr. and the ferocious sound of its bay while on the trail. When the bloodhound in action gives tongue It is a sound sufficiently ferocious to Hr(kr Isrrnr in nnv but the bravest. especially when the person hearing It knows that tho Jiounds are on Ins trail: and their use in the old slave days was more as a bug-a-boo to pre vent the attempted escape of slaves' tlmn for nnv rent valuo outside their) tracking qualities. Slaves were torn to pieces by dogs during tno times iiAfnrn the war. but It was not by bloodhounds, but by other doge which followed the lead of tho nounas uniu they caught up with their victims. MINDED; to mind tho tragic break at tho Sa lem penitentiary In lSSIt, at which time 14 desporato men made a deter mined attempt to do exactly what Tracy and Merrill succeeded in doing Nino of the men did get over thr wall and evade tho guards for a con sidernblp time. Five of the would-bo cscapers, however, wore stopped by the steady shooting of Gilford Still well, then one of the prison guards, but now employed at a livery stable In Astoria. Single handed ho killed four of tho j desperate men and wounded another ' so severely that he was unnblo to get away, at the same time making a brilliant reputation for hlmsoli lor lis b.'.ivcry and remarkablo marks manship. Seen by a reporter of tho Astorlau Mr. Stillwoll did not care to discuss the escapado in which ho plnyed sc prominent a pnrt, but oxprossod tho opinion that the guns used by tho prisoners had been taken over tho walls by accomplices. Another party in Astoria who was present nt tho time of tho 18S3 escape said thnt the plan used nt that tunc by the prisoners was ordinarily a' sale one. They seized tho superin tendent of the prison nnd drew a knife on him and hold it over him stating to tho guards that If thoy shot they wolud kill tho superintendent holding it near his throat. Tho super intendent shouted to the guards not to shoot. But n3 the 14 prisoners clus tered about the superintendent and passed under tho wall where Still well was standing, ho fired from above, killing two of them in their tracks. Thoy thon escaped to cover just behind a brick wall, Btill holding on to tho superintendent. Stillwoll began firing In lino with tho guard placing three bullets on top of each other in tho wall nt a dlstnnco of 30 yards and following It up with tho fourth shot, tho bullet crushed through tho opening mudo by the other bullets aud paused thruigh the shoulders of a convict, 'killing him The 10 remaining prisoners thur scattered and made a break for lib erty. One was shot through tho arm before they reached a cluster of trees and here they dodged among tho troos but when over 300 yards away an other showed himself and Stillwoll wounded him mortally and ho after wards died. LYNCH ON TRIAL. When Arraigned Today He Had No Plea to Make. London, June 11. In tho cornmont this afternoon tho Irish momhers raised tho question of Lynch's arrest In reply to a querry us to whethor Lynch did not huvc tho samo right of surrender as tho othor burghors Government Leader Balfour replied; "Ho Is not a burgher." Lynch was arraigned at tho Bow street court this morning and did not reply to the charge against him. Ask ed if he had any statement to make ho replied nervously: "No, sir." Wedding of Miss 8lgsbee, Washington, D. C, Juno 11. Ulan orate arrangements havo been com pleted for the wedding of Miss Jithel Slgshee, daughter of Captain and Mrs, Charles Dwlght Slgsbeo ,to Ro bert Toombs Small, Tho ceremony takes place this ovcnlng In tho church of the Now Jerusalem, and will bo ono of tho notable ovontH of tho social season. The brldo to bo is a beauty and tho only unmarried daughter of tho man who commanded the lll-futcd Maine Mr. frmill Is a son of Uvangellst Sam Small, and is engaged In nowspapor work In the capital. A. O. U. W. Petitions. Portland, Juno 11. At today's bob. slon of tho supremo lodgo, A. O. U W., a petition was presented by tho subordinate lodges, of Wyoming, to glvo that state a scparato Jurisdiction' omitting Idaho and Utah, They pe titioned also to glvo $500 benefit cer tificates. Notice. Modern Woodmen arp requested to meet at tbo Owl Tea Houso this eve ning at 8 o'clock to arrange for the funeral of Neighbor Leo Bggerth. GEO. A. HAMBLEN", Consul. NEW YuRK MARKET. Reported by I. L, Ray & Co., Pendle. ton, Chicago Board of Trade and Now York Stock Exchange Brokers.' New York. Juno 11. The wheat market opened a hAlf cent higher! thla morning on the publication o( the government report, which ahowetl thoj winter wheat condition' "points low-j or than a mouth ago, whereas the trade exported an Improvement. Uv erpool closed Vi higher, 5 IOVl New York opened 78 M and closed 78. Chicago opened 71. Closed yesterday, 77. Opened todny, "Sty. linage today, 7S0t7S!Hi. Closed today, 78. Sugar. 12!). Kteol. 8lVl. St. Paul. 171 Union Pacific, 105ty. Wheat In San Francisco, tan Kranelsco, Juno 11. Wheat JUUOi. Wheat In Chicago. v Chicago, Juno tl. Wheat 71 TACT )Be. Wheat In Portland. Portland, Juno 1 1. Wheat Wnllu Walla, Otic; bluesttun, G7o; valley r7V4c; Tacoma, title. Negro Boys Murdered. Charlotte, N. C, June II. Two nu gro boys, aged 13 and 1(5 yours, wore lynched near hero this morning for the murder of a young whlto woman. Kruger Still Guessing. The Hague, Juno 11. Kruger hns not yet decided on IIh plans for the future, and at present ho Is simply relying on tho wishes of his family. BARRED FROM MAILS. Souvenir Picture Postal Cards Are Too Much of a Graft. It la announced from tho federal department at Washington, I). O. that all souvenir poBtnl cards will bo barred from tho malls after August I 1st. This order has heon mado because tho general public havo taken too much liberty slnco tho issuance of these souvenirs was mado legal nnd havo used them promiHrously for ad vertising purposo.-,. Theso cards were only devised a few years ago hut slnco that time their growth has been phenomenal. Tho govornmon sanctioned their use nt first hut tho lionds of reason havo boon over stepped by advertisers and liiBtond of only finding small pictures of iiiouti tains, clues, buildings and scenic vIowb on one corner of tho enrds, as was tho orlginnl intention, many are In the malls which are covored with gorgeous advertisements of "Pr. 's Cure All," and ninny tlmos tho cards aro so nearly covered up with theso things that thoro Is scarcely room for tho nddress, This Is too much for Undo Sam anil ho has now wisely an nounced that thoy must go, A portion of tho ordor being Bonl out by tho postofllco dopnrtmont reads: "This order, however, does not au thorize tho acceptance of such cards when tho enaniollng or othor treat ment obscures any part of tho stamp or original government print. Whero any part of tho stamp or government print Is covored or otherwise obliter ated tho card Is valueless for postago and postmasters at office of mailing or delivery respectively, must ro qulro prepayment by stamps ulilxod, or fullest postugo duo at tho rate chargoablo according to tho classifi cation of tho message. "When arrangements nro romplot (id, unserviceable United States pos tal cards will bo rodoomod from th orMnal purchaser." Bank of Bourne. Articles Incorporating tho Bank of Jiourno havo boon filed with tho coun ty elork. tho IncornoratorH hninu JamoB Nowlands, C. F. Kear and Wil liam Wolgand. Tho capital Btoclc Is placed at $10,000, dlvldod Into 100 shares at tho par valuo of $100, Somo loggers In tho vicinity of ICimilchlo, Wash., claim to have seen a man answering tho description of Paul Underwood, tho fugitive, In the vicinity of Kamilchlo, and tho Mason county sheriff and doputlcs havo boon scouring tho woods, so far without discovering anything to provo tho ro port. Tho man who doesn't advortlso in prosperous times, because ho doosn't need to, nor In hard times, because ho can't afford it, Is llko tho Arkan sas man who explained that ho didn't repair his leaking roof In fair weath er because ho didn't need any roof. And, of course, ho couldn't work In tho rain. HUNDREDTH YEAR Of West Point Military Acad emy Was Celohrated With Appropriate Ceremonies. MANY DISTINGUISHED GUEST3 WERE PRESENT. President Roosevelt, the Cabinet and the Diplomatic Corps as Well a Hundreds of Graduates of the Acad, emy Participated In tho Ceremon ies. West Point, N. Y.. Juno 11. Old snhllurs long since lotlrud from ac tive service, soldiers still In thoir prime and at the h.md of Uncle Sam's army, and young soldiers who havo yet to win thoir spurs gnthorod horo today and helped to make tho con tunuial celebration of tho United States Military Acndoniy tho greatest of all days in tho annals of tho Insti tution. One ot tho most ploiiBlng features of tho reunion whb tho prosonco of General Simon H. Huokner and one or two others of tho handful of aurvlv. lug Southern generals whoso military training was obtained at West Point. Not to tho president of tho Unltod States, those, distinguished KUOBtn front Dixie land rocelvcil more at tention than did any ot tho othor vis itors. Tho ceremonies of tho day roally began with tho arrival of tho preal dent and hlu party shortly before 10 o'clock, though tho formal exorcises did not tnko place until afternoon. Colonel Albert L. Mills nnd his staff woro prosont at tho station to wol- conio tho head of tho Union. Tho appearance of ProBldent Hoor dvcIi on tho plateau upon which tho buildings of the post nro located was the signal for a saluto of 21 guna from tlio post battory, Tho first thing on the program was a review of tho cadets. Following tho rovlow Presi dent ItooHovelt and tho other great personages assembled tit tho official iohIiIouco of Colonel Mills, nnd after a hand-shaking all around thu guesta repaired to Memorial Hall and took luncheon iu company with thu alumni of thu academy. Luncheon concluded,, tho formal ox erclHOrt of tho day woro begun. At tho close of tho rovlow, Cado Titus, who scaled tho walls of Poklu when a member of tho Fourteenth In fantry, was called from thu ranks and presented a medal by thu prosldont, on behalf of congress, amid great ap- plllUBU. Wisconsin G. A. R. Stevens Point, Win., Juno 11. Tha city is filled with uiemhurH of tho Grand Army of tho Republic, Sona of Veterans, inomborB of tho Wo man's Hollef Corps, togothor with muuy visitors. Soveral names are prominently montloned for stuto fommiiudcr, They Include Jnmoa II Agon of West Superior, Martli OniHHo of Milwaukee nnd L. M. Sny der of Waukesha. Chippewa. Fulla and La Crosso uro bidding for the iiext encampment. Comnieiidur Do (Iroff opened the Oruud Army mooting with an elo quent uddresB. Thu meeting receiv ed reports from committees, tho ad Jutunt reporting a membership of nearly 10,000 there having beeu a loss of 100 during tho your. Maine Republicans. Portland, Mo., Juno 11. Hepubll ciiiih of Maine ausomblod In state y eonvoltno hero today aud shortly af ter ono o'clock this afternoon woro culled to ordor In tho City Hall by R M, Simpson of Hunger, chairman of tho stato committee, Tho con vention will nomluato a candidate for governor to bo votod for at the September elo Hlon. Experts Investigating. New York, Juno 11. A Boston ays- dlcato Is Bonding exports to Cape York, Bering Boa, to Invetslgato nla-' cor deposits containing tin, samples of which run as high as 64 por cent. Thoy woro discovered laBt fall. Thoy propose to erect a smelter on Puget Sound. Nothing Doing. London, Juno 11. Plerpont Mora arrlvod horo this morning. He de nial that his mission had anything to do with hla anthracite coal strike. It r- r T . - it