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'VS' ..tain-maiif i i u iiiu OAILYEVENINGEDITION ii"",w - ...... (WU1B IU BUil, ." SI" , time of tho year to WEATHER FORECAST, Tonight showers and thunder fltorms; cooler Thursnny fnlr. r.M about It w' luu "r.,,..h tlio EnBt urcgon- PENDLETON, UMATILLA COTOTY, OREGON", WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 11104. NO. 5 J 10. If' GOULD . mr m i nnnTn IK Hlltt I 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 llUka - - - LW w - -.!.. Pannr start ca ai ine nf n EuroDean GUI " I 3 . ....ia rnULD BE RU93I" HOPELESSLY BOTTLED. ..... th Destruction of the Wnc n Renretta- M'ltcomniai-- .. . ii. Lit.. j le n.:i.rtprl hv Ineiosni ..hmi Who Attempt to Dc- . til ctnres. But Are Prevented Cltiien-Engllsh Vessels Are . n...i. I ln.9oln.ee le Being ucwmsu ... ... u mi Purnne. rv. ...f ntiaak'v Vlociomostl dtr11.lntr nrHr-ln. on the. nf ti-nr hptwpen Enclnnd -1 1.. .l.n. Innlnn i. .tnnnt. rhnn I h o nnmhlnprl H .uviifevi . ."v ............ . firMt nrltaln. it Have, could .w nnlttn imrta n wl Immilfirl ..... ..Wncni. cYia Hpalrpri Biifcur Causes a Sensation. .Balfour expressed the hope marrow regarding ;ne siup' . . , nt.iu ...... I ! .. . 1 . .. T) ,1 ud added with regard to the Commander: I regret to say iiMinat a regreunuie mciu.ent iccwred. There 1b no question sue loes oi me, uui i am niraia s i question as to a ureacn oi mtement caused a profound Imiiins Evacuate Yinkow. eat Of uaun nilllfnlrp. rnnnrin lie Russians before evacuating pat attempted to destroy all the Ms, but the citizens, aided uy ud ammunition arriv.ed at rateraav k fikl F-l I .. n . m Ttil,. Of t i , i .. wres that the new British k Kurrachnp nnanprl Mmra in. Ed tlntalpil (lint ahn I...... k..ui Dim IIHU UCCU "i me nuBsians, Wtlih Steamer Released. j t i iiti run i HMif ir mai Bteampp Pnrmncn Poo, the RtlSRlnno lino ulan ft .J l Protests Against 8eizurc. tofl. July 27. Smrnlnr Mttoli. 6 "norney lor mo 7"' "u .Milling company, ra wmal protest with the "Partment against th rncmt "IT tSP RllOQlnn ..-.I aani. --.p "'uia on the ground te61 c.arrletI a carB t 1 POUnds Of flour Pnnulnorf K . t "ui uu&Liiitn Tor .innnn Chi.. juit -n riM i . . closed same; new July "S. ClOSod I77A ll Ortoon di - na ..,.. -h-uiv .1. llntllol RhnnV DlftnbA. .i .. . ' nj ev.ening. Jul -fcIO. " uui ii UMinni'intT in msJr8 auo"t J500. The C.n?? wa" saved by ... HifcH i i ivnnn on. irnVftl 1 Al. ii i --HCB Aueiiftt in , ng Out aw ft hA. fc VUUIUY. 1A . "111 Fl I I I I' U fA -me tatu . Ho iurlu- James Mai- ii:"H,r. near the Iw lft Horton "BOSTONIANS" MA QUIT. Comic Opera Company Said to Be In Financial Straits. . Atlantic City, N. J., July 27. A con ference has been held here between the manager and the members of the Bostonlan Stock Opera company, in which it was seriously proposed that the company disband. The members have concluded a three weeks' engagement In this city nnd while the patronage here was not disappointing, tho profits were not enough to meet tho serious deficien cy which has been created by a run of 111 luck which started in Boston. The manager of tho company Is quoted as saying that if the arrangements for further financial assistance did not succeed It would be advisable to wind up thei affairs after a three years' ex istence as a corporation company. There are some 40 people in the combination. To Be Justly Punished., Denver, July 27. Minister Conger has cabled the department thnt the Chinese government has ordered the punishment ot tho officer and soldiers of the detachment that fired upon nnd killed Louis Etzel, the newspaper cor respondent. It will also pay an In demnity of $25,000. which will be turned over to the widowed mother of Etzel In Denver nnd to other mem bers of his family. Sewer System to Cost $89,000. Lewlston, Idaho, July 27. Engineer Jlllier has submitted plans and re ports' on the proposed East Main street sower system showing the esti mated cost to be $89,1)00. This in cludes tho installation of a pumping plant costing $3S00: The matter will ho carried through by the council, and if the people want the system .estab lished, the plans wi be carried out. AWFUL TORTURE OF POLiERS RUSSIAN FIENDS ASSAULT HELPLESS PRISONERS. Drunken Soldiers Enter Prison Cells and Gouge Out Eyes, Break Limbs, Cudgel and Otherwise Maltreat Polish Prisoners Who Afterward Refuse to Be Attended by Russian Physicians. Berlin. July 27. Most revolting re norts are published here of the 111 treatment of political prisoners In Ka llsch, Russian Poland, during diBturb ances caused by the prisoners com plaining of insufficient food. After being fortified by drink, 270 soldiers, headed by a dozen officers .entered the cells and attacked the prisoners. Some of them had their ribs broken by the Boldiers, and oth ers their arms and legs. One soldier cracked a prisoner's arm over his kn.ee as though It were a piece of wood; other prisoners lay on the ground pierced by bayonets. Some had their .eyes knocked out, aud some wer.e strung up to beams, Douna nanu and foot, and cudgeled, beventy pris oners were conveyed to the hospital where they tore off their bandage and refused to permit the doctors to treat them. ROOSEVELT OUTLINES THE FUTURE REPUBLICAN POLICY In Brief Speech Before Notification Committee He Pledges His Strength to McKinley's Ideals, Delavan Lake Assembly. Delavau, Wis., July 27 William J. Bryan was the chief speaker today at tho opening ot tne seveuui uuuutu session of the Delavan LaKe assembly. Hix miblect was "Tho Value of an Ideal." The assembly will continue for 10 days. Public Drinking Fountain. La Grande, July 27. A public drink- inr. fnnntain nurcliasua oy me v. T. U. of this city, has arrived and will bo uut In nlace at once, it was paiu for by public subscription and wm cost about ?lvOU. Murder and Suicide. Puphlo. Col.. July 27. John Ander son, a well known citizen, snoi uhu killed Mrs. J. J. Aflley, a aivorcee, and comittod suicide, jeaiousy wua the cause. Grlnnell Bank Closed. Grlnnell. Ia.. July 27. iue First Na- rinnnl Bank closed its doors today. Liabilities about $500,000. Lewlston Grain Sales. ti,o w first lareo grain sales of i.o spfmnn have been made at Lewis- ton. Th.e Vallmer-Clearwater company purchased 35,000 busneis oi juuu - - m . ...... I fliorpfnr fill son oi lumiuiuij', iwjmb cents per bushel for the bluestem and 55 cents for the club. The Ketton bach Grain Company has purchwd threo wheat fields aggregating 46,000 bushels, paying a price in advance of any paid here this season. Hop Market Opened... Tho hop crop of J. A. Pooler was sold Saturday afternoon conts to Catlin & Linn, and later In the day sold to J. J Metzlor of Port lanu. Nlnoty-threo bales were in thb sale and thoy are prime 1903 hops.- f Says He Accepts the Trust Imposea With a Full Realization of Its Re sponsibilitiesPledges the Party to Vigorous Enforcement of Antl. Trust Law, Which Has Already Been Enforced Would Not Trust the Construction of the Panama Canal to Its Enemies, the Democrats Calls Attention to Proud Record of Past Seven Years. Sagamore Hill, N Y July 27. The our foreign mnrkets by reciprocal official notification, of his nomination agreements whenever they could be for the presidency was tendered made without injury to American in Koosevolt today, Speaker Cannon act- dustrlcs and labor, ing as spokesman for the committee. I ..Vo have nlre!Uly shown tlmt ()m. Following is the reply of President ! ,)o)cv ls to (Io falr aml equa, justci. Roosevelt to the committee: I , mH1. Construction of the Pan- mr. opeaher anu gentlemen ot tne amn canal ls now an aBsure,i fact, hm " "imrauiee, i am deeply most cer,aIny it ls imwlsc to entrust ,c ,B11 ,,, cwa.ci.cu tlle carryiiiK out of so momentous a upon me by the representatives of the ,)0lIc.. to tnog0 who havo eni,Cavored repuimcun party assembled in conven- ,() (lefcat the whop undertaking. I Inn ntWI 1 annont hn nnmt nn inn ftr the nrosidenr-v with n Rnlpmn rpnlliK. . "A l'art' ls worthy only in so far as nr nMin. r . It promotes national interest and heartily appreciate the declaration of f er ",c'a1' ,hIfh or '0,v'. can, scr,vo principles which the republican na- hls os tendering to the tional convention has adopted and at I,eo1 e the best service of which ho is hnmp fntnrp ,inv i ,hii mmm.mina... capable. Effective government comes to you. Mr Chairman, more at length. "nl' ? n result of the loyal coK)pern n.i i .lotnii t i ,ift .,,. tion of ninny different persons. nnce of the nomination. "e wll ha,ve been nt8, "When I became president because "7r as "ub,lc savants during he of the death of my lamented prede- evon years of administration cessor 1 stated that my purpose would aml egisla Ion, now come before the hp In rarrv nnt hlo nrlnMnlps nnrt r,nl. lOpIe content to be judged by our icles. To the be.t of mv abllliv 1 hav rpr.:ri' of achievement. kent that promise ln years ,llat "ave B"e we "We are more 'fortunate than our bV ma . U.'.e dGe, "Quaro with our opponents who now appeal for con- ora- And ir wo are continued m fldence on the ground that if trlum- w "f,1? ? . f 'PY nhnnt thnv miv l,p trnalprf In nrnrn 6-'i "i imuiii: irmra 1 J v . . (tin ranniinnnn nnrrt Viao lolil rtntnti H false to every principle which in the " '""' '" last eight years they have laid down Cannon's Reply. as vital. ' At the close of the president's re- "There is nothing experimental marks. Speaker Cannon, chairman of about government. We ask the peo- tho notification committee, made the pie to continue us In power. In deal- following reply: lng with the trusts we do not have to "Tho republican party, under your explain why laws were not enforced, leadership, keeps up its record from but to point out that they actually its beginning under Lincoln, of doing have been enforced. , thlhgs, the right things at the right "Assuredly It is unwise to change times, and In the right way, notwlth- policies which have worked bo well standing the opposition of those who and wjilch are now working so well, oppose Its right policies from a selfish We have placed the finances of the or partisan standpoint. They dare not nation on a sound basis, so long as ten tne truth about your official ac the republican party ib In power the tlon or the record of the party and gold standard Is solid. That there then condemn It. They can, for sel Should be a readjustment of the tariff fish or partisan reasons, abuse you schedules Is undoubted, but such personally and misrepresent the party changes can be made with safety only which you lead, tls true. However, by those whose devotion to the prin- their abuse and tho abuse of your ac clple of protective tariff ls beyond tion and their ridicule of your person question, nllty Is Insignificant, as compared "We believe ln reciprocity with with the personal and partisan carp foreign nations on terms outlined by Ings against Lincoln, Grant and Mc President McKlnley In his last speech Klnley when they wero clothed with ln which he urged the extension ot jiower by tho pcoplo." DASHED TO DEATH. Telephone Lineman at Baker City, Meets Horrible Death. Baker City, July 27. About i o'clock yesterday afternoon Hubert M. Shermnn. the foreman ot tho Pncl lie States Telephone linemen crew, fell from tho top platform on tho cn bio pole, nnd died within nn hour nftor tho accident. The cnusc of the accident seoins to bo In doubt, but tho general prevailing opinion seems to he that it was tho re sult of tho deceased's body coming In contact with a live ulcctrle wire di rectly or Indirectly. Tho Idea of sun stroko In that tho Sherman fainted from excesslvo boat being the causu of the accident seems to bo Bcoutcd by the nubile generally. Ho fell partly on the right side of his fa en nnd his right shoulder; his right foot receiving a compound trnc turo just above tho nnklo bono. Ills right jaw was broken, his skull frac tured and the upper part of his right arm. nnd shoulder was mashed Into splinters. Sherman was removed to St. Eliz abeth's hospital, where ho died nn hour after tho accident, without re gaining consciousness. DARING ENGINEER. ANTI-MO R MO N8 WIN. Saves His Train From Burning Act Boise City Delegates to State Demo. of Heroism. San Bernardino, Cal., July 27. En gineer Freeman, of the Santa Fe rail road, saved the passengers of over land train No. 2 from death last night by a highly courageous act. The train was ea6t bound and was loaded with hundreds of passengers, cratlc Convention Are Dubois Men. Boise, July 27, The democrats held a primary h.ere yesterday. In the city there was no opposition to tho ticket placed in nomination by tho Dubois men and the delegates elected hero will ho ln complete control. So far as known tho opposition did not make many of whom were en route to the , a contest elsewhere In the county. St. Louis exposition. The convention will send a delegation When the train was a,t a standstill I to tho stato convention at Lewlston tho locomotive suddenly became en-' to give vigorous Bupport to Dubois, volnnod in flamo8. Something had be- anti-Mormon policy. come wrong with the oil feeder and there was no means of shutting on lhfi flow of oil. Freeman thereupon sprang Into tho blazing cab, waded through burning oil, and reaching the throttle sent tne engine down the track, stopping only when he had reacneu a poini wnere n whk safe to have the fire burn Itself out without danger to tho surrounding property. UTAH CLOUDBURST. Entire Settlement Swept Away Near St. New Harmony, George, Utah, July 27.- -A big DAVENPORT FLOPS. Cartoonist Turns Over a New Leaf In His Professional Career. Homer Davenport, America's fore most cartoonist, and a product of Marlon county, has again taken up his pencil, 'and will be busy during tho campaign, but this year lit tho re publican cause, says tho Salem Journal. Four years ago Davenport was draw Ing caricatures designed to make democratic votes, and his figure rep resenting trusts became known ln Hottest Day at Portland. Portland, July 27. In but four cities of the United Slates did tho thermom eter reach n higher mnrk yesterday than In Portlnnd. ln this city It regis tered 100 degrees; In Fresno, Cal., 10S; in San Diego, Cnl., 101; ln Hod Bluff, Cal.. 102. nnd ln Yuma. Ariz., 102. With ono exception yoatcrdny was the hottest day Portlnnd lias ex perienced since tho cstn-tlshnicnt of the locnl weather bureau. On July 23, l.ji, tho thermometer went as high as 102. DEMOCRATS CO F E NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETS AT ESOPUS. Sixty-one Leaders Visit Parker at His Home and Review the Political Sit uationHill Shows Little Cordialty In His Greeting The Two Belmonts, Woodson and Taggart Are In the Party. Esopus, July 27. The democratic national committee nnd other promi nent democrats, numbering In all fil, arrived at 2:15 this afternoon mid were driven to rtoscmont In a long lino of carriages. Among tho first to alight from tho train was Hill with AugiiBt nnd Perry Belmont, Taggart and WooiIboii. Hill wns taken In Parker's wagonette. Murphy prevailed upon them to nwnlt tho arrival of tho committeemen, but tho meeting with Hill betokened no particular cordiality. Parker Introduced them, and fol lowing tho hanilshnko the meeting was perfunctory. Tho crowd, nftcr shaking the nomlnco'H hand, spread out over tho lawn to tnfk politico Parker's greeting with Taggart was cffuslvo and the pair was soon closely engaged In conversation. MBIT TORS URGING PEACE One Last Effort Now Being Made to Bring Fackers and Strikers Together. FIRE CAUSED BY NEW MEN DESTROYS REFINERY. Packers Repainted Their Wagons and Mndc Deliveries Before the Strikers Learned of the Ruse Four Hundred Teamsters Said to Be Working at Chicago Independent Packers Se cure Union Help to Operate Their Plants James Hall Dies From Bul let Wound Inflicted by Unknown Striker. IN COUNTY COURT. Prognosis of Issues Which It Will Con front in August. ' Tho coming session of tho county court August 10 will havo for con sideration and probably for Immediate settlement, derision upon tho follow ing Iflsuos: Itcnownl of warehouse bonds for tho ensuing year. Rebuilding of tho Ulrrh creek bridge, near Pilot Hock, which, in an uncompleted condition, was completely carried awny by the flood of five weeks ago. The county will expend $180 approximately In cash for labor and material, besides furnishing a portion of tho material directly. The court will also receive bids for approximately 120 cords of wood for fuel for tho ensuing winter. Chicago, July 27. Flro stnitcd nt 8:30 tills morning in tho ln.nl roflnory (i. Swift's plant and destroyed two thirds of tho building bofaro It was brought under control. Loss, $16,000. Tho Btructuro Is situated ho thnt tho spread of tho llamea would havo nicnnt tho destruction of tho ontlro plant, hut prompt work of tho llro men now on gunrd lu tho packing dis trict, prevented further damage Tho llmuea orlglunted, It Is believ ed, from mi ovor-honied dynamo, cnused by now men. Tho crowds nro not permitted within tho puckers' zona lu which tho building is situated, No teamsters reported for work this morning, and tho tlo-up In that direc tion Is complete, Last Appeal to Packers. Chicago, July 27. Strike lenders and members of tho stnto board of ar bitration this mornldg conferred with Donnelly nnd other lenders mid later nil left labor headquarters for an un known destination. Thoy said a Inst appeal would be mndo to tho puckers. In tho yards tho packers claimed to havo over 400 teamsters nt work this morning, hut none wore sent out of tho danger zone. Schwnrzchlld nnd Sulzberger, nt an enriy hour sent out nlnn wagons, newly painted, so as to disguise them, and thoy succeeded in getting their loads delivered before tho strikers suspected tho purpose. Tho Independent packers this morn ing secured 125 union cattlo handlers. Jnmcs Hall died this morning as a result .of n bullet wound rcc.elved a week ago nt tho hands of unknown strlkors. Packers Hopeful at Kansas City. Kansas City, July 27. Tho packers tills morning assert that thoy aro woll satlsued with tho situation and that dcsertlous from tho union aro fre quent, Thoy expect a comploto forco to ho employed within tho noxt 48 hours. No violence hart yet been attempted. cloudburst which occurred at New I ucr oi ine country, unit ov Harmony, 40 miles north of here, this . erywhero it made a deep Impression. morning, almost swept away an enure 'this year Davenport has taken up Mormon settlement. his same style of trust cartoons, but vn iivp wpro lost, but cattle, crops, , instead of being aimed at republl- orchards and 20 houses were carried cans thoy aro aimed at Parker, Bel- away. A big wall of water eignt ieei mom, en.eeuan, uui and otner demo high swept down the canyon flooding , cratlc leaders. the entire valley. Ono of Davenport's favorite car- I toons of today is to represent Parker Jealousy and Murder. J nestling In tho arms of tho trusts, and o. u-ni.n Tnlv 27. Manuel Now York leaders snuggling close to Roth a French teacher, shot and kill-'. the pin-headed giant. The merit of ed Mrs. Angle Parslow, a widow, and ( Davenport's cartoons is readily recog- then suicided In tho l.atin quarter, i ""w, u iiiuu ui uchjb jjuuuoucu hi. mnrnlne. The tragedy occurred on the street, and was witnessed by many. Jealousy was supposuu io uu the cause. ln one paper, as heretofore, they now appear simultaneously in sov.eral re publican dallies. A peace commission from the Thib etan capital, has met the British forces aud would settle the dlfficul- With Haines Record. ... t rnrvTiiia nt TTnian. one of the nloneer newspaper men of East- ties between those countries without Irn OreEon Is now interested ln tho 'further hloodshod. a he British Insist i,Jnrrt nd will hereafter be on going to L'Hasaa before talking connected with that paper. peace, After Valley Horses. V 1), WoIbo, of Bend, Eastern Ore gon, is in tho vnlley, for tho purposo of buying a number oi good horses to Iw used In his section of the coun try on tho Irrigation ditches, A short time ago a number of horses were brought In hero from Eastern Oregon and placed on tho market, and it seems peculiar that now Eastern Oregon people como hero to buy linrses, hut the reason for this can be found In tho fact that th.e horses brought across tho mountains to this valley for sale are not tho kind of ani mals desired by tho Irrigation people for the work thoy havo under way. Salem Statesman. Outing at H Ida way. Mrs. II. J. Bean, accompanied by her young son and daughter, Miss Ma bel Jones, of Walla Walla, and 'Miss Marie Smith, and by Miss Delia Dan ner and Master Glen Storoy, have gone to Hldaway Springs, whero they will remain during tho hot weather, making their homo In a summer house on the judge's ranch adjoining Hlda way Miss Danner and MaBtor Storey accompany the party as companions for the younger Beans, Final Effort to Settle. Chlcugo, July 27. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the stnto hoard arbitration, after another conference with tho union lenders, succeeded in having an agreement with tho labor in on to again meet the packers, tentatively waiving tho IK hours reinstatement of tho strikers, hut maintaining tho 10 duys proposition. An effort is now be ing made to arrange for n meeting with thi pnekers tills afternoon. Quiet at Omaha. Omaha, July 27. Tho strike situa tion Is quiet. Tho pnekuru rontiuuo to gut new men and tho sheriff now states ho can handle tho situation without troops. Salem Girl Goes to China. Miss Nellie Clark, of Salem, a daughter of Alexander Clark, has been appointed as a missionary to China by tho Christian church, of which sho Is a member. Sho Is now in Halom, but expects to leave for San Francis, co lu time to sail for China on Sep tember 21. Miss Clark stands very high in Salem circles, where sho has spent most of her life, She Is a grad uate of tho College of Liberal Arts of Willamette Unlvorslty, and during tho past year lias been leaching in Polk county. Sho is tho first foreign missionary to he appointed from Oro--on by tho Christian church. Salem Statesman. Roosevelt's Neighbors Mad. Oyster Bay, July 27. Owing to tho decision of Secretary Iob, who doubtless consulted with tho president, the towns people at largo wer.o not per mitted to visit Sagamore Hill to listen to tho speeches to day. Tho prohibition caused a good deal of hard feeling. In 1900 tho villagers participated In the Jolllllcutlon attending the notification, Salero Statesman,