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QAlLYEVEHiNGEDITIOH Eastern Oregon Weather Tonight anil Tuesday showers i probably warmer tonight. PENDI4ETOX, UMATILLA COUNTY, OliEGON, MON PAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 100H. SYSTEM NDLETON Ledish Plan of Pri- idustrial Education in City Schools. GREAT AND CREASING INTEREST. of professor Le Masters 1 One by Which Hand, ind Are Developed Unl ( an Unfoldment of the In Theory. LcMastors, the heart or Int of manual training bhool. is busy preparing the active work of tho rill commence the mid- bck. The work would larted before this, but Its account of not being le material here for the liplls. This material is jwever, anil everything Ldlness for the opening nent in a day or so. krs is a graduate of the unE department 01 the School at M on mom 11, uite a pood deal of ox- tucking not only the but in the other thuol work an well, and bed for the woik that (r him here aite a task to- get the i runn ng order here, f thing lr the city, noth- d hv been attempt- x, m Tho work a t n arii to tho til an for this' reason lotlor a sradnalty- as a fS d v fh. I and Bram and Eye. V pur ,r the work I hand a'.d the eye with lake 11. nl of the pit- Am , r ii the routine Ich -j cd .1 the same In iin .1 ng useful dur- J jthr iwise he dctnil without effort. Hut in the low er grades tho teachers will use this year as a time of preparation for the work to come hereafter. A start will ho made, and tho pupils will be famil iarized with the intent of tho work, so that they will be ready for It when school opens next year. Once, the department is started and establish ed In the school system of the city, it will he extended throughout all ihc city's schools jnd made a Jeaturc of the educational advantages here. IFREEZING AND STARVATION i IN MAGID0H1AH MOUNTAINS SPANISH WAR VETERANS. Fourth Annual Reunion of National Association. New Haven. Conn., Sept. 2S. Vet erans of the Spanish war and their friends began to arrive this morning for the fourth encampment of Jieir national association. The first meet ing will be held this evening when addresses of welcome will be de livered by Governor Chamberlain. Mayor Studley, President Hartley of Yale University and others.. The animal parade of the veterans will be the feature of tomorrow's program and tho business session of the convention will bo held Wednos ilny morning. Present indications point to a good attendance from many parts of tho country'. st. Louis is favored for next year's en campment, though invitations will be presented on behalf of Cleveland, Ashevllle, N. C. and several other cities. Boundary Argument. London, Sept. 2S. Watson, attor ney for the Americans, concluded his argument on the Alaskan boundary this morning. Chief Justice Alver- stone complimented him on his able argument and clearness with whlcn he stated the American contention. Counsel Robinson has begun rebuttal sicech for Canada. Fifteen Peasants Taken From Their Work, Lined Up, and All Killed Women and Children Destitute. Claimed That a Nurse In a German Hospital Was Outraged and Robbed By Turks A Priest of the Greek Church, His Family and Parishion ers All Murdered Quiet at Beirut, But the Situation Is Critical. Two Men Crushed to Death, Redding. Cal., Sept 28. John Mo rillo and C. M. Erino, whilo unload ing logs at McCloud this morning, weie both crushed to death by two logs 'which rol.ert from above. u' WO!h of "- u.- 01 the 'In work of y r iaaUou : 'nice during aain, the TIE IBDNWOHKEHS' SQUABBLE SAM PARKS STILL THE BONE OF CONTENTION. Housesmiths of New York City Raise the Issue Because They Ar Denied a Charter, and Are Roundly Denounced. ra i Kansas City. Sept. 28. The Iron Workers" convention this morning became excited over a circular receiv ed from the housesmiths of New York localise thoy were not allowed a seat In the convention. It was ad dressed to Chairman Iltichannn and n all too apt j reads: uays into ac- "In refusing us a charter you in stored with ! dorse all that Is rotten and bad in trades unionism. You lose the great est city in the country. There will be nothing left of your union in New York berore three months pass. Any organization relying on brute strength will end In disorder and dis ruption." Continuing the circular attacks those who it says called the strike because money was not coming In rant enouirh. Parks arose and said ltu- training of the ' the housesmiths are a bunch of scabs formed into a lane union uy erapiuj- knt.8 i,b si a to toil and lanytti -p There are Ie .ha 1 n saw a ooard hew of the girls that lai.e ur sew The sloyd fli-n Mr l'Masters is en ml.- to overcome ami turn out grad- fc callable of doinc Iful, The system gives pr ne work of the man le System of Work. begins in the lower &e little tots and takes steui, from ihe sim-1 Fl'h Hie blocks and lads Hu:oui.'h tinner Tho convention elects officers to morrow. French, of San Francisco, seems to have the load. Sofia, Sept. 28. Reports of tno ninssacro of a number of refugee Bul garian bauds were received hore to day. Near Zelatln. a small detach ment of troops found 15 refugees working In a field. They bound their hands and drove them Into a dncii, where they were butchered. Snow is falllr.g, and the condition of refugees In the mountains becomes dally more critical. Refugees are mostly women and children and if they remain In the mountains they will perish of exposure and starva tion. If they emerge they will fall into the hands of the Turks and suf fer death or worse. Rioters Have Fled. Constantinople. SepL 28. The ring leaders in the Beirut riots have fled to the mountains and refused to sur render unless unconditionally pard oned, which the authorities refuse. Quiet at Beirut. Washington, Sept. 28. Admiral Cotton cables Beirut is quiet. The hearing of the Magclsen case is still pending. A cable from .Minister Lelshman today states that affairs arc tranquil -at present. It Is not at nil certain there will not bo further outbreaks at Beirut. Nurse Outraged and Robbed. Berlin, Sept. 28. A dispatch from Constantinople to the Tageblatt to day, states that Turks outraged and robbed a nurse belonging to tho Gcrmnn hospital at Gulhane, a sub uro. It adds that Europeans are not safe In tho capital. Murdered a Priest and Family. Sofia, Sept. 28. An Automome dis patch today reports that an aged Greek priest and his family, and 35 parishioners were slaughtered by Turkish regulars at Iajanl, in Cen tral Macedonia. Many victims worn mere children. TO BUILD MILLS. Northern Capitalists Will Invest In the South. Boston. Mass.; Sept. 28. It is re ported on good authority that sev eral of the cotton manufacturing companies in New England are plan ning to establish plants In the South for the manufacture of cotton goods, while some of the companies will transfer part of the business that is being done in their New England factories, others will Increase their business by building additional plants in the southern states. The coarser grades of cotton iou& can be manufactured in the South at greatly reuucea cost as compared wlOi that In New England, whii-h :s ue chief cause given fo- manufac turing this class of goods in the south. FORGED A CHECK. STATE BUYS LAND. Agricultural College Ooard Addc 20 Acres to the Tract. The board of building directors of the state agricultural College has iiiirchased 20 acres of oxcollent land lying on the south siae of tho present tract owned by the state at CorvallU as an extension to the college farm and campus. The price paid for tho 20-acro tract was $G,000, or $300 pur acre. Tho land has been used by tho state for some time as a drill ground and ath letic field and contains two eminen ces on which buildings aro to be erected in future. It adjoins the cor porate limits of the city of Corvallls, and Is a valuable addition to the state holdings. Offense Committed Saturday, Today the Offender Was Sentenced. Saturday afternoon a man came Into the store of H. H. Wessel, on Main street, and asked for somo clothes to bo shown him. Ho bought a bill of goods amounting to about $10, and presented a check In pay ment. The check was drawn on a railroad contractor for whom alio man claimed to nve been working, and was for $30.50. Wessel gave the man $5 on the amount and then becoming suspic ious, followed tho man, who was lo cated In a saloon and arrested. At tho jail he gave his name as Frank Webster, and he at last admitted that tho paper was forged. This morning Webster was arraign ed before Judge Ellis and plead guil ty to the charge and was sentenced to two years In the penitentiary. Ho will be taken to the prison as soon as the sheriff has tlruo to make tho trip. FIREMEN'S CONVENTION. Divorcement From Politics Will Be Discussed. .Chicago, 111., Sept. 28. Many or tho leading cities of tho country aro represented at tho sixth annual meet ing of the National Firemen's asso ciation which bognn In Chicago to day. The association, unlike that composed of tho fire chiefs, does not concern Itself so much with discus sing methods of tiro lighting as In promoting tho general etllclency of the II ro departments and looking after tho material Interests of tho members. With this und In view n long program of papers and discus sions has been arranged for the pres ent meeting. Tho divorce of fire departments from politics Is one of tho foremost matters of discussion and ways and means tor promoting the civil ser vice system will bo considered. It Is also probable that a permanent rtnto will bo designated for a nation al memorial day on which to 'mmir the memory of tho firemen who have perished while doing their duty. D STURBAKGtS L COLORADO CLUB WOMEN. Federation Is In Session at Colorado Springs. Coloiailo Springs, Colo., Sept. 2fc.--All preparations hnvo been eottipK. ed to entertain In comfortable style the Colorado Federation of Women's Clubs which will meet In annual mn ventlon here tomorrow under con ditions perhaps more favorable lor a successful meeting than since the organization, Almost every county In tho stnte will bo represented, In addition, there will he ninny women famous in literary and educational circles irom other states. Among the number are Mrs. Robert J. Burrtettc of Los Angeles, Mrs. Dora Lyon and Miss Mary Garrett Hay of Now York. Mrs. Philip N. Moore, president of tho Missouri fed eration, anrt Mrs. Chester A. Coulter, president of the Utah federation, who Is distinguished by the fact that sho Is a member of the Utah legislature. TAIN CUMBERS LOST PERILS OF EXPLORING ALASKAN MOUNTAINS. BAND CONCERT. GRAIN MARKETS. king and oiner of the 1 , and lemons, 1111 to Quotations Furnished by Coe Commis- am to build houses! slon Company' and .othpr netful fledge, font are with the col- Eks. and with them SM ho to construct This is taught in arawinir ami in in. the eve nf v... ,.,...11 I in his filing n (ln.lra of how ijn0S are feat thlncs can h nut ork paste from this and beads and f Wpll is taught ac- P H1 tne nallRms the Ix-mlc ,.i ,.ti.,. be ,J1i toSher This C,.th!. and the latching. papc,r cul rating, knitting,' sew- "iiier practical f""ial Education. : 'Im. "leed that "i turn nut flniot.- iand builders among 'Peru In embroidery "E among tBe irl T tra?sE the nucatlnn h 'Ulnd' I for' iv, an.d Provides I woniin0 bulUl,nS of tork that th 1. wor acllvoii. t PO01 Wrtm' kmrw0 ,an1 made t0 erasp tho new -B. E. Kennedy, Lo cal Manager. Pendleton, Sept. 28. Something semes to be hanging over the stock market and bdyers act accordingly. Liquidation Is going on all along the line, good stocks suffering with the bad. v Chicago wheat opened lower than Saturday's close. London and Liverpool cables weak. Perfect weather throughout the corn belt and corn sold Ml lower today, Chicago wheat Opening. Close. Dec. 77 7C May 7814 78 Corn Dec. 45 May 45! 45 Minneapolis, Sept. 28. Wheat Opening. Close. Dec. 76 75 May 77 77 CROOK COUNTY TAXES. Increase of Over A Half Million Dol lars Over Last Year.. The total amount of taxable prop erty iu tho county foots up tble year to $2,398,799 as against last years assessment of $1,862,281. This Is an Increase of 54C.518 and will make a difference to the. good, of the tax rate of last year 22 mills Is as sessed this year, of $12,100.40. This year's roll includes 480 timber claims assessed at $500 each which were government property last year and did not add to the county's coffers. Exclusive of these the tax list shows a net Increase over last year of $300, 518. Crook County Journal. .John Donovan, a Philadelphia po liceman, shot and killed a negro, whom he was trying to arrest.. He was In turn fatally shot by the negro- Insurance Commissioners Meet. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 28. Arri vals for the annual meeting of tho Ineiirnnfii rnmmlsSloUCrS of tlllT county today Indicate that there will bo a largo attendance at tho conven tion. The first meeting will beheld tomorrow, when tho visitors will be formally welcomed. The program of papers and discussions is a long ono and will fully occupy a four days' session. Ellery'B Band Greatly Pleased a Critl cal Audience. Hllery's Uoyal. Itullan Band give a concert last night to an auuienco that should have been larger, for tho musicians uc'served it. it Is seldom that the city has the opportunity of listening to music rendered ns u wns last night by tho artists from over the sea. I Tho 50 men in tint company played ias one, and there was not n fnlso noto In tlio whole evening's enter tainmcnt. Tho work of tho soloists of tho quartet, and of tho sextets was something that hai: not been heard In tho city since they wero here last year. ' All In all, it was a rare evening's entertainment, and those who failed to attend may wlJ regret that they missed bo good an opportunity to hear muBlc played as was Intended by the masters who composed It. Jewish Social Settlement. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 28. The Han nah 13. Schloss Memorial building was formally dedicated today. Tlio building was erected by the United Jewish charities of Detroit and is to oe irned by them as a "neighboring bouse," or social settlement, mod eled after the famous Hull House of Chicago. There will be sowing classes for jwor girls, a school for Immigrants, a memorial library, kindergarten, physical culture iltsi es and other features. Head End Collision. Pittsburg, Sept. 28. In a head end collision ou a Pennsylvania freight with a cattle train this morning, En gineer Bennet was killed. Several cars of cattle were destroyed, and both engines demolished. Panicky Market In New York. New York, Sept. 28. The markets bordered on a panic this morning. A new low record lu steel stocks and local transat'lona being marked. Bailies follov I. To Be Tried In Washington. San t a :' 0. Sept. 28. The United States commissioner Intimat ed today that ho would order ex Postal Inspec or Erwln removod to Washington. Erwln has been fight ing this. BAKER VS. M'ELROY. Plaintiff Sues for Alleged Balance on a Labor Account, Tho case of B, C- Baker vs, B, F. McElroy has occupied the attention of tho Justice court for the greater part of tho day. Jt Is an action brought by the plaintiff to recover money alleged to bo duo lilm and W. H. Harrington for work clone by them and their horses the last harvest. The plaintiff alleges that there Is now owing to tho two men the sum of $71.76, and asks for this sum, togeth er with tho costs and disbursements of the action, The Jury returned a verdict for tho plaintiff in the sum of $00 and costs, Superintendent, Baptist Mission, Dr. C. A. Woody, of Portland, gen eral superintendent of Baptist mis sions for tho Pacific Coast, was tho guest, of Bov. B. W. King over Sun day. Ho left this morning for Idaho points, whero he has worf In tho In terests of the missions to perform, Ho has to meet several conventions and other meetings, in which ho will represent the missionary cause of the church. Returned From Alberta, Robert Laing has returned Jrom a trip, to Alberta and points of Interest along the line of travel. He reports a very pleasant trip, and says that he has not seen dust from the time he left Spokane until he returned to It here. Party of Scientists and Guides Who Tried to Reach the Summit of Mt. McKlnley, Are Six Weeks Over due. Seattle, Sept. 28. (Irave fears lire felt hero for the safely of the Cook expedition to 'climb Mt. McKlnle'y. The party should nave teached here August 15, but 110 won! has yet been heard from It. It left here the middle of June. In the patty was one lady. They were equipped Willi an expensivi) out lit, nnrt it was expected "Jj"t t.io re sults of the exploration would lie the addition of 11 Inrgo volume of knowl edge concerning the topogriphy and fauna of tho mountain, winch Is known to lie tlio highest In iNorth Aini'i-I"a. Owing to the enormous deposits of snow and wide glacial fields, It is not belloveil that a successful at tempt will ever ho made to reach this summit. . WRECK IN YARDS. Freight Train 'Meets With Accident Here This Morning. Extra 307, a west-bound freight train In charge of Conductor 0. II. Norrls anil Engineer W. II. Fair, met with an accident while coming Inlo tho yurds hero this morning. Tlio engine and 12 cars passed Into tho side truck and tho 13th car und three following It, left the rolls for some unnccoiintulu 1 reason, on tho 'ihompson street crossing. No 'dam ago was done except a slight injury to the track and crossing and tho earn woro soon picked by the yard and car repair forces. Fruit Wagon Runaway. This morning tlio team belonging to Tom Wlckersham, of Milton, took fright near tho Oregon Feed Yard, and before thoy could bo' stopped, overturned the wagon, wrecking It to a great extent, and scattering thu load or fruit to tno four winiis. lie sides tho damage to the wagon anil tho fruit no damage was done. McCracken Ranch Sold. Mnnitnl Itaflrfi tintt ImlWht t)lt M. Af Xlrpnlfn rntwiti flr.lil- Ihlu ri!t' with all of the Implements ami stock thereon, The ranch consists at 3,00(1 acres of land and about 4,000 head of sheep, together with horsos and cows and all of tho conveniences of tho ranch. Tho price paid for tho place was $25,000. Excursion to Heppner, This morning D". 'Matlock, Fred Langivnr and Ed Strahon left tho city In a cab for Ifeppncr. Four horses wero procured and hitched to tho vehicle, and with a good supply of provisions aboard tho trio loft for tho city mentioned intent on nusi ness and pleasure. Delinquent Next Monday, Tho lost half payment on tho tuxes of tho county will bo delinquent on Monday next and from that tlmo on costs will be added to tho amount for their collection, American Militia Taken to Canada to Quell a Mob of Fifteen Hundred Finns. KANSAS CITY AND ST, JOE BUTCHERS MAY STRIKE. Nearly Sixty Thousand Miners Are Now Working on Half Time In the Wilkcsbarre District Slav Banker Falls, Leaving, Many of His Coun- 1 trymen In the Lurch. Sault Ste. Mario, Sept, 28. Fifteen hundred Finns, enraged nt their Ina bility to cash tho checks of the Con solidated Ijike Superior Company, rioted nnd attacked thu company's office this morning on the Canadian side. The police wero unable to quoll them nlono and secured the assist ance of a company of mil It In. from the American side, which dispersed the crowd. All saloons and hotel bars have been ordered closed. Tho streets are crowded and 11 ronownl of trouble Is fenred tonight. The employers have lost the adhor enco of many conservative people by I tholr action In securing tho Amcrl 1 can mllltla, whilo tho labor agitators I aro making thn most of the Incident, j Thu claim Is mado that tliero Is no : warrant In treaty or International ! law for such a procedure, nnd labor I circles are greatly disturbed and In 1 censed. ' Politicians who nro Identified moro or loss directly with the labor unions nnd their sympathizers on both sides tho llnu, openly declare their purpose to make a test case of the Incident. The occurrence Ib bo utterly without precedent that many who favored nnd I advised having tlio niilltln brought to the Canadian sldo nr' making no defense 'now of their position. I Sent to Toronto for Soldiers. ; The riot wns precipitated when tho 1 Finns wero Informed that no money was- in sight. Tho company Issued a notke saying that although without funds they believed tho stockholders' plan Is good whereby funds can ho raised nurt work resumed within 30 days. It advised tho men to get work elsowhoro ir possible to got money to leave town. The Finns threaten to wreck the company's buildings. The nuthntltlcs this afternoon telo graphod lo Toronto for regular troops to preserve order. Pollco and Rioters Fight. This aftoruoon tho oincers and mob clashed. Two policemen woro clubbed and stoned Into unconscious ness and wero removed to n hospital. Two Frenchmen were shot, ono through the neck and the other In tlio leg. Cartridges havo been Issued tho mllltla with orders to shoot If noces. sary, Forryboats are now tic' up to prevent the rlolors coming over and attacking the Michigan Sou. Working on Half Time. Wllkosbarro, Pa., Sept. 28. Notices wero posted this morning that all Delawaro & Lackawanna collieries would bo operated on half time until further notice, Nearly 18,000 men 1110 affected by this order. Nearly 00,000 men aro now on half time In this district. Mob of Pennsylvania Slavs. Pittsburg, Sopt. 28. A mob of sev eral hundred Slavs this morning stormed a prlvato bank run by their countryman, K. Lamuu, at School vlllo, because It did not open at tho usual hour. Wheu an entrance was gained they fouuii tlio vaults empty. Ijjman Is believed to havo failed. Moro than $12,000 Is unaccounted for, Will D'scuss a Strike, St. Joseph, Sopt. 28, Three thous and butchers meet tonight to discuss the proposed strike. Strike Possible in Kansas City, Kansas City. Sept. 28. Seven iiinnHanri members of tho Amalgamat ed Meat Cutters and Butchers .moot utnlght to decide whothor to strike in case their demands for an IncroasQ of wages aro refused, Packors de cline any statement oxcupt to say .the settlement miiBt como from Chicago, CHOICE HERD OF CATTLE, W, 6. Goodman Has One of the Finest Herds In State of Oregon Seventy Head of One Color, W. 8. floodmau who lives at tho Hudson Bay farm, near Freowator, Is owner of ono of tho finest bonis of cattle In the statu. His cattlo aro Hhorthorns, and ho lias Beveiuy ueim of this breed, tnai aro sunn vu color, something out or the ordinary, oven lu intra bred stock. Appointed Notary Public, F O, Smoor, of this city, lias been appointed notary public by the gov ernor, and his certificate wos filed In tho .office of the county clerk this morning. I '1
