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QAILY EVENING EDITION
Eastern Oregon Weather
fEXDLETOX, nLvTILLA
Tonight ami Saturday partly
cloudy anil tlirvatonlnx. '
CEIUE
SENTENCE
i Verdict Returned
Famous Kentucky
base.
W"-L BE RETIRED.
COUXTY, OllJGGOX, VWl DAY, All'ST 11, 100;$.
M
I FIGHT
I IN THE JURY ROOM,
r;um Was to Prevent
Icontest of Last Fall's
Louis is Accused of r.nM
,,.Ex'rt'on Frm Government. "
Washington, Aug 14 v t
for 30 cents per pound, when thf
market price is only 24 cents
1-ouls is a renc of the' Heath
regime His conduct with the Inl
exception .. .aid to ho above '
NOT A CANDIDATE.
General Miles Favors General Black
for Commander-in-Chief
arrival hf.' AU& i-G Miles
V?t . s mornlDP. cn route to
lh am.not a candidate for commander-in-chief
of the G. A. It. I
Breathitt County Jett , e nomination of Gen-
' . cral Jnhn c- B'aPk. The Grand Armv
nea on a onange of was created for the cnmmn .i,u
and not for the professionals, ii
. ' ,avo ,ha(l honor enough in the mill-1
Aug U The jury in j tary 1,,le " I
case at 9 this morn-
the following verdict: DENOUNCES THE MOB.
e defendants, Curtis I
White, guilty, and fix ! cm Justice Lore, of Delaware. Ad
DISSENSIONS lESTWl i
OF CHRISTIANS; IN WEST INDIES!
i
NO. US
STRICKEN BLIND ON ENGINE.
t
Alliance of England, Austria
and Russia Advocated
the House of Commons.
in
United States Consul on Mar
tinique Reports the Island
Devastated.
3t it connnemem in
for life
lis trrlved at after an
Ion. At S 30 this morn-
km asked if they had
iMict, but received no
lent back, and half an
mart was surprised by
is! of an agreement.
I of the Crime,
HELD THAT THE TURKS ARE
NOT ALTOGETHER TO BLAME.
The Insurgents Meet With Severe
Reverses, and Several Villages Are '
Destroyed The Turks Lose a'
Train of Eighty Wagons Russian !
Legation Was Stoned by Populace. '
j Belgrade. Aug. 14. The windows'
of the Russian legation here were'
stoned last night by a mob to show '
sympathy for the murder of the Rus- Franro, saying that tho cane
THOUSANDS OF HOUSES
UTTERLY DESTROYED.
Provisions and Other Supplies Are
Needed at Once The Hurricane
Extended to Jamaica, Where There
Was Much Loss of Life and Many
People Were Injured.
Washington, Aug. H. The stnte
department has received a dispatch
from Consul Jewell, at Port do
dresses Chautauqua. I slan consul at Manastlr ti, n.,.i Jr., ' . '
Chautauoua v v a,. lace onenlv Si.i .', 1 7"Yu""""ya',.calmai-10.
7 ' -- - 'i "Mfc,. it. 1 lie ' . . ' i.ituim ui
fonlliro f ..... i.i '
ui luc asM-muiy ioaay was an
address by Chief Justice Lore, of
Delaware, who is charged with hav
ing caused the recent lynching at
Wilmington by refusing an Immedi
ate trial for the accused. His address
was on mob law, which he severely
arraigned, characterizing it no
ir which Jett and cny. which sooner or later would over-
ii convicted was the lI1w me nation unless stopped,
ittorney named Mar-
iiij his influence and i Californlan Dies.
iriKumg 10 tiring about the assassi
nation of the consul.
Insurgent Reverses.
Vienna, Aug. 14. The Diezelt says
that Turkish troops nursiipil nrd .li.
persed 2,000 insurgents near Monas
tir. The Turks then perpetrated ter
I rible atrocities upon the inhabitants
i of the valiages. The Turks destroy
ed 14 villages in the districts of Us-
; kuo anu veleze.
Northern Pacific Engineer Injured by
Boiling Water,
S.nttlo, Ann. 1 1. A Jot of boiling
water struck William Tracy blind
Saturday morning. Tracy Is a loco
mot Ivo engineer on the Northern Pa
cific. The accident happened In his
cab as ho was taking the engine to
the roundhouse.
In some manner the water gauge
broke. This is 0n tho engineer's sldo
of tho cnh. Tho engineer got the full
force of a boiling hot steam. Ho
sank screaming to the floor of tho
cub.
His fireman hastened to tho sldo ot
tho prostrate man. Ho was unable to
do much. Ho had to handle the en
gine and hud nothing with which to
lellove tho pain.
Tracy was taken to the SVattlo
genera! hospital by the oily ambu
lance Ij.s Injuries were dressed. He
is scnituw anout the face and will
lose the lKht 0f one and perhaps
both eyes'
FNINCHL
ECIS
LOTION
Attempt to Frame a Measure
That Will Receive. Non-Par-tlsan
Support.
fruit and vorctnliles .in .ineiHw.iv
destroyed.
Kvcry town and village was injur
ed, and thousands of houses are
down. The deaths were few. Com
munication is difficult. llreadRtufTs
provisions and galnized roofings I stricken parents calling him. Ho
STRANGE DEATH OF BOY.
Experiences Two Distinct Deaths.
Witnessed by Prominent Citizens.
Stockton, Cnl Aug. 14. All Stock
Ion Is taming over tho physlclc phe
nomenon attending the death of Wal
ter Smith, Min ot J. Walter Smith, n
prominent citizen of this city. The
hoy apparently died, tho body was
laid out and preparations begun for
tho fuueial. Suddenly the Bunnosei!
dead boy opened his eyes and began
to talk. Ho said ho had been dead
and had been to heaven, but had to
come back when ho heard his grief'
khich Curtis Jett and '
::sed, was success-
fc to effect a recount. Oakland. Aug. H. William D. Ig-i po t near Vodena and secure,! It
fta Breathitt county l.sh died at 4 this morning, following , 000.' They alscapturer 80 wagons
fcTrS , heJ?.tU5 : IL fL e?JUA He ' la. th meats and other suppTe
crate In California nl aemo' j lor tne Turkish army near Oshrlde
Christian Dissensions.
kMe In tho court- . I London. Aue. 14. In the honso nf
feconnocted with the ' U CD P n C P np IMPTJUUPrP ! commons today Mr. Balfour said the
was shot down in ; UUUI lUIUUll U UU I J nil IJ 1 il one deenest source of mlsnhief in
kusassin who came l Macedonia Is the dissensions between
I The preponderance ! " I the Christians. The Turk is deep In
! that Jett did the 1 xuoiirsu-r nncc.m r- ... guilt, but undoubtedly he cannot lie
k White was an ac-! . I blamed entirely. Macedonians are in
man was MURDERED j a miserable condition. The nollcv of
great surprise, to Pon,,p . nrmnrrnU u ' Great Btain should be to support
pirn gptoW ou., iPine" of 0re9n Dled Verv Sud- Austria and Russia In their endeavors
T I Hani. Dntt. m.J tt t-, j ' . . - ...
1 ""'"J "u wds tjurica j io reiorm conauions.
nanc-ne Ltii, Condemned to Death.
Some Property. Constantlnonle A.m 1J.A rn.,rt.
yesterday
will tind a ready sale.
Destruction In Jamaica.
Washington, Aug. 14. Consul
Hridgeman, of Kingston, cables tho
state department that Port Antonio
The insurgents robbed a Turkish was sreatly damaged by tho hurri
cane, lie reports that dead and In
jured are coming In constantly.
upplles
new I rjai.
! were In the court-'
B..i .1 ...
I'm iuc HTUICl Ca m- ' msirt nl vnstorHni- nnrlomno.l tn
into tears. News , k"Sene. Or.. Aug. 14. Anthony I Ap..h ,h Finiiarnlo ohn, tho
J returned rnosen "bite Laughlin. an old pioneer of SS'n,,.- . j
"til. Colonel Ewen and u former resident of Lane Bentence was immealately' carried
one juror MVcd died last Saturday at Bu te. ' out Another gendarme was sentenc-
capital punish. Mont-- wuere lie has resided for the ed t0 15 vears I)ena, servtude.
out 12 hours for I uasl lew ears. He came to uregon !
i among the first settlers and fought ni-j en... n...r.
tow preparinir a mo- Indians in the famous Rogue ' . ,,
AL which U ta Wver Indian uprising a quarter of a: TI)0 Sumpter Va ley railroad will
' centur- ncn. Kor nis services ne had "" ......
j just received $212 from the State of
Oregon as his part of the $100,000
. appropriated for Indian war veterans.
The circumstances of his death are
, somewhat suspicious. He had deed-
ed all his property, consisting of two
, houses in Butte and considerable per
sonal property, amounting to about
RELIEF MEASURES.
Floods in Silesia Demand Governmen
tal Appropriations.
Berlin, Airg. II. Emperor William
presided at a meeting of tho crown
council today to consider measures
for the relief of Silesia, where there
Is great distress on account of tho
recent floods.
It has been alleged that tho minis
ters refused government aid for tho
sufferers, it is generally expected
that resignations will bo handed in,
but no such action has been taken.
The ministers reported direct to tho
emiieror and explained their attitude.
lived three hours. His (.ecoml death
was without any of tho asonv which
attended his first apparent pnRsing
to the beyond. Fully a dozen well
known citizens witnessed tho remark
able happening.
Salisbury's Health Improving.
London. Aug. 14. Uml Salisbury
passed a lestful night nnd show n
slight improvement.
RUSSIA'S PON III ASIA
ENGLISH STATESMEN
EXPRESS MUCH CONCERN.
Ill be overruled.
T PROROGUED.
Reviews British Af
"i Detail.
H Parliament was
"""I November 2.
Seattle's First Postmaster Dead.
Seattle, Aug. 14. William H. Gil
liam, Seattle's first postmaster, died
yesterday at his homo in this city,
after a short Illness Mr. Gilliam was
prominently Identified with Seattle's
early history. Ho fought Indians hero
when this was but a small village.
Baker City to La Grande tomorrow. ! inirlng the Siwash war of 1855, .Mr,
No one who has not atta ned tho ace ijiniam was driven from his home,
of 05 years, will be eligible to ride in The Indians burned his house, then
the excursion. A special train has ne nnesi in seauie, and they laid
been chartered from the O. R. & N. waste his fields.
to be run from Baker to La Grande
and return. A picnic will be held in . Armour Stable Burn.
the grove near the sugar factory, 1 Kansas City. Aug. 14. Flro this
Lord Hamilton Admits Conditions
May Arise When England Will Not
Have Uninterrupted Use of Present
Routes to India.
l)ndon, Aug. 14 Lord Geuigi
Hamilton, secretary of statu for India.
In opening the annual stnt out of
the Indian budget In tho house of
commons today, read an encouraging
etorv of the nmm-pRci nn.l Rtntilllfv .f
Indian flnancoH. Ho nolnted out that I'ltlon nlso will bo pressed upon thn
there had been substantial surnlim In "ttoimon f congress soon after It
ANXIOUS CONFERENCES
WITH THE PRESIOENT.
Glove Contract Scandals Were Alio
Under Consideration Cuban Recip
rocity One of the Measures to De
Acted Upon Finance Bill to Se
cure an Elastlo Currency.
Oyster Bay. Aug. 1 1. President
liooaevelt was In conference this
morning with Secretary Shaw and
later with Senators Aldrlch, Carlisle
Cullom and Comptroller of tho Cur
loncy Hldgely. rno president Invited
Carlisle to give his views on tho mon
etary problem now confronting, Thoy
nio framing a mensnro designed to
meet tho wishes and views of both
democrats and republicans,
This afternoon the president nnd
Secretary Hitchcock and Congress
man I.uuterbach, or Now York, hold
a long discussion believed to bo rel
ative to tho glove contracts In which
Congressman Llettnuer la Involved,
ua Lnuterbach Is one of the latter'
attorneys.
Work of a Special Session.
The whole subject of financial log
Islatlon at the approaching session
of congress was discussed thorough
ly. No definite conclusions as to tho
shape of the proposed legislation wnro
reported. Tho confeienco related
rather to methods of procedure In tho
work at hand than to tho form of the
icgismuon.
Ono fnrt of distinct Importance
was developed at tho conference.
While an extraordinary session of
congress next fall Is assured, it has
not been determined dellnltoly wheth
er It will bo called to meet In Octo
ber or In November. It has been sup
posed that tho extraordinary session
would convene on Monday, Novombor
ti, but the Indications now are that
It will be called for tin earlier date,
perhaps Bovoral weeks earlier.
The primary purposo of tho extra
oi dlnary session will lie to enact leg
islation making operative the Cuban
leciproclty treaty, but lltmnclnl logls-
n the Turkifch sit.
at the pacifica
"31 and Orange
orning In ho stables of tho Armour
caused $20,000 loss. Two hund
the excursionists will be shown the red horses were rescued with dlllicui
wonders of the establishment. ty.
Wcch reviewed his j $io ooo to his nurse Miss IJlliau and one of the features of tho trip mornin,
! believed good ro-1 Hare : ha vine L rSves He was in wl" be a vlslt to th 'actor'' where P'ant ci
(from ti, !.. "are, haying no retain es. tie was in i . vllr!..nn-ta ...... Hhnv. .nn ,,. nfir
' .uv 11B1L .11 .1 1. . 1 . 1. .. .1 r,,,M,,n,,. Wat.
um Honors shown r,inv mmnlnir Miss Hare ordered
the funeral to be held at 4 o'clock
on the same afternoon, with no an-1
nouncement of the funeral to bis A
manv friends In Butte. Since then i tl
the young woman has not been at
home to friends and detectives have
been working on the case.
1 their reduction of
the strongest '
the advancement '
, ''eland. He was
by his recent re-
No
SCARE.
There I.
11 Pendleton.
te that l.no
nation j-estenlnv
" dwindle 0
, ; wmethlng about
Woman's Auxiliary.
Wnshlneton. Aue. 14. The Wo-
I man's Auxiliary of the I. T. U. today
re-elected Mrs. Kennedy, of Omaha.
I president and apjiolnted a committee
: to work with the Typographical
Union in Its fight' against the Los An
I geies Times.
CRAZY MAN KILLS FOUR PEOPLE
like
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general health
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it "i.ii.Jft,
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GRAIN MARKETS.
Quotations Furnished by Coe Commis
sion Company B, E. Kennedy, Lo
cal Manager,
Chicago, Aug. 14.-Stocks touched
the high notches today. Consolidated
copper opened at 70 and closed at
84 and was as high as 85.
Rock Island, Union Pacific. Mis
souri Pacific and L. & N- stocks all
sold high and were bought ier
''AlMhe markets of the day were
bulled, from beginning io
Wheat uk"u-
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Minneapolis, Aug. 11
Wheat- Pnlng-
Sept
Dec sn
Close.
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Close.
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Winfleld, Kan., Aug. II. At 9
o'clock last night, while Camen's
band was playing Its weekly concert
on Main street to a crowd of 5,000
people, Gilbert Twlgg, a crazy man,
opened fire on the crowd with a double-barreled
shotgun loaded with
bullets. As a result, four are now
dead, time are dyinij and no less
than 20 are injured, perhaps five or
six fatally.
The band had Just finished a selec
tion when Twlgg stepped out from
an alley a block distant and deliber
ately taking aim, fired two shots at
tne bandstand. Tho band leader fell
at the first shot. The crowd, not re
alizing what had bapined, rushed town.-;
the killer, believing it an acci
dental shooting. As the crowd closed
In the crazy roan discharged two more Jured.
shots at them, causing the mass to
scatter In every direction.
With the crowd fleeing, the man
stood tiring at random In every direc
tion. Men and women howled and
shrieked and ran, but not ono seemed
able to stop the frightful carnago un
til Oillcer Georgo Nichols confront
ed 111 in and fired a bullet Into his
head. Before life was extinct, how
ever, tho demented man drew a re
volver and fired a shot Into his own
body,
Dead and wounded by this time
were scattered all over the street and
frightened people, not knowing where
tho shooting was coming from, sought
safety In every quarter. Fully half
an hour elapsed before they realized
what had happened and recovered
sufficiently to take euro of the in
BOODLING MULTNOMAH COUNTY OFFICIALS
Portland, Aug. 14. There Is a of thousands of dollars In overy de
scandal here today occasioned by ab- partment. The gang had hcadquar
solute proof that an organized gang teis in tho county clerk's oflice. Ex
of boodlers infested all the county pert Black's report Is out showing
offices under the last cdministratlon. that Multnomah county was for years
The tax-payers have been mulcted out In tho bands of thieves.
; the last three years, amounting to
il&.zr.o.OOO this year. Tills llnaiiclal
situation will ennblo tho government
to reduce tho salt tax by 25 per cent
and make considerable remissions of
tho Incomo tax.
Lord George Hamilton said the
fears regarding a scarcity of food In
India this year might bo dismissed.
Ho considered the proposal that
Indian should contribute to the cost
of the troops to ho kept In South
Africa as reasonable. They had to
fate tho fact that Russia was advanc
ing in Central Asia, and ns that pow
er Inci.'UKi'd her strength so she In
ereasdl her power of mobilization
No responsible minister should Ignore
the undoubted fact that Russia had
steadily consolidated her p'ower In
Central Asia.
Routes Not Secure.
IJvery homo military man liao bc.-u
compelled to admit that In certain
eventualities largo reinforcements
must be sent to India, while every na
val man expressed the opinion that In
such an eventuality there might bo it
combination or other difficulties In
the way of guaranteeing tho traiiH
tHirt of troops from Great Britain to
India. Ho regrets that I lie Indian
government did not take tho same
view. If Viceroy Cuizou and Uird
Kitchener both maintained their ob
jection to tho scheme It would have
to be dropped.
DIED OF FRIGHT.
Thought a Team Vas Running Away,
Fainted and Died,
Rochonter, N. Y., Aug. 14. Ger
trude Ryan, of this city, ngod 10
years, is dead at West Webster, from
fright. The child had bt-on visiting
In the country for her hoalth. She
saw n team In tho yard and thought
It was running away. She fainted und
later died. An autopsy showed In
flamed membrane of tho brain und
pericardium of the heart and stom
ach filled with undigested food. This
physical combination was such that
the fright added to it cauiod death.
convenes.
It Is tho desire of tho senate finan
cial committee to bo constantly In
tone hwlth thu prosldont, with other
senators, with members of the house,
with hunkers of the West as well us
those of tho East, and with (ouutry
hunkers, so that some plan ot legisla
tion may bo formed by tho opening
oi Hie extraordinary session of con
gress. II Is the hoK) of tho commllteo to
devise a genuinely olustlc' currency
system u systom that will expand
when tho necessity shul ariHe, and
(oiitract when the necessity sliull
have ceased to exist.
Hope for Non-Partisan Agreement
Senator Aldrlch when asked by a
press correspondent with reference to
the visit of the senators to tlio pres
ident, said:
"The republican inoinhorx of the
tub committee who recently met 'or
an Informal conf'-r Jin-e ul Waiwlck.
It. I., tallied with I lie president about
llnanclal conditions and the need ot
legislative changes. No bill has been
drafted or agreed upon, and nuiiu will
be until after thu fullest Humiliation
with our democratic associates ot thu
sub-committee, and all tho members
of the financial committee. It Is,
however, our purposu to have u bill
In readiness for presentation to tbo
M'liali' at tho beginning of the extra
session If one sliull be culled In Octo
ber or November. Wo are hopeful
that a bill can he ugiued upon and re
ported that will receive the approval
of both houses of congress and afford
ptompt und efficient relief to the bus
iness Interests ot the wholu country."
Politician Suicides.
Indlumipolls, Aug. 14 (leorgo Con
mr, formerly assistant secretary of
stutn of Indiana, and ono of the best
known men In Ibis section of tho
country, suicided this morning by
ilirolng lilnmelf In front or a pas
senger train.
Toxas fever has broken out among
csitk- In some parts of ICansus.