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II - DAILY EVENING EDITION . .... hut the I Eastern Oregon Weather ,t ,dVIM Tonight cloudy with occasion- rnin; colder. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUXTY, OREGON, PHI DAY, KOVEMllElt 20, I MM. IC NO. 41101. M Lmmj 111 i nil If FOR mini tions for a Longer Struggle and in Bitter AILWAYS ARE ' tup HARVEST yjtei Admits inai tia.n i state Troops Are in . . . rriu. n.gihl.itv That They Called out Governor Pea minds Federal Troops, But ill Not Be Sent. Nov. 20. Agreement has i .1.. Mtltcnva nnrl thn nl. mediation commute) may t plan of settlement which OilbLDU lJ ,- for approval. ernen and mediation com re in executive Kcsslon at further attempts to Ann end tho car strme. Settlement in Sight. Mayor Harrison admitted amoTit .nnt no nail nimnsr. hopes. Tno steam rail- ve me BinKu win uv iuu- Is being prepared for the service. Yates In an Interview in no nur 'hum liuiLUKU hours, calculations Having recently lor sucn conun- may comroni mo nuiii- .Ihrwlv nails fni. ' nr Nor, 20. labor leaders in can nc on leuerai Tellurite, where a strike uu niutu jiuy. muy Buy week. They declare Gov- V'R fil-nnmn la In ltn'olirn m u uinr niRniiip rnr nn. Engineer Disregarded a With Fatal Result. , Nov. 20. John W. Heln- mmivn nnolmini- -,na to Pocatcllo from Hill- , uu u cnargo or. man- was tho fine nraif mi tlm " mai crasueu into the otter freight at Inkomon, tQ nn.l l.lli..., . uuu iwiitu junies ii.. Wa.t In plinrtrn nf ... t..nl.. - ... ....... n wi mt ....... At tho coroner's Inquest ai of tho block system Pfl him il t RUIHUUI Lllllll. AL COLLEGE FIRE. Thlrty Bodies In the XI nuv, ZU, Kim i,,,riirrH,1 n.u luuuicai aim mu iiuiiuwusi " -morning. Tho build. meriy the Tremont hotol. -ouiue sight, as Su uodles "'Meeting room. Loss M VVCI.K. - o ui mo m en-LucIn tne ceremony Is or ono d, ' "Waned by Coe Commit- t. Kennedy. Lo. nav. on . , ed rimi -"-f'vprpQoi UIIII U. Imima mfti.n n ..1 w i c-viivutDuai " nis todov th . bean V Ber'8("- The ueen. verv , . r.too!ne'.'5'.favoraW that LIT l" mantel .uu.cato a contln- -c8s and good opening, " 79 . 784, Nov. 2o. Mtung, '. '6u Close. 80 70 Close. 80 80 canA ii... -- nneat. Entombed In a Sewer. Youngstown, 0., Nov. 20. Men working In a sewer 15 feet bo low the Hurfacc, wore entombed by a collapse this morning. One body was recovered; another man was fatally Injured, and three others are still bencat.i their timber grave mi li i KILL EACH OTHER BOTH' ITALIANS AND HELD AN OLD GRUDGE. A Third Priest Claims One Dead Man r'ollowlnq the Other to Den ver With the Intention of Shooting Him Row Involves Two Bank Failures. Denver, Nov. 20. Father Lcpore and Father Sarl-o arc both dying here as a rosult of a quarrel. A priest says Sorlcc eamo here for the pur pose of killing Jjcpore. He claims he lost $300 In a Pittsburg bank, whlcn failed, and also lost money In a Now York bank failure. The latter bank was conducted by Lepore. The en mity between tho two men may date back as far as when they wero boys together in Italy. Both Priests Dead. Denver, Nov. 20. Father Lcpore anu Father Smiee, !io shot each other last Wednesday nght, died this morning. Father Sorleo lot'uscd to make an ante-mortem statement. RAILROAD SOLD TODAY. New York &. OttawaChanges Hands at Auction. New York. Nov. 20. There is con siderable speculation in railroad cir cles as to who win come Into posses sion nf tho New York & Ottnwa rail way, which Is to be huiu ut public auction today at St. Hegls Falls. Al though tho Ottawa & New York tho .division which reaches Ottawa Is operated largely as a separate corporation, tho fact that tho other company owns the stock and bonds of both lines means that tho pur chaser of tho N. Y. & v. will take over both roads. The jJclaware & Hudson railroad Is believed to have an eye on tno property, for by the construction of a connecting line of fifty-live miles it would havo the most direct line from New York to tho Adirondacks and Canada. NEW RURAL R..UTE. HlUyard, Wash., Added to the List of Free Delivery, Spoltnue, Nov. 20. iiy the decis ion of the postoftlco authorities at Washington, ..iO new rural freo do livery route from Illllyurd, will go in to commission on ti.e i'.ist of the coming year. Thero has been n tan gle over tho question raised by somo along the proposed route that the service would In roaliiy delay ti.o (lollvery. Tho department has ruled that it will not. Postmaster Ilarston says that tho route will bo from Hillynrd to Foothill iiostomce and icturn through- Orchaid I-ralrle. It will be In cnargo of Carrier Uhllg, and will accommodato over l(,o families in I tho 25 miles of the route. JOHN ALLEN GOES INSANE. Is Son of Ex-Senator Allen, of Seat tic Was on Spree. Spokane, Nov. 2D. John B. Allen, son of ex-Senator Allen, of Soattlo. wont suddenly insane today noon on tno streets. He stopped peeplo and asked them iool questions. Ho tried to provoke-fights. Ho pulled a knife when ho was arrested. Ho is locked up- iHe'Has len here-for a week on a spree, though was sober when he wan jailed. " NATIONAL BANK FAILURE. Examiner Ordered tp Take Charge at Elkhart, Ind. Elkhart. Ind.. Nov. -0. J'he Na tional Bank failed to open for busi ness this morning. National Bank Examiner BoBworlh has been In structed by tho comptroller to tako charge. Resources and liomniics each nearly a minion, accorunig m tho Soptomber report. Steel Plant Resumes. PIUHhnrir Nov. 20. Tho entire plant of tho Pittsburg Steel Company resumes Monday next, auer u mice weeks' idleness In which 2,000 men wero out of cmploymont. Theater Burned. Louisville. Nov. 20. iho Hopkins theator was burned by fire tills morn ing. Loss, $200,000, Wife Took His Money. Wllllnm TlnU-nr of Slinllltor. IS SUillK tho Suupter National Bank for $800; drawn out by his wlfo before sho eloped with tho tinhorn, wniM-r, Tuesday, MKSIHl BEGUN Oil LAND LAW REPEAL President Roosevelt Is So Far Identified With the Irrigation ists in Favoring Their Repeal. Brazil and Germany k Stand Ready to Recognize Panama, Great and Gratifying Progress on World's Fair Trial of Postal Service ".Boodl ers Postponed Until January Cattle, Timber and Farming Interests Line Up for Battle. ' Washington, Nov. 20. A sharp contest has commence,! In earnest between the vast Western Interests favoring nd those opposing the re peal of the public land laws. The Irrlgationlsts who wnnt tho laws repealed, seem so fnr to have the liest of tho argument,,, although the lumber and grazing interest aro making a heavy light, Roosevelt favors the irrlgation lsts. Senator Hansbrough, of North Dakota, Is leading tho forces oppos ed to the repeal of tho land acts. He will be seconded by senators and congressmen from Wyoming, Nebras ka, Montana and other grazing states. The irrlgationlsts aro exhibiting ngures to tho legislators, showing that at the present rato of reckless and wnstciul lumbering, it will bo only 40 years bef&ro every foot of timber In tho United States will be destroyed, and at tho rato tho pub lic domain is being absorbed by the cattle and lumber companies, It will require but five years to take up all the land the government has in its possession. Investigating General Wood. Washington, Nov. 20,r-ThuveS-tlgatlon s)t General Wood's couduct while military governor of Cuba, and hearing objections to his nomination to be major-general, began this morn ing before tne senate committee on military affairs. Behind Closed Doors. Senator Teller and ex-Inspector Ituthbono worn present as witnesses. After considerable discussion it was decided the hearing should be re garded us executive business and all but members of the committee wero requestod to leave tho room. Fur ther proceedings are behind closed doors, witnesses awaiting call. Senator Hanna's Testimony. Senator Hntina was the first wit ness before the military committee. Ho attneked General Wood and de clared lie used his influence to per secute Mr. Itathbono, yet the latter was convicted on hU ovldcncu alone, and by Wood's direction. This abuse of power Mr. Hauna contended to be sufficient to show Wood is not lit for the office. Will Be Officially Received. Washington, Nov. 20. Minister arllla has arranged to present tho Pannmn commissioners to secretary LAND TO BE OPENED. Townshp pitted on Snake River, of Lewston- Lewlstou. Idaho. Nov. 20. iho lo cal land office today received a plat of township 32, range G west, from n f nnlmnn Tilt 1 m w o m or entry land will be tin own open for entry ,,ecomber2 .Tho ton8 lp " .b.,SJf.k.?',verif".d r' rh m xAn.Btuu. , , 41 a ready been BPttlod on many of the places having bem Ihed on for. years. GOLD FROM ALASKA. Steamer From Cook's Down With Ten Inlet Comes People and $80,000. Seattle. Nov. 20. The steamer Santa Ana, Captain L. J. Schage. ar rivnrt Inst nlcht from Cook's Inlet rived last night from Cook's Inlet and tho Copper river district with PRESIDENT R. C. FRENCH IS RECOYBRINI It is reported that Professor R. C. French, of tho Weston Normal School, is much better today, and that It Is now but a matter of tlmo until ho Is ouco more In his chair at tho school. This is a great sourco of pleasure und gratification to his many friends, for it was thought at tho time of tho operation that ho had a very slight chance of recovery. 1 ere Is a great uoal of feeling in Weston over the case and subsequent operation, and about tho difference In tho opinions of tho consulting phy sicians. It seems that when Presi dent French was takon 111 6no of tho physicians of tho city was called and stated that he was suffering from colic nnd would bo nil right In. a short time- This ns not satisfactory fight has Hay tomorrow. They will bo recciv od In the afternoon by President Hoosevclt. Debate on Cuban Bill, In tho house Mr. Ilroussard open ed the debate on tho Cuban bill when tho house met at noon today, apeak ing agninst its passage. It Is expect ed the vote this afternoon will de termine the fato of tho bill to carry out tho provisions of tho re cent treaty with Cuba. Tho result Is a foregone conclusion, as tho de bate has been purely perfunctory. Americans In No Danger. Panama, Nov 20.- Reassuring ad vices from Rogotn state thero is no demonstration against Americans, nnd If there are any tho Colombian government will protect them. Constitutional Convention. Washington, Nov. 20. Minister Va Hlla introduced tho Panama commis sioners to Secretary Hay this morn ing. Tho commissioners stated that the call fcr a constitutional conven tion would be made soon as possi bfe. They had a cable from iho gov crument last night to that effect. More Recognition of Panama. Washington, Nov. 20. Cables wero received by the department of stato this morning trom Brazil and Ger many, each Inu.cating that as soon as a regular government Is at' work in Panama they aro ready to ofllrtally recognize that .government. Trials Postponed. Washington. Nov. 20. On agree ment of counsel this morning tho trial of Machen, Gruff Brothers and Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz, enarged with conspiracy and postal frauds, Is post' pomil until tho second week in Janu ary. Relating to World's Fair. Washington, Nov. 20. President of the Louisiana Purchase Kxposl tion, today submitted a report to President Boosovelt showing pro gress as the result of the oypendlturo of $1G,100,000 contributed equally by tho government, tho exposition com pany and tho city of St. Lou(s. Re ports everything exceptionally favor able. The total amount up to date for foreign displays la 7.O00,000. being $1,250,OmO moro than lie entlro for eign display at tho Chicago fair. Tho tinned States government dls play will bo tho largest over appro priated b any government. Tho Philippine exhibit will bo exception ally fine. 1 70 passengers and $80,000 In gold, j The Santa Ana also Drought 300 tons of oi ni!o at E ore from the Gladbaugh Hamar, and 1,500 cases of salmon from tho Yess, ijundas and Sitka bay canneries. Among tho passengers of tho Santa Ana wero E. S. Churchill, who Is at- mpUng to establish a colony of yUmB QU peninsula, and charlw Dedney, proprietor of tho St Ellas hotel, at Va.dez. The Santa Ana brings out nearly all the mlnon Cook,8 countrle, . ,n ...h ,,,. Calls for Bank Report. " Washington, Nov. 20. The comri trollcr calls for reports of the condl tion of national banks at tho cJoacol business, November j!7. Mayor Bchmltz, of San Franciscrj has filed a sworn statement mat be expended )595 to secure bB ro-c)Se tion. to the patient and a doctor from! Walla Walla was sent for, - j A consultation was held apd th Walla Walla doctor decided that French was suffering from append!-; cltis. Tho Weston phytdefan dented this and objected. U .Ibc .diagnosis',' but the patient was taken In the faco. of his opposition to Walla Walla, and tho operation performed, ft When the cavity was . entd thp end of tho appendlr "war fcu-d to bo In a gangrenous i tato u.id the cavity lined vltiBpitt. .Atjfthntt'MO it wa not thought ihnfi thai pa icnt could, live, bUt ilslphjrslcal at'e-nth hai pulled hlmj through. ial tho operaf? tion not- been performed, 'l Mon.il French could .not .havo .Hv d mor than 36 hours, accorinn- -to tba statement of his physicians, Demand Lower Freights, Now York, Nov. 20. Hallway representatives arc In confer ence today with reprosentatlvea of uic steel Interests regarding freight reduction on products for oxport. Tho manufacturers de mand n 50 per cent reduction, to enable them-to compote with for eign manufacturers. Tho rail roads also demand n reduction in ocean freight on steel rails. KAISER WILHELM ORDERED TO ITALY MAY STAY IN GERMANY BUT FIVE WEEKS MORE. Believed That He Has Cancer, With Which Disease His Father Was Ar. fllcted First Symptoms Were Identically the Same .ii Both Cases. Heillu, Nov. 20. A Ecm!-o(uclnl newspaper, tho Pottsdamer, corres pondence to which la often Inspired in palace circles Unlay announces tho physicians have given the knlsor permission to spent! Christmas with his lamlly, but Is ordered to mimed! ately go south thereafter. Ho will make a long btay in Italy to rccru. his health. Tho report causes great alarm, and the papers recall that .niperor Fred erick, after what was announced to be a small throat operation, was also sent to San Remo, where the death sentence was passed by cancer spec- allsis. HORN HUNG, MORTENSEN SHOT Death Penalty at Cheyenne and Salt Lake. " Cheyenne, Nov, 20. Tom Horn was hnnged at U:o2 tu,u morning. Just before tho trap sprung ho de clared his Innocence. ..u showed no signs of fenr. There was not tho slightest show of an attempt on tho part of Horn's friends to Interfere. Tho militia was prepared for a bloody battle with loaded rifles. Salt Lake Execution. Halt Ijike, Nov. 20. Mortensn, eforo be.ng strapped to the chair, facing tho riflemen, mudo u long statement tp tho nuwspaper men, de claring nis innocence of tho Hay mur der, I lay lie called his best friend. Three bullets pierced hlu heart. OLYMPIC GAMES. Great Impetus From Decision of Princeton to Take part. Princeton, N. J., Nov. 20 Irinco ton Untvcislty, which was 'represent ed in tho Olympic Games at Athuns in 189C and at Paris In 11)00, has do tided to take part als. Hi tho athletic contests to be neld in conjunction with tho world's fair f Sr.ir.biiiil next June. " Amonir those who Hvlll f-omnottt mi ner the Princeton colors are -U' .i Marsh, the Intercolleglatu half-mile runner; J, K.UqWitt, lutcrcolrgljtl6 hammer thrower; nil. 10, WijlJarijs, I'rlncuton h foremost nnmem J.i M Porry, W. it, Arms'troui;, nnil'miviTitl outers yet. io iuu .uwimvii. ASSAULTER A CHILD; Idaho Attgrn'ey "Ondtr Bndt 'F6r6er- ' ' lout Crime.M LowlHtorf, Idaho, l.ov. 20 Hcott Ogden, uu nttqrn'py dnd-rorln'r Nomi nee for uc kxlulntiiro jrnn' N'ez Perco coimty.-OU. jirellmlnary oxarnl- nation at tosco'w, has b'don'liold In $ .JVi borios on. trie rnait!0- ofcnmi- tinl flmf.-llift" 4 TItm t,.,t.,l(nltiv lil. ncssf' Is SisV' DuffV; a! If' year' old" 'SlKoi'Trciy, I . t ifPr Fr, Ordinance iChlof Pea re. 4t the La,Orande fire. utparuoetai is Tanning -every c-iori to securo tue passage of -run fire-ordi nance, provldiug for tho. alarm sys tem, over J tho mayor tvoua. He Is enthuslasticii and In, coriildvnt. that the eOuncU-wlll uMalu,hlml - l x vi- j i . ' One ' Main 'Crossed tht Qctan. pibNfar, Nov. 20. The' Jlttlo American, sloop Columbia, with'-only Captain- Vbajsg .aboard', .Brrlyiil' here tins morning irom. iiiosion, aiur hundred dav vovaiil " '' ' 9ANGERVV 'liL. f (Vlrt, Fred' W.alte,' LVng' at?' jhe 'point of 'Death at Colfax. Fred Walte1 was 'called io Colfax yesterday by a message Btatlng that his wife, who has been there for some time for i'o benefit of her health, wag supposed to bo dying, During thb early "part of tho summer Mrs, Watte began to be troubled 'with her lungs, and developed a- case of asthma.. Not being abla to remain in this climate, she wont to Colfax to live with relatives In tho hope that the altltudo thore would bo of bene fit to her1. This Las' not been tho case, however, and she has been growing gradually worse until It Is not thought that she can recover. TWENTY DIE IH THE WRECK Head End Collision in Illinois Nearly Wipes Out the Crew of a Work Train. SMASH TOOK PLACE IN A DEEP CUT NEAR PEORA. Only Fifty Feet Between the Engines When They Sighted Each Other Mats of Debris Plied Thirty Feet High Sound of Collision Wat Heard for Miles Caused by Mis understanding of Orders. I'ooi i.i. III.. Nov. 20. Twentyono men were killed nnd fifteen Injured today In a head-end collision between a westbound freight train and a work train on tho Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. t.ouls railroad betwoun i..acklnaw nnd Titnont, 111. Tho bodies have- been taken from the dri brls, wlilcn piled ,10 feet high on the trnck. The collision occurred In a dtop cut nt the beginning oi a Bhnrp curve neither train bring visible to the crew of tho other Until wijhln 50 fcot of each o...er. Tlt trains struck with such force that the sound was heuhl for miles nrolind. A second after tno collision .the boiler of tno work train engine xp otled, throwing heavy Iron bars and timbers 200 feet. salt Lake bridge finished. Longest Br'dge, In, the ' Wori) and Cost $6,000,000. Sail Uiko City, Utah, Nov. 2(1, -Today marked tho completion and formal opunlng- of thn- great cut nil bridge constructed by the. Union Pa ciflc -itallroad ncrons Salt Lake,, though tho structuro will not, be iiseil for regular traffic until the first of tho coming month, li. 11. Uarrl man and other officials of the llnltm, Pacific anil of tho Oregon Short Lino are hero for flu Official test or tho bridge. 1 The bridge1 now completed' wits hi'llll In Die fuce of difficulties re garded almost insurmountable' mid Its roiiHlrm-llmi Ik looked upon us ono .of tho greatest engineering- trliimpbt oven achieved In the (il. ,'uw structure is forty milts long audilts coiinlriictloii i-oiq upwnrdH ot $i,tKK. W''- . , ., p'rlE.SBYTpRIAN'siDCIL.;, SpeclaV Featdrc of the CyJ;n,ln'd h, a Secret Until You Get There. ' The ladiwi or' il.;.1' vi.'rl.in clnlfcji wll) give t s'fMal 'this even IpK at tlio t'litiri-li,.. wh u 'promlXek to be a unique ii,f(alr TTfy W"' Bomo novel jlliin '"'fit' fiitertuln'meiit niUHipud out, but will 'not iho divulged until tin; people Imvo Kiilhured for tho- uvuulng. i . rn-i 'i- m In many of tbn wlndinr,i ofi Hie liiiulneHH hoiuou diuvii Uiwili, Imvo been 'placed large placui's tlieatlng tho letters (i II. H., hp tjh U'y (' the sf. H., which sei'iii.lo uritt Vr rlii- Vnn. l)g- I.!0 Jg. tiovvevvr. '(Ill's "Ht t-rt ''1 'pll(Ht fcalotM giiardbd hiiH Wj' npt.be trtl lifdloa have glvoTi flcv'ral 'WmJt. ifi'tbr estlng sodnlsln tbo'iiAHt 'ltvlH"to bo nreniiined 'thati tbl- oyciiliuc rvUi 1 no' exrep'K'D--'' ' r ' ,i !ii'- - M---- i.U'l- ! DARK HOR8E THKEATgN6D . 'I - j-m.i.j. i . ,,i ,h i, . j, , ,i More- Candidate fart t!.. -CkwII, With Another- Cahdldatt for Mayor "Pi fneBacTgrduna. - - -- - "' Petitions aro out- fdT'twif"nttwim dTdotcs ,for Pht ofilco li jiloi-rBmif ttoiii- lh- first wurT.-iVuiri,CvKilli aid WlJIInm F Templif. are botli after tho honors, and' their pMltlonK Mhl bu. filed In dim lime - lilnlh nlj tie paiTH are finding good smijiorl This makes three candldattts In Ihir ffj-st ward for two qmres, J, f. For irhson having been first In the field, vfltli his petition soMo tlmo ago. Thero are rumors ot a. new randl ifSto for mayor but who Is going tot make tho rucq is nut J.nqwii, jtltbuugh it is, .said fliat a petition will' be fllei" nl Iho last moment with a good h)ioh ig of names. . . 1 f- T WHISKEY' TO INDIANS. J, B. franklin Will. Have a Hearing ueiore liomnpssioncr r)aueys J. It. Franklin was arrested iht rJSornlng for giving whiskey to Inrtl ans and Is now In the county JulL IJo will bp arraigned thin evening before United States Commissioner John Galley, Jr., and1 In all prob.i. Idllty will bo bound over to Itiq fed oral grand Jury, for tho evidence against him Is conclusive. This makes several times., that Frankllrf Iras been up for tho same thing, li (act1, he seems th be tho clilefi sOiiri of firewater- io tbi .tlilrty,rofliiu)p around this '"y.