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DAILYEVF.NINGEDITION 1 t 01UM" 7 ' u uHjaBsm or I ihhwim ii 1 1 1 I'll i 'imi'n muurn m e PEXDLETON, .UMATILLA COUNTY, OltEGON, TIIUKSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1903. Eastern Oregon Weather B J Tonight and Friday cloudy. B with protmbiy snow. .... .... so. Auar, I WOMEN AND GHILDR D ERISH IN THEATRE FIRE HON MD 11NT NEWS - ...inDAl I7F RUSSIA y Auures Them He Can Do ah Indictment Returns nn , -h j r..u.in r.nnrirestt Re. impose Tariff on American Sickening Scene in Chicago's Awful Death Trap; Piled High and Roasted Corpses, .Beggars All Description, CDE COMMISSION 11 it iviangiea nnipiiyy 1 1 Admitted ferjury. Orund Hapids, Dec. 31. There was a scunation lu the trial or Senator Nichols for complicity In the water scan dal this morning, wnen Boyd Slianulln, a well itnown hotel man, camo Into court, correct ed his former testimony, and admitted perjury In behalr of his friend. Ho had before testified ho had not rented the room in which It is suppos ed the bribery took place. ... t.. 11 a fiitttmi.cn i, .11 nf Cnn llmnin. ..in.in,- nova iwn Rnlllnc' n..,ni.ini tinnmi Tnr Insurgents, were enptured I.llm In nnatirillriff Ills' flf. ,1 n-tiR RitrcfiSHful nt Glie IV. r8t VBltltf IVOIUl 1 -T-ti I t .... I ri.nn.la n n ilfif Cli I CU UJ Hit' K""" J'J " win rruiubttiiittt. ; various Jewish node- on iuhjbvvijil iuut niunij thn thrnt-nt-(l ninHrfii-1 Lewlston to Have Another River Ves- NEW STEAMER FOR UPPER SNAKE PORTLAND BUILDER WILL CONSTRUCT THE BOAT. mm. ere kivuii oui, uui 11 ix inp iiiruitr will nil ill, lit! only a hypothetic case Ih , I .11. .! All cuiinmur uuil itijiju- uici. 1110 uuminisira- wlll take all possible rum n i,iniiwa I nr iuwiuii on American uooas. 31.-The senate hint house today will probnbly Bel In Service by May 1 Cost of New Boat to Be $10,650, and Will Be Frst-ClasE In Every Respect Built Especially for Mad Rapids of Upper Snake, ES TRIPLED TO STRIPPED OF . Run Amuck When Drunk. GLOTHiNG Women and Children Ling in the Morgue by the Hundred, Mutilated and Burned Beyond RecognitionFran tic Crowds Surging in the Streets. Chicago, Dec. 31. Coroner Traeger at 7:45 p. m. reported by actual count 736 dead. Chicago, Dec. 31. At 9 this morn ing the police compiled a list of bodies recovered from the Iroquois flolo caust. me total is 591, with a pros pect of finding ouier bodies in the debris. It Is almost certain the num ber will exceed COO. The coroner still believes the total will reach 700, aB the basement, -ipper dressing rooms, stage and part of the upper gallery bavo not been thoroughly bearched. ' At the city hall, where a list or victims, and descriptions of unidenti fied dead 1b being compiled, men. Luwlston, Dec. 31. The contract for the building' of the engines and boilers for tbo steamer Mountain Gem wbb awarded yesterday to the Willamette Iron Works of Portland,, , ,,,,,, tn cor: the contract price being $10,050. The , .. " r secretary, W, E. Howard, was in. Htructed last night to Inform the Port iuud company of their successful old and the work of building the ma chinery will commence at once. It Is believed thnt the new boat .. I uuil itverv ffnrt will lift mailt In nlace ...u. . ,.rnft in pnnimiSKloii nt an earlv w AllBWimilK ,ii If ,, I o PT1IB MimM n.. nn. I . ... ... d .i - ci - . . . t-x ... a.M- , -,'nn unisin. r,r in,, ii,iiiu,ru 1111 1,1 pected that .the arrival of the first ma terial for the construction or tne nun will be in about three weeks. All of the work that ran be handl ed without the shipbuilding inacniu-ery-wlll be dolie in I.ewlstou and every piece of material that enters Into the construction of the boat will be caie fully Inspected nt the J-,ewlst'jn yards. The hull will bo built particularly I for tralllr on the upper river and the ' 1 hold will lie no leliifoiiml with cu.;.- h.iilnients Hint little danger ol tlitni- uge will be experlenceil in navigating tlie wild wateis lietwceii Lrwision an 1 Uiiieku. "den 11 iu anyone, uv- na hp a'lii 1.,, u.i t jtui Roosevelt gave apodal the denial that the place - ' w 1 1 1- vvneun. Ran Into an Open ' mree Trainmen Killed. - -' W. 111.' 1 .il 1 , . . U'lltl n .1....1.I.. 1 1.... ' u iiuuuniuit:uut;i . ntwn ... ....,. . .... .. I . -....,,, ti , i,t, iimi;n 1 ...v; uiiy 1111 H lliuril- I u neipin were Killed i 1 number of passengers I MrioiiHly The wreel; ' REGULAR VENIRE. height a great number of wonien ran for these fire escapes only to find ns they emerged from the doorwny up. on the little iron platform thnt they wore 30 to GO reet from the ground, fire behind and no method of escape in front. Those who reached the platform first endeavored (u hold their footing and keep back the crowd that pressed upon them from tln rear. Progress of the Fire, As soon as the fire was discovered, Eddie Foy, the chief comedian of the company, shouted to lower the cur. tain, and this was immediately done. It descended about half way and then stuck. The fire thus was given prac tically a flue through which n strong draft was setting, aided by the doors, which Jiad been thrown open In t)ie front of the theater. Burned Where Thev Sat., With a roar and a bound the llameH shot through tlje opening over the beads of the people on the first floor and, reaching clear up tn those In the first balcony, caught them and burned them to death where they sat. Immediately following this rush at flames theio came nn explosion which lifted the entire rpof of the theater from Its walls, shattering the great skylight Into fragments. Ah soon is the flames first appeared Iieyqnd the curtain n man In the rear, of the hall snouted "Fire, mo," and the entire audience rose as one person and made for the doors. It is believed that the exploiUon was caused by the flames coming In contact with the gas reservoirs of the theater, cuusltig PIDC cur., kuu more moaiy 1 Hurt . rw 01 p; A-i wree probably fatally. r" ' a steam jiipe In worts todav "tally hurt arn Yin. lrK! qahlo nnd Adolph and Shot R25 YEARS. "a a Riot F Men. L06, ,31 Josoidi Spl tp riot at Oxford on Mown ''"V"3" I" mother, was this I - ") 25 years, on 3 LU CIFIC WRECK. I"''" Smashed Near ' Montanai 31 Tlw. rp.., wrecked near report i. ,i.. ... a .. "J D vIlltL J II C; 7 nep,y It iu ? January is. . - "o couc ,0,l . '.Uler f the Uus- U-arri! V Hhoot- '' to be ,,er. List of Names Drawn for Jury SerV' ice In January. This afternoon W. I) Chamberlain. tlio county clerk, and T. I), i nyior. uir .sheriff, diew'the regular venlro Jurors for the January term" of the circuit court, which will convene on the third Monday of the mouth, .ie 16 th. There are quite n numiier oi case.. The death list is being added to by hospital reports, where tho Injur ed were taken. The police believe at least 230 were injured. Pumps are working on the ba"Se--ment, which Is flooded. At every step in the building the police find diamonds, Jewels and furs. No one is permitted to enter the building without a special permit from the chief of-police, and acsom panled by a bpeclal guard. Many thousands of dollars worth of wraps and Jewels havo been haul ed to police headquarters. The Ways of Death, A few of tho people were burned to! r.'sorvPlr of. dcuth by Qro, many were suffocated ' lu UU,BU by gas and scores were trampled tot Will J. Davli, manager of the df nth in tho panic that followed the i theater, said after the catustrophe mad rush of the frightened audience that If the people had remained in tor the exits. ' seats and had not been -excited Tlieie art bodies lying byo'zeus to- hy the cry of flro, not a single liro night In the undertaking rooms, in 1 would have been lost. th police station and In the hospitals ' Suffocated by Gas. from which nearly everything thai TIl bowever. is contradicted by could reveal the identity of those who , KtatPrr.i.iit of ilin nmm.m ,h.. knew them best Is gone. Their cloth-, found numbers of neonlo slltlm, iti Ing Is torn to rags or burned to cin-, ii.i.ir snata. fhplr mro ,ilrf.t,.,i i,.. dels and tli-Ir faces have been mash wnr,i ii1B Kin,,,, au ir ),. n..rfnrrnn.i en inio an unrecogiuzauie puiji u u. was sm soIng on , j tn Oj,n0 heels of the crowd Hint tranTplcd f ,ho flrmeri tha( thcBo persons had them down as they lied for safety. i jCen sulTocntcd at once by the flow Perish In Doorways. ' of gas which came from behind the Outside of the people burned and asbestos curtain, suffocated by gas, It was In Jtwo door ; Many Exits Provided. . wayh on tbo first and second baico-. Ab near a ,.au 1)e estlmatod' at iliu nles that the greatest loss of life o I present time. 1,800 people wero in ciiTcd. When tho tlremen entered ( tll0 theater. Two hundred or those the building the dead were found wero on the first floor, the remainder stretched In a pile reaching from the heDg Jn tne uaiconlos and In tho head or tne syiirway ai least eignv ballway back of them. The theater Chicago, Dec. 31. A stock yards employe. Charles Peck ropy, craned by mink, this morning entered a room of Ills boarding house 'and1 attempted to force a fellow boarder, Vin cent Clnr to take a drink. The latter refused and Pock ropy shot him, mortauy wounding him. lie rushed In to the hallway and met Mrs. Mary Kreegk. and wit. unit warning shot her twice. In flicting a fntal wound. .' . NEITHER SCARCE NOR EXPENSIVE REAL SITUATION IS NOT CRITICAL TO 8TOCKMEN. Unless the Remainder of ,the Season Brings Protracted Cold and Deep Snows the Spring Will Find Stock in Good Shape Supply Equals a Year Ago and the Price Is Almost as Low as Then, Tin" hay situation, according tn tho majority of the men of conservative minds who deal in that commodity, is not so serious as It would appear from the reports that uro sent out about the price and how III tie hay there Is In the country, and how hnrd It Is In get that little. Hay Is almost us chcup nt tho present time as It was Just before' tho harvest a year ago. At thnt tin,! the IniitHTH asked 13 a ton for their liny In I (in. fleld.whlle it nu Iki bought, ir the right coliise Is pursuo.l, nt Hie present time haled nnd deliv ered ror a ton. Nearly all of those who vise a Inrifn quantity of liny have bought ihelr supply early In llio yenr. paying from $H to $10 a ton' tor It, and both Irame wheat and nllnlfu can not be bought for $li'.5u fiom the 1'iirineiM, and in some Instances cheaper thnu this ()( course ir tho pilces aro set by tho city dealerH It will scnl above thin, for they hnve to make their profit QUITS OFFICES IN THIS CITY CLOSED TEMPORARILY. Fixtures Shipped to Missoula, Mont, Where a New Office Will De Open ed Diminishing patronage Here Cause for Suspension of Duslnets Charles Hannum, Operator, Goes to North Yakima Pendleton the Only Office Closed In the Northwest, The offices of tho Coo I'oniinlsHloii Company wero closed today ami tho fixtures shipped to .MlKHoiiln, Mont., where a nuw office Is being opened. II V. llnascn. Western utiumger tor tlio Coe company, ui rived lust evening and ordered the business closed hole and today hna been busy packing and shlpplr, tho property or the company In Missoula. Tho Coo compnny has oix'rated In this city for about a year, and while it lias been patronized very llheru'iy most of tho time, business Iiiih drop ped off this winter, until It was decid ed to closo for tho present, ill least. Tho olilces nt Wulln Walln will continue to do business, and all the other branches lu the Inland Empire will remain open. A new wire has Just been strung Into Seattle, giving tho company n through line from .Minneapolis to the const .kjul the until" Iter of offices In the Northwest now' roaches nearly -100. E, 11. Kennedy, who has successful ly managed tho oince he.'p for the past four months., will remain in tho city hut hns not yet decided what business ho will engage In. Charles Hannum, the genlul ipor utor In tho Coe office hen, will Iw transferred to North Yakima, nnd will leavo tomorrow, accompanied by Mrs. Ilnnuum, ror that place, where mi will bo chief operator in the Coo olilces. Mr. and Mrs, Manoum have been in Pendleton since the first of last. Aug. list nnd have made many friends heie during inlr brief residence. ...... ., - , ,., . in .....-, i nuuwuy uueK ui mem. me uiHmer to be heard at the coming tern , reel rrom t)i0 door to a point five fe.it, l() modeled after tho Opera Comlquo, tlionirli none of tliem are of great lm i.nrtnnr-fi tn tile nubile. TllO JianKS drawn from the Jury box are given below.: A', n. Stepheus, Jr.. merchant, Uma Hio. w a nnnilmnn. farmer. Vallej ; WIlllnm'Diiff, farmer, Kul.ton; Frank Wells, farmer, Union; 11. t, iiimti. farmer. Pilot Kock; Alec Malcolm, la borer, Echo; J II. Parks, clerk, hast PenUIeton; J. J. Ilaumgartner, farm- nr rmrllnrnn t .1 ll. I'mt, .. Wostim; A. Hopson, farmer. Milton; Q V -Gross, niorchnnt, Athena; U. W, Staggs, farmer, Weston; Kenneth Warner. Htockman, Pilot Hock; II. 11. I,ee. farmer. Milton; C. A. Cole, car penter. West Pendleton; J. Hudenmn, farmer. Ft.lton; Joseph Cunha arm- er. Echo; Angus V. ,i. Milton; J. D. Mumford, rarmer, North Pendleton; John Cummlng, merchan , Weston; W. P. Temple, merchant, v.", ,.,.ii,.i,,- i A. Borle. merch ant. Pendleton; E. L. Smith, farm "" south Pendleton; B. U. Oambee, stockman. Uklah; 13. A. Diidtey. farn er Athena; Uobert Still, farmer. Mil ton Tlvis H. Mcllroom, laboro.-, North Pendleton; Doug Dolts, stock mn Pilot Rock; H. O. Moiissu. con tractor. South Pendleton. John ainn. laborer. East Pendleton Jesse Moore, stockman, ucuo, nra Tu'esday nlBht eracked the Indder was , to be attached wore up, ....0--'- - MnlneH. anil uui mo iimur u uui. jcv vwh wh KrS mS"" Blr"PtCd' Whe" ,h POn,C W88 Bt In the rear of tlio ooor. Flaht for Life, This mass of dead bodies in the renter of the doorway reached to within two feet of the top-of the pas sageway. All of the corpses at this point were women and children. The tight for life which must have taken place at these two points Is some thing that Is simply beyond human power to adequately descrine. (July a laim mca oi us minor be deilved from the aspect of the bodies as they lay. Women on top of these masses of dead had been overtaken by death as they were crawling on their hands and knees over the hodlps of those -ho bad died before. Otberj lay with arms stretched out in the direction towards which lay life and safety, holding In their hands fragments of garments not their own. They were evidently torn from the clothing of others whom, they had endeavored to pull down and trampled under foot as they fought for their own lives. No Fire Escapes. The theater had boon constructed but n Hhort tlmo and Us equipment was not all yet In place. This In cluded, unfortunately, a fire escape in the rear of the building. The small Iron balcoules to which the Iron In Pnrlfl nml fmm thn rmir tt nnr.li ' balcony there are three doors leading out to passageways toward the front of tho theater. Chicago Is in Gloom. Tho city today Is In a profound air of gloom. The death list Is ho great that hundreds of thousands number either relatives or fiicadH or acquaint ances among the victims. Business In many lines Is pructlcal ! suspended, and the Hoard of Trade closed at noon out of respect to the disaster alter a morning of apathetic trading, From morgue to morgue weeping ones hurry in quest of missing, or emerge from the eharnal houses bear ing evidence that tho search Is ended and worst fours reull -d. Tho mayor's office Is buried In tel egrams of Inquiry. Equal almost o tho hear' rending scenes at the morgue Is that at the police custodian's room, where arc curious ones going over the heaps of garments nnd trinkets left behind In tho mad rush to escape from th' burning theater. FIvo buBhel baskets nro filled with pursos, gloves, handkerclilc a uitd Jowelry. and two barrels urr lequfred to hold the overshoes anil hIkkis alone. i All night long and yet today r iwds TWO SUIT8 BROUGHT. One on a Mortgage Note, the Other on Goods Furnished. A suit has been filed by A M. fill 11b against Charles Carpenter and Martha Carpenter, his wife. It Is an action brought to recover money for a bill of lumber nnd building imil ir lulu furnished to the ilefeiidunlH I y the plaintiff, The amount Involved Is $1,311.25. nnd the philulilt links for legul Interest on the amount from December 31, 1908, togelhci with ie Cists and disbursements' of tlio ac tion. Ilnlloy & Lowell are the ntlor iieys ror the plalntllT A suit was filed this morning lu the their Insurance nnd nay for the delii-1 olilco of tho county clerk by (!Hrtr & cry. besides other little expensive do. ) Haley as the attorneys In tho cuso of tails of (he business. ; Hnrah Flgg Thompson vs. V. M. Hutes Hut the hay In tli field or in he ' cl a1' 11 '". a BU" brought to recover slack Is not so high as Seems to be "" " ""t Issued for $7Mi on Fcbni the current opinion. . Hound bay Is -""y '1, Wi, with Interest on the mum) now being hauled into the city at B,,?; l",r. p0"'- , $10.50, and It Is said (hut there Is I ho plaintiff also auks ror foroclos plenty or it to be hnd ror the asking. ,,ro "" tt mortguge given to protect in- nwiu, uiiu uskh nun ine properly lm soul to satlsry tlio claim, Puilhcr ulllef Is asked for in (be sum of $75 for attorneys' fees ami Urn costs nnd illhhursements of the nellon, Thy supply seems to be us great lis It was at this time last year, and un less there Is a hard winter iind closed spring there will bo hay 'left In Iho stacks when the cuttle ami horses need no uioio feed. There Is Just one thing thai will put a lot or mouey Into the pockets of .thosu who have buy to sell, and take it fiom those whu hold cuttle uuil sheep, and that s u lasting snow later In the year- If tho late winter and early spring lb us open as lu usually the esse, buy will get cheap er Instead of the rovorso, as tho tlmo pusses; but if u snow comes and stuys, combining the stockinuu M feed their sheep and cattle for a length or tltnu, tlieu the prleo of huy will Jump uud perhaps to quite a height, ror the men will have to reed and the holders of hay will bo able to name the price. Hut, so say the wise ones. Ibis Is a thing that Is uuiisuul, and therefore not to lm consldeied too seriously. If (ho snow comes tho hay will be bought; If It does not, the stockmen will bo tho better off. and K Is useless to worry until the condi tions warrant It. Fiom this It would seem that there Is plenty or hay In the rauntry at n fair price, though pot excessive, and that It can he gotten when and where It Is needed, with no worry to the con sumer, and so that there Is no camo I or alarm. New Japanese Cruisers, Home, Dec. 31 The Japanese min ister went to (Jcnoa this morning tn Inspect the two Argentlno cruisers purchased by Japan. The guns are not yet mounted, but could be made ready ror active service In a short time. (Concluded ou pago S.) Ten Mill School Levy. Lu Grande, Dec 31 The school . board of this city last evening voted I u 10-mlll tax for the coming year. R. V. HUTCHIN8 IN TROUULE, Stated That His Wife Secured a Di vorce, Followed by Interesting De velopments. From advices tecclvd Imrit it Is stated that Holier! V, IIiiIcIiIhh, who for some tlmo was n resident, of Oils city, has been brought to Dayton, Wash., from his last resldenco on the coast, to answer to a charge of con tempt or court Hutchlns' wire stittil him ror divot some tlmo agok and a deeno was granted In her fuvor and the defend ant was ordo'red to pay her a certain amount of alimony. This ho refused to do and he was brought tn Dayton (where his wlfo had sued for the di vorce,) from ilwaca, where he has been In tho newspaper business, to answer to tho charge of Ignoring tho mandates or tho court. IIuIcIiIiih will unable to pay the line imposed upon htm by thn court, and went to jail, hut friends afterwards paid the flue uud ho was rcleused. Returned to Kentucky, J. E. Harmon left last nlybt for Ills home at Jacksonville, Ky.; a place neur fvoulsvlllu, where he has been called by a telegram from Ills parent stating that owing to the condition of tnxlr health they wi3hcd 1)1 in t r turn to his homo, He has been n this part of Iho slate ror some year', having bean employed In (bis city uud for a time having' held the posi tion of manager of the warehouse at Yoakum - - j i . Chicago Wheat, Chicago. Dec 31. Wheat opened aiu. nlniwri (he same.