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luir hill ii in DAILY EVENINGEDITION IIIU - in b . . ,mia on J" S'SoSo want, but WEATHER FORECAST. about tnem. S,Be.'" 0,1 nt mind- Tonight nml Tuesday probably show.ors; cooler Tuesday PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OTtEGOK, MONDAY, JULY 25, 1904. NO. 5108. niTT I I H I II I II THE JAPS Hours' Engagement Tsche Kiao Last loss sustain ed BY BOTH SIDES. u. Arrinva. iytr oeu" i- Steamer-Vladivostok tf.ted Near Toklo Bay- ,, me Outlook for a set- .. . &H9ii Ic f the DardanellE Before The Hague j, J3.-The Evening Lr..n roresnoiidcnt says Kli Tithe Klao last week Lewiston wheat prices. Club Selling at 53c, Bluestem at 58 Cents. Lewiston, July 25. The quotations for the opening of the grain market wee made yesterday." Wheat Is quot ed at 53 cents for club and 5S cents fo." bluestem; barley has been materi ally advanced and Is quoted at f7V cents for feed barley and 75 cents for brewing; oats changed at 90 cents, and flax has been advanced from 90 to 92 cents. It Is probable that no further clfanges will be made until the de livery of the new grain commences and the exporters enter the market. At the present time the coast export ers are entirely inactive but a very ac tive season is expected as soon as the ninrket opens. Conditions are consid ered very favorable for good prices and a very prosperous year Is pre dicted for tho farming sections of the l.ewlston country. SHIPMENT OF PLUMS BEGIN. TEXTILE STRIKE STOPS ALL MILLS Over 35,000 Employes Walk Out of New England Fac tories. CAUSED BY A CUT OF 12 PER CENT IN WAGES. PACKERS' STRIKE SPREADING Conference of Packers and Strikers Resulted in No Understanding. ALLIED TRADES WiuL PROBABLY GO OUT. Mills Claim That Falling Off In Busl- Clash In Fort Worth Shows Bitterness First Carload Lot Left Walla Walla Yesterday. Walla Walla, July 25. The first car load of peach plums was shipped by the Walla Walla Produce Company yesterday. The season will be short this year, .but a largo prune season is looked for this year. This will be at its height about the middle of August. Tho peach plums are rather soft and tinrrt i chin tlitc v,nr flnlnnc nra still coming in In large Quantities and ! thls morning. ....... - I . v. rn..i c!tj of the war It lasteu . n carload of mixed vegetables is ship- de losses on uotn siues j VCI every day. lit Russians were com- ( Their position, wnicn . i le one or immense tut untenable ness Demands Retrenchment Em-: ployes Say They Cannot Live on ! Less Wages Both Sides Determln-' ed Several Conferences Have Fall-! ed Employes Can III Afford a Long Strike In Beginning of Winter Sea-! son Political Influences Expected.' of Situation St. Paul Is Working With No Sympathetic Strike In Sight At Kansas City 4000 Men Are Working, While at East St. Louis the Coopers and Cattle Handl ers Quit, Paralyzing the Entire Packing Industry. Fall River, Mass.. Jtilv 23 The hie textile strike began in earnest here An attempt to operate Steamer Seized. Isli-The British steamer tisrel late last week by utolunteer cruiser, Smo sErf Sea, arrived here to- ot a prize crew. ei Squadron Sighted. 17 a The Vladivostok tinted at - ociock mis iifosiua province, on the !okio Bay Lte Seas for Contraband. tH) 25. It is understood Ifesjiu auxiliary cruisers I Irom Germany are ; It the .North sea and trkiEel to seize vessels enrrjlng contraband. ifrccuite Niu Chwang. July 25. Conger, Ins! at Pekln, cables the : ait the Russians are kSjj Chwang this morning Ixcred a British steamer. tef the Dardanells. U'r !5. Premier Balfour as to the rightful lihsjlan vessels through i would not be submit- art It Probable. p; 25. In the house of itlternoon Balfour stat. Hfoacca Incident is still Wrament great anxiety, pi we signs portend to n PORTLAND WIDE INFANT'S CORPSE. iDitwOvers Naked Baby I Irrigation Ditch. r.-D. L nand, a farm- ' "iree miles down the ' Krewsnmn fln.l ill, rU he fnnnil lnf..i r. mii imam JW against an obstruc- pa Known as the Boise tympany's ditch. The w decnmnncn.1 i, i wing been dead for F" once removed the body rf tfitl tilan.! 1. ... ffc.tovered It up and no- ew, who Immediate 'fharge of th mmnio unable to determine "V ha.4 been murdered " Md thrown into h IT' Band In his account. w It near the head 1 Wterts water nnd . 1 there todnv nr ho "toi it uotore. ' hf Governor. N?krJhoma8 Maloncy "i nas return t.H t- mtionai ...:. W,,?n?y wet to ..7" nashlnirtnn ".'am nnndnlnh "t. He ftnlrl altered m ,n the very stronir. ftt can nomlnato he la nom ln, frill bo elect-. r 'Wfown. the city mowM'to tioo for 'i'rU la now ilin j'l'ijUe plenty Chicago, July 25. A committer of packers and allied trades met at 10 o'clock this mornluir at Kelson Mor- the factories failed on account of In rls ofllce at the stockyards for a final sufficient help. The crowds hooted a conference with the object of avert few workers mat responded, but ing a sympathetic Btrike. The condl there were no other demonstrations, i tlons at the yards are qdiet. Tho lm The cause of the strike is th at- jyortatlon of non-union help has con tempt of the mills to reduce wages tluued without violence. In all the textile trades about 12 per ; ' cent. nnr-MI tin n n r ! Not,cc of tne reduction was given Packers Are Hopeful. liULm III M nil II DL Is ome wee,:s a8 and several confer- Kansas City. July 25. It is cstimat- 1 1 1 I" ll IV 1 1 III I 1 1 II M ence8 between the employes and the ed that 4000 men went to work In Ul Lll II U III U II L mills have been held in an endeavor the tmckine houses this morning. The to adJiiBt the matter without a strike, packers are confident of winning tho rue mills are firm in their stand struggle. There is a well ueiinea mi and claim that falling off in business demands retrenchment on their part, while the am ployes are seemingly just as determined and they claim they cannot live on less wages than they are now receiving. The strike will affect 35,000 textile workers, most of whom can 111 afford to withstand a lung strike late In the season. The strike Is expected to spread to other trades and unless political In fluences are brought to bear to adjust the matter. New England faces a seri ous condition. ASSESSMENT NOT CHANGED. A. O. U, W. Grand Lodge Refuses to Raise Its Rate. Portland, July 25. Tho grand lodge of tho Oregon . O. U, W. re fused to change tho assessment rate as advocated by tho ftupronui lodge nnd adopted by mnny states of the union. A "new plan" providing for n sink ing fund, nnd n slight Increase In the rate nt which members above 50 yonrs are assessed was adopted. MRS. NATION ASSAULTED. Noted Temperance Worker Struck by a Saloon Man. Kllzabothtown. Ky July 25. Car rie Nation's career wn temporarily but violently Interrupted tonight whun A. It. Neighbors, a saloon koopcr, struck her twice with a chair, knock ing her down and producing n sculp wound. Tho assault occurred nt Neighbor's saloon, nfter Mrs. Nation nnd berated Neighbors. Burned Child Died. l.n (Jrande, .Italy 25. Kd ward, tho 12-year-old sun of Jack Dllllnger, who was horribly burned In tho destruc tion of tile Dllllnger home by tiro, Thursdny night, died Sunday from his Injuries. Chicago Grain. Chicago. July 25. Old July wheat opened 95, closed 90; new July opened 9S, closed fit1)!. July corn opened 19-, closed 49 V4- SHERIFF WORD CLOSES ALL GAMBLING ROOMS. Within an Hour on Saturday Evening the Town Is Converted From a j "Wide Open" Proposition to the Piety and Quietude of a Quaker Village Big Gamblers Close With out Protest All Placed Under $100 Bonds Sheriff Means Business. Tho Oregon Sunday Journal of yes terday gives the following graphic ac count of the closing of the big gambl ing houses In Portland on Saturday evening: In less than an hour Saturday eve ning, says the Journal, Sheriff Tom Word transformed Portland from a "wide open" Into a "closed" town. At 4 o'clock six large gambling houses were running full blast at 5 o'clock every establishment was deserted ex cept by the proprietors and a few employes. Where an hour previous was heard the rattle of dice, the monotonous chant of the crap dealer, the click of the ivory ball dropping on the rou lette wheel, the shuffling of cards at the faro table and the steady hum of conversation, an ominous silence pre vailed, the .equipment of the betting establishment was covered with can vas and the watchers had abandoned tholr vigil at the doors. presslon the packers combine may may a special effort to break the strike here, as local plants can sup' ply the country's trade by running continuously. No Sympathetic Strike at St. Paul St. Paul, July 25. There was no sympathetic strikes this morning and two-thirds of the normal force is working with no disorder anywhere. WHITMAN CONSERVATORY. Faculty Will Be Increased by Addi tional Instructor. Walla Walla, July 25. The faculty of Whitman conservatory of music will be strengthened by the addition of Miss Alice Reynolds to the piano department. She has just been appointed as In structor in piano and will have special charge of the Juvenile work. Miss Reynolds Is well known here having been on the faculty of St. Paul's school year before last. Last year Bhe took advanced Instruction In San Francisco. Packers Hopeful In St. Louis, j St. Louis, July 25. The East Side i plants are all in operation this morn ing with no violence. The packers 1 assert that the allied trades won't quit, but a representation from each union will probably obey the orders. New Military Post. Tacoma. July 25. Parties in a po sition to give credibility to the story say it is quite probable that the gov ernment may nurchase a tract of 40,- 000 acres, Including the southern nor The action of the sheriff was taken tion of American lake, for a permn wlTtaSa asking anybody's adv.ee, he nemt site for a ,-t is unde unva nml vnn iiuo to a desire iu re- VJ"-"-' "- : . move himself from wnat no regurueu as a false position -a tho eye of the public. There was no raid. The sheriff went personally to tho proprietor or manager of' each of the gambling houses and ordered him to close. Ho made no threats, and In not a single histnncn did anv of the gamblers de mur at his order. Every gambler re alized that the sheriff could have raided tho houses and seized all the rrambliiiL' apparatus. Shortly b.efore noon yesterday sev eral-members ot the iuuuicumi form Association called on District Attorney Mannlnc with witnesses and laid complaints against evory house . . i i . i i .. t . Tu rn tn city except juck formations were drawn up by Mr, Mnnnlnir analnst A. Shapiro, propria- .tor of the Maze cafe; Peter Grant, Nathan Solomon and Harvey Dale, of the Portland Club; Fred rritz, Aug. ust Erlckson and Eugeno Blazler. They were filed In tho circuit court at 3:15 o'clock and bench warrants were Issued. , ., AH the warrants were served by the sheriff In person, and the men arrest ed, with their bondsmen, repaired to tho court house, where each gave bonds in tho amount of $100. Asbestos Curtain for Theater. Lewiston, July 25. The asbestos curtain for the new opera house has i.oon rnpoivnii and nlaced In position. The curtain weighs about 1000 pounds anil was secured at a cost of 3&o. The curtain Is hung directly In front pf the aceno curtain and .will always be Ipwerod except whllo a play is In progress. Alter mo seauug y dlence ,tho asbestos curtain will be mbd and will not be lowered again Until itW closo of tho performance ox- jMut m casta oi r. x u uu.ij vmLfa viia ranteed to be of the bift'fttf N .stand a blow-pipe test. be, directly mmmmvimm' , " ence. - '. . . acre would be a good price for most of the land. The government w win ing to pay a fair price, but will not be held up. Fitz Gerald Sustained. In the appealed case of J. G. Myers vs. Mary English, Judge Ellis today affirmed the Judgment of Judge Fitz Gerald In the justice tourt, giving the defendant possession of tho colt, an animal valued at about 120. The case was tried hy Judge FUz Gerald by consent of the litigants, last bummer. Fine Reservation Wheat. The wheat on George Porringer's reservation farm is hald to have yielded, so much of it as lias yet been tnreshsd, between 35 and 40 bushels per acre, nnd all of P of excellent quality. , Clash at Ft. Worth. Ft. Worth, July 25. Eight hundred men are working. The packers claim to have a full force by the end of the week. Guards drew their guns on the pickets this morning when they at tempted the Interference with non union arrivals. Strike Gains in Strength. Chicago, July 25. The strike con ference adjourned at noon without results. Golden, president of the teamsters, said It looked like war. The labor leaders departed to talk over the situation with the butchers and union officials In hope of secur ing concessions from thorn which might make another. meeting with the packers possible, In the interval the various trades began to walk out of their own voli tion. Six hundred stock handlers quit, paralyzing that part of tho In dustry, while 400 coopers also quit. Will Try Airship. Lewiston, Idaho, July 25. First Of ficer Wlnslow, of tho steamer Spo kane reports that tho finishing touches of the flying machlno will Ixj ROBBED TRE SAFE OF STATE HOTEL CLERK TAKES $136 AND LEAVES THE TOWN. State Hotel at Walla Walla Robbed by a New Clerk Who Had Served But a Short Time Left Barkeeper In Charge for a Few Minutes and Skipped With the Funds. IF E HITS MONTANA Cowboys and Indians in a Bloody Battle at Fort Belknap. POKER AND WHISKEY WERE THE CAUSE. Drunken Crowds Meet and Camp To gether, Engage In Games and a Running Gun Fight Results Four Are Dead and Several Wounded Were Carried Away by .Compan ionsAll Swam the'Mlssourl to Es cape Arrest. Wnlla Walla, July 25. The safe In the State hotel was robbed about midnight last night of ;136.25 in checks and coin. W. C. Darlce, tho night clerk, has disappeared and u warrant la out for his arrest, charg ing him with the crime. Darico Is a stranger In Wnlln Walla and had been ut work at tho hotel but a few nights. I-aat night shortly be fore 12 o'clock, Darico Informed tho bartender at the hotel that he was going out for supper und asked him to watch the hotel office during his absence. That was the last seen of the clerk. This morning when W. A. Koontz, the proprietor, was Informed of liln clerk's ubsence, he opened the safe and discovered $m(.25 missing. Ilolunn, Mont. , July 25. William Drown, u half-breed, Aloysus Chand ler, an Indian cowboy, and an un known Indian are dead nnd several Indians nnd cowboys are wounded ns ii result of n battle nt Rocky Point In tho Uelkunp Indian reservation. Tho news reached the agency Inst night A baud of Imllnns en route to tho Crow reservation stopped nt Rocky Point nnd met n party of cowboys nnd engnged In u poker gnmo In which liquor was abundant. In a qunrrol, Drown struck n cowboy, tho latter shot him nnd n Imttlu followed. lloih sldcH withdrew, several Indi ans wore badly wounded and two cow boys wero supported In their snddles by comrades. Major i.ognu and a dulachment of soldiers are now In pursuit of the cowuoys. Tho Indians and cowboys swam the Missouri river and arc now In the bnd lauds, GRAIN FIRES. NEW STYLE NOZZLE. Pendleton Invests $70 In Modern Fire Fighting Fixtures. Tho city lately Invested In two brass noz.l.es which cost it $35 uucli, but in the opinion of Fire Chief Withee and tho council they are a profitable Investment. The nozzle Is ii patented duvlco which accomplishes some novel and hitherto unaccomplished results. It Is fitted with vulves which can be man ipulated by the pressure of either hand, Just back of tho orifice. Then: Is nothing complicated about the du vice, either it Is simplicity Itself The nozzle will either throw u straight stream at varying dimensions to or der, or u spray of varying dimensions Two Adams Men Lost Heavily Both Were Insured, Two men havo lost heavily by grain fires since Snturday nfternoou last, at Adams. The first woh L. L. Rogers, who Is said to have lost 110 acres of grain Saturday, and 50 acres on Sun day. Five hundred socks of threshed grain were in Mr. Rogers' loss, In the fire of Sunday Loulo Atldctto, whoso place adjoins Mr. Rogers', lost 80 ncres of grain In the field. There Is not oxnet uniformity of report about the origin of olthor fire, hut children and matches aro said to hnve caused tho first and tho second Is suld to havo been started from smouldering embers of the first. Tho children ore said to havo been playlnff' about the cook house, and to havo lighted und dropped matches from pure childish Ignorance of the risks Incurred. Ferguson, of Adams, wrote the In surance which both men carried, nnd which Is said to havo been about tho average amount as to estimated valuation. DIRTY, CRAZY AND POOR. luuuiiua wi iud jiuiK uiutlilliu will irtj i , ' , , ,, ,, i made today aud tho trial trip will bo at w 11 f, "mn, l"l'""K 'I'd made Saturday, July 30, The wings are now In place, but tho final con sections have not been made and will occupy the attention of Mr, Wlnslow today. Next week the parts of the ma chine will be tested and every part put Jn shape for the trial (rip Satur day. The date has been selected on account of the steamer Spokane lying over on that day when more tlmo can be devoted to tho trial trip. MASS MEETING OF CITIZENS TONIGHT A mass meeting of citizens will be business men and farmers of this city , . ,.. rmr.mPT. anu community, tie represents me held at the parlors of the Commer Commerc,al cfub of Po,rtland tho clal Association this evening at 8 iunliinl, commercial association of the o'clock, at which tlmo Tom Richard- Northwest and comes to extend the son manager of 'he Portland uoin- bibu umu w miraiuwn in wiu imuio meVclal Cub. will speak -the ob- of that or?nl.ttoD. j i I,,. f lr tiffin 1JUY ClUUUlUHl. no " wwvv v vv muum w liacue which Is to be organized in fits to bo derived from this great state S ?,n Aiieiist 2 I organization about to be formed In Portland on August i . ih ico.i i,.,0i,i i Mr- Richardson has been m me cuy "-""j . iUl.v..v- ... r. JlltllUrUBUll iip u ,,.,l n.o mmmnrMg Infei-oiita nt Association and visited the wheat belt this afternoon in company with Secretary J. F. Robinson, of tho Com mercial Association, He Js enthusiastic over the city of t,iiot,n nni tho wonderful county and .district supporting it and Is es pecially pleased'w-Hli t he air of pros pety and push seen and felt op every bnd. . JIls object lu visiting iue " this time Is to talk uusinei hose, or It will tnrow both spray and stream. Further, tho spray can bo thrown at different angles -either slanting to the front, or at right angles with I he hose, or backward ho the man at the nozzle is enveloped by the spray. Also, either or both spray and stream can be shut off Inutuiitly at the nozzle, or turned tin instantly; the operator Is not dependent upon the man ut the hydrant, or engine for water, or to havo the water shut off, Tho advantages of the device up Vpal at once to every person who has had the least experience In lighting fire. the state and bringing about a better understanding among the people of all parts of the state will bo keenly Interested In this meeting. It Is o be a plain business talk, Interesting to everybody who takes a pride in Increasing tho commercial strength of Oregon. AH members ot the association aro urgently requested to be present with as many more frlepds and Interested business men as pesiblj , $ THE WAR AT SALEM. Trying to Shut the Saloons on Prohlb ited Days, The case of tho Htate vs. J. A. Coop er, charged with keeping his saloon open on Sunday, July lu, occupied the entire tlmo of Justice Turner's court Saturday, und the Jury was not dis charged until almost midnight. A vedlct of guilty was returned after an hour's deliberation, aud defendant will be sentenced tomorrow. The case, like the one against J. P. Rogers, will bo appealed to tho circuit court. Ten cases remain undisposed of, nlno for keeping open on Sunday, and one for selling liquor on election day. The defendants expect to make u sim ilar fight In each case, and It will ako soveral week to conclude the hearings If the samVtftctlcs pur sum in the oJfcer cases as In the firs' two. Salem Journal. - J Pitiable Condition of a Family Strand ed in Baker City, Mrs. James Whitehead, the crnzy woiiiuu tnkim from tho early train bound west yesterday escaped iato In tho afternoon from her quarters ut tho Sherman house and was found hy Deputy Sheriff Jesse Snow near tho depot, where she was attracting a largo crowd of persons, says the Bar ker City Herald. ?' Tho sight wiis the most pitiful wJtt nested In this city for many wooks. Tho woman und her children woro'sb lllthy that one could only remuln In their presence for a short tlmo. , Tim ilmmtv sheriff hrouuht them to tho court house nnd Judge TravllllQUjf ' made arrangements with some Hal; art fill., iimmnn Inltn ...i rt t it n .f.tttflT Into family The woman and . her children wore taken through a bath lng process and given clean undo-,.' clothing after which they proaontod ' a better appearance last night. England's Crown. ' The crown of England Is u costly "bauble" bedazzled with Jewels enough to found several public chari ties or collegos, There aro 40 dia monds round tho circle, worth 17,500 each, making $160,00(1; (wo large'.een tor diamonds $10,000 each, hiaKlair 120.000: CI smaller diamonds nlaesd at the anglo of the former, each $EU)fV rVinr cmRHoe. each com nosed of26V " v diamonds, $60,000; four large dhw IIJUI1UD (ill LI1U LUM Ul till-- WWBOVnr tWA 000: 12 diamonds in Iho flour ,Ot ,Jd, ' $50,000; 18 entailer diamonds contHlN-'-s ed In tho same, $10,000; pearls- dMH,1 monds, etc., on the urchea' and. crosses, $60,000; HI small diamonds, $25,000; zo diamonds in mo upper crosB, $15,600. The total value of Um, stones, exclusive of (ho metal," ifd nearly half a million dollars, . . , 7 Making 'Prexs Brick. C E, Nelson,. ula&gr of the Went- on brick yard, re now turning out a superior 'i?Of priWd brick and was In WUWt1billa! Saturday waking urruiiKUUHMBWiHce pari or, output .Jn tbaFy- , w 1 V f mm l in fit , 'fir y itf