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In reply, ..HIH ... bUU UM.' trained on the Japanese to cease Sd durlnir thn li:lt fnllnwlnc- tnales separated. Jap 8ehooner Caotured. ua uccu tapiurea uy ine ww of 63 made prisoners. WW. JlinA R TrtM ..-I . .) , - uu uiuiu uirisions oi panese armv nr iioino. mni.ii. vwmb against Vladivostok. Reached u. i tJUUU li. A 111 Tfrl in I . uu tuuwav nna ronnhori t Of CailaCltV fnr trnnunnrilno "aaciarla. "8S"n army Jinan nu ..f r v u riiiinnrinno ai ii n n n 1 1 . i . r . ... lDn ..J ' w ueuipnnn. o . to Kucrais, li.r,. 0 "fooper Shot. .. - "anil DT a ni.rn.-nl . . -ui4U rMI(1ln l .... OH Dn.. " . . " hwTrlr "lret' Kotween Third win, Coroora vimn. tr mi " Ninth i . . . . - i Mil . Uilllll. Ifl 1 T. eti,nM?e,P0St hospital with ,. . ",'" "18 "ght lee. The PUtoi.n .... tuf m,.llot "red lua nanas or C inrlnu wiurofi .. - wu. 'ives with the --' muorn thn (r,.i.i,. , Uor a-.i. .""""'5 ut-suu. iTftli.VulK ne" the cor- r . - oiIUtHH. anil Bll- km-, r? t the colnroH Imiirfo. U,,.in,.,!e of hom tak- uaiia Klnloflmnn Di,l,,,y Explos.on. ftoJ. ... " it ere in,Juno 6--Tcn b M0 . ' ? 8coro ln' i lU,.''' harre is of ,uf,i. to d.h U.J,'UUU Wtlo tie nw a. . ei"- "it .i "" in an mml. iZ whirl. Tv uso ware- Jch the explosion ajui mPIetoly de- othor Z Cftj,1 ' thought AH?? ,arge8t t - Portland, June C. Bids to supply the government with 3S75 tons of hay and 5621 tons of oats for shipment to Manila wore opened at the office of Col. Jcsso M. Baker, local disburs ing quartermaster, today. There were four Arms who submitted proposals for grain, while there was only one bidder for the hay business. Nono of them put In bids for the ontlro amount, and It Is probable thnt the awards will have to be divided among them In order to make up the full amount asked for by the govern ment. Tho Albers Brothers Milling Com pany Is the only firm submitting a hay bid, and It offered to supply less than half tho amount called for by tho gov ernment. It Is Inferred from this that hay is becoming scarce In the coun try and that It can bo secured ln big quantities with difficulty. A complete list of the bidders and their several proposals are as follows: D. A. Puttalo offered to supply 500 tons of oats at $27.75 a ton, 400 tons at $29.75, 500 tons at $32.75, and 500 tons at $32.75, delivery ;o begin at tho Oceanic dock 20 days after the nward is made. Kerr, Gifford & Co. offered to sup ply 1000 tons of oats at $32.50, and 1000 tons at $32.25. x E. W. Simpson offered to supply S00 tons of oats at $30.25 a ton, and 400 tons at $33 a ton, delivery to begin 10 days after tho award is made. Albors Bros. Milling Company of fered to supply 900 tons of pats at $30 a ton, and 500 tons at $33.50 a ton; 1000 tons of Oregon timothy hay at $19.80 a ton, and 500 tons of timothy hay at $21 a ton, delivery to be start ed 20 days after the award Is made. ARMOUR COM y MAKES A SQUEAL TRYING TO BULLDOZE COUNTRY MERCHANTS, Representative and Spokesman of the Great Monopoly Threatens a Busi ness Man Who Was Summoned to Testify Before the Interstate Com merce Commission. Chicago, June G. That a represen tative . of the Armour Car Company threatened "to make it hot" for com mission merchants If they testified ln regard to the effect of alleged mon opoly contracts between the Armour company and the railroads ln the Michigan fruit belt was a charge mado ln testimony before the Inter Btato commerce commission today. J. C. Maynard, a commission mer chant at Grand Rapids, Mich., testi fied that F. K. Wolcott had said: "You follows should not have come down here to testify. We will see that you get the hot end of the stick." Attorney A. R. Urlon, who repre sents the Armour company before the commission, explained that Mr. 'Wol cott was a "very subordinate" em ploye of the company and that If ho had made tho statement alleged It was not upon the advice of his supe riors. He said the company would not countcnanco such action. EXPERIMENTS WITH LOCO. Montana Professors Will Test the Ac tion of the Plant on Stock. Dr. V. T. Chestnut, of tho Bozeman, Mont., experiment station, has ar ranged for some Important experi ments to bo conducted In this conn tv on the loco plant and Its effect upon sheip. Tho scene of opnratlons will bo on the ranch of Hon. Paul U VnnCleve, a few miles north of Mel ville. Dr. T. T- Marshall linn been calicd hero from the east especially to assist Dr. Chestnut In the work. Tho experiments last year with feeding the loco did not prove that tho weed Itself is actually harmful. Sheep fed at tho Kelly ranch for a certain length of time actually took on flesh and showed other signs of physical Improvement. It Is believed by many old time shoopmen In this part of tho state that the presence of worms In sheep supposed to' be affected with loco can easily bo explained from tho fact that during tho hot weather of summer the stalks of the loco plant emit a a sort of sweetish liquid or Juice, which attracts a cortaln fly: Tho flies deposit eggs In the stalk of tho plant, which develop Into worms, and these worms are said not to be wholly unllko those found In the carcasses of sheep. Tho stalk of the loco plant, when broken off dur ing a certain period of tho summer, will disclose these worms In consid erable numbers. Old Landmark Torn Down. Tho old Overland hotel at Boise Is In I,u lr.ru rlmvn nnil fl flno HOW BtOilO and brick hotol to be built ln place, Tho now hotel will probably cost over $300,000 and will bo six stories high and fitted with every modern convenience. Construction work on thn now linlllllnir will COmmODCO about July 1. Tho Ovorland is ono of tho first good notois bum in tne Inland Kmplro. TWENTY-FIVE COAL MINERS Eleven Blown to Instant Death and the Remainder Crippled for Life or Will Die From Their Injuries, Plotters Were Careful to Exempt the Trainmen Appeal to Governor Pea body for Troops, and Possibly to the President Bloodhounds Started Upon Possible Trails of the Wholesale Murderers Fifty Thousand Dollars Reward Is Offered for the Arrest and Conviction of Whoever Is Responsible for the Awful Deed. - Victor, Col., June C Three hund red pounds of dynamite placed ln a mine by unknown assassins under the depot of the Florence & Cripple Creek station, was exploded at 2 this morn ing while 25 non-union miners cm ployed at the Tlndlay mine located on Bull Hill, were standing upon th' platform. Eleven wero Instantly killed, eight fatally injured and six other par tially injured. The dead are Gus Augustlpe, aged 53, Victor; Arthur Muhllsen, aged 35, Victor, Henry .1. Ilaag. Fleck McLain, shift boss; Charles Barber, Herbert McCoy and six others. Discharged by Electricity. The mine was discharged by elec tricity by a man concealed in the shaft house of the Delmonico mine. The deadly wire has been traced to this building. The fiend used a chair leg with which to pull the wire. As soon as the news renched here a company of the national guard was ordered out and a relief train sent from Cripple Creek carrying doctors, nurses anil officers, Arriving at In dependence the work of removing the bodies began at 4 o'clock. Horrible Scene. The horrible scene about the depot is terrible in tho extreme, portions of human beings being scattered over the right of way of the railroad and In the 20-foot hole made by tho ex plosion are severed skulls, arms, legs and hands. Every object within a ra dius of 50 feet of the hole Is bespat tered with blood. Eight men are ly ing in the Victor Hod Cross hospital In a terrible' condition from wounds received and all will die. Bloodhounds on Trail. Tlie Injured are A. J. Bodlee, face and head and Internal; O. C. Law rence Alien, leg broken; John Gay vey, both legs broken: Edward Hol land, legs broken; 1'nlllp Chandler, ankle broken and internally. A number of bloodhounds have ar rived and are trying to find the trail of the murderers. The suspects will surely be lynch ed If apprehended now. Van Attonc wns ono who escaped Injury. He said: "We had been at th'e station about two minutes when the explosion occurred. It seemed to came from tinder the platform. 1 wiis thrown 75 feet. Tho Shurtllff shift had not reached tho depot, but i was hurrying down. All of tho 25 men on tho platform were non-union. Only two or threo bodies of com rades could bo recognized. The bal ance wero JiiBt bloody masses of flesh. Appeal for Troops. The MIneowners' Association nt a secret meeting this morning sent nn urgent request to Governor Peabody to rush troops. If refused, an appeal will be sent to Roosevelt for federal soldiers. Tho last trooper lef,t CrlP' pie Creek only Friday. .Fifty thousand dollars will bo offer od for the arrest and conviction of the fiend. Train Crew Exempt. The plotters evidently did not want to Injure any of tho train crow. Train started from Alta Vista and picked up various 4 o'clock shlftB who wished tn return to their homes. When with Ibc.75 feet of tho depot nt Indepcnd enco tho whistle sounded for tho men nt the depot to get ready to go aboard and warn laggards to mako haste. As the shrill blast sounded a muf fled roar came, the mountain trem bled as by an earthquake, and a de tonatlon lond and long was heard for miles. The train, running slowly, was brought to a sudden stop nnd the crew hastened forward. It took a few seconds for tho trainmen to appreciate the terrible results of the explosion, and messengers rushed for assistance, The Flndloy mine Is controlled by A. B. Carlton, president of tho First National Bank, who is prominent In the councils of tho MIneowners' Asso elation, nud a stubborn enemy of union labor. The following are dead, in addition to the first names wired: J. P. Hat- i nock, aged 55; Fred Buckley and I William Shanlilln. making a total of I II dead. GARMENT WORKERS' UNION. Strike Expected That Will Affect Sixty Thousand. Boston. Mass., June C In I'aino Memorial Hall thlti morning the fifth annual meeting or the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union of ficially opened with an attendance of delegates representing S.OOfi members. It Ib expected a strike will bo called affecting 00,000. WAREHOUSE GUTTED. New York Seven-story Business House Destroyed. New York. June . Fire this morn ing gutted the seven-story warehouse of WcKoskoii & Co.. HobliiH, druggist, and the building occupied by tho Hooffer Wall Paper Company, and Sherry & Hutchliibon, tho United Merchants' Photograph Association. Total loss. $250.00(1. Great Loss to. Shipping. London, June C The Spanish steamer Avilies, Is ashore at .Terl cera, a total wreck, with crew and passengers saved. The iiow Greek ,.,..,.. .ri,,il,ia lu reiKjrted sunk near Ducworello rocks, Galatia. J-our- IWll Ul IUW OO ttM'f - Tho steamer Hrltainla sunk In a col- ...tl. uliiomtir Plllffftl. ftttllth IJBlUll Mini - of Flambeau head. The crew was landed. Dropped Dead at Sumpter. (lumnlnp Tit fl ft Ct . John Beardsley. a popular and well known barber, dropped desul In this city with heart disease, Sunday. Ho leaves four small children. "HUSBIN" BEE" THE FAD. Second Performance Given at Lewtv ton by Miss Thompson. iimi.. ir...,l,( 1ln which WBS DfO- 4 Jit? JlHoni" v duced by local talont In this city Bomo time ago, by the Women's clubs for the benefit of tho Sacajawea monu ment fund Is now the fad In tho Northwest. At Lowlston, Idaho, a second sue- n.mnnA hna -hint been given, and the Lowlston Trlbuno, speaking of it, says: "Last evening mo nwwu .i- tlon of the "IliiHkln' Boo" wns marked by thu same high class performance of Tuesday night, whllo a more en thiislastlc audience, has never assem bled ln the Lewlston opera house There Is no question that tho "Husk- In' Bee" lint; mado a hit In Lowlston, and the only complaint last night was that there was not moro of It. Tho entertainment has shown that thn city has local talent that Is talent and It bus also shown thnt Miss Thompson who came hero highly recommended us a director. Is fully entitled to tho honors she has won In bo many citlos. I.asi night there was an Improved production over tho Initial perform anco." PETER WEST'S WIVE8. Pendleton Attorney, In Applying for a Pension, Gives His Matrimonial Experience. ln applying for a pension recently, Petor West, the well known divorce lawyer of this city, gnvo tho following list of wives wed by him In his matrl' monlal career: Eliza Hubbard, married In Water loo, Iowa; divorced there In 18C8, Bertha Melrs, married December 7, 18C8, in Independence, Iowa; dlvorcod In Waverly, Iowa, In 1873, Emma Dixon, married In 8acru men to. Col., October 12, 1876; divore ed January 18, 1879, In Iowa City, Iowa. Elizabeth Bray, married July 4, I J879, In WJnnemucea, Nov.; divorced December J 9, J 881, at tho same place. Frances Westfall, married August, 1882, at Rye Patch, Nov.; divorced June 10, 1886, at Wlnnemucca, Nov. Mary Pendleton, married November 24, 1886, Oakland, Cal; divorced Do comber 19, 1890, at Reno, Nov. Lucy K. Johnson, married Decern' ber 31, 1890, In Reno, Nov; divorced February is, J8, at J'onuieion, ure, Hellnda E. Harjlcy, married July 2, 1897, at Pendleton, Ore.; died May 17, 1898, at samo place. Laura F. Burget, married August. 1898, at Pendleton, Ore; divorced April 4. 1899. , Pauline Miller, married October 2C, 1899, at Pendleton, Oro., now living , happily on the farm, Tho steamship Ohio, plying on the Nome route, has been bought hy Mo ran Brothers, of Seattle, for $100,000. Murderer of George Brownlee It Avenged by Vigilantes. GranKcvllle, Idaho, Juno 6. Grange- vlllo today has been doing nothing but talking about tho lynching ot Thomas Myers, for tho murder of George Brownleo near Whlteblrd Sat- i.ulay. On account ot tho town not being connected wlta telephone service, depute Information Was not received, from Whlteblrd until lato yesterday afternoon, nnd during tho early part ot the day all kinds ot rumors wero afloat. Tho body of Myers was found bang ing to a tree nt tho mouth of White bird canyon about one and a lmlf miles above Whlteblrd. Tho rono had been placed nround his neck with n common slip nooso and tho other end thrown over a limb and made fast. Whether Myers wns raised from the ground or was Jerked from his horse is not known by tho general public, but on account of fho distance of his feet from tho ground, nnd the fact that his horso was left tied to the tree. It is probable that hu was Jerked from the animal, as rumored yesterday. Myers Is known to have spoken, but once nftcr the mob caught him. When all hope of escape had paRsed, he, with members of the mob on nil sides of him, dismounted from his horse and coolly remarked: "Well, I guefs j on have got me." A member of the mob replied: "You bet wo have." Tho closing scenes of the trngedy will rcmnln n secret with tho mem bers of tho mob who nvenged tho murder of George Brownleo. L OPTION IS GREATEST ISSUE PENDLETON HAS A HOT BUT QUIET ELECTION A Heavy Vote Is Anticipated for the Day's Totals, of Which a Very Large Proportion Will Be Cast Be tween Five and Seven p. m. Vig orous Electioneering Over Local Option. Tho voting In all of tho Pendleton precincts has been heavy and fast, though thero has been no troublo or excitement of any kind. Tho greutur number of tho votes aro expected dur ing the last threo hours of tho day, when tho tailoring men begin (o got an ay from their tasks and come to tho polls. At 2 o'clock 200 votes had been cast In North Pendleton, or moro than half of tho registration for that pre cinct. Pendleton pieclnct had cast 91, South Pendleton 108, and East Pendleton had added 150 more to tho total. From 6 to 7 o'clock tho polls will bo crowded, Contest Over Local Option. The local option question seems to bo tho most bitterly centestod issue In the whole election. Committees from both sides of tho argument aro at tho polls, laboring with those who come to cast their otcs. Tho local optlonlBts have their tickets and clr culars, whllo tho other Hide also Is out with tracts and dodgers. Ench side works shoulder to shoulder for thn point of view seeming best to him. .Mo4t ot those coming to vote, Iiow ever, seem upparonlly to havo their minds mado up as to how their tick i-tM Nhull bo marked, before they rem n the polling pluco. Swearing In, The notaries public of Pendle ton havo been u busy lot today, as wns ijxpected when tho registration totals wero counted up and It was found that tho registration was much lighter than last tlmo. Thu olllccs of several notaries liuvo been full of men with tho witnesses who wish ed to voto, It being estimated that over 100 men In this place swore In their votes. COS s End of Caesar Young's Dis tracting Career With Wino, Womon and Horses. WOMAN COMPANION IS ACCUSED OF MURDER. Met His Death as Ho Was About to Start for Europe With His Wife Was Riding In n Closed Carrlaga With a Former Vocalist of tho "Florodora" Company A Myste rious Case, With the Balance of Opinion Favoring the Theory That Young Suicided Defendant Is Arraigned. San Francisco, Juno C. Those who know Cacsnr Young well, rcfuso to believe ho killed himself on account of losses lit races. They think heavy drinking and domestic troubles duo to escapades with various womon caused the suicide. It Is known tho womnn ho took with him to 1-otf Angeles followed him to New York uud word camo from tho East some tlmo ago that ho wns bad ly worried by her prosonco tlioro. Another Btory Is to tho effect ho wna Wndly ln love with tho woman und decided upon a separation. "Florodora" Chorus Girl. New York, Juno C. MrH. Patterson was a member of tho original "Floro dora" sextette. Mrs, Young was at the pier waiting for her husband, whom bIio was to accompany abroad, when tho news came ho wns (load. Mrs, Patterson hysterically statoil Young hud told her nothing of his trip abroad, and that Just before ho tired tho shot hu told hor he would bo gone several mouths and might never see her again. DIVORCE CASE POSTPONED. Delay Occasioned by Non-appearance of Witnesses. San Frunclsco, Juno tt, -In nntlcl patlon of racy testimony, Judge Hob bard's court room wuh crowded this morning when tho dlvorco caso of Captain Joromo Maddon, United States army, vs. Edith Madden, wub called, but it was postponed at re quest of tho defense, ou the ground that Important witnesses ure absent, It was sot for August 29, British at Tangier. Washington, Juno fi Admiral Chadwlck cables from Tanglcru that tho British minister has requested his government to send a battleship to Tanglers. Tho sultan Is expected to arrive from Fez, Tho general opin ion is that the force at the hurbor should not bo reduced. Equerry Bridgeport Dead. London, Juno 6, Iord Bridgeport, honorary equerry to King Edward, Is dead. Ball for Nan Patterson. New York, Juno C, Tho coroner's examination Into tho death of Book maker. Young ndJCHirned on motion of tho district attorney, till Friday. Ball for Nan Patterson, fixed nt $5,000, was furnished this afternoon. Believed to Be 8ulcldo, Mrs. Pnttersou was present lu court In charge of an officer, neatly garbed, without a veil to screen her fnco from tho curious. She sat beside her fath er and hot rayed many ovldonros of nervousness during tho proceedings. The state asked fur an adjournment becnimo a certain witness Is needed and tho widow Is not lu a condition to appear. The counsel for Mrs. Pat terson protested, hut thu coroner snld tliut In vluw of thu peculiar condi tions surrounding the ensn, It would bo only proper to give tho police moro time to Investigate. The consensus of opinion of tho people lu court seemed to bo Unit Young camu to his death by his own IiuiiiIh, Fifty Reported Killed. Colorado Springs, Col.. June C. Fifty persons aro reported killed by tho wreck of a train at Plmlloy sta tion, due to a dynamite explosion. Sank In the Harbor. (Jueeustowii, Juno 6. Tho govern ment steamer Thistle, wllli 500 work men, sunk lu tho harbor Oils morn ing. All wero rescued. Mrs, Clement Dead. Florence, June (I. Mr. Samuel U Clemens, wife of "Mark Twain," Is dead of syncope. Chicago Grain, Chicago, Juno 0. Old July opened H'Jj, closed 88; New July opened 88, closed 87. July torn opened 49V4, closed W. A trolloy cur struck tin uiitoiiiohllo containing six pontons, In Kansas City. Thn auto was completely wreck ed, but all IIh occupants oticnpcd In jury except to one bruised hand. Seattle and Tuberculosis, Heattlo, Juno 0. During tho past winter uud up (III Juno 1, between 40 und 60 per cent of all deaths In this city huvu been caused by lung and pul- moiiary diseases, whllo near- ly 90 per cent of all cases ill- agnoscd as lung anil pulmon- ary diseases havo proven fatal during that period, Somo of the host, physicians or the city also claim to nolo tho Increasing prevalence of tuber- culosls In other forms than Iuiik troubloB, Thero Is toll much Ill-concealed alarm at tho stnto of nffalrs, both among thq laymen and Uio profession, "