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DAllYEVENINGEDITiflfc rflEDAILY j Eastern Oregon Weather of bofnn T earner i j "P 1 5c A WEEK. I Knlr tonight nnd Wednc.nU' wnrmor. HfJWVf " ..HfTT' ' J . . .. .. PEXDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OUEGOX, TUESDAY, .JUNE 29, lOOU. XO. 4777. YFMbLUINUK miY IN THE GDLORRDQ PEN OnVIClS at uatiuii nj miu.w a Desperate Break for Lib erty. ARRy THE WARDEN'S WIFE IN FRONT AS A PROTECTION. M of the Prison Gates Was Blown by Dynamite, After Which Two of me Convicts Were Shot and the Remainder Surrendered The Wo man Was Unhurt. Croon Ctn- Col., Juno 23. The . ' i ... .. .1 , ... Z"1 ! mrTi n i-ti anil thn courage ni v-. pants todav suppressed the most desperate revolt that evpr occurred ;a tie Colora 'o penitentiary. n attack upon the guards was made at S o'clock this morning while ilc convicts were In the ivash house. They soon overpowered tho few nurds and headed by James Arm- satins, six convicts felled every twottWno attemited interference with Hjelr piogress. Mrs. Cleghorn. the wiftjjtof the warden, was seized br Armstrong and forced along in 'rant nf ihp rnTlVictS. 'Dynamite was used tpjopeathe trott gate The convicts rushed through, carrjinp Mrs. Cleghorn, who Ud fainted, as a shield. Warden Clcghorn i allied the guards saying, "Keep cool shoot to kill, hut don't mjure my wlfp." Mrs. Cleghorn was abandoned 50 yards from the gate. The wards shot Keykendall and j . . ... . . i (ell the balance surrendered. THICKER'N ANYTHING. Arm-in-Arm the Sailors of America and Germany Parade the Streets of Kiel. L-Inf T no T" I. . . . -!...,.. mtl, dMlll' lllf 111C1 HUH squadron, consisting of the battle ship Kearsarge and the cruisers Chi cago and Cincinnati, and the gun boat Marhias. arrived hero today, uej saluted Prince Henry's flagship with 1" giinc The German ships and shore batteries replied with a like sa lute. The Germans then dropped their flags and cheered. Official visits ere exchangeu. after which Prince Henry received the American cap tains, cordially During Bhoro leave the Bailors of the two nations were seen ratrolling the streets arm-in-arm INDIANA SAD MAN. Sheets Up the Town of Bunker Hill 1 in Westen Style. I IVu, Itu! J nil,. 23. Officers today i re pursuing Wlllard Herrlll. a for-1 Ber convict and desperado Just re leased from a term for attempted Border, who last night ran amuck, wooting an unoffending citizen and terrorliing the town of Hunker Hill. Hril is n jaj Inau H l8 Relieved ill give battle when surround M, COLLISION IN NEW MEXICO. e Fireman Killed, Another Fatally Injured. Albunjllrrmi,. v I I ,'i li head end collision of a fast freight a work train on the Santa Ke frXh C' rr'llos labl nlM- the o'kf ,fir'man wati killed and the fireman was fatally Injured, wreckage nas piled GO feet high. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. The System Is Now Demonstrated to Be a Success. J?.,ra. June 23. General Mana J wvlan. of the Marconi company, ti3 ai"ountjfl at Glace Bay that aei. , ra,JKsaKfcn aro sent daily tomrL"11' Atlantlc with ease and ""Wrte success. crman Hospitals ArT Better. rnW?1, JuiMJ 23.-Uoctor Lorenz la , ."we today from New York. tta7J".'.er.v,ew said the Ameri- tuuT , lsw ,le 8ala the Amen ttos.'8 compare favorably with Cen5..EuPe with the exception of Krtor -ujr wl1(,K l,,,o,,llnlu . un. i,i mi a fc . J .... Coaling Station icr Cuha. . Jum 23. The Cuban 03lic??, J,wy Providing for a ltondayD th l8,U f ,,,DeS' CHINESE MAY BE LYNCHED. Accused of Making Away With 2-Year-Old Child. Astoria. Or., June 23. Albert Kr ckson, the 2-,4-year-olrt son of Olaf Krlckson wandered away from home on Saturday afternoon and no trace of him has been found. His hflue is on the outskirts of tho city, adjacent to a Chinese garden where many pigs are kept. It is feared that these pigs ate the little hoy, although some think i.mt the Chinamen made away with him, as they have been having trouble with his father. There is considera ble excitement over the matter and the Chinamen may bo roughly handl eu by the large crowd that Is search ing for the boy. LABOR TROUBLE IN SPAIN. Troops and Gendarmes Being Con centrated on Account of a Strike. Barcelona, Spain, Juno 23. Troops and gendarmes are today being con centrated by direct orders of the king and his cabinet, at Andalusia. Thirty thousand workmen are out and all developing a riotous disposition. The attitude of tho government Is Irreconcilably hostile to all the de mands of the labor unions in the kingdom, while in no Kuropean coun try Is tho distinctively labor element so strongly permeated with radical ism, which generally takes the so cialistic phase. BRIBING JAPAN. Russian Tentacles Take a Grab at the Island Empire. Vienna, June 23. Tue Westolype correspondent today reports that tho Russian minister of war on a recent visit to Tokio, obtained from Japan the assurance that she would remain neutral toward any aspirations of the czar in Manchuria, in exchange for which Japan will be given important commercial advantages. LAKE ERIE COLLISION. Propeller Runs Down a Tug and Two Are Drowned. Buffalo, June 23. The tug Chesney was run down by the propeller Che mung early this morning. Captain Stewart and the fireman of the tug were drowned. The remainder of the crew were saved. OHIO MURDERER CONFESSES MAN WITH A MANIA FOR SEEING PEOPLE DIE. Alfred Knapp, Undoubtedly Insane, Will -Strive for Incarceration In an Asylum Lived for Many Years a Blameless Life. Hamiltou, O., June 23. The trial of Alfred Knapp, the confessed strangler of five women and children, began In the criminal court today. The order upon which be is to be tried Is for the murder of his wife, Hannah, in December last. Knapp has a mania for murder, ap pal ently his controllng motive being to witness the throes of dissolution. Until suspicion attached to him of late, he ha3 never been suspected ot morbidity in any direction. He was bom aim reareu iu m neighborhood. His only defense will be insanity, to prove irresponsibility. There is little or no demand tnat the extreme penalty of the law be Inflicted upon him upon the hypothesis that he is morally accountable. The legal bat tie will bo fought by his counsel to secure incarceration for life and save him from the gallows. GRAIN MARKETS. Quotations Furnished by Coe Commls slon Company R. L. Boulter, Local Manaaer 120 Court Street. Mlnne9apolls- June 22,-Wheat-Ca-Minneapolis. June 23.-Wheat-Ca-bles came rather indifferent in view ot our advance of yes Wea , er conditions wtohi """"" - , dry iu Northwest and too wet In the Southwest Bradstrcefs world's .visi ble suimlv shows a decrease of 3.CC8, 000 It is a weather market with flue tuatlons depending on the weather in t e Northwest. Good soaking rains would undoubtedly cause conIdera. Mo of a break. Until wo get these rllns, we believe wheat should b bought on all breakr. Chicago. June 23. . M K Opening. Close. JuIl. 77 Wi soft . 76 jurnT OK 60 Ju?;lrr. 4o 40 Minnealls, June.- July f Sept w I VIEW OF HEPPNER FLOOD John T. Whistler, Government Engineer, Gives Some In-' teresting Facts. NINETY PER CENT OF DELUGE CAME DOWN BALM CREEK. Amount of Water Passing Through Heppner Equal to 1,100 Acre Feet Channel 100 Feet Wide at Top, and 10 Feet Deep Will Avert Fur ther Destruction, John T. Whistler, civil engineer of the United States geological survey, says In regard to the Heppner disas ter that while facts can In no way detract from the awful destruction of lives and property. It Is of Interest to note that in no place outside of tho creek banks was the water more than six feet deep at Its highest and at no place where houses stood, over five feet deep. This seems remarkable In view of the statements of reliable eye-witnesses who claim to have seen 15 ,to 50 feet of water. Careful cross sections at different points In Heppner, Lexington, on Balm creek, and on Willow creek show 90 per cent of the flood to have come down Balm creek. The area of rainfall seems to have been a strip down Balm creek, eight to 10 miles long and two to four miles wide. I The amount of water passing i through Hepiyier, Is estimated to , have been about 1,100 acre-feet, or an amount equal to one foot In depth over 1,100 acres. This agrees favor ably with the amount estimated to have come down Balm creek, and with allowances for water left In the flats below Heppner, agrees well with the estimated discharge at Lexington and Heppner Junction. Assuming that two-thirds of the en tire precipitation passed through Heppner, tho total amounts to about l.COO acre feet. Taking the area of the storm as 20 square miles (ii can hardly bo less), this amounts to VA Inches over the whole area of rainfall- This, though a very heavy precipi tation, is by no means unprecedented in most any region In tho United States. "It seems the high water and tho resulting destructlveness, was due mote to the fact that the storm mov ed down Balm creek with the flow of tho water In the valley. "The excessive run-off in these re gions is due to tho rugged character ol the 'opoRrsnliy a'ld to tlm almost utter lack of vegetation on the up lands. It is of interest to note that with a fall of over 50 feet to the mile, which Heppner has, a channel 70 feet wide on the bottom, 100 feet wide on top and 10 feet deep would have carried the maximum flood ptovided it were not dammed by drift. In any case, with such a channel, tho flood would have done very little. If any damage. MINERS ACQUITTED. Failure of Attempt to Prove They Were Dynamiters. Wllkesbarre, Pa.. Juno 23. Kleven union miners of Western, who have been on trial for three days charged with dynamiting and wrecking the 1 house of a non-uiiiiiiimi in mo anthracite strike, were acquitted this latternoon. This is the only case I growing out or the strike to reach tho court. Three hundred witnesses were ! examined and a large array of coun I eoi .n nmnlov-cd by the operators and tho union. SPECIAL COUNSEL Washington. Juno 23. A special to the Post declares Attorney-Ocneral Knox has been directed by President Roosevelt to retain special counsel tor the prosecution of all offenders detected of wrong lifting tho post otllce department. Ho also designated as cuolce. Chan, Bonaparte, of Baltimore, and Holmes Conrad, who served as solicitor-general under President Clevelaud and was appointed to that office for con spicuous ability. Bonaparte Is the EXPER ! OF THE DISASTER Glen Wells Tells a Story of Extraordinary Adventure and Rescue, EXTRAORDINARY FREAKS OF THE FURIOUS WATERS. The List of Dead Was Increased Seven by the Search Yesterday and Today Milton Sends a Carload of Vegetables Needs and Should Have More Assistance. Heppner, Juno 23. Three more bodies were found today and four yes terday afternoon. The plies of wreck ago farther down the creek bottom are to bo torn down tomorrow, when it Is expected that many more of the missing will be recovered. .1. C. Henry and Charles Klnzey, undertakers of La Grnnde. arrlvcu here Inst night to assist in caring for the bodies. Some of the partly wrecked houses are now being put In shape and .the debris cleared away from sidewalks nmi iirncluallv tho remaining portion ' of the town Is assuming n presentable npi.earance. Graphic Story of the Flood. J. N. Bently has returned from Heppner with -Mrs. Bently and his nephew, Glenn Wells, of the Ill-fated city. Wells Is one or the family of A. S. i Wells, seven or whom perished In . the Hood out or a family of 12. He has a graphic story df tho storm and his escape from the avaiancne ot wa ter and mud and debrlH which swept the town awny. At tho tlmo of tho storm eight of the family were at the home sitting about the porches en Joying the cool of the evening and watchlnghejall of the rain, While thus engages the crest of the storm wave was seen coming and the family attempted to sav themselves. The father took two clothe children and went Into one part'eif the house, while George W. Wells and Glenn attempt ed to get their mother up the stops to a place of safety. Ilerore they eoiilu reach the stairway the flood was upon them and the houso broko In two, ono part with the father and part or the ramlly floating one way, and the other with the two boys and the mother hPiiig the other. They seemed to be flouting on tho top of n high bank of water and could see the dry ground Just ut their foot. All kinds of floating things were In the water at their side; houses roll ing over and over and fences and sidewalks nnd trees. The party of tin oo were by this time on a small platform, tho remnant of the house, and the two boys devoted their at tention to saving their mother and keeping her on the raft. They talked together anil wore calm and for a time thought that they would como out all right. As they floated down another pleeo of house lodged against their refuge and partly overlapped it, and George suggested that they put Mrs, Wells on the top of the Jnrger piece of wieckago. JubI as they lift ed her up a largo timber shot over tho edge of the float ami struck George In the forehead knocking him off Into the water anil he was seen no more. Shortly urter that tho platform hold ing Mrs. Wells and Glenn broke in twnln and the lady was hurled be tween tho two pieces and never rose to the surface again. Glenn, loll alone upon the raft, floated down the stream for a quarter or a nine umi wn nt last loducd against the bank and crawled out of the roach of the flood; but ho hail drawn bo mucn water Into his lungs and had nwallow- ed so much that he was unablo to WILL ASSIST KNOX leader of the Maryland bar and prob ably tho most ausoiuieiy iniiepuuuuiu and relentless pursuer of rogues in office that country knows. Bonaparto pays nuio aiieniion to pouuun. v,u' .u1 Iu a ilnmnprnf Although this plan has been In tho .rnodlnnl'a tnlrwl BniDO tlniM ItS IirOH- ent consummation Is a characteristic response to the oemanu irora several quarters that be should utter eorno unqualified declaration Indicative of a purpose to lot no guuiy one vcbij AFTERMATH w nlkt nnd was at Inst rescued by nnnie passcrs-by who rolled the water out of him and took him to a house out ot the path of the flood. All tho night following was a blank to lilm. only occasional fragments being re momloied. The Wells house was a lnrge squnro building having a cement cellar nnd n stone-lined well. Tho force ot tho wa ter completely washed the cement out or the collar, leaving nothing but tho excavation. It also took every rock out of tho wall ot tho well and left it nothing but tho bnro earth wnlls slmply n holo In tho ground. Ono of the Implement houses of tho city hnd n largo stock ot new wagons In their warehouse mid tho wnter played some queer prnnks with tho stock. Some of them were ground Into kindling wood and the Iron work was twisted Into all kinds ot shapes. Standing In tho midst of the wreckage was one ot the heaviest wagons, complete with the exception of the tires, which had been stripped olt by the wnter without straining or bonding n brace or n bolt. Some of tho wheels hnd lost tho hubs, but the spokes nnd the finis were Intnct. While on the street Mr. Bently enmo nrross n little boy nbout 11 yours old who wns crying bitterly. Tho Pendleton mnn stopped nnd nsk ed the trouble, nnd tho little one told him thnt he wns the only one left out of n largo ramlly. All had been drowned nnd ho was loft alone with out kith or kin in tho plnco thnt ho know. Mr. Bently suys thnt no tongue nor pen can dcserlpe only tho eye can faintly reallr.0 tho horrors of tho scenes enacted nt the plnco. Clothtnn Sent to Heppner. Tho goods donated by tho people of the city to tho roller committee of Heppner and collected nt uio city hnll by the ladles' committee, were boxed mi nnd sent away this nfter- noon. There were two Inrgu boxen nacked with the donations, which comprise all manner of clothes nnd wearing apparel. Most or tne tilings thnt were sent wero utmost us good as new nnd will be very aecoptablo to those nt the scone of tho flood who have lost all of their property, and tKey will be serviceable until they have n chance to purehnso clothes and conditions become normal iignln. The Pendleton committee hnvlng chnrge of the work wiib composed ot MesdamoH It. G. Thompson, C. J. Smith. (1, A. Hnrtmnn, It. Alexander, (Concluded on page 8.) TELEPHONE LINEMEN STRIKE PACIFIC COAST COMPANY TIED UP AT SAN FHANCI8CO. The Attitude of the Company Has Been Steadfastly Opposed to Grant inn Any of the Demands of the Strikers. Portland, Or., Juno 23. A Pacific States Telephone Company's linemen strike has been ordered genernlly throughout this district. Strike Is On In San Francisco. San Krnnelsco. Juno 2.1.- The eiu ployes of the Pncillc States Tele phone Company struck this morning. The strike Involves all the linemen of the company from BrltlBh Columbia to Arizona, or nearly I.K0O mostly here and ut l.os Angeles. Since President Sabln's return from Chicago tho company steaiirnstly re ruses to grant any Increase or wages or shorter hours. Tho mull nsk 15 per cent Increnso of wages for the same time. WANT A YOUNGER MAN. Labor Unions of Chicago Are De nounclng President Gompers. Chicago, Juno 23. Non-union freight hundlers nru being Imported lo take tho places of unionists who threaten to strike. The Krelgnl Handlers' Union was today notified by the Teamsters' Union that the lat ter uie opposed lo giving any assist ance. Dissatisfied With Gompers. Tho Coopers' Union today adopted resolutions criticizing Gompers. de claring that he has .been president too long and should bu replaced with u younger man. They declare l.is plans for the future of labor nro too Indefinite. The snmo resolution wi.i bo Introduced at tue meeting of the Central Ijibor Union, Sentenced to Death, Chelmsford, Hnglaiid, Juno 23.--Tho Jury trying HhiiiiioI Bengal for mur dering Camlllo Holland, at Moat House .two years ago, today brought In a verdict of guilty and ho was sen tenced to death. Asphalt Company Falls. JerBoy City, Juno 23, Tho Ameri can Asphalt Company was this aftur noon reported insolvent by Chancel lor Stevenson, and restrained from doing business, THREATENS TO E Postal Investigation Develops Some Unexpected and Very Startling Phases. CONGRESSMAN SILVEY IS ALSO DISCREDITED. Charged that the Specification for the Pennsylvania's Contracts Shut Out Competition and That He Em ploys Child Labor The Maehlno Threatens to Retaliate. Washington, Juno 23, --Postmnstor (lenernl Pnyno will bo naked to Invos tlgnte tho contract under which tho tionorul Mnnlfoldlng Co., ot Franklin, Pn., supplies carriers' register hooks. Congressman Sllvoy Is snld to bo ono of the principal owners. It is chorged, mining other things thnt child labor Is employed, nnd Hint spoelllcatlona are so drnwn for nwnrd Hint nil com petition is shut out. Patent enrbon paper is used, Machln Will Retaliate. It Is understood Mnchln Is contem plating nn onslnught upon Congress mnn I.uud, of California, In relation to recent letters making caustic criti cism of Machln's methods of conduct lnir tho froo delivery division, Mn chln has repeatedly doclnred Ioml gets tho lion's share when It comes to, extension ot favors rrom his divis ion. Says the Lorens are innocent. Toledo, O.. Juno 23,--Attornoy Kuniptor. attorney for 1-oren and wife, Indicted ut Washington today Tor complicity In tho postotllco scan dals says his clients can establish a complete derenso. lie says Loren has no connection oven In tho romotest own case, but vigorously donles com plicity. AMERICAN FORGER. Arrest In London of a Swindler of Ennllth Banks. Uniilon, Juno 23. A. M. Asliton, who describes himself as an Amorl can Journalist, was arraigned this morning charged with forging chocks on Uuiduu banks. Two mentioned In the charge aggregate Iu nhount r.,l nlliinhna groat Importance to the arrest, as they believe It to bo tho work of a skillful American gang pnrt of a. clever sciicmo lor n wiiijicbuiu iibhi. POLICE COURT AFFAIRS, One Case of Assault and Battery, One of Fast Driving and one of Hon bery. Judge Kltz uoraiil nail a nusy uino t Mm HOMHlnn nf tho ill," ,,,.. in .- - , city court. Tho case If tho statu vs. George U)vo waH urougiu up mm " trial wns sol lor ramnnuy hi ,p. m. 11 is a case of assault aim battery, c Ing from tho neighborhood of Ju- ..I..,,- Iliirln.r Hi,, U, 'limit fllectlon held there recently, the defendant bo- James Derail, and In the light thu lat ter got tho worst of tho urguntont, and as a result ha had the defendant Iu this action arrested for assault. Jens Jensen, a Norwegian, wns or- lestud on Sunday afternoon for fast driving on tho streets of the city and wns allowed to go after deposltlng 20. Ho wuh to havo been tried this morning, nut railed to snow up imu Ills ban was lonouuu iu iuu en .n ,li,li II. 1 ,iy,lU nl I ,1 lirilllllll Will u mnn named Chnrles Williams and this city. Williams had $00 In hla- rut i i in iiirria iiifun uiu inn iiiiriiin T (V ' - 7 in fniiiiirr iiim ttim ir umih mi nit nn and S10.7C watt (omul In his pockuti nrwi it... nttini ir ftiiutu wnu litmrfm r liultnr & Ohk'b wlioro u imu c nan kg IUU fSU. la unlilkK I flit llflflimitl 111 UIil 111 u rnlgncd and his preliminary lienrin win uu imu. Four persons hnvo died In llosto in less than a mouth of slumlord. INVOLV LOUD