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DAILY EVENING EDITION r'opetHor advertises ma fB'JT,. rnurself WEATHER FORECAST. ff bui at ' the Price fat i- to sell TonlRlit nnil Tuesday fair. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OKKQOX, MONDAY, JUSE 1!7, 1901. NO. G085. 5 ft Ik i r?nn Anrh nf ! w w RiiilH. INear Alia. iTAKE ADVANTAGE If CONFUSION TO STEAL. shoe Shop, Rose Barber Horseshoe Restaurant and j Gallery Put Out of Busi Temporarily Insurance Car- , Ranley and Rose No in- the Buildings, Which k.ntd by John Schmidt No- fu,4 Been Served on Tenants late by July 1 New Building Be Erected on Site. tlgbt at 10 15 o'clock parties i street oiiposlte the "wooden L tie corner of Alta and Main. itiwonted glare of fire In that of the row occupied by Chris h shoe shop. They went 1m- : tcross the street and find- t the structure was on Are, lm- nve an alarm. The cen ts bell was rung, pistol shots id, and other ways the alarm rrea. The department was on ;e Is a few moments, and in i kocr had the fire completely feci by fighting It from Main I ud also from the rear. Summary of Damages. nary of the damage done by i is practically as follows: b'l harber shop, badly scorched, It rjeatcr damage was done by ai the attempts to get the - shop effects out of the room. carried $300 insurance on ateits of the shop. ). Elliott's short order restaurant coapletely demoralized. The ke tj Are was considerable, but k'.ertnd reckless handling It was , while be lost consideraole by t vUhout being able to apprehend l the thieves. He carried no in- whatever, and probably lost I worth of stuff. ' Ranley shop suffered most, a I stock of boots and shoes and Iff stock and other odds and ends j tadlr damaged, both by tire and Believing that attempts would uie to rob the establishment by i!e, Mr. Bentley. the acent who pJ the Insurance on Mr. Ranley's f. put a guard over It at once, so WJeved none of the goods wore ciw. Air Ranley carried in P company to fully cover hi to Mr. Ranley's shop was the s gaiiery owned bv Ed col Mr Coleman wan timf rpftirn the Pantheon when the alarm Med, and ran immediately to rang gaiiery He was not soon to look af'.er his property as it nTe been, for bystanders had J broken in and in thplr Tnlnrfl. !1 efforts to get the property out, tti it heavily Mr. Colman was fasnred. at to Colman's fs the Horseshoe wuich Mr Baker carried in- wj to the amount of f.300. His M probably aggregate .7G from ana water After tu. flie "UDgulshed befnrA II ronr-tiM remises. Mr nvur t.,n.i ,i it, . ? order for the Monday corner estahtiRh J4 fish market belonging to '"'! uuerea only somo broken deterioration from reckless log in Irvine -i..wi the building, which was not l oy tne fire, and very little w by water. t tO tho f n . . . V. I n , i . uiu 1IU1U JVUOU B UUI 'hOD It O V 1 . KTal-, The rear of the rcstau- Vuv maEed somewhat by the sk-i iprcad acros tne rear of room. Elliott's and tho is J. p Jo moveI a" nls ef S vad n hour movod 'kr I,.., c k' and tb'a morning was olnes as usual. . Thieves at Work. ittl'fiilp,liice of business was Bel e sta. !t 8 tallor 8hP- " bPfe. prebably B0 wprth of tv,? i,thve Proprietors arrived Iriooiwi thelr effects were prop ii,f V aflr. They sustained no soratnfT1 10 anT"1Ing aside ti thJ e goods getting wet. traac . ,.v8lebert & Bchulz carry TlttoJZr. 6 amount of 1300. vresjing ana repaid buginea8 'in riext t0 Seibert & Schulr . vaanage, sustained no dam- "o Insurance on Building. NNnir ono"8tory wooden row, 'Kf.CnJT n tUe rooms occupied P1!!?0 and by Selbert & "4 kr itD(llne w,th tbo room oo ' e shooting gallery, Is i owned by John Schmidt, nnd thero was not a dollar insurance upon any part of It beyond the chattel insur ance mentioned. M. Schmidt had served notice on his tenants to vacate July 1 or sooner, as he expected to immedlaetly after that (late dismantle the building and clear tho ground for the new two- story department store. Until July 1 Selbert & Schulz. O. K. Joe, Mr. Cummage, Rose tho barber and Mr. Coleman will conduct their various lines of business as hereto fore, in the same rooms they occupied when hey closed their doors Satur day night. Ranley and Klliott will move at once. The building was damaged by tho fire and water probably $600 the rooms occupied by Ranley and Elli ott so badly that they could not be reocciipied without virtually rebuild ing that part of the structure. The frame building occupied by the Horseshoe restaurant and the Myers produce market Is owned by Mrs. Florence Berkeley. The damage to it was entirely confined to a few broken window lights and a soaking along the south edge, contiguous to the fire, which brought down some of the plas tering. Chris Ranley has occupied tho room next to Rose's barber shop for the past 17 years, with a shoo store and shoe repair shop. ninnilQB I ri i r-n- COMPLETED TGDAY i ! Loomis Lost Overboard. London, June 27. A dispatch from Bremen this afternoon tends to strengthen the theory that Loomis was lost overboard. Both the captain and head steward of the Kaiser Wll helm unite In the assertion that Loomis did not leave the steamer at Plymouth. Dissolves Company. Trenton, X. J., June 27. George Rice this morning filed a bill in chan cery for tho dissolution of the Stand ard Oil Company, a New Jersey cor poration, as being illegal under the anti-trust act. Chicago Grain. Chicago, June 27. Old July wheat, 87-(gSS4: new, SlGfSOTs. July corn, 47T4i. PIONEER E L OSES REASON JAMES COR LEY, OF PILOT ROCK, SAID TO BE INSANE. Imagined He Had Lost Half His Herd and While Searching for Them the Other Half Disappeared Entire Story Was Untrue, and the Sheep Were Found Where the Insane Man Had Left Them. James Corley, an old settler of Umatilla county In the Pilot Rock district, who has been herding sheep pr a number of years, Is reported to have become Insane and Is now In hiding in tho country somewhere in the vicinity of Pilot Rock. He has been herding sheep for Douglas Belts, and last Thursday came on foot to Mr. Belt's home on Birch creek and told him a story of the loss of tho entire band of sheep, which he had been herding. He said that half of the band had disappeared, and while searching for the first half of the band which had escaped from him, the remainder had also disappeared and that he was left without a sheep to herd and bad come to the ranch for assistance. Search was at onco made for the missing sheep, and the entire band was found together, where Carley had evidently left thero, when be became insane and went away imagining that he was in search of them. Corley was not taken into custody and is now at large. He came to the sheep camp of Mr. Knotts yesterday, and ate dinner, showing every symp tom of insanity, and after eating he immediately disappeared in the hills. He is well known in the southern part of the county, and an effort is being made to find blm. 8TILL AT LARGE. Stage Robbers Got Very Little for Their Trouble. The two robbers who held up tho r.tago between Whitney and Canyon City are still at large. It Is not ... '.v.. ait thnv m'ado a very large haul, as they only took three register ed letters, ovenooKiog iuur "" They made an attempt to go through the passengers, but got nothing for their trouble, although several bad considerable money with them. Meeting of Homeopaths. Rochester, N. Y., June 27. The In ternational Hahnemann Association, compris ng me siri;i meopathy in tho United States and Canada, began its annual meeting n Rochester today and will remain In session until Thursday. More tian 100 physicians are present from vari ous parts of this country and I Cm da. The presiding officer of the con vention Is Dr. C. M. Boger of Parkers burg. W. Va., and the secretary, Dr. J, B. King of Chicago. TIE JAPANESE MEET REVERSES Barrels That Had Contained Oils Were Found in Locker Where Fire Started, TOTAL LOSS OF LIFE WILL TOTAL UP 1031. Some 93 Persons Not Yet Found Jury Accompanies Coroner to Wreck In Erie Basin Over the Route of the Ill-fated Sloeum Verdict Expected In a Few Minutes After Being Sub mitted to the Jury. New York. June 27. According to nn exhaustive report mado by Police Inspector Schmldthergcr on tho num ber of dead, missing, injured and un injured in the disaster, it appears that 93S bodies have been recoveied and that 93 persons absolutely known to have been aboard the vessel are still unaccounted for, bringing tho total mortality of the disaster uo to 1031. A thorough examination oi the hull of the Slocum by Coroners O'Gorman and Berry and Inspector Albertson resulted In the discovery in the locker in which the fire started of a number of barrels which had contained kero- sese and lubricating oil. Cossacks Chase Mikado's Men 12 Hours and Leavo Valley Strewn With Dead. RUSSIANS LOSE BUT FEW MEN IN RUNNING FIGHT. Two Thousand Russian Mines About Kuang Qung Have Been Destroyed All Day Sunday Russians March ed to Front Great Battle May Be In Progress Disease Kills as Many as Bullets. Inquest Complete. New York, June 27. There is every probability that the Inquest into the steambat Slocum disaster will end tonight. The Jury is expected to render a verdict within a few minutes nfter the case is submitted to them. This morning the jury accompanied the coroner to the wreck, now lying in the Erie basin and made a careful In spection of the hull. The jury then boarded a police boat and a trip was made over the course of the Slocum while experts pointed out to them va rious places south of the North Broth ers island at which witnesses have said the Slocum might have been beached. The detail of men which has been searching for bodies was dis missed today. It Is now thought that but few more bodies will be recovered. Si. Petersburg, June 27 A Mukden dispatch reports that n force of Cos sacks gave chase to some Japanese who were reeonnoiterlng on Kurokl's right. The pursuit lasted 12 hours and when over tho valley was. strewn with bodies of Japanese cut down by the Russian horsemen. The Russians lost but few men. Battle May Be Raging. St Petersburg, June 27 Dispatches from Tncheklao state tlint both Rus' slan and Japanese maneuvers for po sition have about concluded and a creat battle oven now may be in pro' cress. Sharp fighting has been heard in the hills Sunday. All day Sunday the Russian troops marched to the front. NEW FIRE SYSTEM. Astoria Has Discarded Her Antlquat ed Fire-Fighting Methods. Astoria, June 27. Astoria is to have a complete new fire Bystcm and a new engine house will soon be built. Yes terday tho old fire bell, which has tolled out the warning since February 21, 187S, was taken down and a gong whlstlo will be used. Astoria citizens were rather reluctant to glvo up tho old bell. The new system is said to be very fine. There will be nine firo alarm boxes located at different parts of the city, and the gong will be in stalled at the Astoria Electric Com pany's works, at an expense of not less than $50. THANKS GOVERNMENT. Rumor Denied That Ralsultl Been Or. dered Punished. Washington, June 27 The state de partment received a cablegram today from Predlcadris at Tangier, thanking this government for its successful ef forts made In his behalf. It Is denied at the department that Consul Dum mere has been instructed to demand the punishment of Ilaisull. Driven to Desperation. Poeblo, Col., June 27. Charles Montgomery, a well known iiolltlclan, suicided this morning by taking mor phine. Two weeks ago he married tho former wife of a newspaper man 48 hours after she was dl forced. The couple began quarreling during the honeymoon. Jamaican Accident. Kingston, Jamaica, Juno 27. The accidental flooding of a large pipe leading from tbo electrical plant to tho river today resulted in the drown ing of 34 men who were cleaning the siitv-seven were at work and only 1C were saved. Deserter Captured. cv,.im Tovinr vstcrday took In custody at tbo Hutchinson place, fivo miles from town, a man """" land Taft, a deserter from the United States army. He enlisted at Fort Wright only a month ago for a three- , . rrhn arm vreeulatlons require that deserters be turned oyer to tho nearest army post, and Mr, Taylor left for Walla Walla with his chargo this morning. Sam Van Dersal, of Kansas City, -. n.nn .nitntv. Oreeon. has designed tho campaign button adopted by the national republican committee for this year. Tho hypersensitive are apt to be wholly selfish. Destroy Mines. Tien Tsin, June 27. Two thousand Russian mines about Kwan Tung thus far have been destroyed. MULTI-MURDERER. Sailor Begged for an Early Execution to Follow Conviction. Now York. Juno 27 Frank Humes was put to death in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison early today. Tho specific orlmp for which Humes paid the death penalty was tho murder of n sea captain In tho port of New York last fall. In addition to tills murder Hurness confessed at his trial that ho had killed more than half a doson per sons (luring tho last 10 years. Ilumess was a sailor, and Ins crimes, so ho declared, were commit ted in various imrls of Spain, China and other parts of the world where his ship called. Upon his conviction hero ho pleaded with the authorities to let him bo executed as speedily as possi ble. He declared that It would be dangerous to tho community to allow him at large, ns he was totally unable to control his passion for murder when his temper was aroused. Met Death Eagerly. Osslng. N. J., Juno 27. Hurness, unattended by clergyman or keeper, almost ran to tho ehiilr, ho was so eager to have It over. Hu sat In the dentil chair and smiled cheurfully at witnesses ns though he wore merely posing for n photograph. Four shocks wero necessary to produce death. The body was buried In quick 1 1 me. Ills lawyer, who was nppolntod by tho state, appealed tho case, which drew from Humoss n letter to tho governor In which ho asked that this bo over ruled, as It was tho work of tho scheming lawyer to get more fees. UMATILLA GASES SUPREME I Lower Court Was Affirmed in Two Important Cases al Salem Today. LOUIS ANDERSON WINS OUT AGAINST THE O. R. A N. COL Wheat Destroyed at Cayuse Wart. house Supreme Court Decided that Engines Were Overloaded and Ns Precautions Taken to Prevent Fto From Sparks Hattle Jones Rents ed a Divorce Both to Blame. Disease Equals Bullets. Home, June 27. A Tokio telegram says the Japanese government de clares deaths from disease In both armies up to present equal the losses sustained in actual fighting. CREW EXONERATED. Work Train Was Overloaded and Without Control. Stockton, Cal June 27. The crow of the work train who ran down tho Sierra railway passenger train near Melones. In Toulomno county, Satur day night, klllng two women, has been exonerated by the coroner's Jury. The jury found that tho wreck was caused by the work train being too heavily loaded for such grades as are on tho Sierra road. TO MINING CONGRESS. Mayor Matlock Appoints Delegates to the Meeting In Portland on August 22-27. Mayor W. F. Matlock this morning appointed T. G, Hailcy and Bert Huff man delegates from the city of Pen illelnn In the seventh annual session of the American Mining Congress to be held In Portland on August ii-n, This promises to bo tho most Im portant meeting held on tho Pacific coast this season, owing to tho re newed vigor and activity In th4 min ing Industry. IX-legates from Canada, Moxlco and tho United States will bo In attendance and questions concern ing the development of mining, min ing legislation, transportation of ores, government regulations of assay of fices and tho taxation of mining prop erty will all bo discussed by tho ablest men In tho mining industry. LATE CL08ING HOUR. Stores Will Remain Open Until 8 p m., During July and August. At a meeting of tho Clerks' Union this afternoon, It was unanimously decided to accede to tho request of the merchants to keep open stores until 8 o'clock during tbo months of July and August, while the harvest season lasts. Beginning July 1, tho dry goods stores will remain open until 8 p. m. to accommodate the country people who find it Impossible to do all their trading In tho daytlmo. Tho action of the clerks was unanimous, as they recognized the need of such action for the benefit of the farming districts. After September 1, tho old closing hour of 6 o'clock will bo resumed, Tho merchants havo agreed to close their places of business on July 4 and other legal holidays, whllo tho 8 o'clock closing hour Is In effect. Small Fire at Court House. Saturday evening last at just S o'clock, the roof of tho court houso was discovered to bo on fire, the Igni tion occurring at tho point in tho roof where the chimney leading from the stovo In tho Jail emerges from the roof. Tho fire waB confined to a narrow strip which was bordered by a sheetlron cornice, and that portion which caught fire was of so light ma terial and so little of it that it would have soon burned out entirely. When the department arrived the fire was practically burned out. Rain Badly Needed. The Dalles, Juno 27. The rainstorm Hint visited this section last Friday was not general, as it did not reach south of tho Deschutes river or Into Sherman county. In those localities spring grain Is said tn bo badly In need of rain, but fnll grain will make a heavy crop, oven If thero Is not an other drop of rainfall this season. Bank Ordered Closed, Chicago, June 27. Tho First Na tional closed its doors this morning by orders of the comptroller currency. IRRIGATORS MEET E ME DATES FIXED FOR NATIONAL CONGRE8S AT EL PASO. Texa City Will Prepare for the Great est Irrigation Meeting Ever Held In the West Activity In Government Irrigation Will Stimulate 8tatea to Deeper Interest Oregon Will Send Large Delegation Portland Will Get the 1905 Meeting. Salem. Or., Juno 27 Tho declsloss of the lower court in awarding dxos ngoH to I-ouIh Anderson In Ills siric against the Oregon Railroad & Navi gation Company was alllrnied bv Justice Wolvertoii today. A quantity of wheat owned by Mr. Alidorson In a. wniehoiiBe at Cayuse, In Umatilla (Oinity, whs destroyed by lire causrf In. uimrhu from n lnriinilltlvtl On tBA (). it. A N. company's track. Tto ,.iiir( iliititiil Hint the nnullio WUI overloaded and proper precaution ha not Ijooii taken to prevent tho spread of sparks ami cinders. Ilnlley & Lowell wore ttio attorneys mr ,ir a derRou. Hattle Jones was refused it divoroo from William Jones, or Pondlcton, hr Chief Justice Mooro and tho lower court wbh affirmed. U'lio tostlmony showed tlint botli wero equally ns blame, for their quarrels and Dvenly, matched encounters. 3ERIOU8 ACCIDENT. Baogagemaster Hamilton. Throw From Car May Not Recover. HuntliiKton, Juno 27. Fred Haat ilton, of 1-a (Iraiiile. Is lying hero In a serious condition from tho result al bulng thrown from a car at Durkee. Mr Hamilton, who Is tho baggst inaster, attempted tu throw out soma packuges at Durkoe, when tho hsn rnll broke, throwing him to tfc ground, Ho waH brought hero and oxamlno by Dr. McKunzIo, of Portland, wha imiiimm.eil hi in Dartiallv nuralyre and In too serious condition to ba moved .either to his homo in 1m (Irando, or to tho hospital In Portland. Tho dato of tho next meeting of tho Nationnl Irrigation Association has boon fixed nt HI Paso, Texas, on Tuesday, November IB to Friday, No- vomber 18, and official notices of '.iio meeting havo been sun out by tho executive committee. Owing to tho great activity In gov eminent Irrigation, this mowing cf tho association 1b oxpoctod to bo tho most Important in tho history of tho organization. Tho notion of tho asHociatio.i in tho past liiis had much to do with Hiup Ins: the policy of the national govern munt in the matter of irrigation, and, In fact, tho national irrigation law was frurned and revised by commit tecs from UiIh association. Oregon will havo tho largest del. gallon at 121 Paso that bus over at toiiilml a meeting of tho association from this stole, owing to tho fact that Portland Is in the lead for tho JU05 meeting. Last your Oregon H.int 05 delegates to Ogden to the mot Inn nf the national association and this year It Ih fully expected that 100 delogaios will go from tills state to ICI Paso, to represent tho state that )h now receiv ing tho most favorable attention from tho United Stales government and also as the 190S meeting of tho na tional association Is wanted as an at traction for tho Ixiwls and Clark fair. Umatilla county will bo entitled to about 20 delegates, and It will bo the aim of tho different bodies appointing delegates to select only those who will promise to attend tho HI Paso moot ing. A "HOLY TERROR." Boy Is Considered As Sinned Against, However, furl .fnliriMfin fiunit 11 vefirM. who has resided with his mother on Kfil- zor bottom, was last evonlng brought tu the court houso, lieu nana anu 1001, by his mothor and step-father, who wanted him committed to tho reform school. It seems tho boy has been sovoroly niirilflhnil liv IIiohq nennlo for somo time past, and yesterday rebelled to such an extent tnav no iook a gun and got tho drop on his stepfather. His mother then approachod him from tho mar and disarmed him, whon bo was tied and brought to town. Tho child was considered as much u I mi d,i ntrnlnst as sinned, by tho offi cial, and was today sent to tho Hoys and Girls' Ala society or roriianu. Salem Journal, PRESIDENT CRAM COMING. Head of the State Federation of Later Will Address Meeting at M Marts Hall Thursday night. Secretary L. H. Wonbam, of tt Triulim nml tjilinp AHHOIIlhlV Of tM city, Iibh received u nollllratlon front C. II. (Irani, president or inn Federation of Uibor, that Mr. (lrus win 1,11 linrit on Thursday and will A drcHH a meeting of thu assembly oat Thursday evening at .MliarKoy nui. Mr. Oram Is now In Ui (Irande oa an olllclal visit to tho labor iiBSombly there. Ho bus Just returned from Humplcr and (Iranlto wliero he has spent two weuks among tho inlnlne organizations and finds conditio very satisfactory. MemlxiiH or all labor organization are urgently requested to attend tl iiiiKitlng on Thursday night ut Mll koy lmll. L08T A FINGER. Result of a Burn Made by New Grass Rope Was Blood Poisoning. T. F. Hhafor was In town Buturilar from Cold Springs with his right hajs In n sling. Tho Injured member Is doing finely, but Mr. Shafer had at close call, not only to savo his bus nnd arm, but his life as well, for st time. The trouble arose from burning ihm third finger of his right hand with m now gross ropo by it fractious cayus drugging the ropo through his baa. Although the finger was cut to IVi bono, Mr. Schafer regarded the injury as nothing serious, Almost ImioeJi ately tho (Inner became badly infbust ud and tho Inflammation spread ra&M ly Vt his arm and shoulder. A weSc later tho raso was pronounced oa of well-defined blood poisoning, and tho finger apd corresponding mctarar pal bono woro amputated to forestall tho necessity of losing the arm m4 perhaps his life later. Hums from now grass ropo are rs garded by range mon generally as far ...,.r, .Innirnrnnu ttlflll llflOIIOr Inluftflfll ,j.,u ...... n' " . - frnm nbi tnnnlla rono. no matter bow, soiled thu latter muy be. Guilty of Doodling. Ht. LouIh. Juno 27. -EdmoBst an ox-member of tho house delegate. , pleaded guilty today to the chargo C hoodllng placed against him by Dis trict Attorney Folk. Ho will recelt a sentence of not less than five yemx. Tho best fishing days aro tlioa that find you compelled to hump otur the desk.