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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1904)
7 DAILYEVENINGEDIT10H Weather forecast. Tonight nnil Saturday fair, light frost tonight; warmer Saturday. notltor advertises competitor oU Cat the Prlco ! w, eolng to son PENDLETpy, UMATILLA COUNTY, OTIEGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 10. 1004. NO. C071. I V) .aji VUA ' I lUMMMMMBBM "OUCl L "IflNG SHELLS Epanese Have Captured jao, a buuurD oi mo oPLE ARE VERY BADLY DEMORALIZED. Lftat Manehurlan Bandits Lkln Will Advance Soon, lu.,w Reinforcements Only lu.slan Warships at Port Lire In commission Rub- imminent Has Great Dlffl- ,,0 Contend With at Home. June lO.-Tbo Agenzlu Libre Lit after two days' fighting nrcunleil Pang Tao to tot Port Arthur, from which Lr bombard the Ituasinn hit. Llto Port Arthur Soldiers. lito, June 10. General Stoes- I issued a nnai uppuui 10 mo Unr Midlers to HllOW tllO li Russians can defond tholr Eiiiin Retreat at Salmadz. iWrsbure. Junu 10. Official its this even report that June ;!u troops posted at Salmadz aided by a Japaneao brigade toted through Fleng Tutlltg The Russians lost two officers I) men killed and wounded. I Mediation by Germany. le, June 10. La Secolo Bays tho (imbiisador to Berlin has ar Rome on a mission with rof lo a Joint offer of mediation iraunjf, should Port Arthur be by the Japanese. Riiny Season Begun. Petersburg, Juno 10. The rainy i in begun in Manchuria. Is believed will be of great knee to the Hussions In retard- it Japanese advance. m Whip Force of Bandits. i Too. June 10. Chinese from Itan say a Japanese division of Ben landed there May 21, pro pi to Fengtr Huancr nhnne. hut tti to Takushan May 28. 'Wt is also brnnoht hv om. tlt a force of bandits attached mm at Kin Chow, but wore . roing w Killed. Reinforce Kurooatkln. Tine. .Tuna m t , L,Tkn ls MPectliiB rein- I---, as soon as they arrive J i Mraace. Important dovolop- -.Mjwciea men will nppoar. Inula In Hard mnii. June lO.-Reports from U Sour, toil ..... I. .,.r v l bui uisircss IVW mHj . IUUUB"" resorv- hti. uL.wnora suicided ItaL i 1110 now soldlors J'sanei m. I . ."..niicnij, M i0.-?eral Kurokl ilea or hZ. "1" w'th wndH raen K'l'od and lMd it i m ?nom' loft on t"e W,Lk'Eed b08'108 two .of- IWi 7 . n caPturcd. ittM hperatta" wlth Ple4 81 , led I elry. 7 . oT' uuulilBng or httL At Jluro.n "I" Kims F ere n,' , ... JaPaneso cas- menrtightly wounded. Wanhio, i. ... . IV Ton t ' oaa Shape. Pt Arthn? 'f0 machlno shops tuH that'll arr'vod hero to- N fcSS. IVO Of thn Ibl tf Port Arth"r l7-Jlto sea and that fcSJZ ln10,rnolllon bnlld nir rJorod and ?8a tte kS occrred be- ll 'i8."1''?. and . ... luarea. ;ao" mlaslonarlos. steam Is l:opt up on but three of tho llvo sound vessels. All of tho guns from tho damaged vossols havo boon removed to tho forts nnd all tho sailors from these ships havo'gono to the' front with tho troops. Tho Russian warships which formerly were painted black, arc now painted gTay, as aro tho vessels of tho Japaneao fleet. Russian torpedo boats leave tho harbor occasionally for half an hour, but tho larger warships cannot get through tho entrance Machine Men Stampede. The Russians aro refusing permis sion to skilled workmen to leave Port Arthur, but many aro escaping. Littlo work Is bolng dono In tho ma chine shops bocauso of tho confusion nmong tho workmen each tlmo firing ls heard. Ono 8holl recently wrecked a ma chine shop building, but did no dam ago to tho machinery. Another shell wrecked the ofllces In tho dockyards. Three hundred nnd fifty mines havo been laid In tho roadstead and many others havo been placed around tho ships In tho naval basin. Some of tho latter woro exploded last week by lightning, but no damage was done. TOUCHET IS "DRY." Walla Walla Commissioners Refuse to Give Liquor License. Walla Walla, June 10. Touchot will not havo a saloon In tho imme diate future. At tho meeting of tho county com mlslsoners yesterday tho petitions presented to tho board, asking for a saloon, and a remonstrance opposing its establishment, were considered, and tho majority of the names being on tho remonstrance, the county com missioners decided that they would not grant a Hccnso for a saloon, Tho absence of police protection at Tou chot was also considered. The remonstranco was signed by over 140 names, and was the first to be presented. Attempted Assassination. Borne, Switzerland, June 10. Tho Russian minister, Jadovskl, was shot on tho street this afternoon and se riously wounded in the head. The would-be assassin was arrested. He Is bolioved to bo a foreigner. w E LINE IB PILOT ROCK BIRCH CREEK PEO PLE NOW ORGANIZED. Will Be About 20 Patrons Central Office at Brock & McComas' Drug Store Cost Will Be About $900 for 18 Miles Will Not Do General Tel ephone Business for the Public. CAPTURE OF TIE COLORADO DYNAMITER SEEMS MELT Women Who Assisted in His Get-Away Said to Have Con fessed Federation Will Help the Destitute. Editor Whose Office Was Destroyed by Miscreants Completely Exoner ates the Union Portland Mine Closed by Military, Will Carry Its Case Into the Supreme Courts Every Non-Union Person In Teller County Signing a "Death to Unionism" Agreement Union Men and Sympathizers Deported by the Hundreds. Tho Pendloton-Dirch Creek Tele phono Company was fully organized yesterday on Birch Creek, and work on tho now line will bo begun about July 1, following tho hay harvest. There aro 18 members of the now 'phono company, and tho line will be built from Pendleton to Pilot Rock, along tho Birch creek settlement. Tho cost of the lino will ho about $50 per mile, or ?900 for the entire distance. The central offlco in this city will bo at Brock & McComas drug store, and, It ls probable that several other connections will bo made In tho city. Tho lino will bo used exclusively by jiatrons and owners of tho line, and will not do a general telephone business for the public. Thoro will be about 20 patrons when tho con nections aro all mado. The lino will bo ready for business about Septem ber 1. TO SUCCEED KNOX. Question of Successor to Succeed Quay. Washington, Juno 10. Tho pros poctlvo retirement of Gen. Knox has started tho cabiuet makers to work. Tho names heard In connection with tho revised cabinet are Spooner of Wiscousiu, Warren of Wyoming, and Qeorgo A. Knight of California, Who will make tho seconding speech in the ropubllcan national conven tions ; Henry C. Evans of Tennessoo, former pension commissioner; Henry Cabot Lodgo of Massachusetts, who, however, It Is likely, would consider nothing oxcopt a stato portfolio. William Day, present assistant at torney gonoral, may bo given the po sition temporarily. ' WILL TELL HIM STOP. Armenian Outrages Provoke Remon strances. Constantinople, June 10. Tho Brit ish, French nnd Russian ambassadors havo reached a joint agreement to present energetic representations to thfi porto to stop tho Armenian out rages, Chicago Grain. r.hlpnfrn Juno 10. NOW July ODOn- od 8070, closed 8G; old opened 88, closed 8Vb. July corn oponou os, closod the same. Cripple Creek, Juno 10. Bayonets ruled Toller county last night. Civil government Is suspended and tho only Inw recognized is the law of might, tho law of Krag-Jorgenscns and Win chesters, Two military expeditions went in to the mountains yesterday. Ono was to the Portland mine, thu only union mine In the vicinity, employing 600 men, who contributed heavily to tho strike fund. General Bell decided to close the mine "because It harbored 1 lawless men and ls a menace to the community." Bell's second expedition, composed of Infantry and deputies, marched to Gillette late yesterday afternoon to nrrest tho strikers. , Divided Into Three Sections. The expedition divided into three sections, and to prevent careless dep uties and soldiers from firing on cor respondents, bands of white ribbon was tied on the newspaper men's arms. Thrpe miles from the scene flro was opened on one detachment. Tho soldiers claimed the shots came from Winchesters using smokeless pow der. Deputies nnd soldiers deployed I In open formation and a detail charg- j ed up tho mountain side. This ended the attack. One Man Killed. ! Ono man was seen to plunge out from behind n scrub oak as though hit and then disappeared. Soldiers searched but could not find him, but discovered a rifle. Later the dead body of the man was found shot through the head. At Gillette about 25 strikers were rounded up and brought to Crlpplo Creek bull pen, where 57 strikers are confined, guarded by a doen, armed men. The mountain Jail holds about 200 men. At Victor about 200 aro In the bull pen, and squads of soldiers and donutien are briilKlnr moro every i i hour. Twice In two days a carload I of these men has been sent to Den- vor. "Deport harmless ones and hold agitators lor mai, is jieu uruum. Alliance Makes Threats. i Tho Citizens' Alliance is running tho district. Its membership includes tho best people of tho town: bankers, merchants, hrwyers, doctors, minis tors. They say frankly no union man or union fympathlzer shall remain In Teller county alive. "Kdltor Kyner. of the Victor Rec ord, whoso plant was wrecked, has urrnnged with tho Crlpplo Creek Star to havo the paper Issued from that office. Tho alliance, It is said, noti fied the Star that If this ls dono tho Star will bo wrecked. The Star peo ple decline to discuss this rumor. May Make Concessions. Trinidad, June 10. A delegate meeting of all ihe locals In district No. 1C, United Mlnoworkers of Amer ica, embracing Colorado, Wyoming. Utah and New Mexico, has been call ed for June 20 at Pueblo, .The meeting will discuss tho exist ing coal strike and decide whether or ,not tho light shall bo continued. Tho impression prevails in buiuu circles thnt the operators havg agreed to make a number of concessions If tho miners will put In end to tho struggle ' More to Be Deported. Victor, Juno 10. Tho commission appointed by General Boll to Inquire , into tho records of tbo miners under arrest reported to him today a list of I !)7 union minors with tho recommen dation that thoy bo deported. Gen eral Boll accepted their report and announced that tno men uum sent out of Toller county as soon as a special train can be arranged for. Not Done by Union '7ti. Crlpplo Creek, Juno 10. "Do you think that union miners wrecked your olllco becauso of your editorial on Wednesday advising that the strike bo called off?" Editor Kyner was ask ed today. , , "I unquestionably do not,' ho re plied, "I do not think tho editorial was the cause of this at all. Wo had hints and rumors of a plan to wreck the office three days ago be fore this editorial was published. "Tho union men ngreo with the pentlmcnt In my editorial. After Its publication yesterday mlrnlng, nil tho union men I saw Commended my po sition and many came to mc for that special purpose." Help From Federation. Denver, June 10. Ono hundred and fifty delegates to tho convention of tho Western Federation of Miners left for their homes today. At a meeting of tho executive board of the federation today ?1,000 was placed on deposit for tho relief of tho wives and children of union min ers In Crlpplo Creek district. "Tho executive board will see that no militiaman will tako food out of the mouths of these people," said Vice President Williams. "They havo de stroyed tho co-operatlvo store at Cripple Creek for that purpose, but the board will attend to tho wants of these needy ones. More money will bo deposited If necessary." PRESIDENT SMITH IN OREGON. Mormon Leader at La Grande Tomor row and Sunday at Reunion of the Church of Union County. I.a Grande, Juno 10. President Joseph Smith, pf tho Mormon church will nttend tho reunion nnd annual meeting of tho Mormon churches of Union county In this city on Satur day and Sunday. Tho Union county churches nro tho strongest of nny Mormon churches outsldo of Idaho or Utnh, there now being moro than 1000 mombors In Grand Hondo Valley. Tho Mormon leaders look upon this as tho coming Mormon stronghold of the West nnd took a particular Interest In the coun ty seat fight In this county. Tho magnificent now tabernnclo here ls under construction and will bo dedicated about September 1, if work continues ns in tho past two months. It will cost nbout :10,000 nnd is tho finest Mormon buldlng outside' of Utah. HUSBAND MISSING. Quiet at Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek, Col., Juno 10. Tho district is quiet today. Ono hundred men will be deported this afternoon, and deportations will bo mado dally until all persons objectlonablo to tho Citizens' Alliance and Mlneowners' Association have been forced to leave. So far no arrests have been made In connection with tho Independence outrage, but It ls Intimated tho auth orities aro trailing the man who 1b said to hnvo discharged tho mine. Female relatives aro supposed to have furnished tho buggy In which the man was taken from tho district after the explosion, havo been secret ly arrested and aro said to havo confessed. Non-union Mines Operating. Work s resumed at mines employ ing non-union men, which had been closed since Monday, tho Stratton Independence being the first to ro open. Portland mines remain closed. All employers and business men havo signed "Death to Unions" agreement, and no union cards will bo necessary now. . Tho present scalo of wages will prevail and Individual unions will bo tolerated If conducted on conserva tive Hues, giving no aid to tho West ern Federation. This warfaro on unions ls to bo extended to ovcry city and town In tho district Today tho authorities stato theru Is unusual sufoty to citizens, life and property. Tho streets aro quiet and thu lawless element not deported, Is In Jail. Henco no further disturb anco ls expected. Mnuy persons arretted have boon released after examination by tho military provost marshal or tho cit izens' court of Investigation, after a word warning. Strikes Have Been Expensive. Some figures, compiled as to tho cost of Colorado strikes during tho 1G months past, estimate It as high as 123,000,000. Tho stato has had to pay $636,000 of this In tbo mainte nance 'of troops. The mctallforous trades alone have lost $5,000,000. More Deportations. Crlpplo Creek, Juno 10, At noon 175 union miners wore loaded Into four coaches and sent to Colorado Springs. Tho men wero escorted to tho cars by soldiers and members of tho Alliance, and sentries wero placed In tho car doors. A pilot cnglno ran half a inllo ahead, with soldiers in (ho cab. Another batch of 200 will ba deport ed tonight. It Is said several law yers and tho district judgo will bo included. Troops and armed citizens aro rounding up all unionists and skir mishes In tho mountains aro frequnt, but no casualties are reported. ON THE TRAIL. r i n.kk.n Will Be I I 1 1 1 nwwuv. ..... Soon With Bloocwounus. Glenwood Springs, Col., Juno 10. Pursuit of tho remainder of tbo train robbors was resumed this morning by a posso. During tho night tho outlaws es caped tho round-up. Bloodhounds are on tho trail and It Is thought tbo Caotured men win give up (rum oxnnusiion soon, as few ranches aro about from which to draw sustenance. The body of Tom Ross, killed yes tciday, was brought in from Newcas tle this morning. Nothing ls known of his antecedents. Mr. Pyle of San Francisco, Disappears In Chicago. Chicago, Juno 10. Mrs. Frank Pylo of Snn Francisco, who with her husband, tho son of a prominent at torney, arrived last night on tholr wedding tour, appealed to tho police today to find her husband, who ls missing since last night, when ho wont out after dinner. Tho woman recently Inherited a rich estnto in New Zealand. STOCK PRICES L BE BETTEi WL C. J. M t! lis Hopes to See a Brit-k Movement at Fair Figures This Year. TEMPORARY SURPLUS WILL BE SLOWLY REMOVED. O. R. & N. Company Will Asiiit Stockmen In Reaching Avallabto Range by Giving Extremely Mode, ate Rates Surplus Stock In th Eastern and Central Stock Prodw Ing States Is Gradually Going To Market This Same Movement WtM Gradually Extend to the West ant Relieve the Situation. FRANK HUNT DEAD. Well Known Walla Walla Citizen Succumbs to Pneumonia. Walla Wnlln, Juno 10. Frank Hunt, n well known citizen of Wnlln WUIIn. and a brother of Mayor Hunt, died at 3:30 yesterday afternoon. De ceased had been 111 with pneumonia for several weeks. Ho loaves a wife and four children. BUFFALO FAILURE. Largest Department Store In the City Goes Under. Buffalo, Juno 10. Tho Anderson Company, the largest department store in tho city, has failed. Liabili ties, $500,000. ASYLUM BECO IS ALARMING NUMBER OREGON IN8ANE REACHES HIGH MARK. Month of May Shows 1,250 Inmates at the Institution Total Cost of Maintenance for the Month, $14,245 Dally Per Capita Cost 34 Cents 43 Patients Received During the Month of May Health Is Good. Salem, Juno 10. Tim monthly re port of tho superintendent of tho asylum shows tho largest numhor of Inmates In that Institution ever bo fore recorded. Tho high wator mark has been reached. Tho detail ed report- for May Is as follows: Number of patients April 30 1,328 Received during May 13 Escapes returned 3 Discharged 10, dlod 9, elop ed 5 21 Number romalnlng Juno 1.. 1,350 Value supplies consumed. .$ 8,235.02 Total payroll C,00'J.98 Totul expenditures .... .$14,215.00 Coat of maintenance por capita per month. $10.01: per day, 34 cents. Tho general healthful conditions at tho asylum aro Indicated by tho fact that at tho tlmo of tho report not one of tho 1.350 Inmates of thn Instl tutlon was In bod an account of sick ness. Miss Morton Dead. Paris, Juno 10. Miss Una Morton died at midnight. C. J. Mlllls. livestock ngent for tht O. U. & N,, who Is In tho city attend ing thu wool saloB, ls hopoful of bet ter prices for both cattle nnd sheep Inter In tho season, and confidently oxpects a good movement of stock ti ter thoy nro placed in bettor conditio for market, on tho summer ranges. "Beginning at thu Missouri river. snld Mn Mlllls, "nil tho great stodk producing states of tho west nro moro or less overcrowded with stock. Those In tho west being moro seri ously affected In this wny, than Ibm eastern and central states, becawa of their Isolation from tho great mar ket centers. "It happena that tho surplus for tho pnst few years has been held m tho ranges, which causes only a to inirary congestion. "Tho country is gradually adjust ing Itself to thu condition, una there must bo a movement of stock to supply tho Increasing demand. "This sluggishness of tho market In not u permanent thing. History repents Itself In tho sheep and catti markets as In tho polltlcnl nnd Oaus clnl history of tho country. "Peoplo declined to Bhlp out their surplus last yenr and tho result in that tho ranges nro ovorcrowdod aus4 tho country filled up with sheep that cannot be candled at a profit by tho buyers, Thu fact that all tho coon try botweon this coast and tho Mis souri river has a surplus of shoop Jo now, does not prosngo a permanent sluggishness of tho markot. "As tho eastern surplus, nearest, the grout mnrkcts is gradually lam- I oil off, tho movement will graduJ$r extend to tho far wost and thu saf pliiH, It Is hoped, will be market Inter at bettor prices than nro now of fered. "Kvcn thou tho prices may not to what nro considered good prlcos, baft everything points to hotter prices. "If the O. R. & N. can assist Um stockmen of Oregon In finding ranses where their sheep can bo held untH marketed or until tlmo to return to winter ranges, It will bo glud to da so, "It will offer ovory Imluccinont f tho way of modornto rates, to hefa relievo tho situation here. If Urn sheepmen know of a summer ranee available nuywhCro In the Northwest, where tho surplus stock can bo heal this season, tho O. R. & N. compsuv will tnko plcasuro In assisting In cur rying over tho stock until such Uo as tho market suits tho owners." Mr. Mlllls rojolcos that wool prlcn aro butler than thoy havo been fur II years In Oregon. Tho ncllva urool prices and tho good prlcos at whtcti the clip Is being sold, lakes away much of tho uneasy fueling that woaM othorwlso prevail in thu stock altna tlnn In Oregon, and In fact, In that entire west. Over 125 cars of sheop havo betas shipped out of tho Heppner dlstrfe this season, with largo shipments now In vlo'w. BOWMAN BUILDING. Corner Room Leased for Wholesale Liquor House. O, P. Bowman loft last night for Portland, whero ho gooa to look after tho purchase of furnlturo far his now building on Main street. Ha has not w yot made any dolinito plans as to what bo will do with thu building, though there nro soveral parties nnd companies after It fur hotel and lodg ing house purposes. Mr. Bowman has ronted ono room In his new building, however, and it will bo occupied about tho first of July, Tho Spokano Liquor Company has leased tho comer room, and will put In a branch wholcsalo house at this point for tho convonlcnco of tholr patrons In this part of tho country. It has been tho doslro of tho company to find a suitable location In Pendle ton, whero they could put a branch house, and negotiations havo boon progress for some tlmo, but Mr. Bow man has been undecided. W. J. Snmnson attemntod sulcldo at Contralla, Wash., by cutting bis throat, Wednesday. JAPANE8E HANGED. Killed Two Men and One Womun, All Japanese. Folsom, Cul., Juno 10, lloklct Hldaka, a Japanese, was hanged ham this morning for tho murder of three Japanese, ono u woman, In Hacraram to a year and n liulf ago. Ho cUlm ed tho woman promised to marry bto. secured bis money, and then married another. Ho followed tho couple and shot both, In attempting to mako bin escape ho killed another Japauesn Hung at San Quentln. San Quelln Prison, Col, Juno 10, Kranclscu Ochoa, a Mexican, was hanged hero this morning for miirdorlng his mis tress in Ilakersllold, During a quarrel with tho woman ho beheaded her. Ho was to have been hanged two woeka ago, but a roprlovo arrived aa tho death march was about to begin. m