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O- mvXWin! OAllY EVENING EDIHOH THEDAILY Eastern Oregon Weather Tonight in'cnsUnm' inlu ixili-r Sumlav " 5c A WEEK. PENDLETOX, UMATILLA COUXTY, OltEGOX, SAT UK DAY, DKCEMltEU 27, 11)02. -i IK. NO. 1025 ...nrflllBIIFI. Ill I II1U ,MnBBMHMBHBHHsaBHMMMMHinslMsaHMn u ft iip m iv ii i n i , .MmiBiHiHanHHnwHiMianiMH .1 i - - - m - i irv '. I V I I I I W - - ' MB - i IBk ... nP R OTnill S Xi N. Oocrators Have for h u. r . . il Dnnn Trwlnrr tn Adjust Grievances. . ...i e nr WAGES HAS BEEN PROPOSED. ... Fvnenses Advancing Self ra - r- . ..... cnrrrc Worklnamen to . of Salary Pros- f Railroads Will Justify an .i.nii tl, 27 - The members of j.. ni Tin lrnaa i eieKruimurs, jreon the Terge 01 urcmnui, ' 'i j nr nnorntnrfi and station! ... tknu rnin nvpr i m- unit. ' . . Pirt nnr to &l)OKaiie uuu ..:.., oiwi unless the new aru-' TUlUblUli " 7 . I .ronw.nt whipu nave iieen j ... Kimt-fi liv January 10. prUUrtl""-iv ..... - - . 1.,.lTT Will II. Il.-1'l.ll (.'11 !.. k i.itr pnrnnranmi imiiieiii- ,,,,. tViai rtnte .1 ftiici -- . ll. n nAmmlllna Vie Tomirr.inhi.rR and ntuuuh ixjseu u. " ' A nf TV 1 llnhnn nt Htiniinc- n tv rtnritv of im. Crosse. -l .. T Cn'.rt nf Afllplin fir.. . kivo nnnfprrinrr with O. K. cc Is. es adopted hy the organization, fnrrhnr triBti mi offer to comnro- . Lt..l. ...no .nlnnlori Tf rUSlllTS lie been obtained Tfce new scale as arranged means I increase of about 20 ier cent in tjes over that of the one now in ei- o orranization has about 140 s runs from $57.50 to $125 per .L fnl .1.... .Un mtnlmum .1 - i 1. .1 tlin e are niereiy umviuk iui o uralo tn lip renlaced where It tn ..(l.li Ir. 1KQ3 " R9VS Sart, operator at Athena, "when was reduced to its present form. m are nnu' nK rrond as thev Were ire the panic but the members of organization are not faring nearly well as we did then. Our wages lower and rents and cost of liv ire much higher. With the way s are advancing all along the , .ituu(iiil .1. ...feu v"-. e doing bomethlng for self protec- ne acents and operators along Northern Pacific and Great North will nrostint n similar acreemcnt ours on January' 19 " TO HONOR MITCHELL. "Ption When He Arrives to Can- W the Votes. .uauaiiuiis, ikjc. 21, inu plana Pten to John Mitchell when he I ftlT nf f 'f -l.f,11ti r..lt.n 1 to cHM .i in i 11111 o Hiiitm id jiiii Monday, SI AC net coDATikin "v neiurn to the rvi nes until New Years Manv Families Bering for Fuel In Coal Region. &e3barrr Pa.. Dec 27. Many i - . " . . - ""tc u ininnrK tnia mnrn nf wrh those still celebrating the .it are biavs who eav thev won't 10 work until alter New ZeisUr C -.1 1. , l . wet, a iui numc. ' I'tllllllU DIWIIJ. ' wafer. tllB fMllfmrr. .ilfinlol la ,.; ur ftew vork tnriHV. nnr nc art i "lonlI1B Mmo, zeisier has - uu marked succobb In con- 111 V Pnn. Tl J . i uicii T. of Europe. leading , iireaict for her a groat fut- Club's Annual Dinner. Yorlr TV,, n- tf tit t V. , w iui VUU H11UUIM Wrwrn, Arcuc Club tonight wLiJ!""am Brewer, of Yale. Oreei, AdmlraI 8chey and Gen. AMERICAN HISTORY. Historians and Professors Gather at Philadelphia in Annual Session. I Philadelphia. Pa.. Dec. 27. Histori ans anil professors of history from many parts of the country- filled Hons- ton hall this morning at Uie sessions of the American Historical Associa tion. American history was the general topic of discussion. Among the pa pers presented were the following: "A Neglected Point of View In Amer ican Colonial History." Professor Wil liam McDonald, of Brown University: "American Business Corporation Be fore 1789," Judge Simeon E. Baldwin, or Connecticut; "Antecedents of the Declaration of Independence," Profes sor James Sullivan, of the High School of Commerce, New iork City; "American Constitutional Principles in the Constituent Assembly." Profes sor Henry E. Bourne, of Western 'Re serve University. Papers on "The West and National ity." by Professor John L. Stewart, of lx!hlgh University, and "Party Pol itics In Indiana During the Civil War." by Professor Woonburn, of In diana University, occupied the after noon session. COLD IN FLORIDA. Considerable Fruit Damaged Eight Degrees Below the Freezing Point at Jacksonville Last Night. Jacksonville. Fla., Dec. 27. The thermometer, was 8 below the freez ing point last night. It Is feared that the young orange trees are seriously hurt as the previous warm weather kept the sap in the limbs. Consider able fruit was also damaged. NOTABLE SCIENTISTS GATHER THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF AMERICA'S ASSOCIATION. Scientists From All Parts of America Are Gathering in Washington for the Advancement of Science Will Open Monday. Washington, D. C, Dec. 27. Scien tists from all part of America rep resenting chemical, geological, math ematical, engineering, botanical, mi-.r.ic.iiiir-ni nRtmnomlcal. psycho logical, and kindred societies are gathering in Washington to atiena the annual convention of the Ameri can Association for the Advancement of Science. The convention will hold dally sessions through the whole of next week. Today being the opening day was given over mainly to the re ception of the visitors. No business of the convention will be transacted until Monday. The program for the week is an ex tensive one, and includes a number of matters of Importance. Monday there will be addresses by the vice-presidents of the" sections of mathematics and astronomy, geology, anthropolo BIT. physiology, physics, mechanics, zoology, botany and economics. On the same day will be heard an address by Professor Simon Newcomb, the .V, nrac.lont nf lllB A fit TOnOIUlcal lllG ,ivu,ut..v w. and Physical Society of America, and the annual message of Charles Sedg wick Mlnot, of Boston, the retiring president of the association. On succeeding days the various sec tions are to hold dally sessions for m, unri Hlsciissions of nailers of scientific interest. Addresses and lectures, smoking receptions ana a nf Hinnprs have been arrang ed throughout the convention week. Among the papers win De one uu "Volcanoes of the West Indian Inl ands," by Professor Angelo Hellprln. who made a tour In St. Pierre and Martinique shortly after the recent volcanic eruptions in those islands. STRIKE AT WALLA WALLA. Molders of the Gilbert Hunt Company Ask for a Nine-Hour Day. Walla Walla, Dec. 27. What prac tically amounts to a lock-out has been inaugurated at the manufacturing plant of the Gilbert Hunt Company in this city. Fifteen employes of the company, some few molders, of whom are affili ated with the Tacoma branch of tho International Iron Molders' Union have asked for a nine-hour day with no reduction In wages tney nave uu receiving for 10 hours' work. This has been denied by Mr. Hunt and he has closed the factory. Mr. Hunt will start the fouudry in about 10 days and declares If Uie men do not return to work according tc. the old system he will enip'oy new molders. Tho machine shops are al so closed at the present time but Mr. Hunt fcays it is Just the umiiI 'i. liday shut-down, Bllzard in Texas. Fort Worth, Dec. 27. A blizzard is raging in the Panhandle. Four feet ot snow Is reported to navo fallen. s England Has Formally Accept ed President Roosevelt's Proposition. QUEEN GIVES DINNER TO SOL DIERS WIDOWS AND ORPHANS Remains of the Arch Bishop of Can terbury Buried in the Cloisters of Cathedral Officially Stated That Balfour Is Better. London. Dec. 27. The queen this afternoon gave a dinner to 2000 wld- cws and orphans ot the victims of the Boer war. The ramlns of the Arch Bishop of Canterbury were burled today in the cloisters adjoining the cathedral. England has formally an-i-pted President Roosevelt's proposal to re fer the Venezuelan affair to The Hague arbitraUon, this afternoon. It is officially stated that Balfour is convalescent. Germany Accepts. Berlin, Dec. 27. Germany has agreed to accept The Hague as arbi trator In the Venezuelan affair. THOUGHTFUL GENEROSITY. Widows and Orphans of British Sol diers Given a Free Chrl6tmas Din ner. London, Dec. 27. Hundreds of wo men and children widows and or phans of British soldiers who fell In the recent South African war were made glad today by the thoughtful generosity of Queen Alexandra. In response to the proclamation an nouncing the qucn's intention, the be reaved, many in desperately poor circumstances, gathered for a free Christmas dinner and after they bad eaten their fill were sent home laden with packages containing food and clothing. The dinner was given at the Alex andra Trust Restaurant, of which the queen Is president, and which was founded in March, '1900, by Sir Thom as Llpton for the benefit of the poor. During the afternoon, their majesties escorted by Sir Thomas Upton, look ed in upon the feast and were hearti ly received by the many women and children present. GRATEFUL TO ROOSEVELT. French Paper Thinks That the Pres ident's Name Will Be Handed Down to History for Compelling the Na tions to Arbitrate Their Differences. Paris, Dec. 27. The Journal Des Debats, commenting on tne Venezue lan affairs, says that Europe owes President Roosevelt a debt of grati tude for insisting upon The Hague arbitration. If the tribunal In the future be comes of real worth Roosevelt will be handed down In history as the one who compelled the world to take it seriously. ROBBERS SECURED 515,000. Vault of Bank at Union, Mo Blown Open Citizens Terrorized by Fu silade, Union, Mo., Dec. 27. A gang of lobbers last night blew open the aults of the bank at Union and se mtka ir, nno It reaulred four ex plosions, completely wrecking the front of tne DanK. several cimeuo witnessed the deed. The robbers kept up a fusllade on the streets and terrorized the Inhabitants. PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION. Official Program Issued Provides the Usual Rules of Procedure. Washington, Dec. 2". Secretary Cortelyou today Issued an official pro gram of the president's New Year's reception. It provides for the usual rules of procedence, the members of the cabinet and diplomatic corps be ing first received, members of the Ju diciary, senate, house and officers of the navy and army to follow. Jockey Relff In America. New York, Dec. 27. Jockey Reiff arrived on the American liner Phila delphia this morning, Ho says be will visit California and then return to France In February. GOOD NOV Oil LONDON WRECK 01 THE T Head-End Collision Occurs Between the Pacific Express and a Fast Freight. MANY OF THE INJURED WERE EXPOSED THREE HOURS Ten Bodies Removed From the Debris I Were so Badly Mangled That They Could Not Be Identified Blunder j of Operator Caused Collision Thirty-eight Bodies Have Been Re moved. Ixmdon. Out., Dec. 27 A head-on collision occurred last night at Warn stead, 40 miles west of this city, be tween tho Pacific Express anil a fast east-bound freight train on the Sar nia division of the Grand Trunk rail road. From meager repoits at hand It is I learned that five persons were killed end ID or 16 Injured. The engineer of the freight and the fireman of the express train are among the killed. The other threo Uoad were passengers en tli" passenger train. A special train left here at midnight with 15 doctors for the scene of the accident. Another Report, Buffalo, N. Y.. Dec. 27. A special to the Enquirer says that the deaths in last night's wreck on the Grand Trunk railway have been Increased to 24 and that IS were injured. The doctors sav the death list will reach 30. Bodies Badly Mangled. Ten bodies removed from the de brls were so badly mangled that iden tificatlon was almost impossible. Su perintendent McGulgnn, of the Grand Trunk, says the operator whose hlun der caused the collision was one of the most trusted men ever employed by the road. He has been with tin company 25 years. .Many of the Injur ed in tho hospitals will probably die of the exposure which followed tho wreck. They weie exposed for three hours In zero weather. Later 38 Dead, The death list in the Grand Trunk disaster is now 38. That many bodies have been removed. , WRECK IN KENTUCKY. Fast Passenger of Illinois Central Ran Into a Work Train Three Men In stantly Killed and Two Seriously Injured. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 27. The fast passenger train of the Illinois Central crashed Into a work train, 84 miles south of here this morning. Three men were Instantly killed and two seriously Injured. Tho wreck was caused by a mistake in orders. THE ILL-FATED OWL. Second Accident to the Finest Train on the Southern Pacific Lines. I.os Angeles, Dec. 27. A second ac cident to the owl train occurred this morning at Troplco, where tho Coast limited ran into tho owl on a siding, smashing two cars. The engineers both Jumped, and the passengers were shocked only. DECLINED IN SPIRIT. This Country Will Not Participate In Any Way With Settlement of Vene zuelan Affairs. Washington, Dec. 27. Tho state department positively denies that this country Is participating in the fnrmnlatlnn nf fhn nrelimlnarv nroto- col providing for arbitration between the allied powers ana Venezuela. They also state that Roosevelt In fWllnlnir tn arbitrate, declined In spirit as well as letter. Whether the blockade will continue during the ar bitration has yet to be learned here. PRESENT8 CREDENTIALS. New Embassador to America Official ly Recognized by the President Washington, Dec. 27. Von Henger-voi- nf Anatrln.TfnnL'arv. has been el evated from the rank of minister to that of ambassador to America. Ho was officially recognized in that ca pacity by President Roosevelt this morning. Secretary Hay accompa nied him to the White House, where his credentials were presented. GRAIN MARKETS. Quotations Furnished by the Cce Commission Company- I. C. Major Local Manager, Room 4, Associa tion Block. Chicago. Doc. 27. Wheal Opened. CIomM December 747s 7u July 7l'.4rr, 7'i May 774, 77 U Corn December IS'aO'Tit t5i July 12 I2H May IIUAi?; tS'i Oats December 32 32 Mav SUTidTSt 34 Pork January 1720 1720 May lliilo 1045 Minneapolis, Dec. 27. Wheat Opened. Closed. July "T 7K74 May 75U 75U Bank Statement. New York, IV 27. Deserves on all deposits, decrease. $1,544,000. On all deposits other titan United States, decrease, $546,000. Loans, decrease, $539,000. Specie, de crease, $3,234,000. I.cgals, Increase, $1,214,300. Deposits, decrease, $!, f02, 4lin. Circulation, Increase. $10, 700. Wheat In Chicago. Chli-aco. Dec. 27 Wheat 7IT!ii 75 per bushel. Wheat In San Francisco. Snn Francisco, Dec. 27. Wheat $1 33UO'1.38i; per rental. i ARE PREPAUG THE PRISON FIVE CELLS SPECIALLY FURNISHED FOR HUMBERTS. Cencergerie at Paris Made Ready to Receive the Smooth Swindlers Barieades Erected to Keep Away the Curious. Paris. Dec. 27. Tho pteparatlons at the concergeiio for the imprisonment of the Humberts tecall those made for great prisoners of stnto in former times. Barricades have been erected around tho wnlls to prevent the ap proach of tho multitude. Five cells have been specially rurnlsiicci wini all the comforts of home. In an Ice Jam. Toledo, Dec. 27. Tlio big steamer Hopkins, loaded with coal, Is being crushed in an Ico Jam off tho main channel here. Nino men nro aboard the vessel. SHOCKLEY EXAMINED. Was Not Adjudged Insane But Will Be Held a Few Days Longer. The man Shockloy, arrested i few days ago as being dangerous to run at large, wns examined today by Dr. McFaul, but not adjudged InRano. Dr. McFaul says Shockloy Is undoubtedly out of his head slightly, but ho con eluded to keep him here a few more days beforo sending him his way. Hhockley is suffering with a pecul iar mental derangement, Ills trouble Is thought to hnvn been brought on ly drink. Ho says ho has written tho Declaration of Independence but has never received any pay for his work He also expi esses regret that ho mado several mistakes In tho writing or the declaration and If he had It to do over he would make tlio faults goojl. If ho docR not regain his mental bal unco within the next few dnys lie will bo sent to the asylum. Delirious From Whiskey. A man named Powell, n ranch hand,' is In the county jail surrering wnn n very bad case of the "Jim-Jams," caus ed by drink. This afternoon l)r Me Faul examined him for Insanity, but concluded that be was only suffering from the effects of heavy drinking, and he waH again locked up In a cell and given medicine to quiet bis nerves. Powell Imagines that ho Is going to bo killed. Ho Is apparently sonsablo enough otherwise, only ho begged to bo locked away from the ,r,at tf (Iia lnrnntpa nf Hlfl fall bfl. cause ho Imagined they were going to kill mm. Sportsmen's Tournament, Tho Pendleton Sportsmen's Asso ciation havo their program almost completed for their coming tourna ment. The shoot Is to bo pulled off on the 26th and 2fith of January, and many outsldo crack Rhots are oxpect ed to be here to participate. Already those In charge of tho event hove the promise of at least 60 marksmen who will take part. Three hundred dollars In prize money will be given away to the best scores. No other prizes will bo given, Everything will be sweepstakes. EO r. E linois Executive Directs Attorney-General to Investi gate Charges. RAILROADS ARE HOLDING THE COAL IN THEIR YARDS. It Is Generally Understood That the Roads Entering Chicago Have Coal Enough In the Yards to Supply That City the Remainder of Winter Holding for Higher Prices. Springfield, III., Doe. 27 Acting Governor Northcott today officially directed tho attorney-general of Illi nois to Investigate tho charges made ngnlnst the railroads entering Chica go of holding coal In thulr yards, al though the city was suffering from a fuel famine. It Is gcnirnlly under stood thnt the roads hnvo co.il enough In tho yards to supply the city the remainder of tho winter season, hut are holding It to compel higher prices. SAN PEDRO BURNED OUT. Fire Still Raging In the California Town Three Men Burned to Death Loss Over $1,000,000. l.os Angeles, Dec. 27. The fire which started last nlglit at Snn Pedro Is still flercly raging at noon. Tho town will be almost wiped out at loss of over $1,000,000. Tho following have been burned to death: Joseph Swift, of Ixis Angeles. Vic Sliver, of Wilmington. Jnmes Endolsen, cnptaln of th steamer Caspar. OFFICES CLOSED. Barely Enough Coal to Warm the Prisoners of the Lake City. Cleveland, O.. Dec. 27. All the county and city offices aro closed to day owing to tho lack of coal. There Is barely enough (o supply the prls one. THINK IT A 8NUB. Germany Thinks She Has Been Badly Treated by Roosevelt. Berlin, Doc. 27. There Is a decided Inclination hero to receive PrCBldont Ifrtnanvnlt's ileplllmt Inn tn Arbitrate tho Venezuelan nffnlr as n snub to thn Anglo-German diplomacy. ONE KILLED, TWO INJURED. Patrol Wagon and Trolley Car Collide With Fatal Results. Philadelphia, !:. 27. One police man wns killed and two were serious ly Injured In a collision between a patrol wagon and trolley car this morning. Commander Dyer Transferred. Annapolis, Mil., Dec. 27. Command er Georg" I.. Dyor, U S. N com mander of sliljis at tho Naval Acad emy and cliler of the depaitmont of modern languages, was dotached from the academy today. Ho will bo trans ferred to the Asiatic station. Philadelphia's New 8tock Exchange. Philadelphia, Pa.. Doc. 27 The new homo of tho Philadelphia Stock Exchange, at Third and Walnut streets, was formally opened today, Many visitors Inspected tho handsome new quarters of the exchange and were received by President Hornro H. Lee. Heavy Frosts In the South. Washington, Dec. 27.--The weather bureau predicts a killing frost throughout Central Florida tonight. Twwity-slx common drunks were arrested In Portland on CbrlslmM day, CKACKHK CKHUK PACTS North Pole mine was offered for sale threo years ago for $600,000, It lias 5000 feet on tho mother lode It Is now worth twenty million dol lars. Thn South Pole mine adjoins, ha 4941 feet on the same lodx, has tlx tunnels, amounting to 2200 feet, all In ore, We expect within less ttm three yosra' work to have a mine valuable as North Pole Is today. South Pole stock In telling at 1 cents until about January Int. Buy before ih price raises. Bee Qanagan at Hartmao Abstract office, Pendltton, Ore. : 4