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NINBEDIT10H DAILY EVENING EDITION Eastern Oregon Weather lU" Tonight fnlr, Sunday lncreas- Ing cloudiness. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OtlEGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1903. NO. -187S. ft DESIRABLE Ind Best Results if le Will Help the lent. lUGGESTlONS BY J- T. WHISTLER. That He Can Attend invention Anticipates itting Benefits Lucid I of the Theory upon Lork Is Based. tlonal In their expectations and de mands and the work will progress to a surer end of success. FIGHTING ELECTRICAL TIMBER CUTTING. WITH Platinum Wire When Sears the Fresh. Cut Ends. Washington, Oct. 24. Consul-Gcu-eral Gunthcr, at Frankfort, Germany, reports that successful experiments have been made at various parts of France In cutting trees with electric ity. Platinum wire Is heated and whitewashed. The sawing requires but one-eighth the ordinary time. There Is no sawdust and charred ends act as weather protection. OUTLAW NEGROES Blacks Are Common Robbers and Toughs and Peddlers ofi Illicit Whiskey. EXPLOSION OF A OF DYNAMITE Forged Pardons. Sau Francisco, Oct. 24. The disoov. ery Is made that convict Ralph Wil liams escaped from Alrntraz by means of a forged pardon. This Is the fifth escape. It was discovered by checking up the pardons Issued at Washington. The pardons have been so cleverly forged that the local offic ers could not tell the bona fide from the forgeries. MARSHAL OF FLUSHING WAS SHOT AND KILLED. One Negro Killed and Others Wound ed and Eighteen Are Uner Arrest The Populace Is Excited, and Dowie in Boston. Boston, Oct. 24. Dowie, wife and son arrived here early this morning . kA frrti-mmonf dir. In tholr nrlvn tn rnr TVirlf flnnflnrl ! Lynch Law le Probable Fugitive is Besieged. -An Armed t nf the irrigation work tie state, is lu tne days, having come in in order to catch up u and correspondence of the line. He has Ids ol Harney county fcth with his men, en- krsstlgatlons for the Esation projects, and ke interin- as soon as I his work h re. ikely thai M. Whist- I to be iirot n- at tne i fction, owing to the . ii at that time be in i work of closing his field for the win- adr the days are get- but that practically (accomplished after a lealng and In a short fcecessary to suspend xk. Then the cold at hand, when the izen over, and notn- I gauging work of that ke. Therefore Mr. ke in a few days for he will oversee Ms summer's work. pa engaged when the L IWe Benefit. ft la deeply Interest- Ion. He hopes that but on the lines lndl- n, and that noth- 1 tnter Into its con- pat. If the people as at the present ; the crops posst- i noil, the nature of best methods of the use and conser- from the ditches. laods of Irrigation, lea and dlsadvanta- fluence of the eli te of the seasons. details and data iestlon the meeting fcterett and benefit fi each succeeding ter Interest and of the convention JJcs, and demands Msed la regard to pork in one way or are asked of the laaot be granted, is are made that paen the meeting lerest and of wan rear comes. It is le former plan will we good of the tpeeay ultimate Ition Needed. not be under charge of tho iorernment do not kelp and co-opera- i.iue community, case. Any sug i the work In any 7 Is of interest. engineers In nd data in the lll be consid- m study of the ! mw. It Is not Iniormation or be presented by wiegation bent ! nead .of the en- S3 muph welrht lit Is sent In tne uon g of use lll be given m will enter W the men In People. have an erm. to the Intention 1 irrigation I think that the establish vast lake the I its been nln,. bloom all that t do ig to me " oesert price BlsUke and one a should get n.n' tr will have to r ;r the im fent and dollar Flushing. O.. O.-t 2i- r.xeitpinplit he Intended to sail for Australia with I continues tn.Iav over lant night's mln his wife, and said he would return to New York this afternoon. Railway of ficials say the car is scheduled to re turn to New York this afternoon. nlnio race war. Resides Town .Mar sum Elliott, who was Ullert by nc g.oo.s when lheli slianiy vif un rounded last night by officers, one Jegro Is ccitain to ciie and two ethers Review at Fort Riley. are seriously wounded. Fort Riley, Oct. 24. Nearly 10,000! The shrrlll who arrived this morn troops, commanded by 500 officers. .ng after Elliott's death sained tho were reviewed today. The Fifth Iowa inside of the barricaded NmKe end re made tho best showing of the militia ! moved three desolately woundf-d no regiments. State regiments drew , proes. The oflici-rs had hard work to nearly $40,000 pay today. , prevent flu- angry crrwd from lynch- ins. Auditorium Burned. Asheville. N. C. Oct. 24. The $10, 000 auditorium and a $10,000 resi dence adjoining were totally destroy ed by fire this morning. Campaigned Too Hard. Honolulu, Oct. 24. Delegate Wilcox is dead as the result Tf campaigning. Band of Outlaws. All th- ncgioes are members of a jiang which has been rebblng railway laboicrs and selflng illicit whiskey. The negro who shot Elliott through the back is supposed to be badly wounded and escaped. Four mort arrests wcie made at min, two being wemen. The citizens He was Hawaii's first representative , nin()e a Uemon,lra,ten bllt tno or. In congress. Wall Street Stagnant. New York. Oct. 24. The market opened stagnant. Southern Pacific was the greatest loser, dropping . but later steadied. LARGEST CHURCH EASTERN OREGON ficials slipped out of Jill this after noon and took nil their prisoner), to St C'lnirsvllle (all for foar of lynch ing. Refuses to Surrender. Wheeling. W. Vu., 0-t. 24. A possv o: officers have surrounded the negro, nho killed Marsha Klllot at Flushing. The regro' is heavily armed and re fuses to surrender. Reports from Flushing this after noon say IS negroes are now under arrest. OVER 15,000 IDLE. SPLENDID STRUCTURE BE BUILT IN LA GRANDE. "Ply advances t- and fHvc.o 4i. . to : "i be mora Greatest Mine Shut-Down In History of Montana. Unite. Ott. 24. Owing to a decis ion L-v ludge Clancy, of tin- .llstrlct court, in which the Minnie Heaiey mine, valued at $10.o;o,0(in. was awarded lo Hein-." all tlie great min ing nriii'oitios ot the Uos'on and Montana and the AmnlgumutpJ "op- ler comnanles of Moutam are hut La Grande, Oct. 24. (Special to the u)own a,i,i hetween .15100 awl y) Dfin Man Was Thrown From His Chair Three Miles From the Scene of the Accident. SHOCK WAS MISTAKEN FOR AN EARTHQUAKE. Work Wil Be Begun Thereon at Once It Wil Be Furnished With the Largest Pipe Organ West of Og-den. East Oregonlan.) The Mormon church of this city has just completed arrangements for the erection of the most magnificent church building In Eastern Oregon. It will be constructed on the lots now occupied by tho small church building used by the congregation for the past three years, and work will begin on the foundation Immediately. The building will cost $30,000 and will contain the largest pipe organ west- of Ogden. The membership of this congregation has more than quadrupled in two years, on account of the great Mormon immigration in to the county and the 1 Grande church is taking the lead of that at Baker City, which has held the pres. Uge in Oregon, up to Jbls. time. Quarantine Against San Antonio. Austin, Texas, Oct. 2o. The gov ernor this morning Issued a quaran tine against San Antonio, on account of yellow fever, corapletly Isolating the rlty from the outside world. GRAIN MARKETS. Juotatlons Furnished by Coe Commis sion Company B. E. Kennedy, Lo cal Manager. Pendleton, Oct. 21. Liverpool wheat opened dull, lower. Our market opened easier, but soon rallied on the strength In St. Louis Decem ber, which Is up over a cent per bushel. Shorts tried to cover here but there was no wheat offered, result ing In a sharp rally of over a cent for the pecember and about ?i for May. Market holding strong at the advance. Elevator interests continue to bo best buyers. Stocks Trading In Btocks almost entirely professional today. Husiness for outside account continues rather light although sentiment among con servative brokerB continues hopeful. Short interest large and unyielding any attempt to cover on their part to any great extent will, In our Judg ment, give uj a sharp rally. Chicago. Oct. 24. Wheat Opening. Close. Dec SO 8X14 May 78 Minneapolis, Oct. 24. Wboat Opening. Close, Dec, .., 79 80 May 78 7914 Chicago Wheat Chlcag,., Oct. 24. Wheat opened 804, closed 81. miners are Idle. The greatest mnsiernatlon pre vails. Throats lo lynch .Indgi, rlan ey have beiii openly inadi- and ex til'n'pnt is at fever lira;. It is tho rejtot d'stuoance In the history of .Mo-itana mining and l.usinesK Is snriuiilv threatened Council Defers Improvement. La Grapde. Oct. 24. (Special to the East Oiegonlan.) The city council deferred taking final action on tho purchase of the chemical engine and installing a paid system in the fire department. Jast night, until a fur ther canvass of the taxpayers could be made. The council Is unanimous ly in favor of tho plan, but took this action to permit tho business men to investigate It further. Thlrty.Fifth Birthday. Thirty-flvo years ago; In a quiet Ut ile Illinois hamlet. f)f T M. Hender son, of IhN "ity. first saw tho light of dav. and this evening hl many rriends will gather at Ms home on Haley stref to offer their congratu lations for the lightness of the touch ot limo upon him, and to expresti their wishes I hat more than an equal minij'er of years to thoso passed anil gone will touch his brow kindly, leaving no nioro trace of care than hae (be years now fled Singular and Inexplicable Phenomena s Attended Houses Were Destroyed and Yet People In the Yards Were Uninjured Bloody Jaw Bone Found 700 Feet Distant. ,New York. Oct. 24. Dynnmite in a car In an east-bound freight on the New York, Now Haven & Hartford line, exploded today near I'olhnm Hay. tour cars woie demolished. Walls shook and windows were broken for a .radius of two miles. The peculiar action of dynamite was shown by escapes of trainmen. Ilrakcmen on top of cars at the other end of the train wero hurled Into tlm air and fell in a mud bank uninjured. All felt tho cpnciission, but none were Injured. A big hole was torn In the roadbed, which caused the train to part, tho rear1 portion running Into the great gorgo forward. The desk sergeant In tho Westches ter police station, three miles distant, was thrown from his chair. Tho sta tion house rocked so violently the po lice turned out. The citizens at Uaychester, two miles away. In panic fled Into tho streets in their night clothing, fear ing an earthquake. Fifty yards from tho explosion, in a roadhonse; seven Inmntes wero thrown from their beds. Several cabins occupied by labor ers and section hands and which were 200 yards beyond tho road house mentioned, and in line with It and tho explosion, were shattered to that ex tent that they must be abandoned. A woman working out of doors with in 10 yards of one of these demolish ed houses, was not ovon thrown off her feeL A bloody and shattered fragment of an upper jaw bone was found 700 feet from the explosion, and It Is belloved other evidences of death will lie dls. covered later on. It Is not now known that anyone living In the vlcin Ity was killed, and tho fragment of skull mentioned Is believed to have belonged to a tramp riding on the car which exploded, or on one adjoining. EDITORS ADJOURN. Eighteenth Annual Session of the Oregon Press Association Closed In Glory. Salem, Oct. 24. The ISth session of the Oregon Press Association closed In thlB city this ovcnlng In a blato of glory, If tho expression Is appllcablo to the enjoymont of a bnnquot nnd grand ball. The cltltons of Salem have entertained the visiting dele gates and their friends in a most charming manner, atui tho Wctlng at tho capital city will bo long remem bered as one of pleasure and value. The orgnnlr.nUon Is In a thriving condition, tho membership Is grow ing constantly, and tho science of run ning newspapers on business princi ples Is now the foremost topic among the members. Among the able papers read yester day was one on tho "Ethics of Jour nalism," by Colonel 15. Hofcr, of tho Salem Journal, and tho annual ad uress of Arthur Conklln, of Grant's Pass, prcsldont of tho association, Secretary Tozier submitted his an nual report at tho meeting laBt night which contained some very Interest ing facts, among them being statis tics concerning the press of Oregon. The report showed that, In this state there aro 19 dally newspapers. ISO weeklies, 7 semt-weeklles, 18 month lies, I soml-inonthly, 1 quarterly, or n total of 22f publications, classified as follows: 120 republican, 35 Inde pendent, 23 democratic, G fraternal, 4 ngi (cultural, 3 miscellaneous, 1 pro hibition, 1 tenchers, 2 trade, 1 timber, 1 Norwegian, 1 Japanese, 1 Scandina vian, 1 Spiritualist, 1 hops, 8 relig ious, 5 school, 1 woman's, club, 1 com mercial, 1 labor union, 1 livestock, 1 poultry, 1 physician, 1 German and 1 law journal, 2 mining, 1 drug, 1 ex position, 1 Oregon nlstory. A literary program has been arrang ed for tonight, which will bo render ed before the ball begins, nnd imme diately following tho banquet. The following olilcers were elected yester day evening: President S. L. Moorhead, Junction City. First vice-president 15. Hoier, Sa lem. Second vlco-presldcnt George M. Cornwall, Portland. Secretary Albert Tozier. Treasurer Francis Gotshall, Mt Tabor. Historian Gcorgo H. Himcs. Sergeant-at-Arms Arthur Conklln. EXPRESSIONS BY THE CANDIDATES Inquiries Made ol Them as to Their Position on the Gamb ling Question. ARE UNANIMOUSLY VERY NON-COMMITTAL. GOVERNMENT HAS MUCH EVIDENCE SAUSAGE MAKERS STRIKE. Fifteen Hundred Go Out for an In crease in Wages. Chicago, Oct. 24. One thousand fivo hundred snusago makers -at tho union Slock yards, struck today, tho packers positively refusing conces slons as to the wago scale. They now earn from lfi to 25 cents nn hour, and demand an advanco of i'h cents. GOOD ROADS MEETING. R. Alexander Returns From the State Convention at Portland. It. Alexander returned tlilii morning from Poitlanrt where he ntterided tin session of the Good Roads coiiveu lion. In that city, yesterday. The attenda'irn was not large, but the Interest In the fiuhjcot was very marked. A pBper by Governor Cham berlain on tho '(instruction of conn liy roads by tho ala(n prison con victs, was read, and .1. W. Abbott, who is at the liend of tho national good roads movement, under direction of the agricultural department, ad diussed tho meeting at length, re viewing the work of the bureau throughout the Untied Stales. Mr- Alexander anil Judge Hartman were appointed to places on thn res olutions committees, and Mr. Alexan der was compelled to como homo on account ot prerslng duties hero, be fliro tho sessions closed, ALL PLEADED GUILTY AND WERE FINED A large crowd gatbeied in the court i Tho court reminded the men that room this afternoon to hear the ar ralgnment of the men accused of gambling. Of those against whom In formations had been filed, all were present with tho exception of Jesse Sellers, who is at home sick, The roll was called and Frank O'Hara, Charles Cook, Ed Swltzler, William ICrebs Thomas Johnson, William George, James Spence, Fred Drake and Frank Rainwater were assembled in front of the clerk's desk. All with the exception of Ed Swltzler waived the reading of the Informations (lied against them, and after the one In his case was read by the clerk the men were asked to plead. All of them pleaded guilty and waived the time of sentence and the court passed sen. tence on the company (hey were men of experience, and that they knew something of tho ways of a court. Tho judge hinted that when a man came before tho bar more than once on the same charge that It was pretty sure to result In the second penalty being higher than the first. He then fined each man pleading $50, which amount was Immediately paid by all present. District Attorney Halley in expla nation stated that he wished to show no partiality In arresting them, and that he was going to bring all of the gamblers in the city before him in Job lots as ho had started to do. As soon as he was free from tho case that was now engrossing his attention, he would bring all bf the men In the city who had gambled, Into court to an swer to the charge. BRISTOW FILES REPORT OF UNCOMMON LENGTH. All the Ground of the Postal Service Investigations Is Covered Report Will Not Be Made Public for Some Days. . Washington, Oct. 24, Mr. llrlstow's renorts In tho nostofllce Investigations were clven Genoral I'ayno by tho fourth assistant this afternoon, Mr. l'riyno Inimedlatelv lock ihem to tho White House In person ami nanueu tliem In the iiresldent. They consist of 3GG typewritten pages comprising 110,000 words, and represent almost u month'B labor on tho part of tho fourth assistant and a largo force of clerkB to compile. Five hundred exhibits accompany It. '. Iiov are not vet comiilefd but will be hnnded to tlm postmaHler-Konornl before Tuesday. When printed they will make four volumes, emnrncing mo netting or me work of inspectors on various cases iffflilnvltK. etc It Is understood its contoiltB will not bo mado public until tho exhibit Is transmuted to Roosevelt, Payne was with him un hour, Tho president desired to tnko up tne mai. tor at onco and Immediately arrang. ed for a conference lator In tho day with Mr. Payne and Attnrney ueiii'rui Knox. Austrian Language Compulsory, Vienna, Oct, 24. Tho emperor has glvep formal notice mat no win no dlcato rather than rocedo from his po sltlon of compollng tho Austrian lan guage to bo used by the Hungarian troops. A crisis Is believed to bo Im minent. C. R. DUTTON RETIRE8, J, A. Herron, of Chicago, Purcnases Popular Main Street Business. C, R. Dutton has sold his candy store on Main street lo J, A. Herron, uf Chicago, who will ro-opun I ho placo on Tuesday next nftor Uinioughly overhauling tho piuce ami roirrnngmst the sloclc. Tho deal has been on for Hoverai days, but owing to the arranffomont of tho lease the matter was not nos ed until this morning. Mr. Herron Is ii man of experience In tho confec tionery business, hwliig been oil tho road for the iasl nvo yearn, nui having tired of travel iy has decided to settle In this city and rcalto it his futuro home. Ho will endeavor to make his place tlm leading confer 'onery stem in tho ol'y John Orcene, of Relhel, Mo., shot and killed Ileulati Yorkt: with whom ho was Infatuated, and then killed himself. He was 30 years of age, she 16, Have Faith That th People Will Have Faith In Them to Do the Best Thing For the City Will Strive to Subserve the Best Interests of Their Constituents. Since gambling scums to bo tho chief topje of interest In the public oyo nt tho present time, it might ho of Interest to know whhl llui policy of the men who are about to launch thier booms lu city election will be. Accordingly, this morning the mon who are up for ro-elecllon, or who aro making their first try for (lie aldor manlc robe, wero nsked what they thought about tho question and what their policy would b If elected. However, none of them had any pol icy, that Is not for publication. Ferguson of the First. J. M, Ferguson, llui candidate from tho first ward, had nothing to say for tho press, but ho thought (hat tho peoplo would understand that ho would do what ho thought for tho best. He would attempt to servo tho best Interests of the rlty and would take up tho questions as they cniuii' before tho council, Murphy of the Second. B, J. Murphy, or tho second wind,, wns of llko fnlth In some ways. "I Imvn an opinion, nnd I nm going to keep It under my hat," lie said. ,"l don't know Hint I am In tho nice yet. Tor I havo tho petition In my pocket and hnvo not decided lo file It nt this tlmo. Rut I have nothing to sny on tho gambling proposition," Renn of the Third. II, F. Renn, of the third ward, wns not thinking of gambling and had nothing to say as to his position In tho mutter. "However, I might say as a pointer," ho remarked, us ho sturted off down the street, "that I do not bellovn In fonclng In tho town. And 1 think somo people should pay for whnt thoy will do niiyway." Howard of the Fourth. T. K. Howard, of ihe fourth ward, was loo busy to think of tlm affairs of tho city at tho paillculur moment the icportnr found him. nnd luid with. Ing to say. Ho had an bleu about tho conduct of tho city's busliiess, but ho did not euro to publish It. and wiuf too busy to tnko time to explain It, anyway. THE WORCESTER MINES. Man Quartz Who Patented First Claim in Oregon. A Portland naimr contulns tho fol lowing account of lloiaco Worcester, a plohour miner of Eastern Oregon, and the property tmit Mr. Worcester lort lu the mining dlstiict near (Iran. ItO! , , "Horace Worcester, the aged inlunr wl... wumiiltti.d suicide hero recently. was a well-known milling man. mid Is said to have possessed the first quart claim ever pulcnted lu Oregon. Tho claim is located on union" Creok, not far from tho MUKiiona, and was worked by Worcester, who employed an arrastrii as far back as tho early '70s. A prominent Hukor City mining man wrote to Worcester shortly beforo tho lutter's death, ask ,ng him for tonus on the property. Ho received u reply that $6,000 was the leust It could be purchased for. but Worcostor added that ho did, not really care to part with tho claim, hh n ...uu uiuiiini. 1. 1 in a comlortiiblo in come und ho rather dlscouragod the "iilo. , "Worcester was especially " known among the pioneer mil ers m the stale, nnd wus cordially liked by them." , , . Tin. iiiincnRuil wus a brother or J. t Wnrcminr. of this city. ho Is now at Granite looking after tho property belonging to the chmio. To the Walla Walla Races. Mr and MrK. J. F. Robinson and their 1'tlo son have returned from a pleasnnt tilp to Walla Walla, where tho went tho first ot tho week. At that tlmo, Mr. nonunion riuuiitu hi. his Hotting maro to bin ruuuur-uiun rig and loading his family In, wont to Milton ono day, and, from there to Walla Walla in tlmo to ou mo iu day of tlm races. Wodnesday ovon- lug the P1 nv m"i-u same way. arriving miru amn ? evening, At Men's Resort, The regular men's mooting will bn held us usual Pt tho Men's Resort, , In tho Despilu 1 iilldlne. Bwtoy noon nt 4 clock, Rev. N. II.M' will speak. All men nro conimiiy 'J I