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NG EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION 1 Eastern Oregon Weather 1 Tonight nnd Sunday tlsht daln or snow. . NO. 4053. 1 . borrowed paper. Aunnn an firtaonlan -If-I PEXPLETOX, UMATILLA COUXTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, .JAXUAUY 23, 1904. 7 All III IUI TTLEMEN T Has Shifted in Up the Tangled C. B. Waae. ..inclM Tfl AMOUNT OF $65,700 Aggregating Seventy ..... ir in Sloht. of Lesser Claimants . . ftl an An. ..J-..., of S30Q.000. Is Secured Mr. .-j. ai in t.oafi ihn ilnmitv United from l'ortland, was ..Aa. nnd In the papers on C. B. aje e Into the bankruptcy with a claim of Uurphy, $400; Miss 11.900: tssiner j. Joseph Vey, $46,000; tltlons In the united Til dUU lunt mo I'i jr- leveral other claim b p limn ui luc ucaiiuL.) 8 UUllUBiUCU of the Craig estate, .1- 1 tnnU - i no nrtn i, recover. Joseph Ha- and a stockman or time comes a great pivmr into the hands ze esiaie. ana u win ice mailer. 11 win it will Insure all crcd- the property. It Is ite sale of lands and Ule hv Ihn rnnrt Itnt matter into vhe cwnea by Mr waae his fnllurn nnH fnr -lor Irrespective of '19 1 limn Th ..111 -fc lUlt i UIO Mill ui ianu ana a great that has rhnnporl the asgregate $300,- and or this nprhnns to SC0J00 Is guaran- scoured by raort The rest mav be Company, owned by uu me rnarKet ana will bring. Ho - nuaiib. uuu ui -"'c ucuu luaut', - 1110 uuu kb tre i uv nan nrnnKfi . """oeement or xno Id tha Ir t "cu, luanR TAr in Mui'u ior secur deals u-firo ,. aae nnw pfttn V lum. thev werp management of the ai uernnno m a ""(JBcia. detectives of 4i - racmc and "Pany to be e. . - m. nre 8B rr., "Lu. n ho. t. .-"' neon ar detectives aro OA "W iiiurtf - w . stolon whole muddle. Is the CralK estato tangle. Here he was made the cua todtan, as administrator of tho es tate of $14,000. owned by the esta'e and used .no money. Tho crash came before tho estato had been set tled and ne is short that amount It is presumed that had Mr. Wade still been at the aead of the bank when the .time tor final settlement came, that tile money would have been forthcoming, but he was caught In his own fall and could not make good. Joseph Vey claims to have been asked for a note which he knew nothing of. and which has been can celed by the bank. The note was for $7,000. and was executed by Wade who had been in tho habit of draw ing notes and otucr papers fnr . who is unable to read or write The note in question was repudiated by Vey when it was called up, and was yesterday canceled by the bank Whatever the conditions the "mat ter will now be sifted out In the court, and an equal distribution be made to nil the creditors. It is esti mated that the estate will pay about 0 cents on tne dollar, though this is an estimate, It being too soon to tell from what has come to light just how much is available. CHICAGO SKY SCRAPER FIRi Two Thousand Occupants of Masonic Temple Marooned in the Upper Stories. LEVY MUST HANG. 'Boise City Murderer Fails to Get Re lief From Supreme Court. - Boise City, Jan. 23. By a divided court the Judgment of murder in the first degree against Geo-e Levy for the murder of Davis Levy on October 3, 1901, has been affirmed. The opinion of the majority of thp cjuit is by Chief Justice Sullivan, cm curred in by Justice Sloekslager, Justice xT.ilsh!e dissenting. The opinion finds the evidence in the case suflicient to sustain the Judgment of conviction and further finds that no vital error was made by the trial court. Chicago Wheat. Chicago, Jan. 23. Wheat openid 90Tfi, closed !i4. CONFIDENCE MEN I ARE IN CUSTODY :VrejjyERATORs ON A LARGE SCALE. BUILDING REPRESENTED ABSOLUTELY FIRE-PROOF. Six Floors on Fire With Fifteen Up per Floors Cut Off Flames Were Gotten Under Control at 1 O'clock Only Desperate Etforts Saved Hundreds of Lives and the Build ing Itself Many Injured by Inhal ing Smoke Grand Palace Again on Fire. ChargeafTWlU Robbery of Baroness Rad&wehj In oan Francisco Had (Tjjusands of Dollars Worth of Pdflous Stones in Their Pos sesejln Sold Many In Spokanr, Seatle and Tacoma, MinnfBnolis, Jan, 23. James Wal ters fiks .arresteu this morn'ag charge, -fth.' robbing Baronoss HelenaJ Radskwele of $o,000 worth oi diamonds "al the Colonial hotel 'n San Francisco tnree weeks ago. The police jclleve be Is one of the most Important tmeves ana confi dence men in America. On his per son when arresteo were $12,'i worth of diamonds. Walters confessed to having dis- . . . i r.nn posed of stones worm tiu,vw. jjc was captured at the National hotel, where he registered as It. sirauora, Seattle. William Kerry, said to be o no,.nmi,iif.B nf Walters, was later arrested at the depot. Both men were preparing to leave for Chicago. Walters says tuat of $15,000 wortn of stones sold during the last three weeks he sold $10,000 worth In Ta coma, Spokane and Seattle. Atten tion, wax attracted to him in Minue apolls by the deposit of several cems. . , Wnitem' home Is at Los Angeles, where his parents live. LARGEST LAND DEAL. Liking Glass Pine Tract Sells fjr $200,000 to Iowa Parties. La Granae, Jan. .o. uuc largest lumber and land sales ever made In Oregon, was mm terday to George Palmer, a rfcer of Iowa, by Kobert Smith, pres dent . I. i V. Jo K-ollnnnl Hank Of the tract of white pine lands knon as the Stanley lands below Llgln, in i i.nn.tn qc inn What nas '-- - cin Lumuer ooiuouj. ".o--. Situated near these lands, and was ators being u . B 'V,h wa Falls, Wis., and Robert Smith. - .. ...hi. xr n n nnchard. of La uranae, win. , ,; as manager.' These max ; bwe all been closely connected with the In Susies in Eastern Oregon for many years, and havo acquired a wide rep Nation throughout the wen U bon- A rtrnt InnfTueni. esty. energy -u- , t av rna0gesD lOOOOO fe of lumoor. . . 7B-".V - .iHv market extend- SMirlIU-SS and Chicago This tract of timber sold com. Krortrhe'7nesttracts.n Eastern ?Cralmer P-d D mem r. -mher. but will manuiaciuiu , ',( hold It for increased stumpage tn.LU Clrt. Hotel Bt. oeorge rr: the Chicago. Jan ..3, At noon today fire broke out on the third floor of the Masonic Temple, and has been extinguished. Panic ensued among the 2.000 occupants of the building, who fied precipitately down the stair ways and elevators. The building was supposed to be absolutely fire proof. A Few Escaped. A number of girls succeeded In es caping from the ISth story by flight down stairs. The fire spread so rapidly that within 20 minutes 10 rooms on tne third third floor were a mass of flames, cutting off the elevators and stairways and tilling the building with dense smoke. The building Is 21 stories in Height. After the elevators stopped all the windows from the 17th story up were filled with men, women and girls, The police attempted to pacify the crowds and keep the streets open, but without avail. It is but half a block from the Iroquois. Telephone Reports. Telephone reports from those ma rooned In the upper stories of the sky-scraper says there is no danger of panic there, although several wo men swooned. They were taken care of by various office forces. From the third floor the flames "x tended to the fourth, fifth and sixth floors. The firemen were compelled to use, w)-foot ladders to fight the flames. Flames Under Control. At 1 o'clock the flames are under control. The damage will be between $20,000 and $30.0u0, largely caused by the down-falling flood of water through the lower floors. Suffered From Smoke. Many tenants sunered from Inhal ing smoke, but none seriously. Wal .er Parker was badly b'irned and William Danby seriously cut by fall ing glass. The firemen say that notwithstand ing the supposed fire-proof construc tion the building would have boon gutted had not the alarm been quick ly given and responded to. Third Fire at Grand Palace. Chicago. Jan. 23. Two hundred guests at the Grand Palace bo-.cl were again tnrown into a panic ann compelled to flee to thj Icy streets, scantily attired, by Are this morning. This Is the third fire within 11 days, The police believe all have been Incendiary. FROM THE FAR EAST. Russia Threatening, and Making Trouble In Korea. London, Jan. 23. The Tokio cor respondent of the Central News Bureau, today wires that an official emergency gazette is being promul Gated, containing special regulations tor harbor, roadstead and coast nav igation. The move is regarded sig nificant, as it practically puts the mercantile marine under war regu lations. Trouble In Korea. Washington, Jan. 23. The state department has received a dispatch from Minister Allen at Seoul, that there is considerable disturbance throughout Korea. The Japanese In many places have been attacked, nnd there are indications that Russia Is Inciting an uprising. The news has also reached Wash ington that Japan sent a major-gen-mi to Seoul, wanting a high ranking officer on the sceno. The Koreans are reporiea to nave 3,500 men under arms. Bellicose Russian, c. D..f f.rul.iiri-. Jan. 23. Officii! circles are bitterly lamenting "Jio necessity of making concessions to i.,o iipcnnsn of Russia's inade quate seaport defenses, ana announce the determination iu uueuicuv mo fleet until able to combat even the British, Propose to expend 60,000,- 000. Gon to Beet Meeting, E. W. McComas went to Echo this momlnir to attend tbe mass meet ing of the citizens who met tboro this afternoon to hear what theeugur beet men have to say on beetSnlture, and to listen to the projoaltiona made by them to the farmd-s, THREE STATES lc Floods Arc Doing Great Damage in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. TOLEDO RECORbo THE WORST IN TWENTY YEARS All Electric Power Shut Off Bull, ness Sections Inundated Ceme teries Scoured Out Half Million Damage Done at Pittsburg and Water Still Hlsing Much Suffer ing Along Ohio River People Trapped and Great Suffering. Toledo, Jan. 23. The flood In tho Maumee liver promises to surpass that of 1SS3, whlcn was the worst ever known. All Industries dependent upon elec tricity are tied up. Including tbe newspapers. The first floors of all buildings along tue water front are tinder water. Marietta Inundated, Marietta. O., Jan. 23. The bus! ness section being vacated. The flood In the Ohio river is at 29 feet, and rising six inches an hour. Re ports from up rlvrr lead to the belief that the buttress section will be largely Inundated. Cemetery Torn Out. Indianapolis, Jan. 23. The flood in Wildcat cieek has broken through the cemetery, strewing skeletons along the banks. Damage at Pittsburg, Pittsburg, Jan. 23. At 10 this morning tho water was 29 teet above normal and rising nearly three inch's an hour. -irty feet Is expected to day. The damage is already $500,000 in this city and haruoi. Four thousa . men are idle. Traffic Is suspended along the river front. Suffering at Wheeling. Wheeling, Jan. 'li. Thlrty-seven feet of water was recorded at $ this morning and 4o feet is expected. Tcere is a general exodus from tne low lands. There is marked suffering as many are exposed, which will e -ncreased if the coid wave predicted comes. Highest Ever Known. Youngstown, O.. Jan. 23. The flood now exceeds any ever known. No lights or power and the water damage is heavy. Railroads Abandoned. Charon, Pa., Jan. 23. The sharps vllle bridge was swept away, drown ing Victor Dunham and three labor ers this morning. The water Is at the highest ever known and still rising. ..11 trains be tween Cleveland and Pittsburg are abandoned. Tho traces aro five feet under water. Families In many parts of the city are trapped in tho upper stories. Damage Exceeds $500,000. Loralne, O., Jan. 23. The flood here Is nearly at a standstill. The damage now exceeds $500,000. SHIPMENT OF SHEEP. Some to Seattle and Four Thousand to San Francisco. Rugg Brothers will ship a couple of carloadB of wethers over tho W. & C R. this evening to James Wright, at Seattle." Mr, Wright was in the city last week and made the pur chase of the sheep. While here Mr, Wright also wish ed to buy a lot oi lambB from the Hugg Brothers' flocks, but found that the Arm had just sold all of tbolr lambs to Air. Harrington, the San FrancUco sheep buyer who was in the city last winter and bought ill of the iambs tne Bame firm had for sale. There arc about 4,000 lambs in the lot sold this year, and they will be delivered tho 6th of February. CHANGE IN TIME CARD. Morning Train for Spokane Will Walt One Hour for WestBound Passenger. The local offices of the O. R. & N. received notice today that hereafter, No. 8, tho morning train for Spo kane, will wait ono hour for No, 1, the west-bound train, instead of only 30 minutes, as has been tho rule un der tho new time card. This will enable passengers com ing from the East to make direct connection for Sp'-ane, if the mon lng west-bound train Is not more than an hour late. Progress on Bowman Building. Tho brick masons are at work on the Bowman building, and if ho present weather continues tbe brick work will be completed In about 15 days. All of tho pressed brick is on the ground and tbe most of tbe other material, so there will be no delays from this time on until tho building Is flulshod, GALVESTON WILL CELEBRATE. City's Great Sea Wall Is Completed at Coct of Millions. Galveston, Texas, Jnn. 23, Tho city of Galveston, larger, richer and more prosperous than before Us par tial destruction by the great Hood In 1900, Is to celebrnto her rejuvenation during tho coming week with n mon ster fete that promises to attract the widest attention. 'Ino occasion of the celebration is the completion of the sea wall, erected at n cost of millions of dollars and which is ex pected to Insure the city against nny recurrence of the disaster of four years ago. Arrangements for tho celebration have been made on an elaborate scnlo anu tho affair promises to be one of the most notable of tho kind ever seen In tho southwest. Tho United States navy will be repre sented at tho festivities by several warships, and tho Gorman cruiser Gazelle also will attend tho celebra tion. The governor of Texas nnd many other persons of note havo been Invited to attend the ceremon ies nnd no expenso Is to bo spared by the citizens of tho rebuilt city to make the ocroston a Uiomornbl') one. WILL LAUNCH DAKOTA SOON. Freight Ship 630 Feet Long and 73 Feet Six Inches Wide. New Imdon, Conn. Jnn. 23. Two weeks from today nnot'nor monstor cargo carrier Is to !o launched from tho yards of tho eastern shipbuild ing company here. It Is a twin Bis ter of the Mlnnesotn, launched last spring, and will bo christened Dakota. Tho Dakota will a'eam nt the rnto of 14 knots nn hour, nnd owing to her great size will be steady In nny kind of weather. Sho hns n length of G30 feet and a width of 73 feet alx Inches. Sho will be rigged as n four masted schooner with polo shafts, and will havo Ave continuous decks and four Bhort decks. Tho ship Is owned by James J. 11111, nnd will bo used In tho Great Northern railway's Pacific carrying trade. OFFICERS FIND AN OPIUM JOINT YUNG GEE'S STORE ON ALTA STREET THE PLACE, Two White Men Were Hitting the Pipe and Both Were Fined Pro prietor of the Place Held Under Bonds Discovery Made During In vestigation Under Fire Ordinance- While making an Investigation uf the means taken In the Chinese quar ters to prevent Are yesterday after noon, Councilman Weils, Fire Chief Wliheo and Marshal Carney ran Into an opium Joint In full blast. .Mr. Wells and tho lire chief had mado one trip through the rats' nests of Chinatown tho other day ami left orders for thu Cinnamon to chango tho stations of sevorul stoves nnd mnko extra precautions for thu pre vention of fire. Yesterday they. In company with tho marshal, made an other trip to see that their Instruc tions had been carried out. While in tho house of Yung Geo, on Alta street, back of Tallmnn's drug store, tho party camo to one room where tho door was locked and which tho Chinaman refused to open. On the order of the marshal the room was broken open and two white men Collins and John Don were found In the placo under the influ ence of tho drug, Collins is a contortionist an.l dancer who has beeu traveling with a show company, but who lost his job through tho dope habit, and is now tramping, Ho has no monny and will serve five days In tho city jail in default of tho $10 lino Impos ed on him by the city Judge. John Doe Is a Pendleton man who has fallen Into tho habit and has be come a wreck through tho uso of thu drug. Ho paid his fine and left on the midnight train for somo placo unknown. Yung Gee, the proprietor of tho den, was held under $60 bonds to in suro his appearance In the court at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Owing to the absence of somo of the witnesses the trial of tho case was postponed until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Biggest uoad of Brick, Tho record for a carload shipment was broken yesterday at the Weston brickyard. The huge car carried 27,- 000 brick weighing 108,000 pounds, or about twice the load of an ordi nary car. The shipment was con signed to Purl Bowman at Pendleton. Weston Leader, Will Occupy Krebs Home. J. M. Stone, administrator for tho estato of Mrs. H. Krebs, made ar rangements yesterday with Mr, and Mrs. O. V.'. Bontlcy to rnovo out to tho Krebs homestead and take tem porary charge, so .ue children co'ild bo kept at home and together. Ad ams Advance, Nebraska republicans have in structed for Roosevelt' for president, and for John L, Webster of that state, for vice-president. ALL LAI BLAME ON THE OTHERS Conflicting Evidenco in Trying to Fix Responsibility for tho Iroquois Fire. ARCH'TECT MARSHALL'S PLANS HAD BEEN ACCEPTED. Klaw & Erlanger Must Bear Part of lame One of the Managing Pro. prietors 1-ays All Blame on Subor dlnates He In Turn Is Incrlmln. ated by the Manager of the Thea. ter Two Policemen Arrested on Charge of Robbing a Body at the Morgue. Chicago,. Jan. 23. Architect Mar shall, who drew the plans of tho Iro quois before thu coroner's Jury to day Untitled that thu plans wero np provotrMi Klaw & Erlanger In all particulars, thus directly Identifying the firm with responsibility for tho icsttlt. Managing Proprietor Was Ignorant. Chicago, Jan. 23. William Pow. ers, ono of tho managing proprietors of the Iroquois, wits on tho stand n the coroner's Inquest this morning, lie threw nil blamo on tho subordi nates, saying ho belluved until tho tiro Hint nil matters of protection had been compiled with. Ho Bald ho was only an udvlsory. Manager Davis was n witness tills afternoon. He snld Powers should shoulder his slmro of thu bloine, as ho Bhould havu had knowledge of tbo condition of tho houso and given It strict examination as part of Ills per. sounl responsibility. Stole From a Body. Chlcngo, Jan. 23. Policemen Gib bons and Hnynus huvu been summon ed liororo tho trial board on com plaint or Christopher Fletcher, of Iji Porto, Ind., who claims thnt valuable diamonds disappeared from his daughter's body after tho Iroquois fire, after tho bony was taken to tho morgue, where tho oillcers named wero In charge. MILTON MANUSCRIPT. Original of "Paradise Lost" May , ,w. Come to America. , Jan. 23. English bibli ophiles aro worried Just now over the iHisslblllty of somo Amorican millionaire obtuluiug pohhohsIoii of tho Ilukor manuscript of Milton's "Paradise Lost," round which groat controversy was waged lecoiitly. Tho manuscllpt, It Is understood, will be put up for auction next week at tho establishment of Buthoby, Wilkinson & Hodgo. It was origi nally Intended to hold tho sale tn March, but thu datu was altered at tho wish of tho owner. It Is said thut an offer of $25,000 has ulready been received from tho United Klates, hut tho' owner Is do Hlrloiis of seeing thu manuscript re tained in England If possible. BRIPQE REPAIRING. Work In Progress on Cayuse Steel Structure, W. A. Stoilo, tho superintendent of the bridge and building department of tho O, R, & N., hud a work train in tho yards this morning bound for Cayuso Canyon, where thay will ro pulr tho piling to thu big stool bridge and do somo general repair work in thut vicinity, Thu train wus brought from Li Grande, and after loading with sup plies In thu yards nuru went east lo tho pluco of work. Storle, of Multnomah, Sheriff W. A. Htorlo. of Portland, was In tho city today visiting tho tournament. Mr. Htorlo was at Bak er City to witness thu banging of Pleasant Armstrong and stopped in this city on nls return homo. Lecture to Men Only, Rev. 8. M. Martin, tho Christian evangelist, will deliver a free lecturo to men only, ut tbo Christian church, tomorrow at 3 o'clock. The subjujt, will bo "Manhood and Homo." California Natural Gat, Ventura, Cal., Jan. 23. X Work on construction of tbe plant which is to supply Von- tura, Oxnard and neighboring towns with natural gaB, Is started. This is tnu first time in tbo history of California for natural gag in commercial quantities to bo developed. Over 10 mlb)8 of pipe will bo laid, and in CO days tho plant will bo in operation. A flow of over 40,000 cubic cot per day has been secured. The gas Is unusually pure, with strong pressure, , ft i i uut - - on tho etxoot,