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NINGEDITIOH DAILY EVENING EDITION t or.BO'",!,1tubtcDrip; Eastern Oregon "Weather J Tonight and Tuesday cloudy, J with possible rain; cooler. 'rr Se newspaper. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OUEGON, MONDAY, NOV.EMUEH 2, 1003. 6. N'O. 4885. GISLATt .. n r I II PI UtLfl! Honors I i nuvi i ' i a - n t Un Prncnnt uv. RE MAY BE IN . . nrft?UDCD 1 n.U i 1 1 1 rl Election, Posting No- Canvass of voies mh Cannot Be Declared, ihcre I to Imj a special levy which cannot be the new law, as It now .1 1 l.ntnn nnlrAil ( It,- r...nl.t mill . ...til r.. ,,.(..! n W1LI1UI1L nuuiU OlfULlUI of raising funds, and i an . i . r to Fill Vacancies. rd. there need he no do- i - e ii i ii. nicu ui wiu iwiaiu' tncre are several re filled In the list of mem ousce. Daley of Benton, ath and 1-ake have all to offices that will pro of Polk, and Davey of both moved out of so that their Heats are will nuKiiucIf n(i n o twi Id oidrr to fill tLesc tho legislature can Ui Will II II IU U1VH 1 this election, and al- avfi fnr tho nnRHnir nf VR muni nvn -. 'thn PYirnn m tin -v iikibi' tnnt However, tho call for d the notice of tho olec- together anil In this Aw tn tin fniwiinlr-.fi nw1 as the constitutional 90 taxes collected. lare an Emergency, 'Id he declared and tho io iorct at once. But thought timt the new brought to bear on re as the tax levy, it legal, accord! uk to tho of tho !nw to make the the time . ,.. .w,ti,ij la tun- IP lintd l.ir . 1 i j -luwuui, Ul , n.'.ii; id UUV n the warrants would lace value But It is oi the administration unty wllh morn Inter. bearing nt the present tnroe years tho county is interest bearing ..mw, uuu ii nan next levy would nrac- l LI1HI flrnlfi nn .A . una Wll county For Uils rea. - .m ..wv neon uy alB, hut there would n transacting the bus. ounty In the absenco IB 100 KOOfl nhflnc. in SHOOTING AT JOSEPH. Drunken Man Fatally Wounds Depu ty City Marshal. Joseph, via La Grando, Nov. 2. James McCombc, shot and fatally wounded Deputy City Marshal Wal ter Smith and slightly wounded Chas. Finn, a traveling manof Portland, In a saloon In this city at 2 o'clock Sun day morning, Mc'Combe was drunk and had be come noisy, when he was ordete.1 homo by Smith, tho deputy marshal. Without an instant's warning, the drunk man sent two bullets through Uie .lungs or Smith and one shot going Wild, struck Finn, who was standing noar. In the log. Smith is In a critical condition ami cannot recover. Finn Is not serious ly injured. There was strong talk of lynching McCombo, who wns at onco spirited away to the county Jail at Enterprise. Smith Is a highly respected (aim cr, serving only temporarily as dep uty marshal, and if be dies It is thought McCombe will be taken from tho Jail and hung. POSTAL AND NAVY AFFAIRS SUMPTER-BOURNE RAILWAY. All Differences Settled and the Road Will Surely Be Built. Sumptcr, Nov. 2. An amicable ad justment of the differences between the contending factions in the Sump-ter-Bourne road have been reached, and there is no doubt but what the lino will be constructed just as soon as It is possible to do so. At a meeting of the stockholders held today, these officers were elect ed: D. I Klllen, president; Anthony Mohr, vico-presldent and general manager, and S. H. Bell, secretary and treasurer. At this same meeting It was decid ed to put surveyors In the field next week to lay out the route, that thn right of way may be slashed and cleared. , Matters in Docks and Yards Department Are Not Moving Satisfactorily. YEARLY EXPENDITURES RAPIDLY INCREASING. SUPREME GODRT IS IN SESSION PROBABLE THAT IT WILL BE A LONG TERM. Twenty-Five Cases Are on the Dock et, of Which Several Are Import, ant and Will Be Vigorously Con. tested. be Entitled to the "ow that thn which win be for- v mum man uie fa- "uspension bridge, Tim .movlnc ntnt. o, completed for two cost nn addition- Vllllo...l... . .. '""ul,rK linage r Wll 1)0 nH,i. tor three years. A V vi.l. ...it. . " nave a ie of city of hft Alnianuch n nn. r .11.300. All. v'uuititi was recently ur course Peclaj are ex xtudeuts. The supreme court convened this morning In Kcml-annual session for the regular November term, and dur ing the day tlireo cases have been ar gued and submitted for final decision. Right to Water Contest. The first case brought before the at tention of the count was the case of J. D. Jlel'hee, James Dal tun and P. L. Smith, appellants, vs. L. S. Kel sey, respondent, an appeal fiom an -opinion by Judge Eakln, of Baker county. It is a suit brought by the appellants to establish their rights to j morning, tho Dalton, Smith & Kelsey lrriga-. This is the lion (iitcn nnu tne waters appropri ated from the North Powder river and the Hutchinson slough, and to enjoiu the defendant from cutting, obstructing or Interfering with tne dltclr or diverting the waters. The plaintiffs claim three-eighths of the ditch from the junction with the North Powder river, and three fourths from the Junction with the Hutchinson slough on to the end. At its trial in the circuit court tho case was dismissed und costs and dis bursements were awarded to the de fendants. It is appealed by the plain- tlife. Loroy Iximax and J. L. Hand are'tbe attorneys for tho appellants, and T. H. Crawford for the respond ents. Placer Mining Case. The case of the Gold Itldge Mining Company, appellants, vs. T. W. and lj. W. Talmadge, respondents, was argued and submitted, It Is a case ffpra the court of Judge It. Eakln, of Baker county. In which tho respond ents as plaintiffs sought to recover $2,942.97 due them for tho construc tion of a pipe line 3,050 feet in length for the uso of the defendants in placer mining. The caso was dis missed In tho lower court and the costs charged to the plaintiffs, who nppoaled. T. H. Crawford represents the appellants, while Frank i.. Moore is the attorney for tho respondents. Suit On Promissory Note. Tho case of F. I. Richmond and W. iT. Wright, respondents, vs. tho Og den Street Railway Company, appel lants, was argued by J. D. Slater for the appellants and T. H. Crawford for tho respondents, It is an appeal from tho court of Judge Morton D. Clifford", of Union county, and is due. to an action brought by the appel lants to recover on two promissory notes Issued bv the respondents. The lower court sustained a demurrer iu tho comnlalnt. and tho caso was brought to the supreme court. Here it was remanded to the lower court fnr further action, where a vernier was found for the plaintiffs and an appeal was taken from tins uecisiou. The sessions or tuo court win haps last a week or more, as mere are 25 cases on tno aoenei, uuu muoi of them will come to trial. Third Assistant Postmaster-General Madden Is Under Fire, Charged With Forgery of Government; "Freak" Stamps and Afterward Selling Them November 23 Set for Calling Machen et al Cases. Washington, Nov. 2. Admiral Ei. dlcott, chief of the bureau of varus and docks, In his annual report to the secretary or the navy, made puli'lc today, says the expenditures of th year will be $('.,(100,000. Although there has been material increase In offlcieney. the improve ments have not kept pare with the rnpid growth or the navy and ho hoiK-s for a liberal appropriation .or the Incoming year for the construc tion of new works and maintenance In repair of existing Improvements. The new docks at Portsmouth, Boston und League Island have not piogressed satisfactorily, while the one on Mare Island has hardly gone forward at all, owing to the difficulty experienced In placing a satisfactory cofferdam to exclude water. Tho new dock at Charleston Is delayed In con struction. The steel floating dock for Cavite has been commenced. Additional laud has been purchas ed at Norfolk, where tho yards nro badly congested. Estimates for the ensuing year are $9,087,000. Postal Investigations. Washington, Nov. 2. Under direc tion of tho postmaster-general. In spectors are Investigating the depart ment of Third Assistant PostmaBtsr General Madden relative to charges made by McKell. editor of the Phi1 adelphia Philatelist JoUprtial, called "The Stamp Collector." Among other complaints Is that Madden made reprints of four-cent stamps with inverted centers, whlc.i sold for $lotf each lo private collet--,! tors. Madden's statement this after noon denies 'printing or selling stumps and Imim.s the charges as criminally fulso and Inspired by malice. Tho charges were Hied last wil;. It Is learned today that investigation has been In progress tlireo dtiys. Madden was Ignorant or them until Informed by General Payne thta NDIAN WAR WYOMING Indians IWere Routed and Are Being Pursued by Frontiers men. SIX SiOUX KILLED AND TWO WHITE MEN. Fight Was Near Newcastle Two Deputies Were Wounded and Ten Indians Disabled Twenty-i-ive Indians Led by a Carlisle Gradu ate and Thirteen White Men In the Fight. Cheyenne. Nov 2. Today's ad vices from the scene of Saturday's battle with the Indians, say Sheriff Miller Is not dead, although serious ly wounded. Deputy Faulkcnberg was killed and two deputies wound ed. Thiee Indians wero killed and several wounded. The governor is awaiting further details beroro or dering out troops. Six .Indians and Two Whites Killed. A teleginm received this after noon from Newcastle by Governor Chatterton, states that Deputies Hackney und Davis teached there this afternoon with tho bodies of Miller and Fnnlkcnburb. Miller lived only half an hour after being Hum. Six Indians were killed and 10 wounded and live were captured. The posse is bringing the prisoners and ponies to Newcastle. Four Indians escaped and 100 frontiersmen are in pursuit headed by John Owens, n noted Indian fight er. Thoro were 20 Indians In the party. They started the fight, led by Sioux Smith, who is a graduate of Carlisle. Thirteen white men were in tho fight. Black Kettle, a notorious Sioux, shot Miller. In tnu fight following, lllnck Kettle was killed. Baker City Election, linker City, Nov, 2. City election is in progress today, but Is not caus ing any exelleincnt. Police Judge, treasurer and conuellmen nre being ejected. FOR A FRUIT EXHIBIT. IDAHO HAY SELLING. First of 1903 Crop Goes at $tt.50 Per Ton. Lcwlston, Nov. 2. The first H3 hay crop to be sold In this section was reported hero yesterday by J. T. Leper who negotiated tho sale of three carloads at $11.50 per tun I', o. b. at tho Lapwnl depot, llnybuyers have been in the country for several weeks but had only offered $10.50 prior to yesterday. There uro about 250 tons of first class hay tributary to this place but tho farmers hnvo sot the price at not less than $11.50 per ton and tho greater portion of tho crop Is now being delivered and stored at the North Ijipwnl warehouses on ac count of the Inability of the farmers to secure storage at this place. PORTLAND POWER COMPANY FLUNKED. JANUARY 0. R. & N Livestock Agent Putting Forth Great Effort to Advance. NATIONAL LIVE8TOCK ASSOCIATION MEET. Eagle Is Creek Electric Company Said to Be No More. Baker City, Nov. 2. Tho Oregon Electric Power Company, headed by A. 11, Frame, of Portland, which pro posed to harness tho waters of Englo creek In this county, nml furnish light and power for all the surround ing towns. Is said to have cnllnpsed. The company was Incorporated about 1$ months ago, under the laws of Nebraska nt $500,000. It owes about $12,0i In this county for lum ber, poles and labor, which it cannot pay, according to best advices and the great enterprise is thought to be nt an end. STAGE LINE TO NEW CAMP. Hist case iu scmidiibi touching any assistant or the pusl-master-geneial. Fraud Cases Set for November 23. Washington. Nov. 2. Judge I'rllch aid set ..uvember 23 for the begin ning of the postolllce I rami cases. First will be Machen, - Heavers ami Postmaster Lorenz and wife, or To ledo. Attorneys for the defense an nounce a light to ensue and expert the cat.es to consume seveial wedu RUSSIAN JEW COLONY. Active Hustling to Secure One for the Irrigation Convention. J. II. Gwlnu and Bert llnrtnmn left this morning for Milton and other of the fruit producing pulnts In the county Jn the Interest of the fruit exhibit for tho irrigation con entloii to convene hew one week trom today. They will make nr langemcnth Kir the exhibition here iluritiE the convention or some ol tin trull giown on Irrigated lands In this part of the state. Anyone Laving rmlt that they wish to exniblt can leave their collections nt tho olllco of N. Berkeley, the store or Lee Teutsch, or with J, II, Gwlnn or Bert Huffman, or tho East Oregon Ian, and It will bo taken care of find given n good place In the general ox hiblt at the. time or the convention. Movement to Found a Farming Set tlement. Much Interest Is manifested in the report that a society of ltusslau Jews is buying several pieces or proiieriy on the outskirts or Brooklyn for the purpose or establishing a colony there for.-a number of rerugees from Nlsh ngoff. Whether or not the leport is tiue cannot be ascertained, ir It should prove correct, however, there Is apt to be a tall kick, coming rrom suburbanites in that particular cr tlon or Brooklyn, to use the vernacii lar or the Bowery. Women Would Vote. Taking hope from tho fact thut tho women of Australia are allowed the franchise, the women of Now Zealand are now making an effort to secure equal suffrage and the right to sit In tho legislature. Most or the officials ar opposed to the movement. Travelog In the Transvaal, state (lint thn ranldltv with Which that nnnnlrir la ronvrllll frOtll the Wttr of Invasion Is a 20tU century marvel. First Meeting, The first meeting under the auspi ces of tho state association will be held at the Congregational clmr-h this evening. Rev. E. I House, D. n.. nastor of the First Congregational church of Portland, will preach. Dur ing his pastoiato of less than two years in Portland, the membership of his church has been greatly incrcas ed, all Indebtedness or over $20,000 has been cancelled, und his Sunday congregations fill his large auditoii um. All are invited to come and iiear this popular preacher. Ignatius Ij, Qualey has been sent to the penitentiary In New York for a mining stock swindle. He was an extensive and very Jngeplous op-orator, WOOL MOVING SLOWLY. Over 15,000,000 Pounds Left In Hands of the Idaho Grower. The wool left in the hands of the Idaho "grower Is moving very slowly, the prico not being u very Inviting ouo. says the Boise News. Johnson & Son yesterday shipped out six carloads of about 120,000 pounds which was consigned to a Boston firm. There still remains about 15,000,- 000 pounds' between Mountnlnhome and Huntington, Including the Noble clip of 300,000 pounds and uiv wii ,11am Jones holdings of about 250,. 000 pounds. CANAL PROBLEM, Essential to New York to Retain Her Commerce. In the agitation for the approval or the $105,000,000 canal bill, It is pointed out that Now Orleans huh year, exported l.uuo.euti uusueis oi wheat more titan New York, tiihi :ly claims 32,500,000 bushels ugulnst SI. 100.000 bushels In New York. A nroncrly constructed canal. equal to the demands or the pipsent, would .destioy the railroad combina tion against the stale. Therefore, it becomes a question whether thn stnlo will umeo to an. Improvement of its canals or submit to a decline ot Its commerce. Lonely County Seat, Choteau. county teat of Choteau rnimlv. Montana, is now the only county beat in Montana without rail road connections. The last spike connecting Lewlston with Butte was driven Saturday evening. A snan of mules weighing 3,500 pounds and 10 J hands high, sold n few days ago in the stockyards at Kansas City, for $660, The Co-operation of Everybody Is Asked, Especially the Attendance of All Interesteo hare Opportunl. ty to Advertise the Northwest and Advance Legislation Favorable to Stock Interests. Circular letters are out Irani V. J. Mlllls, the livestock agent of the O. R. & N. and the secretary of the general executive committee of tho local organization of the National Livestock Association, announcing thu national convention of the asso ciation to be held in Poitland from Janunry 12 to 15 Inclusive, and ask. lug the co-opcrntlon of thu business Baker City and Mount Rastus Con-1 men. stockmen and nil persons Inter- nected Today. estcd In tho meeting and the develop- ti-1 m, . . . . ment of this state in making the con- Baker City. Nov. 2. A nuw Htuno i vel,,on grc(.SH line has been put In operation be- Tho oxccu,vo Vommltt, f tho twee., this cl y "nd the new phono- , , aasoc,at0n incimiC8 77 ,iromi lyte fields at Mount Rastus. The first ,,, mon . " nnrla lhll trip was made this morning. Htnie wh.. tmvn t.i.i..i tl......H..lvn to work for tho success of the con vention, Pendleton Is represented on the committee by J, 11. Gwlnn, (5 11. Wade, Stephen A. Lowell and Doug Ins Hulls. Why It Should Be Attended. The letter calls the attention ot the men of tho Northwest to the ad vantages to lo derived from the meeting here or such a wealthy or ganization, and one so representative or the progress of thu nation its the National Livestock Association, and the chance which it will give to tho Northwest to place before them tho udvuntuges of the country and Its re sources. It will bring hero seveial Ihimsnnd or the prominent mon of the country, nnd will show them the ailvontagoi of the climate and the opportunities heie for Investment and buuliieNs. Thu fact that whatever action taken at this meeting will have a bcnrln on national and state legislation Is also brought out, und the committee asked for Die active co-operation of the people of ench section and their attendance at the convention ir pox-rlble. OREGON SCHOOLS AT WORLD'S FAIR MOVEMENT TO MAKE A SUCCESS AT ST. LOUIS. State Department of Public Instruc tion Has Taken the Enterprise In Hand All Institutions and Friends of Learning Asked to Co-operate, Some time ago a synopsis of a cir cular soon to be Issued by the depart ment of public Instruction, pertain ing lo the plans of the department in relation to the educational exhibit for the St. Iuils fair, wus printed in nils paper, and now there hab lieen issued n letter (niia tho department calling attention to the fact that this circular Is neaily rendy foi distribu tion, nnd usklng ror the cooporatHi) of all persons luteiested Iu tho ediieii tioiml standing or the slate Iu prepi.--I UK Hie exhibit for tho fair. Attention is culled to the, fact that ror Hie first time In the history or such rail's the ediicntlonul depart ment lias beep liven the first place in linjiortaiice In tne list of exhibits, nnd that u separate building lias luien set apart for the educational display and n comparative exhibit of the edu catI011.1l work or all or the lending nil tlous or the world. Co-operation Is Desired, UMATILLA COUNTY FINANCES, Excellent Showing Made by Treasur er Sommervllle's Last Report. County Treasurer E. J. Hummer vllln lias prepared his report for tho next session or the county court, nnd will in a fuw dnys send his regular offering to tho stale treasurer In thn wny of stale tuxes. Ily the icpuil tlm county has now on hand $li;,S7l.U7. In this sum In the uoncrnl fund of lll.H3H.nn. There It Is desired by I lie department that ' Is a sum or $9,013,81, represented by Oregon shall take thu leuil in this display, and lo this end the hearty co-operation of the people Is asked. Professor F G. Young has been ap pointed as the national exhibit com mlsslo.UT for Oregon, and Superin tendent II. s, Lyman as the superin tendent, ami will In n short lime visit the various parts of Ihe sluti- In the Interests of the exhibit. All Inquiries and communications bearing on the subject should be ad dressed lo Superintendent II, 8. Ly man. 208 Vine street, Portland, Or., and all help In the work will be great ly uppi eclated by the department. PIERPONT MORCAN A DELEGATE Convention Will Discuss "Industrial Liberty." J. Plerpont Morgan is ou of the delegates from New York to the an nual convention of tho Protestant Episcopal church, which will be held n Pittsburg, Pa., from noxt Tuesday until the Friday following. O.iu of the leading subjects lo be llscusscd Is "The Limitation of In dustrial Liberty." Under tho head if this subject tho labor troubles In New York and other largo cities are to be discussed and If possible, methods will be adopted to effect better relations between capital und tabor. Another Interesting subject will be "Mnrlnge and Divorce," Slot Machines Doomed. A wholesale raid on morclpandlso slot mud lues Is threatened by Colo nel Patrick Henry VI11ston, editor of Wliir-Urn'-i Weekly, In Spokane. Colonel Winston was formerly nttor-Hoy-General of Washington and says the uritl-gambllng law must bo en. i ireed or lie will boycott Spokane In the Must J; ' ver baa entered the field as the scene of the second centennial celebration, In 1970. Consent, wiiriunts called In and payable, nnd u further Hum of $18,500 which Is th money owed by thu county to the stale us Its portion uf tho slate fax due. There nro several accounts owed ' l.U Ihl. ..ft,,...., ...I.lnl. .. Ill I... I., .1.1 1.1 . .W VWIII,. W, .Ik.. .! . HVI'I IJ the county treasurer until they an called for, und which will be paid out of thu geneial fund as presented. These are the school funds, thu In stllulu fund, bud other small union 11 Is owed fur various things which will not perhaps bo culled for some time to come. This will give I lie county plenty of money for the. transaction of Its business for the next two months, when tho succeeding report Is duo. OUT8IDE ATTORNEY8. Coming In to Attend the 8upreme Court in This City. Attorney.flenerul' A. M. Crawford, of Salem, and Attorneys J K. Weath erford, of Albany; Frank J Moore. of Baker City; T. H. Crawford, of Union: I.eltoy Iitnux, of Union; and J. D, Slater, of lA Grande, ate In I Ik vlty in attendunco on the supreme court. As thu different cases c-qun' up many other prominent attorneys of this part i( thu stale will be here to represent uiiu side or the other before the tribunal, Well Known Pastor Dead. Rev. It. 11. Hherlll. ot Boise, mm of thu most popular ministers of Idaho, dropped dead Saturday evening from heart disease, wbllu visiting a neigh bor's house. He -was formerly chap lain of the Idaho house ot representatives, Broke His Leg, Yesterday afternoon tho 6yearp)il son of ABhley Follett foil froi , fence and broke his leg below Kneo, Tho boy was iiikb .vc , noma of Dr, Cole, who' pt'Jbe 7fj