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i WMT I 'i' , DAILY EVENING EDITIOlt WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight Mid Ttiesdny Tnlr; warmer Tuesday. jj PENDLETON, UMATILLA CQUTY, OKEGON, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1004. NO. 5102. I MVES QUICK of Stealing Has . Umatilla County , OF JUNIPER, LOSES 22 HEAD , Thjt the Entire Band to Willamette Valley , ,t Hubbard-Saddle Be. i Jack Sparks and Earl 5t0en at Holdman Two did Springs missing- i Unknown Saddles Two Horses Return 3!c or horse stealing has ; ia this county, 22 head i within a month past, , widely separated local! i bunch was missed about jbythe owner, but ho was i WleTe they were stolen, t report the loss to the 1 he bad searched far I fa Us property under the ; tlit they had merely i from three to four weeks Kerr, who lives at the llniper canyon, missed 22 a torses one morning. They r token down tho pasture ; place, or It had been i tor them, and they were istive search through 1 was followed by over the Columbia, i fruitless of even hit i finally got on their track i own satisfaction decided 1 been driven south al rfrom Juniper. Into the I from thence westward i carefully avoided the itouls leading into Prine- i aimed the Barlow pass nird through the Cascades Willamette valley. There ( Indlcatine that thev wero I ij ones and twoes and i He neighborhood of Hub i U not far from Salem. t It has not been nosslblo jut oi me animals. This stow and doubtless proflta perpetrators. In Pendleton. oj or last week Jack I tari Rockwell, ranrhpn! i Birch creek, seven mllns iroae Into town and hitch- ie norses nood animals f Beet, near Tuotsch's store. ere encumbereil with I ieaVT Snurs. Tin, Hlo. her hung the schaps and 3 w saddles, and went 'In the transaction of bus- wore dark they w.ent w. Intending to ri,in m,t I both were mlanlm- with wootrements saddles, bri- i and schans. MKfila and tho horses were r. excellent and well ! torses not nonlnc. and vlEorous ""I the slightest cluo to troperty, ono reason bo- ; rcners did not have Idea that n ... ' the direction of the r.W5freas 11 transpires 'tamedlateiy, or perhaps iu uoraes uad been ri either dire,. ik, i Ht II. ti. . - i Tib?,; ren creek neigh tt 1 5 were owned. ' without a vnstiffo f 'Willi. L "Ut C8r" .""We, that both came tZa ir the f of tho ti,io,... j ... h?.BchaPS and h oTa "th; V ... inupuny .""WVatlon. Olthnr n I 1 II I V " 1 fair to say that this Is theory, but It is piatisioic, to say trie least. Four Stolen at Holdman. Last Friday night John Thorn, of noinman, unci tnree horses stolen That they were stolen is not positive ly known, but on the other hand there Is no Indication whatever that they have strayed. At tho same time, a horse that came to Fred Mc- Quay several months ngo as a stray, was ittKcn. xne laucr animal was straying about the neighborhood and picking Its living along the roads, but Its whereabouts were known, and tho three horses from Thorn's place are known to have been driven out of tho neighborhood along the road upon which tho stray was grazing. All four horses aro missing at this time. Of Thorn's horses two were work horses, mates, eand nsily vnlued at $250. Tho third was a good 2-ycar-old colt. A peculiarity of this theft was the principal condition surrounding It: The' Thorn horses wero taken some time betwe.en 10 a. m, and before dark that evening. Mr. Thorn had turned them out to graze on the com mons, and when he went for them later In the day they were gone. The available indications are that the horses were driven westward from Holdman. Two Head From Charles Lute. Charles Lute, of Cold Springs, had two head of good work horses turn up missing about tho time that Kerr's horses wero taken, but Mr. Lute found both after a few days' search. over on tho Columbia river, nearly westward from his place. The prob abilities are that they strayed away, as had they been taken with the Kerr horses It is unlikely that they alone could hav.e escaped from the drove of 22 head which Kerr left, and yet none of Kerr's horses can be found. It Is not likely, either, that they were discarded by the thieves who took Korr's horses, as they are more than ordinarily good animals. LIEU LAND LI UNDER THE DAN PUBLIC LAND COMMISSION DETERMINED ON REPEAL. Pernicious Law Permits of Glaring Frauds and Encourages Rascality Desert Land Law Will Be Nar rowed Down Grazing and Timber Lands Will Be Regulated Con gress Will Be Asked to Rehash All Bad Land Laws at Coming Session. DIG DEMOCRATS IN CONFERENCE Tom Taggart of Indiana May National Chairman Yet, CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK WILL CLOSE. THE CONTEST. Parker Takes Enough Interest In the Campaign to Connect His 'Phone With New York rern, of Indiana, Urges Taggart's Case Captain Mary Howells Held Her Boat While Parker Talked on the Wharf Photographers Drive Mrs. Parker Away From Home. Esopus, N. Y July IS. W. F. Sheehan ,and John W. Kern, of Indi ana", left this morning for New York to attend a conference of democrats there tonight. Judge Parker walked with the In- dlanlan to the steamboat dork and the two w.ere engaged in an earnest conversation that Mary Howell's cap tain had to hold the boat several minutes until the talk was finished. While he declared he had not urg ed his candldaey on Parker person ally. It Is understood that Kern came East In behalf of Tom Taggart for the national committee chairmanship. Judge Parker's telephone will be hooked up with Sheehan's in New York tonight and he will be In a po sition to become an active participant if occasion demands. The terrific thunderstorm which struck the village last night and con tlnued this morning, has made the roads impassable, interlering with telegraph and telephone communica tion. Mrs. Parker drove to Kingston to day to get away from ubiquitous pho tographers who pursue herself and husband continually. Washington, July 18. Because the lieu land law permits of unfair ex changes of land, by which the gov ernment Is glaringly defrauded, and because It encourages rascality among land sharks, and gives oppor tunity to speculators, the public land commission has determined to rec ommend to congress the repeal of this pernicious law, at the coming ses sion. The commission has mado some thorough Investigations of the land laws, and the outline of a possible plan of action Is now In the hands of tho Interior department. This plan Involves a possible rec- ommendatlon for the repeal of tho timber and stono law, closer regular tiou and narrowing scope of the des. ert land law, rigid laws regulating grazing lands and reserves, looking to the preservation of grass and lor ests. and some law providing for the equitable disposition of the standing timber on government land. Politicians In Conference. New York, July 18. Davis Is hold lng Important political conferences today with Sheehan Hill, Murphy and Belmont, National Comlmttee man Head, of Tennessee, and several other prominent politicians. Davis proposes to visit Esopus tomorrow. BAKER RANGE WAR. Liberty Near. , inL1."!'"" homo Wll n.l..n.. 00 Thuredav. th l7Z0t. .'ho com- rear, ulaI' Dur Ufa wnnnoraent riS . badow of and i,n. ..,.. OIL IN MALHEUR. Capital is Now Awaiting Result of Tests. Baker City. July 18. President William Albrecht of tho Zenith Oil Company, who has just returned from a trip Into tho Interior, reports that oil bus been found in several local ltlcs In Malheur county and that tho owners of oil lands, many of whom llvo In IJaker City, are awaiting the experiments now being mads by Blood of Boise, near Ontario. Onta rio Js in the gas bolt, and to procure oil It will be necessary to go much deeper and further up the basin, but It is certain that If Blood opens up large gas wells ho will keep on boring until he ti likes oil. It Is believed that gas enough can bo developed at Ontario to supply that city and Boise. Eastern capitalists and California oil men Iiavo tholr eyes on this deal, and are enly waiting an opportune Umo to develop It. Local Baker City capita! is not etronr enough to under take tho pniorprlrc That there is an abiiiidunco of high grade uraflno oil in tho Mulheiu bolt is a certain thing. New Threshing Outfit. A steam threshing outfit costing J3200, Is being unloaded today from the cars by George Buran, the pur chaser, and will bo put into Immedi ate commission. It consists of a sep arator and engine, and all the other necessary appurtonauces, Tho municipality oi Venlc,e has re solved to purchase oloctrlc motor boats. Forty Sheep Killed by Range Riders on Baldy Mountain. W. J. Murphy, sent out by Miles Lee with his herder to the seat of the Baldy Mountains range battle, return ed today, says the Baker City Herald. He reports over 40 sheep killed and wounded and brings evidence to the positive effect that tho men who attacked the sheep camp shot at the herder to kill. Hundreds of shots were fired and 30-30 steel jacket cartridges were used In most cases. These kind of bullets were found in the dead and voui.ued r.heep and in the trees and stumps about the camp. Piles of empty cartridge shells were found about DO yards from tho bedding ground of the sheep which showed that the men fired volley af ter volley into the band of sheep. Why they did not kill moro Is a mys tery. Tho trees and stumps about tbo camp were riddled with bullets and showed that tho men were firing t tho herder w.h deadly aim. A black stump near the camp which would resemble a man standing out In the open was filled with bullets. Three small trees in tho camp be hind one of which Herder Brooka stood when he was firing at the mau rauders, were riddled wllh the steel pointed bullets. One bullet imbed ded Itself In tho tree Just opposite the position occupied by Brooks head when he was firing. Mr. Lee and others will now with draw rhjir sheep from the disputed teirilory, not wishing to Invito fur ther trouble. BEEF TRUST IN 'S CLUTCH Unions Gain Ground All Along the Line in an Or derly Strike. BUT FEW NON-UNION MEN NOW AT WORK. Clash at St. Paul Results In Insolent Gatekeeper Getting Thumped Newly Imported Men Quit When They Learn of the Situation Packers Would Disturb the Public Mind by Asking for Additional Po liceIdle Butchers Are Sent East to Friendly Independent Packing Plants. Was Loomls Murdered? Thurlstone. July 18. The inquest over the body of F. Kent I)omls this morning, resulted in a verdict that Loomis was found dead, but there wa bdo evidence at band to show how ho met his death. A doctor tes tified that the wound behind the ear was sustained before the body reach ed tho water. Coffey's Action Sustained, In the case brought by T. M. Coffoy against S. P. Hutchinson, the same being virtually an action to determine tho right to possession of a farm near Pilot Itock, Judge Ellis held that the claim of Hutchinson that he was in possession of the place under a con tract to purchase, was not well found ed; In fact, that he held possession under a lease, as tho plaintiff claim ed, The action was for rentals due, and for possession. Chicago, July 18. The second week of the great packing house strike opened this morning with all condi tions unfavorable to a peaceful settle ment of differences between employes and employers and with added grim ness and determination openly ex pressed by both sides. The importation of non-union help was continued today, 150 men arriv ing early by train and wore escorted by a heavy guard of police to Ar mour's plant. The strikers gathered about the vi cinity in the yards early, despite the terrific heat, but beyond a subdued growling exhibited no outward sign of displeasure. Tho situation Is such, however, that trouble Is anticipated at any moment. The packers claim thus far to hav.e 1000 non-union men within the yards. The union men say that two- thirds of tho arrivals quit as soon as they learned of the strike conditions. One hundred and twenty extra po lice went on duty this morning in the yards district, making a total of about COO. RAILWAY STATISTICS. Next Move Must Come From Trust Chicago, July 18. Donnelly, presl dent of the Butchers' Union, returned from St. Louis this morning, and said there would be no further conferen ces with the packers unless asked for by the beef trust. He reported all the St. Louis trust plants completely tied up. Independ ent plants were working double time, and would soon be in a position to put on three shifts. All reports from the east show the unions have con trol of the situation. Tonight tho unions will send cattle butchers to Philadelphia and Inde pendent plants of other eastern pack' lng houses that have granted the 6c mauds of the union. Clash at St. Paul. S"t. Paul, July 18. The second clash of the strike came this morning when a Swift foreman got Into an argument with a union picket at the gate, and struck him. The picket re. turned the blow. . A crowd gathered and the foreman was badly beaten. Tho clerical employes of tho plant were allowed to enter this morning on condition that they engage In no work other than clerical. Tho gener al situation today Is not considered ominous and no call for the mllltla is likely. Injunctions Aganlst Strikers. St. Louis, July 18. Servl'co was se cured this morning on several strike leaders and members of the unions, against whom an Injunction was granted last night at Belleville, 111., restraining tho strikers from inter- fering with the East St. Louis pack lng houses. Tho move has taken tho strikers by surprise. The packers are operating with partial forces. There were no disturbances this morning. Quiet at Kansas City. Kansas City, July 18. Tho packers are this morning operating about as last week. Quiet prevailed in tho early morning hours, but a feeling of tenseness Is reported about tho union headquarters. Threaten to Call Out 1000 Men. Omaha. July 18. There Is no change In the strike situation this morning and tho best of order still prevails. Tho union leaders say that unless arbitration Is again resumed in Chicago, they will call out all craftsmen. This means that a thous and more men will quit work. The packers secured 50 men sinco yester day and are doing some killing today. The strikers' ranks remain unbroken. Non-unlonlsts Are Joining. St. Paul, July 18, Temporary head quarters were established near Ar mour's today to accommodate appll cailops for membership for men leav ing the plants. Additional police have been asked for and tho packers have increased their private guards. They gave no figures today as to tho num ber of head tnoy Intended to slaughter. Interstate Commerce Commission Makes Its Annual Report. Washington, July 18. Tho inter state commerce commission today an nounced Its statistics of the railways in the United Stat,os for tho fiscal year ending Juno ao, 1903. They show that the par value of the railway cop ttnl then outstanding was $12,5a, 8ltO,25S, which represents n capitaliz ation of $63,1 8G per mile. The number of passengers carried was 894,891,535, nn lncreaso of 45, 033,030 over tho previous yoar; tho freight carried was 1.304,394,323 tons, an Increase of 104,078,530 tons. Tho grosB earnings from tho opera tion of tho totnl of 205,313 miles of railway lino, which Is tho nggregnto single track mileage, wero $1,900, S40.907, an lncreaso of $174,460,C40; the operating expenses wero $1,257, 538,852, nn Increase of $141,290,105; the net earnings we're $043,308,055, nn Increase of $33,176,335; the Income from other sources than, operation was $205,GS7,IS0; tho net Income available for dividends or Biirplus, $290,376,045. The total disunities were 80,393, of which 9SI0 represented tho number of persons killed nnd 70,553 those In jured. Tho nggregnto number of locomo tives In service was 13,871, an In crease of 2646; tho enrs In servlco numbered l,173,3S!i, an lncreaso of over 113,000 during tho year. Boys Killed In Texas Wreck. Fort Worth, July 18. In a collis ion on the Texas Pacific between a passenger nnd freight train nenr Luf kin, last night, Olen Osnoll and John Marr, two smnll boys, wero killed and seven others Injured. Noted Astronomer Dead. Iondon, July 18. Professor Isaac Roberts, n distinguished nstronoraor, died today nt Bencon Observatory. 10 MILLIONS FOR OPEN RIVER MA-JOR LANGFITT RECOM MENDS COLUMBIA PROJECTS Government Engineer Gives an Estl mate of Amount Needed to Pursue the Work of Opening the Columbia River to Traffic 8ays Congress Should Give $1,320,000 for Jetties, $625,000 for Deepening Channel, and $750,000 for Removal of Ob structions at Three Mile Rapids. The Sundny Oregon Journal of yes terday contains tho annual roport of Major W. C. Langfltt, of tho port of Portland, to tho board of government engineers, In which ho rocominonds $1,320,000 for tho completion of riio jetties at tho mouth of tho Columbia, $626,000 for deepening the Columbia between Portland and tho sea, ai $750,000 for removal of obstacles In the Columbia nt Thrco Mile Itaplds, or a total of $2, 095,000. The report of Major I-nnglltt In eludes the progress of work on tho Columbia bar during tho past your, In which tho jetty has been extended this season 4218 feet boyond tho old Jetty, an appropriation of $1,000,000 having lK'.eu available for tho work It Is estimated that about three miles of Jetty, or one and a half miles moro than will bo built this fall, will dellect tho sand from the bar Into deep wutor, and change tho entire current of tho Columbia,-at tho point of delivery Into tho ocean, so as to entirely romovo tho bar, give 40 feet of water over tho present ob struction, and permit free passugo of all deep water vessels. After this has u.ovn accomplished, and the mouth of the river Is opened to large vessels, then tho -deepening to tho river from Portland to Astoria, will bo tho next stop In tho develop ment of the transportation facilities of tho river, and to this end, Major Langntt has recommended tho appro priation of $025,000, With the continuous appropriation for the building of tho ship canal at Tho UaiK's, ami the final accomplish ment of this project, t,ho Columbia river will bo open for traffic for a dis tance of over 400 miles, Portland Is elated over tho recom mendation of Major Langfltt and will begin at once to bring pressure to bear on congress to secure tho ap propriations recommended. The sura originally estimated for tho ship canal at Tho Dalles is $4, 000,000, which will bo forthcoming as soon as tho right of way is secured for tho government and tho progress of the work on tho canal demands tho money, congress having given this assurance to the war department. Harrlngton-Demarls Case Affirmed. Saleml July 18. Tho supremo court today affirmed tbo case of Har rington vs, Domaris from Eastern Oregon, SWARMS OF JAPS AT PORT ARTHU1 Reports Say That 30,000 etf the Mikado's Forces Haw. L:; ded Secretly. RUCCIAN CRUISER CONFIS CATES BRITI3H MAIU. General A::ault on Port Arthur Id pecter' Cnlly-.-Rucslcns Made "3 i.it:!j r.c.!.?rncs to the Lnndlr.; of Troops Russian Cruiser Smolensk. Also Takes Mall From Germam Liner and the Kaiser Sends an On der for Apology and Restitution War All Along the Line. Berlin. July 18. Tho Loknl An gcr this morning prints n special dis patch forwnrdcil from a Junk In fruw: of Port Arthur under date of Juljr IX. via Tien Tsln July 16, stating t&sc the Japanese since July 11 havo last ed 30,000 man near Pigeon Bay, uodar protection of th'o en tiro lleot, Tho Husslnns, tho dospntch viK, offered llttlo resistance. A gontraE nssault Is expected soon. Two Russian Divisions Repulsed.. Tokio, July 18. Kuroklo repwta. that two divisions of tho Ilusseaa made a desperate assault on the Ja--ancsu position nt Motion Ling, Sim day and woro repulsed. Tho cuaaf ties woro not given. Chicago Grain. Chicago. July 18. Old Julv opened '98, n.ew July 97, July corn opened 49. Russians on the Run. London, July 18. Tho Japuueau embassy says tho Russian ropulse aC Motion Ling on Sunday resulted. 1st pursuit by tho Japanese as tur ami Puntca Pao. Tho attack was rasite under tho direction of Goncral KtB lor, and was mado In a thick foe. Japs Rushing Southward. St. Petersburg, July 18. It Is re ported that tho Japaneso right bale Is marching southward so quicfttBr that part of Kuroki's forco Is una&to to tnku Its food and stores with ibpati. and aro accordingly selling them Ma tho natives cheaply. It is not ciear at what point tho Japaneso aro -centrating. Pontoons for crossing Om river havo been brought from Om Yalu. Hat Fleet Been Absent? Ilome, July 18. Tho minister oC mnrino has a Tion Tsln dispatch stat ing that tho Japanese lleot has tt absent from Port Arthur for tho lasc 10 days. JapB Capture Russian .Papers. Toklo, July 18. Tho Japaneso stroyer Havatori, captured a Port Xbc thur Junk bearing vnluablo letffssi' dealing with tho naval and mllltaqy situation of Port Arthur. Favorable to Japs. Birmingham, July 18. Tho Post car ports, negotiations of an Impottuc character uro proceeding fnvornble, t, tho Japaneso, Russians Hold Up German Liner. Berlin, July 18. Tho knlsor loJajr ordered Count Buolow to entor w lost against tho stoppago of tho Car man liner 1'rlnz Ilelnrich In the Hot: Sea by tho Ilusslnn cruiser Smolensk and to demand tho return of .tho nul taken. British Steamer Insulted. Aden, July 18. The DrltUli ate er Persia from Calcutta to l.onJoit. was forcibly detained In tho Itofl Sets today by tho Itusslan steamer Bsu' lensk, which confiscated two bags o mall, Vessels Strike Russian Mlnev St. Petersburg, July 18. It Is u ed on a rollablo sourcn that n Gerouiu vossel and a UiishIuii torpedo tjt havo conio In contact with Xlualac: mines at Vladivostok and wore rotte. Their crows wont down. Reception Tuesday Night. A reception will ho given TueUar evening nt the Methodist church tor tho Cradlo Roll Babies, to whlck all aro cordially Invited. A brief a grum haH hoen arranged and Ugltff refreshments will ho served, Bloody Duel In Texas, Houston, July 18. Seated U a buggy, Tim Woolen, using x shotgun and Winchester, fought duel at Corslcnna wltk Constable OrontUam, wh used two six-shooters, Uota drantham's hands worn Inn off and Woolen was raortnllr wuuiiueu uuu iwo spectator seriously Injured. A