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NINGEDITION OAILYEVENINCEIITIOH LY Eastern Oregon Weather TSc A WEEK. Tonight ninl Tuesday fnlr. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, JIQJTDAY, OCTOBER 1, 100!. NO. 48751. CARTER REPOR T a i I . tement on AiasKan .1 A I Question is Musu WILL BE IN I0O o."'U'.7t " Is Impossible for Any' the Result -as the s Themselves .Do Not 19. Secretary Carter boundary commission, tho correspondent claims before It had t all was settled in a except tho Portland hout foundation. "The statement pur ine commission's ver- taken a vote. Nclth- ere uui uujuuuy viuv tho result will be. inn win TinKHimv nn throuchout the week 3 UIUU Ull UbIUUUlUUVi Is tho same as the announce, it will bo nn n rnmfinflnra announcement could pr innn n minfln inp nvnnnv in unnw ,nn mnie reason mat mo themselves don't 9 Rfnp- TiTnnnrH In. members of tho arrived at by tho It was announced to Mr innnec BANKERS' CONVENTION, Twenty-ninth Annual Convention at "Sam Francisco. San Francisco, Cal Oct. 19. Evory incoming train today has brought largo parties to the twenty ninth annual meeting of tbo Ameri can Bankers' association, which con venes at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn ing m the Cainornia Theater. At the headquarters of the local secre tary there was a busy scene today. Tho registers were tho objective point or a largo crowd of bankers and visi tors from abroad, who had to wait and take their turn at registering and receiving credentials in the form of a neatly engraved enrd and case, and a button to .. splay- on the lapel of the coat. The exercises will bo opened by president Caldwell Hardy, of Norfolk, Va., and addresses of welcome will be dolivered uy Governor Pardee. Mayor Schmltz, and Hon James D. Pholan, representing tho San Fran cisco bankers. The president's ad dress and tho reading of various re ports will occopy the remainder of tho day. NINE MEN BREAKING CRUSHED LIFELESS OE I DERRICK NEW MEXICAN MASONS. Subordinate Orders Also In Session, at Albuquerque. Albuquerque. N. M Oct. 19. This Is Masonic week for Albuquerque and tho capital will overflow with promi nent members of the various Ma- 0111 JO S).U3d J!" WCU SOjaa08 Dt!0S territory. During tho week, besides tho meeting of tho Grand Lodge of Free Masons, there will bo meetings of all the various subordln.i"i mid affiliated bodies, including the Grand Chapter of Itoyal Arch Masons, the Grand Commandory of Knights' Templars and the Grand Chapter of tho Order of the Eastern Star. Their Mangled arid Distorted Forms Are Recovered From the Wreckage of Bridge and Barge. Horrible Disaster Is Caused by Moving Crane Beinn 'Overburdened The Load Crashes Upon the Bridge and Violently Carries Away a Pot tlon of It Men Are Pinned Beneath the Ruins and Some Are Dashed to a Watery Grave. TRIES TO MAKE CRIMINAL RECORD Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 19. Nine men were killed and five moro or less seri ously Injured by a falling derrick at tho new Wabash railway bridge, on Water street this morning. Tho accident was caused by the breaking of a traveling ernne. which, It Is supposed, was ovcrb"rdenetl. The breaking caused the projecting of tho unfinished section of the bridge, on which the men were work ing, lo give way. Carried Into the River. All were carried down with the wreckage Into the river. The portion fell on the barge -nded with steel, on which several other men "wero working, which also sunk. Those working on the bridge were crumbed, some being instantly killed when the ernne and , derrick fell. The government snagboat, "Wood ruff, working near the bridge, imme diately came to the rescue an'd took four mangled bodies from tho river. Another man was rescued alive, but uieu oeioro no reaenert tho shore. A passing tugboat picKed up two of the Injured. Tho skiffs took two bodies from tho bargo wreckage and five who weru' seriously injured. It Is believed that none of those on tho barge e?capedJfrom death or injury. Recover Mangled Forms. The list of mslslng Is Incomplete. Seven of tho dead are In the morcuo. all being mangled and distorted, ex cept one, whp met death through drowning. Four have been identified ns James -icCloud, George Wells, William Kempton. At tho hospitals, proirauiy laiauy injured, are An drew Fowler, Adolph Vosburg and rrank Hoover, Nine Are Killed. The officials of tno bridge say the roil call snows eight killed, four in jured and oue body pinned beneath 'the sunken barge. The derrick has slnco been raised nnd it has been found that tpther bargo workers .have been Injured. THIEF ESCAPES. BUT IS DRIVEN TO SUICIDE IN ATTEMPT. He Makes rive Hold-Ups In Four Hours Robs a Train, Stabs a Lone Man 'and Escapes After a Running Fight With a t-ollceman He Leaves a Note Saying He Was Un der Influence of a Drug. HER LIFE. an Who U RannMwH na in is Mnrn hh . g. i! ,,.n..i.t . i . --. i.nnuin v.. 110- Foreman, Is Brut- OV DlcharnH r ' U fc-in- ' jw i -iti til was murdered by F. no used a ltnlfn nnrl Vll, MT linM II.aI. ' - U,VIC has KOnn Inln l.o er. TRADE HERE Portland, Has h In Pendleton, Yl i tuiuunu, me rep . M, Acheson Tall that place, lo in che oi Sullivan & 9lr ennria fm. cbks to look after Bales a full linn r,r SBlUIOtnon'B pnnria m ... - . l' u injiuimiuni , w tuumry. c"y again on Sat- COLUMBIA. - vflio ana uo --"teVUVCI. the donnmmnilnt. " been with lOniV nno I. At. --t iig lull, mo 1 In n flhnrf tlm whero ho will nui'iiiiiii - In V "apira- bw. mio a city "Mo to havo a ?. occasionally. He 'h the gloves, nn.l future l" imze Ine llvlmr R is able- vvumnn r r a avem' ... ohw .mie8. UB! Oakland, Cal., Oct. 19. Gcorgo Nottingham, who Saturday night, at 8 o'cloc kheld up a saloon; at 10 held up anothor; at 12 held up a freight train; nt 1:20 held up and stabbed Laruo Carr and nt J;4B had a running light with a policeman, suicided at his wn home this morning. His homo was watched by deputies who suspected him. He left a note saying ho was under the Influence of n drug on Saturday night. Eludes Officers by Jumping Through Pullman Window. Philadelphia, Oct. 19. Albei't XJsll. alias Crosby, accused of the theft o a mall pouch from which he took $50,000 negotaable paper, and whs vtus arrested at Denver, escaped at IJroad street station this morning, t!i!o.:ch a toilet room on n i'ullina.i. eluding Deputy Marshal Davis, .,vho had him In charge. Cut His Throat With Razor. Chicago, Oct. IB. Homer S. Curt field, one of tho best-known newspa per writers in America, suicided nt a west side sanitarium last night oy cutting his throat with a razor, lie was taken to tho sanitarium Thurs day, suffering from alcoholism. WILL DYNAMITE TRAIN8. Blackmailers Want $15,000 From the Great Northern Railway Company, Helena, Mont, Oct. 19. It has de veloped .today that the Great North ern has received a lettor demanding ?lfi,000 on the threat of dynamiting a train. It Is believed to be the samo blackmailere who have been intimi dating tho Northern Pacific. The se cret service men have gone to the Cascade, whero the letter was mailed. Tho company Is given until tomorrow to reply. STILL ON DAMAGE CASE. WANT A GUARDIAN. Ninety-nine Are Killed. Uaku, Oct. 19. Dispatches today state that 99 Persians were killed by an earthquake yesterday, Instead of D2, as first reported. Eight villages were destroyeu. Petitioner's Say Perygne Is Not Capa ble of Looking After Hls'Property. Judge Ilartmnu is this afternoon ongagod In hearing tho pot. ..ion of Horace Walker and Thomns Gllli land in tho case of Joseph Perygne. The petitioners claim that Perygne is not capable- of transacting business and ask that guardians bo appoini od. The latter is the owner of valu able real estato worth about $4,000, which ho wants to sell Ju order to havo the money to spend. He claims thnt ho is of leeal age and capable of uttending to his own business. Tho witnesses In tho case are j. u. uoog ins, W. J. Chastam, former guardians of Perygne. Tho court is also hearing this afternoon somo exceptions taken to tho final account in the ostato of Martha Mayan, which havo boon filed by Mrs. Sarah McDougal. It. M. Pow ers, of Weston, is tho attorney for tho petitioner. ;CROOK COUNTY WHEAT. Millers Paying 90 Cents in the Inter- lor of Oregon. Wheat is quoted nt Prlnovllle Flouring Mills at bD cents cash, and 90 !ents on accounts, says tho Crook County Journal. Tho former price Is unusual at this season of the year and In fact is 10 cents higher man tho market quotation in Portland. Tho ndvanco prico this year is duo however, to tho general impres sion that flour is in ns groat a do main! as it was last year when the timber rush was at its height and flour was flndlnu many avenuos or escape which this year are closed. Tho flour mills hero in mo vn ttrnctnnt ni-n riinntnir fl'Om 18 to 20 hours a day with a total outpnt of CO barrels In that time, besides from eight to ten tons of feed when tne chopper Is being operated, On Oct. 8th, 1.190 bushels of wheat wero de livered at the mill which is mo largest amount over unloaded thero In one day. Sold Four Years Ago. a ,nU m.wi In tho olllco of tho county dork this afternoon in which Antono Nolta transfers to h. E, W for $1,000. lot C in block 2, of tho town of Pilot Ilock. Tho dood was oxecutod February 13, 1899, and has never boon rocordod until today. Was There Over Sunday. George Harlman, Jr., was th.' guest of friends in Portland over Sunday, returning on the early train this morning. O. R. & N. Attorney Fighting the In surance Company Viciously, Tim time of tho circuit court has been taken up today by hearing t'io testimony in tho caso of tho Nor witch Kiro Insurance Company against the O. It. & N. This caso has been heiore the court since noon Saturday and Is being stubbornly fotight by the attorneys on both sides of the ease. It is probable thnt it will go to the Jury somo time this afternoon lu which caso tho court will take a recess until tomorrow be fore beginning the consideration r.f another case. NORTH CAROLINA FAIR. Confederate Veterans Will Hold a Reunion Durlnn the Week. Halelgh. N. C. Oct. 19. The North Carolina stnto fair opened today undr tho most favorable auspices. Tho plays of tho varied resources and Industries of tho Rtatu ever gathorod together. In selecting high grade and attractive nmusomcnt features tho management has been equally suc cessful. Tho fair is to continue until tho end of tho week ami everything points to a largo attendance. The attend ance will bo swelled by tho presence of veterans from un parts of tho state and members of other societies and orders thai will hold meetings and reunions hero during tho week. FLORAL DISPLAY. Forty-four Thousand Bulbs From Hoi. land to World's Fair. St. Louis, Mo Oct. 19. Tho first shipment of flornl bulbs sent from Holland to be used In tho noral deco rations at the world's fair has reached St. ixiuls. Tho shipment comprises 44,000 bulbs, Including tullqs of a largo variety of species and colon, hyacinths, crocuses and Iris. Tho lot Is valued nt upwards of $25,000. Tho bulbs will bo planted In two designs on the slopes of Agricultural Hill. Ono design -will consist of nn American flag and a flour do Us with the nnmes of Jefferson and Napoleon In an artistic scroll. Tho second de sign will havo ns Its principal fea ture a shield of tho United States with thj names of McKInloy and I Itooscvclt In a similar scroll. I SIXTEEN MEN IN GRAFT NG SCHEME Municipal Corruption Equal to the Ames Episode Exposed in Minneapolis. GRAND JURY WILL INVESTIGATE TOMORROW. Two Aldermen and an Ex-Alderman Are Under an Indictment Suther land Has Absconded and Is Believ ed to Be in Montana or Cuba Evi dence May Show They Had a Per feet System of Getting In Their Graft. Strikers Are Defeated. Minneapolis, Oct. 19. Tho defeat ed striking millers have conceded. This morning every mill Is running In full force. ARE KILLED . AND INJURED Minneapolis, Oct, 19. Another nx posed municipal corruption, bidding fnlr to equal the notorious Amos epi sode Is promised, with two nldermon and nn e.vnldcriuan under Indict ment. Nothing Is missing. Threo Mint Indictments nre still out. Thn trrainl htrv meets tnmnrrnw cnn. , Unite tho investigations. ! HvAldernuin Sibley was urwlgnod j iIiIh ii. lining on the charge of ny.vw j lug lo aeoept bribe. Ho wns lcloas ed on ball. Kx-Aldcrmnn Sitthmlniio, , who disappeared, Is believed to bo , either In .Montana or on the Isle of Pines, off tho Cuban coast. Sensa tlonnl disclosures nro expected, In which will be oxposcd nn orgnnlzod system of grafting by a gnng of 1C men. HEAD-END COLLISION CAUSES GREAT DEATH. TAKING IN THE SCENERY. Engineer, Mail Clerk and Two .Brake men Are Killed Instantly and Many Are Fatally Wounded A Special Train Is Carrying Physic ians Who Hasten to the Relief of the Dying. THREE BANKS SUSPEND OPERATION TODAY Richmond, Oct. 19. In a head end collision on tho Southern railway, this morning, near Keyeavllle, Engi neer Atwell, .Mall Clerk Williams, Drakemcn Dillon nnd Plnchnm were killed outright. A dozen passengers wcio bndly In jured, some. It Is believed, fatufly. A sncclal. carrvliiL- surueons. has conn i to the scene, which Is 70 miles from . about polities Chairman Baker, of the Republican .State Central Committee, on Pleasure Trip. Frank C. Ilnknr, chairman of tho Stnto Central Committee, wns In tho elty todny for a short time between frnlns. .Mr. linker linn been on n visit to I.a Grande, but his visit has no political significance, lie Hays. Ho Is simply knocking around tho country nnd enjoying the unsurpasucd cli mate of tho enstern part of the stnto. It was tho Intention of .Air. linker to visit Pendleton for n short tlmo on this trip, but the cures of IiIh office called him homo before he wns rendy to go. However, ho will be back In about ten dnys nnd ho will visit lin ker City and Pendleton on other cities on the line. In the Interests of the parly. Mr. linker dues not know anything mil on this trip, for here. while he Is enjoying Ihu scenery ho i iorgels that there Is such a thing ns .... . . I politics, hut when ho comen buck In Accident on Stage Road. ft (.0HI)p ()f W,,,(H ,, wn ,ml (m Uu) weiser, iiinnp, uci. iy. no pns- j Harness, Still the wellfare of all his Haltlinore, Oct 19. Allen cLay, today was appointed receiver lor the Maryland Trust Company, of this city, under a bond of $1,000,000. Tho company Is capitalized for $2,000,000. Bank Falls at Seattle. Seattle, Oct. 19. Tho local branch of the International Hanking & Trust Company, closed Its doors this morn ing, the embarrassment being duo to jKibted on tho doors of tho Interna tional Hank & Trust Company this morning, saying: "Owing to auspen slon of our Mexico City bank, this bank Is closed pending tho Invcstlga Hon of tho bank commissioners." Effected Stock Market New York, Oct. 19. The unexpect ed suspension of tho Maryland Trust P,imi.ani, , T.,.1.1..,.. . . 1 . the failure oi the Mall Hank, City of ,"'Z ".n ,n7n T ' n, ., T Mexico, locally, there are hundreds " C. J" . anth.?.r.,une.t: Of Small depositors, , mnrnln,, iminn Pnnlfl,. otl .u unc viums omn riiiviw, ierreo, amaigamateu copper, all fell san Francisco, uct. iv. inouco wns on. THUGS SANDBAG AND ROB WILL SAUNDERS Will Snunders, a fireman on the O, R. & N.. was sand-bagged and rob bed of his month's wages, $70. in tho yards of tho O. It. & N about 4:30 o'clock Sunday morning, Just nfler No. 5 camo into tho depot, and left Insensible by the sale of tho track, whilo It is believed his assailants es caped on tho train, Saunders was formerly tho fireman on tho yard cnglno at this place, but about two months ago was put on tho freight run out of Grande, wtiero ho bus been w rklng since. His fam ily lives in this city, and they had de cided to movo to iM Grande. Saun tiers secured a lay-oft of a few dojs and caino to Pendloton Sunday morn ing to make arrangements for thj move. When tho train reached tho d.-po' Saunders stnrted back up tho yard, carrying in his hand a i;Vlp. Whilo opposite tho end of tho w.tritouco across from tho light station, ho ,vus struck in the Jioad from bebnd nnd foiled to the ground. Ho laid 8' so less by tho side of tho track for n ar ly half an hour, and when regaining consciousness mado his way to the light station where bu was taken in, and aiterwarus taucn to bis homo. Ho had in his pocket part of his month's wages, amounting to about $70, which was taken by tho thugs. His grip was rifled and all of his pock ets gone through. They Left No Clue. Thero is no clue to the robbers and it is thought that they mado good their escape on No. 5, as It pulled out of the depot. Sheriff Taylor and his deputy, J. A. Blakley, wero at tho de pot when tho train camo in, but as thero was no disturbance, knew noth ing of tho Occurrenco until an hour or so afterward, when the matter was reported to the mby Saunders. A coupte of men made several at tempts to gain entrance to the light station earlier in the evening, and it Is thought by tho men working hero that they were the highwaymen. However, they did not see tho men plainly enough to give a description of them to the officers. This Is the first hold-up that has boon reported this season. sencers injured on the .Meadows- Grnngevlllo sla;;u road, 12S miles north of hero Inst Frlduy evening by tho stngo conch toppling off n steep bluff nt night, nnd rolling down tho hnnk, for about DO feet, aro not able to be brought to this city yet. F. II. Frnrap and C. N, Smith, returning miners from thu .Hinder Mountain, wero severejy Injured, aud nro now at a small way-station, near tho scene of tho accident, waiting for their In Juries to improve so they cnn bo brought out. DE8IRE FULL ATTENDANCE. Irrigation Committee Wishes to Com plete Arrangements Tonight, There will bo a meeting of all of tho members of all of tho commit tees concerned In the coming state Irrigation congress, at the rooms ol tho Commercial Association, tonight at 7:30. It is desired that afl of the' members of tho committees bo pres ent as at this tlmo the generul ar rangements for tho entertainment of tho guests, as well as tho program will be discussed nnd plans will bu laja for the details of the convention. jitters navo been received from a number of tho men who havo been invited to be present hero at tho con vention and It is wished that tho full membership bo present tonight to consider them. HEAVYWEIGHT FAMILY. Mrs. McRae, of Milton, Attends Re. union at Colfax. Mrs. Uarhara Mcltao, of Milton, has Just returned homo from a family re union held at Colfax last Saturday, Her seven brothers and three sis ters wero all present at the meeting and a most cnjoyabio time was had. Ono of tho most remarkable facts connected with tho reunion is tho uniformity largo size of all her broth- era and sisters. Her seven" brothers, Matlock by name, havo a combined weight of 1,500 pounds, tho largest tipping the scales at 284. Tho com bined weight of tho 11 members of tho family Is 2.1C0 pounds. Mrs, Mc Itao's parents, Mr, and Mrs. Preston H, Matlock, who were pioneers of the Palouso country, aro both dead. This is tho first family reunion held by tho Matiocks for 13 years. friends of tho faltli Is of continual in. teresl to him and he Is glint to know that most of them am In good health nnd he hopes In good spirits. Ho do plores thnt there was over anything but good spirits lu this part of tho state and will return with n healing balm, by menus of which tho past will be forgotten and tho itituro will loom bright anil clear, FOREIGNERS HAVE MONEY. Immigrants Coming to America Bet ter Class Than Usual, W. Hqimncu, ono of tho lending ho. tel men of Wallace, Idaho, spent Sun day in tho city en route homo from a six weeks' visit lu Devonshire, Kng land, his birthplace nnd former liomu. Mr, Hquauco says tho clmnictor of Immigrants coming from ICngland to America Iiiih greatly Improved In t'lo past fow ycarB. While the vessel on which ho enmo over wnn crowded wfth Immigrants, they nil have somo money, are well drcstnd, have tho appcaranco of being thrifty ami are much moro ili-olraJo citizens., than those ruining over befnro tho present rigid Immigration law went Into ef fect, He says the general appearance of the ICugllsh cities does not change us In America, It has been 11 years since he visited Hngliiud before, and lu that tlmo no generul Improvements havo been made In tho appearance of tho Devonshire cltlos aud towns. SHOOTING CONTEST. ICd ward Ilriiuifleld Carries Away a Gold Watch as First Prize. Saturday ovculnu F. Itobluson. tho proprietor of tho amusement parlors hold n medal tournament lu shooting nmi bowling, ut which tlmo a very In teresting nnd exciting time, -was had. Borne very goud shouting was dono, as was also tho case In thu bowllug contest. lid urumnoia carried off tho first prizo in tho shooting tour nament and Is now tho possessor of a gold watch, Tho bowling contest was some thing or a novelty as tho contestants bowled backwards. In this H, A. An derson won tho first prizo, n gold modal, with a scoro of 26U points out of a possible 300, Tho second man mado 248 out of the samo number of chances. r