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DAILY EVENINGEDITION ij Eastern Oregon Weather Weather Iny tnlr I Tonight and Knturdny tnlr PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OltEGON, Flit DAY, OCTOBER 10, 1900. NO. 4S71. i mmmwMmmmmm' m m mmv mv am? mm m mm i & m k m m m m j mm n i J l-MHMmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm m t LODGE THE i GRAIN MARKETS. MB I I n IG1TS PTIHUS Elects an Entire New of Officers for the En e Year. TATE MEETING WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. u9. I arne and the Local ...... uid nnn. Evervthino UC t - le (or the Entertainment of ei.trk nt History and rU O rN V . 1 1 w. - ' Montgomery, J. T. Hlnkle and Knight, nnd John Toes, of have returned from Portland, bey were in attendance on the 1.' . I tvti t e tt rvthlnc a ui - j y are still in Portland, where 111 remain for some few days delegates are enthusiastic in . i in.. it.,. Hps ni inp nnHiiiiniiu ii liiu i men who had the manage- tne grana loage uiiuer meir Toe delegates from all over . 1- I 1... nil ll,n . . .1 - - .1 . 1. lull 01 UHluuDiunui aim uib one nf the. most enlovablo nu hill uLLcjiutru uv uui ui least. Tnere was a large- at- . 11 nnAn 1 1, .(.In tiuui all utci luu DiaiUi rery successful meeting was it Election of Officers. election resulted in the choico uradshaw, The Dalles, su- Waldman, Portland, grand . i:nri Amnnv. irrnnci viro. rmrifl TTninn lrrnml nrclnt. Stlnson, Salem, grand keep- Sargent, Portland, grand of exchequer. - M. Wall, Hlllsboro, grand linear t3n..l.n.l ..Pn..J I..... .'.vuw, i xjt i.U.JII, P.IU1.H '1I11U1 Boynton, Baker City, grand rn Maloney, L. R. Neill, Sumpter, New Grand Chancellor. Waldman, who will iserve as bailiff of Judge Cleland's court ' UUO UVVll U the grand lodge since 1S9G, nn ip iiiha i rand outer guard from which DC T1A SCO ihn ntinf in special denutv of all the erand (iuol olA juaio .itn.ii.i;jiui lb iiuu Iltair - urove wins prize. owt prize for excellence in orove company, Hlllsboro "nil. The first nrize wis silk flair nnd ir.fl thn n cawi. grand chief institiitPrl five wijucg uuriufr in year. ui, r uruei urove, on November 24. n Anpii u 6, Temnle No 3K t. Pnminip lti. - "! I - . .. .. wo, Instituted Marlam Tom- 36, at TlllamnnU rand chief traveled a'afiR Ing 92.7S. of Members and Finance. oimBon. crranil Vponnr nr nd seal, draws some com- 'P ma annual ronort. which M the handlinir nf mil u 19 . -.ooi 10 u,z63.8 last year "wembcr 31. whllp mpmlipr. " '881 to 73 lodepft nnA i flr.S t the end of last year. JuoUtlons Furnished by Coe Commis sion Company B. E. Kennedy, Lo cal Manager. Pendleton, Oct. 16. All grain is looking up today. Sales of wheat have been brlsK. Export stuff is moving moro actively than for a weekvPast. Stocks afe also stronger. U. S. Slecl closed at 14 today, although it touched the low point at 13i this morning. All the good soiling stocks are sell ing better than for several days and thcro is hopes of a general revival. 'Chicago, Oct. 16. Wheat Opening. Dec 79 May 79 Corn Dec' 46 May 43 Minneapolis, Oct. 16. Wheat Opening. Doc 79 May 79 v Chicago Wheat. Chicago, Oct. 10. Wheat opened at 79. closed at 80. Close. 80 80 44 Close. Sl Sfl- ABERDEEN AND GUM'S OR IRE BURNING Greatest Conflagration in the Northwest Since the Seattle Fire Four Lives Lost Up to This Hour. Loss Now Exceeds Seven Million Dollars and the End Is Not Yet Great Mills and Lumber Yards Will Probably Go Entire Business Section of Aberdeen Already Gone Such an Event Has Long Been Expected. William Quarrler Dead. Glasgow, Oct. 16. William Quar rior, founder of the home for Glas gow waifs, died today. He was made Internationally famous by sending thousands of people to Canada and America. Foreign Mission Board. Manchester, N. H., Oct 16. The closing session of the 94th annual meeting of the American board of Foreign Missions convened this morn ing. The next meeting will ho al Grlnnell, Iowa. Aberdeen, Wash., Oct. 16. The' i business section, were destroyed and business section is threatened with j the west side of the residence, sec- destruction uy lire, i lie teiegrapn , non is minting. office Is In lino of tho conflagration, and is moving out. Aid Is being sent from surrounding towns. Extended to Gray's Harbor, Tacoma, Oct. 16. The business part of Aberdeen and Gray's Harbor were destroyed by flrp between 10 o'clock and noon today. Fire caught in tho Dlx block and spreading rapidly, fanned by tho -wind from Gray's Harbor nnd ChohalU river. At noon 15 blocks, comprising the The flro departments of Aberdeen nnd Hoquiam nro unablo to copo. Tho mills lining the Chehalia river water front nro In great dnnger. The loss now exceeds $7,000,000. Aberdeen has 8,000 population and is entirely built of wood. Such a conflagration has long been expect ed. Two banks, tho chief hotels, tho opera house and 100 business Houses are destroyed. Four fatalities aro reported. HIS MIND A BLANK. DYNAMITE AND BLOODHOUNDS. After a Loan in England. London. Oct. 16. The Pall Mall Gazette this evening prints tho story that a large American trust, unnam ed, is offering for sale $2.0uO,000 se curities which it Is unable to dispose of ln America. Jury Disagreed. New York, Oct. 16. The trial for divorce brought by the playwright and poet, Hughes, against his wife, opened today. The Jury failed to agree on a verdict. Missouri Man Returns After Months' Absence. Kansas City, Oct. 16. J. Four Former Failed to Explode Latter I Trailed Supposed Criminal. R.' Helcnn. Mont.. Oct. 16. Three Hughes, whose mysterious disappear- sticks of dynamite were found on tho anco In Juno caused his father to Northern Pacific track on tho Mary- flood America with circulars, and vino branch, Montana, about 10 miles who was long since believed to be dead, appeared at home at Amster dam, Mo., this morning, his mind a blank. The theory of the police is that ho was drugged and robbed of a largo sum of money and held a prisoner, the chase being bo hot his captors were afraid to liberate hhn. INDIAN MURDERED SEVEN. RUSSIA RUSHING REINFORCEMENTS ImprOVeri Ann.... ?- bave CTeatly en- "io appcarancn nr thir Hntf teninli.. o rC . .. uy repainting the rk a sliver color. Balloon Ascension. Oct. 16.Th uutw ,a ball00n ascension te,rn otthe SHE HAS NO THOUGHT OF LEAVING MANCHURIA. England Acting as Peacemaker, But Sending More Warships to the Ori ent Novel View of Issue by Rus sian Paper. Birmingham, Oct. 16. Tho j'ast says England is actively endeavonns to pinraotc a settlement of .he Kore an difficulty to tho satisfaction of both Japan and Russia and avert a clash. There Is a constant stream of dispatches between the foreign of fice and St. Petersburg, Toklo and Pekln. Russia Making Ready. London Oct. 16. A Toklo dispatch to tho TlraPB says the Russo-Japanese negotiations are proceeding there and there Is no reason at present to ap prehend any but a peaceful issui. The alleged Russian fort at Vougam nhn la nnv stated to be morely a ,liMini Rtntlnn to communicate with Autung, the port on me laiu nvei which Is to be openea to inieniuuun al trade under the American treaty with China. The Times correspondents in Rus sia send elaborate accounts of mil itary preparations and the hurrying of troops to the far east. They state that two army corps, with an aggre gate of 100,000 men, arr, being mob ilized and dispatched through Siberia In all haste from the military dis tricts beyond Moscow, Tamboff and Penza to Manchuria. It is stated that the war mlnlstery has already demanded an extra credit of 25,000,000 rubles for these prepa rations. Re-enforcing British Fleet. Portsmouth, Oct. 16. A battleship and a cruiser from the Mediterrane an squadron have been ordere'l to augment the British fleet in Chinese waters. pure Philanthropy. St. Petersburg, Oct. 16. The No voja Wremja, which is In close ouch with ofliclaldom In a long artlole on tho eastern situation today, closes as follows: . "Our future policy will be to main tain the Independence of Japan against America and Germany as we so frequently have protected the in dependence of Turkey." Parrott-Beckwlth. Ira Parrott and Miss Lydla Beck with were married yesterday after noon by Judge Thomas Fitz Gerald, at his office. Mr. Parrott is a farm er living near tne city, und tho wed ding was to have taken place some time ago. but was delayed by the Ill ness of tho bride-to-be, who has beon in St. Anthonyojiospital for the past throe weeks. Yesterday sho was barely able to stand through tho cer emony. Mr. and Mrs. Parrott loft Immediately for their country home, I Assassin Tried to Kill Fourteen Other Indians.- Butte, Mont., Oct. 16. John Little Plume, a Blackfoot. arrosted on sus picion of participating In the murder of seven of his tribe on tno roserva tlon. has confessed ho committed all the murders. One victim was his wife. He says lie intended to kill 11 mijre, but a Bhell stuck In his rifle. He then cut gashes ln his wrist nnd throat to allay suspicion. Dean Taft Is Dead. Ann Arbor, Oct. 16. Dean Taft, of the dental department of the Univer sity of Michigan, died last night of apoplexy. Ho held his position a quarter of a century and was widely known. He was 83 years of age. Newmarket Races. London, Oct. 16. Miss 'Ovaja won the Maiden plate at Newmarket to day but was disqualified and tho race given Whitney's Co3sld, Skeots Mar tin up. Whitney made a big clean up at Ji to 1. from Helena last night. A train ran over them, but they did not explode. According to the theory advanced, the dynamite was placed on the track Inst night, but owing to a hoavy frost It became partially frozen. Tho dyna mito was flattened into thin sheets by (ho pressure of the wheels. Trailed by Bloodhounds. Helena, Oct. 16. Bloodhounds were used after the discovery of tho dynamite on the tracks on the North ern Pacific. They trailed George Hol land to a barn eight miles southwest of here, where the detectives and officers surrounded and arrested him. Ho Is believed to bo the author of tho recent attempts' at train wrecking for blackmail. Ho was heavily arm i;d. He says his homo Is ln Colorado, Despondent Suicide. 1'ltlsburg,' Oct. 16. Georgo Lie bold, a wealthy general insurance agent, suicided this morning by hang ing. He was despondent and In ill health. He 'leaves a widow and six children. Big SUamers Collide. London, Oct. 16. The big steam ers, Lord Antram and Manchester, collided today at Belfast lough. Tho latter sank. All the crews were saved. Been Dead Two Weeks. New York, Oct. 16. Tho bodies of John O'Brien and wife, both aged, were found in their apartments this morning. They had been ueau weeks. Cause unknown. two From Pope to Kaiser. Berlin, Oct. 16. Tho kaiser today by special envoy, received a present of an illustrated book on Roman art from the pope. Tin Mills Burned. Wllkesbarro, Pa., Oct. 16. Bertlo's big tin mills were totally dostroyed by flr this morning. Harry Miller was fatally hurt. Ijikh $100,000. ZION'S HOSTS IN NEW YORK. The Dowles Meet Up With Some Philistines. New York. Oct. 16. Dowlo arrived this morning and waB greeted by sov' oral hundred followers. Tho host breakfasted at Madison Square Gar den. "Hands on Your Pockets." Howie's wife was robbed of a $1,600 diamond brooch in hor private car this morning. Dowlo met a delegation of report ers at tho Palace hotel, where ho has a suite, lie roiteratcci mat nc is Elijah II. come to restore Now York. He demanded that nothing but the truth bo printed regarding tho Zlon He meetings, and said he would Cx--pel any reporter from Madison Square Garden who colored news or mndo him ridiculous. He made all pledgo themselves to tell the truth. An Immense crowd Is outside the garden watching for tho arrival of the Dowleltcs. REFUSED TO PLEAD GUILTY. Former Employo of Asylum Says He Did Not Steal. Salem, Oct. 16, E. C, Pnrsons. tho former asylum attendant chnrRPd with stealing goods from Hint Insti tution, was yesterday nrrnlgncd and pleaded not guilty. Ho was hold to appear for trial at the January term of tho court, and being unable to give ball ln tho sum of $200, wns commit ted to Jail. Tho Information filed charges dim with stealing a qunntlty of goods ranging from a pair of blankets to a paper of needles. His friends Bnd his attorney urged him to plead guilty to tho charge of potty larceny, hut he refused. SCHMIDT UNDER BONDS. "Heeler" In Ward Politics to be Tried for Perjury. Walla Walln, Oct. lti.--Adnm Schmidt, tho ward politician, who was Indicted by tho grand Jury for perjury In "naturalizing" to Russians for voting purposes, during the last city election, wns arrested yester day evening and placed under $2,600 bonds, which wore furnished by Sen ator Ankeny and others. Schmidt was an active factor In tho last city olectlon and to Insure tho olectlon of tho Ankeny forces, ho brought In n colony of Russians and mndo "rapid flro" naturalization pa pers for them, himself being their witness. 'Child Fatally Injured. Walln Walla, Oct. 16. Tho 4-yoar-old dnughter of J. J. Miller was per naps fatally Injured yesterday even ing while hying to climb Into n heavy dray wagon. Ono wheel struck her a glancing blow on tho side of the face, fracturing the skull and injur ing her otherwise about the body. Explorers Returned. Seattle, Oct. 16. The Cook party of explorers from Brooklyn, N. Y., which made a futllo nttompt to slo Mt. MeKlnley last summer, arrived hero on tho Alaskan steamer Snnntn, this morning. PROF. LECKENBY AT CONVENTION LE3E MAJESTY. German Editor Undertakes to Prove His Allegations, Berlin, Oct. 16. Tho editor of Voerwaerts was today summoned to trial for leso majesty for publishing an article saying the kaiser had been advised to buy an Island and build tnereou a fortified Imperial palace as an outgrowth of socialism. Tho de fense today called a number of wit nesses to prove tho existence of such a plan. Seventeen Suspect Arrested, Paris, Oct. 16. Tho trunks of 17 suspected anarchlstH who were ar rested from steerago passage from New York yestorday, are bolng exam ined today. The king and queen of Italy are today visiting tho govern ment buildings. REJECTED SOITOR MURDERS YOUNG LADY Sai. Francltco, Oct. 10. At noon Miss Josephine Mead, lately from Los Angeles, was shot and killed by a young man at the corner of Bush and Laguna streets. Josephine was visit ing her aunt, Mrs. Mary Itobb. After tho killing the man walked a hundred feet, put a bullet through his own head and fell dead. His namo is not yet known. It Is i upposed he followed the girl from Los Angeles, as he enquired at sev eral places where 1812 Laguna street was. where the girl was staying. Ho called, but the girl had gono for a walk, She was shot tlireo times. Tho man was well dressed and evidently well-to-do. A baggago check beuring the namo A. Snyder, was found In his pockot. His correct age was about 20. Ho was dark, with the characteristics of a Mexican and five feot six inches tall and slender. Discarded Lover. It has beon ascertained that the man's namo was Paul Smith, and that he was from Ijb Angeles, following the girl here. Her parents sent Jier here to visit relatives and also to enter Berkeley University, as a means of getting her out of Smith's way, PRACTICAL SCIENTI8T WILL TALK 'RRIGATION. Experience, Methous and Doctrines of the State Experimental Farm Will Be Elucidated Methods of Cleansing Alkali Land. ProtoHsor A. B. Lecltonby, superin tendent of tho state experimental fnrm, at Union, will attend tho com ing meeting of tho Stuto Irrigation Association In this r.lly, and will de liver an address or paper, on I lie sub ject of cleansing land of alkali, and will take pnit In tho general dlscii-i-slon of the products of Irrigated land. Professor l.eekenby is a scientist of the most prnctlcal and advanced type, and backs tin all his theories by actual demonstrations, nnd is ono of the most Interesting men lu ore gun. His lifo has been devoted I') tho study and propagation of now va rieties of grasses, plants and vcgo tables and he has discovered and im proved some of tho most valuable grasses now known ou the Patllli1 Const. His collection of grassos at the experiment farm Is worth a for tune (o the Htalo, If tho plan of grow ing seed on that farm and fiirnltli- Ing It In tho farmers of Oregon nt cost, as Is advocated by Professor Leckeuby, Is carried out by tho board of control, CANADA IS PESSIMISTIC. CIRCUIT COURT Jury Was Drawn Today for Trial of Louis Anderson's Damago Case. SUIT DEVELOPED FROM THE CAYUSE CONFLAGRATION. Potslbiiity of an Adverse Boundary Decision. Ixindon, Oct, 10. Tho report thnt the Alaskan commission had decided In favor of America Is untrue, no vote having beon taken. Mr. Foster, of the counsel lor America, In denying tho Morning Ad vertiser's report that the boundary dispute had been settled In favor of America, says tho case will probably bo decided next week, Tho St. James Gazetto this after noon, after entering a denial. Bays thcro Is. however, growing pessimism In Canadian circles. Tho chief hitch at tho present time is the Iract em bracing Dyea and Skagway, whlfh l.avH nn far been under tho control of America through a modus vlvendl. THE PORTERS RE-MARRY, Divorced Couple Decide to Try the Yolto Once More, Uonard Porter and Mrs. Lois Por ter were married yesterday evening at G: 15 o'clock at tho parsonago of tho Mnthodl 't f-iinrch, tho ceremony being porl'iini' d by Ilov. Robert Warner, of that church. About a year ago tho principal) In the ce emoiiv wero divorced, but linvo dcMdci 'hut Ihoy can not livo apart, and therefore linvo once more linked their Lvc, together for better or worse, Thty will resldo at tho homo they formerly occupied in tho west end of the city. Papers Filed Asking Leave to Legal ly Adopt a Child John Flemming Was Sentenced to Six Months In the County Jail Wat Composed, 8mlU'ng and Unmoved. Tho attention of the circuit court hn3 been occupied this morning with the commencement of l ho case of Louis Anderson vs. the Oregon Rail way & Navigation Company. Thin is n caso brought to recover damiiKoa on wheat alleged lo have been de stroyed by lire sot lo a wnichouso at Cayuso by an engine of tho compnny and In which warehouse was stored wheal. Tho plaintiff alleges as cause for tho action that he was the owner of 2,684 bushels of wheal worth 61 cents a bushel clear of tho warehouse charges, aggregating $1,677.60 in vnluo, and that this wheat was burn ed by the cureless handling of tho trains nnd engines of tint defendant on March 30, 1903. Charles Herd!, n partner of tho plaintiffs, was tho fur ther owner of 203 bushels of fanned wheat worth 65 centH to I tin bushel, which was also destroyed by tho same lire, and this amount had been transferred to the plaintiff by the said Serell. Wherefore the plaintiff asko tha ctluit IT relief 5n the sum ol $1 773.22, tho vnlue or the wheal, to gether with tho plaintiff's costs and attorney's fees In the action, Tho caso was called Oils morning and tho following jury was selocled: S, A. Alloway, J. N. II. Oerklng, J. S. Harris, D. M. Russell, George (linn, Henry Lorenzen, O, DeGraw, Jesse, M. Baskctt, W. P. Daniels, Leo Teulsch, W. E. Potts and .IcniiM Dor tick. This morning tho testimony of tho plaintiff wnB practically llnlsbtd, nml when court adjourned for din ner It was nearly ready to hear tho llclPPM'. Hnlley & Lowell aie the attorneys for tho plaintiff, whll" the 'oiiipunv ha sCotton, Teal & Mllnor. Carter & Haley and II. F. Conner. Charles Carter and II. F. Conner lire conduct ing tho xamllintlon, the rest of tho men retained not having come lo tho court. Flemming Gets Six Months. John Flemming, tho man who wns yesterday convicted of Indecency nnd his time for sentence fixed for today nt 1:30, was brought berore the court this afternoon and the sentence pass ed upon him by Judge W It. Ellis. The Judge in passing the nenlonco, scored tho prisoner nnd gave him tho full limit of tho law. lie said. "1 havo had several years of experience as a practitioner before the bar, nnd havo spent Bomo tlmo on the lieneli, but this Is tho first time that such u caso has evor come to my knowledge Tho court Is at a Iobh to hco why In all tho depravity of the human mind a man could atoop so low as to Indulgo In the acta that you have been proven guilty of. "Tho limitation of the la wis far too little in dealing with such u crime, and you do not deserve the leniency of the court lu nny particular, or tho kind thought of any man. It is uu outrage on the rest of (he Incarcerate ed humanity, bo their crimes what they muy, to bo compelled in the ser vice of tholr sentences, (o ussoclato with such a bolng as you aw. I have no words with which to express I ho utter und absoluto contempt (hat I havo for you, and will Impose upon von tho severest nenully In tho power of tho court hIx montliB in ,ho coun ty Jail." , , , Flemming was not movtitl In (ho least bv tho censure of the nonrl and mulled as ho waB led (o the com mencement of bis senlenco. i K ST. GEORGE RE8TAURANT. First-Class Check 8ytem Restaurant Will Be Opened November . li MiiMIimii. of Portlnud.JjuH mndo ....'....f.mn.iiu .,ltt. fli.iirifii nurvpnll. of tho Hotol St. George, If) conduct the 81. George restaurant.- lie nns bought a $260 rangu for the use of his kitchen and bus made the pur tho other furnishings for tho place on tho bbuio sca;. rno resiuuruui win no uinm-u d (lrst-clnss check restaurant Hbvut the IliBt of November nil wiil do inaue ono of the best pluceB to eRt li tho clty( A high Btauiiaru wjh ou set from tho first and Will bo kept up bh long aa Mr. Mulllgau la charge of the place. This gentleman Is an r' restaurant mau anil has had ' experience In the nianagemeii ing houses In Portland . cities. Thq furniture arrive now nnd will v ,r , as It comes,