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DAILY EVENING EDITION WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight nnd Thursday fair. ..r advertising der win PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTT, OBEGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 0, 1904. NO. 501) ii- ITS B5UE HERE Wright of Women jcraft on an Official L VOTE ON RE- OF HEADQUARTERS. 1 U ftwfjt Towns Are .n j location Where a $40,- , Be Erected Sub- t&m "! Locat,nfl Head" Win Come Before Los An- I In April, 1905 Mem- (M Board of Grand Manag- I Here From Pullman. al headquarters when established. Roth are strongly opinionated that the order's present system of Invest ing In bonds Is the best It can have; such bonds for Instance, as the Pen dleton sewer bonds, Portland bridge bonds and Spokane school bonds, all of which are regarded as first-class Investments. The nffairs of the order are in first class shapo, and Its membership Is continually being added to. Nearly 7000 benefit certificates have been written. In the past six months from January 1 to June 30. The most rapid growth at present Is In California, but as a matter of fact every district In the jurisdiction is adding to Us membership steadily. The growth of the order Is very uniform geographi cally speaking. In California several new organizers are at work. WILLIAMS, AS TEMPORARY Fifteen Years for Ten Cents. Seattle, July fi. W. H. Martin, re cently convicted of highway robberj't was sentenced to 15 years In the pen!-' tcntlary by Superior Judge Tallman this morning. The man, -who Is an ex-convlct, held up Charles Benjamlne on Railroad avenue last February and robbed him of 10 cents, all the money he had with him. H. Danhaur, a young scapegrace who was Jointly charged with Martin, has also been convicted of the crime and sentenced to one year In the penitentiary. GHAIRMAJU, OPENS CAMPAIGN He Sharply Arraigns President Roosevelt's Policy of Eva sion of Leading Issues. HSU, rand clerk of the j ywenty.five Casualties in Portland. , j Woodcraft oiieaawne, Portland. July 6. Twenty-five cau 4 am """'' ; ualties have been so far reported (S, tuisoa ui , jrom flreworis ln this city, one case liMfprj. lor a L Tin ursaan, iuc board of I proving fatal. Ernest Vogt, aged 5 . . 1 1' comerenio v,v a nictnl -Viinh grand ne oauea- wtjj powder, in antlclpa ' tion of the celebration. The other Iiijht unhesitatingly ex- j casualties are torn and lacerated opinion mat a bl"B"i'"-; nanas and races, lost eyes ana scorcn- the grand circje ouicers i en- and powder burned faces. The ; over by Pettigrew. ... j nnri cave Tnpro IK 1 . V 1 fAn, ... Hnnnn I I Delaware delegation, he gave out a I statement that a careful poll of the Mississippi Congressman Reviews Republican Politics and Points Out the Historical Facts That Have Not Been Mentioned In Their Platform or Speeches Recalls Frauds and Scandals of Recent History "Hell Roaring Joke" Smith's Famous Order to Kill Everything Over 10 In the Philippines and Other More Recent Incidents Says Root Would Have the People Believe That the Republican Administration Makes All of Nature's Blessings. t St. Louis, July C Notwithstanding opinion, worthy of anything like inl ine progress maue during the. night by the Parker boomers in canturlnc the Ohio delegation or ai least a part of it, the antls were as strong as ever today in claiming votes enough to prevent Parker's nomination at the outset of balloting. Delegate at Large Thompson, of Nebraska, made a statement in which he declared the anti-Parker people would remain steadfast. An anti Parker caucus was held at the South Dakota headquarters at the Planters at 2 o clock this morning, presided . of opinion anywhere In from he state of Orecon so far. , m that proposition, its , .m he comparatively easy, K ti swftral sentiment in fa- is& clange. Disagreements jirieoter tne specinc loca- (jcl headquarters, or other t tie grand guardian's of- it Pendleton, the grand eladrille, the grand banker i ud the two grand physl- i&pne, Or., and Leadville. Ite It one that will come up meeting of the grand clr- Angeles In April, 1905. The . In that body Is one jueterr 500 benefit members iikt, and each delegate has i (j 100 members In the dls- Ifiit i delegate for each 500 iptienU too large conven- toportant saving in ex- SiiSe allowing to each dele Ki3 strength on a basis of puts control ln the tin membership. In the dis sent which elect the del ft tie grand circle the repre- ik one delegate to every 2 KWien. pad circle Colorado will intimated, 24 delegates and Oregon 1C delegates and lie session will be com float 100 delegates, with lsith of approximately 440 m w grand officers with 16 s central and common for all the general offl wder the constitution must hlca will reaulre a two- ' of the grand circle. An &lail, though not at all a one, Is that Colorado and toting together carry man one-th rri thn vnilm. the grand circlo, and so r so elected, prevent any that would enalilp ihpm T.tof proposition UDon which tree. rtttt the Drorjosiri hand, ' e. provided, indeed, the decides that it Khnii w-n w"w of speculation pure . Without a sinelfi tnta f wwcu to support the '-j oce or a dozen towns a7 otter one, may be the uwiand, Cal,; Port- e. laabo, Pendleton, i.CoI.; San Jnse r-ni I inJ . " . T. ' " ,.u oeTerai other towns WJUUn; British and Thibetans Fight. Gyangtse, July 6. An attack on the Thibetan position is now in progress, The British have captured several vil lages. The Thibetans are making a desperate stand. Lieutenant Gordon, British, Is killed. Socialist Labor Nominees. New York, July 6. The socialist labor party in convention here today nominated Charles H. C. RIgan, a printer, of Syracuse, for president, and William M. Cox, a coal miner of Illinois, for vice president. us rods un Will mm H n m uA . u u u i inn ' t on thfi kWj x" Quarters and rt Thai ran-i.i , j sW'i. 1 next an1 entirely J?erf Buch headquar- t W .11" "w 01 building .k. a factor r? "er issues are dls- TO ffiuf al.. i . . . Inn rfH7 ",,,u UB aeciaea v"ue on its own inKr. rtrongijr in favor not la-.. Tv,vuu, rvoi ail bt,?m be used by iiw je- but a por- 9i iu.. "aualle for rent- il.. suurro nr wr... tUt Ti uow. in this L7 Krana guardian 2 w. which 8 not , Bnma clerk, who um wher ha i. 'kZ ;? constitution of k. hanged by a two- LWrdlnir tn , ... cannot flbi v' neither Mr. tk ..'n Orsdall fnvnra Soni1? "unties. uy the gener- THE POPULISTS E WAT NAM SON GEORGIA EDITOR TO MAKE RACE FOR PRESIDENT, Thomas 1-1. Tibbies, of Nebraska, Vice President on the Populist Ticket Names of Senator Allen and S. W. Williams Were Mention ed for Presidential Nomination Watson Nominated by Acclamation. delegates showed the forces opposed to Parker would control about 400 votes, which, he says, is enough to defeat the Parker plan. In thfe conference also were Chas. A. Towne, Green, of Rhode Island; Barkworth, of Michigan, and others. It was stated at Parker headquarters this morning that Bailey will proba bly be selected as permament chairman. Teller-for Parker. St. Louis, July 6. Teller, of Colo redo, for years the leading silver man In the senate, today telegraphed Sen ator Thomas expressing his prefer ence for Parker. Springfield, 111., July C Thomas B. Watson, of Georgia, for president, and Thomas H. Tibbies, of Nebraska, for vice president, were nominated by the populist convention today. Tho names of William V Allen, of Nebraska, and Samuel W. Williams, of Indiana, were also placed before the convention tor president, butT)o- fore the states bad been completed In the roll call, their names were withdrawn, and Watson was nominat ed by acclamation. Tho former senator made good his word that he would not enter into any scramble for the nomination, and while the nominations were being made,, he twice instructed the chair man of the Nebraska delegation to say that bis name must not go before the convention. MORE NORGE SURVIVORS. Seventeen lll-Fated People Picked Up at Sea After Terrible Suffering. Aberdeen, Scotland, July 6. An- other boatload of 17 survivors of the Ill-fated Danish steamer Norgo was landed here last night by the steam trawler Largo Bay. Six hundred and twenty-seven per sons are missing, it is reported. The contingent now being cared for at Aberdeen consists of 12 passengers the third mate of the Norge, tho quar termaster, the steward, a lamp trim mer and one of the crew. They drifted at the mercy of tho Atlantic for nearly six days, when their water and food was gone and when the occupants were almost too exhausted .to hope, a boat hove ln eight. This was on July 4, when tho boat was about 30 miles off St. Kllda. These rescued had eked out their ex istence on two biscuits per day. Rumors of a Battle. Lia Yang, July C Persistent ru mors are current here that the Rus sian Vladivostok squadron today en countered the Japanese squadron north of Gen San and that a hot en gagement ensued which resulted in a victory for the Russians. I Williams' Speech. St. Louis, July 6. The convention was called to order at 12 o'clock. After the usual minor details and dem onstrations, John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, temporary chairman of the convention took the platform to deliver the opening address. Williams began by stating that the most Important quadrennial ercnt In the world is election by ih Ameri can people of their chief executive. He then spoke as follows: "Before the great elevation takes place at which all men are supposed to arrive at their choice by ways of honesty and intelligence, (would to God they did), at least two minor elections of different character are ! held. I "Thrpo hnvn nlw.iVK lmen two ereat parties who have elected delegates to conventions for the purpose of select ing a candidate and promulgating a platform. One of these has select ed Its candidate and announced its platform. "It was one of the 'most unanimous' occasions that the Muses of History has recorded. The addresses of the chairman was, ln one sense, historical, mostly ancient history and a great deal of It. bad history. "It was a labored attempt to draw awav attention from Roosevelts vol canlc eruptive, reckless character, by dwelling upon the fact that at some period ln Its history, the republican party has been " a party wnicn ma things and did them safely.' "The orator hoped to have the coun try lose sight of the fact If- Is now, Jn both legislative nrancne, n pany passively of non-action, of' obstruction to reform and progress. In a word, it is a party whose only sacred pre ceDt is a shibboleth drawn from a gambler's table, 'stand pat,' a precept born of cowardice and fear to move. Williams then spoke of tho wonder ful mutual admiration society of "Me, too, Teddy: and me, too, (Kllhu)." He referred to Root's peroration and then ouoted from Root's speech at Cooper union, New YorK, in uctooer. 1902. ln wh ch Root said "tne tann law on a whole has worked wen, ana that It Is better to endure some slight inequalities for a time than Jncur un certainty and disturbance of business which results from progress and mak ing changes, and he bad heard that tho president In his political tour West in the spring of 1903, mado speeches on the same subject In iden tical language. "Verily," said Williams, "two soula with but a single thought; two speeches that read like one; and that thought bo harmoniously expressed, as not to force single special Interest to take its Hps from the public breast for fear that tho public, finding them unnecessary, might shako them all off. "How proper It is to praise our fel low citizen In the White House who, in the time of great men who have filled the seat he now occupies, has himself found only about three ln bis stinted praise Washington. Lincoln, and himself. Verily other humorists will have a rest of business." Williams quoted Roofs temporary speech" that the republican party Is the medium of the people ln the ex pression of moral sentiment, and then sarcastically went over the list of scandals in its past and present his tory; the Credit Sioblller, Degolyer, Aames, the whisky ring, and the long saturnalia of southern reconstruction, of incidents ln the postofflce depart ment, public lands bureau, the full sway of the bosses, the celebrated or der of "Hell Roaring Jake" Smith prescribing 10 as the age above which children were to be killed in the Philippines. The speakers laughed at Root's statement that the offenders had been relentlessly punished. "The secretary of the treasury boasts that the per capita of clrcula tion of money among the people hns Increased from 23.14 In March, lv.u to 31.2 in May last, and that the cred It for that ,and Its consequent prosper ity are due to the republican party. "What a curious boast this is, for those lately denying so strenuously that the quantity of money had any thing to do with the value of money, of the price of other things as meas ured ln money, or with an ascending scale of prices, or with national pros perlty? This was all denied but yes terday. "Now it Is asserted that the volume of metallic money has been Immense ly increased, that it has brought pros perity, and is all due to republican legislation. "Was republican legislation opera' tive In South Africa and the Klon dike? Was it republican legislation which made the immense crops? What partnership is there between gold and human industry, between in genulty and the republican party, of which the republican party Is the self- assertive senior? What monumental effrontery." Turning to the republican platform Williams declared it to be chiefly the boast of the republican party that it Is responsible for every good which has happened. This he denied, re ferring to its present obstructlveness and Its evasion of live issues, refer ring to the industrial depression which the republicans have attempted to shoulder on the democratic admini stratlon. Williams said when Cleveland came Into office he found things on the downward path. Williams finished at 2:40, talking one hour and 40 minutes. Tho band started tho "3tar Spangled Banner," everybody standing. "Dixie" followed and there was a great ovation, the crowd calling for Bryan. controvert llrynn politics In tho com mittee, that ho prefers being n lay member, giving m freedom of discussion. POSTMASTER INSANE. Pasco Pioneer Suffers Strange Afflic tion as Result of Illness, Wnlluln, July C William Grny, postmaster at Pasco, and woll known throughout Eastern Washington, hns been adjudged Insane and tnkon to the hos'iltal at Medical Lake. Mr. Gray has been Tnlllng In health for some time itnd during the past three weeks his friends have been noticing signs of Insanity. Ho was In Wnlla Wnlln Monday transacting bus iness and returned homo tlint . eve ning. ilia acquaintances hero noticed nt tho time that his actions were pecu liar, but It wnB supposed they wero caused from his sickness. When he reached Pnsco Monday night ho developed strong signs of In sani.y. Ho startled tho town by tho announcement that ho had received back pension to the amount of $G8, iXtfl. He Immediately discharged himself as postmaster and swore in J. D. Mc Carthy ns Ills successor. By night ho was worth $200,000 and when tnkon to tho trnln to bo Rent to tho asylum his wealth reached Into tho millions. Mr. Gray was one of the pioneers of Pasco nnd Alnsworth, and for a number of years hold tho .ilco of sheriff of Franklin county. BRINGS ALASKAN. GOLD. Adjourned Till Tomorrow. St. Louis, July 6. At 2:45, -when the wild demonstrations following Williams' speech had subsided, the convention adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow. As tho bands played the St. Louis fair management dlBtrlbut ed complimentary tickets among the delegates to the exposition. Bryan Is III. St. Louis, July C Reports this morning that Bryan is seriously ill are denied by his brother Charles, who said tho Nebraskan is more tired than anything. He experienced some fever during tho night but his broth er did not think It amounted to any. thing. The former candldato was still In bed at 8:30, an unusual thing for him. Bailey's View of Platform. St. Louis, July 0. Bailey, of Texas, who declined tho chairmanship of tho committee on resolution, favors a platform 'somewhat in line with that adopted by the Maryland convention. This points out tho glaring Inequal ities and gross injustice In existing tariff and promises vigorous and prompt relief, but pledges itself to see that policy bo carried out In a conservative spirit of fairness to all Interests. Bailey says ho believes in hla tiarty being perfectly honest In recognizing the fact that under tho operation of the government customs houses are necessary. He expects a long, hot fight In shaping tho platform and it Is because of his delegation's wish to Steamer Roanoke Reaches Seattle With $250,000 on Board. Seattle, July 0. Tho Whlto Star Steamship Company's steamer Roan- I oke arrived In port from Nome and St. Michaels early this morning, with ! $250,000 ln gold dust, consigned by the banks of Nome to tho union Sav ings & Trust Company, tho First Na tional bnnk and tho Washington Trust Company of this city. The steamer Garonne, of tho North Alaska Steamship Company, also nr. rived from Nomo nt nbout tho samo hour. She brought no gold. From St. Michael to this port tho Roanoke mado unusually fast time, completing the voyago In nlno days and 15 hours. Sho brought 23 pas sengers. The Roanoko had nn un eventful voyage north. Little or no trouble was experienced with tho Ice until within a short dlstanco of Nomo. ATHENA PEOPLE E 0 FOURTH USUAL SUCCESSFUL PICNIC AT WHEAT TOWN. Hose Teams Make Records That Are an Example for Larger Towns Ad dresses by Prominent Speakers on a Two Days' Program Races and Sports Galore Good Music and Royal Entertainment Were Special Features. The Fourth of July celebration at Athena Is highly spoken of by every one who' attended from Pen dleton. It was a two-day affair, with out nn incident occurring on either day to mar the high charactor of tho program, or tho enjoyment of tho peo ple. Tho first (lav thnrn nilrlrouuna In- Judge Lowell, Rev. Jlnklns and MIhh Cecil Tiovd wlinsn fntlinr Ih nrlnnlrml of the city schools of Athena. Prof, watts read tno Declaration of Indo- jn-iKii-iice. After the lltcrnrv and muslcnl nrn. gram the two hose teams of that place gave an exhibition run that was a genuine competition of quickness and skill. Comnanv No. 2 wnn tim prize money. It was a wet test, and tho spectators from this nlncn nvnr that either company can givo any Pendleton hoso team n run tnr nnv amount of money which might bo put up. The Athena tinnil nt 14 nl nisiied an abundanrn nf music both days. The second day Will M. Peterson. Rev. Armfleld and Mrs. M, W. Smith, wlfo of tho n. It. id- N. nt at Athena, delivered addrossos. A quartet of young ladles rendered n Bong, and sane It an wnll Hint ttmv wore highly compllmonted by tho vis itors from this place. Following tho program of tho sec ond day a number of freak races wore witnessed and greatly enjoyed. The naradn nn tlio flmt lnv la nnM lo have been ono of thn linnt nrriim-iul and attractivo ever seen In thin mirt of thp entire stato. There was not an arrest during the entire two days either for drunken ness or for any other causo. although tho town war (rnnrilml In lln iilinnpt capacity by an enthusiastic a crowd as over got together. Further, not a person was seen In nny degree under the Influence of liquor. The Government has nyplnHnd tmtn tho pearl fisheries of the Philippines all foreigners. Bv "frimlirnnrH" In meant all persons not subject to tho uuueu oiaies. WOULD RECOVER HEPPNER F Carnival Committee of the Metropolis Now Objects to Flood Relief. PORTLAND MERCHANTS DIS- SATISFIED WITH DONATION. Carnival Committee May Try to Re cover From the 1903 Fourth of July Committee the Amount of Celebra tion Funds Donated to Heppner Re lief Merchants Claim They Re ceived No Benefit From Last Year's Contribution and It Should Be Ap plied to This Year's Celebration. Portland, July 6. Legal net Ion may bo resorted to to recover from tho Heppner relief committee appointed by tho citizens last year, tho amount of tho 1903 Fourth of July fund ap plied to tho Heppner relief fund, Portland Inst year ralsod a largo Fourth of July celebration fund which was turnrtl over lo tho Heppner re lief fund, after tho horrlblo disaster, and tho celebration waa called off. This week when tho carnival com mltteo called upon tho morchants for contributions for the celebration, tho morchants claimed that tho amount subscribed Inst year, should bo ap plied to tho fund for this year's cele bration, and refused to contrlbuto furthor. Tho carnlvnl committee now threat ens to bring stilt to rocovor tho amount tnkon from tho celebration fund last year, and applied to tho Heppner relief, Inasmuch an tho colo uration was culled off Inst year and no benefit was received by tho mor chnntH from the contribution. TOGO'8 DARING FEAT. Japanese Torpedo Boat Destroyers Slip Into Port Arthur, But Are Themselves Destroyed. St. Petersburg, July G. It is stat ed hero that Admiral Togo a fow nights ago, attempted to send torpe do boat destroyers Into Port Arthur harbor for tho purposo of sinking tho Russian ships nt anchor thoro. Four cropt In but only ono returned to sea. Two more woro sunk by tho shorn batteries nnd ono was crippled. Tho feat Is considered tho most daring slnca the Jnpaneso exploit at Wcl Hal Wei during tho Chlneso-Jnpnncso wnr. Marshal Oyama Off for Front. Toklo, July C. Marquis Oyama, tho coiumandor-In-chlct of tho Jnpaneso forces in Manchuria, and Lieutenant C! ono nil Kodamn, his chief of stnn, Btart for tho front today, Their ox act destination Is not announced, GOLD ON THE R08EBUD. Alaskan Miner 8eeks a Claim and Finds Gold Dust in the Soli, llonoHteol, 8. I)., July C Simultan eously with tho birth of St, Elmo on tho Rosebud reservation, last ovon Ing, an Alaskan minor discovorod gold in tho black loam taken from wolla. Three hundred vehicles loft this morning with material and pooplo for tho now town. Tho first day's regis tration for oponlng found only 4000 lion.rosldonts to register, Nino hund red woro In lino nt U o'clock nt Yankton. KILLS WIFE ON THE STREET. St. Louis Man, Crazed by Domestic Troubles, Cuts His Wife's Throat. St. Louis, July 0, Edgar Leo Evans, aged 23, today cut tho throat of hla wlfo, Antoinette, and Blashod his own throat, and wrists In tho street. Tho woman Is dead nnd Evans la ln a hospital, dangerously wounded. Thoy had Just returned from San Francisco. Mrs, Evans woro a gor geous gown and profiiBo Jowolry, Do mestic troubles are said to bava caiisod tho deed, 8od Government Plans. Romo, July fl. Populo Romano re ports tho urrcst nt Messina of Captain Erulono and wlfo, charged with soil ing tho plans of tho Itallun fortifica tions to foreign powors. A scandal of Dreyfus proportions Is threatened. Chicago Ore In. Chicago, July C Old July wheat opened 88, closed M; new July oponed 88, July corn opened 48, Runaway on the Streets. A farmer nameii Hartlo, from Cold SlirlllgS. lOSt COntrnl nf n fn11..T,nro team attached to a hoayy freighting m.hwu ur a iimo una noon, and they ran away on Leo and Court streets. BefOrO tbOV pnillll lin ntnntm.l tl.n woi-j on-reach was broken the only dam age uono.