DAILY EVEWINB ED1TI0K WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight nnil Thursday; warmer Thursday. S, if so, then Its PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OKEGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1904. SO. 601)8. HIT 111 JAIL Nearly Dug His Liberty With a f PLin lC THAT HE H T5I0E ACCOMPLICES. .it. nr.. nut Twoand a Half Years tt the Penitentiary ... . ,ii.h When the USl my - Kire UCKta in nic ui- vPUnned and Execut- . i. in ...,4 Dl.ntv nf ulilln an ace of mater- Hirine break on tho -l.. nrtcnTiAra nf f ho Dff Ul it nlzht was avomen ntrhfulness of Deputy I 1 n tHrt hi arnvuu uu j. - intiantiirnrinn DiauB au ii,.Dt)' I align! noise, JUSl as Itte, sentenced to servo nif rears In tho pennon i br Circuit Judge wins, itt of cutting his way to , ,L . . ..... tl ,,f thn Shears ana Frauron. lilt White had accom tool used In breaking a mt cell door and in tun lia a neavy liaurun ud been lying around crridors for a long tlmo br tie nrisones lor bov tint Ihft authorities urn lie (hears wero smuggled ue omcr prisoners. Sheriff Davis, who tariff's office, went to tie man was ovorlookod That he was overlook k Questioned, rno cons PC lrril n vo: In flora nnn feet nn stairs and rllmh. u u. . mm in, riiiir. nnn iiue ine other prisoners in tne r mils. TU Still And io wnn maK . . l-"u)'i w vul IT. r inn tnn nW ml.lk Into the cell was open. 4fl fftAtnnntl h n Thlft 11 II J Tmlatnit n . ' "OlVU UUl Ul no inaovn OH thft Fast AM i and began to tun oaaer a window. Hn part of tho window out 1 14rzr hnln Tr. lift ft AI ... J v uuiou a uuasinin no r bV ui Liuiii nrminii rhn lurars ana then drovo cutting through tho wall, yet thoy did riot attempt to notify Deputy Davis .of what was going on. For this rea son It Is hollcvcd that White may havo Intended returning and attempt ing to overpower Davis and secure keys with which to liberate othor In mates. If he had outside help, as seems probable, weapons may have awaited the liberated men. Doputy District Attorney Collier was notified of the circumstances to day and w.ent to the Jail and made n personal Investigation. He is said to bo. convinced that the attempted break was tho outcome of a plot in which outsiders wero Interested and may file an Information against White. Mr, Collier hlmsolf refuses to" discuss the affair, oven going so far as to deny that ho had been notified of an attempted break. White claims to b.c 18 years old. His father has stated that he is 20. Ho was charged jointly with Joe Duffy with stealing two steers and a cow from Sol Memory. Tho tv steers wore sold at Walla Walla, but w.crc recovered by tho owner. White was sewtenced last Monday, at that tlmo breaking down and weeping bit terly in court. Duffy l's out on bonds and will bo tried nt the next term of court. PACKERS EM PLOY NEGROES IN PEACE IF STRIKERS In Chicago the Packing Trust Has Been Paying Lower Wages Than the Independent' Companies. SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT. of .engaged in this work wakened liv tim latently, and then hoi I brent? . . PJ dressed and wont " ,' wciai deputy. Tho """wugauon of tho inii " eaaa on wmi. td 111 Ihn Vrn.l. IT ... uii inrirort n . ,u iii ii k i n I' Kt.rlJ ... I OUCCftitafiil HI-.-... . ,, uutcs Eft tunnirl uurrv mi. n fem.i rauroaa i o ma iTiiiininD. leet l. v tip if,? . . "a uruwi . - a lir inn nt. i ine was dven thn terni:, '. "" "" say t '""'.nea. Tho othor was engaged in Homicide. hy i aM it Oil k -" U4 1110 "v UUCStlnn. l M that h V,7n m. M 8 round track Vi Ta au iff."1 his brothor m. a ....... - .. lad but nTkt -;'v jbiii. Mther, Mi ... Airship Ascends Over Harbor Montpeller, France. Montpoller, France, July 13. Count Dolavaul ascended in his new airship this morning and remained for an hour over the sea, watched by tor ppdo destroyers. Tho experiment reported as succfossful. PLEADED GUILTY. Fourth St. Louis Alderman to Take That Step. St. Louis, July 13. John H. Sennet tier, tho aldorman convicted of brlb cry and released by the supreme court on a technicality, entered a pl.ea of guilty this morning. Sentence was deferred. Murderer Attempts Suicide. Walla Walla, July 13. Frank Hott man,, wh(?'was taken from here Sun day to. Kansas City to answer ci'Utgt- ot murder, attempted suicide whilo confined in the Denver Jail be tween trains. Ho twisted strips of his blanket into rope and was found by the Jailor in the act of hanging hlmsolf. Chicago Grain. Chicago, July Id. Old July wheat opened 03, closed 95!; new July opened 93, closed 94. July corn opened 48, closed 48. MALHEUR READY I IRRIGA CITIZENS WILL SECURE RIGHT FOR GOVERNMENT, Water Users Association of Malheur County Will Be Formed to Make Way Clear for Construction of Gov, ernment Project People Have Every Hone That Harper Basin Project Will Be Constructed Ad vice of Government Engineers Will Be Heeded. Ontario, July 13. Beforo tho gov ernment will accept tho Malheur ir rlgation project known as tho Harper Basin schomo. tho citizens or wis county must organize and secure all tho posslblo water rights necessary to th,o construction of tho scnome, from nrivato parties and make tho way clear for tho government in other ways. This is tho gist ot tho information given out to Malheur citizens by F. Now.oll. chlof hydrographor, and Mor ris' Boln. his chief logal advisor, who have recontly visited tho Harper ua sin project on a tour of Inspection. Following tho advico of Mr. New toll, a Water Uaors' Association will bo formed lor the purpose oi acquir ing wator rights and romovmg uim cultloB now in tho way of tho con structlon of tho proposition. Tho people of this county aro on- thusiaatic ov.er tho prospects and havo no foars that tho government will abaudon tho plan, as tho wishes of tho engineers will bo complied with in ovory detail, so far as lies In tho powor of tho united people. American Peaches for England. Now York, July 13. England is In tho American market for peaches, and arrangements aro und.er way for tho oxnortat on of part of mo largo crop that has boon produced horo. Tho peaches from tho Ozark moun tains seem to bo most favorod for export. Crippled for Life. Hood Itlvor. July 13. William Ec- cles, tho 21-year-old nophew of David Eccles, presldont of tho Sumptor Vnlloy railway, and also of tho Oro Hon Lumber Company, was horribly mangled in a sawmill hero yostorday ovonlng. His right hand was cut In atrlns and his arm may havo to bo amputatod. Price of Meats In New York Advanced Two Cents Per Pound Standstill at Kansas City, With No Effort to Operate-"the Plants Vigorous Ef forts at St. Louis and Omaha to Secure Scab Labor, Packers Arrang ing to Board and Lodge the Strike Breakers In the Plants Compa nles of Policemen Detailed to Keep the Peace. Chicago, July 13. Peaceful was' sorted this mornlnc. N'o extra police tho condition of affairs in the stock- arc on dtuv. yarns territory mis morning. Knots of strikers were to be soon looking over tho situation, but there was no disorder except a case where a num ber of Poles upset a couple of cinder wagons. Eighty negroes were taken into the plants last night to assist In trans ferring beef to coolers. Most of ttho work being done is in the naturs of a cloan-up, getting tho odds and ends together. Several hundred police are within easy reach of tho yards should turn- bio appear, Hiring Strike Breakers. St. Louis, July 13. Despite tho fact that 4500 employes of four large packing houses havo struck, Ar mour's manager claims the company will continue to slaughter: that enough men will be secured in the courho of the day to fill tho places of the strikers. Other packers make similar statements. Th.oro havo been no demonstrations by the strikers, but the police are prepared for trouble. President Donellv. of thn Htitrhprfs' . Union, this morning said to the1 Premium for Strike Breakers. Scrlpp News, that all that Is being Omaha. July 13. Fifty-five hundred united of the packers is that 1814 strikers are now out from the packing cents per hour bo maintained for la- plants here. Tho packers declare borers, and in view of tho fact that they will run the plants and aro said the average working tlmo in nearly to be offering 19 cents, board and all departments Is less than 40 hours lodging for men. Cots and dishes per week, it could readily be seen nre being unloaded. Generally the the union's demands was reasonable, situation is quiet though one man was All the Independent compaules, Don- beaten up this morning while seeking nolly said, are paying a much higher work rate than the union asks the trust companies to pay. Kansas City Peaceful. Kansas City, July 13. There w.ero no desertions from tho packing strik ers' ranks this morning, nor did the New York Butchers Strike. New York. July 13. Thirty-four hundred butchers and other employes Joined the meat strike this morning. The packers called on the police for protection, which was granted. Tho packers hire laborers. The packing retailers lost no time boosting prices house district is comparatively de- two c.ents. MUSKOGEE ZEAL. Indian Territory Confidently Promis ed to Parker. Esopus, July 13. Muskogee, Indi an Territory, unfurled the first flag of the campaign yesterday, if a telegram from three citizens this morning is rightfully understood, which says: "Muskogee, In Its first election aftor your nomination, is dalcid by the republicans, but will go demo cratic. Tho territory is on fire with unconquerable democratic zeal." Tho humor of tho messago lies in the fact that no one in tho territory can vote for president. (Save for this telegram and tho arrival of 200 let- tinue the entire week. The decora' tlons of the city will be on an .elabor ate scale and no expense will bo spared to contribute K the entertain ment of the visitors. MYSTIC SHRINERS MEET. Thirtieth Annual Session of Imperial ' Council. Atlantic City, July 13. Atlantic City surrendered to the nobles of tho Mystic Shrine, who were in practical possession of tho -city today. The 30th annual session of the imperial council of tho order met this morn ing, but at 4 this afternoon, when adjournment was made to tomorrow ters. Parker spent, as UBual, a quiet afternoon, very little business had jjny uuen uune. iiujireseniauves were Sheohan left for New York this present from all of the 89 temples in morning, anil while there a dato for I the United States. the meeting of the national commit- teo will be fixed. Practically all the , '" ,,,,'ur'u' ueorgo n. Intervening time until election will Green, of Dallas, Texas, made his l.o .i,i,,t l.v tlm nnmllrlntn nt KfinnllH. """", "" luut miu mil There will be no swing around the f .eloquent remembrances of the dead circle, but toward tho last ho will visit a few of tho largest cities, where the fight is hottest. Clevoland will deliver ono address, but Bryan's intentions hero are un known. To dato no congratulations have come from tho Nebraskan. ROUND-UP OF ELKS. of tho past. Tho tlmo was then oo cupled in the receiving of reports, none of which was mado public. The nobles today not entitled to seats In the council spent the time upon tho beach and enjoying the pleasures of tho popular coast resort. Tho zom zem wells are full to overflowing and camel's milk Is as free as salt wat.er. National Gathering at Next Week. Cincinnati. July 13. Applications for rooms at tho various hotels indi cate that tho national gathering of tho Elks to bo held In Cincinnati next week will bo tho largest and most representative convention In tho history of tho popular oraer. uoie- Rations of largo slzo will be present from almost every state and territory of the Union. Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois and neighboring states will send thousands of members to the conven tion. Tho Pacific coast will be largely represented, and tho South, particularly Texas and Georgia, will havo big delegations on hand. Tho program will open Monday and con- Cincinnati WHY THEY C0ULD N0T 8EE HIM Coal Miners Lacked the Required Court Manners. Oyster Bay, July 13. No visitors came to see the president this morn ing. Secretary Loeb explained that the Pennsylvania miners' committee that called yesterday would have been enabl.ed to see the presldont, but tho spokesman was dictatorial and ugly. Echo Couple Wedded. John Oliver and Miss Myrtle Mitch ell, both of Echo, were married at 2 c 'clock Uila afternoon in the parlors of the Hotel Bickers, the liov. Dr. Jonathan Edwards officiating. Onlr the relatives of the young couple wit nessed tho ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver will rosldo at Echo, MITCHELL SWEPT AWAY, TWO DROWNED Shanlko, July 13. Twenty-eight hous.08 and aoveral barns wero de stroyed at Mitchell, Tho known dead aro Mrs. Bethuen, aged 90, and Martin Smith, agod 91. One Man Missing. Portland, July 13. Tolophono com munication has been To-established with Mitcholl, tho county Boat of Whoelor county, which was recontly nearly destroyed by a cloudburst ycj terday. So far no othor doaths aro reported than Martin Smith and Mrs. l.'otiiuon. Tho man who rodo ahead warning tho inhabitants along the gorge is still, missing. The damage estimates aro crawl ing up and show that crops and farm housos w.ero swept away in the valloy for many miles, U. S. SHIPBUILDING. Bureau of Navigation Reports New Vessels and Tonnage. Washington, I). C. July 13. Tho bureau of navigation reports thnt 137 vessels of 61.007 gross tons were built in the United States and officially numbered during tho month or Juno. The largest steel steam vessels aro the Minnesota of 20,718 gross tons, built at New London, Conn., for thQ Great Northern Steamship Com pany; tho Sahara, of 5785' tons, built at Lorain, O., for the Globe Steamship Cbhipnny; the City of Atlantn of 6, 433 gross tons, built at Chester, Pa., for the Delaware River Shipbuilding Company, and tho Martin Mnllen "of 4C3B tons, built at Clovolnnd, O., for the Ijjkewood Steamship Company. The bur.ean of navigation also re ports that 1092 sail and steam ves sels of 439,573 gross tons, wero built in the United States and officially numbered during tho year elided Juno 30 last, as compar.ed with 1215 sail and steam vessels of 376,502 gross tons, built hero in 1903. SITKA-SEATTLE CABLE. Will Be 1100 Miles Long and Entirely in the Open Sea. Washington. July 13. The cnblc ship HurnBlde, engaged to lay tho war department cable from Sltkn, 'Alnskn. to Seattle, bus reached a point several miles south of Sltkn, according to advices received horo, and the laying of tho cable will be begun immediately. This section will bo 1100 miles long over the route which tho cnblo Is to follow, which Is outside Vancou ver Island, and entirely outside. Brit ish Jurisdiction. Tho war department's proposed Sltka-Valdez cablo is now bolng man ufactured In New York, and will prob ably be laid lato this summer. This cablo Ms about 750 miles long. Near ly 500 miles of tho cablo havo already been finished by the' manufacturers and shipped by rail to Seattle Murdered by Thieves. New York, July 13. Georgo F. Ah' bott. aged C8, a Junk dealer, and W. H. Vanhalster, his employe, w.cro found murdered today in their dingy sifop. The bodies Indicated the crime was committed two days ago, by thieves. Giant Steamer Launched. Glasgow, July 13. Tho new dinar der, Caronla, 21,000 tons, tho largest steamship ever built in England, was launched today. Mrs. Choate, wlfo of Ambassador Choate, officiated at the christening. DEED MAY HOLD GODNTY SEAT UNION COUNTY DI8COVERS A NEW DIFFICULTY Deed to Court House Property Pro vides That Grounds, Buildings and Appurtenances Must Revert to Original Owners When No Longer Used for County Purposes Steel Vaults and Cells Cannot Be Taken Out of Buildings Hannah Heirs Will Bring Action to Recover Prop' erty. Cloudburst In Philippines. Manila, July 13. Two hundred lives w.cro lost and $2,000,000 damage as tho rosult of a cloudburst at San Juau Dalmonte, Rain fell Incessant ly for 20 hours and reachod tho un precedented aggregate of 17 inches. In San Juan boats aro tho only meth od ot communication. People aro Booking eofoty In tho hills. La Grande, July 13. A now phuso of tho county spat removal question now confronts thu people of this county. When the deed was mado to Union county for the present court houno grounds at Union, by Samuol Hannuli in 1874, It stipulated thut tho tltlo to the property should remain with tho county only bo long as it should bo used as a court house site, but when it should cooru to be so used, then it and all uppurt.cnances should revert to tho heirs of tho Hanna estate. Now that the county neat will coma to La Grando, and tho building on tho Hanna property will ceaso to bo used as a court hous.o, tho heirs havo already begun action to recover the property and prevont tho removal ot the vaults In tho offices, and tho steel cells in tho county Jail, to La Grando. claiming mat by tho provisions of mo ueea, wobo are "appurtenances" ana belong to the real estato. Steel vaults and cells havo been placed in the court bouse and Jail at a cost of about $25,000 by tho peoplo of tho county and this n.ow phuso of tho question has bad a cooling effect on tii.o enthusiasm over tho county seat removal. Tho now city hall at La Grando. which Is to bo used as u court bouse. has not boon provided with vaults, by the builders, and this additional expense to b.o borno by tho county may havo somo effect on tho removal ot the county Beat, as tho law pro hibits a county from Incurring more than $5000 indebtedness. Th,o Hannah heirs resido In Baker county, where Mrs. Hannah married Joseph Kenuison, after Mr. Hannah's death, many years ago, and has sev eral living children from her union with Mr. Hannah. According to tho law, nothing but tho books, records and movable ef fects of tho county can be removed from the buildings, SLAUGHTER OF THE JAPANESE Unsuccessful Attempt to "Cap ture by Assault a Strong Russian Position. AFFRAY WAS ON LAND SIDE OF PORT ARTHUR. Later Dispatches . Announce the Po slblllty That the Same StronghoUfl Was Afterward Captured Russfcm Dispatches Claim the Japanese Lost 30,000 Men In the .First A sault Japanese Are Making Mater ial Progress Toward investing Citjr of Llao Yang. London, July 13. Tho Evenlac Star Tien Tsln correspondent repcatc tho report thnt 1000 Japanese were, killed in an unsuccessful attempt ta tnke Port Arthur from tho land aJd. Advancing on Llao Yang. St. Petersburg, July 13. To Gr zotto today reports thnt Jnpnncso pa trols have reached a point 12 mllpo from Llao Ynng. Extravagant Russian Claims. St. Petersburg, July 13. Tho Ilra slnn general staff 'officially states that Viceroy Aloxioff has been informefi that tho Japnn.eso nttack on PortiUr tlmr positions tho night of tho lOtte were repulsed with enormous lowest. It stated tho casualties on tho Japajsr cso sldo w.ero 30,000. Renewed .Attack Successfully. London, July 13. St. Potcrabuir telegraphs a sonsationul rumor to Utsu effect that tho Japancs.o, aftor a tt rible repulse (Monday night, attackeC the same Port Arthur positions wills a new force and succeeded In taklnc them. Tho message concludes, "The rumor seems incredible" Five, Thousand Homeless. Berlin, July 13. Five thouaajrfl persons are homeless and 400 housess destroyed as the results ot flro la tko town of Prozysuscha, Russia, JOHNSON RELEASED. Not Clear That He Had Any CrlmfosO Intent. C. P. HruWiti, nllas Johnson, arret c 1 on suspicion of uttering a forxpff diHck, - was roieused 'V Sheriff Tay lor yesterday on tho advlcu of i)opi&y District Attorney Collier. Ho van said to have given Gus La Fontaine a check for $10 on tho First NatlonaC Dank of Denver when ho had no awer count there. An Investigation has convinced lb authorities that tho man had no crim inal intent. Ho showed them that tab had used thu namo of Johnson r permission of tho man bearing ttal nume, who is a resident of Portlands Ho also gavo them names of peopatt to whom they could wiro in hja mm for several hundred dollars, provlnc that he did not need to resort to for gery In order to securo monoy. Ttm check will bo sont Kust, and BrlUos says t will bo cashed on reaching Itn destination. 40,000 BARREL8 OF FLOUR. This Amount Is Now 8tored In Byet Warehouse. Tho movement In this season's, wheat crop has hardly started. At Bi ers' mill two loads of n.ow whetft havo bcon received. It will bo a week or two before a lino of teamB attadfr cd to wagons loaded with wheat wtffi be scon on tho streets. At liyers' mill 40,00j barrels of flour uro on hand. Three warehouses ix half full of flour at this tlmo, whfl about half the spaco In another yet contains old wheat, Tho prices x Jow, but thero Is a tendency towsrf tho upgrade, b'evoral slilpmonts tr flour have been mado to Portland re cent ly by Mr. Dyers. German Society Event. Borlln, July 13. Whilo the crown prlnco was riding from Potsdam at the head of the guards today, an ologantly dressed young woman carry ing a buby, throw herself be foro tho prlnco's horse. Asked what she desired, she said she was an officer's orphan, and that a promlnont courtier had betrayed nor, nnd besought tho prince to compel him to marry her, Frodorlck William promised to report the caBo to tho kaiser, oud placed tho 'pe titioner In care of the chap lain's wlfo. m