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SEDITION DAILYEVENINGEDM AA AAAAAAAAA AAAft AAAA AAA A AA It t mw i.t. a eastern uregon wmuw TouIrIiI ami Tuesday, fatr PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1903. NO. 17J0. Vflb.nV,.7br carrier 4t J ' (5c A WEEK, t 1'irnT.. 16 VIW" MM i . n r 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 IK mm phi v IT SEATTLE L rmm the Outside De fpletes Prison Population of I; Sound city. niinPD THIRTEEN MEN unun SENTENCE GET AWAY. L, steel Chisel and Official Negll. lfKt Do Their Work-No race c. .M.jees Since They Left the Build- iMrrTh.on.. dined s tne cuy Z broke jail this morning ami me tot yet been rccapimuu. Wn steel doors were opened by the iicnisei inainaii --" v. .j0rc Aftrr mienlnc tnc irli!fin(irB were compelled to miilongthc corridor within a few dud In plain signi 01 ui i tlere tiro men are supposed to Ftwrj escaping prisoner was out- l( tie building oeioro me mm m 11 jiven and each man took to IiIb liln different airecuon. u is uu i daring Jail break In tho history v.Mir in,! thn fnct that the entire itl ns compiled to pass In front door of the enter s oincc, icnus iJjif suspicion to the affair. FATALITIES ON THE SEA. i Storms on the North Atlantic and In the Baltic Sea. I Berlin, May 11, Dispatches recclv s afternoon say that tho German ffler Glellnda was wrecked on the J ot Denmark. The captain and 1 11 were drowned. Also the i waster Engellno foundered 19 of her crew were drowned. 1 mother dispatch says the Scan Wit whaler Cyclops has founder- i ue Faroe Islands In the North t ind, 16 were drowned. WUCKY REIGN OF TERROR. Hper Correspondents Afraid to Send Out News law May 11. Jett, nrrested ' auruer or. Marcum, wants to itn to Breathitt Mj sheriff, and where ho bo- V woum do among friends. i. w must De indicted in that Mils certain ttin. ..i,o ,. nil be ordered, whero hie iioi control the Judicial ma- mo newspaper' correspond "Jackson fo oton.i. .! , ""send out developments. An Arm.. iu.jjt May ll.-MIss Mij to Lieutenant 32"U:8-A- The Sntllolenco of army "rofjromllcnc0i BllklMtl. n. ta, i I'? r.M8ue in Russia. r Ca ,Lhaf, brokon ollt ln Ll. " the il sMfion i,..i.. P'UroraSlbir.inrectcu UH MARKETS. fe'Vyec. Comm... leV.U-rWheat-ln U5!LcabI showed Nil ... -""' 10 our nilvnn,.,. J?lr.kel opened prac Off sun L Sat"-lay8 nr,Z ,lw a falling oft is favo.:,;""!',0"".'- .ofaurTahln.,"".0"!1! u.Uea. vuim L 10 cumulate a 'frd- H 32 Closed. 6H NOT OUR PUT IN, ANYHOW. Held That American Interests Are Ful ly Protected In Manchuria. Paris, May 11. Commenting on the Manchurlan situation, tho officials hero say tho FYonch ambassador at St. Petersburg has had an Interview on the Bubject with Foreign Minister Ijimsdorf, which brought out a repe tition ot fho statement that Russia bnd given positive assurances to tho United Stntes that there would be no Interruption of the open door policy Jn Mnnchurla, and nlso the assertion thnt tho mission of General Kuropt kin, tho Russian war minister to Man churia, was pacific. Tho view held hero Is thnt Rus sia's assurances fully protect 'the United States' commercial Interests. Tho re-occupation of Nlu Ohwang by Russian troops Is claimed to bo a wholly political Issue between Russia, Great Brltnln and Japan, and as not involving American commerce or nny other American Interest. POPE DISPLEASED. Method of Sending Present Not Up to Vatican Standard. Rome, Mny 11. Considerable dis satisfaction Is felt at tho Vatican be cause President Roosevelt sent his present to tho pope through Cnrdlnnl Gibbons, Instead of by a special en voy. Hart ho done so, Cardinal Ram polll would bo sent to America as a special envoy to convey his holiness' thanks. DEATH OF MRS. LAWLER. Pioneer Woman Passes Away at Her Home in Freewater, Milton, May 11. Mrs. Elizabeth l.awler, wife of Robert Lawlor, died at her homo In Freewater, of old age and a complication of diseases, Friday evening and was burled ln the city cemotery Sunday afternoon. The de ceased was born In Monroe county, In diana, May 8, 1829; married to Robert IawIer, who still survives her, ln 1847. She waB 74 years old tho day of her death. Tho funeral services wore conducted by Mr. J. N. Stone of Mil ton, from the Cumberland Presby terian church In Freewater. SPENCER PLEADS NUT GUILTY CASE WILL COME TO TRIAL ON MAY TWENTIETH. Spencer Was In Dead Earnest In Try ing to Commit Suicide, But His Poor Aim Disappointed Him Ella Mundt Had "Shook" Him. Spokane, May 11. Edward Spencer, slayer ot Ella Mundt, pleaded not guilty to tho charge of murder in tho first degree Saturday In the superior court after taking a day to consider the matter. Tho crime for which Spencer Is to stand trial for his life occurred on Jnnuary 10, juBt betoro noon. Thoro will bo an attempt to prove that Sponcer had deliberated over the mat tor before going to the Sehulein house, on Howard street, whero his sweetheart, Ella Mundt, was employ ed ns a domestic, nnd sought her with the purpose of killing her out of mal ice. At tho timo of tho shooting It waa claimed that Sponcer, In what were Hiipposed to bo his (lying moments, had acetified the dead girl ot having bestowed her affections on another. This is supposed to bo tho theme which will bo followed by tho prose cution, ns It appears to be the only hypothesis to glvo tho quality of mal ice to the deed. Spencer's friends, and the stories of tho dead girl's frlonds, told Just after tho shooting, state that tho girl had decided to discontinue receiving Spen cer's attentions after much advlco had ueen glvon her on tho subject. The young man's friends claim that the deed was inspired by an Insane love of her nnd that thero was a genuine and earnest desire on his own part to follow her In death, and It was only through an accident of aim and good nursing subsequently that provented tho full accomplishment of his Inten tion. The case was sot for trial on tho morning of May 20, and Judge Rich ardson has set aside four days until tho following Saturday for Us continuance. SANTA FE COMING NORTH. Thought to Be an Offset to the Union Pacific's Short Line Southwest. San Francisco, May 11. Tlw San Francisco & Northwestern has filed Incorporation papers today with a capital stock of $16,000,000. Tho new road will connect with the Santa Fe at Point Richmond and run through Marin, Sonora, Contra, Costa and Mendocino counties. It marks the ad vont of tho Santa Fe Jnto northern California, DARKENS ACROSS THE LAND The Trades of Omaha and Chicago Can Tie Up 60 Per Cent of the Meat Business ot the Country. Chicago, May 11. One thousand workmen in the Lasslg division of the American Bridge Company, were lock ed out this morning for attempting to organize a union. The strike situation at the stock yards is acute, 23,000 union employes are liable to ho called out at any time. A conference of the executive com mittees of the unions has been called to meet this afternoon to discuss means for assisting the striking engin eers. The packers' combine today shipped ln non-union engineers from Kansas City and Omaha to break the strike. If the unions declare a gener al sympathetic strike It will tie up 00 per cent of the meat supply of Ameri ca. The situation Is grave, as It would mean the most serious strike CHiicago has ever known. Barbers to Strike In Sympathy. Omaha, May 11. The strike sltun' tlon Is more complicated than ever, the laundries closing this morning as a result of the employes refusing to handle the business of unfair custom ers, and promises to continue Indefi nitely. The Barbers' Union meets to night to consider a sympathetic strike. Boilermakers' Did Not Strike. Ogden, .May 11. The Southern Pa cific boilermakers did not go out on strike this morning, as was expected. Laundries Signing Scale. Chicago, May 11. Twenty-four laundries have signed the union scale up to date, while 14 big ones are still standing out. Tho establishing ot two more plants Is being discussed by tho strikers, who seem to have abundant funds. The managers of tho Deerlng Har vester plant havo submitted terms to the strikers, which are being discuss ed this afternoon. The harvester of- I ticlals are so confident tho terms they ! have offered will bo accepted that j they have laid fires in the furnaces 1 and expect to renew work tomorrow. Biscuit Makers Strike. Chicago, May 11. The employes ot the National Biscuit Company and Bremmer & Ballery, struck today for an Increase Jn wages and recognition of the union. It Is feared all tho plants will be Included unless the de mands are acceded to. Strikers Throw Red-hot Horse Shoes. New York, May 11. Tho police re terves were called on again today to stop rioting amoiiK tho striking Ital ian excavators In Brooklyn. Many persons were Injured by flying mis siles. The police used clubs freely In dispersing the crowd, but made fow arrests. The striking blacksmiths nl so attacked tho non-union shops, nnd a free-for-all fight took placo ln tho streets. One of tho proprietors was knocked senseless, being struck on the head with a hammer, and another was injuted with a red-hot horse shoe. Several were badly cut, but escaped before the police arrived. CANAL TREATY WILL WIN. Colombian People Enthusiastic and Government Favorable. Washington. May 11. Tho ttub-eom mittee or tho Isthmian Canal commis sion, consisting ot Rear-Admiral Walk er, General Haines nnd Professor Burr, which visited tho Isthmus ot Panamn to Inspect tho work and prop erty of the new Panama Canal Com pany, has returned to Washington. Tho mission of the commltteo was accomplished quicker than was antic ipated. The commission found thnt while tho canal company has employ, ed on tho work about 1,200 men, lit tle In a definite or effective way has been accomplished, .lust enough work Is being done to keep the project nllvo. Members ot tho commission say tho ratification ot tho canal treaty by the United States senate wns vecclved en thusiastically by tho people on tho Isthmus. Property values hnvo In creased rapidly, and real estate along the route of the cnual continues to rise. Members ot the commission are of tho opinion that the treaty will eventu ally be ratified by tho Colombian con gress, Admiral Wnlkor had a long talk with Secretary Hay today upon conditions on the Isthmus In their special relation to tho canal project. SUPREME COURT HAS IT. Public Will Soon Know Whether the Merger Is Legal. Washington, Mny 11. The Northern Securities caso reached tho United Stntes supreme court this morning on n transcript of appeal from the cir cuit court. PRESIDENT COMES NORTHWARD. 1 SHAMROCK III FAST BOAT. Short Stops Made at Various Points Takes Luncheon at Redwood Grove. Santa Cruz. Cal., May 11. The president's train made brief stops at Watsonvllle and Capitola. Santa Cruz was reached at 10 a. m. The president took a drive through the town, made a short talk and went to visit the big trees by special train. Lunch was served ln the big tree grove. San Francisco Ready. San Francisco, May 11. Everything is ln readiness for the reception of President Roosevelt, who is due to ar rive in San Francisco at 2:15 tomor row afternoon. Two and a half days will be spent here, nnd during that time the president will be the center of numerous public features of enter tainment. The program calls for sev eral public receptions, a banquet, a drive through Golden Gate Park to the ocean bench and participation In tho dedication of the Y. M. C. A. building, tho naval monument In Union Square and In the annual state encampment or the Grand Army of the Republic of California and Nevada. Thousands or persons from all over the state are arriving in the city to see the president ,and the outpouring tomorrow will bo very great. Speech Under Big Trees. Santa Cruz, May 11. During lunch under the big trees, President Roos evelt made a speech, denouncing tho desecration of the great works ot na ture by tourists who carve names or pin their cards where they offend tho eyes of those who come to study the beauty. He pointed to one of "three sisters," whero several thousand cards were tacked up, and said: "Those cards have no more business there than so many tomato cans." In a fow minutes tho president went for a stroll among the trees. While ho was gone Mayor David G. Clarke, ot Santa Cruz, led a charge on the of fending cards. It took a quartor of an hour's hard work to dislodge them. Tho topmost card was labeled "Den of howling galoots." a social club of Santa Cruz. When the president re turned from his walk all the cards were scattered over the ground. Has Won Every Trial Race This Sea son. Courock, May 11. The Shamrock III again defeated the first ln another trial spin today. Shamrock I gained a quarter of a mile lead at the start, but the new challenger finished three quarters of a mile ahead. Sir Henry M. Stanley, the explorer, Is recovering from a long Illness, which at one time was regarded as serious. Indians Refused to Move. Los Angeles, May 11. There Is great confusion at tho Warner Ranch. Indian Commissioner Jenkins has sent for Attorney John Brown, or San Ber nardino and friendly Indians to assist In the removal. The Indians are sur rounded by 100 deputy marshals. All Indians, men, women and children, are chanting dirges and begging to be allowed to remain. The chief told Jenkins he would not leave unless At torney Brown advised him to do so. Vindication of Dreyfus Expected. Paris, May 11. La Patrlo today as serts that Minister of War Andre has finished tho Inquiry Into Dreyfus' de mand for a new trial arid has dccldeu to bring his caso before tho court or causation for hearing. La Patrlo adds that If Dreyfus is rehabilitated he will bo placed on Andre's staff as tho com mander of a specially organized squadron. Into Salt Lake. Salt iMke, May 11. Tho second train this month went Into Salt Lake owing to the track sinking in tho quagmire yesterday on the Ogden Lucln cut-off. Five hundred feet of permanent trestle work wont down, ditching the train of 20 cars. No one was hurt. Destructive Canadian Fire. Ottawa, Ont., May 11. Tho latest estimates of loss from yesterday's flro is $800,000, of which British Insurance companies aro tho heaviest losers. Fifteen hundred homeless people aro today searching the ruins for remain ing property. Pacified Some More. Washington, May 11. General Da vis cables tho war department from the Philippines the details of Persh ing's circuit and says all tho Moros are now anxious to be friendly, and he anticipates lasting peace. TREMENDOUS OIL TANK EXPLOSION New York, May 11. A wild panic today caused tho explosion of o I tanks In the yards of the Standard Oil Company nt the foot of Tenth street nnd East River. Tho blazing oil flow ed Into Treks creek, where a number of barges and small lighters aro moor ed. Some caught flro. One lighter was towed into East river, leaving a train of blazing oil In her wake, threatening scores of vessels moored along tho banks. Tho crews aro kept busy fighting fire. The oil tank Is allowed to burn out. One employe of the oil company la missing, suppos ed to bo killed by tho oxploslon. Wool Clip Light. Tho Dalles, May 11. Considerable wool has been rocelved at the wate houses here the past few days, Most of tho sheep In this Immedlato vicin ity havo been shorn, and generally tho fleeces have been from a pound to a pound nnd a hair lighter than were the fleeces Trom tho same sheep last year. This Is accounted for In tho fact that tho past winter was long, and thnt sheep wero not kept In usual flesh during tho feeding season. . IS A CONCEDED THE COLUMBIA IS IN FOR A HARD RACE. Trial Spins Demonstrate That the English Yacht Is One of the Fastest Sailing Vessels Ever Built. Bristol, May 11. Tho very remarka ble showing of Shamrock III Ib caus ing uneasiness among tho syndicate owners of tho Reliance. Orders have been given to expedito tho work ot to fitting the defender In order that she may bo thoroughly tried out and put In racing shape aR soon us possible. Tho admission Is openly made hero thnt Shamrock III. musi ho u wonder fully fast boat to defeat Sbumrock I. so enslly, ror It Is conceeded by all yachting authoritlcH around I lores boff's, that tho old boat Is faster than Shamrock II., which pressed the Co lumbia so closely two yeurs ago. EASTERN OREGON LUMBERMEN. Astoclatlon Is Organized at Baker City Saturday. Baker City, May II, Tim Eastern Oregon White Pino Shippers' Associa tion, an organization composed of ull the big milt and lumber firms of this part of tho state, has Just held a meeting here. Tho suvoral commu teea appointed at the meeting held three weeks ago reported this after noon, A constitution and by-laws wero adopted and a grading scab) agreed upon. Prices will hereafter bu icgu lated by this scale. It wau decided to Invite tho Southern Idaho lumber firms to enter tho combine. The ses sion closed with a banquet Sunday evening, a unique feature of which was the menu Hhlngles. Died in a Berth. St. Louis, May IL Chler of Pollcu Pen nee, of Quebec, Canada, wuu round dead In a, Pullman berth of a Wabash train on Its arrival hero this morning. Tho supposed .cause was apoplexy. Papal Delegates to Berlin, Paris, May 11. It Is reported this morning that the pope has acceded to the request made by tho kaiser when visiting tho Vatican recently, and will appoint a delegate to Berlin. MAFIA SWEARS VENGEANCE Warns the Public Not to Travel on English Boats on Peril of Death. INFERNAL MACHINE LEFT ON THE UMBRIA. Crew Promptly Lowered It Into the Water In Time to Prevent an Awful Explosion The 800 Passengers Sailed Away, Ignorant of Their Nar row Escape. New York, Mny 11. An Internal ma chine connected with 100 pounds ot dynamite was found In n hox on tho Umbrla Sunday, According to tl.o ex port opinion of tho superintendent of the bureau of combustibles, the box was found nnd put Into tho rWor JuRt In the nick of time to prevent It from exploding and demolishing tho pier and tho Umbrla, which was alongside nnd about to sail with 800 passongeif on board. The box was loft nt tho pier Saturday In an apparent attempt to havo It placed aboard with tho bag gage ot the pnsHongors. Tho Umbila sailed a lew minutes after tho box was discovered, and all on board wore In Ignornnco ot tho attempt to placo the Internal machine aboard tho ves sel. Tin, Mniln tlw, rnviMicnfiil Italian se cret society, ImB declared war on every English HteniuHhlp company and has Issued a final warning to prtHseimem to travel on other bontB. This nt tempt Is thought to bo the flrBt tit n series of attacks on llrltlHh steamers. Police Guard English Steamers. New York. Mny II. Pollco guards were detailed at tho pluiB or all Eng IIhIi steamship companies today to guard against any further attempts at dynamiting. All baggage not ac companied by owners Ih being careful ly examined. Tho ofllcerH nro not In clined to regard tho affair as a Joke, and sny whoever sent tho ntnchlno In tended wholesale manslaughter The machine cost at least $t"i0 for materi al and was tho work or a skilled me chanic. The- English lines are suffer ing great Iokh from crowds ot traveP ers hanging their bookings. Infernal Machine Was Loaded, Cnierul examination niado today by Piofesbor Sever, who occupies tho chair of electrlcnl sclenco nt Columbia UnlVi'iKlty or the Inrornnl machine taken from tho Umbrla, reports that the mechanism wiih porfect nnd that the ruso wiih Ignited when discover ed. Thorn Is no reason why an oxplo Blon Hhould not have followed, Every available man nt tho pollco nnd detec tive departments bus been detailed on the case. Gulf of Mexico Tornado, Houston, May 11. A tornado Is rag, lug on the south coast or the Oulf of Mexico. Considerable damage Is be ing dono to vessels. The wind Is SO miles per hour. INFECTED WAR VESSEL. Epidemic on the Cruiser Minneapolis. Philadelphia, May 11. Tho Minne apolis will today bo disinfected In an effort to stamp out tho epldemlo of cerebri) splnnl meningitis, or spotted fever. Tho physicians believe they now hnvo the epidemic under control, The men nil havo come ashore, No British Intervention, Uindon, May 11. In tho house ot commons today lrd Crnnhorno, re plying to a question, said Inasmuch ns Russia declared no Intention of occupying New Chwang permanently there Is no occasion for tho Urltlslt to make overtures ror concerted action with America. How Moody Missed a Tip. When tho Dolphin was at Ban Juan, Porto Rico, with Secretary Moody and his friends aboard, many or tho na tives went on board to sou the ship. One of them wanted a drink of water, turned to a man In a white cap who was standing by tho rail and told hits to get lilin one. This was done, and a member of the party who saw tha Incident turned to the Porto Rlcan and told him that It was tho American custom to tip a man when he did any thing, "It would havo been much nicer In you If you had," ho said, "and especially as the man who got you the water was tho secretary of the navy." The Porto Rlcan spent tho next two days In apologizing to Mr. Moody, who had thoroughly enjoyed tho Joke, Now York Trlbuno. r