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I DAILY EVENING ED lim . . i kL4r4r4i A A A A At M DAILY j Eastern Oregon Weather TontRht and Tuesday, show- tcrs; thundor storms. t PEKDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OltEGOX, MONDAY", ,ItTNE 15, 1900. NO. 4770. IS Mexico is Now Having Tnn ot Devastating r l ii 1 1 1 w FIGHTING THE WATERS. the Past Three Weeks Every r.mmtrv Has Ex nnfM.nrfalclnn Floods . ... f..ntls1 Palnc. r -M Tntin 1E. Tin- pn tie. i. - heavy rains m mc muuuutiua . . rlco nf Inn Kin This cuy is imruii-jjw n, luo "', - c to higher grounds. Alame Washouts arc numerous sama re. IPXHS JuntJ JU. ic uwutt Is crowing serious. A large fortlMne weak snots in me ,w the ritv 'rnn river lias Till nnsimri units uiiti uiiicf tCfl FOR RFVFNRF. New York Po icy GamDiers Results In Murder. ont Jiirtn l tsnnerinifinii' hnt Anil MITnJ 1... lUIIllnm uuk uuu xviiiru u iiiiuui UUIIUKIl Hlllllllt'r fill Mill V-4 (11 Stenzer was recently in the grand Jury for running nn mi ninrmnt nn tnrnicn Goddard society. Lna tN 1 lltVlHr- U win kiusiwii ui uaow line Tank. nun Rare a nnon nn nn r lien n ru n i: m rvi 1 Accident. IHP Help! an ctnnMA. -n.. inA - - -1 . - . Wd mate U'OFA rtftwrmrt e kiUA ... vu t Warsaw, in Poland. A It mi . mgeuiatt re nt but (1 nir nf Too..,.,... 1 .... ra k IMldUV. ' """"g u neoDlo. Rinit. - . trail a- . - - " "0 UUL HVPn un ihn r Drowned. " "UlBllln vn. . -Y, urq probably L a.. .. went nctn.. . 6u ana r.t. i.. ' t 11. . LHP tlA- the m.tri'?. wist. uuca . u Inn I "We saved. GRANDE DOING DAMAGE REDS OF GONE TO SUMPTER. President of Standard Consolidated Mining Company Leaves for the Mines. Zoeth Houser. president ot the Standard Consolidated Mines Compa ny, of Sumpter, loft for that place Saturday night. Extensive work will begin on the property of this com pany at Copper nidge, Immediately. The mountain roads are now ln good condition and supplies can be hauled ln. Mr. Houser will stop a daj; or two at Sumpter to confer with Dr. Mueller, secretary and general manager of tho company, before pro ceeding to the mines. Tho Standard Consolidated in cludes 2C claims, formerly under the three different companies. The Standard, tho Copper nidge Gold Mining Company and the Willie Boy claims, all located contiguously on Copper mountain, near Quartzburg. Lost Valuable Cow. W. O. Minor, of Heppner, lost one ot the most valuable cows in Oregon ln tho waterspout near his home last Thursday nlgnt. The cow was caught in the torrent that rushed down a narrow canyon in the pasture and drowned. She was a registered Shorthorn and cost Mr. Minor $1,500 last winter. GEORBEVITCH IS NOW KING OFFICIALLY DECLARED SO BY SERVIAN ASSEMBLY. The Skuptschina Passes a Vote of Thanks to the Murderers of Alex ander and Draga The New Ruler Has Backing. Belgrade, June 15. Tho skuptschi na opened at noon today. One of the first acts was to pass a vote of thanks to certain army officers for disposing of the king and queen. The election of king resulted ln the unanimous choice of Peter Kara Georgevltch, who was proclaimed king by the army Thursday. Early in the day tho city began to fill with soldiers, until by noon it Is fairly packed. The day is a miserable one, with a cold wind and drizzling rain. Official Thanks Tendered Regicides. Belgrade, June 15. At a meeting of the principal oolltlclan'i and pir ty loaders last night H was decided no reward should be offered for the regicides and the names of tho as sassins should not be officially pub lished. The manner ln which the resolu tion thanking assassins was rushed through skuptschina this morning shows a fevered condition. The members had hardly taken their seats when the resolution was offer ed and as hurriedly passed. After passing the resolution the members adjournej lor prayeiv and when they reconvened, showed the same haste ln the election of a klne. GRAIN MARKETS. Quotations Furnished by Coe Commis sion Company R. L. Boulter, Local Manager, 120 Court Street. Minneapolis, Juno 15. Wheat opened unchanged from Saturday s clnHP Tim Hungarian croi) report, which was issued today, was quite t ... . . . .1tlA uuinsn, maKing uie , poorost for six years past. We are Dullish on the situation ana oeiiuvc wheat a purchase on all recessions. Chicago, Juno 16. Opening 75 H ...... 72 Close. 73 July ... Sept ... Corn July ... 48 48 38 Close. 78 72 Oats July .... 3894 Dnpnlnc. Minneapolis. June 15. July 784 Sept, 71 Cattle Golna West. rr -nf rnin nr Cn1b'u ftfnrp. Irla- ha r..m,l Hnwn tho O 1? X- N. With i a:'ifwent of beef cattle for the PertWmrl markets last night. Mr, Qordoo aays that stock cattle in cHatas In price owing to the scarcity . 01 leea m many or ma ueai u.o-j trlta .'ntn.ra will cell their stock at; tedueed prices rather than pay. tkeiMffe price that feed will neces rjijr'cmand this winter. j DCflD Awful Cloudburst Came Down Without A Moment's Warning. Two Hundred and Fifty People are Known to Be Drowned and 400 to 500 Still Missing lone a Total Wreck, Lexing ton Devastated, Heppner a Waste of Ruins People Had No Time to FleeHeavens Opened Without Warning, Flooding the Narrow Valley the Deluge Render the Night Awful to the Survivors in the Stricken Cities. lone, June 15. 10 o'clock a. m. At 7 o'clock yesterday evening the unsuspecting city of Heppner was almost swept from the face of the earth by a cloudburst, which occurred just above the city on the main branch of the Willow creek. Without a moment's warning, the little stream leaped from its banks, spread out over the narrow valley, with a crash and tumult that was horrifying to the residents, and before a cry of danger could be sounded, people In their homes, railroad depot, warehouses, business blocks and every movable thing in the path of the flood was being carried to destruction In the awful torrent. One Hundred and Fifty Bodies. At 10 o'clock 150 bodies hav been recovered along Willow creek, In the path of the flood. As many more are supposed to be dead. Over 500 people are known to be missing. There was no time tofly to safety. The narrowness of the vallty where the residence district Is located served to concentrate the force of the flood and Its destruction was terrible. Storm Was Threatening. The storm which hovered over the district was threatening for an hour before the calamity. The heavens were overcast with clouds of inky blackness and the rattle of the thunder and gleam of lightning was terrible. At 0:30 It was dark at Heppner and the sullen atmosphere gave evidence of the impending storm. Yet no one thought It would result so terribly for the little town. At first the rain began falling gently. There was a gradual increaso of the downpour, for a few moments, when t.ie awful crash came sud denly as If the heavens had opened on the doomed spot. In nn Instant the peaceful city was transformed into a seething abyss of destruction. Homes were stripped from their foundations. Women, children, strong men were swept away In the twinkling of an eye. " Destructio"rfvSpads Fast. '" Alter carrying away the O. h. & N"Tlei)oT buildings, warehouses and wrecking the residence portion of Heppner, the deluge rushed down the valley, destroying one-half the (own of Mxlng'ton, seven miles away and damaging greatly tho village of lone, 20 miles below. Seventeen miles of O. It. & N. trark and telegraph line is completely washed away. Farm houses, fences and livestock were swept with the Hood and all communication with stricken Heppner Is cut off. The News Brought Out. Fourteen men on horseback arrived at Lexington from Heppner at 10 o'clock this morning, bringing the details of the calamity. At that time 150 bodies had been recovered from the debris along Willow creek, and the surrounding country was rubbing to the aid of the sufferers. Dave McAtcc rode from Heppner to Arlington last night, a distance of CO miles, and gave the first news to the outside world, although tho details at that time were meagre. Pendleton People Frantic. Fully one-fourth of the population of Heppner had relatives and friends In this city, and when tho news of the disaster reached hero tho Btreets were thronged with anxious friends seeking the details of tho storm. At 12 o'clock the following news In regard to Pendleton people had been received: T. W. Ayres, Sr., and family, were safe. John Ayres, a cousin of T. W. Ayres, of this city, lost wltn his family. T. W. Matlock escaped, but his family was lost. Leslie Matlock, a brother of Mrs. T. W. Ayres and Mrs. E. A. Vaughn, is safe. Dr. McSwords is reported to be among the lost. C. E. Iledfleld and Lum Itay were out of the city, Jim Matlock and family not accounted for and supposed to be lost. Relief Train Sent to Echo. Superintendent J. P. O'Brien, of the O. II. & N at 11 a. ra. wired T. vValsh, chief dispatcher at La Orande, to furnish Immediately any serv ice necessary for the rellfe of the stricken district, and at 11:30 today a relief train consisting of the yard engine and two box cars, there not be ing a caboose or passenger coach In the yards here, was sent to Echo in charge of Yardmaster Leonard. Dr. Cole. I-ester Swaggart, Fred Crawford, M. A. Rader, Fred Lock ley, of the Kant Oregonlan staff, W. F. Matlock and W. F. Brock went i Concluded AD AT Darkness and the Crash of on page 8. HEPPNER FISHING IS GOOD. Meacham Creek the Mecca of the Sportsmen, Trout fishing was never bettor on Meacham creek than nt present From Bingham Springs to Huron tho creek Is lined with sportsmen, all or whom seem to bo getting rosuiis. The water Is Just now at tho light stago to mnko good fishing It Is very wnrm and neither too high not too low. Engineer E. Jacobson, ot Knmcla, who Is tho crack sportsman of that region, Is sntd to hnvo carried homo 300 of tho speckled beauties Satur day, and J. A. Carlson, who Is also n fast fisherman, mauo a record no less glorious. Tho wlfo of the section foreman at Wilbur, using a willow stick, twlno string and bent pin for llshlng tackle, It Is reported, caught a threo-gallon dish pan full In n couitlo of hours, Saturday, and other feats of equal m n gnl Uulo could bo related from that "neck of the woods." The fish now being caught uro nil good length, averaging from flvo to eight Inches. Tho result of tho tiro less work of the Pendleton Sports men's Association In seeming trout for this mo -Mm. out mountain strenm Is now l-ei.ig enjoyed to tho fullest extent by tho community. OIL IN A FIGHT WHO WILL CONTROL THE NEW ALASKAN OIL FIELD8? This Territory Believed to Be One of the Richest In the World Harr! man Going Up Against the Boss Octopus, battle, Juno 15, Tho light be tween tho Stnndard Oil Company amfi E. II. Hnrrlman for control of tho lAiaskan oil nelds, begins today wltll tho sailing of tho steamship Al bion! Tho Harrlman party Includes exmlrts, engineers, machinery nnd eveiythliig necessnry for n full ox plorftlon of tho Kayaka and other neiiu, ii ii 1 1 inu purciinso ot urn prca out locations. TJio Standard oil party sailed a fow davs ago, taking also a full equip meiit, and prepared to secure control of fall promising fields. Both parties nre under Instructions to spond any amount of money to gain control of what Ih now believed will provu to bu tlui largest oil fluids In tho world. TIPS INSTEAD OF WAGES. Samuel Gompers Declares That Walters Have Been Hardly Treat ed. Chicago, Juno 15, Samtlol Com pers, president of the American Fed eration of Iabor. nrrlved In Chicago this morning. Ho Immediately offer ed his services to both sides In tho cooks' and waiters' strike. Ho de clared ho would not tako slduu In tho controversy, but that tho waiters had been for years treated In a contempti ble manner by tho employers, who forced them to subsist by tips ratlier (hun by honest wages. Tho situation today shows an Improvement, many employes returning to work. Water Falling at 8L Louis. St. Louis, Juno 15. The water has receded two feet. Searching parties this morning began to canvass the flooded district for lllood victims. Twelvo thousand homeless aro being cared for, Tunnel Caved In, Now York, Juno 15. Fifty feet of the Hubway tunnel fell this morning. Twenty laborers narrowly pscaped. Oregon Leads. Oregon spends for the education of Its children $12 a year per capita; Colorado, $11; Illinois, $11; Califor nia, $10, wlillo Kentucky expends but $3.32; South Carolina, $1.39; Missis sippi. $2,011. Tho Northern states, on the averuge, expend noirlf five times as much on education, with out counting the universities, as tho Southern states. Two contracts for concessions on Tho Pike at tho 'World's Fair were let recently. Thoy will bo known as tho "Magic Whirlpool" and tho "Span ish Concession." The latter will bo a reproduction of a typical Spanish scene composed of tho Court of Lions from the Alhambra and the market place of Trlana. IS SENDING HELP Relief Committee Under Di rection of a Central Head Has Been Organized. THREE FOUR-HORSE LOADS OF GOODS HAVE LEFT TOWN. The Destruction of Heppner and Drowning of Its People Is Regarded Hero as a Calamity That Concerns the Entire State Much Private Aid Will Be Sent. Tho entire city of Pendleton Is re sponding nobly to tho relief of tho stricken city of lleppnor, even before any call for help has come. This' morning tho business men ot tho city met and agreed to send nil tho things needed In tho way of supplies to tho help of tho homeless pcoplo at Hepp ner, nnd In accordance with this plan provisions havo boon collected all tho forenoon, Two henvy four-horse loads went from hero by way of Vinson thin afternoon and onu big load left early In Ihu forenoon from Echo, by ordor ot tho merchants ot tills place. All tho available rigs ot the city have been pressed Into service, and a largo number of tho people ot tho town hnvo gono to render what assis tants Is In their power to those In need ot help at the scono ot tho disas ter. O. W. Hnrtmnn has gone to tho scono to tako chargo of the forces from this plnco, nnd has been given tho power by tho mun of Uio city to use his discretion as to what Is need ed, and to cnll on the pcoplo hero for want of help helngl etnolrdlushrdlu what help ho may need. The Oornmer clol Club also empowered Mr. Hart mnn to draw on thum for anything that was necessary and they would Htnnd bohlnd hla ordor, Tho wagoiiH going out of hero wcro loaded with tents, provisions, blankets and utensllB ot all kinds. The men going over In their own rigs took private supplies and tho to tal of things sent will In all probabil ity foot up to throo or four loads from this pluco, Tho two loads sent today are moro ly startors ami Mr. Hnrtman will draw on tho town for whnt ho wants addi tional, Tho county and tho city gov urumcntH aro expected to Htnnd tho expense of tho provisions. Euch man furnishing supplies in largo quantities will keop an nrcount of It and turn It In to thu authorities hereafter; but at tho present tlmo they aro simply Bonding tho goods without question ns to tho prli-o, or when, If over, they will bo paid for them, Tho streets aro lined with notions people having friends and rolallvos In Koppnnr who uro eagerly awaiting nows of the catastrophe Tho tuluphouo and telegraph linos are kopt hut with messages nil seek ing tho latest news from tho scene, Pcndlotnn Is closely related to Hoipnor, and many ot tho pooplo here havo near and dear relatives theru. BENNETT WAS DISCHARGED. Funny By-Play During Trial Before Commissioner Halley, ' Tho caso of tho Unllod Mutes vs. Charles Bennett for assault and bat tery committed on the person nt Joe Allen was tried In Commissioner Halloy's court on Saturday afternoon, and aftor tho examination of a largo number of witnesses tho court decid ed that tho charge was not well grounded, and tho defendant was dis missed. At the trial a funny clrcura stance happened, Joo Allen, tho complaining witness, b was sitting In front of tho Judgo v wrapped In his blanket and toward tho last of the trial arose to mako a tew remarks. With all nt tho untu tored grace of tho savago orator ho threw back his robo that ho might havo his arms freo for tho gestures ho was about to mako, but In so doing ho disarranged Its folds and from It thore foil a largo flask of tho forbid den firewater. The look of surprlso and sorrow that ovorspread tho digni fied visage ot tho dUBky warrior as he saw the treasure vanish Into tager clasp pf Marshal Roberts, was a pic ture of tho wrongs Inflicted by tho1 whites on tho suffering rod men is all of Its pslhetlo intensity. The commissioner Is making an effort to find out who supplied the liquor. PENDLETON