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PENDLETON, TJMATILLA COUNTY, OEEGON, FHIDAY, SEPTEJLBEll 19, 1902.
NO. 4542
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l.ofltt$ Has Conferred
U UOO Ull Mill
N WITH WORLD
taly to Be a Grand
ne Station" for the
apt." 19. The Italian
ir -telegraphed to Galimborei
And 'conferred with Marconi re'
,-jS the entebHshmcnt of a grand
il wlrAflan-ttelocrnnh station at
c communicating with all the
M thro ttgs out, ;the entire world
(talkn .-will' 'cost $150,000. He
e&i Jo weeni a telegram from
ca;9rTHWrtj8enf erring tne grand
5 rl 'r invunior.
AWSON:MEAT COM BINE.
any Being Organized to Control
"Butchers' .Business In the Klon
ttle, git.,19. Aspeclal to the
IMeUtfcdtroifrom Dawson say Br
vsoV-feillBen arc organizing a
any 'teMKol tho stock In the
like. vflMffoplanB are all matur-
ad at.R;eeting which will he
tomorrpw.;the representatives
;et together .-and arrange for the
itjPg4;of all the meat in the
rcosame will have to take care
he c stocks . now on
havo been contract-
ef which will amount
we ':tba -11,000,000. Tho ached
.-Which will obtain if the
ifcwres control of the
obtainable, hut restau
as woll as largo
tee, are laying in large
tatlon of a sharp rise
RDKUPEXPEDITION HOME,
TanrNortriTor Four Years on
R;iJjanwu Nansen Ship.
stiana .Sweden, Sopt. 19. The
jg, Framt passed Utshire this
Jg.J,1t('ih board the Sever-
twlar' expttlon, which left So
ound for home in August. They
fcea'i, n orth. four years. The
.watt eviuumy muuu iuiuuuh
aisen's8fllp.-
JOURTrAVORS TRUST.
of Appeals in New Jersey Re
cd Judge Emery's Decision Ir
eirStitSr.Steel case.
itorfN.Sept. 19. The court
ors and appeals today reversed
'hftncAl1ftpS..Wmorv'a ririplfitnn In
altei.Sttiwe steel case. The de
today teln favor of the cor-
X'WMjtmhe decision is that
UBt .cafttWBKconvert $200,000,000
lerrea into bonds.
-
mm '.Par -Mem Car Charge.
alo, ittfr T., Sept. 19. fTranBpor
offlciala representing all the
j .rallrojwaof the country wore
t todayi'at the opening of the
I meeting 'of the Railway Trans
itu ' Association. The meeting
ailed fqprder iu the assembly
of the "Jfotel Irlquols by M. J.
enne.$suBrIntondent of trans
on o'frthtf Nashville, Chattanoo-
Bt, :Bmsr,rallway. Tho princl
rpcaa la.to discuss the practical
iguof ttlie 'per diem Bystom of
Qg fortho uso of freight cars
was", adopted by the railroads
icountrynsome timo ago. The
i naa wen shown to nave some
ectiofls In its practical opera
nd i.tt';i' to remedy these and
3-tbeM.ttacs for dissatisfaction
.Mytomo of the roads that
sieST-jsfoeting is held.
w;Vfk-Moblle Steamships.
;er and frolght servico
ilfork and Mobile was in-
o Mallory steaniBhlp
' tho dUpatch of tho
m this city. The now
oly separate from tho
ice operated by the
con this port and Gal
nderstood that connec-
do at Mobile with all
lines diverging from
A LAST DESPERATE FFGHT
MURDERER BECOMES VIOLENT
AND BROKE FROM GUARDS.
Tore a Piece of Gas Pipe From Bath,
room and Stood Guards Off Mad
Because His Wife Was Not Allow
ed to See Him.
Hacfccnsack, Sept. 19. Peter Her
nia was hanged this morning for the
murder of Butcher Wellington. S:.ort
ly beforo the time for him to ascend
the scaffold, he saw his wife outside,
who had been refused permission to
see him. Ho became violent, broke
away from the guards, ran down the
corridor, jumped a five-foot space,
gained the bathroom, where ho tore
tho plumbing loose, and brandishing
a piece ''of gas pipe, swore he would
kill anyone approaching him. He
was finally knocked down by a stream
iof water from the fire hose, captured
and carried struggling to the scaf
fold, where he fought till strapped.
KINGSTON MURDER.
Think the Man Who Committed the
Crime Is Discovered.
New York, Sept. 19. The police
believe the "man who hired the rig
at the livery stable, murdered Mrs.
Lillian Kingston, whose body was
found in the canal yesterday. The
rig has not been located. A picked
detective force Is working on the
case. The woman had received the
attentions of other men than her husband,
STRIKERS USE DYNAMITE.
House of Non-Union Worker Demol
ishedStrikers Deplore the Deed.
Maboney City, Soirt.19. At mid
night strikers dynamited the house
of Richard Parfitt who was absent
at work in the colliery. Mrs. Parfitt
and three children asleep in tho
house were not seriously hurt, al
though the houso was nearly demol
ished. Majority of the strikers great
ly deplore the deed.
THIS COLLIDED
Horrible Wreck on the Pitts
burg & Western Caused by
Mistake of Operator.
FIVE INSTANTLY KILLED
AND MANY INJURED.
Two Passenger Trains, Going at Full
Speed, Strike on a Curve Only
one Passenger Seriously Hurt.
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 19. Two pas
senger trains of the Pittsburg West
ern collided, head on, near Wittmor
this morning, killing George Chuger
ty, tho brakeman, William Benedict,
the engineer, Thomas Dugan, the
fireman, and Fay Demoss, a boiler
maker, and William Graham, a fire
man. H. E. Chambers, an engineer,
was fatally injured, and C. W. Cross
man, express messenger, was seri
ously injured.
The collision was on a sharp curve
and both trains were going at full
speed. One locomotive projected over
the top of the other, and the baggage
arid express cars were -demolished.
The dead brakeman, engineer and
firemen were found pinned beneath
the wrecked engines.
A mistake of the telegraph opera
tor -caused the accident. Mrs. Lizzlo
Stifcl, of Lawrencevlllc, was serious
ly injured.
DYNAMITE WASHERY
Striker Who Said He Was
About to Return to Work
Shot Down by Picket.
GREAT UNREST PREVAILS
AMONG UNION MINERS,
Large Dam Which Supplied Water to
Moffatt's Washcry, Wrecked and
Drained. Compels It to Shut
. Down.
Wllkesbarre, Pa., Sopt. 19. At 3
o'clock this morning the large dam In
Solomon Creek, which supplies tho
water for Moffatt's washery, was dy
damited. wrecked and drained. It
compels the washery to shut down.
Twenty-five sticks were used at 7
o'clock this morning. Peter RemlskI,
a striker who had announced his de
cision to return to work, was shot by
Picket John Savage. Great unrest
prevails among the strikers today.
DISTRIBUTES V10,0O0,000.
TWO MORE IN WASHINGTON.
To Dissolve Injunction,
Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 19. A motion
to dissolve the injunction granted by
Judge Fiolds in tho McGovern-Corbett
light case, was made this morning be
fore Chief Justice Cuffy, in the court
of appeals. The argument opened at
noon before a full bench.
ECLIPSES BRAZILIAN
ENGLISH AERONAUT SAILS
AROUND ST. PAUL'S.
Spencer Makes a Trial Trip of H
Flying Machine In London Goes
Seven Miles in Twenty-five Min
utes.
London, Sept. 19. Aeronaut Spen
cer made a trial trip on a now flying
machine of his Invention, this after
noon. Ho sailed completely around
St. Paul's Cathedral and nppeared to
havo perfect control of the airship.
He made the trip to the Crystal
Palace in 25 minutes, a distance of
seven miles. The proposed trip was
kept secret and the news was first
known when people in tho streets
discovered the ship sailing with intri
cate revolutions high up in the air.
The feat apparently eclipses that of
Santos Dumont.
HUNG THREE TIMES.
Man Under Death Sentence at Vienna
Stabs Four Guards Before He Was
Overpowered.
Vienna, Austria, Sept. 19. Zece
Kamonow, under death sentence, at
tacked tho guards with a knife when
they came to conduct him to the scaf
fold this morning. He fatally stabbed
one and wounded three others before
being overpowered. At the first drop
the rope broke. Tho second timo he
was taken down life was not extinct.
A third hanging was necessary before
ho was executed.
A GREAT RUSSIAN SYSTEM.
Reported Negotiations for the Con
struction of an Immense Railway
System in Persia by Russia.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 19. Larasdorf
tho Russian minister of foreign af
fairs has been summoned to meet the
czar. It is reported that negotiations
will follow for the construction of an
Immense Persian railway system un
der Russian control.
H. Waymlre, tho trusted operator
at tho Hoqulam depot, on the North
ern Pacific, has skipped out. Investi
gation of his accounts show a short
age of $3000.
Fireman and Engineer Killed in
Wreck Near Eaton Three Mall
Clerks Injured In Collision Near
Covington.
Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 19. A head-
on collision between two Northern
Pacific freight trains occurred near
Easton last night. The killed are H.
S. Shaffer, fireman, and A. J. Adams,
engineer, both of Tacoma. The road
was 'blocked for 24 hours. The cast-
bound 'passenger trains Nos. 4 and C,
leaving Tacoma, were unable to get
through and turnod back.
This morning No. G, running 40
miles per hour, ran into No. 4 near
Covington, telescoping the baggage
and mall cars. Three mall clerks and
the express messengers were injured,
but not seriously.
SALISBURY'S ILLNESS.
He Is Only Suffering From Chills and
Gout
London, Sept. 19. Confirmation of
Salisbury's illness was received. It
is stated that there is no cause for
anxiety. He is suffering from severe
chills and a slight attack of gout.
To Be Hanged in Far North.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 19. According
to the latest advices received here
from Hardy, the Unimak island mur
derer, will be hanged today at Nome,
President Roosevelt having declined
to intorfero with tho sentence of the
court, Hardy would have been hanged
a year ago, but for the fact that Judge
Wickersham stayed the execution for
twelve months pending the hearing
of an appeal In the United States.
The appeal was unsuccessful. The
crime for which Hardy was convicted
was brutal In the extreme. Ho shot
down in cold blood and robbed Con
and Florence Sullivan and P. J. Roo
ney, who were his companions on a
prospecting expedition to Unlraak is
land. At the time of hlB trial Hardy
declared he was a relative of former
Postmaster General John Wannama-
ker.
Secretary Shaw Has Authorized That
Amount of Public Funds to Go to
Banks.
Washington, Sept. 19. Secretary
Shaw announced this afternoon that
during the week ho has authorized
the distribution of $10,000,000 of the
public funds among the national
banks having available bonds. Tho
deposits will be completed within a
few days.
PRESIDENT STARTS.
Will
Mid-
Now Journey Through the
die West.
Oyster Bay, Sept, 19. President
Roosevelt- started on his Middle
Western trip at 9:30 this morning.
The SyJph conveyed the party. They
will leave Jersey City at 2 o'clock
this afternoon for Cincinnati.
THE PORTE YIELDS.
MURDERED FOR JEWELRY
HOBOKEN LIVERY MAN
THROWS LIGHT ON THE CASE.
Police Now Think That Mrs. Pulitzer
Was Lured to a Room by Murderer
Killed and Then Body Conveyed
to Canal.
New York, Sept. 19. Some new de
velopments concerning Mrs. Pulitzer,
known as Mrs. Kingston, case, were
brought to light this afternoon.
Charles Evans, a Hoboken liveryman,
came to police headquarters and said
tho strap of a weight taken from his
rig, rented by him Wednosmday night
had been returned lato Thursday
morning by a man whom he describ
ed accurately. Tho officers first be
lieved it to be her husband, hut
Evans said he was not the man when
he saw him. Tho pollco aro now cer
tain that tho woman was murdered
in New York shortly after she left
home. They think tho murderer lur
ed her to his room and murdored hor
for her diamond earrings and wed
ding ring. Ho kept tho body In his
room all day Wednesdny and finally
packed it in a trunk for disposal.
Then ho went to Hoboken, hlrod a
rig, took the body and pitched It In
the cnnnl.
NEW YORK MARKET.
Reported by I. L. Ray & Co., Pendle
ton, Chicago Board of Trade and
New York Stock Exchango Brokers.
New York, Sept, 19. Wheat wns
firm today after a tomporary break at
the opening and tho closo was bet
ter than yesterday. Liverpool closed
5 lO'.fe. New York opened at 73
and closed at 74, being the high and
low points. Chicago closod Gil'.d for
December wheat.
Closed yesterday, 73.
Opened today, 73.
Rango today, Vo-7874.
Closed today, 71.
St. Paul, 196.
Union Pacific, 111.
Steel, 41.
Wheat In Chicago.
Chkmo, Sept. 19. Wheat 72', 6
73.
Wheat In San Francisco.
San Francisco, Sept. 19. Wheat
-$1.171.18.
Acknowledges British "Sovereignty
Over Certain Territory.
Constantinople, Sept. 19. It Is re
ported that the porte decided to yield
to Russia's demands for the passage
of three Russian torpedoboat destroy
ers through the Dardanelles siraul
taneously. The porte will recognize
British sovereignty over the tertl-
tory of Yaft, Arabia.
To Examine Railways Here.
London, Sept. 19. Among the pas
scngers sailing for New York today
on the White Star liner Celtic is Lieu
tenant Colonel Horatio A., Yorke,
chief inspecting officer of railroads
for the Board of Trade. Lieutenant
Colonel Yorke has been commissioned
by the Board of Trado to preparo a re
port on tho workings of American
railroads, with the view of adopting
American railroad methods in Great
Britain. He expects to spend a busy
month In the United Staes, as, in ad-
dilon to reporting on the steam lines,
he is commissioned to Investigate tho
btreet railroad systems, elevated roads
subways and pneumatic and electric
signalling. Lieutenant York will
confine his inspection chiefly to New
York and its vicinity, but will visit
Washington to study the trolley sys
tem of the capital.
Baltimore Gets Next Meeting.
Des Moines, la., Sept. 19. The
next sovereign grand lodge meeting
was captured by Baltimore after a
close contest with Hot Springs. An
organization of the national council
of Patriarchs Militant was effected
today. General Raney, of Marengo,
la., will undoubtedly be chosen na
tional commander.
To Inspect Surveys.
Lewlston, Idaho, Sept. 19. T. M.
Hurlburt, inspector of government
surveys, arrived yesterday with a
small party of men and will leave to
morrow for tho Salmon River conn-
try and will visit tho headwaterH of
tho Cloarwator River before return
ing. Mr. Hurlburt has 13 townships
that havo been surveyed this sum
mer to visit and inspect.
Wheat Crop Injured.
Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 19. Accord
lug to the prediction of Grain Inspec
tor Arrlsmith, based on personal In
vestlgation, the wheat crop of Wash
Ington, Idaho and Oregon will be at
least 5,000.000 bushels short of the
expectations entertained earlier In the
season, He says the grain is shrunken
In the dryer districts and that smut
has injured the crop almost every
where. It is estimated that tho Wash
Ington crop will be 27,000,000 to 28,
000,000 bushels, as compared with 32,-
000,000 bushels last ypar. There Is a
similar shrinkage in Idaho and Kast
ern Oregon.
Signed as Carnegie.
I.ondon, Sept. 19. Lawrence Grelg,
a bookkeeper was charged In tho po
lice court today with forging checks
for $50,000. He signed checks with
tho name of Andrew Carnegie of tho
steel company.
The fruit crop of Payette valley,
Idaho, Is far greater this year than
over before.
BROKE AND COLLIDED
11
NEGRO
LYNCHED
Marshfield Wretch Who As
saulted Miner's Wife Hang
ing From Bridge.
NO MASKS WERE WORN
CITIZENS SAY "WELL DONE."
FOUR TRAINMEN JNJURED
TWO WILL PROBABLY DIE.
Freight Train of the Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad Breaks Near Sun
Bury Afterwards Collided.
Sunbury, Pa Sopt, 19. A Philadel
phia & Reading freight train parted
near here earl this morning and later
the two parts collided. James Far
ley, JameB Price, Michael Duffey and
John McCarthy, all of Mount Carmol,
were badly Injured. Price and Duf
fey will probably die.
KILL THEIR FATHER.
Nine and Twelve-Year-Old 8ons of
Colorado Rancher Shot Their Sire
in the Head Mother Also in Jail.
Gleuwood Springs, Colo., Sopt. 19.
Thomas McNulty, a rancher, living
in tho four-mllo country, a district
some distance from this placo, Is dead
as the result of a bullet wound in tho
head, inflicted hy one of two sons,
Thomas and William, aged 12 and 0
years respectively. Tho boya and
the mother have been placed unaer
arrebt.
Coal Miners Crazed With Rage Be
cause of Negro's Escape, Came
Near Lynching the Officers Who
Let Him Loose.
Marshfield, Or., Sept. 19. Tho llfo
less body of Alonro Tucker, colored,
who criminally assaulted Mrs. Den
nis, Is dangling from tho end of a
ropo on South Mnishllold bridge, and
Is being gazed upon by hundrods of
people. As was predicted, a body of
coal miners marched Into town Wed
nesday ovenlng nrmcd for business.
City Marshal Cartor, who had Tucker
In custody, attempted to tako him
from tho Jail Just as tho I.lbby miners
entered, hut tho movo was caught
sight of by one In tho van of tho
party, and a mud rush was nmdo for
tho negro, who managed to give his
custodians tho slip. Ho Jumped un
der the wharf Into the mud flats and
oluded both officers and the angry
mob until Thursday.
Tho miners weio fairly crazed with
rngo over tho outcomo, and station
ed guards at every point of ogress
from the city. The pntrol was kopt
up all night and nt ono timo thero
was loud talk of avonglng tho wrath
or the Infuriated pcoplo upon tho of
firors who allowed Tuckor to escape
Every nook and crevlco under tho
wharf was searched without result
until Ray Prentleo nnd Jay Gulvorson
small hoys, located tho fugitive undor
Dean &. Co.'h storo, nnd llko young
Americans, peppered him with air
guns. Tucker thiontoned to wring their
nocks, hut thoy drovo him from his
hiding placo, nnd as ho emerged, a
hall from a 30-30 caught him In tho
right leg, It was shortly followed by
two more volleys. Tucker ran Into
Dean's Kloro and was followed.
Tho minors sturted to tnko him to
tho scone of tho crime. Ho was still
ullyo, but dlod on tholr hands and
they did not enro to bother fnrther,
and hung him to a beam on a brldgo
on tho routo.
Benjamin Dennis, husband of tho
outraged woman, was nmong tho
lynchers, hut iio ono knows who fired
tho ratal bullet and tlioro aro no ques
tions aBkod on that point. "Woll
dono," Is a consensus of public opin
ion. There wns not a masked man In
the crowd and everything was dono
In broad daylight.
Mrs. Dennis was waylaid on hor
way homo to Llhby from this city
Wednesday by Tucker, who dragged
her into tho brush and assaulted her.
Tuckor seized Mrs. IHmnls by tho
throat when ho caught hor, and
threatened to kill her If bIio mado a
noise. When rolensed sho wont
straight to hor house and told what
had happened. Tucker was nrrostcd,
but when tho miners appcarod, pre
pared to lynch him, was allowed to
go.
POSTOFFICE COLLAP8E8.
All Persons in the Building Account
ed for Except One Woman.
Mlnot. S. D., Sopt. 19. All poisons
who wero In tho collapsed postortlco
have been accounted for except ono
woman, who Is thought to bo dead
under the ruins.
Forest Fires Going Down.
Saratoga, Wyo., Sept. 19. Tho for
est fire situation is more encourag
ing here. Owing to tho heavy clouds
of smoke which hang over tno (lis
trlct. it Is Impossible to seo tho tire,
but reports indicate that tho lire at
Pearl. Co!,. Is being brought under
control. Mlneowners nnd ranchers
in the path of the flames havo taken
precautions and very llttlo Important
property Is being destioyod,
'Did you remember to call and In-
ulro after dear Mrs. Boreham?"
'Yes, but I nulte forgot what tho
answer was."
"That's of no consequence, I'm so
glad you Inquired." Punch,
Ready for Launching of Des Moines.
Huston, Muss., Sopt. 19, Every
thing Is In readiness ut the Fore river
shipyard for the launching tomorrow
of tho cruiser Dw Moines. Ah tho
cruiser hi tho largest naval ship con
structed lu Massachusetts since tho
early days of tho Amorlcan navy, It
has hcon decided to make tho launch
ing a gala event. Tho ship will go
down Die ways at 12:30 and Miss Ki
ttle McComher, of Des MnlneB, will
break the customary bottle of chain
pagno In performing tho chrlstonlng
ceremony. Governor CumliiB, of Iowa
and his staff will bo prcbont and emi
nent representatives of tho stato of
Massachusetts and of the navy de
partment nro also oxpected to bo In
uttendauco.
Bankers Meet at Pen-Mar.
Poii-Mar, Md., Sept. 19. Members
of tho Muryland Statu Hankers' Asso
ciation and tho Hankers' Association
of the District of Columbia met in
Joint convention at tho Illuo Mountain
House today and listened to addresses
hy prominent financiers, on topics of
Interest and Importance to tho bank
ing world. The annual banquet takes
plnco this evening, nnd tomorrow tho
bankers and their friends will visit
Gettysburg and other places of Inter
est In the vicinity.