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DAILYEVENINGEDITION WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight nnd Thursday partly cloudy nnd occasionally threat on t ItiK- 17. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OllKGOX, WEDNESDAY, ,IUUE IB, 10OJ. NO. C07f). .m nirnr TIKI 1 1 L L -L - I III! II III 111 I yy U uilul warships have engaged squadron near thoro. MOUNTED . - rA Um Pannnn PROMISES TO PROTECT CATHOLICS. . u-.h,. Anain ODen and jr ,,uv, -a - i. dmmmc . Russians 1 in n To Thousand Chinese r..4mii- Amono Russian -r . . . r . I Bsdy of Russian Forces. uese hare placed 52 siege (or only six weeks. Jaie 15. Various reports near rat Artnur. une tussian fleet escaped from el the island of Tsushima. of a Japanese steamer oi by a Russian snuadron. cunonaam? as npnrrt this the neighborhood of Wind, not far fmm Tniinhl. i tsa ine uussian cruiser HUM tint ami pniniort tho fleet AmOno KUscian Tmnne Vw uuo ICOUIIUU iU epidemic of dvRpntArv a nor earl OA An Ahitn. Tents fmm fn1-Jnn .w iiu4 mubucu. - bflUIUIICB. Mtspaph letter from the ihMl tlln T .. mC uajjauuau ruier w given Instructions for U III ITnTttfMin . 1 1. 1. 1 1 .1 1 . IX . " nt Fate. ."i iiuum ID. .1 in ;n- - inun. t-xnerr niirnnr. 1 1 1. it nn ihn . . . .. i. -"aim inn onlv Hiui nn lie Llao Tung peninsula cons StS Of rnvntrv - awtus una ailrtH f Id nia . . - -- run Ar'iiur Mw to an Advance. ji,n ,. T1,e JaP" htirL.AccoruI,'K to In r.r ?, session of the wcnlDg north i .wi bIa- in,!f are havInB btthe .Hr"0J1? rctr!n mi un na . . - . u .7 lo ooier- purpose of the ad. 'wuiBDIlon .1... a Russian niltinili si 1 1 m t I bUnUAY Sill UUIIi H IN DEATH BY FIRE Ai WATER VES L D 0 FIGHT POSTPONED. Engagement Off Port Arthur. Toklo, June in. Admiral Togo re ports that the torpedo boat flotilla proceeded to Port Arthur the night of tho 13th. laying mines at cenaln tho 14th, when the second destroyer points, and safely returned at noon of flotilla and threo torpedo boats horn bnrded tho enemy ashore near Shnm plangtao, to facilitate a reconnol sance by the army. The enemy cruiser Novlk and 10 destroyers came out from Port ATthur harbor, and sharp firing was ex changed. Tho Jnpanese flotilla tried to entice tho enemy by gradually re tiring, but at 3 p. m. the enemy withdrew with no damage done to tho Japanese ships. OAKLAND TRAGEDY. Would-bc Murderer Supposed 'to Be Deranged. San Francisco, Cal., June 15. Ex Mayor Roland Snow, at Oakland, who was shot here last night by Adolph Goldmnn, an Oakland merchant, Is in a precarious condition. Goldman was arrested this morning and his condi tion Is pitiable. The hearing is post poned till Saturday. Self defense and hypnotism will he his plea. Goldman is proprietor of a crock ery store in East Oakland. He came out from New York to Oakland four years ago and formed the acquaint ance of ex-Mayor Snow. The two be came Intimate friends, but when Snow tired of the relations and tried to break off the friendship Goldman became. Insanely jealous and on sev eral occasions tried to take Snow's life. OROVILLE FIRE. Business Part of the Town Nearly Wiped Out. Orovlllle, Cal., June 15. Fire early this morning destroyed a block of stores, causing a loss of $130,0,00. Tho fire started In the Palace restaurant by the explosion of a boiler. Twen-ly-elght Arms are losers. The cham ber of commerce .quarters, office of the Mercury, several saloons, grocer ies, dry goods stores and a number of doctors' offices are among the sufferers. " wect Mrtheru movement a Juncture. E 15.. from TnEi ' W-,UI 10 lno Mn Toklo says: Tho tiifif-nt on tho ru. ?.u wa Lieutenant y. HO Wan the in J throTiT' ." y l iw. . ?uuui me oner- . . :."" rno Tai. ran tfc. "uu" lb If lo .VWo.,miraI Skrydloff. mif . -'iiuuu. nan " JapanMo tutrlber Schooner Lost. Eugene. Or., June 15. The schoon er Del Norte from Florence to San Francisco, is wrecked off the mouth of the Sulslaw and It is believed will be Impossible to save her. A deck load of lumber was washed away. N E Oil lll-Fated Tnree-Decker Had Not Yet Reached the Limits of the City 1600 Peoplejon Board. Steamer Carried Members of One of the Largest Lutheran Churches In New York, and the Merrymakers Were in Large Part Women and Children Boat Was Headed Inshore When the Fire Was Discovered, t But It Made Too Great Headway and Swept From Bow to Stern. "Four ur Five Hundred Lost." New York, June 15. Fire Chief Croker, at 1:30 this afternoon said he believed the dead numbered between 400 and 500. That the injured Included about everybody who had been saved. The flames are still raging over the hull, and the bodies of three children can be seen hanging over the rail. It is feared many corpses are In the hull. Jeftrles-Munroe Bout Now Slated for June 30. San Francisco, June 15.- -The man agers of the Yoscuitto Athi'MIo Club, before which Jeffries and Muuroe nre to fight on Juno 30, declare thoro will ho no further postponement. Unless Jeffries is In condition by that time ho must lose his forfeit of $2500 ami the title of champion. Harry Cornell and other pugilistic experts bellovo that besides decreas ing the hotting odds tho delay will be of direct hunolH to Mutiroo, who Is said to he constantly Improving In his work. On tho other hand, Jeffries now hopes to ho In prime condition when ho enters the ring nnd his trainers do not anticipate, nuy further trouble with his injured kneo. mm ROBBED FOREST FIRE RAGES. and POUNDS OF 10L IS PUT ON THE MARKET THIS YEAR AT SHANIKO. Sixteen and One-fourth Cents for the Best at the Second Sale General Average of Prices Somewhat Less Than at the First Salesday Prin cipal Buyers Were From the Ex treme East Last Salesday Will Be July 1. New York, June 15 The steam boat General Slocmri is ashore off North Brothers Island, opposite 13Sth street. Telephone messages say many persons have lost their lives. The vessel tool; lire and the pilot steered for shore, but before the ship was beached the flames spread from ctca to stern. The Slocum carried an excursion party of IfiOO, half of whom were children. .Many Jumped overboard and drowned, while others were burned to death. The telephone op erator at Druthers Islands slates the water near the iFlaml Is full of dead bodies. The Slocum is an Immense triple decker plying between New York and Uockaway Reach. It Is now reported 500 lives are lost. Burned to the Water's Edge. New York, June 15. Tho Slocum left the foot of Bast Third street for Locust Grove at 9 this morning, en gaged by the Sunday school classes of St. Mark's Lutheran church on Sixth street between Swond and the liowery. Tho Knickerbocker Steamboat Company, owners of the SIocuui, have 1 received a message stating the boat burned to the water's edge and that the hulk Is still burning. Their mes Bage says a number of persons Jump ed overboard, and that some were picked up by small boats. No estimate of the loss of life Ik given by the company. The police have recovered 11 bodies thus far, all adults and mostly women. Ambulance and surgHius have been sent to the sctmo. Shantko, June 15. The second wool sale of the season took placo today. The prices were some lower than the previous sale, Juno 1, ranging from liV to ICYt for good and choice wool. The nrlnclnal huytTB are the Lafa- vottn Worsted Co.. Woonsocket, It. I.; Whitman, Farnaworth & unayer, uos- tou; Alex Llxingatone, uosion; ny Worutod Mills, Passaic, N. J., and Hallowell, Donald & Co., Boston. The wool was sold under the sealed bid system. The next and last sale win lio .lulv 1 and a large amount is expected that dato. About .nine mil lion poundB will be sold here this season. started no one Iihr yet been found who can say. Scenes Were Heart-rending. The burning preservers were torn ft (im their resting plarcs nnd thrown overboard In the endeavor to save lies. This added greatly to the loss uf life as It was noticed afterwards lhat the bodies recovered from the water had no life saving apparatus on. Van Schalek, when the dreadful cry unmucaJeL for full speed and head ed fur the nick-hound roust north of Brothers Island. In tho meantime the scenes aboard were frightful. Tho Haines spread with terrible rapidity and men, women nnd children were running about wild with fear, shriek Ing and In tears, hooking a haven of safety. MolherH gathered their children In to their arms and leaped Into the water. Others boomed too dazed to move and the flames licked up about them and burned thorn to death. Tho groat bulk stood by the boat until she neared ShoreH Island, where the water was shallower, thinking thoy might find a chanco for life. Eyewitnesses say that as tho boat uoaroi shore she was surrounded on all sides by floating bodies of passen gers who hnd Jumped overboard. On the north side of Brothers Island Is located a hospital Jor con-' taglous diseases, and other city lnstl-! lutlons. Fight for Lives of Victims. KmpfoyoK itnd other people on the Inland did what they could with small ' bouts, grappling hooks ami rafts, ' pulling ashore scores of people, many of them blackened und burned hy the fire. Tho rtty Kdophoned for aid. but more than an hour elapsed betoro It arrived. I The steamer .Massnsoit and a few I tugboats In the vicinity, saved a ' number of lives of those who Jumped I overboard. letter tho MassHsoit was preyed Into service by the dleo and took from tho Island u number I Nehalem Forests Seem Doomed oss Elsewhere. Forest Grove, Or., Juno 15. Tho tire continues to rnvnge the llinbor In Western-Control Oregon. The settlers In the vicinity of Glenwood are fleeing for tholr lives. Tho Nehnlem forests seem doomed and the loss will probably reach Into the millions. Virgin forests of tho fincBt yellow llr, ccdnr nnd spruco on tho coast aro being consumed, mostly owned by syndicates, but there aro many tracts owned by Individuals. No casualties so far known, A dense pall of smoke and miles of llnmos were last night vlslblu lo a great distance Telephone Linemen Strike. Salt IjUo, Juno 15. l.lnoinon In tho employ of tho Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company went on strike laBt evening In consequence of an nlleged violation of the agreement made by tho company to pay sub foremen 29 rents an hour. One hund red nnd fifty men aro out and ropnlr work hSB been suspended. First Lewlston Cherries. Lflwlston, Junu 15. Tho first car load shipment of Vlnelnnd cherries was sent from hero direct to Minne apolis yesterday. It consisted of Rings and Royal Anns, two high grado cherries, grown espoclnlly for Eastern markets. Tho shipment' will sell for 15 cents per pound In Minneapolis. Democratic Slate. Springfield, III., June 15-Tho slatu for delegatcs at-largo Is John F. Hop kins, Andrew M. Lawrenco, Bon T. Cable and Sainuol AlMchulor, B.C. FRENCH 1 F PRESIDENT B! STATE MILil Afterwards Deported in Gangs and Unloaded Penniless in the Country. AT MANY POINTS THEY WERE TREATED KINDLY. Several Have Worked Their Way Back to Denver, and All Are De termined to Remain In the Moun tain Mining Regions Two Hund red Mlnrrt Discharged In Utah De cause They Dared Observe Miners' Union Day as Holiday Incident "Is an Initial Step." -Prodded deported Antonlto, Col., Juno 15. hy linyonutM, nearly tOO union miners and sympathizers wero rushed over tho southern boundary of Colorado Into Now Mexico at day break this morning, I.llllo clemency was used by tho soldiers and deputies. William Ketchntn, one unionist, was extreme ly III on the train till night. Ho bog ged to he allowed to remain by tho roadside, hut tho soldlera Jabbed him and forced tho man to continue with his companions, Two spoclalH wllh denirtod union ists pnssed horn hoforo breakfast, stopped nn hour, proceeded half a tulle over tho statu line nnd ditmpod tho men, who returned hero later to go to Denver. Denver, Juno 15. A News special from Graiiada, Col., a town about 20 tulles west of Holly, says: A large portion of tho deported miners liavo nrrlved here. They aro on their way buck to the mountains. Tho town hall has boon tendered tho inou and a number havo availed thorn solves of tho opiKirlutilty. Ah most of the men wero searched by tho mill tilt and their money nnd other be longings tnkeu away, thoy nro nearly all without funds, MRS. FRENCH WA8 ALSO RE-ELECTED TEACHER. Choice of Several of the Faculty De ferred Until a Future Meeting of Regents R. Alexander Will Re main President of the Board Re gents Expren Satisfaction With French's Administration. It Alexander, chairman of the exec utive committee of tho board of re gents of the Statu Normal school at Weston, hag returned from Weston, where he went to attend tho mooting for tho annual election of officers and She MOBBED A NEGRESS. Had Nearly Severed a Man' Head From His Body. Lebanon Junction, N. Y., June IE. A mob of 30 raon this morning bat tered down tho Jail doors and took Martha Thompson, tho negrcsg. who killed John Irvin Tuesday, and start ed to lead her away with a rope. Tho nogresa weighs 250 pounds and is powerful, and broke away, throwing her captors aside. While running, the mob opened Are and killed her. Irvin reproved the woman's son. The mother, in revenge, nearly severed the man's head with a razor. CUT 8TORAGE RATE. From Europe to the United States for $8.76. Now York, Juno IE. Tho White Star line today announced a uteerago rate of J8.7B. The Cunard will make no effort to meet this. The next step will probably bo a cut In eastbound rates. The party was made up largely of Describing In a vivid manner the women and children who commenced boarding tho steamer at tho foot of East Third street at 7 this morning. Tho trlplo decks wero filled, Captain Van Schairk, a veteran navigator, gave the signal and the boat pulled out from tho pier bound for Jcust Grove, Long Island sound. Sho headed up East rlvor and all muni woti until tho boat passed through Hell Gate, and was nearlng ren, had been recovered. Hundreds Brothers' Island. Then tho Joy and of policemen In small boats continue merriment quickly turned to a panic to bo rewarded In their search for by tho cry of "Fire." Flames bad bodies overy few minutes, Tho been discovered among tho life pro- bodies are tagged by the coroner who servers, but how and wnen 'uej- is at ine isiamr terrible catastrophe. Captain Van Schalek said tho boat was off 135th strcot, just at a point known as Sunken Meadows, und only 200 foot from the shore, when ho heard the cry of Ore. Recovered 176 Bodies. New York, Juno 1C At 2:30 175 bodies, nearly all of women and child Two or Three Hundred Lost. New York. June 15. At noon tin iilu-eu tho number of i lives lost at between 200 and 300 ! or ilea.l ami injured. Olliers wero About 60 bodies hnd been recovered saved and hurried to the Now York at that time, and poliro tugboats, side of tho river. Her llrHt trip the steamers and small boats wero out In steamer carried 30 dead. .i, c.i 1,.,.1im. fur others. I Sovnily-flvo were rescued and car- A dozen ambulances, scores of phy-1 rled to tho shore, where wero (.quads ii., o,i n.,rU nil the nollco no- of police ambulances and surgeons .. ...I... .1 !...... 1 1.. ... .1.. ' I" lice reserves of tho city weie on uw am........:,.-.. , , IIUUUB . . , uat.,10IH yesterday, scene to rescue bodies of tho ueau i ijui u . u. sir.-ei car u.uue were TJl0 roe(!t,nK wa8 Hhortened and and succor the living Injured. - "l ""V " , ... mado hasty because but a part of tho board was able to be present anil those who wero there had to hasten back to their business. French Re-Elected. Robert C. French was re-elected president of the school for tho en suing year, and George A. Peebles was again chosen to act as vlce-prcs Ident of the school. Mrs, R, C, French was re-elected an ono of tho faculty, and Miss Marguerite Tone of Portland, was elected matron of tho girls' hall for the coming year. Tho election of tho rest of tho fac ulty was deferred until homo subse quent meeting of the board, J. W. Hcrlber of La Qranilo, was re elected president of tho board of re gents; P. A. Worthlngton of Portland secretary, and J. R. Kilgore, treasur er. The executive commllteo of tho board, upon which dovolves most of the work, was appointed yesterday hy tho president, and cnnslslu of R. Alexander, chairman, William Blak ley and II. M. Hoxon of Bakor City, The conduct of tho school nnd Its work for tho past year have been en tirely satisfactory to tho hoard, bh Is shown by their action Jn ro-olectlng Prosldout and Mrs. French to tholr old places for another year, Tho grade of scholarship in the Weston school is recognized hy tho statu de partment to rank with that of any educational institution of a like na ture in tho state or outside, Treated Well at Holly. Denver, Col, Juno 15. Tho Cripple Creek union minors deported to tho ICansnH lino by order of Adjutant- General Bell, aro beginning lo nrrlvo hero. About 1C hnvo already reached this city, among them John Com stock, who said In un Interview; "Wo nro nl snro. I guess. We got off at Holly, us bus been told, and those people certainly treated us nue. Thoy feasted us and we havo only thunkH for them, I have not thought of whether or not I will ruturn to camp. The question bus never como up uh yet. No, wo did not Buffer much, because Ihu people overywhoro out thoro took us In und did nil thoy could for us." MURDERER NOT LOCATED. pod tightly about his head, as If some one had placed tho body there with Death of Thomas F. W. 8uttle Still tho object of shipping it out of town, a Mystery Detectives Working on and there being1 no blood in the car, the Case nor s'Kn ol a scut"", proves that ho u,t.r. p'ttv lorn. 15. Tho Cooks' was killed before being placed In tho and Waiters' Union of this city, has car. emnloved detectives to work on the No trace of the man who took Sut- murder of t f w! Buttle, who was tie out toward Burnt River Sunday found dead in an O R & N. box car, morning, has been found. Buttle was on train No 4 at Weatherby Mom a member of tho American Detective 2S rnin weuiu" Association, and U is thought that aay moruiUB. ..i line lieen rnllrMcroH hv Kfimn fuel. When tho Drakoman loono omi -- - ':,Tr ..... , , i. . . i ma Hl'llntr lour 1 1 1 e Hum jumuu wuvw ouuuu rrura STroriRTntington; the "body was shadowing. murdeTwas'c to When honest men dlvld6 at the tTe 1epartureTtherilXm Ilunt- polls the exploiters consolidate at thB ington. The buggy roue was iir Only the Meek and Lowly Wanted. Salt iJiko, Juno IE. Two hundred miners employed In the mines nt Bingham, 20 miles from hero, were discharged todny In consoqiiunru of Inking a day ort without permlHsloii. According lo the Deserot Nows, notl cob were posted at all of the mines In Blnghnm several days ugo, noiiiyiiiK employes that If they took a layoff on Miners' Union Day, thu 13th, thoy would ho discharged. A largo num ber of men contended they wero en titled to their annual holiday and dis regarded tho notice. Tho wholesale discharge followod. Tho News states that mine owners of Bingham, Park City and tho Tin lie camps havo reached an under standing by which thoy propoBO to rid tho enmps of undoslrablo men and that tho Bingham Incldont U tho Ini tial stop In tho eliminating process. MOODY TO SUCCEED KNOX. Secretary Navy Will Be Attorney Gen eral Upon Knox's Resignation. Wushlngton. Juno IB, Although Attorney General Knox refusos elthor m donv or afllrm tho statement, It Is learned from a high sourco (hat It Is his Intention to rotlro from tho cabi net within tho next few days or as soon as his appointment as United States senator rrom tho stato or Pennsylvania shall bo rocelvod front Governor Ponnypackor. Ho will bo succeeded by Mr. Moody, tho prosont socretary of tho navy, It Is said that after a conrorunco with tho prosldout Attornoy General Knox concluded that his action In re tiring at once from tho dunartmeut of Justlco would bo n accordance with tno spirit of tho constitution, wnicu provides that oach state shall have' two senators and empowers tho gov ernor to appoint In case of vacancy,