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PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1003.
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NO. 464 C
?I PASS WRECK
ON TRIAL FOR TREASON.
England Much Interested In Case
Against Colonel Lynch, Who
Fought With the Boers.
London, Jnn. 21. Colonel Lynch
fit ve ana Wlia liaill Ul couns mis mnramg to
I OLUIIII LllIlT III! I IMIIHIIII. rt H U' I 1 I HQ
rc liimn the Track OF1 rrosecuted on four counts, committed
rSJUIIIH Uio nurxii durlng Boer TJ)o cr(jwn ig
ronrpsnntod In civ nttnrnni-o fhn An.
ITV6 fendant by four. Lynch's sole de
fense Is that he was a naturalized
Boer, therefore not Indictable, The
court room was crowded. Mrs. Lynch
accompanied ber husband, who np-
pears pale and care-worn.
Tho lawyers made a motion to
quash Indictment which was over
ruled. Lynch pleaded not guilty.
I AND CONDUCTOR
ERE INSTANTLY -.KILLED
rind One Trainman Serious-
-Engine Was Under Full
FUNERAL OF HEWITT.
Endeavoring to 'Run .Away Many Well Known Men Among the
tla Cars. ra.ioearers.
jenardlno, Cal. Jan. 21. A Wfiwltt n.,Bri
a composed or 69 care. th,g mopn ,a fl
from a locomotive com- j i,Ji .innf.ftift
Ee,w eortheCa3on Henry Potter and Bishop Letterbee
I n. T. T)nl.U. .1 n .1 W
,toe. under full steam, ran c6remonlals. The pallbearers includ-
l8d.e A Mayor Low. Andrew Carnegie. J.
.it Keen Brook, 10 miles he- pjerpont Morgan and JcMup.b The
the engine Jumped the ,ntermcnt took ,)laco in thc Peter
e4 a second later the train r..- i.ti i n -,i
Wisconsin .Opticians In Session.
Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 21. Promt.
nent opticians from many parts of
the state are attending the annual
meeting of the Wisconsin Stats Op
tical Society in session here. The
s
fiin
NEWS
flkins Reports an Anti-Trust
Bill, Principally Directed
Against Discrimination..
HOUSE CONSIDERS THE
PHILIPPINE GOLD STANDARD.
; C. Beck, and Conductor
were killed. Engineer
tVtti and Trainman "E. C.
! seriously Tiurt.
TTAX SHEEP IN TRANSIT.
if..,rf v,.i n.rt a.i Bothering was formally opened today
m Court Knocks Out Wyoming Uh p, A,vin nldler of Mof,
t Law. in j,e nhnir Technical naners and
Wmfrm, Jan. 21. In the Unit- discussions of Interest to the protes
ts supreme court Monday an sions comprise the major portion of
Is ws delivered by Justice the convention program,
ha tie case of John Kelley vs,
Mte the state law of Wyo,:,. fl m'tC UU UL UUHU ULUL
r6 taxation of livestock nLLLULu uiiiul iiiiu ui i lulu
! bto tho state for tho iur-
14 tat crazed applies to such
tfkabeiuir driven through tho CONGRESSMAN LESSLER
MAKES .SERIOUS CHARGES.
Tie Wyoming authorities
itau3css taxes on 10,000 head
Trmcn ivenry wus uni"B B,. u a. rut Mu ir u.
.L. frnm TTtoTi I "J " 4. ,,w
W- JiaVB ,,,.., J ,L. 1 e..u
IIVUIU IU . 1 1 c nun.iiu w
: mailiet. It was shown thnt
I malt eocsumed from nli to
! eks and that Uie sheep had
marine Boat Appropriation.
Washincton. Jan. 21. The charces
sustenance by grazing as made by Lcssler that he has been of-
pissed alons- The Wyoming I fered a bribe to vote for the appro-
suHtataed tne law, hut their j.riation for tho Holland submarine
2 was rerersed y Justico boats, will ho investigated today.
l's decision. He said the graz- Vice-President Frost, of the Holland
tas onlr lscHental to their tran- company, says he is the only repre-
ind if stock ta transit could be eentatlve here and emphatically fle-
ln one saw it could he taxed pies ever paying or offering money or
muster oi siaies tnrougn ir.bbv nc of any kind. In view of the
i It mijil pass.
COAL DRIVERS STRIKE.
Point
lact that the Holland company 1h
practically without competition, con
gressmen generally, are inclined to
believe Lcssler's charges are absurd.
BLACKFEET WANT THEIR LAND
Temperature Near Zero
at Cleveland.
rehsd. 0.. Jan 21 With
rare near the zero point, and Opposed to Leasing Them to wmte
w or families throuchouL tho Stockmen,
w I
iMonag ior fuel, a strike was Washington. Jan. 21. A delegation
ilOBUay Iiy the (lrlvern Of np m.iMrfaaf Indiana r.t Mmtnnn
27 ,waSns- Practically headed by G. B. Grinnell, called on
r. c"y is anectea. the president today to discuss with
lei aemanfl avcraee nd-li.irv, y,a nmnmiiw n lonon tho m?..
1 1 wer weeK lor eacn man. i trr innrie r nnir- mecrrnt m in tim
ietiog tie dealers Refused to whlte stock raisers of Montana. Of
uemanas. THIS decision thn IK mnmtiara nf tho .lolppsitlnn n
much suffering will
. juic m neeu oi coai. i ,B lands, as the better classes of In
uuuure in Wisconsin. ond hnv (oek nr their own on the
wa., Jan. 21, The organ- ranges.
i growers and dealer nf
oegan their second annual
1 HIS State rcitillnl fn(lnv
r In fipffaf,M. itin i stroyed One Woman Fatally in
me lonacco Industry of jurea,
i niuKing aaennate appro- Chicago. Jan. 21. A disastrous
f establishing and bub. lira rtpstrovnrt n fashionable anart.
npenmontal stations for men I house hero this morning. One
' curing the host tvnr nt
'the Wisconsin clmale. In and was fatally Injured. Sixty lives
'n mo gathering there were imperilled, Tho loss will reach
cxmuiHon or leaf to- $60,000.
1 m mo state,
Flowers Were Heaped Up"on Desks of
Senators Re-elected Littlefield,
of Maine, to Lead Investigation of
Coal Transportation.
Washington, Jan. 21. Flowers
were heaped high on the desks of
Senators Piatt, Galllnger and Kitt-
rldge this morning, sent by friends in
honor of their re-election.
Vest's resolution to. place anthra
cite coal on the free list was referred
to the committee of finance. Spooner
said he wished to discuss its consti
tutional phases and believed the
senate could not originate tariff meas
ures, legally.
Quay moved that the omnibus
statehood bill be taken up. There
was no objection.
Klkins, of West Virginia, today re
ported the anti-trust hill "prepared by
a sub-committee of the Interstate
commerce commission. Its provisions
are principally directed against the
giving or acceptance of rebates or
rates by railroads to shippers. It Is
also against rato discriminations In
favor of special corporations and in
dividuals and proposes severe penal
ties. The house resumed tho considera
tion of the discussion of the Philip
pines gold standard.
unairman urosvenor. or the com
Hnittee on merchant marine, announfr
ed the sub-committee which goes to
Boston to begin an Investigation of
coal transportation, or which Little
field of Maine, Is chairman. Four
others will assist
Indicates Victory.
Washington, Jan. 21. The flrst
test vote cn the statehood question
came at 4 o clock this afternoon on
motion of Collum to enter Into execu.
tivo session on the Cuban treaty
which was. opposed by Quay. It re
sulted In a victory for Quay by a ma.
jority of 10 voles, thus indicating the
probable victory of the omnibus
statehood bill.
FULTON
First Joint Ballot Shows a Gain
of Three Votes for the Man
From Astoria,
WEBSTER, HUNELY, EDDY
DESERT GOVERNOR GEER.
C. E. S. Wood Loses One Vote
Multnomah's Vote Scattered1 Among
Several Candidates Four Mem
bers Were Absent.
Salem, Jan. 21. The state senate
find house met In Joint session today
and proceeded to vote for senator, as
follows:
Fulton, 31.
Geer, 18.
Wood, 17.
Absent, 4. .
Balance scattering.
Webster and Hunley, who voted for
Geer yesterday, were for Fulton to
day. Eddy, who yesterday voted for
Hewitt, also voted for Fulton.
CONVENTIONS NECESSARY.
FIRE IN CHICAGO.
fcHtn of Honor.
Game and Flah Clubs Meet,
rVfnmo rtnt Tan 91. Tho North
21-Unlted States Hnn. Amorimn TTInh and Game Protective
that tho Fair's per- Association began Its annual meeting
v rrua appraised and In-1 hero today and will continue in ses
"en or unauestloned aion throuph tho rest of the weeK.
UlO SCalR M nlnna.ll is lie nntnn Imnllen iha nlirnORO of
"7 nun. He has noth. the assoclat on Is to promote Ieglfl
MY- until no nn 1 lotlvn mil
weal notincatlon of the better protection of fish and game.
"a furs from the ad- Delegates are in attendance from an
ovei Canada and from parts of the
n.li.j r. n & 1 IaI n A Tl.
i I umicu Duties uuiwueu iuomc uuv
inntlll Worlfp erli Minna
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L! Twentr-flvA him.
1 "arKers and their as-1 XT Aooara ticamcr.
Tbey dfimnnrl Mt Ufrilln Ivlnr at Aror Ma mnrnlnf dp
wHl AnaM. xi . I x . . i i i
r ua ' vvu,w iuum lo Iivei"gyea mo saioua. caumH, Biuirwta
I WATlr n. j . . i a . I .
I under control.
MANY SHOTS WERE FIRED.
German Bombardment Tried to Force
Entrance to Maracaibo.
Maracaibo, Venezuela, Jan. 21.
One hundred and twenty shots were
fired from the Fort of San Carlos dur
ing the engagement Saturday with
the German cruiser Panther. The
walls of the fort were slightly dam
aged.
The reports that the German gun
boat at the time of the engagement
was trying to force the entrance of
the lake in order to capture the Vene
zuelan gunboat Miranda, which is In
hiding Jhere, are generally believed
here. The Venezuelan government
has glvn out a statement to this ef
fect.
IMPRES8ED WITH SIBERIA.
Gen. Miles Arrives at St. Petersburg
After Tour Through Russia.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 21. General
Miles and party arrived here Monda?
from Moscow, after having spent two
hours In the city. General Miles trav
eled on a special train and -was ac
companied by an escort through
Manchuria. In an interview today
the general said he had been lm-
ressed with the magnitude and the
future possibilities of the country
which has been opened up by the
trans-Siberian railway,
General Miles will remain here sev
eral days- and will then proceed to
Berlin, Paris and London.
8ENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT.
Wilcox, Who Killed His Sweetheart,
Nellie Cropsey, Gets Verdict.
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 21. The Jury
in tho case wherein Wilcox Is charged
with killing his sweetheart, Nellie
Cropsey, today rendered a verdict of
murder in the second degree and fix
ed the punishment at 30 years' Im
prisonment. The flrst trial had- a
death sentence.
To Nominate Candidates for Repre
sentative Tongue's Successor.
Salem, Ore., Jan. 21. The prevail
ing opinion around tho capitol Is
that party conventions are necessary
to nominate candidates for the office
of representative in congress made
vacant by the death of the lato Thom.
as H. Tongue. This opinion is In ac
cordance with two precedents estab
llshed In tho administration of Gov
ernor Grover. According to these
precedents, new primaries will be
huld by both parties. The precedents
come from the death of Josph G. Wil
son in 1874 and George A. LaDow in
1875, who were elected to congress,
but who died before they qualified to
itie omce.
WITHOUT RESULT.
Joint Session of Democratic Senate
' and House In Colorado, Gives Tel
ler 46 Votes.
Denver, Jan. 21. The joint session
of tho democratic end of tho legisla
ture adjourned this afternoon after
taking one ballot without result.
Forty-six votes wore cast for Teller.
GRAIN MARKETS.
Quotations Furnished by the Coe
Commission Company I. C. Major
Local Manager, Room 4, Associa
tion Block.
Chicago, Jan. 21.
Wheat Opened. Closod.
May 79 S0
July 74 7BW
Corn
May ' 44Vi t4',4 ,
July 43!, 43',j,
Oats
May 3G scy4
Pork
May 1672& 1672 V4
Minneapolis, Jan. 21.
Wheat Opened. Closed.
May 78 78 ..
July 78tf 78
Itangc of Chicago market, 79
80-M.
Livestock Market.
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Jan.
21. Hogs receipts, 30,000; esti
mated, 34,000; official receipts yes
terday, 29.C41 shipments, 4200; light,
$5.60G; mixed, ?6.25C85; heavy,
?G.356.95; rough, ?G.40(S'6.60.
Cattle 16.000, Arm and higher.
Sheep 16,000; market Arm to 10c
higher.
Wheat In Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 21. Wheat 79 fi)
80"4 cents per bushel.
TOLEDO IN LINE.
Grand Jury Returns Indictment
Against Officers of Coal Exchange.
Toledo, Jau. 21. The grand Jury
today returned indictments against
all the officers of tho Toledo Coal
Exchange in which they aro charged
with being in tho association cf coal
dealers which conspired to raise tho
price of coal.
I H INTERNATIONAL UNION
TO BE ORGANIZED BY THE
FREIGHT HANDLERS.
Senator Penrose Re-Elected.
Harrlsburg, Pa., Jan. 21. Bolctf
Penrose was re-elected by the Penn
sylvania legislature today to succeed
himsolf in the United States senate.
Piatt Re-elected.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 21. Senator
Piatt was re-elected to succeed him-
selt today in Joint session of the as
sembly.
Will Hold Convention Next Week at
St. Louis 40,000 Men Expected to
be Represented.
Chicago, Jan. 21. The freight
handlers and warehousemen through
cut the United States, Canada ami
Mexico are to be organized Into one
union to be called tho International
Freight Handlers and Warehouse
men's Association of America. Their
convention will be hold In St. Louis
within a week. Their charter has ai
ready been awarded by the American
Federation of Labor.
Forty thousand men are expected
to be represented by the delegates
Tho announcement wns mado by
President Curran, of Uio local Freight
Handlers' Union this morning.
WRECKED ON A BEEF
American Ship Abbott Driven.
Ashore Last Night Near
Atlantic City,
FIVE OF CREW FOUND
LASHED TO WRECKAGE.
I
One Died Before Taken Ashore AK
Suffered Much From Exposure
Ship and Cargo a Complete Loai
Four Men Missing.
Atlantic City, Jnn. 21. A terriflo
hurricane on this coast occurred last
night. A big squarorlggod ship in
cn tho reef 20 miles oast of hore. All
attempts made by tho life saving sta
tion to rescue tho crow last night
wcro fruitless. Thero aro no siges oC
life this morning. All aro bollovod
to be lost. The nrfmo ot tho ship la
unknown. Part of the Crow Found.
Tho life guards picked up five ot
thc crow of the wrecked vessel which
proved to bo tho Amorlcan Ablol Ab
bott. The men woro found floating
three miles out nt sea, lashed on the
wreckage of tho ship's houso.
All were In a precarious condition
from oxpoaure. Ono died bofora
reaching -tho shore and tho othorss
are still unconscious. Tho ship's
owners wlro that tho ship had a crew
of nlno men. It is believed that the
others woro killed by, falling masts.
The vessel and enrgo ore a complete
loss.
NUMBER 401.
SOME KIND OF SETTLEMENT.
Stone of Missouri.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 21. Ex-
Governor Stone was elected senator
from Missouri today to succeed
ueorge G. vest.
MINERS' CONVENTION.
Delegates Discuss Wage Schedules
All Want Increase at Least 15 Per
Cent.
Indianapolis, Jan. 21. At the
miners convention today, working
wage .schedules were discussed. The
Ohio and West Virginia men want a
0 percent increase. Tho Indiana,
Illinois and Pennsylvania men only
want ib per cent increases of wages,
Elected Officers.
Washington, Jan. 21. The Marino
Engineers' Benefit Association today
elected George uhler, of Pbiladel
pbla, president, and Frank JoneB, of
San Francisco, vice-president.
Pope Leo Reported Dead.
Paris, Jan. 21. The report was re
ceived here this afternoon from
Rome that Pope Leo is dead. Ef
forts will be made to confirm the re-port.
Clark Dunlap, tho postmaster of
Wasco, who, according to tho testi
mony of Postofflce Inspector T, G.
Clark, embezzled $631:23 from tho
government by reporting false sales
to the department at Washington,
has refunded the money and is still
in bis position as postmaster.
Expected by Board of Conductors and
Trainmen.
Topeka, ICan., Jan. 21. Tho board
of adjustment of tho Santa Fo con
ductors and trainmen Is still in ses
sion here. A member of the board
eald they would not adjourn until
some kind of a settlement of the
wngo controversy was made with tho
Santa Fe. This is In accordance
with the Instructions they received
from their organizations, A 20 per
cent increase In wages is" asked for.
Good Road6 for Arkansas.
Little Itock, Ark., Jan. 21. Arkan
sas purposes to have roads that will
compare favorably with tho best pub
lic thoroughfares to bo found in any
part of the country and to this end a
state convention was begun here to
day to lay tho matter before tho leg
islature and to discuss the best ways
and means for furthering tho move
mcnt. County officials from all parts
of tho stato are In attendance, to
gether with many representatives of
trade and commercial bodies. Tho
sessions of the convention are to con
tinue two days and the delegates will
listen to practical talks from several
government good road exports,
Iowa Stock Breeders.
Newton, Iowa. Jan. 21. Prominent
atockmdn from every county of the
state were present today at tho open
trg of the annual meeting of the Iowa
Improved Stock Breeders' Associa
tion. A two days' program has been
arranged calling for papers and dis
cussions covering a wide range of
subjects of pertinent interest to those
engaged In stock breeding.
Fifty persons committed suicide in
Chicago during the month ot May.
the highest number ever recorded Ini
a single month, according to the
health department
Superintendent of Temple Coal Com
pany Testifies Before the Anthra
cite Commission.
Philadelphia, Jan. 21. The -superintendent
of Uio Templo Coal Company
was tho flrst witness before tho an-
tliracito commission this mornipgr
being number 401.
Ho testified that ho employed 1W
n:cn whose places had all been filled,
by efllclont miners, Counsel Darrow
tried to make it appear that ho had a t
bjacklist. Tiio auditor of tho compa
ny testified that tho wages of the
men averaged $1.60 per day for each
man omploycd.
TILLMAN TALK8.
Has Decided Not to Resign as It
Would Cast a Shadow on His
Honor.
Columbia, Jan. 21, Lieutenant
Governor Tillman broke tho silence
today. Ho says ho believed Gonzales
was armed. Ho declared that. It was
a good thing that nobody tried to
ljncli him, as It would have been
their Waterloo, "Ho had bo many
friends In tho Btato," ho said, "that
he had no fear of harm and hoped
Gonzales corrected his nnto-mortoia
statement before death, as tho state
ment flrst mado was untrue.
"Gonzales said something almost
Inaudable about a mesHago being the
reason for the shot."
Ho is ready to glvo ball of $150.-
000, after tho coroner's verdict to
morrow. He has decided not to ra
slgn, as it would cast a shadow on
his honor. He offered to resign last
summer If Gonzales would agree te
meet him face to face and ell him a
liar.
Warehouse Burned,
Mllwaukto, Jan. 21. Tho Gross
man grocery warehouso was destroy
ed by Are this morning at a loss cQ
$75,000.
Tuesday a highwayman entorcd the
Southern Pacific ticket office and
held up the agent at tho point of a"
revolver, securing all tho cash in the
money drawer,
Thos. Gahagan
mining unmcr
Office with Hartman Abstract Co,
Pendleton, Oregon.
Buys and sells stocks in all mis-
ing companies.
SOUTH POLE STOCK
A Specialty.
Mining claims bought and, sold.
BUY SOUTH POLE
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