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PEKDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OltEGOX, MONDAY", ,ItTNE 15, 1900.
NO. 4770.
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Mexico is Now Having
Tnn ot Devastating
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FIGHTING THE WATERS.
the Past Three Weeks Every
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to higher grounds. Alame
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Is crowing serious. A large
fortlMne weak snots in me
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Till nnsimri units uiiti uiiicf
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Results In Murder.
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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
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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.
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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