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DA1LYEVENING EDITION iiiiii i r urninii.riiii i THE DAILY 1 "C Will b oelltered at your residence T J ot r' of builncti by carrier at J X5c A WEEK. $ Eastern Oregon Weathc I I, 1 WIIIKIll HMHIJi a Will IUl'1 Oil j urilny. ruin or biiow I I I T T I T l ( T T T T TTTTT T "T 1 T T I . VOL. 16. PEXDLETOX, UI ATIIjLA COUXTY, OliEGON, FIJI DAY, MAWMl (5, 1003. VO ,t!. IS HE MURDERED? Well-Known Portland Citizen Last Seen Entering a River Front Saloon, WAS KNOWN TO HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY. For Twenty Years F. J. Schofield Landscape Gardener,. Has Been a Familiar Character to Portland Residents. Portland. March C. Landscape Gardener F. J. Schofield, for more than 20 years a resident of Portland, and particularly well known In the street, near Marquam Gulch, where he had lone been a guest. The clrcum- clonnoc en tfritt n rl I n rr Vile nhconro 1 Ptl H color to the belief that he has been murdered, and Chief of Detectives Simmons is working ou this theory The missing man Is known always to have carried a considerable sum of money with him. never attempting 1 any concealment of the fact that he formed the acquaintance of a Strang er who drifted Into the Idaho hotel. This man is supposed to know some thing nf Kchnfleld'R nresent where- ' HI UULb. On a Protracted Spree. On Monday of last week Schofield npiran firinmnn ir nnnpnrK tnar np is i . I 11 . I . . n f in innmirp in imiHLiuiiH iihkii anil ho wnc in npd hv thfc nfTnmp KTrnnir. mucn as nis new-iouna menu, never became intoxicated. Friday night the pair msappearea, ana up to toaay no trace of them has been found. Scho field was the recipient of a conslder- .nma cum nf mnnpv un ph rnpi M-n r 1 - .1 , 1. 1 - A,,ihlln mmnnnfn 'Thp laot atan nf tho nnlr wnc whpn inpr pnrorori a nvor rrnn. cp nn rnp 'gardener at that time beinc consid- i hi i,Ait .nu , i, , . -1 nt - . ... lll.n .itlinAnlil Une the Idaho 2y"i, i omuiinu "a ,on ii. i was a man who i i ... if monpv and umuto lunue uieuiv v generally carried a conBiasu? oum W1LU 1L IK IltinHlLIIC Ul that he has committed suicide, or 15 in I. n h'voTi'iinn v L-npn mm mil. HW ar,rt Thn nnln pn in I'd II I 51 I mm 11 11 f, I . n n (,,, nor,,. ' Schofield Is originally from Pefin- imu-.n. navine come tn port and 22 . 1 11 W W 1U 111... . vut v o i-ia i j H in 1 1 n id Mprnpn nut nwinf T. UllPUUUUlQlUUUIllh 11UD UUl Villi- HI AKllllla. HI1I1 UIK W1IP Illil KM Hr iinmp wiin iiiHin. r-iiiirtr cumiuc Portland, Schofield has accumulate property valued at $15,000, -. A Ma.linn In Swit-.erland, In Misrule is De wnicn lurKisn 3eneva, March C. A large meeting Macedonian sympathizers will be Swiss federation, Lachenal, is nnan. Caustic denunciations of rkey's misrule will be prepared to fipnt nvpr Rurnnp. OTHER HEAD.END COLLISION. Engineer Fatally and Two Other Trainmen Severely Hurt. If I 11 1.-11 M.rnh r I? I r. 1-1 rwt i. .' " c " ---1 v ..j ' -" - 1 RPri Peace Assured in Honduras. asnington, March b. Hear Admi- Glass, commanding the Pacific na- atatlon cables from Salvador as wh' 'Ail nuit?r ul Aiuuuiim rn- frora the Interior Indicate the as of Bonlllo and the restora- , I'VaVU OUUIll, 1UC D1JUH11I Ul. on March 6 for Acapulco." The Maine Joins Squadron. Norfolk, March 6, The Maine sail- toaay to join the North Atlantic adron. tf. MISSOURI PACIFIC EARNINGS. During Year Just Closed, Profits Amounted to Over 10 Per Cent on Capital. St Louis, March fi. It Is expected In circles well informed on the busi ness of the Gould roads that tne an nual report of the Missouri Pacific, to be submitted at the annual meeting In this city next week, will show the road's earnings during 1902 were at the rate of 10 per cent on the common stock. It Is believed the earnings during the current year will amount to 14 or 15 per cent. General freight traffic shows no sign of falling off during the year, while a great increase in grain to be moved from the Missouri Pacific's territory is assured. In Kansas and Missouri the road's crop experts esti mate the increase during the last few years at a rate not exceeded by any road In the' country. A proportionate Increase in rolling stock and other new equipment will be made during the present year. KNAPP'S TRIAL POSTPONED. Faithful Wife of the Murderer Without Funds Will Suicide Knapp is Convicted. Hamilton, O., March 6. The pre liminary hearing of Knapp will not take place today nor tomorrow, owing to the primaries. The date will be fixed the middle of next week. He received a letter from his wife this morning protesting her loyalty. She is without funds and goes to work next week to earn a livelihood. She says she will suicide if he is convict ed to death. Kansas Dairymen Conclude Meeting. Manhattan, Kas., March 6. The Kansas Dairy Association today closed the most successful annual meeting in its history. The concluding ses sion was held this morning, the chief features being papers presented by E. C. Mewhlrter, of Brewster, and C. C. Turner, of Manhattan. TWO THUS OF TOBACCO SIXTY-SEVEN BOX-CAR LOADS STORED ON STEAMER. Indravelli Leaves Portland Saturday for the Orient With Tobacco, Beer and Flour Tobacco Grown in Vir. ginia and North Carolina. Portland, March 6. Two train loads of tobacco, the first shipment of this kind ever sent out of the Port of Port land, will leave the Columbia river on Saturday by the O. R. & Jf. Co.'s steamer Indravelli bound for Japan antl the Orient. In addition to this shipment Of tobacco the Indravelli will i-ilrry her ordinary cargo of beer, flour and staples for Oriental con sumption. The tobacco 'shipment, the flrbt of many, is made by the American To bacco Company, Sixty-seven cars of ) tobacco traveled clear across the American continent, and were unload ed at Portland docks and their con tents transferred to the hold of the liner. The tobacco was grown in Vir ginia and North Carolina, and is be ing shipped for the most part in its natural form, j Goes to Japan. ' By far the larger portion of this I shipment Is consigned to dealers In Japan, and will there be manufactured into cigarettes for which the Orient Is famous. "Hero" cigarettes, advertised tobacco, and there are also ruanufac- ittwA n tf ITrum PKInn rnfnl varieties of alleged American cigar-1 ettes which are placed on the Philip-1 pine and Australian markets as hav ing come from the United States. ' Six car loads of beer will also be shipped toward the Far East on the Indravelli, tut this is only following out lines laid down long ago. Pacific coast beer, as well as that made at Milwaukee and elsewhere, is shipped through the port of Portland, to Japan and to China, and is found on sale In every "foreign quarter" In either of the three countries, as well as In Singapore. Two Train Loads. "This Is the first tobacco shipment of consequence that has been handled by our company," said Freight Agent Ransom, who, under General Freight Agent R. B. Miller, Is In charge of the trans-Atlantic freight business for the O, R. & N. Co. "It will not be the last. Sixty-seven cars of tobacco Is an immense amount Over the roads between Portland and the country where this tobacco was raised a loco motive cannot pull, as a regular thing, more than 33 or 34 loaded cars. It will, therefore, be seen that two full train loads of the weed arc being stored In tho hold of the Indravelli, and will cross the Pacific," E Dirt that Yields $225 to the Pan Discovered in Kroug rock Country. NEWS BROUGHT OUT OVER ICY NORTHERN SEAS. Five Men Shoveled Into Sluices for Twelve Hours and Cleaned Up $8,- 762 Fifty Dollar Pans Common. Tacoma, March 6. Important in formation of a reliable character has been brought out over the ice of a fabulous discover' of gold on Dall Creek, in the Kougrock country, north of Nome. The Information comes in private advices to the president of the Far West Gold Mining Company, Robert G. Walker. The writer is C. O. Steiner, superin tendent of the Kougrock mines of the company. The find is not on any prop erty of the company, but on No. 2, Dall Creek, owned by one Eric Olson. Mr. Steiner writes under date of No vember, Just after the last summer clean-up had been made on this claim In the few short hours of midday. One pan of dirt which Mr. Steiner saw taken haphazard from the claim, yielded $225 in dust. He declares Olson to have run Into a pitch of dirt where the gold had been concen trated so that $50 and $60 pans were quite common. The last clean-up was $8,762 from five men shoveling into the boxes two shifts of six hours. The rich dirt had only Just been dis covered, and not a great amount of it was included in this clean-up. POPE LEO VERY WEAK. Foreign Cardinals Asked Their Departure Until to Delay Crisis is Past. London, March 6. Notwithstanding the reported Improvement of the pope, a dispatch from Rome this morning 6ays the state of his health has be come so serious that a conclave is deemed necessary. The foreign car dinals In Rome have been requested to delay their departure. Pope's Great Vitality, Rome, March 6. The pope's remark able vitality has again come to his aid. He is much better this morning. "COTTON KING" SULLY. Wonderful Nerve of the Man Who Holds the Cotton Market in His Grasp. New York, March C. Sully is still "cotton king" this morning, the Bears falling to do more than to create a falling off of a quarter of a point. A determined battle has been waged all morning. Sully Is the chief object of hiterest. The brokers express won der at his admirable nerve, which shows no Figns whatever tf unusual strain. He Is personally directing the fight, as usual. SANKEY NOT BLIND. Report That the Notud Singer Had Lost His Sgnt ls Denied, ... v . ... ...r. ,., that Ira D, Sankey was ftrlrk'-'ii with blindness Is denied at home this ra", "E He hab been ill foi two months, but received visitors clad In his dressing gown, and shows no signs of blindness. Pupils Strike. Oregon City, March 6. Five boys of the 11th grade quit the Barclay high school yesterday without as much as "by your leave" to Profes sor Edgar M. Faulk, tho principal. Professor Faulk had Just suspended a pupil named Mellen for laughing In his class, and the other five Immedi ately took their caps and books and walked out with young Mellen. The matter Is to be referred to the board of directors for adjustment. Anthracite Commissien- Resumes. Washington, March 6. The anthra cite commission resumed its regular session today, having concluded its interrogation on disputed points. As heretofore, the meeting Is being held behind closed doors. Want Amendments Repealed, Raleigh, N. C, March 6. A resolu tion was Introduced In the legislature urging congress to repeal the 14th and IGth amendments to the constitution of the United States. RICH Hi rom WIFE II ANDONED Rich Lawyer Gets a Decision Permitting Him to Cast Of Wronged Woman. SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IS DISOWNED. Warded Robinson Says He Paid $6, 000 to Have Claim to His Estate Abandoned Admits Living With Woman for Fifteen Years. Oswego, N. Y., March 6. In a de cision of tho supreme court today, n new plan to prevent will contests was established. Attorney Wardell Rob inson, prominent and very wealthy, prayed for a decree of the court ad judging Louise Simmons, of Newark, not his lawful wife .and forever ad Joining her from alleging to be such, and that the cloud thus cast over his estate might be removed. The woman claimed to bo his wife for 36 years, and that her 17-year-old daughter is his child. Robinson on the stand, repudiated any form of marriage but admitted Illicit relations with her for 1G years. He said ho had paid her $6,000 to abandon alt claims. The court granted tho decree Robinson is 73 years of age. PASSES ARE IN DANGER. Annual Passes Sent Out by Roads May be Recalled. Chicago, March 6. Western rail road managers are in a quandary re garding what action to take with ref eience to annual passes which wore issued and sent to shippers before the passage of the Elklns law. Many thousands of such passes are out standing, and, although they were Is sued before the new statute went Into effect, the general opinion is that their use Is now Illegal, an.l will sub ject both tho railroaders and users to fines for violating the act. It Is thought that the Interstate commerce commission will not refrain from In cluding these outstanding annual ppsses when they begin to investi gate matters', It wna this peculiar phaso of the stluation which led to the calling of a general meeting of passenger offi cials of lines who are members of the Western, Transcontinental and South western Passenger Associations In Chicago tomoriow. They aro expect ed to agree among themselves to "clean houte" and placo matters In older for the inspection of the com mission. STRIKE SPREADING. Freight Handlers, Clerk and Bag gagemen Go Out on Sympathetic Strike. Vancouver, B. C, March 6. Tho Canadian Pacific stilku Is growing moro serious daily. At NelBon tho frelglit handlers, clerks and baggage men struck In sympathy. The men in tho shops are expected to go out. Chinese have been engnged to unload the steamer Kmpress or India. Tho strikers aro being aided by tho unions of Portland, Tacoma and Seattle, LYONS WILL HANG. The Murderer of Sheriff Withers Re ceives Death Sentence. Kugene, Or., March 6. IJIIiott Ly ons, who three weeks ago killed Sher iff Withers whllo the sheriff was held by Lyons' mother and sister, has been sentenced to hang April 17. McFadden vs. Abel, Milwaukee, Wis,, March C, Hugh McFadden of New York, and "Kid" Abel of Chicago aro to furnish tho wind-up at tonight's show of tho Bad ger Athletic Club. Both fighters have shown good form of lato and the re sult of tbelr encounter Is awaited with considerable Interest by followers of pugilism. In the Kcml-flnal bout Jack Dougherty, of Milwaukee, will go against "Stockings" Kelly, of Chicago, Gorman to Be Leader, Washington, March C Oormau, of Maryland, was elected chairman of the democratic caucus today. This position carries with It that of dem ocratic floor leader in the senate. Twenty-eight out of 33 democratic senators were present. The bill for tho protection of tho president from assault was talked to death In the senate. TORPEDO DOATS. Scarcely a Week Passes That Does Not See Some New Small Craft Added to the Navy. Washington, 1). C.. March 6. Tho inutility wilh which tho smaller typo of craft aro being nddcil to thti United States navy is evidenced by the fact that scarcely a week passes t lint does not see n torpedo boat, a destroyer. monitor or other crnft on its trial trip or put into commission. Today It Is tho torpedo boat de stroyer Wlilpple that has Its trial tllp on Chesapeake liny and tomorrow n sister boat, the Wordon, will be tested over tho same course. The two boats are of the same general typo as tho dozen or so others that have been com missioned during tho last few years, ot 433 tons dlsplacoment and designed to have a speed ot rrom 28 to 30 knots an hour. Kxperlenco has brought tho con struction of these smnllcr craft down (o a fine point and It Is seldom that any of thoso turned out nowndaya falls lo come up to nil tho require ments or the contract, and oftentimes In the matter of speed tho require ments nre exceeded. PORTLAND "MOONSHINER." Man Captured In Scow With Illicit Whisky. Portland, March C.i Through per sistent and most clever work. Detec tives Kerrigan and Snow or tho police department effected tho enpturo of a man who gave his name as John Hubs lor. Ho was found on a scow on tho river bank, near tho old power house. A quantity of Illicit whisky and tho paraphernalia for making tho same wero seized by Kerrigan and Snow. It Is probable that a clmrgo or Illicitly distilling whisky will be placed against Hussler. Wheat in Chicago. Chicago, March '(!. Wheat 75 76 cents per bushel. FAIRHAVEN FIRE COST MILLION ENTIRE WATER FRONT AT ONE TIME THREATENED. Canneries, Warehouses, Depots, Cars and Mills Swept Away Started in Saw Mill and Soon Got Beyond Con trol, Fnirhaven, Wash., Maich C, A lire here which started at 2 o'clock this morning, is still burning. T" Joss will reach nearly $1,000,000. It start ed In Miirchln's saw mill nnd swept away tho canneries, warehouses, do- pots nnd cars of tho Qrent Northern, and threatened tho entlro water front. Tho Whatcom lire department came to Falrhaven's assistance but tho llro had gulncil too much headway Hund reds of men will bo thrown out of employment. AMBASSADOR HONORED. Receives a Decoration for His Work in the Venezuelan Affair. Ioiidon, March 6. The Olllclal (la yette today announced that llmbeit, ambassador at Washington. Iwih been iilAdo a knight of the (Irniul Cross. Order of St Mlehaol and Kt. (leorge, In recognition of his work in connec tion with the Venezuelan ulfairH Long Trip for Ball Club. Chicago, III., March 6. Tho Chica go National Ix-nguo huKchall team starts today on the longest spring trip on record, Tho objective point Is Ixjs Angeles, California, where two weeks will be spent In preliminary practice On tho return trip to Chi cago tho team will play practice games nt HI Paso, Albuquerque, Colo rado Springs, Denver, Omaha and other points. HOTEL BURNS. No Lives Loot, But Property Los Will Amount to $200,000. Watertown, N. Y., March , Flro at tho Otis House early thin morning compelled tho guests to (leu In their night garments. Assistance was call ed from neighboring towim. Tho loss will bo nearly $200,000. Red River Rising. Toxurkanu, Texas, March 6 The Red River Is rising at tho lato of a foot per day. Wuter Is now past the danger linn. All agricultural work In the valley Is suspended and tho residents of tho lowlandb are lleo Ing. . i Packing Houses Resume Work. Chicago, March 6 The striking packing house engineers returned to work this morning, having accepted tho packers' proposition to submit their grievances to arbitration. AH plants resumed work with full forces, E Prominent Republican Lil VVIIIlUb I 111 UcllUIIUU YVI Violence in Alabama, NEGROES ARE BARRED wen. nl ntninlnniit IciiiUmh nf tho "1.111 MIIIUD, HIV Il-ITUIVIHK. UIIUIIV 1IIIJ1I u, i it in, inrri'iut'iiiiiK Bsn8Humuoii ik (jiih. u i it-'itrr HiiiinH iimi uirinu Liiiiiu i 1 1 it i until viiiiiriiii k inn wn snved only through the pleading o negro friends, TO RECLAIM 340,000 ACRES. Snake River. .n wiuu, .mi urn ii, iNuiKun iii'iinuii t IH.UHIU, IlCl OUV. HI I'll I 111 llf till 41 VI nn thn onillli uliln tf Oin rlvnr n ml 04 lllllna ln Mlrt tw.i-ld twit In nil lutoralH, which will reclaim 340,000 nrroH of land undor tho now Kovorn- til nn i I rrl ini t liiii lnu "11 1.1 .lit ... I l "M f1 'll Mn I IIO (itllll in 1U tuoi 4 mu.vwti ur iiiiiri iiiiii inn rxiimiH inn iiiwi t $2,500,000, not Including tho laterals, Tho larger canal is to bo 80 foot wldo at tho bottom and Itil) feet wldo at thu ton. and to curry 10 feet nf writer.' which Is to bo rulsoil from tho rlvor Hi feet. Tho contrnct ls let by tho Twin Kails Ijind l Water Company, of Salt Lake. Two sections of tho canal must bo complete In one your. For thu completion or tho entire work Ilvo yenrs Is allowed. Mr. Dennett Is today shipping sev eral trulnloads or his outfit to a small station on tho O. R. & N. known as Klinama. The canals uro to ho lu pwyhoo and Lincoln counties, KILLED A WHEELMAN. Spokane Citizen Convicted of Man slaughter Second Time. Spokane, March 0, Frank Btontz has been convicted of manslaughter for the second time. The Jury return ed a verdict after being out for about two hours. Frank Stent., October Hi, I'JOl, drove over and killed L, M Orton, near Cheney. Orton was riding u wheel along the county road, wlion Stent., with several companions, diovo up rapidly behind him Thoy di live over tho man, killing him out light The other men, John llllolleld, John ililetield, Jr., and Harry Lltch Hold, wore not prosecuted, but Htlntz, who did the driving, was held lespon slhlo ror Hie killing. lu court Monday his daughter was In attendance, while near the prose cuting attorney sat tint wife of V M, Orton, who wuh killed. Ho wiih an In suranco agent who used his hloyclla a gieat deal as a means of traveling. His homo was at Ititzvlllo. NEWS FROM WE8TON. Literary and Musical Entertainment at Normal Tonight, Weston, March (!.- WeBton Is pre paring to lay the new wuter system to the now part of town which has been rapidly built up lu the last four months. There aro several cases of scarlet fever In town ami some aru reported to bo very bud, Utwls Reynolds, sou of George Reynolds, is recovering very fast from rheumatism at St. Mary's hospital, at Walla Walla, whom ho was taken to liuve un operation performed upon his kneo. A voiiiik man by tho name of Bliup son has opened a now harbor shop In Weston. Hon. O. W. Proobstol bus at last re turned homo from Hulom. II Hossel has all remains of tho tiro blotted out. by remodeling and making everything now Inside butter than over. Tho Orlo and Crescent Literary so elotloH aro to glvo ono of tho grand est musical entertainments that wau evorglveii. on Friday uvcnlng, MarcJi 6, NEGROES El