KlGEDITION BAILY EVENING EDITIOR reJ r' residence Im,.iiO(I T c,,rrlor ' Eastern Oregon Weather i5c A WEEK, Toalght nnd Friday fair. COUNTY, OllEGOJTlll'liSDAY, A I'd' I'ST 20, U)0." NO. -'kS . ie Sold. NDEO AC t i Inditions of Weather lorablc for Beauti- Iding. 4 Lc NUMBER URIOUS SPECTATORS. Lied Off, the Time Limit busted Day Has Been irnatlng Clear Weathsr Rains, But the Dol- e persistent. lug. 20. Al !i Hcllnnco, la tug, started for Sandy lip. Six minutes lator lik tow. At y:2o tiio com- I Navigator, rounded tho touted for tho starting Is longing for a smooth wind in order to show Iter best, Is realized this purling four-Knot wind fthwest, which lator veer- It Had hauled to tho i gentle roll on the sea. kht was followed by low- k, wltli fog and mmt. uu- larosc and shot through kd Starting Point. lance reached the light- tow and hroko out In feal!. A sudden summer few minutes later. It lining heavily, tho wind kuthwest. Shamrock dropped her headsalls ami lo the southeast. loneourse of Spectators. are tacking hack and line stariing line, with IC CLOSES THE SE3S At 11:20 nn nvtrnmni,, i, Sis S 'r Z'ZlT 8U,nlclc,'t "or . ' . Th0 raln scomct to beat tiio wind out and at 11- is u i,f d ,iin,i ont almost entirely, an, 1 " Vat wore merely drifting. Unless Hip time limn " 10 At noon tho hut had ,,r0bai.; r,:,"T! m-uvy 11 nn ;r,t ......... ont all sight from tho shore. The "' yacht, are making lioor headway. At io.in - yachts poking out of tho mist toward ho scabright indicate the racing nelits are being brought about on the port tack. Outside the Time Limit. M 12:13 both linnla n.- .,.. .. misty outline heading toward Sen bright, close together. At 12:30 both vnehtR nw ,iiui,.i sz ' """" srus ararys nn n . nX, . "... , J,eul. "U?"L ! w 1011 J01m Heliry Smith, of Utah. PROPS OE OIS ASSESSMENT Delegates to Trans-Missis-sippi Congress Adjourned in a Rush Last Night. THOUGHT THEY WERE DOOMED TO WALK HOME. Threatened Strike of Street Car Men Causes a Sudden Stampede From the Hall No One Left to Vote on Motion to Adjourn Thrilling Speech Broken Off In the. Middle. Ik Mi am lu speaking ui tin- mallei. s.liil; "It Is tup dosiro of tho assessor that I n wnny as possible will examine their assessments. Ho has exorcised Ills right under the law to assess property not given In by the owner, and It would be more satisfactory to all concerned to havo tho nmnaMv. holdors oxnmliio (lie rolls after Hipv j are In the hands of tho board, which w 111 meet In tho oliic o of tho county ' rlprtr fri.m II... .Me. ..r ...... . .... I IS IT NEW Every Opportunity Will Be f.lerk, frHm th 3181 tiiis month n- h 11 , tlo T of September. It might rtnoruea io secure Needed Amendments to the Rolls. THREE 1 MEN IN UMATILLA no, wnoro the nmomnr lm lu.n.i property not given by the owner, that his Information was erroneous in some nart nmi ii.uo i... inin.tu. .... j lnnt to some one In tho county. Ho noes not desire that, but simply wishes all to boar their share of tho taxation as borne out by the proporty lecords, and for that reason umil.l COUNTY ARE COMPLAINING.'1."50 ,0 hav-' tp " examined lie- lore uiey ntv ttiined over for eollee tlon." Tho assessor has prepared a num ber of blanks upon which will l. not. ed ary and all mortgages found upon tho records as not satisfied, mill these notifications will bo sent to the persons holding the mortgages. In this way any person who has a mort gage subject to taxation will know dm. It lo .... ..... ...... i ..... . i The county assessor and his depu- , V" V, ' " " " ". l tios are bard at work nti the rolls get-1 noted on (ho records, tho matter can ting them In shape for the board of!1'0 adjusted before the board, lly all equalization, which moots In tho of. "H'8C. "" " " "oped lo get tho The O. R. & N. Is Expected to Make a Protest, But It Is Not Believed the W. & C. R. Will All Who Are Dissatisfied Are Asked to Present Their Protests and Claims Aug, 31. S IS SCARCE Macedonia in a lurmoil, But Little Can Bo Learned From the Interior. ENGLAND IS LAYING LOW AND SAYING LITTLE. " Star.,Kiatacl;. foI1l 'V He. ' who was presiding tern porar iv. mi t ' BL r ..... " i; ' , , i l"si w slll5"r ? Uat they will no 111 ed his band for nr.W nnrf n.,nn.,.l I . . ; ",;,""',ra"..ra,s; fire f county clerk on the last I fairn an . , " U 1:05 both worn bimml.l nl,n,,t , th. i, .... ' V" u.ll"r.ta i Monday of the month, which will fall I comes to i.av tho lnvn t!..,r uin i. tho port tack, Reliance slowly but I hurry to tne city, for there was a ru- lhls tlme 0,1 1,10 last ilay of the month. 110 delay, or vexation, or dlssiuisfae- -' i'.ii..b """l tiuill nilUHUllCK. ' mor tliat t in strop! onv moi,l,r n lins ml'M rnrnl ..,.., . ... (1,., . TMn innln DnA. .. n . . .. - ... uuitin OlUUl U UI Lilt! TirST 1 II, f Ml, I r.n D.r ,. r, ., As real Idea of ability to point into the nfternoon winu was obtained. It was Upton's Five minutes later the hall was weather and water conditions, and ' cleared, not only of women but of liol anco was certainly pointing high- men as well. Thurman G. Palmer or Into the wind, while at tho same was In the middle of an able paper tlmo there Is little likelihood of the telling about the Philippines, when race being finished within the time , the announcement of a possible limit. Itellance partisans are gleeful , strike was made, llefore the hall over the showing of the pony de- was entirely deserted, one man had fender. nresenco of mind left in mnl.-n n m... alphabet, already having added the totals and balanced tho accounts, and hopes to have the whole roll balanced by tho time, the board meets. How ever, if lie 4-s unable to get the bal ances all ready, he will get the totals. to that each' man can see at a glance katlons were that tho probably run IE miles linen break homo. felon fleet, uu in former (1 out Into a procession rrows, with decks black Preceding thorn are i cutters, acting as police command of Captain no revenno cuttor Gres- Ills alung Highlands beach with knotB of spectators opes. aily Hook Is noted for contrary breezes, tho celling itBoIf today. Tho I the compnsH within threo more Interest in tho pros- i was over boforo shown. began to wend Its way to prom early this morning, prausamis of fashionably. F'en. R Is tho largest ever witnessed an inter- KM race, and took ovoiy pns to got hore. Vessels ascription Uridine ready lor tickets. Although tho peusejy patriotic, nil ad ll ton. Indent Englishmen. luig. 20. Immense crowds fig tho bulletins, snrnnelv pt Shamrock will win, 1 formor rncos. tho iveonlo , , p. y Light Betting. Aug. 20. Tho hotting fi Is verv llirht. Slvtit.ii Pilars was nlaecd liv Fred ptcliance at 2 to 1, tho Iarg- ouuiiiiocic money Is not H and tmlnv uu. nrrlvnlu Ity lu getting hotel accom- no Woldorf-Astor a ins ' registry 111 11m history it : ri'lOWU LMinalH frnm nil Md. Inclinlim n 18 other prominont hotels 1 UClr n mint ..ni.nnltv k'KUn lo I'inglng. "Ho'n n Jollv Rood n llftV llnll.i..nn AIM.. , V.lt,.l.U ...... ' enthusiastic rooters W Yorlr nn fliA Vnpllt W.nniuuth, which loft nil the points of Interest to him. The. assessment this year will be Steamer men estimate 2(1,000 people1 Hon to adjourn, but no ono stayed ahont 00 per, cent higher than It was are out on craft from hero witness- long enough to vote on tho question. lnKt L'ar a". ovt'r 1,10 'i"ty, and ing the race. . Though official action has not vot ln'f mme taxes nign, u iii. s wiu winu is ueau nat on unorc, i H!n taKCn, u is generally under tho yachts maklng'slow time. Smart stood that the next session of the northwestern blowing off Highlands congress will be held In St. LouIr, beach, which may reach the racers In during the World's Fair. Itlchard C. a short time. Kerens, republican lender of Missouri Still Salllno to Kill Time. 1 was unanimously olected president At 1:30 both yachts were brought ! l0r next year. Washington had a uboiit on a starboard tack and head- candidate, In A. L. Hindi, of What cd down shore. Rollnnco Is about a ' -ni. hut as the next meeting Is to quarter of a railo to windward of the i lie hold lu St. Louis the name of chnllnnirnr. llnlinnrr, shows sllirht Kerens met with Instant favor. Ulack gain, but In weathor like today any ! was named ns first vice-president Neck Broken by Cable. Portland, Aug. 20. Joseph U Hindi, a well-known logger, was acci dentally killed yosterday nt Kinney's logging camp, on lirny's ltlver. Ho wns assisting In tho removal of a what his p.operty is assessed at and I line on fho back of tho h4d His neck wns broken and death was slight Bhunt of the wind may turn the tables. At 1:40 Itellance is Increasing her . (Concluded on page 5.) Arthur K. Francis, of Cripple Creek. Col., was re-elected secretary. MAY RECONSIDER. GUSHEI OF HIGH GRADE OIL Canal Treaty May Secure Another Hearing at Bogota, will not be out of proportion with the increased valuation nnd earning capacity of the properties so taxed This fact seems to be recognized gen erally out tho county, for In very few Instnnces lias anyone made com plaint that their assessment lins been rlnced too high, or given notice that they would appeal to the county board for a decrease In the valuation of their property. Three men in the county so far have expressed tIicmKel.es as dissat isfied with their assessment and have signified thai they would tako the matter to the board, llesldes this, It is expected that the O. It. & N. will have a slight kick coming, not bocausn their assessment is too high, but because it Is a way that the FIFTY-BARREL OUTPUT TEN MILES FROM FIELD. Washington, Aug, 20. Assistant corporations have. The assessment Secretary of Stalo Adeo has roccl.ed , 0f the O. It. & N. and the W. & C. a cablegram from Minister Heaupro ..nunanles has lieen readjusted at Bogota, dated August 12, saying j mui potb properties have been raised that efforts nre being made to beciire OVer what they carried last year In a further consideration of the canal , the last assessment the W. & C tnstniitnueoiiH. Ills body was brought down to tho mouth of Orny's Ulver on a pack horse, a dlstanco of six miles, nnd-wlll pmlinbly bolntwsted at that point. Deceased was about 33 years of ago, and leaves a wlfo and two hllilren. Ills wife's relatives llvo at SiiunyHtde, lu this city, Noted Turfman Dead, l.oulsvlllo, Aug. 20. Hiram Scog' gnu, nie noted turfman, who onco owned Pioctor Knott nnd other crack ineers, died nt his homo this morning after n long Illness. Coming to America. London, Aug. 20. Uird Huberts sails for Hoston Monday on an ex tended tour of America, BANK CLERK TOONS BANDIT 9:30. SUn SOllllilnil nt 11.015. shore, tho aturt was i. n ninn six ling Kl'anco Immediately lJ ",uu mo lino uoais r n tho staruoard tack. r 'I ObscUrlnr, R.nlr. Kentucky Fields Have Never Been , Prolific in Yield, But the Product Has Always Been of a High Quality. Somersot, Ky,. Aug. 20. Tho great-1 est oil well in tiio history or mo Wnvnn county fields was struck this 1 treaty by compromise. KEFFER WILL HANG. Escaped Lynching, But Confronts Death Legally Imposed. It. wnb assessed almost as high as the , larger road, and this has been chang 1 cd this year. Ily the later valuation ! one mile of tho O, It. & N. will be a i ai out i ne same in vuiue u i" uuu one-half miles of the Hunt line. This took Into consideration the earning Cheyenne. Aug. 20. -Tho supremo- ,, (f tllo Ul vaIuo of tho CW trllll r,l ,....1 I., fnr-l nil Al. , ,niiKl ....lo.. .Imiliwl Knnnt- n .11 morning and is g uw iinp uiai.d he will be executed September f , mannKlm.nt ,lT1(, POn. per hour. Tho strike is 10 miles from . K(,ft-OI. mul.(Ie,Pli staKe driver ,-..,..,' ,)f ti, two n(,g The small- tiio nearest well There ' and narrowly escaped lynching last f.'S Intoned wUh tl.e St5 It cltemcnt In the now Bold 1-e pim luct w,.eU. Th0 aRe ,,,.Ver was killed , , , m(, HW.g J0 ,ll8t,C0 1! r ' nv other well In 'the "Vtr tW VLL ' " ' - " U.. '."""P'1. tne larger line win come 10 me buuiw field, which has never boon extremely prolific compareu wuu unm-i uu Pennsylvania or tiio Texas fields. On tho other hand, Kentucky oil has always been very profitable on ac count of tho oxpenso of refining being less that tho output of any other field i.. United States. Its by-product of pnraflno Is tho purest In quality of any marketed In the world, while its grades of lubricants nro superfine GRAIN MARKETS. Quotations Furnished by Coe Commis sion Company-B. E. Kennedy, u cal Manager. f.i.tr.n.. Amr. 20. Stock markot was strong but not active. All the. s, bsta tlal properties sold high and Hie roic Ion from tho extremely high rices of three days ago was not pro united States Stool stock c loseu 1 WBw than op?0(1- R September wheat sold ns low as SO cents and the market was acthe. so so 82 50 Close. S2M 79 opened WANT REINSTATEMENT. conclusion when the matter Is taken 1 before the board to be settled. All Victims of the Recent Slump Will Get f dle uthir contention that arises, Back Into the Fight, ! If any does, will be the same when Mn.v York Aug "0 It Is icported the people see that the assessments thrt the Talbot"' Taylor Cou'.pany, are Mgl-r all over the county which went down In tho recent slump Another thing that tho assessor has on Wall street expect to make appll- done. Is to assess all of tho mortga cation for reinstatement on the Stock ges fiom the records. It may bo as Exchange The basis of settlement a result of this procedure that some with creditors Is not made public, but of the iieople will be asked to Pjiy on U understood to be till cents Oil me instruments umi. iiu.c m-iu I ,0ur. but thlB can be easily settled. SEATTLE YOUNG MAN GETS OUT OF THE NARROW WAY. Put Up a Fight But Takes to Flight, and Is Captured by the Police li Known In Business Circles. Seattle, Aug, 20. Hurry Dryden, a clerk lu the Washington National Hank, was arrested for burglary last night while holding up several per sous In Dm San Juan lodging house, Insurgents Are Threatening Vendenj Turks Defeat Rebels In a Village Which They Afterward Dctroy Russia, Austria, Italy and France Active Protectants About Condition of Affairs. Vienna. Aug. SO. A report reached here tills morning that the Insurgents wltli creditors Is not niado public, but The news Is hard to (iintirm as all the wlrea from S.ihiulca nnd Menus tlr to Hie Servian frontier nre do st royed. England Laying Low. London, Aug. 20 Tho admiralty toila denies hnvlntc ordered a Hoot to Salonlcn. Great llrltaln la playing a minor role. Thoro Is considerable Interest as to whether tho United Slates will order a licet Into Turkish water. Heavy Fighting. Vienna, Aug. 20. A dlspiiteli today says severe fighting Is In progress nt Hrmluseeo, nenr Mommtlr. Tho In surgents wniiilrlven out by Turkish tr60rrawlth1feavy losses, and tho village Was destroyed by bombs '"'Naval Demonstration. Paris, Aug 20. It was learned In olllrlnl quartern today that tho action of Itussln lu ordering n nnvnl squad ron to Tuiklsh waters may bo speed ily followed by an Important Joint na val action on the part of Hie iwors. The limil termlnalion will depend largely on HushIii, but If a Joint dem onstration shall bo determined on, the lleots of France and Austria will certiiluly co-operate, ami It Is prnba lilu that the Meets of nil tho Kiiropcatt powers having Turkish Interests, ox cept isjsslbly (lermnny, which throughout has not favored taking energetic steps against Turkey, will participate In the demonstration. Mr. MET HORRIBLE DEATH IN PASCO YARDS Wheat Sept . Dec. . Corn Minneapolis, -v. Wheat- Sept "2 Chlcas0 Wheat. Chicago, I" -Wheat Dec. Pasco Aug 20 -At 2:15 this morn- the track, but was dead when reached lng as 'the W & C. It. train was by tho train crew and the remains pulilng Into tho station at this place, were gathered up und put on board Charles Hunt, a cur Inspector of the tho train bound for Wulla Walla, road lost his life by slopping in front where tho mun resided nnd where he of u switch engine. will Ih burltd. Hunt was watching the passonger No Inquest was held for tne ii-ason train null Into tho station nnd stoppod that so many witnessed his death, out on the side track. The engine nnd It was clearly an accident and detached from a freight was switch- due to the miscalculation of the vic ing In the yards and tho man stopped Urn himself, therefore no blamo Is at In Its path Just as It came along- He- tadied to the enguleer. fore he could get off the track ho was Hunt was a man about 3S years or struck by the end of the tender and age and leaves a wife and boveral thrown under the trucks. children. He was a car Insi-ector and Bi.Hi nrn.f- cut his bend were coin- as wailing lor the passengor to come ploteh sovered from the body nad to a standstill In order to look over ho was otherwise horribly crushed the train equipment when he met with and mangled. He wns taken from the accident. frlghtuiied away before getting any thing, and wus cuught lu the street a few minutes later. Dryden has ninny personal ne qualutances all over the Northwest In business circles. While Ills dunes in the bank were not particularly re sponsible, he wns regarded us straight and has certainly been competent and affable, und held to be In lino of ultlmuto promotion. His lupso from a strict code of business ethics and honesty will be a sourco of great surprise to hundreds ull over the states of Washington and Oregon. DEMAND FOR CASH. Immense Western Crops About Head For 3:i,pment. Chicago, Aug, 20. -Shipments uf currency to the West for crop moving purposes have begun and It Is expect ed there will bo a steadily Increasing deuiaiid from now until October. As yet shipments to tho Northwest huvo been limited and the bulk of llio-ctir- ency sent out of Chicago going to the banks In Kaunas and Nebraska, As an Indlrutlun of the size of tho Ho Bred half a dozen shots, but was Western movement It may bo stated GENTLEMAN BURGLAR. Shooting and Capture of a Man With an Unusual Record, New York. Aug. 20. Ilrooks, alias Koblnwjn, tne gentleman burglar who was shot on a roof last night, today confessed to u score of robberies which netted him $20,000. Ills meth od was to go to a room on the top lloor of a fashlonublo place and low er himself by a rope atld rob other tenants. River Steamer Burned, Ogdensburg, N. Y., Aug. JO.- The big river steamer Musscna burned U tho water's edge till morulim. The crew and passengers narrowly escaped. that tho First National Is shipping marly (200,000 a day. Other banks ure shipping proportionate uinounls. The movement Is not altogether west ward, however, as somo of the coun try banks are shipping small amounts lo Chicago. Tbu Chicago banks are lu excellent position to meet Hi" de mands that will he made on them this year for moving the crops, It Is prob able that New York reserves will bn drawn on lens this year than usual All LAKE STEAMER 8UNK. the Crew and Passengers Were Rescued. Cleveland, Aug. 20. Tho steamer Queen of the West sunk In Lake Krtc off Kulrport this forenoon. The crew of in and two women passengers were rescued from her boats by the steamer Godurus. Iss, $n,QQQ. NATIONAL BANK FAILS, Its President Loans Himself Too Much of Its Fund, Washington, 1). 0-. Aug. HO. The comptroller of tbu currency toduy an nounced tne closing of the Cltl.ens' National llauk of Heaumont, Texas. The estimated losses are (110,000, with doubtful Item of nearly (60,000 added. The failure Is due to Iarg loans made to Us president. Ivondon.Aug!7 aOIk.or'dn9SaUsbury j Dsn PaUhen Lower. World's Reoord. Is not so well today. Great alarm U New York, Aug. 20. Din Paulien fult as the continuation or his weak- broke tho world' record loday for ened state Indicates decreasing vital- pacers by pacing a mile 111 1:63 t Ky Rrlgli'on Reach. hi 'u mo start thoro was ' SO's ; closed t vj.