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bde ot reP'e
Negligence bost
Lusand Lives,
i ALL PUT
LoER HEAVY BONDS.
'schjlck Is I" riospua.,
w the Prosper r-
Will Take a Turn at
lMt Inspector All the
Are Accused of Man
toe First Degree Dl-
A A Inn
the company ic "'-
June 2'J. TUC inquiry
Coroner Berry and a
. Slocum disaster conclud
ed after nearly four hours
i verdict was rendered
mboat Company, Captain
. (It. nn..tntn
I, or ine aiuvwu, vuiHaiu
Imodore of tlio company's
libers were held criminally
Warrants for their ar-
issued.
of the Slocum, according
. acted In a cowardly man
le misconduct of Steamboat
ILundberg, It was reported
I brought to tho attention of
I authorities.
it In each caso is man'
I in the first degree. Ball
ij the coroner varying
I to 15000.
Ite. Edward Flanagan, who
Ir detention as a witness,
rst arraigned. He pleaded
and his ball was fixed at
le wis committed to jail.
umbcrg pleaded not
ti was released on $1000
lied at (500 each for
tBaraajy and Secretary At-
tci the steamboat company.
i were furnished at once.
i Van Schalcl; Is a prisoner
ntpltil. Captain Peaso may
retted until tomorrow, when
peeled that the directors of
Ipur will also be taken Into
TROUBLE WITH CLAIM JUMPERS.
Serious Difficulty In Different Idaho
Localities.
St. Maries, Idaho, June 29. A fatal
fight occurred on Marble creek be
tween homesteaders and claim jump
ers. A party of Jumpers went In there
last week. They were warned by tho
sheriff to keep oft tho homesteads.
Contrary to warnings, they continued
to Jump claims, and one man, whose
name Is unknown, was shot and kill
ed, and another, Frank Boulie, was
beaten so badly he Is expected to die.
Ho was taken on a stretcher and car
ried to tho head of navigation, where
ills condition was such that he could
not bo carrlod further.
J. P. Prlco had trouble at his home'
stoad with claim jumpers Thursday,
out upon drawing a gun on them they
discontinued their work.
Frank Boulie, tho man so badly
beaten, wns tho locator for tho gang
or claim jumpers. He is a Frenchman
and has worked around tho logging
camps lor me last couple ot years.
GEN
MILES
QUARTERLY MEETING.
M. E. Church, South, Observance
July 2 and 3.
The fourth quarterly meeting of
tho M. E. Church, South will take
place noxt Saturday and Sunday, the
Rov. H. S. Shangle presiding. The
quarterly conference will bo held Sat
urday evening. Dr. Shangle will
preach Sunday morning nnd evening
and the sacrament of the Lord s sup
per will bo administered after the
morning sermon, at 11 o'clock.
DIED FROM HEAT.
I Hind
From
Near Walla
Wagon With
Walla
8un
walla. Juno 29. Whlln
tin the haivcst Hold of Han-
mien, about 15 miles from
fen the Harry Shaw rnnrt-.
1 Scott was overcome by the
rw anu feu from tho
d, striking his head on tho
tie was taken to tho house,
few minutes later, never
I recovered conscIousnnnR. tt
ft certain last night whether
Vas duo to tntiiri
lie fall, or Is directly attrlbuta-
pi Ms unmarried nml ir. mm
pe had lived In Wiii.ini,inn
irji wing originally occupiod
.. - " " OU.1IU LIUIUIO
i ujiumula rlver.
flANuTcAP YACHT RACE.
' Bill 8nubs a Bunch of Amerl
can Millionaire.
K,,on?.2'-ThQ Amcrlcan.'yacht
Kaisorg Meteor, tho
Italic T,' "- "e.'7 8 "rlon.
lu JL J, "wuts and Comet and
-..eager, Thistle, started In
Sto K?eLh'8 m0rnlnB from
Kinr . . . .
liiwrt- 7,7," ,UB arrival nore
Igmein millionaires previously
n1 la the ka rri- u .1
: wea eichidmi f-
tlrltla. . " 'J uuic
"ue, and am mnnii
Wtu plon 18 0180 eluded
BURNED TO DEATH.
Hn Building Destroyed and
"ne -'feLosL
M., juno 29. Miss
Ittf.l.V.1' M burnod to dfiath
I? toJtoffll6 u re whlch destroy
In wiiomce and custnm. i.imi.
" W Of itm ... '"O
Bh OutHI. Brains. I
sSrC,,SC0' Jno 29.- I
Ann '.on Marantn. nn itniun .
' Willi m clty and coun-
r5kL i'0w PIont while
UteL. a'ren2y resulting
flaw, y"' o beat out- hn
rttln,r hy Pounding his
i wmi an Iron hoi.t..j
CLOUDBURST.
Some Loss of Life and Great Loss of
Property.
Pittsburg, June 29. One body has
been recovered from a number of
men, women nnd children reported as
missing.
Tho property damage, estimated at
$250,000, is recorded from the cloud
hurst along Robinson run, between
Carncglo and McDonald. Oakdalo Is
entirely cut off. Many houses are
washed from their foundations and
at least 40 houses aro wrecked.
YALE UNIVERSITY
COMMENCEMENT
CONFERRED DEGREES ON
SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR.
Important in the Recognition of Tal
ent I r the Arts and Law In the Phil
ippines Degree Conferred Also on
a Reformer of the Tenement House
System of New York City Inclem
ent Weather Prevents Parade.
New Haven, June 29. A drizzling
rain today caused the abandonment
of an elaborate procession at iale
commencement.
Degrees were conferred on C24
candidates, and honorary degrees con
ferred on tho following: Brothers at
law. Don Gayetano Arellano, chief
justice of tho Philippines; A. Hal-
stead, professor of surgery at Joiins
Hopkins; II. W. Deforest, first ten-
ment house commissioner in Now
York; Charles Van Hlse, geologist of
Wisconsin, and United States Judge
Holt. Doctors of divinity, ti. u.
King, president of Oberlln; Stewart
Means, rector of St. John's, New Ha
ven. Doctor of music, Frank Dam-
roesch of New York.
Among thoso in master of arts. In
spardo Do Tavara, senior member of
tho Filipino commission of Filipino
awards, tho first Important recognl
tlon of tho Islands by an American
university.
MORE MEN DEPORTED.
BOOM FAULTY
Has Written a Letter Which
Compromises His Chance
for the Nomination.
HIS FRIENDS ARE LOYAL,
ORGANIZED AND ACTIVE.
CAPTURED THREE
RUSSIAN FORTS
Advantages Gained Bring the
Japanese Closer to Port
Arthur Fortress.
JAPS CAPTURE MOTIEN
PASS AFTER HOT FIGHT.
Twelve Hundred Delegates Have Ar-' Kuropatkln Is Retreating and Another
rive Prediction bv Politician
Confidently Made That Prohibition-!
Ists Will Poll Half a Million Votes
In November Boom for Virginia
Man for Vice President Keynote
Speech Made by the Pennsyivanlan
Who Was Chosen Chairman. "
Russian Army Is on the Run to
Avoid Being Entirely Cut Off Two
Russian Warships of Baltic Fleet
Collide, and One Is Sunk Subma
rine Boat Sinks and the Crew of
Twenty-two Are Drowned.
Tokio. Juno 29. It Is reported a
Indianapolis, June 29. General folco uf Japanese captured three
Miles' letter Is construed by some as forts 10 tno southeast of Port Arthur
indicating his withdrawal, nnd has tk,fens,s Sunday.
materially Interfered with his boom.
A midnight conference of the Miles
men resulted in tho adoption of reso
lutions pledging him their support and
appointment of a steering committee
to push the boom. Protessor Evans,
of Massachusetts, Is to place tho
general In nomination.
Japs Win Big Victory.
Rome, June 29. Thd Agcnzla Li
beria Tokio correspondent reports
that the Japancso occupation of
Motion Ling Pass by Kurokt was as
stated in Kuropatkln's dispatch, add
ing that tho fight was long and san
guinary. Kuropatkln Is reported to bo
retreating on Laio Yeng, refusing to
Prayer Not a Formality. engage in a general action.
Indianapolis, Ind., Juno 29. Twelve j
hundred delegates, many of them wo- Port Arthur Hotly Assailed,
men, are present. The hall Is by no cllee K Juno 29.-Tho Ilusslan
means fl led, and there is plenty of lloet ngan e'mcrgcd ,rom Port Artnur
"There Is one political party, where
the offering of prayer Is not merely
a formality," said Chairman Stewart
as he Introduced Rev. George H. Peak
of Sandusky, O.
Wt, S. Doane delivered the address
of welcome, predicting tho prohibition
candidate would poll halt a million
votes In November.
touay ana remained outsido somo
time. Tho lighting thcro is contin
uous on tho land Bide, while frequent
attacks are mado by tho Japanese
ships on the front by sea.
Russians Suffer Severely.
St. Petersburg, Juno 29. A corres
jpondent of Iluss describing the Tall
en Pass struggle, says tho fire from
At the conclusion of his speech tho 1 1 lie JanancHit hIoo-o i-nno nn Snmtuv
Virginia delegation called for cheers 1 was murderous, many Russian cun-
for uoane, "next vice-president," ners being killed. Tho ilusslan ofllc
whlch were given with a will. ers reported: "Our losses during tho
Stewart, replying informally to tho tvi days were very heavy."
address of welcome, branched Into a
prohibition' speech, declaring the Twenty-Two Drowned.
other parties have no real IsBue. Then st. Petersburg. Juno 29. Whllo ex-
he submitted as chairman of the tern- perlmentlDg with a converted torpedo
porary organization, Homer Castle of uoat intended for a submarine today,
Pittsburg, and W. S. Calderwood of ( 22 sailors were drowned at tho Baltic
Minneapolis, as secretary. Castle workB. The manholo had been lm-
held the closest attention of the del-, properly closed,
cerates. In a carefully nreimred key-
note speech. '
DEMOCRATIC PRELIMINARIES.
DenoDUlatlnn Colorado of Its Union
Miner.
Dnnvcr. Juno 29. Thirty-nine men
affiliated with the Wesctrn Federation
of Miners, who have been arrestee;
at various times since the 6th Instant,
wore deported last nignt.
In the number wore several oi uib
.1. ll n P
men arresioa bi me wuo "
ruiimvitin expedition. According to
General Boll, their destination Is Col
orado Springs.
JUST MISSED THE TRAIN.
Cyclone Crosses Track of a Burling
ton Train.
rhnvnnno Wvo.. Juno 29. Word
has beon received bore of considera
ble damage wrought by a cyclone In
Weston county. Trees were uprooted,
churches and houses blown oown,
hay stacks scattered, livestock and
sovcral persons Injured. The twister
passed over tho county and narrowly
missed o passenger train on the Burl
ington railway
Jack Gannon, a section hand on the
Great Nortuorn railway at foriai,
Mont., was almost Instantly killed
Tuesday, by swallowing a drink of
prusslo acid for whiskey. A crazy
tramp offered him a drink from a
flask and ho took it without asking
the contents. He died two minutes
aftor In horrible agony.
Russian Loss Confirmed.
Tokio, Juno 29. An unofficial dis
patch says tho three forts outsido Port
Oregon and Washlr.pton Delegations Cn,ck Wa shan chtau s,mu Th;
Arrive ai ai. lows. ; Russians lost 40 dead.
St. Ivouls, June 29. None but the , -
national leaders and but few demo- Russians Defeated,
cratic delegates have arrived and the Tien Tsln, Juno 29. It Is reported
political pot is quiet today. Tomor-, tho Russians wero defeated 10 miles
row and Friday crowds are expected east of Hal Cheng yesterday. Tho ro
to arrive. port adds that owing to tho Japancso'
The Oregon delegation, with Gover- rapid advance on Tal HI Chaow tho
nor Chamberlain at the head, will ar-. Russians bavo hastily retired north
rive this afternoon. ward, fearing a retreat would bo cut
T.ho Washington delegation got In , off.
this morning and expect to hold a
meeting tonight to lay out a plan of Russian Vessels Collide,
action to forestall anything savoring , st Petersburg, Juno 29. The ro
of the Indorsement of Cleveland. Tho IKJrt Is current that two Ironclad ves
delegation will be- against Hearst and B0i8 uf tho Baltic licet collided and
probably for Parker. one was sunk, with considerable loss
of life.
Labor Unions Oppose Morton.
Washington, June 29. Tho Central Collision at Cronstadt.
Labor Union Is arranging to hold a St. Petersburg, Juno 29. Tho bat
mass meeting to protest against the tloshlps In collision wero tho Notron
appointment of Morton to bo secreia- aienia anu mo iMavarin. too collision
ry. of tho navy, It being held that he occurred at Cronstadt, but no details
Is an enemy to organizea muor. . bicu.
OFFICIAL CHANGES ON THE 0. R.&N.
It Is perslstenly rumored in railroad
circles and has not been denied, that
in tho very near future, Important
changes In the official roster of the
Harrlman lines In Oregon will be
made.
According to the report now widely
circulated among railroad men, J. P.
O'Brien, tte efficient and popular sup
erintendent of the O. R. Si N. system,
will lm mado eeneral superintendent
of tho Harrlman lines north of Cali
fornia and west of Huntington, Includ
ing tho O. It. & N. system In Oregon
and Washington and the boutnern
Pacific system In Oregon.
The nnmo rumor says that M. J.
Buckley, now assistant superintendent
of the O. It. & N. at La Grande, will
go to Portland as Mr. O'Brien's suc
cessor as superintendent of tho O. It.
& N. system.
Following tho order of tho changes
nn Hrwn tlin II 110. It IS Bald that J. D.
Matbcson, now mechanical foreman at
La Grande will bo assistant superin
tendent at La Grando In Mr. Buckley's
P'ace- . ..
These men are all pioneer railroad
moa in Oregon, and under tno super
vision of J. P. O'Brien, the O. II. & N.
system has attained Us present pro
flclency and Importance In tho rail
road world, and the promotions will
all be deserving und profitable to the
Harrlman system.
These officials aro all extremely
IMjpulur with employes and the public
and the rearrangement will bo appro
elated by the patrons of the road as
well as those dlroctly Interested In
tho change,
Mr. O'Brien began on the O, It. &
N, many years ago, as a telegraph
operator, and has been promoted
through the successive official post
tloiiH, to that of superintendent. Mr.
Buckley started as a brakeman 1C
years ugo, and has held every Import
ant official position In the train depart
ment up to assistant superintendent,
which place he now occupies.
J. D. Matheson Is tbo oldest engi
neer on the Mountain division and re
signed his passenger run between
Umatilla and La Grande three years
ago, to become traveling engineer for
tho O. It. & N. system, which position
ho held until about four months ago,
when ho became foreman of tho me
chanical department at La Grande.
KILLING AT EMMETT.
Jealous Husband Shoots to Death Man
Who Pays Attentions to His Wife.
Kmmett, Idnho, Juno 29. Thomas
Hamilton, proprietor of the Idnho
Meat Market, wns shot to death this
morning In front of his plnco of busi
ness by Albert White. While gave
himself up at once nml wns placed In
custody to await the arrival o( the
shorlff from Caldwell,
The shooting occurred a few min
utes before S o'clock and wns caused
by the alleged attentions ot Hamilton
to Mrs. White. White mot Hamilton
this morning and after a few words
drew his revolver nml firod, Instantly
killing Hamilton.
Aftor Hamilton fell White fired a
second shot Into the body ot tbo pros
trate mnn and coolly walked away,
giving himself up to tho officers.
Hamilton was 30 years of ngo nnd
was well known In this section. White
Is n newcomer hero and with his wife
tins been engaged In tlio restnutnlit
business hero.
The Havre Murderer.
St. Paul, Juno 29. According to re
ports received ut Winona, Minn., 20
Wisconsin militiamen nnd farmers
nro searching tho territory between
Tremploau, Kttrlek nnd Contervlllo.
Wis., for tho Imndlt, John Smith, the
nlleged murderer of Sheriff Hnrrles,
of Knit Claire county, Wis., nml of
a policeman at Havre, Mont. Tho lo
cal police nro of the opinion that the
murderer Is hiding In the tiimnrnck
swnmpR along the Tremplenu river,
near Arcadia.
Range Horse Sale.
Miles City, Juno 29. A. 11. Clarke's
great range horse sale, which begins
Monday, has attracted hundreds ot
horsemen to tho city. Some , 3500
head aro being herded on tlio out
skirts to comu In tomorrow. Some
4000 head nro booked to bn sold dur
ing tho week.
Dr. Ferguson Acquitted.
Colfax, Wasli., Juno 29. Dr. T. 1).
Ferguson, alleged slayer of Agnes
Downs, wns ncqultted by the Jury at
a lato hour tonight.
ISON
S
Will
TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE
AT 'FRISCO IN SEPTEMBER,
First on the Coast Since 1883 Half
the Pendleton Membership of 35
Will Attend, a Detail In a Tralnload
of Twenty-one Cars From the
Northwest Headquarters Oregon
Commandery Will Be at the Palace
Hotel.
Oregon and Washington Masons
will cut no Inconspicuous figure In tho
triennial conclave of the Knights
Templar, to bo held at Half Francisco
September C, the session to last a
week. Pendleton Commandery No, 7
has a membership of 35, nnd about
half thnt number will leave here Sep
tember 1 in a special car for the Gol
den Gate. As mis Is the llrst trien
nial conclave to bo held on tho Pa
cific coiihI since 1883, overy Mason
west of tho Rockies who can possibly
absent himself from business cares for
two weeks will be In atteudnuce.
Twenty-one traliiluadu of knightly
pilgrims are scheduled to pass
through through Portland over the
northern lines on their way to tho
California Mecca. One tralnlouif, con
sisting of exclusively of Oregon and
Washington rouimuiHlcrlcH, will be
made up at Portland. The headquar
ters of the Oregon commandcrles will
be ot the Palace Hotel, and they have
engaged tho Maple room at that fu
tuous hostelry for an afternoon and
evening In order to hold receptions.
San Francisco has mado elaborate
preparations to welcome her Masonic
guests and a number of excursions
have been planned, Including trips on
the bay and short runs by train to
suburban points of Interest.
E
PND
DRUG
S
Will Occupy Increased Space
With Corresponding Altera
tions Otherwise.
INCORPORATION NAME 18
SCHMIDT DRUG COMPANY.
Newspaper for Payette.
Payette, Juno 29. Payette will
aeon havo a democratic newspaper,
K. A. Heath, a newspaper man ot
Westfall, Ore., will be the editor und
proprietor. Ho is now making nr
rangements to establish a plant here
and some of the machinery nan al
ready been shipped, Mr. Heath is re
reiving encouragement from the cltl
zens of Payetto. and bo is assured a
growing patronage by establishing ms
paper at Payetto.
Hard Day for Rowing.
Poughkeepslo, N. Y., Juno 29. Tho
regatta morning dawned cloudy with
enough wind to make rowing difficult.
Record time will probuhly bo impos
sible this afternoon. There are but
few strangers In town and little bet
ling. Cornell is tho favorite 10 to 8
against the Held in tho varsity,
A. T. Van Cleve, the Well Known
Drug Traveling Man, Will Go Into
Business In Pendleton, Associated
With an Old Firm The Enterprise
Makes Necessary New Locations
for Other Firms Wlnslow Will Re
main With New Firm Hanlon, the
Cigar Man, Will Move.
Commercially F. W. Schmidt, tho
druggist. Is nu expansionist. He has
formed it cnpiirtucrHhlp with A. T. Van
Clove, of Now York City, mid the)
firm will soon tile articles of Incorpo
ration, probably under tlio nnmo ot
the Schmidt Drug Compnny. Tho In
tention hi to enlarge the pharmacy
located nt 827 Main street, and to on
gnge hi business on n commensurate
Hcnlo.
According to the plnux of tho now
firm tlio structure, now occupiod by
WIiihIow'h Jewelry Hloro will bo di
vided so as to Include the soiling de
partment of the drug store, whllo the
present qunrtcrs of tlio drug firm will
be lined principally ns a store room.
The two itepnrtmeuts will lie con
nected In tho renr by n largo arch.
Pluto glass windows will bo plac
ed In tlio front of tho remodeled storo,
new electric chandeliers will be In
stalled, the sodn fountain will bo lu
creased to double Its present capacity
und n number of other cluuigus will
be um do along progressive Hues, In
order to secure the needed room tho
splice now occupied by 1 (anion's cigar
store will bo utilized mid Hanlon will
move to a location near tho O. H. &
N. depot.
Not only does Mr. Schmidt ovlnco
faith In tho future of tlio city, but
his partner In tho enterprise, Mr. Van
Cleve, concluded that ho could not da
butler than engngn In business hero.
For several years the latter has trav
eled throughout the Northwest as tho
representative of a largo Now York
drug firm, nnd his choice of a location
to euguge In business for himself
shows that the town "looks good" to
outsiders.
FIGHTING IN THIBET.
Natives Oadly Whipped, But the Brit
ish Suffer.
Simla, June 29. Heavy fighting hus
occurred between Thlbetlans and tho
llrltlsli expedition. The Thlhotlans
lost heavily. Captain Crnsler, of the
llrltlsli, Is reported dead.
The llrltlsli casualties also Included
Captains llllss ami Humphrey. Flvo
seiMiys were wounded.
MRS, M'LAUQHLIN DEAD.
Chicago Grain.
Chicago. Juno 29. New July wheat
opouod 84, closed 8516; old July
opened 86, closed 8C'i. July corn
opened U, closed 47.
Woman Stricken With Paralysis at
North Fork, Dies at St. Anthony's
Hospital This Morning.
Mrs, llildKef McLaughlin, of North
Fork,, died nt St. Anthony's hospital
Ibis morning at 9 o'clock, after three
weeks' Illness from n paralytic stroke
Mrs. Mclaughlin was stricken with
puralysls, at her home ut North Fork
station, 30 miles east of this city,
three weeks ago last Sunday, und was
brought to the home of J. H. Mcleod
In this city, two weeks ago, from
where sho was removed to tlio hospi
tal soon after, In hopes that the
change and the greater facilities at
the hospital would result lu moro
speedy recovery,
Mrs, Mcl-uuglillu wus 30 years and
4 months of ngo, und leaves u hoy 11
years of age, her husband, John Mc
laughlin, having been killed by a.
train at North Fork two yours ago.
Sho was married to Mr. Mclaughlin
lu this city 12 years ago, having comu
direct from her native land, Ireland,
to Umatilla county, 13 years ago.
Tho funeral will bo held tomorrow
ufternoon at 4 o'clock from the Cath
ollc church, Father Van der Voided
officiating, and Interment will take
place at Olney cemetery,
Mrs, McLaughlin's husband was ;i
brother of Mrs. J. H. McLeod, of this
city. No other relatives now reside
In (he United States.
Nebraska Cyclone.
Holmesvllle, Nob., Juno 29.
A tornado near this place to-
day killed two persons, fatally
Injuring a third, and causing
severe lujury to, flvo others.
Greut damugo was dono crops
and stock, and many houses
wero destroyed. In Holmesvllle
several buildings wero blown
to pieces,
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