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Tonight nnd Saturday cloudy,
with rain or snow tonight
PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OKEGOX, FIJI DAY, DECEM HElt 5, 1002.
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New York
jjSELS WRECKED
Lo TWELVE MEN LOST.
6lt Fsiiswed by Driving
ht BMW"-" I rai" nu.nuwir
it foot i ,m
f Penmylvanla Five Inches
In Florida.
loft, Dec 6 A terrific storm
ling the Atlantic coast, wo
i wntiirinE OuZ. ganger bib-
Eout at all marine offices of
land. A blizzard Is raging
s
ii and Sleet at Boston.
, Mass., Dec, 5. A very high
I a driving snow is reported
New England. Three inches
lea here, alternated hail and
Berits Close in Shamokln.
Skin, Pa., Dec 5. On account
feiceptlonally heavy blizzard
Baft all collieries were closed
morning. A foot of Bnow
All trains are many hours
the snow storm continues
is will bo abandoned for fear
tin the mountain passes,
tow at McKeesport
tsport, Pa., Dec. 5. Eight In-
I sunn hne fnllrm tioro nnrY n
In Southern States.
v va r lYinrvinnn.
and Virginia coasts are
Hatteras aro all down. All
to get information from
ov mura an nuur.
wrecK- at Gloucester.
ck an infnmn Piori nrnou-run.
i hp fin vi n tr oiotinti riannon
Reaches to Florida.
i. section of the coast 60
or WlnD. FivftinohAfl of
IlllPn in the wtat OA V.mw.
v.iu jmoi w liviua.
EX-SPEAKER REED BETTER.
Doctors Announce That All the Bad
Symptoms Are Abating.
Washington. Dec. 5. Ex-Speaker
Thomas B .Reed's physicians this
morning announced that the patient
shows constant improvement. The
tomperature, pulse and respiration
are normal, uremic symptoms arc
abating, and his mind is clear and
fits stomach retains nourishment.
Brights Disease.
His condition Is still regarded as
very serious and It Is admitted that
hlB ailment is Brights disease. Ap
pendicitis Is only a small factor in
the illness.
STATE EXPEN8E8 CLIMBING.
Additional Physician Needed at In
sane Asylum Now 1200 Patients to
Attend.
Salem, Dec. E. The board of trus
tees of the Oregon insane asylum has
added one physician to the medical
staff of the assylum. Dr. A. E. Taml
esie, of this city, was olected to. fill
the position.' The board states that
an additional physician has been
needed for three years or more, but
It has not been considered best to
increase the staff until now. Hereto
fore there have been three physicians
to attend 1200 patients, or more,
which is an average of 400 patients
to each physician. The medical staff
has not been increased since the
number of patients was 800.
PQSTMASTEfl-GENERA
REPORTS ON
PAYNE
FREE DELIVEflY
Rural System is No Longer in Experimental Stage and Will
Continue to Increase in Favor.
o.
EVERY ROUTE ESTABLISHED HAS SHOWN A MARKED
INCREASE IN THE P08TAL RECIPT8.
FIRE IN CLEVELAND.
Wall
Fell Killing One Fireman and
Injuring Five Others.
Cleveland, Dec. 5. Fire last night
destroyed a five-story factory building
occupied by the Likly & Rockett
Trunk Company, and the Borden &
Oliver Machine Company. At 3 this
morning the wall fell, killing one fire'
man and injuring five others.
PREVENT DETAILS OF SUICIDE
BILL INTRODUCED IN CON
GRESS FOR THAT PURPOSE,
"'y Oler Goes Ashore
0eracoke, N. C.
- uici, va route irom
UttlYnrt
tl I' . ..' -
-H wis morning. Tne
men ara hnllei-nri to
towned. The vessel is a
IN RUnl a
-UUI.ANU MEAT,
rr.,,on Felt Because It
Sitn Barred FM
ftft T-. -
-.7 ."v" 0. In the, Bhlnnlnf
la tL rwb apprehension
.1 tte results of the order nf
VuZ 01 anIma,s rom
ft?'!f the other
l?aay- fears are ex-
- uiunriR frnn, .
In. h uatu luricH rR
""atB ior dead meat.
RRIE NATION
0.M?n:9 ,n TP. Kan.,
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PewlTB ... mptM t0 eck
Ui "" was eject-
distnrwc She Persistently
Patrol wagon to tho jail.
Specifies That Only the Bare Facts
Can Be Published House Favors
Bill Granting Officials Right to Ac
cept Foreign Decorations.
"Washington, Dec. 5. The house
committee on internal revenue today
Is considering a bill to create a de
partment of commerce.
Representative Jenkins, of Wiscon
sin, today introduced a bill which if
it becomes a law will prevent the
publication by newspapers of the de
tails of suicides. The bill denies the
use of the malls to all publications
containing such reports and specifies
that the bare facts of suicide, time
and place of death only can be pub
lished. The maximum fine Is J2E fnd im
prisonment for 90 days for offending
publishers.
The omnibus bill was favorably act
ed upon by the committee In charge,
granting the various government of
ficials the right to accept the decora
tions of foreign govieniuent:
The house today In a committee of
the whole, began the consideration of
bills on the private calendar.
The sub-committee on trusts today
reported to the full judiciary com
mittee. LlttloQeld's anti-trust bill has
been amended since last session of
congress, requiring the reports to be
made to the inter-state commerce
commission by all corporations.
The committee on naval affairs to
day Introduced tho sub-committees
bill on organization, rank and pay
and will formulate a provision for an
increase in the number of lino offic
ers and midshipmen In the marine
corps, according to the recommenda
tions of the secretary of the navy to
meet existing emergency.
HOLD CONVENTION.
Official Reports Indicate That In Communities Served by Rural Free Dellv
ery, Isolated Farms Have Been Enhanced In Value Because of That
Service, at an Average Rate of at Least 5 Per Cent in the Older Set
tled States In Remote States and Territories, Where Postal Facili
ties Were Few and Far Between, Increase Has Been Much Greater.
GRAIN MARKET.
Quotations Furnished by the Coe
Commission House I. C. Majors,
Local Manager.
Chicago, Dec. 5.
r Wheat Opened. Closed.
December 7372'i -72?iOV4
May 76 76
Corn
December 55 C4$i
May 43tt 43Vifr-
Oats
December .. 30 30-74
May 32 M 32 H
Minneapolis, Doc. 5.
Wheat Opened. Closed.
December 72 tj 72 U
May 74 b 73 74
New York, Dec. 5.
Wheat Opened. Closed.
December 79 79V4
May 79 79 (?
SAILORS LEFT
Ml
PACIFIC
LOOK TO CANADA.
Oregon and Idaho Young Men Unite
in Association Work.
Newburg. Ore.. Dec. E. The Ore
gon-Idaho convention of the Young
Men's Christian Association opened
here today with a good attendance
of delegates from the chief cities of
the two states. A three days' pro
(tram will be carried out and a spe
cial effort made to infuse new vigor
and life Into the association move
ment In the Pacific Northwest. Prom
inent among the participants are B.
T, Colton ,of Chicago, the interna
tional secretary of the college depart
ment: W. B. Peck, state secretary of
Minnesota; President Wallace Lee, of
Albany College, and A. S. Allen, tne
general secretary of the Seattle
branch of the organization.
Washington, Dec. 5. The report of
Postmaster-General Henry C. Payne
is made public today, and the por
tion of It most Interesting to the West
Id the progress of rural free delivery.
On this Important subject tho report
says:
Rural Free Delivery.
Rural free delivery service has be
come an established fact. It Is no
longer in the experimental stage and
undoubtedly congress will continue to
increase the appropriation for this
service until all tho people of the
country are reached, where it is
thickly enough settled to warrant It.
The estimates of the department are
to tho effect that tho available terri
tory for this sen-Ice embraces about
1,000,000 square miles, or one-third of
the country's, area exclusive of
Alaska. The 11,650 routes now in op
eration cover about one-third of the
available territory. From this it will
be seen that it will require 27,000
employes additional to those now in
the service to cover thiB territory.
If congress shall make the necessary
appropriations, it is believed that
within the next three years the ex
tension of the service will have been
completed.
With the carrier's salary fixed at
$600 per annum, the annual gross cost
of the completed rural free delivery
service will approximate $24,000,000.
After the service has been complet
ed this increase ought not to exceed
annually 8 to 10 per cent, or In about
the same proportion as obtains In
other branches of the service. The
people are demanding the service
with Impatient earnestness, and this
demand is being vigorously support
ed by their representatives in con
gress. The rapid extension of the
service will, of course, increase tho
deficits during the next three years.
After it is completed the revenues
will quickly feel the effect of Its es
tablishment, and whatever deficit
may bo occasioned will gradually dis
appear. The experience of the de
partment in counties where the serv
ice has been fully established for a
period of two years justifies the belief
that the revenues in the rural dis
tricts will increase fivefold over what
they have under the conditions here
tofore prevailing.
Appropriation Insufficient.
The department is unable, oven
with the liberal appropriation made
by the congress, to meet the pressing
and justifiable demands for the service.
In fact, the appropriation for the
year ending June 30, 1903, will be so
far used by January 1 next that no
new routes can be established after
that date, unless an additional appro
priation is made by the congress that
will he Immediately available.
Progress of Rural Free Delivery.
Five years of experiment in this
service, added to several months' ex
perience under permanent organiza
tion controlled by the civil service
regulations governing other branches
of tho postal service, have demon
strated that all the claims heretofore
advanced In advocacy of the exten
sion of rural free delivery and IU
adopted as a permanent feature of
postal administration have been sus
tained. Postal Receipts Increased,
It was said that its development
would Increase postal receipts. Every
route established, with one or two
exceptions (and these have been re
cently ordered discontinued), has
shown a marked and continuous In
crease of mall matter delivered and
collected, attributable solely to the
facilities afforded.
In this connection it will also bo
interesting to note that rural free de
livery carriers received applications
during the past year for 625.94C
money orders.
Value of Farm Lands Enhanced.
It was claimed that rural delivery
would Increase the value of farm
lands. Official reports indicate that
in communities served by rural free
delivery, isolated farms have been
enhanced in value because of that ser
vice at an average rate of at least
E per cent in the older settled states,
and In the more remote states and
territories, where postal facilities
have heretofore been few and far be
tween, the Increase of value has been
much greater.
Farmers Brought Into Touch With
the Markets.
It was asserted that to bring the
farmers into close touch with tho
markets would enable them to obtain
better prices for their products. Spe
cific instances have been brought to
the attention of the department where
the prompt delivery of livestock quo
tations, indicating a temporary glut
In the market, to farmers Intending
to ship to tho stock yards, by enabl
ing them to hold back their ship
ments till the markets resumed their
normal conditions, has saved to Indi
vidual cattle raisers more than- the
total cost of one year's rural delivery
over tho routes on which they lived.
On the other hand, In many instances,
information of an advance in prices
of particular farm products has reach
ed the grower, by means of rural free
delivery, in time to enable him to
make a much more profitable bargain
with his commission merchant than
he could otherwise have done.
Social and Educational Benefits Con
ferred.
Lastly, tho claim was made that
all these material advantages would
be equaled If not surpassed by the
social and educational benefits con
ferred In relieving the monotony of
rural life, by bringing city and coun
try Into close connection, and giving
the farmer an opportunity of keeping
abreast with tho rest of tho world,
through tho dally receipt of his news
papers and correspondents, aB had
hitherto been enjoyed exclusively by
the city man. How thoroughly these
features of the service have justified
the claims made in their behalf Is
known to all who are familiar with
the operation of the rural free deliv
ery system.
General Effects on the Revenues.
In respect to tho net cot of tho
service, which it was at one time
thought would bo greater than the
postal revenues could bear, the facts
are that while tho appropriations for
Its development have increased from
$40,000 in 1897 to $50,000 in 1898,
$160,000 in 1899, $460,000 In 1900,
$1,760,000 in 1901 and $3,993,740 In
1902, the annual exceas of expendi
tures over revenue In the postofflce
department for these respective years
as elsewhere shown, has been prac
tically In Inverse ratio to the expen
diture for rural free delivery.
The effect of the extension of the
service Is twofold.
First, it causes Increase In the pos
tal receipts of the offices from which
It starts.
Secondly, It is responsible in part,
at least, for -the increaso In the re
ceipts of city free delivery offices,
with which it Is brought into close
communication.
Texas Cattlemen Will Ship Their
Herds North for Range.
Winnipeg, Man.. Dec. B. Texas cat
tlemen arc seeking to secure largo
areas of grazing lands In Western Ca
nada for tho purpose of shipping
thither and feeding big herds of cat
tle from present overcrowded Texas
ranges.
A representative of largo cnttlo In
terests In tho Southwest, who has
lately been looking over the field In
Western Canada, says that Texas this
year has been shipping thinner beef
to Kansas City and Chicago than over
before. Tho rango area has become
so circumscribed by settlement that
stock soon must move or get out of
1 business. A group of some of tho
I largest stockmen In Texas propose to
obtain large areas of grazing lands
.In British Columbia and to ship their
herds north by rail. Thoy will find
It necessnry to Invest large amounts
In the building of shedB, which they
aro willing to do if they can buy
ranges or lease them for long terms
I of years,
CAUSE OF ENGINEERS' STRIKE
QUESTION PRECIPITATED
BY STRIKE COMMISSION
Judge Gray Said the Men Would
Have Remained at Work Had They
Been Granted Their Request by the
Operators.
Scranton, Pa., Dec. 6. There was
a lengthy argument at tho anthracite
commission this morning over tho
continuance of tho testimony of en
glncer Jlanvlck, in nnswer to tho
question whether every strlkor was
supposed to get his former placo
back, regardless of tho promises
made to non-unionists by tho opera
tors. Commissioner Clark disposed of the
question by saying that the commis
sion was perfectly aware that in somo
cases tho men had not been given
their old places back and that thoro
was no necessity to tako up such ev
idence. Marwlck's ovldence therefore was
confined to tho laborous work of the
engineers' craft.
Engineers Had a Cause,
Marwlck developed no facta but
finally precipitated tho question as to
tho cause of the engineers', firemen
and pumpmen striking.
The operators' counsel said that
granting an eight-hour day would not
have kept the men at work as it was
simply a movement of tho miners to
compol union recognition,
President John Mitchell Interposed
and said that granting an eight-hour
day would havn kept tho engineers,
firemen and pumpmen at work.
Judge Gray said that tho commis
sion hold that this class struck for
a purpose and had it been granted
they would have remained nt work,
thus completely disposing of the
charge that the men went out malic
iously and let the mines fill with
water hoping thereby to ruin the
property and force a settlement.
Rev, Moore, for 20 years a Metho
dist minister In the coal fields, was
the next witness , Ho testified that
10,000 visits to miners' homes con
vinced him that their wages wore Inadequate.
He averaged tho wages of miners
and found that they made $487 year
ly.
He bad seen children In the break
ers so small they could hardly carry
dinner pails. In character, the peo
plo were excellent, pealeful and sober.
Three American Seamen
tho Second Officer of
British Ship.
SEIZE A LIFE RAFT
AND DESERT THE SHIP.
Called the Captain Up and Attempted
to Kill Him The Men Were Ship
ped at 8an Francisco One Was
From Portland and Another Was
From Pocatello.
Quoenstown, Doc. 6. Tho British
ship Leicester Cnstlo arrived from
San Francisco today and reports that
her American sailors mutinied Octo
bor 23, fatally shot tho second officer
and thrlco wounded the captain. Thoy
tnon seized the ilfo rafts nnd left the
ship In tho mid-Pacific.
Captain Poattlo sayB ho was going
to sleep on tho night or the mutiny,
when Uarnoat Soars, an ablo seaman,
callod to him nnd said n man had
brokon his leg. Tho captain wont
Into the cnbln.
When ho entered, W. A. Hobbs. an
other seaman, Bllpped up to him and
saia: "Now then, enptain," at tho
samn tlmo firing a rovolvor, hitting
tho captain above the heart. Pont
ile clinched with tho man and wns
again wounded In tho arm, nnd bat
tered over tho head with a club,
Tho second mato attempted to as
sist him and wns shot through tho
heart by Hobbs. Help then arrlvod,
and Hobbs ran out of the cabin,
shooting as ho ran.
Tho captain sustained five revolver
wounds and other Injuries.
Tho first mato then took charge and
called tho men aft, dotermnlcd to se
en ro tho mutineers. Tho men re
mained nft until when they discover
ed the life raft floating past, carrying
Hobbs, Earnest Sears nnd James
Turner. All throo of tho mutlrioors
shipped from San Francisco. Soars'
homo Ih Pocatollo, Idaho, Turnor Is
from Portland, Or.
Three of tho mutineers wore W. A.
Hobbs, ICrnost Sears and Albert Tur
nor, all of 8nn Francisco.
Captain Peattlo says ho looked tho
next day for tho raft, but could not
find it.
YOUNG MAN FOUND DEAD.
It is Thought He Was Struck by
Limb of Falling Tree.
Marshficlil, Ore., Dec, E,--I)row
Doyle, a young man 20 yeurs of ago.
was found dead last evening near his
house on Bear creek. Ho left his
house at nn early hour to chop somo
b.-ush on a claim ho was taking up
near by, and when lie did not return
for dinner his father became alarmed
nnd Instituted a search, finding his
lifeless body near where ho had been
at work. Tho back of his head was
bruised, and It is supposed thnt he
was struck by a limb of n falling tree,
ACCE880RY TO MURDER.
Proprietor and Clerk of Lincoln Ho-
tel Were Negligent.
Chicago, Dec. E, Proprietor Smith
and tho night clerk of tho Lincoln ho
tel, whew 14 Uvea were lost by fire
yestorday, wore arraigned this morn
ing and charged with accessory to
murder before the fact. Their rases
were continued until December IB.
Fatal Bnow Slide.
Baker City, Or., Dec. 6.- -Meagre
reports have just reached this city
of an Immense snow slide at Cornu
copia last night. No details aro ob
tainable, save that two miners wore
killed and an Immense amount of
damago done.
High School Journal,
The first number of tho high school
journal will probably bo Issued noxt
week. The copy has been turned In
and extensive advertising contracts
have been closed, which places the
publication on a good financial basis
to begin with.
CRACKBH CROCK PACTS
The value of the Cormwny'u orrnt-
Ing on the mother lole Ih am follows,
baeedoti thf same caplUl m Hoiith Pole
Columbia $1 per share
E. and , OOo per uhare
North Pole $5 per share
Golconda started at lOo now sell
lng at 50o and worth more
South Pole is starting at 15c
The tlmu to buy Is on the fire totftei
Intf of stock and profit by all ailvatiees,
Oahagan at Hartman' aMntct offloe.