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QAlLYEYENINGEDiTION ,r- r A TT V Eastern Oregon Weather an wx"- - . ! Tonight nnd Sunday partly cloudy; cooler tonlRht, frost. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OTtEGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBKlt 3, 1903. NO. 4861. L0S10N IN A DISTILLERY . Cooker Was Blown 250 let, Cutting Down an Oak ec in Its Course. INSTANTLY KILLED AND TWENTY INJURED. Are Still Beneath the Ruins Ihree Large Buildings Which Blown Into Pieces Several L injured Will Die Property Over $100,000. Llsllllerv Boiler Explodes. la, 111.. Oct. 3. By a boilor ox- In tno .uonarcn uisiiiiuiy i-IIUwl nntrleht nnd lured died In hospital. It is that sovorai omers arc uur- Ithe ruins. fceven Instantly Killed. Inow known that seven were - killed and 20 othors injur c dead aro Jatnos McManus, I Powell, James u jveoie, uuu. 0. George. John Wilson and tenham. Fatally mmrou aro frinir onii .Tnmrs Walsh iorrect name of tho firm is Distillery. her cooker eight root in utam- I foot Inner under too Croat Ire, was blown clear through icr room ana mm room inio Eli feet distant, cutting down ak tree In Its night, en killed wore frightfully jr tho boiling mass. Three ptiHed only by strips of cloth- idlec nf VIInn nlirl .loo rIIM unilnr Mm rnlnK. Lmnirn ni-nnn.ln 41(10 000 n C bdings, each flvo stories high, I 1 . . ... T1..1.-1.. 1 iwa inio xuecus. uuuria i kut. It ...111 Inlm mnn., nva U1&U iv win lunu in""; r tho bodies of the two men' PUBLIC WEDDING. lat The Dalles Closes With Feature and Largest Attend- Llval at Tho Dalles has ily successful In every way, I public wedding coromony Pk place last ovoning was ! beat drawing cards of the Rest crowd in tho history of bat city assembled yestor- poon and last night to wlt- lattractivo features for tho old Carnival Company has Iromlses and contrncts with people In every instance. fade good all Its advertised Hcports from The Dalles Ino fakirs nor grafters nro uiu snows, and tho noo- batllla and adjoining coun- psured of a weeks onjoy- irom all of tho usual nc- nuisanccs that follow a IK I WALLA FRUIT FAIR. Mful Fair Ever Held In len City, Noted for Its Pa Walla fruit fair, which tomorrow. 1ms been tho fcss in tho fair lino, over loat city, whero good fairs E'on occurrence, tho fifth night of tho F. ttn attendance of 5,103 "red to 3.9C8 on tho last year. laylilon was filled to ovor- imsnt, by the crowds that nes3 tho public wedding. 4 PlavPil Mio nrnriiUtif tb crowds cheered when y tied tho knot that wiby and Ida M. Phares I Jhis foaturo has been fi pleasing events In all onuvals this fall. PATE COURTHOUSE. Ma'd to Be Against the E' ' ""'on County Seat. -- vi mormon settlors vlllago in tho contor estlgatlon of the court- ru". nu the Union Ro- iound tho building E -""union, and that It st of money to votti " vuurmouso at J.n 1 time actl250w 1JB8 . ,45'00(). and tno3 aro considering tho , uecision mat the removal TAanlln .1. .. Iiirmv 1 . 1110 ihreo wothora who wero ox- n tj , ' Y" was ng President Kooso- uiank rcsplto. ILL-ADVISED STRIKE. Illinois Miners Go Out Without Be ing Authorized by the Union. Sprlngflold, 111., Oct. 3. Althougn 1,500 of tho 7,000 minors in this vi cinity loft work yesterday because tho oporators did not comply with tho state law requiring wash-rooms, a gonoral strike In Illinois is not Im minent. Tho men who went out yes terday havo ooon ordered to return or suffer expulsion from tho unions. Tho United Mlno Workers rofure to sanction tho strike and say tho contract with tho oporators has noi boon violated, honce it becomes a matter for action by the stato auth orities only. RIOTS IN BERLIN. Germany's Capital Has a Diversion a la America. Berlin, Oct. 3. Serious riots aro on In tho streets this afternoon. Strik ing employes of tho omnibus compa ny attacked and overturned an om nibus driven by a non-unionist and mobbod tho passengers. Tho police woro called and wero attacked by tho rioters, who used iron bars and hurl ed stones. Tho fighting lasted sev eral hours. Scores wero Injured, but nono fatally. Another Carnegie Library. Danville, Ind., Oct. 3. Tho Carne gie library just completed here was formally dedicated and opened to tho public today. A program of exer cises was carried out, including ad dresses by Judge John V. Hadley of Indianapolis, and Miss Iloagland, or ganizer of tho Indiana State Ubrary Commission. NSUKREGTIQN IS ABOUT OVER Forging Witnesses' Claims.. Frankfort, Ky., Oct. 3. The state has discovered a bungling attempt to claim witness fees in , the Powers case on forged applications amount ing to several thousand dollars. Dis counters will In most cases have to stand tho loss. MINING Ml TO PENITENTIARY ISSUES LARGE VOLUME BOGUS CERTIFICATES. Eight Hundred Thousand Fraudulent Shares Issued In Luclle Dreyfus Company by the Secretary, Who Gets Five Years. Rnnl.-nnn HM 3 T TmRfilv U'qr yesterday 'sentenced to flvo years ln tno penitentiary at vvaua wana. Howard J. Kressly has been en gaged in mining operations in this city for a number of years. Ho was secretary of tho Lucilo Dreyfus Min ing Company. In May suspicions wore aroused that everything was not right, and a nnlnt In vpstlirntlnn wns ItiaiKriirated by somo of tho stockholders, which divulged tho fact that Kressly nan been engaged for somo time in Issu Imr frniirlnlflnt r.ertlflpates of stock. nnd the company was hopelessly in- voiveu. Tim wort. nf KtphhIv lias thrown tho Lucilo Dreyfus Mining Company into apparently cnuiess iHigaiiou. Soveral suits have already been start ed to ascertain tho condition of tho company, nnd others nro likely to follow. There is no way of telling as yet how much fraudulent stock ot tho rnnmnnv lins llGOIl isSUOd. bllt tho best estimates place it at not less than 800,000 snares. GRAIN MARKETS. Quotations Furnished by Coe Commis sion Company B. E. Kennedy, Lo cal Manager. Pcndloton, Oct. 3. Chicago and Minneapolis grain opeuod higher than yesterday's closing, but gradual ly worked oft with favorablo weath er reports and good receipts, closing 1 cent lower. Liverpool closed lower. Provisions wero quiet and firm; no especial feature. Stocks opened strong, somo ot the railroad shares showing an advance ot to Vi from Friday's closo, but later slumped off with feoblo attack by the bears. Howover, the down ward movement was chocked by good buying, which developed towards the closo, market closing ,i to higher. Chicago, Oct, 3. Wheat Opening. Closo. Doc 78 llVi. May 79 78- Corn ,,, Doc 45 44 May 46 444i Minneapolis, Oct. 3. Wheat Oponing. Closo. Doc 77 7C May 7S 774 ARCHIE GILLIAM DEAD. DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS Czar of Russia and Emperor. Both Parties Nominate Tickets of Austria Recognize That it' and Adopt Platforms in is "on Its Last Legs." Massachusetts. INSURGENTS ONLY MAKE INCONSIDERABLE GAINS. Powers Still Protest Loyalty to the Principles of the Berlin Treaty It Is Claimed at Sofia That the Entire Christian Population of Mehomla Was Massacred. WILL BE A HOT TIME IN THE OLD BAY STATE. Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 3. At tho Macedonian revolutionary headquar ters it is assorted thay they havo pos itive information that the Christian population of the town of Mehomla, In Itazalog, province of Seres, were massacred September 20. with the exception of ten men who escaped with the news. Mehomla is nn im portant town and the seat of the local government. The . population was about equally divided between Turks and Bulgarians. Tho latter num bered about 3,200 persons. On Its Last Legs. Vienna, Oct. 3. Neue Frelo Press today In an article. Inspired by tho czar and emperor, believes the gre cent Turkish successes indicato that tho insurrection In the Balkans is on Its last logs. It also believes that as soon as it is possible to peacefully execute the proposed reforms In Mac edonia, it will be done. Insurgents Make Gains. Sofia, Oct. 3. Insurgents under Yanoff attacked and destroyed Bollt za, In Northeastern Maccdonln, los ing four killed, but Inflicting heavy losses upon tho Turks. Insurrection Is Falling. Sofia, Oct. ."!. Tho Turkish troops are gaining tho upper hand every where. Several Insurgent chiefs have been killed or wounded, others aro abandoning tho strugglo and flee ing to tho frontier. The revolution ary bands aro sustaining heavy losses, and nro seeking refuge 'n large numbers, and the Turks occu py every Important point alo'i tl'p routes of retreat to tho frontier. STRIKE SETTLED. Terms Made at Last With Pacific Coast Telephone Company, San Francisco, Oct. 3. The line men's strike, which lins prevailed on this coast from British Columbia to Mexico, since Juno 22, was settled to day. The terms of settlement aro not made public, but are slated to bo satisfactory to both sides. Special meetings aro now being hold by lo cals ratifying the agreement mado by the western conference of tho electri cal workers with tho telephone com pany. Tho fight has been a bitter ono, nnd scarcoly a town or city on tho coast but what has felt tho dis turbance. There Is great local re joicing and lollef. Long Illness With Typhoid Fever the Cause. Walla Walla, Oct. 3. Archie Gil liam, one of tho best known young r.t w.iiin Wnlln died oa Iv this morning after a long illnost crused by typhoid fever. No innoi . u.t La ments havo beou mado, Chicago Wheat. Chicago, Oct. 3. Wlier.t ojuflited at 70; closod 77. Smuggling Chlncii. Clovolund, O., Oct. 3,S m Chi nese who woro smuggled tic uss from Canada, woro arrostod this morning. Named It Dillingham. Valdez, Alaska, Oct. S. A thriving town two miles from tho mouth of Nushagak, between hero and Nome, iiint mlnnfnrl Llm name of Dilling ham, after the Vermont senator, chairman or tno senatorial coiuiun tee which recently visited here. It has soveral hundred population. A NXIOUS TO FIGHT. "Black Demon" Issues a' Challenge to Fight Any iu-KOuna man m wis gon. Tho trinvn mutest between Jack Overdorf, ot Weston, and "Black De .r,r, r,r iMa Mtv which took Dlaco at Athena last night, was called a draw. Ten rounus wero iougiu. wuuu tho refereo was unable to give tho decision to cither man, although the "Demon" is said by local sports to have had tho best ot It. Tho gate re ceipts amounted to $120. "Black Demon," not satlsnod with ii, n menlt hna hnmlcil the Hast Ore- gonian the following challenge: Pendleton, uciouer a. w t iioroliv otinllnnern anv man weigh ing not more than 140 pounds, living in tho state of Oregon, to a glovo con nct n finish for ifillfl a side, or 1 will wager tho samo amount that I can stop Tom aeon in nvo ruunuu, Winner to take gate receipts. (Signed) uiAUis. Democratic Platform Is for Reclproe 1 .... .... . . ( ii mm uanaaa, ana Denounce ' the Trusts and the Tariff as the Trusts' Ally Republicans Make A. t" Their Usuay Declarations. BostoiiPct. 3. Tho democratic ' stato convention has nominated tho following ticket: j Colonel W. A. Gaston, of Boston, ! was chosen for governor by ncclama j tlon. ( Richard Olney, Jr., was nominated , for lieutenant-governor, also by ac t clamation. I Tho remainder of tho ticket nomi nated was: ' Secretary of stato, Ezekiel M. Hze i Kiel, of Springfield. I Attorney-general, John J. Flaherty, of Gloucester. I Treasurer, Thomas G. Thatcher, of I Yarmouth, Auditor, V X. Tetrault. of South j Bridge. 1 Platform. The platform first affirms tho prin- ciples of Jeffersonlan democracy. I It denounces tho "trusts" as "mo I nopolles mado by law entrenched bo hind a protective tariff, buttressed by subsidies and special rates which plunder our people with ono hand, while with tho ojthcr they reach for conquest nnd sell their product cheap abroad that they may sell It dear at homo." It continues: "Despite that hypoc risy which outdoes populism in plac ing tho treasury money at tho servlro or favored banks and breaks laws to favor Wall street speculators. "Wo favor Immediate regulation ol trusts under the Interstate commerce and taxation powers of congress and tlio admission free of duly on raw materials of manufacture, nnd the necessaries of life. "Wo condemn tho policy of con quest and subjugation; we demand that Cuba be treated as we promised : we demand that the Philippines bo treated llko Cuba; we demand recip rocity with Canada. "Wo hold that tho principles of civil service reform Hhould not bo dcfccitod by an official, however high or for a political exigency, however great. "United States senators should bo elected by the peoplo and not by leg islatures, packed or corrupted," It further demands state and na tional legislation In behalf ot labor; condemns the abuse of somo federal courts of tho high writ ot Injunction; favors tribunals for voluntary arbi tration In labor disputes, with power to enforco their decrees; condemns lynching everywhere and favors "nn early declaration "f our purpose in tho Philippines," and opposes tho re peal of the 14th or lGth amendment. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. EXPLORATION FAILED. Nominates a Ticket and Adopts a Platform Also. Governor, John I Bates, present Incumbent. Ueiitenant-covernor. present In cumbent Guild. Secretary of stato, William N. Olln, Boston. Treasurer, Kdward Bradford, Springfield. Auditor, H. K. Turner, of Maiden. Attorney-general, Herbert Parker, of Lancaster. Platform. Tho platform Indorses with great emphasis President Hoosovelt and tho principal events of his adminis tration. It reaffirms tho doctrine of protec tive jarlff and upholds tho policy of the government in tho islands. CATHOLIC RECORDS BURNED. Residence of Bishop O'Dea Destroyed By Fire. Seattle, Oct. 3. All tho records of tho local Catholic dloceso wero de stroyed by fire In tho residence of bishop O'Dea this morning. Tho property loss will bo $4,00u. Tho rec ords were invaluable. Party Which Was to Have Climbed Mt. McKlnley Backed Out. Now York, Oct. 3. According to a dispatch dated Valdez, Alaska, Oc tober 2. the attempt mado by Dr. Cook, of Brooklyn, and his party to scalo Mt. McKlnley, Alaska, failed. They reached an altitude ot ll.Oo feet, whoro they wero unablo to but mount tho granite slopo stretching 5,000 feet higher. September 4 they started to return, fearing tho rapidly advancing soason. They rodo, pack ed and rafted down tho Chultna to Tyonek. They will return to Seattlo immediately. British Soldiers at Washington. Washington, Oct. 3. Tho Honour able Artillery, ot London, will visit the capital October 8, for tho first timo hIih'o armed British troops woro In Washington In 1814. Thero will bo an Informal reception to President Uooscvolt nnd they will visit nnd pay honors nt the tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon. Bryan to Europe, Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 3. After his daughter lluth Is married tonight, William J. Bryan wlll tnko tho lato train for Omo, whoro ho will stump for tho democratic ticket. It Is strongly prohahlo ho will then go to Uuropo for a long-planned trip, ac companied by William, Jr. Conditional Resignation. Birmingham, Oct. 3, Tho Post learns that the Duko of Devonshire has sent provisional resignation ns lord president of the council to Bal four, to beconio effcctlvo In certain eventualities of cabinet reconstruction. Charged With Defalcation. Now York, Oct. 3. Mrs. A. John stlon, wlfo of a dentist, was arraign ed this morning charged with defal cations by the United States Playing Card Company. It claims sho lost $f0,000 on Wall street. OPEN DOOR TO THE CHINESE MEXICO REMOVES ALL COOLIE RESTRICTIONS, Action Was Taken at the Behest of a Steamship Company Will Be Followed by Influx of Cheap Labor Corporation Influence. GOVERNOR PEABODY SUED FOR DAMAGES Cripple Creek, Oct. 3. Governor Peabody was today mado defendant In two damage suits ot $100,000 each, by Mullanty and 42 other victims ot tho bull pen. who woro voluntarily released without a hearing. Other defendants aro Generals Clmso and Boll and Major McClel land. Tho trial will not occur until tho militia is out ot tho field, when tho entiro history of ordering out tho guard will bo gono into, and -whether the governor was in a conspiracy with tho mlno owners to break tho strlko by force. Tho officers say Governor Peabody will not accopt sorvlco of suit.' San FrnnciHco, Oct. 3. Tho China Commercial Steamship Company, op erating steamers at this port, has won out In its light for tho right to land Chinese coolie laborers In Mex ico, nnd Is now In n position to outer Into tho freight rato war with tho Pacific Mull Company nnd Its nlllcH on nn equal footing. The news -tf tho Intention of tho Mexican government to permit Chi nese to land on Its soil has Just been received by the steamship officials ln this city. This step by the Mexican govern ment, while It inn hardly result ln any complications between tho two governments, will havo a wldo In lliieuco. It gives tho United States another frontier to patrol lu Its policy of exclusion. Ah Indicating tho growing powor of corporations in tho affairs of Mex ico, It Is mjost significant, ns tho peo ple of Mexico nro ny no means an pro-ChlucKo In sentiment, and thero Is fiiiro to result widespread dlHsatls faction lit Liu open door policy. Ii' bor conditions In Mexico aro not nn tlmlstlc. wages being already low, and the importation ot coollo labor for tho plantations which is sure' to result, will load to complications ro milting very unfavorably to tho poorer classes. Rebel Against Russia, Berlin, Oct. 3. An Anzclgcr dis patch reports rebellion among the Ar menian inhabitants of HcIiuhhcIiu, In tho trans Caiicnulu, In a conflict Willi Russian troops, eight Armenians were killed and many wounded. Exit Sam Parks. Kansas City, Oct. 3. Buchanan was re-elc-ted president of tho Iron workers' Union by threo votes ma jority this afternoon, SHIELDS' PARK SHOWS. H. Nelson Has Leased the Armory Hall for a Year, Arrangements wero perfected yes- torday afternoon Imtwecn II. Nelson, of tho Shloldu' Park Shows and 15. J, Kirkman and tho Pcnland brothers, whoroby the shows will lease tho Ar mory hall for ono year. Mr. Kirkman nan tno nan leuseu for each Saturday night until May, and has sub-leased to Mr, Nelson, This gives to tho show people tho control of tho hall for ono year from date. Mr, Nelson left this morning for Portland, whoro ho will mako ar rangements for the opening of his shows, which will bo about tho mid dlo of tho month and perhaps as soon as tho 12th ot tho month. It will bo tho intention of tho management to have ns good shows as in tho past, and In somo casos hotter, for tho Shields' circuit will put on sioen conv nanlea at'somo time during thq wla tor who will mako tho tour of tho. circuit. These shows will be hotter than tho average vnudovljlo, LAST GALL FOR THE CARNIVAL Business Men and Committees Are Vigorously Pushing the Preparations. FINE EXHIBIT OF LIVE STOCK ARRANGED FOR. Fourteen Largest Business Estab lishments In the City Will Be Rep resented With Floats 'Agricultural Exhibit Will Be the Finest Ever Gotten Together In Umatilla Coun ty. Tho Arnold shows will roach Uio city on Sunday evening for their tiro days show In tho city next week. Everything Is now beginning to go with ri rush, ns tho last days boforo tho opening of Uiu carnlvnl como near to hnnd, and tho merchants am beginning to plan their schemes for decoration nnd tho part thoy will take In tho opening day parade. This parado will bo n monRtor af fair and will hnvo In It all of the features of tho shows, besides tho at tractive floats and other efforts put forth by tho men of tho city to mako tho day and week a success. Agricultural Exhibit. Mr. Halloy, who has been looking after Uiu stock nnd agricultural dis play, has been having tho host of suc cess ln getting Ibo peoplo of tho county to bring their stock hero .for exhibition, and it Is thought that a, good start will bo made lu providing for a permanent county fnlr to bo held hern by tno city each fall. James II. Italcy has agreed to ex hibit the best or his flock of Shrop shlrcs, and will havo soveral prize winners hero for tho week. Charlos WItklns, of tho ngency, will bring In somo of his lino Jersey cnttlo, nnd tho Cheney ranch will havo sovornl Jer soys on exhibition during tho days ot tho show. Joe McDIll has decided to compote for tho prizes offered for the best ex hibit of hogs, and will hnvo u fine collection of Poland Culna hogs hero, as will T. O. Halloy, who has gono into tho hog business on a largo scalo and has somo Poland Clrlna hogs on his rnnch that nro as lino ns can bo found lu tho iitnto or out of It, Mrs. Welsh, of this city, has a largo flock of white nnd Bpottod tur keys which oho will bring, nnd tho oxhlblt of fowls will bo largo and will show some fine specimens of tno barnynrd fowl, Tho fruit exhibit will cover tho county nnd an especially lino lot will bo brought from Allllon, whero Uioy rnlso tho produce they think will tnko the ribbons. Many other peoplo will bring In ex hibits both in fruit and stock whoso names aro not known at- this time, but who have signified their Inten tion nf coming with their goods. Arranging the Floats. Tho business innen of tho city aro today beginning to plan their Hoats, and this purt of tho opening day pa rado will bo worth coming a long dls tnnro to see. If tho weathor holds good tho carnlvnl will be a groat suc cess and a season of enjoyment to all who como. Firms In Parade. Among tho business mon of tho city who hnvo decided to havo somo representation lu tho parado, aro tho Peoples Warehouso, Boston Storo, Baker & Folsom, Fair Storo, W. J. Clark &. Co., Owl Tea Btoro, Umatil la Implement Company, St, Joo Storrv Brock & McComaH, Leo Toutsch, M. A Ituder, C. F. Colosworthy, Tomplo &' Wilcox and Tollman & Company. Thoro aro othors of tho merchants who will In nil probability hnvo a plnco in tho parade when tho time conies, FOR IRRIGATION SPEECh. Author of the Idaho Irrigation Law Wpuld Address the Coming Con vention Here. i ii t r.,unil nn., .if ll(.i f-nmiiits. U. SI. .ww, " t..n.. r,t ii-rfi'nHnn fnr lilitmi secre tary of tho stale irrigation board, and author of tno liiano irngauoii law, Iiuh expressed his willingness to como to Pendleton nnd deliver nn nddross llm onMnrt nf I irl r (it l() II leuUlO- tlon nt tho coming mooting of Urn state association in ti m cny. Mr. Lowell Is a resiuu'.t 01 unmwuii t Mm fore i ost Irrigators ot Idaho, and has tako . deep utcrost In tho subject ot legiBiauon. as muwu by his comprehensive law now in force )n ins siaio. as jm . recommended tho Idaho law 'n ) address ln thla city soma vs V - a$o, a talk from tho author ot 'his law at lliia meeting wo.ild )) ft t' special InteroBt. Tho I 'a.'ic . ' Is said to bo the bast Inl .rtl'.i- 1-W on tho statute hooks of any Western stato, nnd as this is a v'tr i;oet for discussion in Oregon j'T., no featuro of tho meeting would ha mora interesting than this nddross.