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OMLY EVENING EDITION WEATHER FORECAST, Tonight nml Sunilny fnlr; cool or tonight; warmer Sunday. l,M W . Roll ' ,dis some PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OltEQO, SAT 1)1? DAY, JUNE 18, U)04. SO. 607S. 1 NAVIGATE I HEAVENS eysof La Grande Will Make a Test Flight Aeroplane. Mr- A M - I IS MAufc ur r... VAS ON WOOD FRAME. propelled by Special Engine Hone Power Weighing Less I0O pounds Canvas Area of Fttt Steering Apparatus of Two Horizontal Canvas , Kite It Will Lift 1000 , Off the Earth Inventor tun Confidence In Its Sue- jnt genuine attempt at aerial , -- n'ltnnaeail Irt Or-wrrITI nude by Grant Keys, near La in a short time. the past year air. iveys uas nployed In the design and pimn of an aeroplane, with he confidently hopes to be able lpte the air He Is now r nis uiuiieuiiiK uumuc uuiu the final test. leroplane consists of two hori- places of IG-ounce canvas, 16x In area, joined together, one the other at a distance of 10 - i i . t n from pieces one inch square lldly braced in every direction engine and seat for the opera- located in me exact center wwer mane to mase me Dai- ver nianH ik nirvpn iin ni inn c luc icuuuulv ill l 1 1 aeiir to drift sidewise and down- Tie steering gear consists of UTiuiniHi mnnpe ni r-nnvnu All oy id ieet in extent, placed f inn rear arifwn f hn ren t rr rr e. snn ninnprl nn a nivrtr an1 turning these small planes TIM Ihn nttn.n I t I.. macmne towards the earth prcpeller fs to be a spoclally dereloplng 15 horse tiower and tit lQWPr nlttnn Tho mnxhlnn tie 40 ff-ft lontrtli n tlin IftTjUlflTlO hC Imnn inninil nn r v- oho ICDIUll UO i- ... M ibit. muu win mint peaads from the earth, without Wtlna r. J i . i it aown in a moderate -', auuui oou nounas, ana area of 1280 snuare feet of jH be anchored to the earth isoni crw f. - uciuru auemuunc an i-iiuum a Hllrtnpn rlmn "Maine will fl RPn rl In n II irti . 10lnh (i.lii ... . iu un awnv with t in n. - uii liiin iiio nit Trntvi a "wni lino niirnn. n .1 (i nunc D.WUUU ne W1j Cfl rtft j . the ,)row weavenward a laiju in r no iininn...n nnn I p , He nred an engine on N, for about flvn vm 10 1K94 nn,l o. ., " ia?entn. .v. ... . .. . omi v.7 " l"u engine wnicu il ,H. . . "'C ujaKinv a Rnl t v Li. . . mm run i , i i r. !7 'eaturo of it until i - U1S nn,J 'iia: iv i . . "u hno " " :.. nr n I. . . ' t:- rusninc nirnlnBl h s . nntii t tin k . 1 1 na unnnra k tnffi.'.ng. 'h0 experiment, but fPellor .n, . 1 tne reversal of overcome by the Keys machine. Because of Its large canvas area, Its tendency Is to rise, nnd by work ing his engine slowly and pointing his deflecting planes toward the enrth, the aeroplane will be forced gradu ally to the ground until within a short distance of the landing, when It will scttlo down gently, much as a para chute, lta buoyancy being overcome by Its own weight Increased by the weight of the operator. NARROW ESGAP E CHARGED WITH MURDER. President of Miners' Federation Must Answer That Charge. Telluride, June '18. President Moy er was taken to Cripple Creel this morning by a deputy and detective from the Mine Owners' Association, in answer to tho charge of aiding and abetting tho murder of Charles Mc Cormlck and Melvln Brooks, killed In the Vindicator mine explosion sever al months ago. Moyer is highly in dignant at the charges, Woman Delegate to Chicago. Lewiston, June 18. Mrs., J. B. West, of this city, tho only woman delegate from Idaho to the republican national convention, left for Chicago yesterday evening. At this time Mrs. West Is the only woman delegate from any state In tho Union. She is a strong factor in Idaho politics as Rhe has been n delegate to county I nnd state conventions and has help ed name many winning tickets In tho state. F MERCHANTMEN Hied Away and Got Under the Protection of Japanese Guns. MONETARY PANIC FROM OSAKA BANK FAILURE. 1 EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE This is the Known Number of Dead by the Slocum Disaster. i TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY- ONE' ARE STILL MISSING. Work on La Grande Edifices. Tn rirnmln .llum 1S. Vnrk nn tho foundations of the new Mormon tem ple ond nlao on tho now city hall and court house. Is progressing rapidly. The Mormon temple Is to bo tho finest outside of Utah, and will cost 30,000. The new court House is to he nn imposing structure nml will cost $25,000. General Stackelberg Escaped From Five Huncfted and Twenty-two Have Japanese Flanking Movement Russians Conducted an Orderly Re treat From yafangow Russian Warships Flee.ng Northward In the Sea of Japan Heavy and Abund ant Subscriptions to the New Jap anese War Loan. SOLDIERS MEETING E etom.. be sufficient to hold m. ..weeP of the stroncest a hmto . l,lu winu 10 rw..:raite by offfirimr tha ,.-n(. Proof. . tt earth . "Ming the descent Tlatur.dlmcult Problems In , um mis has been STATE ENCAMPMENT OF G. A. R. HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL. Over 1000 Visitors Present Weather Was Ideal Throughout W. R. C, and G. A. R. Elect officers for Ensuing Year Next Meeting to Be Held at Oregon City Delegates to National Encampment. Hood lllver. June 18. The state encampment of the G. A. It. closed last night and the delegates nave re 4it-nnr1 rtnmO The meeting was one of the most pleasant and successful In the history of the state, the weather being Ideal throughout the sessions or turee nays fivr 1000 visitors were present. The next state encampment will bti neld at uregon uiiy. The W. IL C. elected officers for the following year as follows: Mrs. Bertie Smith of Portland, de partment commander; Mrs. A. S, ninmorc nr Mnnil River, senior vice' president; Mrs. Rose Wledman of Grants Pass, junlon vico-presiueni; Mrs. Kathryn Cameron of Union, r.v,r,r,intn- Mrs. Ida Hnrdmuu of Port land, treasurer; Mrs. Prltchard of Portland, secretary; -Mrs. ueien m Packard of Portland, patriotic In in.nmr Rvocii t Ivh hoard. Mrs. Nat tie Bay of Oregon City, Lizzie Smith of Salem. Uzzie Wood of Portland, Mrs. Martha Leach or uregon ouy, Helen Southwlck. The G. A. U., Department of Ore ..i. .i ii. fntlnu-liiLr olllcers: B KUU, ClCllt-U HV cr -- - F. Pike of Wasco, commander; T. J. Cunning of Hood Htver, senior vice commander; K. Swnn of Portland, past Junior vice-commander; J. Barr, medical director; G. W. Rlgby of Pen- .II.Iah .li n ti 1 il ( , 1 Tho following were elected to the council of odministratlon; C. A. Wil liams of Oregon City. P- J. Neuberg of Portland, E. Hoops of Forest Grove, r Webster of Salem, H. H. Winslow of Sheridan. Delegates to the national encamp ment are; P. Pferdner of Portland. . N. Parvin of Salem. O. L. Stranahan of Hood Itlver. VALUES OF FRUIT LAND. Wonderful Yield of Strawberries From Freewater Soil. That persons living at a distance from our city may have an accurate knowledge of the wonderful product- .I.lo vnllnv we eivo In doi- lars and cents the money value of the crop on a single plot oi sruuuu. , the Freewater Times. N W Mumford has more than four acre's In strawberries, but he has a peach orchard containing one and three-fourths acres there are 300 peach trees on this plot. But lr. Mumford has It set to Hood River strawberries, Im sold $225 worth of sets. He picked and sold ntt this natch $517.35 worth of ber rles1 Bu.' Umt is not all; this peach . . j t9fin In neaches this orcnara ruiumou summer. This Is quite small for 300 peach trees, but we are io icmmu. that fully half this number are young trees, not yet In bearing, " i,i m-chard. but many of tho trees were grubbed up last spring and reset with young trees. ?w in nash value of $900 from one. and three-fourths acres. This plot Is not exceptional. ui.-i . .! rnl.,a ara tlmllRaildS Of tuaii outers, - .,7 , acres In this valley that will equal this. . i ti. hnr rnnnts for more A vote 111 io ; -, - than tho protest after election. Tokio, June IS. A Japmceo steam er was attacked by a Russian squad ron last night, but escaped by taking refuge In tho harbor of Foku Yama. Another steamer, the Iako Maru. was overhauled by the Russians, but the latter were evidently afraid to ap proach nearer to Japanese warships, and released the steamer. Retreat in Good Order. Mukden, Juue 18. Wounded in large numbers aro arriving from the Vafangow battlefield. Twenty-nine officers and 734 men are thus far re- Been Identified Churches and Min isters of Alt Denominations Unite In the Rellqious Rites, Which Are rJow In --Progress Greater Number of Burlajs Will Be In One Ceme tery Pitiful and Horrifying Scenes at the .Disaster Believed $150,1 Was Stolen. v New York, Juno IS A tabulation I of tho victims of the the Slocum ills I aster nt 9 this morning, shows 5G2 bodies recovered, 522 Identified and 271 missing. First Funerals Today. Today occurred tho first funerals of victims of tho Siocum horror. Tho stricken East Side district Is throng' ed with people. Many were mourn' tng friends and relatives of the dead, Olhera were attracted to the scene ported with Injuries. They say the ' ly morbid curiosity. The throngs n.lrat wn he nir rtfpftpil n nerfpet t "ere uuuuuun uuu ii-djil-cuui. ,ien order when ihey left. and boys removed their hats and caps whenever a funeral cortege was d 1 ai u:. u.rik 1 encountered pass nc inroucn ine n- 11 .., 10 1, i mot ' crepe-1 nod avenues, whlio women Tokio, June 18. It is reported that ' .,. . . ,,' , . .. ,,,, .nreu '' ,,lnl innnrih . women we''1' especially at tho early today off Fmiyoma. going north. , Bgh of the wht hearges wUh Bomo. t , ,. I times two and three little caskets In occ.0crg u.i-.h". . ' one hearse, Ixmdon, June is. I lie central Arrangements havo been made for News correspondent reports mai uen-1 morn than a hundred funerals, and era! Stackelberg escaped from the ' ag eary a8 nn(,( the first of these Japanese nanning movement aim ib ga(1 corteges began to move, now out of danger. , Services were held In the churches of all denominations, and scores of panic ai usam. ministers arranged to do tno pastoral Tokio. June 18. In consequence 1 work. of the failure of an Important bank By 10 a constant stream of hearses at Osaka, a serious financial panic 'and carriages flowed out of tho dls prevalls. ' ' trict and vntAlv. their way toward tho Subscribing to War Bonds. cemeteries. The Brooklyn Lutheran - Three hundred and twenty million w'" "elve tho bulk "f ,he . i 1.. . L.l,0r,r.ll,o,l fnr mvwv yen nave aneau uvch dmuo.. tho second Issue of the bonds. exchequer Russian Losses at Vafangow. St. Petersburg, June IS. Llao Yang dispatches place the Russian total loss at killed ami wounded 201K) in the battle of Vafangow. STREET CAR ACCIDENT. Coroner's Inquest Monday. The coroner, police and other au thorltles who have been receiving and checking the bodies at the scene of the disaster and at the morgue, have carefully rovlscd the list of dead and missing, so a comparative ly correct estimate enn bo given to day. The total indicated list Is 833; 2hu of tho recovered dead aro children, r- - Dmnrri. But Onlv 253 women nnd 23 men. Great Smash of Property But Only a ff One Person Killed. believed to be wedged In under tho Salt Lake, June IS. By tho break- j,,',., ,,,, Tilt.n. a dispute as tu lug of a drawhead on a construction t1(,,. rcm0val, tho steamer company train, u carload 01 grave, camu uuu camtlK xo duty, and also tno ma the east side of the heights utid five- rmt) lm,,;rwritcr8, electric cars were wrecked this T)(J POroncr'H liuiucBt begins Mon morning. Mrs. Chapman, ol this city, was fatally hurt. Several were slightly hurt by jumping. The car went through the business section at 40 miles an hour and across four railroad tracks, the mo torman ahead calling upon tho pas sengers to jump. Ho reversed tho current and all the cars piled up at the terminal nt the Rio Grande depot. 'Boy Drowned. Tlpso, Wash., June 18. Frank Neal, aged 17, fell off his horse anil was drown, not being able to swim. Tho man who Is afraid of burning up his wick need not hope to brighten the world day. Scenes of Horror. Of all tho pitiable incidents con nuctod with the disaster, that Just reported Jjy James Sorroran, a mom ber of the crew, is piobably tho most horrifying. At the helgiii of the trag edy he said ho saw a woman glvo birth to a child, then lump over board with tho new-born bnbe He said ho saw both die Of money. Jewelry and other valu a bleu torn from the IxkIIuh of tho victims, It Is estimated $150,000 was taken. Much has already been ciulmed by relatives nt tho dead Eight More Bodies. Eight more bodies of Slocum vic tims wero recovered I his morning, making a total (lend of 570 found. TWO SCHOOL HOUSE SITES ARE SELECTED Tim srhofil board met this after- iicinn ft I 2:20 o'clock for tho location of the school sites in tho north and west ends of town, r... um r.,.rh fri tlin board decid ed to buy the Burgess property, con sisting of 12 lots in oiock ii, ui .,..- oririuin., fni- J2000. Instead of the Matlock property that was bar gained for some time ago. At the for mer meeting the board thought they were about to uuy a jjietu "i fa'"""" which, when it was Investigated, i ... i. .1... nrnnertV Of another man. The property wh ch be ouged to Mr, Matlock was undesirable, be ing cut up by a couple of lots being , .i. mWiilo of one side. This property was t'i have been sold to the board tor iuuu, provmcu bought the baseball park site, which they at that time proposed to do. The failure of tho board to take it.. II..U.I. nrnnnriV Oil tllO nOrtll side, knocked them out of tho reduc tion In the baseball purk, and that site was abandoned, both upon thoso grounds, and also because of tho wishes of tho people as expressed by the petitions, Theso petitions wero submitted to the hoard, which at onco decided to purchase tho old poor farm property, comprising block Sfi of tho reservation addition, at a cost of $2,- 825. Both tho purcuases made by tho board this afternoon aro good ones, tho properties both being valuable and desirable. Tho Burgess proper ty Is surrounded with trees. Is piped for water and ready graded, so that all the board has to do Is to begin to build at once. It Is also practical ly In tho center of Ihe north sldo dis trict. Tho poor farm place Is also shaded by trees, and Is a dcslrnblo place, centrally located. Tho work on tno new buildings will bo pushed forward as soon as the contracts can bo let and other preliminaries arranged. Ten additional Identlncntlons this morning. Mayor Orders Wreck Raited. One body was recovered this morn ing wrapped In a largo silk Ameri can flag. Diver Gtllugnn recovered seven In n deet) hole In tho bed of tho river oft North Brothers Islnnd. Ho be lieves 30 to 50 bodies are still In this hole. Tho mayor has ordered tho wreck raised immediately. GATHER NG 0 THE CONVENTION Spirited Fight Over the Suc cession to the National Chairmanship. Arranged to Pay Today. Wn all Inert mi. .limn 1!). Consul Gen eral (itimmoro cables tho state depart ment from Tniigtcrs, tnnt it nns tieeti arranged that n cash ransom for the release of Perd leans and Varley bo nnld Unlaw but Intimated some doubt ns to the bandit's good faith. Chicago Grain, Chicago. June 18. Old July wheat oivened S5'. closed 85fe. July corn opened -IS', closed 48V4. COMPLETE THREE MONTHS TENANTS OF WOODEN ROW TO VACATE BY JULY 1. New Schmidt Building Will Be 75x100 Feet and of Red Pressed Brick, With the Largest Plate Glass Win dows In the City Will Be Two Stories In Height and Used as a Storeroom by a Department Storo Firm One Tenant In the Wooden Row Has Occupied His Present Quarters 17 Years. John Schmidt has at last decided to hulld, In splto of tho local option scare, nnd yesterday served notice on all of tho renters In his property on Main street that they would havo to move out by the first of July, for on that datu ho will commence to re move the old! wooden shacks and will eroct the, buljdlng.. cjnnjcjjljtwljy Mr, Schmidt's property extends from tho Miller Grocery company building 75 foot towards tho Alta street corner, and Is occupied by tho wooden buildings In which Chris Ranlcy has a shoomaker shop, and the Horseshoo restaurant has Its homo. These buildings nro umong tho oldest In town, and Mr. Ronley has boon in the one room for 17 years, In that tlmo ho has saved tho comer from flru twice. The now building, as has boon an nounced In this papor several times, will bo a two-story red brick struc ture, tho brick comlngfrom Kansas. It will be put together with whlto mortar and trimmed with red Htono. The front will bo supixirted with steul eolumtiB, and will have tho largest plato glusM windows In tho city. It will be 75 feet front by 100 feet depth, with a nluo-fool hasument. mid bu ready for occupancy by the middle of September. The lower Hour will he occupied by a department store to be put In ns soon ns the building can be complet ed, while the upper story will be UHod by Ihe same firm as store rooniH for their surplus tttocK. Mr Schmidt having closed tho con tract for renting the building, will leave In a short time for Spokane and other cities, whoro he will pur chase material and furnlHlilug. Both C. E. Troutman and T. F. Howard are working on the pluns. SSUE IS CORTELYOU AND ANTI-CORTELYOU. Administration Is Strongly In His Favor, But the Opposition Is Vigor ous Among Roosevelt's Supporters A Compromise Finds Many Influ ential Supporters Fairbanks Leads for Vice-president, With Hltt Far In the Rear Catlfornlani Make a Sensation. BELIEVES IN 8TRAWBERRIE8. R, F, Johnson 8ays Weiton Mountain Will Soon Be Covered With This Fruit, It F Johnson of Fnlrvlew farm Is u strawberry enthusiast, and predicts Hint In u few years thu mountain country will tontine luelr largely to strawberries and potatoes, leaving grain to tho lowlands, says the Wob ton leader. Mr Johnson Is greatly Increasing his own strawberry ucrengo, mid ho lluvt'M there Is more profit In this popular fruit than In any other moun tain product. Ho looks for a larger crop of ber ries this year than over, uml there Is no danger of overstocking tho markot. Heady salo will bo had for every cruto produced. A. II. Dorwln of Wullu Wulla, who bought potatoes at Weston this spring for tho Blalock Fruit company, writes Mr. Johnson that tho company will establish an office at Weston and buy all tho strawberries, currants and gooseberries brought In, If they can be assured of getting any considera ble quantity of thoso products. Crates will be furnished to tho growers. Mr. Johnson has been In terviewing growers in bphalf of theso extensive shippers, with u vlow to en couraging tho plan thoy propose Chicago. Juno J. If Cottolyou Is to be elected chairman of the na tional republican committee, it Is ab solutely essential that ho como hero Immediately, Is the suhstnnco of n telegram that has been sent Hoosc velt by Congressman Llttaucr, of Now ork. After a careful sizing up of tho strength of tho opposition to Cortol- you's selection, thin call for assist ance shows Intensity of feeling among the members of thu national commit- i, i,, ivlui Imlliivit that lirarthul pol iticians should bo chosen to run tho campaign. Senator ljidizn nnd CorncllllR Bliss, both of whom fully approve tho pres ident's choice of Coltelyou aro ex pected hotu today or tomorrow, ineir arrival may create a chango from tho present sentiment, ns If the president determines to have Cortolyou It Is certain tho national committee will ncquleBco. Fairbanks Is Flirting. Fairbanks opened tho day with In dications of continued sllonco, "There's no reason why I should say anything," romarkod tho senator. The sentiment appears to bo all Fairbanks. It Is not nn uprising In his behalf, hut a simple belief ho will be' nominated, illlO J llll uoom uuvn um uii.iuui ui W Inking Hold. Lis Illness Is unfor tunate for thu boom, slnco nw age and tho nttondant possibility of In flrmlty ure strong arguments against him. LaFollette Turned Down. Governor liFolIetto returned to Madison this morning, smarting tumor defeat. Tho national commit teemen, refuse to suy whether ho would return. Ellhu Root, temporary chairman of thu convention, arrived this morning, tho first of tho representatives of tho president to romo, California Conspicuous. Among thu conspicuous delegations to arrive wuh that from California, on a special of six Pulliiiuns and with one car of "goodlos." In thu delega tion canio George A. Knight, who wi. make ono of tho seconding speeches or nomination of Koosovelt. Knight Ih cundldato for tho California mem ber on the national committee, and will ho elcted. Cnliioinla organized ou the way to Chicago uml elected Judgo J. W. Mc Kinney, of Loh Angeles, chairman of the dulegutlon, A caucus of tho del egation will ho hold at headquarters Monday. This delegation's arrival was received with loud acclumatlon, because of tho good fellowship that follows, and tho uddltlonal fact that thu Callfornlttiis monopolize Intorest so far ns pertains to stuto delega tions. Somo wero curious to sco tho war ring factious of Wisconsin, but tho delegates nnd visitors rcsorved tholr salvos for tho Westerners. Word had been passed around of their coming in greater stylo than usual, Including a carload of wlno und fruit valued ut $10,0000. This was distributed tu visitors at tho elaborate California huudquarturs In tho Auditorium. Asked for the prefereuto of Califor nia for vIcoprcHldent, Knight said, "Wo have none; wo will voto for any man the administration wants " Compromise Suggested. Governor Murphy, of Now Jersey, will formally proposo a lompromlso ou tho national chairmanship uiuudlo by advocating tho selection of a chairman by tho national committee, and creation of an advisory board of 12 members with Cortolyou an chair iMim Kiiiin itnnt Is said to vlow the proposition favorably. Return From the Coast. Professor E. B, Couklln baa Just roturned from a visit to thu coast and Portland. This la hlu first trip to tho suacoust und ho enjoyed It very much. Portland Is now at her most beautiful period, uvory roso bush In tho city being In bloom. Professor Roy Conklln, who accom panied him, stopped ut Wyetb, for a short time, to visit Don, another brother, (hero