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II 1 T" V DAILYEYENIHBEDITIOM i Vd Ol" f llvkAivvvv m u i i i iit 11 iruiiiiiiiiti a w. i J saKllBH 3L.tfHBHHHIkiP I Tonight and Thursday, occ.v JSC PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OTtEGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1903. NO. 4881. NG FOR CONVENTION with a band made of Umatilla county wool. Theso emblems will be pre pared, by the ladles and presented to all delegates and visitors at the convention. a Association Tak ails in Hand With ness. RAILROAD TPS TO BE SECURED. Members State Associa- tted to Full Membership n and Ball Open to the tii- ,,1111 Mt enlng. lmiflllrr In arrangements mr wc ... ni .. tin. pnnmd merclal Association Inst and preparation for It. i 1 , , U r ere read trom various ent In the Irrigation Hons subjects bearing on One was rend from F. the president of the Mai- Irrigation Association, the sealing or me cnur- of the Statu Associa te CUUBLiLUlllJll 11IUL II U' P THIHCV III L11U convention. Word was that all of the charter Pacific has been refer- Caldcrhead, the general in charge of the local parion wns rniorren iu II lUVItl. KLU IUL' II111L III' ft rnni m wnuir! in on. UU U1U IliUUUIIU. lllUUKil ho ..mild do nrrnm.n lilc r has HlL-nlflnd his Inlen- E. 'I ii ci mniYi nin k fir tiio rt and of the state board letters having been ro them to that effect. would be dlsnensed to tlin nieettnrr. 11 rrnvn meniliors of the commit- matter of discussion In was the question of the uanc-tl. II llml lionn thn Arllo.j lini.tm. mnlln Of SI to nil those not eleeateH ill tlin r-nnvrin. Hen In iittnml tlm ynnan. l tils Idea i i not meet ur 01 mo general corn wish the whole show to e in iiwi .mi. ii. be two governqrs pres- uui III DICU Ul State, lint) in I'hni'i.n n e nrlVlIfiirfi nt uhnHni. them looked too much them on exhibition. So nythlng in connection 6 neCftRflrv no tho rem. (ihuii HI ICADb Uy ims ume we unger was present and oiuck snow. Ho had 8 Or tl nnrMMiKnirninnn. niiwit miflVU They were all too busy the troubles 0r time to nape for exhlhitinn. 'nut. Kt,nx, WIII uu meeting it will bo taken ttUrt . . .juiiiiicii .iu meui P'aco on the ovonlng of at 7 o'clock. Select an Emblem, committee bavlnc In convention, mot yester- iiuiiiur ar- r inn unin. . - .. ...w duliu Hum fir tnn uev W 1 ),o,. ,,r ..... .i,YU m m.. by the cenernl mm. niL . 10 u the "legates are well taken i rTJ , i 7 U,B0 nuoptod or badge for the con 's of sagebrush, a heart u Bnrav r.r nii . i ii Hiiuiia, lieu JOHN MITCHELL DAY. Celebration Will Be Followed By Gen eral Suspension of Mining. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 28. It is ap parent that every colliery in thn an thracite region will bo Idle tomorrow nnd that the mine workers will turn out In a body to celebrate John Mitchell day. In vlow of (ho fact that the mass of the minors would not return to work tho day following the celebra tion and that, moreover, there would be another holiday on election day next week, the mlno owners have de cided on a general suspension of op erations, beginning with the closing of the mines tonight and continuing until the day after election. This Idloness will cut off about 300,000 tons and perhaps more, and will re duce the big surplus stock. The op erators say this reduction is a com mercial necessity as the supply of coal Is still largely In excess of the demand. EGBERT IS CAPTURED. Outlaw Who Murdered Two Oregon Men In Harney, Is Run to Earth. Pocatello, Oct. 28. Harry Egbert, who murdered John 0, Saxton and Jack West, in Wild riorse valley, Harney county, Oregon, on October 5, was enptured at American Falls yesterday, by Constable Ed .McCoy, of Elko. Nov., who has been on the trail of the murderer for tho past three weeks. The total reward offered for the capture of Egbert was something over $1,000, and the hunt tor the murderer has been exciting In the extreme, on account of the popular ity and prominence of his victims and tho coldblooded nature of his crime. He wns wanted in Douglns county, Oregon, for burglnry, and had been arrested by Saxton. By some ruse, he made his escape lrom Saxton. and when Saxton, accompanied by West, wont to rearrest him, a duel ensued; In which both West and Saxton wero shot to death. Lynching is strongly talked in Har ney county. HITCHCOCK IS INTERVIEWED Secretary of the Interior Says There Are Others Than Asa Asa B. Thompson. ANOTHER GREAT ABERDEEN EIRE CLAIMS THE SITUATION HAS BEEN EXAGGERATED. Seven Stores and thG Post office Burned to the Ground This Morning, LOSSES FAR EXCEED ALL THE INSURANCE. States That Not Over a Thousand Rain Fell Immediately After the Fire Acres of Timber Land Have Been Fraudulently Entered Claims Present Disclosures Have Been Kept Secret to Further the Ends of Justice Mentions No Other Names. I PLAN TO REOPEN THE SMELTERS PRESIDENT HILL IS ON AN ARBITRATION BOARD. Helnze Refuses to Sell the Minnie Hally for $7,000,000,, Claiming it Is Worth $14,000,000 Will Reject Other Offers. Unite, Oct. 28. He'iizt' issued a statement this morning declining to consider Lawson's proposition thpl the arbitration board fix a price to bo paid by Lowson lor the Heinze holdings. Ilclnze denies lie ottered t, anil rni. f7.nnn.uiHi. ns the nronertv is worth fll.iitm.unil. Ho adds he will i.ol consider banonsiy any unci Law.son might mnke. A meeting ol tho heads of the cor porations and the mediation commit tee, of which J. j! Hill is a member, will uo huld hero Thursday to try a nlan lor re-opening the Amalgamated mlno smelteis. Washington. Oct 28. Secretary Hitchcock for the first time consent ed to an Interview today on the Or egon land frauds. He said: "There are others be sides Asa I). Thompson, (who Js dis missed from the receivership of tho land office at I.n Grando) who will lie suspended or discharged, but I don't look for wholesale decapita tions. Our investigation Is nearly complete, and as we complete one case we turn It over to the officials of the department of Justice, who will take It into the courts. "In a short time we will turn n lull report over to the department of justice It will not be made public, but will take the public Into our con fidence by making a short state ment. "We have kept tho matter secret for tho last nine months, because publicity would have foiled justice. "There is conspiracy, no doubt, and some public officials are In It, but It Is gross exaggeration to say these frauds are the greatest In the his tory of tho department. There have been others that have nrlsen perldo ically and must bo ferreted out. "In the present frauds I should say about 1,000 acres or timber lands are Involved, valued at $1,25 to $1.S0 per acre, showing that a statement that millions are involved is an Idle one.." Had Burned Out Origin of the Conflagration Is Unknown Many of the Victims of the Former Holo caust Lost Their Little All In This. Town Nearly Wiped Out. Aberdeeu, Wash., OcL 28. Anoth oi destruct!o conflagration this morning. Aberdeen, Wash., Oct, 28. Fire broke out at 10:30 a. m being con fined, entirely to the Commercial block1, where it originated, Seven stores and tho postofflce In this building were totally destroyed. Loss, $150,000; insurance, $30,000. About 30 people and firms lost everything. Several . families ren dered homeless by the Ore, occupied upper floors and lOBt all their house hold goods and are now homeless again. Tho origin of the fire Is a mystery. Haiti Is now falling, beginning Imme diately after tho fire was extinguish ed, or had burned itself out. z BISHOP OF IERRA LEONE THOMPSON SUSPENDED. Secretary Hitchcock Orders Suspen sion of Receiver Pending Trial. Washington, I). C, Oct. 28. Secie tary Hitchcock yesterday wired the suspension of Asa . Thompson, re ceiver of the I.a Grande land otllee, pending his trial on the Indictments found Monday by tho federal grand Jury at Portland, on his misconduct in office. Consecration of Father O'Gorman at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 28. Impres sive ceremonies accompanied the consecration today of Father John O'Gorman as Catholic Bishop of Sierra I,cone, South Africa. The ser vices were held this forenoon In the cathedral. Archbishop Ryan was the consecrator and he was assisted by Ulshop Prendorgast of Philadel phia and Right Rev. J. F. Regis Canevln, Coadjutor Ulshop of Pitts burg. A number of other prominent priests and prelates took part In tho ceiemonles, which were witnessed by an assemblage that taxed the full capacity of the cathedral, THIEF SURRENDERS. EASTERN SITUATION.. GRAIN MARKETS. Juotatlons Furnished by Coe Commls-j slon Company B. E. Kennedy, uo- cat Mnnaner. I Pendleton, Oct. 28. Liverpool wheat opened Vi lower. Continued i.,.,,hi.. uinniim!- I mi- movement of turuiuuit; ,........ - --- grain and rather easier leellng In the cash market has us eneci uu mu ihi receipts in the Northwest, Increased a little. , . Minneapolis had nil 7 cars, aganisi Slti a year ogo. uuiuin jij, 348. Chicago 91. against 70, Trade In wheat this morning was small. Commission houses not doing much, iiinncapoils December was relatively weaker than Chicago. The market at this writing has recovered some what from early weakness and hold ing steady, .. Tho weakness shown In 'he sio-k market yesterday was due to finan cial trouble at St. Louis, which has been heightened today, by continue! run on the St, Louis bunks. Chicago, Oct, 28. Wheat- Opening. Close. Doc 80 Mf May 79V Mlnneapolls. Oct. 2b. Wheat Opening, uw uec 07 May Chicago Wheat. Chicago, Oct. 2S.-Wheat openel at 80, tyid closed the same. Glrard Theater Burned. Philadelphia, Qct. 88.- ""J"! avenue theater was almost 'tally o fctroyod by flro this morning. T firomon wore Injured. Loss. $10U, 000 and no Insurance. Several Seriously Injured. PhllodelpWa, Oct. 28.-A loco-ino-Uvo collided with a trolley car at Twont?"wnl fltroot this morning. Several wore seriously Injured. 79 79 74 Attempts at Assassination Russia Sending Coal to Marchurla. Vienna. Oct. 28. An attempt was made today to assassinate Archlilsh-' cp Serujeve by two men disguised as women, who entered his house, but weie discovered when entering his ;oom. It is believed to he the result i of the archbishop's nnll-Tiiil:isb I piopaganda. j Coal to Manchuria. Herlin. Oct 28. Russia has char leied tlie steamer Hatavla the big gest transport of tho Hamburg-American line, to convey 10 cargoes or coal, each of 10.000 tons from' Car rilff tn Port Arthur. Russia Will "Explain." Birmingham, Oct. 28. The Post today 3ays an influential authority, who has just returned from. St. Petersburg, declares Russia is about to Issue a circular to the powers on the Jdanchurlan question, th pru chn terms of which will depend on the negotiations now proceeding with Japan at Toklo. Assault on Governor-General. TIHIs. Russia. Oct. 28 A murder ous attack was made yesterday on Prince Gllitzen, governor-general or the Caucasus. Three assailants lushed to (ho carriage and repe.ited Ij stabbed nnd tried to drag tho prince fiom his wife's side. The thickness of the prince's cap saved Ills life. He received numerous iflight wounds. The Cossack guard killed one as sailant, mortally wounded another and beriously wounded the third Twenty-throe cotton mills are now In course of election in the Southern states. Man Who Tricked La Grande Con stable Reconsiders. La Grande, Oct. 28. (Special to the East OregoMan.) Dan Purdeo, who (.scaped from Conslablo William Mar tin Monday, while being taken to the city jail, by uskiug to bo allowed to see his sister in 'a house on a resi dence street, and passing through tho house escaped by the back gate, while tho constable was waiting for him on the fiont sldewal,,, surren dered this morning to the police force. Purdee was under arrest for stealing a shotgun from a barber slif.il. HYPNOTI8M IN COURT. Used to Show That the Defendant Is Easily Controled. San Francisco, Oct. 28. Tyndall, the hypnotist und mind-reader, exper imented In court today with Mrs, Allen, who Is suing for a divorce. She claimed she was hypnotized by McAllen and married him while she already had a husband. Tyndall showed sho was easily hypnotized, Recommends' Ryan. Koine. Oct, 28. The pope has re telved the earnest solicitation of Cardinal Gibbons for appointment as becond American cardinal. Gibbons t.uggeats Ryan of Philadelphia ns thn only ono of th- American clergy, who will moot general approval. FEDERATION OF EMPLOYERS. "To Combat the Teachings of Indus trial Democracy." Chicago, Oct. 28. It Is expocted that the organization of tho National Federation of Employers' Association which wns begun last month, will bo perfected nt tho two days' confer ence which opened In Chicago today. Representatives from local associa tions throughout the country nro nt- tending the conference. To combat tho teachings of Indus trial democracy Is tho avowed pur pose of the new orgnnlzatlon. A na tional organ will bo published nnd n campaign of education nmong wnge- carners begun in nn effort to snow that socialistic Ideas threaten socie ty nnd that democratization of Indus trial affairs Is Impending. The federntlon will put 100 organ izers In the field to form subsldary or ganlzatlons nnw will look after legis lation In Washington and In tho va rious states. PEACE IN VENEZUELA. i-olitlcal Amnesty on Birthday of Si mon Bolivar. Caracas, Oct. 28. Today was tho anniversary of tho birth or Simon Bolivar, Venezuela's llbbrator, and tho customary celebration of the event was made memorable by the formal announcement of tho ro-ca-tabllsbmcnt of pence, following tho recent battle nt Culdad Ilollvnr, which effectually terminated tho up rising which had been In progress for nearly three years. In his decree an nouncing the re-establishment of peace, President Castro granted nm nesty, cffectlvo lodny, to a large num ber of political prisoners. Bishops Entertained at Wnlte House. Washington, Oct. 28. Tho presi dent and Mrs, Roosevelt gave a re ception nt the White House today in honor or tho Episcopal bishops who are here to nltend tho Episcopal mis sionary convention. Moro than thieo score bishops attended the reception. After the Boll Weevil. Houston, Oct. 28. Secretary Wil son arrives here tonight, accompan ied by a corps of agricultural ex perts who will spend n week Investi gating the cotton field ravages by boll wcrvll, ALMOST A PANIC ON IN ST. t S Run Still Continues on tho Two Greatest Banks in the Middle West. POLICE CALLED OUT TO MAINTAIN THE PEACE. DOWIE STORY HAS BEEN TOLD BEFORE PRESENT SENSATION IS A REHASH TO IOWANS. Nashville to San Domingo. Washington, Oct. 28. Tho navy department will probably send tho Nashville, which Is now coaling at Kingston, to San Domingo, on ac count of the revolution, for the pro tection of American lulercsts. Newmarket Stakes. London, Oct, 28, Captain Fores ter's, Haclkers' Pride won tho Cam bridgeshire stakes at Newmarket to day; Hammond's IJurses, second; Klnglass, third, Tho race won near ly $30,000. Twenty-seven horses ran. EX-CONGRESSMAN MOODY IS INDICTED Portland, Oct. 28. Ex-Congressman Malcolm A. Moody was Indicted byi the federal grand jury this morning; for opening a letter addrossed to Margaret L. Conroy, a stockholder in a bank at Tlie uanes, ur., oi wmcu Moody was president. The hank was in tho hands of a receiver at the time. The letter contained tho final receipt to Mrs. Conroy for nor Indi vidual sharo of tho dividends. Malcolm A. Moody, who wa suc ceeded iif congressman In 1902 from the Eastern Oregon district, by J. M. Williamson, Is a native-born nieguian, and has always been an r.ctlvo und energetic worker In tho Irttr sit of the state. Hi father, Hon. Z, F. Moody, was foi 'rly governor of Oregon, and now resides at Salem, Whole Story Was Published in Des Moines Papers Three Years Ago, Where Dowle's Step-Father Is Known to Many People. Run Has Begun on Smaller Institu tions All Banks Take Advantage of "Thlrty-Oay Notice Clause" Wherever They Can People Tram pled Upon In the Mad Rush Wag. on Loads of Coin, St. Louis. Oct 28 When tho doors of tho Mississippi Volley and Mercan tile Trust banks opened tills morning long lines of depositors were waiting to withdraw. The hanks took ndvnn lake of tho 30-day notice to thoso attempting n run. Small crowds nro In front of other banking. Institutions. Police Called Out. The runs became so had by noon tho police were unable to handle tho people. Men and women were tram pled nnd clothing lorn. The banks llnnlly closed the doors, permitting only a few to enter at n time. Wngons loadod with coin, heavily guarded, In a mcasiue have restored confidence, but tlie inns continue. The savings cIuiihc mid 30-dny noti ce nro boing enforced. Open ac counts nro pnld as HiM as tho monoy can lio counted, Runs on Other Banks, A run Is being made on tho Lin I coin Trust llnnk. It hns plenty of coin nnd Is paying nil iiccouhtB savo, I those on which they ciiu demund le gal notice. Help From National Treasury. Wnsh'ngton. Oct. 2S. Financial 1 assistance has been sent tho St. I Louis hanks by New York, New Or- leans uml Chicago Institutions. A Hood or money is biting rushed Into 1 St. Louis. The eomptiotler or tho ! currency has received no lntormn- Hon that xxould Indicate trouble Iu any national lunik of the Wm Id's Fair city, Aid From New York. Now York, Oct. 28. Two millions were shipped from the Hub-treasury to the St, Louis hanks this uftcrnon. Des Moines, la., Oct. 28. -The story of DowIo'h ancoutry, as told In the Associated Pres: dispatched nt es terdny, Is three years old. In 1900 the story of Howie's moth er's secret marriage to an English in my olllcer, and his subsequent tic seitlon of her, her Hpcedy ,iuii'rluji to John Murray Dov.'lo, of this state, and the whole fnmily history hi th-i Zionist, was published Iu this ciy Tlie confession of Dowlo yester day before an audience of 10,000 to his parentage was actuated by re cently published letaers, but tlm American public bus been familiar with tho facts "disclosed" by the Zi onist, sliien tho year 1900, when they were published by Des Moines pa pers, John Murray Dowie, who man led tho mother of John Alexander Dowie six months after she was deserted by the army olllcer to whom sho was secretly murrled Iu Australia , lives at Essex, Iu this Htnte, and Is well known in this oily. He makes no donlal of the fad that he Is not John Alexander DowIo'h father, but sayr he married the mother of the "Zionist" before the birth of that now notable man. The name of the army officer who Is John Alexander DowIo'h father wuh never disclosed by his mother, and although it Ih reported that he wbh killed In India nt tho head of liis company, it la not known what Imcnrno of Mm. His relatives "splrltod" lilm nwuy from IiIh bride, within u monlh after they wero secretly married, and In order to give her child a name, she was married to John Murray Dowlp without having secured a divorce from her soldier husband. Miss Ware Indicted. Portland, Oct. 28. .Miss Aluile L. Ware, Horace O. McKlnley and S. A. D, PulerH, all charged with forgery In connection with land transactions in tho office of the land commissioner of Eugene, have been Indicted" on 2 counts and will bo tried nt the No vember term of the United States dis trict court at Portland. New President for W, & C. R, Walla Walla. Oct. 28. Howard El llott, tho newly-elected president of the Northern Pacific railway, will be elected president of the W. & (!. R. at a meeting of tho stockholders to take place hero next Saturday, Octo ber 31. The arrival of American cotton has started English mills going. SWELL LONDON WEDDING. Americans Married In Hanover Square Church. Londou, Oct. 28. -Ethel Wnhlron, of Colorado Springs, and Leo Fran (Ih. of Murrain, wen- mnrrlcd lu Han over Square church this morning. John 'Ilarret wns best num. Henry White, secretary or the American em bassy, gave the bride away. Tho wedding was brllliiint and thorn wero r.O Americans or note In iitleixJante. INQUEST OVER SAGOUINI. Was Shot By a Left.Handed Person No Other Clues. London, Oct. 'iH. The Inquest ovor Hnguiilul. tho Armenian leader, who iriirdereil yesterduy, opened to day. It developed that the shots weio fired by n lert-hamleil man. hut there aie no other clued. No arieHtS have been made. EXPRESS DRIVERS 8TRIKE. Other Employes of Companies Threaten to Do the Same. St Uiiils, Oct 28. Four hundred drivers, piiictlcully all of hoo em ployed by Urn Adams, United otateti iiid tt-iutlieni American and Wellm t'argo Impress companies 'in'", i, lit work ibis mnnilug in sympathy with tho Pacific Expichb Oonipuny strik ers. Tho biliclals defiant they anl bociirlng men to laku Hi'l'- pluces, und that there will he no liiterfeionco with liusiiiesu. If is repelled other emplnyen of Iiiu (ompnnlos im iitlnncd urn ciiiihIiI orlng a strike. Gas Was Turned On, San Francisco, Oct. 28. F. II Knnwlton a waiter, wus found "lead on the Moor of u loom In HlncMon street, at noon today. An iiukuwn woman wus unconscious In bed lu the same mm. (lus was flowing from the Jet. Tho womuii may recover. Ex-Congressman Russell Dead, WrirccKler Mass.. Oct 28. Ex- Congrcssman Russell died this morn ing, aged 70. 110 was it prominent free trader, und declined a cabinet position pronereu y uiuyuiuuu um hls second term. Three Are Killed. Ilessomer City, N. 0., Oct. 28. -A double header fi eight wreck occur led pn the main lino of tho Boufihorn railway near horo this morning, caused by a loose rail. Engineer Tom Pettus and two firemen were killed. Conductor Edwin Patterson was seri ously Injured,