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SULY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITId am THE DAILY X5c A WEEK. Eastern Oregon Weather Tonight and Friday fair. TVEXDLETOX, VM ATILLA COVXTY, OliEMON, TUCKS!) AY, .ll'M! 12. 1!)0U. NO. 4 15$ S3 AeiV..-m'MJi ;iCiSvy- jam EH MILES' SCALP i Lieutenant General of the Ar-j my Suspected of Giving Away "Army Secrets,'! PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND SECRETARY ROOT INCENSED. The Secrets That the War Depart ment Kept From the Senate and the People Involve Lieutenant Arnold, an Iowa Man, Who Has a Strong Pull Among Republican Senators. Washington, Juno 12. The report that General Iselson A. .Miles naa' been ordered back to Washington, j from tte west, beease he was charg ed with being responsible for "offi cial leaks" from the war department, has been t'enied, but the fact is an in vestigation is proceeding to ascertain the cfrarrel through which Senator Cu"iersin obtained the papers in tLe :rt Martial case of Lieutenant Arnalu, Fourth Cavalry, .and the Lieiferant General is strongly sus pected f being the guilty man, as shown by the attitude of both Presi dent R uscvelt and Secretary Root towerJ Mm. It w-.s concerning these papers that Sena' ir Beveridge demanded of Mr. C.i 'con in the senate if they had nc iictn obtained from General M.l - TLe president is reported to have said that the officer responsible for putting the records 'intoScnatorOul-be-s n's hands will be punished se verely when the responsibility is fixed The Charges of Cruelty. In the papers are the charges pre ferred by Private Andrew K. Wier against Lieutenant Arnold. These charges allege that, under Arnold's orders, a Filipino prisoner was tor tured to force a confession of a crime. The charges say literally: A rough stick about eight inches long and a half-inch in diameter was put between the man's jaws. A sol dier held the man's head down by p.essing on the ends of the stick. Another sat on the man's stomach, and still another on the man's legs. Edwcrds, (.he sergeant) had a buck et of water at hand; water was pour ed down the man's throat. While down he was whipped and beaten unmercifully. He was then Btood up and told to confess. He would not. He was then beaten and club bod again. I do not think that a square inch of the man's body was left untouched. He was kicked; a rope was thrown across a beam; the man was strung up by the thumbs; mother rope was tied to his ankles, and his feet jerked from under him. While up he vas beaten. Then, the charges allege, Private Weir th.reatei.ed to report the lieu tenant, and was in turn threatened with court-martial for insubordi nation. Private Weir alleges further that a method u' torture adopted by Lieu tenart Arnold was to cut a strip of flesh just above the ankle of the prisoner. The strip was then attach ed to a stick, and the stick coiled wb the strip of flesh. weir swears that ho saw a man who had been treated in this way, and ho was then put to work in th road with other prisoners. Weir charged also that Lieutenant Arnold had his men take an old man to a stream and kept him under wa ter until he was unconscious. Still another charee of cruel nrae tlces by Lieutenant Arnold was made by the same soldier.n In this case -Prisoner was tied behind a saddle J- rse with several feet of slack rope. A soldier then mounted the horse and galloped t own the road and back. "If the nrlsoner," said Weir, "could "n as fast as the horse it was all ell, but if ho could not he had to drag." The charges made by Weir were referred to Captain West for investi gational Captain West examined ser ewi enlisted men, each of whom cor roborated the statements of Weir, aptain West's report was among the Papers read by Senator Culberson. Captain West said that in his opin ion a thorough investigation would , the charges made against u.enant Arnold. Mles Recommended Court-Martlal Tl,. - " endorsement of the papers I show that General Miles recommend ed the court-martini of Lieutenant Arnold and Sergeant Kdwards. The lieutenant balls fioni Iowa, and It is said that Senator Allison has inter ested himself in his behalf. Nore of these farts were "sent to the Philippine commission from the war department, except a statement that tome investigation had been or dered of charges preferred agnlnfet lieutenant Arnold. If the secretary of war had sent to the commlttoe the letter of Private Woir and the en dorsement of his charges of cruelties, the secretary would have been ob liged also to send the evidence ofj half a d'izcu or more strong witnes ses, furnished by Captain- West. Thus the most conclusive of all the! evidence was concealed, and action j was begun eight months too lnte, not against Senator Allison's friend , but against Quartermaster-Sergeant ' Edwards. ' The search for the leak of the re-, cords, the leading of which electrifl-i ed the senate, is clearly in the hope of tracing it at least by insinuation, to General Miles, and if this is done, it is openly sttted at the war depart-! ment, President Roosevelt will sum-, marily relegate the lleutenant-gener-1 al to the retired list, where he can , see no more army records. j Secretary Root and all the higher officials are angry, for the reason that i there is enough and more'in the cor- respondence read in the senate to justify all General Miles said at the1 time he was so severely rebuked by. the president. FOR A NATIONAL CONVENTION NEXT MOVE IN COAL STRIKE MAY BE GENERAL. President Mitchell, of the Mine Work ers, Refused to Discuss the Matter Everything Quiet at Present. Vtlkesbarre, June 12. It was re- ported this morning thaf life next" move on the part of ,the striking an thracite miners would-be the calling of a national convention of both hard and soft coal men to decide upon some plan for a sympathetic action by the bituminous diggers. President Mitchell today refused to talk about the matter. Reports from various sections of the anthracite field state that everything is very quiet today. Boston Is their Mecca. Boston, June 12. Next week will be communion week with the Chris tian Scientists. Hundreds of people from all over the country will at tend the services in the mother church in Boston. Several hundred have already arrived and fully 4000 more are expected. Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Science, will be present for Sunday's services, and will also take part if her health permits, in the annual meetings to be held during the week in the mother church and also in Tremont Temple, where public meet ings on a big scale are to be held. Christian Endeavor Union. Winchester, Ind., Juno 12. The Christian Endeavor Union of the Muncie district began its sixteenth annual meeting here today and will continue through tomorrow. Dele gates a$e in attendance from Jay, Blackford, Delaware and Randolph counties and in addition there are several well known speakers from Fort Wayne, Indianapolis and other cities. The Corner Stone Laid. Portland, June 12. The corner stone of the Scottish Rite cathedral was laid this afternoon. The address was given by W. D. Fenton. Dele gates to the grand lodge took part in the ceremonies. Will Discuss the Proposition. Rome, June 12. Cardinal Rampolla today t-ppointed a committee of car dinals to discuss TafVs propositions. The commission consists of Cardinals Rampolla, Seraflno, Vannutelli, Gottl, Steinuber and Tuto. Friars Must Flit. Rome, June 12. The latest condi tion presented to the Vatican by Taft Is the withdrawal of the friars from the Philippines before tho govern ment purchases their lands. John Bull Will Investigate. London, June 12. It was announc ed in the house of commons today that a royal commission will be ap pointed to Inquire into the conduct of the South African wnr. Someone Stole a Million. Paris, June 12. A theft of 1,000,000 francs has been discovered at the Bank of France. convicts GOT iiiraad Through the Gordon and Fled "toy Salem, Jne 1 2---Some time last night, the convicts, Tracy and Merrill, escaped from the Umfcer near Gcrvais, where they were swrrotmded fcy the posse and the militia. They went oat the northwest corner of the grove, which was not closely guarded. They are reported as taking breakfast near Monitor, five miles northeast, and making for the Clackamas county foothills. The posse is in pur suit with the blcod hounds. Gervias, June 12. Tho convicts pussoJnto tho thickly wooded hot escaped at 2 o'clock this morning. At toms a mllo and a hair from Monl , , i. . .i.i i.,.ni. tor, but it is doubtful if those woods last at Acer's tarm nouso, cint nines from here. While eating they held' their ritlcs. The men of tho house; were away at the mill, ani Mrs. Alters was forced to prepare breakfast. ! they left, striking into tho brush to-! n-r,l Tnll rlvnr I ' The Men at-Monitor. Monitor, June 12. Sheriff Durbin reached here at 10 o'clock, together with tho tracker and his bloodhounds. The dogs wero taken to the trail .at once, but they seemed to have lost once, but they the scent, and thit, together with their fatiguing work of the last twp days, prevented them doing good trailing. It became necessary to send to Salem for more old clothes of tho convicts in order to givo tho dogs a better scent. Superintendent Lee has' tho garments on the way now. Bloodhounds Useless. npsnlto the nnnarcnt usolessncss of the dogs, continued attempts to use'sp -nt tho morning with the hounds them are being made. Sheriff Durbin thinks this necessary owing to the roughness of the country. Tho fugi- tives were tracked by some of the Ml MURDEROUS Tucson, Ariz., June 12. Colonel their reach. Of tho guard of 80 Yn wmintn nhriRtv nresidont of the Val- not a single one survived nnd r,,. r r,i ( .i tn. ' day from Prietras, Sonora, with de- tails of a massacre of Yaqul Indians, men, women and children, yesterday in Santa Rosa canyon, 3G miles from Minas Prletas mines, by a detnehment of General Torras' troops. Tho Ya- qui forces that were operating In that i i e ii. a l. A section i moveu aruiur uuu u.u ,u. , - tains, leaving their women and child- ren in Santa Rosa canyon under a guard of 80 mon. The Moxlcan troops came upon uus uanu, una wiuium mitt-ii up arum w proieci ineir ijkihh. warning opened a terrible fire, spar- Tho Mexican government appenrs ing neither man, woman nor child, bent on the extermination of tho Ya After the Hist volley the troops qui people, Christy says, and all men charged down upon the panic-stricken and boys falling Into their hands nro victims and massacred all within shot. Coronation Dog Show. London, Juno 12. Among the ante coronation functions and exhibitions not the least interesting is tho open air show of the Ladles' Kennel Asso-l elation, which opened today in tho Botanic gardens, at Regent's park The -association enjoys the distinc tion of being the only woman's club of any description with which the queen Is at all connected. She takes as much interest In Its welfare to day as she did when Princess of Wales and several high-bred dogs from the former well known San dringham Kennels are among tho ex THE STRIKERS TRIED LYNCHING TACTICS Scranton, Pa., Juno 12. Mlchaol Gallagher, a non-union minor em ployed In No'. 1 colliery of the Erie company, was attacked by a mob this morning, while returning from work, and was being dragged towards a tree with tho Intention of lynching him, when tho police arrived and res cued him. Gallagher was roughly handled. Tho ropo was around his neck and the other end over a limb when the ofilcers appeared and dispersed the crowd-with pistols and clubs. If 7 t 12 can be surrounded on account of tnelr (.xtonslvonoss. Trv n -..l..,...,, Them. IUnvevor inllltla mon nro expected to arrive shortly and will nmUe ovory effort to surround tho creek bottom, traced. Owing, however, to tho long! otnvf n llti, n,,n It Ir imtlhln Mint. the men inny have gone through tho woods, crossing tho creek into Clnck amns county. I Clackamas on Lookout. I ,SJj;lff Wood, ofClackamas, has I been notified to seiuTthoh out to ln- tercept the fugitives 11 they should go that way. Escaped Again Salem, Juno 12. 'Word just conies in that tho fugitives havo eluded thu officers at Monitor nnd got through tho brush to Needy, eight miles dis tant. They held up a farmor for din ner, then started toward tho Clacka- mas mountains. Sheriff Durbln 'n the brush, but accomplished noth Ing. The militia Is at Monitor, but is useless. Tho capture of tho dospe- radoes sceniH remote over 100 women and children fell vie Uuib to Moxlcan bullets and bnyon otSi Maily of U)0 km(Ml woro infnntf) The Moxlcan soldiers and ruralos have explicit orders to tako no Yaqul men prisoners, but to kill all men and boys capablo of carrying arms, The Moxlcan troops only stoppod tho fearful worJc of shooting and bayon .ii 1 1. ... I ...i. t l i eunK uu r vicums w uxmuiHiou from their labors. Tho Yaquls say they are driven to desperation by tho' Mexicans nnd as a last resort havo hibits. The show Is rather Interna tional In character, as sovoral American ladles who have come over for the coronnllon have placed their pots on exhibition. In order to do so they woro obliged to obtain exemp Hon from the rulo which requires dogs from foreign countries to re main in quarantine before landing in England, Deck Hand Drowned. Astoria, Juno 12. Charles Break' ers, a deck hand on the steamor Lur line, was drowned today. Ho walk ed overboard with a truck. MURE NEW YuRK MARKET. Reported by I. L. Rny & Co., Pendle ton, Chicago Board, of Trado and New York Stock Exchange Broker. Now York. June 12. The whoat market was armor touny ami ns uu, novrrntiwnt report I stud 11 It 1 not J uearisn ny nay menus, an ovnn wiwi i the beat possible conditions from now forward It mean nltout 100,000,000 bushels under last ynr. l.lwpoul closed Vi higher and New York and Chicane were up about thu Wiuiu, Cloned yesterday, 7. Opened today, 7SVt. Rau.-e tonv, 78V, Cloned today, 7SVI. Sugar, la?")!. Steel, asT6- St. 1'nul. 170 vC. Union Pacific, 10 IT. Wheat In Portland, Portland. Juno 12. Wheat -73?f Nc. Martial Law at Pawtucket. IMwtnekot. R. I., Juno 12. Thlr city Is under martini law today owing to the street ear strike. The stnto lnllltti, under General Tanner, Is pa trolling the streets and car track? On serious disturbances are reported this morning. Educational Bill Opposed. London. Juno 12. Tho cabinet inol today to consldor the educational bill, which lias nrouiod extraordinary opposition. UAVU UNI)I:RW()0I) COUNI'UIil) HE (s surroUNDED IN A CLUMP 0F TIMBER. ' pro IIIK wiu mmvi. wttt -- .. : He Han Been on Short Rations forsworn the suaar trust and the Cu- a Week and It Is Expected Ho Will Soon Be Starved Out. raconm, Juno 12. Paul Under - wood, tho child murderer, has boon Hurinunded in thu woods between Tokeland and tho Columbia river by a posse which Includes threo sheriffs. Aa ho has been in hiding over a week on short rations, It is confidently ex pected that ho will soon bo starved out. INNES WANTS DIVORCE. Famous Bandmaster Would Get Rid of His Wife. New York, Juno 12. The dlvorco lt of Kred InncH. (he wull-known bandmaster, ngalnst his wife, wub bo gun before Justice Illsliorf In tho su preme court this morning. Four co respondents are named, among them pugilist Corbott. Mrs. Innes ImH on tered a cross-bill naming Mrs. Kath erino Wenel. The enso Ih likely to be spicy. In stntlng tho case the complain ant's lawyer, Hummel, said Corbott's iiiiuio would bo withdrawn, ns his cli ent had sulllclunt evidence without Including tho pugilist, who had an nounced that ho would Interplead In his own defense. No Decoration for Pierce. Washington, Juno 12. In tho son ato Culberson's resolution calling for an Itomlzed Htatemont of tho rocolpts and dlsbiirsemntH of tho United s,at(H K0VC.Iln)()lt Clllm wont to t)(, cu(.n(nPi Culloin caused a llur- ))y n'8i tiniuiliiioiiH consent for 'j,r,i Assistant Secretary of State Pierce to aeoopt the decoration of tho Legion of Honor from tho French re public. Piatt said that Pierce wub not the only man concerned In tho Rncliambeuu reception and Spoonnr objected. Tho bill went over. Texas Summer School. Austin, Tex., Juno 12. What prom ises to bo tho most succesful Hum mer school of tho Unlvorslty of Tox as was opencrl today with a lurge en rollment of students. The faculty this season consists of nineteen In structors, Including soverul heads of schools at tho University of Texas, Professor Rltehlo of Baylor Unlvor slty nnd President Prltohott of .tho Sam Houston normal school. Tho term lasts six weeks. After Cable Franchise, Ban Francisco, Juno 12. Tho Pa cific Commercial Cable Company to day nppllod to tho board of super visors for a franchlso for a cablo from tho landing place to tho main offlco In this city. Thoy stato that thoy will begin work within DO days. An Unknown 8ulctdes. Portland, Juno 12. Tho body of an unknown sulcldo lies nL tho morgue. Ho walked out In Klttrldgo Lake and fired a bullet Into his head. Ho had u letter addressed to William Kerapf, Salem, In his pocket. LOOK FOR II LEI , . , . . fJ mi-.i Rigid llWOStlgatlOll tO DP IVlaUO to Find How War Depart ment Secrets Get Out, THURBER'S DISCLOSURES CREATE A SENSATION. Presldont Is So Much Stirred Up that Me will Not Take His Proposed Two Days' Vacation at Oyster Bay But Will Go At Once to Washlna ton. Washington, Jun 12 - The sens tlon causud by Thurb-r h disclosure before the senate Cuban committee has not yet subsided. That tho do velopiuonts havo dlseoncortod tho ad inlnlHtration In shown by the fact that tho president has abandoned his Intention or going from West Poult to Oyster Ray on a two duytf vlnlt to his family. Instead ho will hasten to Washing ton and It is oxpeetod that an official Hlateineut will soon follow. Whether tho beet HUKur Benators will have courage enough to propose an Inves tigation into Governor Wood's ex penditures Is not yet evident but the doinocrats would like to see It uono Moth the la tr nro 1 ghl pleased bnn reciprocity movement. Senators Aldrlch and IMatt, (Connor tlcut.) Mkiv hnvn not dimmed 1 ,,,,, 1tl,,rillill.flll t r,mH tlm ru ,t m UirollBju na u, ,)Cea. , M ()f (,oU Bomuthlng for tho rellaf lf Culm atm 0X,HtH ,iesplto Have. moyor's display of zeal. Speculation Is lively as to whore Toller obtained his copy of tlu voucher for Gonornl Wood's pay ment to Thurber, and tho Inttor'a ro celpt. It must havo come from the war department archives, elthor at Washington or Havana. It is holloved that the democrat have a private channel of Information lu that department and a rigid lu qulry will bo mado to discover th source of the "leak." Total Abstainers at Oskosh. OshkoHh, Wis.. Juno 12. OshkoaK Is entertaining thu animal convention of the Catholic Total Abatlnenco Un ion, The sessions began this after noon at tho Athearu hotel and wero preceded liy the celebration of htgfa miiHB at St. Peter's church. Tho par ticipants Included between forty ana fifty prlusts who came from all part of the state. Tho olllcora of tho tuit ion are president, Rev. W. J. Hlco, Stevens Point; secretary, Rov. V. J Fibs, of ilerllu; treasurer Rov, Jnmea O'Malley of Oslikosh. Their annual reports showed the organization to have been unusually active during tho past year In spreading total ab stoneucn among tho lay people of tho state. Cleveland Horse Show. Cleveland, O.. Juno 12. Tho boo oiiiI annual open air exhibition of the Cleveland Driving Club, which open ed today, fur surpasses the show ot last year, both as regards thu num ber and high class of tho exhibits. Prlzo-wlnnlng Huddle horses, road storstors, coach horsoH, hunters and JumpeiH from many woll known stu blus nut on exhibition. Judging begins tonight and continues until tho close or thu exhibition Saturday night. Gardner vo. Koarne, Bridgeport. Conn., Juno 12 There promises to ho a lively bout horo to night whon Billy Oardnor and Tint Kourns mix up In a ton round bout . Ever slnco tho match waH made the two havo boon training faithfully and reports from tholr respective training camps today Imllcato that thoy ara In condition to put up un Interesting light. Centennial Closed. WohI Point, Juno 12. Tho conton-! nlul exorcises closed today with th ; graduation of tho cadets, fjl In num ber. Tho president departed at 1 j o'clock on tho dispatch boat Dolphin, j Auto Killed Him. Cologno, Juno 12. Baron Blolch roodor. tho flnanclor nnd sportsman was klllod yestorday In an autowobllj nccldont at Durlan. Pi ft 3 1 H'!un w'l f tMt