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are HUlYEVENINGEDrnOH DMY EVENING EDITHS THE DAILY win be delivered at yew residence or plce of bustee by cmrrt at J5c A WEEK. Eastern Oregon Weather Tonight and Sunday partly cloudy; probably cooler tonight. VOIi. is. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1902. NO. 4406 COST OF THE JAB Secretary Root Sends a State ment to Congress in Answer to a Senate Resolution. THE TOTAL- COST if O i" . . DATE IS $170,326,582. There Are Now About 23,000 Ameri can Soldiers in the Islands This Number Will BeSoon Reduced to 18,000 For the Past Three Months Troops Have Been Returning Home. Washington, June 21. Secretary Root, in his answer to the senate f wRnlntlfin of Anril 17. calline for in formation as to the cost of the war tin the PhiHoDlnes. shows that $50.- 000 was advanced for the expense of (the Philippines commission original t lv from the United States this year. but this amount afterwardB was re imbursed out of the Philippines ' treasury. For the transportation of troons and supplies to and from the Philippines since the peace treaty ! was ratified, the cost has been ?4,- 803,448. Reports from the variouB bureau officers are submitted to show the cost of the Philippines-war, including outstanding obligations, revealing that the total cost to date is $170,- 826,582. The following 1b a statement of the expense thlB year: . Fiscal year 1899 expended ize.zau,- I . ft . ,1.1.11111 koiis; jiaoiuues nu. Fiscal year 1900, expended $60,-: 1868,543; liabilities an.-'- " Fiscal year 1901. expended. $50,- fS67,422; liabilities $12. f FIrpoI vnar 1902 (10 months. July Flo Anrll inclusive). $34,499,022; liabll- ities, $473,072. Total expended, $169,853,610; lia bilities $473,072. Total. 1170.32G.B82. I Secretary Root concluded with the explanation: "Attention is invited to thn fact that lance Quantities of val- I liable property, such as ships, ligbt- ; ers, etc. Horses and muies, wagons j and harness, clothing, equippage and i ordnance, medical, signal and gener- al supplies, the cost of which is in cluded in the foreeoimr statement, I still remain on hand in the Philippine Islands for use. Parts of tnese sup plies are already being shipped to this country. "It should also be observed that a large part of the expense during the past year should not properly be treated as occasioned by military op erations in the Philippine Islands for the reason that it consists of pay and maintenance of trOODS Who W6 WOUld tiavn hnri tn nnv and maintain wheth er they were In the Philippines or i tot, in order to keep up the minimum nnmher of regulars reaulred by law, as a safeguard against future contin gencies. The minimum at wnicn we regular army is required to be main tained, by the act or jreDruary 6, 1901. is 62,967 men, and the maxi mum In innnnn. We now have less than 10,000 Jn excess of the minimum number. The cost of that excess Onlv in nrnnArlv in hfi Stated as oc casioned by operations in the Philip pines. "There are now about 23,000 Amer ican soldiers in the Islands. Orders have now been Issued for the return of the Eighth, Tenth, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Infantry and a fiat1ArirTC rt Tanth OVfl1lV And - iwu W Uld A hen these orders have been execut es the number of American troops in the Philippines will Jhave been re duced to 18 000. For the oast 8lX Y&ATl Vl o mk L.Ih 4 n iwAAlUI -wvo w v liiiv y vwix urn&& vw. home as rapidly as we could do so economically by the use of our own "MBports." CfinMMlUrf Ultm 'Mas. ."mraore, Md., June Z1- Mrs. William Barrett Ridgeley, ,the wife of Comptroller of the Currency Ridge- Tl.lt "J. oiea this seralBK at the Johh HAffMrfvtat1 1 u i ,m a. m " uonpiuu aa tae remit oi operation Thursday, gfae was the oi senator gaiioia. Rain hun Dwmi. j.. " ii. JU1V X. iw r?6 treat college beat races will rowed in the rain to the dieap wntsaent of 2000 rMtktnra hare far ereat. At noon rain wis coadag NEGRO BECOMES PRIEST. Second Colored Man to Become a Catholic Father. Baltimore, Md., June 21. The Rev. J. Harry Dorsey, colored, was or dained a prie: t in the Roman Catho lic church today. The ordination was performed in the cathedral, Car dinal Gibbons officiating with the as sistance of all the prominent priests of the diocese. Father Dorsey has the distinction of being the second colored man ever ordained to the Catholic priesthood in thls country. He is . native of thfs tcity and received his education in "the' public schools here, and sub sequently at St Paul, where he had the extraordinary honor of 'Studying history, theology and philosophy un der the preceptorship of Archbishop Ireland. Young Mr. Dorsey remain ed several years in Epiphany college here and was graduated in 1893. He then entered St Joseph's Seminary, through which he managed to pass in spite of illness and the peculiar difficulty of the studies he was com pelled to master. In all, he has spent fourteen years In arduous prepara tion for the ministry. Tomorrow he will say his first mass. Cruise of the St Mary's. New London, Conn., June 21. "With more than a hundred prospec tive young admirals aboard the Schoolship St Mary's departed today for its annual summer cruise in Euro pean waters. Practical seamanship in all its branches will be taught the young tars during the three months they will spend afloat The itiner ary calls for visits to Southampton, Havre, Lisbon and Maderia. SPECIAL SESSION LEWIS AND CLARK APPROPRIA TION MATTER .CONSIDERED. Date of Meeting of Legislature in Extraordinary Session not Yet De cided Upon; Governor Geer Says He Has Not Fully Decided to Issue Call. Governor Geer has been formally asked, to embody in his call for a special- session of the legislature the matter of the Lewis and Clark Fair appropriation. The sub-commit-ten of thn Lewis and Clark CorDora- tion, Messrs. Friede, Mills and Wes slnger, have sent to the governor a letter that says in part: "The rnmmitteo met vesterdav af ternoon and by a unanimous vote de cided to recommend to your excel lency the incorporation of such pro vision in the call, if one be issued, for a special session, it is uie judg ment of the committee that better results for our fair can be obtained from a special session where legis lation, because of shortness of time, will naturally be restricted, within certain limits, than from a regular session where the exposition s inter ests will be obscured and perhaps defeated by a multitude of issues de manding attention. "The nrenaration for the Lewis and Clark Centennial Fair have so far progressed that one of the next Important steps for its management to take will be that of inviting our sister states to participate, and ap nivinp to their leidslatures for ap propriations for tne necessary exm- hltfl. If the Oreeon legislature will make an appropriation for the Lewis and Clark centennial at a 6pet-. session, we will be in a position to iro in .Taniiarv. 1903. to the legisla tures of California, Missouri, Wash ington, Montana, Idano, utan ana other states from which we expect Hubstantial support, and Having nhnvn what our own state has done for us, secure the enactment of leg islation looking toward the partici r.ntion of those states. With the subject disposed, of at home as early as pracucaoie, we mu, w -, wr our energies in quarters where they will be most needed, and thus accomplish mucn lor uie weir m -.nmrmmitv at laree. as well as Vv ' . . advancing the cause of our fair. Geer Favors It Governor Geer said to a newspaper representative: "I am inclined to think tbat, If a special session is held, the Lewis and Clark appropriation should re ceive attention. I shall make answer soon to the committee, letter, when I will set forth my views on the mat ter. "I have not announced that a spe cial session will be held. I see much 77 . . ...one nam that has taiK in uc"i'r - foundation only in peculation. The . ... v-,nnlderatIon. CLOSE UPON TKE HEELS OF THE ESCAPING CONVICTS Portland, June 21. The escaped ' convicts, Tracy and Merrill, were seen by Harry Dunlap at. 12:30 JwiaV. one mile from La Center, Wash. They were moving through tSjVbrush down the Lewis river, seeking a means of crossing that stream.. Tiiey passed within 30 feet of Dunlap without seeing him. Sheriff Marsh, of Vancouver, .thjosse and Guard Carson, of Walla Walla, with the bloodhounds, weret Immediately notified and started from ;i's Vancouver on the trail. - Woodland, a village down the Lewis river from La Center, was notl tied by telephone to watch the bOae and fords along the river. The convicts-are now known U1 In' a section three miles square. If moist ground continues, where! ecent holds, they should be taken soon, as they are In a dangerous sitlon. The posse and dogs win" be less than three hours behind them; cult, greatly aiding In the chances,! Charles Ferrell, the brother efHhe a mite, of the convicts. Word" has tocen strike the trail first and is determined GORED DT II BOIL Mrs. Sarah Harmon of Graifts Pass Receives Probably Fa tal Injuries. ANIMAL HAD WOMAN, 5r PINIONED AGAINST FENCE. Horns Pierced Her Stouten and'3n, flicted Bad Wound in Thigh Phy slcian States Her Recovery Is Doubtful. Grant's Pass, Or., June 21. Mrs. Sarah .-Harmon, living near this place, Time ntraolrofl nnrl trnrrd hv a hull. and her inlurlcs may Drove fatal.! The animal had the woman pinion-1 ed aeralnst a fence wnen sne was' rescued by those attracted by her cries. The horns of the Infuriated beast pierced the woman's stomach and inflicted a horrible wound in her thigh. Her physician states there is considerable doubt of her recovery. BRYAN PASSE8 ALONG. Says it Is Interesting to Him to Ob serve Efforts to Reorganize the- Party. SDrinefleld. Mo.. June 21. W. J Bryan passed through here this morning, en route to Mammoth Springs, Ark. He repeated that he would not be a presidential candi date again, and declined to discuss the Bentiments expressed by Cleve land and Hill in speeches in New York City, but he said it was Interest ing to him to observe the efforts of men outside the democratic party trying to reorganize it. English Defeat Americans. Hurlingham, June 21. The Eng lish polo team today defeated the Americans, thus winning the inter national championship. The Case of Colonel Lynch. London, June 2L Colonel Arthur Lynch, Irish member of parliament, under Indictment for treason, was again remanded until Tuesday in the police court today. Fire In a Texas Town. Dallas, Texas, June 21. Fire this morning destroyed 10 stores and buildings at Weathersford. The Iobb is $50,000. It is the plain duty of Game War den Quimby to arrest Merrill and Tracy for violating the game law. FOREST FIRES CONTINUE , - TO RAGE IN WASHINGTON Seattle, June 21. Forest fires con tinue in the vicinity of Buckley. Re. ports from; there estimate a score rt persons have lost their live? Jn re mote and outlying lumber camps. A party of 0 men, women tnd children the country Is, however, very diffi escape. murdered Salem guard, is within sent to him. He will probably to avenge his brother's death. FOUND DEAD III BED LHusband Was Shot to Death and the Wife Died From Chloroform. HIRED MAN FIRST TO REPORT DISCOVERY. A Watch and a 8mall 8um of Money Missing A rounds the Deep Whole Mystery Sur- Affair Do tec tives at Work' Upon the Case. Des Moines, Iowa, Juno 21. James Gallagher and wife were found dead in bed tliln morning at River Junc tion. Gallagher had been shot and the wife chloroformed. Tho hired man reported tho discovery, but claims he did not hear tho shooting. A watch and a small sum of money is missing. Mystery surrounds the whole affair. The detectives are at work upon the case. OHIO POLITICS. Hanna, Dick and Burton Hold a Con ference. Washington, June 21. Senator Hanna and Representatives Burton and Dick held a conference this after noon over the controversy over Bur ton's accepting tho nomination from the Cloveland district. It is stated a satisfactory adjustment was assured and Rtirton would remain the candi date. Although another conference Is to bo held, it is expected the basis of settlement will bo that the county committee will conduct the county campaign, and Burton will organize the congressional committee to con duct his campaign. Mob Attacks Italians. Pittsburg, June 21. Three Italian non.unioniBts. charged witn tuo ia tal wounding of Frank James at New Kenglneton. narrowly escaped lyncn ing this morning by a mob of 2000. They were removed to tho Greens burg Jail for protection. They had been Intercepted by the unionists and put up a strong light. Mining Strike Situation. Wllkesbarre, Pa., Juno 21. The mine situation today is absolutely quiet in this district Presidents Duffy, Faby and Nichols, of the rail rnaAa nrA hern ronferrlncr with Pres Ident Mitchell. The miners' boycott has grown serious for the union men whose families aro pressed for the necessaries of life. from Eagle Gorge reachol Buckley last sight Seven men at Smith's camp are given up for lost The Hre at Enumclaw is now under control. The remainder of Buckley Is stll) threatened. Refugees are arriving there hourly and in numbers. WILL SAVE MONEY. No More Revenue Stamps Used After July 1. On July 1 tho documentary stamp law becomes null and void. It was inaugurated nt tho beginning of tho Spanish-American war, and has nf fordod an Immonso sourco of rovonuo to the government. Tho act boro qulto heavily upon the railroad and express companies. Thcro wns a 1 cent stamp nfllxod to nil shipping re ceipts, and bills of lading, etc. Tho Southern Pacific, Northern Pacific and O. R .& N. companies havo lsau 'ed cancellation circulars, calling at Unitton to tho abrogation of tho law. GENERAL EQAN HEARD FROM. Makes a Gun Play In Arizona and Loses His Gun. Tucson, Ariz., Juno 21. A dis patch frpm Hormcslllo states that Genoral Hagan, of boof scandal famo, engaged In a sensational gun play Friday with Abo Qoldbnum, a promi nent American. Tho disputo was over business mattors. Goldbaum throw Engan violently to tho floor and took his rovolver away from him Warship Launched. Philadelphia. Juno 21. Tho cruts or Donvor was launched hero this afternoon at tho yards of tho Nonflo & Levy Company. Tho. chrlstonlng party of 150 Donvorltcs witnessed the Httlo warship's lnitinl dip. Wheat In Chicago. Portland. Juno 21. Whoat Walla Walla, G6; bluestom, C7j; valloy, 67 cents por bushel. INOCULATED STUCK HORSE3 AND MULE8 SHIP PED TO 80UTH AFRICA Mullteers Used Virus of Charbon Glanders and Other Diseases to Af flict Them The Diseases Now Raging In South Africa. Now Orleans, June 21. It has do volopod about tho sailor boarding houses horo that somo inullteors, em ployed by the British, bocauso of al lege 111 treatment agreed to inocu late the stock as It was drlvon up tho chutes from tho wharves to tho vessois, with virus of charbon, glun dors and other diseases. Tho Boors are reaping tho results, bocauso slnco the war onded these diseases aro spreading rapidly in South Africa. In Memory of Amos Cummlngs. Now York, Juno 21. Many men nromlnont In public llfo havo accept ed invitations to attend tho memorial Borvlco in honor of Congressman Amos J. Cummlngs, which will be hold in Carneglo hall tomorrow after? noon. Tho services, which promlso to bo of unusual note, will bo hold undor tho auspices of Typographical Union No. 6, of which Mr. Cummlngs was a mombor for moro than forty years. Addresses will bo delivered by Congressman John S. Williams, of Mississippi, and David H, Morcer, of Nobraska, General James it. O'BoIrne, and tho Rov. L. J. Evors, tho prlntors priest. World's Fair Flan. A largo World's Fair flag, made up of tho flag colors of the united Statos, Franco, and Spain, tho throe nations which have exorcised soyor olcrntv over tho territory of Louisia na, is attracting markod attention and enthusiastic admiration on the Pacific Coast, whence it was carried by tho Arab Patrol of Moohah Tom nlo Mvstlc Shriners of St. Lools. In tho groat parade of tho Bhrinorn nt San Francisco tho nag was grooieu with deafening choors. Tho Moohah Patrol will mako tho pilgrimage homo by way of Portland, Tucoroa, Seattle and St. Paul, and all along tho route the exposition flag will bo exhibited, Mark Hanna Gets Angry. Senator Hanna Is a mad man over the newspaper cartoons. One cartoon aimutaA himi nalntlbff a horrible pic ture "f volcanoes along the Nicara gua route, while a Frenchman, repre rimr tho Panama Company.- and Jim Hill, railroad magnate, stood by exclaiming "magnificent" "I take that picture as an insult," said Han na, "and am going to act according iv. I am tired of standlnK such things, and, b O, I won't any longer, i am not in me pay m ui Panama Company, nor oi tne rail roads, and the man who .Bays so Is a liar." OIED FROM CHOLERA Chaffee's Report Shows That the Cholera Situation in the Philippines is Sorious. TWENTY-TWO ENLISTED MEN DIE IN TWO WEEKS. Heretofore Supposed by the War De partment That the Scourge Wat Confined to the Natives, But Chaf fee's Report Creates Alarm Among Department Officials. Washington, Juno 21. Tho sorious noss of tho cholorn situation in the Philippines was revealed In a report received today by tho war depart ment from General Chaffoo, in which ho glvos a list of 22 enlisted mea who died from this dlscaso during the two wooks betwem April 3 an I Mny C. it was horptnforo supposed rlK- scourgo was confine' to tho nn. tlvcs. Now that its ravages are ex tended to tho nrmy tho department ofllcIalB aro considerably worried. Military Appropriation Bill. Washington. Juno 21. In tho house today Hull, chairman of tho commit too of military nffalrs, called up the conforonco report of tho military ap propriation bill, llo said tho confer onco report was a victory Tor tne houso. Tho bill carries 16,200,000, and was adopted by a voto ot 88 to CG. INTRECOI.LEGIATE RACES. Shell Races of Various Colleges at Poughkeepsie Today. Poughkcopslo, N. Y., Juno 21. Tho regatta commlttco In chargo of tho intorcolloglato association shell racoa, which takes placo hero today, had overy thing In readiness at 11 o'clock. Evory convonlenco for the thousands of spectators had boon ar ranged. Tho observation train of fifty cars was waiting below High land station tho flags had been fixed on tho brldgo; two forry boats, the largost ovor soon horoabouts, were busy betwoon tho city and tho west sldo of tho river, and big yachts were getting Into placo about tho finish lino. riio races today are scheduled to bogln at 9:30, a half hour earlier thaa has boon tho custom In tho post, the Indications pointing to a good ebb tldo at that tlmo. Tho program laid out Is as follows: 3:30 p. m., Four-oarod sholls, two miles Columbia, Cornell and Penn sylvania. 4:15 p. m., Freshman olgbt-oared crows, two mlloa Columbia, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Syracuso and Wlscoa sin. 5 p. m 'Varsity elght-ored crews, four miles Cornell, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Syracuse, Columbia and Goorgotown. Tho ofllcIalB In chargo aro W. B. HustlB, tho old Trinity oarsman, re feroo, and W. Innis Forbos, '80 Penn sylvania, and Everett Wendell, of Harvard, tlmokoopors. DERBY DAY IN CHICAGO. Hono Is Still Favorite at 2 to 1, With Arsenal Second, 4 U 1. Chicago, June 21. (Derby day dawned with a clear Bky and a cold, northwest wind, two points toward assisting tho groat race. The track howovor, was slow, owing to Inces sant rains. It Is expected that B0. 000 pooplo will witness the race. Ho no Is still the favorite at 2 to 1; Arse nal, socond choice, 4to 1; Pentacoat. 6 to 1. The tracit condition ay redound to tho bonoflt of some mud lark, that la now little thought of. The Demand Is Reaeenable. , Unlnsa Ynura .Tun 11. BeVeBV lCP iUWHIonj - Inlsnlinna clrla Htruelt thiS Mil. I J V(BJIMVV o Ing for tho uniform wage of 91 a day, . i ... nwaU4. It la mm lie mo v.. o- -- pected the strike will spread all ewer the state. Street Car Strike In TereMe, Toronto. Ont June 81. The street ' kii men struck this noralBff. The .1.1 ... wallrlnff la m. drlXlllM CIUMWI iW -t.tMO mmm w -, rain. .... l 'J, Chicago, June 21. Wfcea HW 73 cents per b " w lorreata. " - matter is owy imuw v - ....... atiaWlu. . M