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DAILY EVENING EDITION 1 . harrowed paper. ; Eastern Oregon Weather . . . . l rf f o r It. pnc - PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, .MONDAY4, JAN U Alt Y 25, 1904. NO. 1051. Tonight nml Tuesday fair. Qi OPEN 1 1 Unit rrnH Milton With Very CONTAIN ED $19 IN MONEY. Tools From Local Shop and Tnea w But Falling In This, a i a- A nnllnfi -l4.l hu th ... n.khurl I a fit IMIaht. 25. (Special to the mkn r-nfn In thp XL d " " " " . ulK Inat nlirht. .L tobntl 'inn HflUI.il force of the explosion i t tmtlHIni . ml. . .lnnH onilth . I..H.1 - in hln J n nil fnnt iMlI. n tha rlvnnfnlto. yean iue uuiiui. DttU UUIDiiUU uio num effected an entrance i i I .1 A . i I 1. iUn n fn rxsniun kiuio. diuicij nap. us iuu H'uio ncio ind the marKB of the iVfa .add rurr f r1 n (i inrf nnppnnrlnrl ml. tn luc unit;. In PrAnvvninr nrwl Mil. up at the time of the rushed to the depot rp rinon niwi Tim mifcr us rnnrnmnre it rwi n u is almost certain the guilty parties. 1 rloc-.flt.rwl nn Inches mil, very light. "VM'II, U. UUI1V DU1I & liPirliDnn shift Tlin clothes. They were 'UUldVOD 111 Minorities are certain ui value was taken although there was - l inu nine. ' HviIlL' In tlm ilnnAt IHlharc- farlv l ii, .. i. Unn "loon Robbed. 25 The Hniorlnn lllDL n CI I. - u vuiiuul'o u inn Wnlsht, through tho njed out tho cash Nflster container! no vu U vmuame goiu "IS IOnnil In n mill r l..i r- ncvurai roomers " tne liniinP ilnrv ,,f r-1' r pi i. 4. zi . it.. uy tnn prnH nr. lUrveater company, MBKruntcv nrn,H. -v lUHllluinn. Thft J?, given employ. Dut forcing thn JPle-only B0Vcn of r wore Itlllnrt ' AIa cyclone. In T i. r"' Arrested. Jot. n: wnnB. sen h.in f40Ji nn i ii."'"uw uug. "veatock fan. O. "Pocuiator. uih per ARMSTRONG'S INTRODUCTION. ' Was Fined $30 Three Years Ago for Disturbing Methodist Social. Baker City, Jan. 25. Pleasant Armstrong was not a stranger to the Bakor County jail wnen he entered It on tho charge or killing Minnie Ensmlnger. Ho had served a 15 days' sentence In tho Jail about three years ago or raising a row at a church social. In fact, Armstrong practically intro duced himself to the people of Halnos at this social In which he rrlghtcncd tho women and children almoust out or their wits. It took six men to overpower he giant and take him out or the hall. Ho waR nlaced under nrrrt 'tried before the Justice of the peace ai tiiumis me wnowing rooming. He was fined $30 and in default of payment was sent to the county Jail where he served 15 days for the offense. ART SHOW. Seventy.thlrd Annual Exhibit at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan, 25, The scvemy-inira annual exhibition ct tho Pennsylvania ArmlAmv nf Finn Arts opened today and will be the center oi interest among art lovers until It cIohbs Mnrrh r. For several reasons tills year's exhibition surpasses all of ' its pre- dGPORRnrR. thn i-hnlrct wnrku nt art from the Carnegie Institute ex hibited at Pittsburg, including many prize winners, are shown, and there are nlsn iHRiilnvorl fnr tlm flrut time In this country a number or lmnortant iinlnttniTR nrnt frnm tr1,.. rope to be exhibited at the St. Louis worm s lair. TO KEEP FORT WALLA WALLA ORGANIZING TO PROTEST AGAINST ABANDONMENT. Effort to Enlist Co-operation of Uma tilla County Appeal Will Be Made Through Members of Congress, All of Whom Are Supposed to Favor Retention, Walla Walla, Jan. 25. Despite the rather discouraging outlook cf Furt Walla Walla being retained here the commercial club docs jot intend to give up the fight until the last resource Is exhausted. At a meeting or the board or di rectors held In tho Baker-lloyer 'wnk last night the situation was thor oughly gone over and as a result the aid or Umatilla county will be enlisted In an effort to retain the fort Inasmuch as the farming com: tnunity of the county Is as much benefited in Its being retained here as that of Walla Walla county. Tho commercial and civic hodi?s of Milton. Weston, Athena and Pen dleton will bo asked to lend tlwlr support by urging the Oregon dele gation to the natioual capital to use every means possible to retain the fort. This can be consistently asked as Oregon farmers furnish thousands of dollars worth or forage to tho troops annually, benefiting "ot 0Ill' them' selves but tho entire county at large President Turner and K. S. fo ment called on Senator Ankeny at his homo last night and submitted the plan which met tho senators ap proval. , A definite outline of action, will te formulated at another meeting or the board or directors to bo held this oventng. NATIONAL GUARD OrFICERS. Nearly Every State Represented at St. Augustine. St. Augustine, Fla., Jan. 25. - Nearly .every state and territory was represented among tho mil tary man present today at the opening or the sixth annual convention or the In tel state National Guard Association. The association is composed or the adjutants general and cominls slonod officers of tho wganUod militia In the several s ates and territories am us general lurP"e Is to improve tho efficiency and standing of tho national cuard. The nrosent convention, which Is presided over by Major General Charles Dick of Ohio, will occi P5 -t-self with the consideration of vmj ions measures of state and federal legislation affecting the interests of tho national guard organization. MINTAGE OF 1836. Gold Coin Slxty-Eight Years Old at the Savings Bankr 1 . . ,nm. rficeivod 'The Savings uuuk. , . 35d Pico of the m in ag )acf 1830. in 8"u ,y;,ablo ev 22? T Piece is' laVger ttjjntt. money of toW. and .has , entirely d7teisnun S'fo7a coin so old to be founnns,,chgoodco,,d.toD.an it Is ono Of 1110 oiaeoi l"uv-"" " : thQ over gone over tho counter at tho oanK. . ..,,i i,nu asked for FIRE AND FLOOD DEVASTATION Situation Aggravated by In tense Cold Throughout the East and Middle West. NUMEROUS DEATHS ' FROM COLD AND FIRE. Pennsylvania Flood Conditions Are Worse Than Ever, Thousands of People Being Driven From Home, or Marooned Eighteen Degrees Below at Chicago and Worse Com ing Tugboat Went to Bottom Ohio River Is Rising. Indianapolis, Jan. 25. Fire ilc stroyed tie Capital avenue barns of the Indianapolis Terminal TVaction Company. A long string of new cars wiib dc&truyed. Lo.u, $100,000. The "Theodore," the first subur ban electric sleeping car ever built In America, costing $20,000, was burned In 'the car barns. It was to have made Its Initial trip between Indianapolis and Columbus tonight. Two Burned to Death. Pittsburg, Jan. 25. Three residen ces In the Butler extension were de stroyed by fire thU morning. Mrs. William Sawyer and Michael Culley were burned to death and William Sawyer Is missing. Entire Block Burned. Brazil, lnd., Jan. 25. Fire this morning In the business section, de- stioyed $50,000 worth ot property bo-' fore It was gotten under control. The entire block was destroyed and the water main burst, doing great dam age to property in cellars. Thousands Driven From Home. Wheeling. W. V.r Jan. 25. The ilood conditions today are worse. The cold wave has frozen the water, but not sufficient to support weight. Fave hundred' familleR.-are ma rooned In the tinner stories of rest deuces. At Kenwood It is estimated that 5,000 are living In upper stor les or on the hillsides. There Is in. tense suffering? Record Broken for Cold. Chicago, Jan. 25. A cold wave that is predicted will break all rec ords.and last 24 hours. The mercury reached 18 below zero at 5 o'clock- tills morning, and 20 below is ex pected for tonight, Tlirnrt iinrsimd wprp frn7Pn in flpnth last night. The wind adds o tho discomfort. Laborer Frozen to Death. Detroit. Jan. 25. All cold records were broken, tho mercury Being nine below this morning. ueurge Outh. watte, a laborer, was frozen to death Coldest in Four Years. Kansas City. Jan. 25. The meicu. ry is five below this morning, tho coldest in rour years. Three Men Drowned. Cincinnati, Jan. 25. The Ice gorge at SIsterville broke this morning and swept down on the naruor towboat Belle, at Brown's coal harbor, on the Kentucky side, opposite Columbia, it was sent to the bottom, drowning ' Captain Frank Moore, Casper Adrian and John Hancock. In Sunny, Sunny Kansas. Topeka, Jan. 25. Zero is record ed here. 'At IJncoln the cold weath er record this morning was 14 de grees below zero. Lincoln is 170 mile vest. Ohio Still Rirlng. Parkersburg, W. Va., Jan. 25. Tho Ohio river Is ktlll rising. At 8 this morning the gauge showed 41 feet six inches. The lower business dis tricts are submerged, and railways are at a standstill. COMMITTEE' MEETINGS. Tonight With Mrs, Lowell Choir Organization Tomorrow. All of the committees who iavo been appointed to manage the Chris tian Undeavor convention which Is to meet In this "city In February, will meet at the home of Mrs. 6. A. Low ell this evening to roakq their re ports of the work uone. Tomorrow evening Professor K. Ray Jones will meet all those who wish to take part in tho slnginj dur ing the convention, at the Baptist church, and drill .will begin for tho special music for that time. Jt is hoped to gather together a large choir for tho convention, and it is tho desire of the music committee to have all those interested meet with the committee and Profeanor Jonrs tomorrow evening, IN POLICE COURT. One Plain Drunk and One Lewd Co, habitation. t,.,i nnrr was fined 15 this morn ing in the city court for having been drunk on saiuruay nigai. Dan Hart, who was arrested Fri- fir taivri rnhnhftatlnn with Ilosa Bowman, in a lodging hoitBe, was arraigned mis atiernoon iinu pleaded guilty to the chargo, belnir fined $5 and costs by the court. Ho paid his fine, ARE ENTOMBED Results of an Explosion of Gas in a Coal Mine Near Cheswick. Pennsylvania. DESPERATE EFFORTS TO GET TO IMPRISONED. SUES PORTLAND GAMBLERS. Louis W. Robertson Brings Suit Against Keepers for His Losses. Louis V, ltobertson, of Portland, has brought suit to recover $1,4S0 from the Portland ub, a gambling concern, which amount Is doublo tho sum ho alleges to have lost at faro In the club. There I sn statute which allows a loser In a gambling game to recover twice tho amount lost. Robertson is taking advantage- ot this law, and as ho lost $740 from September 25 to November 2S, ho asks to recover $1,450. Harvey Dale, formerly the leading gambler of Baker City, is one or tho principal owners of the Portland Club. CHICAGO WHEAT. More Than Even Chances That None of the Unfortunate Miners Will Be Rescued Mine Has Always Beer. Gaseous and Unsafe Escape En tirely Cut Off, As Both Shafts 'Are Filled With Debris In Danger of Being Smothered, Pittsburg, Jan. 25, At 8:30 this morning au explosion took place in a shatt at the Narwlck Company's coal mine near Cheswick. One hund red and twenty-five men are Impris oned in the mine. The superintend ent at 10 Bent to Cheswick and Sprlngdale tor physicians, although none or the men up to that hour had been rescued. Working for Relief. Several hundred men are working nt 11 o'clock trying to make an en trance Into the mine where the en tombed men are. It Is believed maiy were killed outright or suffocated. Escape Is completely shut off. as the explosion was so great it filled the shaft with debris Mine Always Unsafe. The mine Is located a mile from Cheswick and was opened two years ago and has always been gaseous. It has two shafts 100 feet apart and 200 feet deep. The latest reports from the com pany's roll shows that between 150 and ISO men are entombed. Including 'the fire and pit bosses. Three Injured tipple men wero. tak en to the hospital at Allegheny, whejp. one died, SoonETrtho tnen possible will be at work struggling at the shafts to reach the entombed, who will be smothered unless tl'pv speedily get fresh air. Mule Blown Out of Shaft. Pending the arrival of the mine .n spector all -further efforts to enter tho mine has been abandoned. .About the mouth of tho pit tho air Is heavy with deadly fire damp In such vol umes as to cause the greatest fears for tho isafcty of tho entombed min ers. It Is belleveu none are allvu. Repeated efforts made to communi cate with them have been futile. Attempts were made late this after noon to force air through the shafts, thus relieving them of gas. The force or the explosion is il lustrated by tho fact that a pit mule was blown from tho bottom of a shaft out through an opening and 100 feet into the air. y Before the debris settled back and closed the shaft, came a huge gust of Ilamo and the tipple building .it the toji of the shaft was blown Into fragments, The sceno around tho shaft Is dis tressing, as nearly all of tho entomb ed miners have largo families. Hot Sparring Between the Gamblers on Grain Exchange. Chicago, Jan. 25. Wheat opened 92, closed Attempts of the bulls. Including Armour, to unload a portion of their wheat, caused a fast break In tho market, which for a tlmo threntcneJ. a stampede. The bulls finally came to the rescue and checked the fall. GALVESTON SEA WALL. Classed as One of the Nine Wonders of the World. Bids were recently received for raising the grade of tho city of Gal veston, Texas. The Galveston cor. respondent for tho Cnicago Record Herald, referred to this "as a task which promises to take Its place aB one of tho nine wonders of he world." Goedhart and BateB of New York were the successful bidders, being awarded the work at 18 cents per cubic yard. Tne Record-Herald cor respondent says: "There are approx imately 11,000,000 cubic yards ot bhlng to be placed in order to raise the grade of the city on a ,evel with the sea wall. The average increase In grade is seven feet. it will cost the county under this contract nearly 2,000,000, for which the city will Usue bonds. Tho plan proposed by Goedhart and Bates Is to construct a canal twenty feet deeo from tho bay insldo and about 200 feet from tho seawall. They are prepared to commence work in sixty days and fln.sh In three years. Col. C. S. Itlche", United Stales engineer, ana ueorge w. Boscbke, engineer for ino sea wall, recommended tho award, A. Van Puymbroeck to Belgium. O, It, & N. Ticket Agent B. II. Wolfe, old A. Van Puymbroeck two through tickets for himself and wif.3, from Pendleton to Antwerp, Belgi um yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Van Puymbroeck. will visit la Europe for about eight weeks, betore return! ia to Pendleton. They will leave New York City next Saturday morning on tho White Star liner Zeoland, and will arrive in Belgium on the Satur day following. Loyalty to the lessons or tho last year leads to success in tho new. IDENTIFIED SAFE BLOWER Spokane Man Recognita Dead Rod ber as Charles Mitchell of Texas. Spokane. Jan. 25. J. C. Patter son of this city has recognized tho safe blower shot and killed by Offi cer I-ogan Saturday, whllo attempt ing to blow open the Bate In John son's saloon, as Charles Mitchell, formerly or Texas, and only a recent arrival here. CARPENTERS NOT MAKING DEMANDS NEITHER HAVE THEY HAD ANY NOTION OF DOING SO ffiAND ONE Tl ACRES PLEDGED Splendid Starting Out of the Project to Raise Sugar Beets in the Echo Country. THE MASS MEETING WAS A PRONOUNCED SUCCESS. A Social Gathering Was Distorted b Outsiders Into a Star Chamber Session That Formulated "De. mands" Labor Situation In Hen. dleton Is Now Harmonious. Tho statement given circulation that the, ,arpenier's Union of this city had at "V'm'ecimB -JaaU .Friday evenlug decided to ask for a raise' In wages of perhapB CO cents per day, has been denied by tho carpenters themselves In emphatic termR. A delegation of tho carpenters hns asked that it bo Bald for them that not only have they not asked for a raise In tho scale, but they have had no Idea of bo doing. Tho labor situ ation in this city Is perfectly harmo nlotis. and there is no friction what ever between the union's and luo bosses. The Carpenters' Union gavo a smoker on Friday evening to their employers and friends, and from this social gathering tho rumor seemH to havo sprung. The union is displeas ed that such a baseless rumor should have been circulated, as It might havo 'a tendency to discourago thno who aro Intending to build, holding them back under tho fear or delay and consequent loss, L. W. COLE IS' WANTED. Traveling Man Worked O'ff Worth. less Check cn Hotel Pendleton. Tho sheriff Is looking for a travel lg man named L. W Cole, who rep resents tho Williamson Brothers Neckwear firm of Now York City, and about $40 of i..e notcl Pendle ton profits. Somo time ago Colo camo to Pen dleton In the Interests ot hia firm and stopped at the Hotel Pendleton. Ho was here several days and had been here beforo leaving a small account of $40 when he left on IiIh first trip. When ho was ready to leavo again he told the hotel people that ho would pay them his old bill If they could ca hsa drart on his firm tor $100. This was done, and tho knight of the grip left with tho chango In his pocket for somo other placo on the road. Tho draft was turned In at tho bank and in a short tlmo word was received from tho Now York bank that it was worthless. Tho sheriff was notified, but so far has not been ablu to locate his man. Ab tho drum mer bad pennlsB.on to draw on his houso for his expenses once a week, nothing was thought of cashing tho paper at tho hotel, and tho matter Is still mysterious. The man has van ished. HAS ACCEPTED. Miss Grace Dewey Will Arrive From Michigan About February. Miss Grace Dewey, of Benton Har bor, Mich., who has been elected to the position of principal of the Pen dleton high school, has telegraphed to tho school board that sho will ac cept tho position, and win reach tho city about tho first of February lo take chargo of tho work here. Alfred Mertz, confidential clerk of tho Donahue Mercantile Company, of Butte, in a fit of Insanity, thought his accounts short and drowned Mni' self Ills accounts wero correct. He left a note making' explanations cf financial shortages. Some Farmers Will Leaso Their Lands to the Company Others Will Sell the Product Outright Those Most Interested Are Promi nent and Reliable Men Echo DIs trlct Has Some Advantages Pecul iar to it, as to Flora and Seasons. It Is now nn assured fact that the Echo country will In a short tlmo bo ono ot tho beet centers of tho coun try, and that tho lnnd In that dlstrht will bo doubled In value beforo two years aro passed, for at tho meeting of tho l.n Grande sugar men lnit Saturday tin agreement wns reached between them and the fnrmors whereby crops will bo put In as soon as the weather permits, nml the In dustry thus started, .Messrs. llrnmwell, Stoddnrd and Cnvluess or La Grnndo, and E, W. McComas, or this city, attended the mass mooting nt Echo Saturday last, and at that time about 1,000 acres of land was pledged to tho factory peo ple ror tho culluio of beets. Ono or two or thosu who had largo tracts or land to give to tho business rent ed the land to tho compnny, who will linvn rlinriio of It and will harvest the crops. Thoso who havo the smnller sections will farm tnelr own land and Bell their beets to tho factory at the stations nearest the land, getting on an ace.rugo of $4.50 a ton for tho pro duct at tho station, which U practi cally the Bnmo prlco that Is offered to tho growers near La Grando. Large Acreage Promised. Charles Bartholomew, Frank Hack, Charles Lyle, O. D. Teel. H. O. Hurl hurt, Joo Leezer and othors of that vicinity' have -each .promised tracts varying in slzo to tho beet moti, and their lnnd will bo Inspected during this week, and ir water enough can bo put on It tlin crops will bo put in ns Hiion as thu season opens. Tho iBOtory iniiiingi'inent Is anx ious to get a start In this suction, fnr they need tho beetH In their bus iness, Practically all of tho land that Is adapted to beet culture '.a tho Giund Rondo Is now under culti vation, and Btlll the raclniy bus not sufficient beets to run It. For ..ils season conceBsloiiB aro luade to thu furmers or the Butter Creek country. Another thing that makes th.- man agement solicitous alMiut coming here Is the fuel thul the season Is earlier heio than It is at 1 .11 Oruiidu by near ly a month, which would glvo tha factory nearly a month leeway In tho handling of its crop, It can get tho Echo clop out or tho way by the tlmo the La tirnmlo boots begin to comu In from thu fields. Echo Lands Suitable. Mr. Cavlness, who Is one of tho largest and most successful bcetrnls ers or La fliiiiidc. is much pleased with tho land around Echo, and, In rnct, or all tho llttlo vaueys In this vicinity. Ho is suro that all of thoso farmers along the little streams of this country who wish to raise beets can put tlicm In with profit. Ono thing especially of Interest to those roiitoiiiplntlng beet culture the uhseiico of weeds In tlm sandy soil or Echo and vicinity, iho weeds aro tho bano or tho boot fann er, and In this part or the country there are practically nono of them. In tho opinion of thoso who havo canvassed tho situation there Is no reason why tho beet Industry should not In a short tlmo become ono of tho leading factors In tho Industrial life of this community, To Observe McKinley Day, Now York, Jan. 25. Romliiders aro being circulated by tho Carnation lA'aguo or America or tuo approach of McKinley Day whlcn falls next Fri day, tho anniversary of tho prerl- dent's birth. Tho leaguo Is anxious that tho memory of McKlnloy Is re newed In tho hearts of tho citizens on that day by tho custom of wear ing a carnation, McKinley s favorite flower, In tho lapel, tho hair or at tho throat, L, S. Adams Under Arrest, Vlncennos. Ind., Jan. 26. L. X 8. Adams, charged with sell- lng bogus mining stocks from Chicago and Milwaukee to So- attle and Portland, was arrest. ed here Xhu morning on a ru- quest from Chicago, where charges wero flleu by the Bankers' Association Ad ams was onco hold in Scat- Uo on a similar charge. Tho war uep' "-",,. tor an appropriation W - Meld maneuvers during 19s-