"' s DAILY EVENING EDITION WEATHER FORECAST. .yplNGEDITION "77" difference bo- Tonight mill' warmer tonight. Tuesday, fnlr, eBLi. i imtwccn neo- hntwnon Stores if, W i tst- PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1Q4. NO. 5114. if is DIRE STRAITS Ll Keller Killed and the Main Army Surrounded by Japanese. CREFFIELD COLLAPSES. - ... uinDDIpn If CZAR l& By STARTLING REPORTS. ...i, Forces Are Ttunning IFrom and Dodging the Alert Armies JtheMlkado-Russlan Right Flank Lr.ed Back at Sematse Japanese l,d Force Is Constantly Relnforc- 1,4 Under Cover of Warships In tne Lrbors-McCormlck Hurries From Icarlsbad to St. Petersburg Eng- IUnd protests Against Classing foodstuffs as Contraband. Si. Petersburg, Aug. I. A. big bat I .' u ..t Hnl r.hencr. Gen- .la in iiriiuiunn it- u- til Count Roller, commanding the Lrces n action, was killed by a rating shell. Kimmatkln's report to tho czar laves the result of tho fight In doubt lind makes no mention of Keller b Lath. It says: "July 31 tho Japanese l.rmia simultaneously renewed their lidvance on our Boutnern front. Rus- I ilia rear guard offered a stuuuorn ru til thn attacks of the ene- mv raven tori thnt tliev wore of great- Hu; - - - , I; superior strongtn. uur rear guuru Iilowly retired in tne direction oi nui One." I Russian division near Sltnuu lrkn oiirproHfnllv rheeknd tho ad vti.ub - - Irtace of t ie enemy, wnicn preiiHeu I mini mir rich! flunk. The Japanese iiln hlnu- urns delivered .at the Taku I shan nrmv. General Oku commanding, -v -- ---- . . I between Slmun Chong and Hal uncng, twritlnir from various villages west I of Slmun Cheng on our eastern, front. I "The advance of tho Japs Degan sjalnst our main position. At that mntnent their nlilef force, was dis closed opposite to our right flank and around It In the Ulr.eci.ion of Sematese ind Llao Chong. Tho Japanese are also advancing against our troops at HaklatBO." Leader of the "Holy Rollers" Glad to Get In Jail. Portland, Aug. 1. "Joshua" Crcf field, leader of tho "Holy Rollers," religious sect, Is glad h'e Is In jail here. It Is the first time In months that his life hns been absolutely safe. When the Jail door closed on him Saturday night he at once fell down on his cot In mental and physical collapse, after his three months' hid ing from tho law. Thrice at Corvall Is a mob gathered to hang him. before the deputies could get to the train, and tho torture of the deluded man has been awful. For three months he has been se creted In a pit under his father-in-law's liouso, where ho ate, slept and lived. Tim nit was scarcely large enough to hold his frail body and he snyB ho Is glad to be In tho wider freedom of the county jail. The reward of $400 for his capture wll lgo to noy Hurt, ins urotner-in law, who discovered mm, nnu sinrv' ed, under Hurt, senior's house whprp ho had been secreted. Since Mrs. Hurt went to the nsy-. lilt", (Jrettleld lias notiung 10 eai, ex cept nl rare Intervals, Bla Timber Wool Trade. m,- THmiior. Aiio-ust 1. The North ern Pacific has closed Its wool ware house hero, the season's product Hav ing all been bnled up nnd shipped. The last carload went forward today, making a total of "4 curs, or 2,215,060 pounds, for the season. It was ex pected that the receipts would reach two and a quarter millions, hut me amount fell a little short. STRIKING EMPLOYES BEGIN WARFARE Oil THE PACKERS Will Invoke the Child Labor Law and Building Laws of the State to Worry Their Masters. Strike Committee Begins an Active Campaign-Secures Four Arrests for Employing Children In the Packing Houses - Nonunion Men Being Housed Illegally-Presldent Will Not Interfere-Only 200 Out of 500 Striking Teamsters Can' Get Back-Commissary Department Thronged With Hungry Families-Injunction Issued Against Sinkers at St. Jo-seph-Pollce Guards Escort Hundreds of Wagons In Kansas City and at St. Joseph the Chief of Police and Sheriff Say the Situation Is Be yond Their Control. SLOCUM OFFICERS PLEAD. All Plead Not Guilty and Barnaby l Held Under $20,000 Ball. New York, Aug. 1. President Bar naby, Secretary Atkinson and Treas urer Dexter, of the Knickerbocker Steamboat Company, owners of tho Slocum, nnd Government inspectors Lumlberg ami Fleming, were arraign ed In tho federal court today and pleaded not gunty. Harnaby's ball wns fixed at $20,000, the others at $5000. REGATTA NOW ON. Plants' Ingomar Loses First Place to White Heather. Cowes. Aug. 1. The regatta wool; ,.i ,inv u'ltli thn klnu nnd (luccu present. The first rnco for yachts of over 100 tons, wns won by Plnnta In gomar. but on u tlmo allowance, tho White Heather wns given first. Bruit hllde" second, lngonmr third, nnd Me teor fourth. WRONGED WOMAN SEEKS REDRESS Mrs. Eliza J. Sams Makes Some Sensational Charges Against Her Husband. ALLEGES ALMOST UNSPEAK ABLE CRUELTIES FROM HIM. Says He Has Struck and Abused Her and Threatened Her Life and That of. Her .Children Knocked Her Cholrea Threatens Philippines. Wnshlnctnn. Auirust 1. About 30 cases of plaguo per week are being re- nnrtnrl nt T-fnnr- Knnir. while cholera also made Its appearance at that point. The latter is considered u source of great danger to the Philippines, BOOTLEGGING IS SUSPECTED ILLICIT WHISKEY TRAFFIC AT SUMMER RESORTS Matter Brought to the Attention of Authorities A Deputy United States Marshal Is Sorely Needed at Pen, dleton Commissioner Halley Pow. erless to Act Several Whiskey Peddlers Suspected. Japs Continue to Reinforce. St. Vptpraiiiiri' Anc. i. A consid erable force of Japanese has Just been landed at Ylnkow, under cover of sev eral warships. McCormick to St. Petersburg. Carlsbad, Aug. 1. American Am bassador McCormick, who was taking treatment here, has suddenly depart ed for St. Petersburg. Kuropatkin Loses Ground. London, Aug. 1. A Reuter's dis patch asserts that KuropatUln's east front, or right flank has been turned by tho Japanese. Foodstuffs Should Not Be Contraband London. Anir 1 In thn liouso of commons today the foreign under sec retary, Earl Perchy, stated that tho tnVArnmnn, t, .1 I r. .1 . 1. n Tl-lt .. ... V I.I. UU14 II1QIIUUICU tt.U ish ambassador at St. Petersburg, to yruieBi against tho including or iooo tuffs In tho light of contraband of war For Portage Road. I. IT VnnWrtnlrln ,1n,,,,tr ntlnrnnv General of Oregon, is now In Tho Dall.es for the purpose of cloarlng up the records on some of tho lands se cured by the Celilo canal commission lOr thn nt ....... T, nAAVMa Hint fcany farmers had been living on 5r mrms ior many years ana aiu M care to maKe sure that tho title lh title has been cleared by the -He oi limitations, but una uoes B0t fill f fit n ntlth HnHrxA Qtntna N-V. T bll Klip UUUUU WVMfcM Eovernment engineers, and it is neo wy mat tnero suould be auooiute If DO HafAnt In n mntr aA. ' 111 lliu 1 VI J ov, cured by the Btato and to be deeded In tliQ . ...,, ft construction will bgin Walla Wal- la Qt. " "iniesman. Talk of Lynching. Lewlston, Idaho, Aug. 1. i'o lias oeen strong tain ' of lynching Rudolph Wlttor, tlhr. 1.1,1. . v . . . nuied u. waiior unu Christopher Lang and wound fd Lang's 14-year-old son, at Resort, fdaho, Thursday oven '"6. The crlrao Is said to avo been unprovokod ond cold-blooded. wittor, who Was capturfld at Qoldon Rulo mining camp, soon aftor the crime, has refused to talk, ijjoco his capture, nnd Is eul- What is believed to be illicit traf flc in Hauor at Lehman Springs and other summer rpsorts has been brought to the attention of the auth orities, and while no arrests have been made, it is understood that sev Pi-nl nprHons aro under suspicion. it Ih nllpcnd that whisky by the case Is being brought Into Lehmnn Springs and disposed of to tne campers. United stales commissioner joim iiniipv hnfnrn whom complaints In re gard .to violations of the revenue Inwa nrn tnnrip. (mid LOdaV: "As a committing magistrate, I have not the power to make com plaints, even when I personally know ,i,n, thn laws nrn broken. There Is little doubt but that bootlegging Joints are ueing run, uui wnui is 1 i n rUmutv United States mnrnlin i for this nortlon of tho state. As It Is, all the deputies are In tho office at Portland and wneuevor tueir s.ervlces are required elsewhere they lmvn in pnmo irom iieaduuuriers.- At ono time a deputy marshal was stationed at Pendleton. The marshal for Oregon Is allowed but four depu Hps two of theso aro offlco men. and this leaves but two for outside work. Chief Deputy i: A. wortuiug- tnn whr, U'fla 111 tnWn fl fGW daVS neO unM thnt thn liuslness of the office In Portland required the services of all avaiiauie ocputieH. rn Trlal.n tlm rlpniitv mnrnhnla nrn stationed at various parts of the state. Chicago. Aug. 1. The new. board of control selected Saturday to man-. ngc the strike, met today and starleil n now lino of action by adopting res olutions to be presented to tho build ing Inspector, calling attention to the alleged violations by tho packers of the building laws, In housing non union men in a building without pro tection as the laws demand. The state factory ' Inspector this morning also Issued four warrants against the superintendent of the Morris plant who Is charged with em ploying boys under age. The strikers' commissary mmm-a are thronged this morning with crowdB of hungry families, but no dis order prevails. President Will Not Interfere. Wnohlm-tun. Amr. 1. The president will return to Oyster Uay on August 20, and remalu until September. 20. He has no Intention oi lnienering In tho beef strike unless tho trouble ,i irpiiprniiv to thn other trades or causse a meat famine so that tho situation takes the nspect of a nation- nl disaster, like the coal siriKe. Within the last .ew days the prest .i... i.nc iw.pn nnftiirpil liv men in cloBe touch with the Chicago situation that the trouble will solve itself by the men going back to work In time. Packers Get an Injunction. a, ir,Dc,ttii Mm auc. l. A tempor ary Injunction, returnable on August 22, was granted uy reuerai juubu Phillips today against tho packing house strikers on an application oi uiu packers. The affidavits cite 100 law inou nntu niitl rontnlns the statements of the police chief and sheriff that the situation is ueyonu ineir tumiui, the opening hours of tho 21st day of the packers' strike. Shipments of non-union men con tinue to arrive at tho yards, lug distributed nmong tho plants. The packers claim there nre heavy 'deser tions from the strikers' ranks, but the wholesale stampede anticipated uu morning did not materialize Receipts this morning wore very heavy, amounting to 25.000 cattle, 38,000 hogs and 17,000 sheep. The absence of President Donnelly, of the Butchers' Union, on a trip to the Western packing cities. Is taken as an Indication thnt no immediate steps looking to a settlement Is con ,..,inin,i Tim rnmmlsBary depart ment established by tho HtrlkerB, were thronged thin morning by tho men's fnmllies. The packers now stnte they will uso only 200 out of over 500 teamsters jo'ut on n strike when tho fight Is over, having made other arrangements for the delivery of meat. I -Wholesale Desertions From Ranks. ! Kansas City, Mo Aug. 1. The po llco reported that many skilled butch ers have deserted the strikers today 1 and returned to work at Armour's. There Is no disorder thlB morning. New Cures by.X-Rays. i ,.,ir, Animal 1 Professor lloz- zoli. director of clinical medicine at Turin university, has communicated to the Hoynl Academy or Meiticino ui observations on the surprising officii cv of tho action of X-rnys In tho treatment of certain serious diseases .1.... t... I n i I L.V the ninoci. no tuaics imu iiu suocoodod In curing by X-rnyn n cnRO of leuclmemln, which was considered Incurable. Letter From Andre. Chrlstlaulu, August 1. A Norwegi an whaler has found, north of Spits bergen, n bottle containing a letter from Andre, dated In 1S08. The tit'xt Is not given. Ex-Governor Pattlson Dead. Phllnilnlnhln. AllL'llHt I. KornUT Governor PattlBon died nt Oillti this morning of pneumonia. Down and Dragged Her Into tho Street, Tearing Her Infant From Her Breast Woman Asks to Bo Given Her Six Minor Children and $200 Immediate Relief and the Stat utory Share of the Property, Amount of $4500. Quiet Reigns at Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 1. Quietude mnrked New Recruits Deserting. Omaha, August 1. Tho strike 1b unchanged. Governor Mickey made a quiet visit to the packing house dis trict and saw a carload of non union mpa arrive at the Armour plant wan nt .iiutiirlinnpn. iin returned to Lin o,.i unitufi,.,! with tho manner In : wl.lM, thn sheriff in handling the sit I uatlon. The strikers say that many I of tho now men are deserting the ' packers. Officers Escort Teams. Rt. Joseph. Mo.. AllgUBt 1. No Btrlke disturbances this morning Hundreds or officers escort tho pack orB teamB. O. T. STEEL SUCCEEDS A. W. NYE AS DEPUTY. Commission of Mr. 6teele Arrived To dayMr. Nye is. Now Librarian and Corresponding Secretary of the Commercial Asoclatlon Out of 17 Arrests Mr. Nye 8epured 15 Con victions for Violations of Game Laws. BARBER LAW UPHELD. Supreme Court Holds That the Act Is Constitutional. el..,,, fir Ani?. 1. (Sueclal) Tho unnrnmn rrnirt todav reversed the de cision of Judge George, of Multnomah county, In what Is known as tno oar her case, brought by the board of bar ber examiners against H. L. Uriggs. The defendant was convicted ior ,ir.tl,,i- n hnrhcr shop in violation of the existing law regulating tho trade. A Judgment was arrested oy tho trial court holding the act to bo unconstitutional. Tho law Ib held to be constitutional In the higher court. BAKER CITY DULL. Textile Mills Open. Pull Illvor. Mass.. August 1. Tho mills opened this morning, wo de velopments aro anticipated within 10 days. GUNNING FOR FROG8. New Sport In the Mountain Resorts Furnishes Great Amusement. r.roon frnir hnntlnir is tho latest of tho many sports practiced in tho Blue mountains, and tnero is no danger oi vlolatlong the gamo laws. Dr. T. M. Henderson, county coroner, and John Jordan, yesterday afternoon went gunning for frogs' legs at Meacham, and managed to bag 54 pairs. "It was great sport," sold Dr. Hen derson," and wo aocured enough legs to furnish dinner for a party of 10, The frogs we found very plentiful In tho ponds In and around Meacham,' Wo hunted win a small target rifle. "The frogs In that soctlon aro not of tho bullfrog .variety, but aro the largo green onos. The legs aro very dainty, hut most porsons hav,e never considered them as food." Mines and Mills Either Closed, or Are Reducing Their Force. T. W. Bracking, who has Just re turned from Baker City, reports that place as extremely dull at this time perhaps business more depressed there now than at any time in many years. The exhaustion of the Bonan za mine stopped one large pay roll entirely, tho North Polo working force has been cut down from 150 to 40, while tho worjting force of thfl Columbia has been cut two-thirds. The Oregon Lumber Co. sawed dur ing the paBt season 2,500,000 feet of lumber, but has shipped but 500,00.1 feet so far, and expects to shut down September 1, throwing from 200 to 300 men out or cmpioymem. it is buuuu Mini nni nvnr 100 men for an average. are working In the entire Greenhorn district. SOIL LIKE 8ICILY. Smithsonian Institute Makes Cheml cal Analysis of Umatilla County Earth. Thn anil nf llinntllln I'OlintV. SIC cording to chemical analynls made by tne late J'ror. nenry oi mo nniiinsou lan Institute at Washington, D, C Is f.lnnllnal will, thn vjilnntlln nflh ffirniQ. tlon of tho Island'of Slcllly, where for tho past 2000 years auunuani wneat crops have been yearly raised. "TIiIb goes to prove," said Dr. C I Smith "thnt wn f Knutnrn Ore gon have nothing to fear In regard to tho wearing out of our grain produc ing mill. Illntiirv li.llu nu thnt tho wheat crops of Sicily have been pro duced for 20 centuries without tho aid of fertilization other than that rnntnlnnrl tn thn unit Itaplf. ,"Tho question of how long tho Boll of the Inland Umpire would be auie to produce wheat crops has be.en ono thnt haa Imnn nukprl nml rnnslflnrpfl many' times. Tho noil with which Prof. Henry mado his test was taken from near Weston. Chemically, ho rpnnrtprJ thnt It wnn nvnntlv llkn thnt of Slcllly. There, Instead of deterior ating as the years nave lien, uio sou nas gradually uecoroo ricner. Ploneer Druggist Sells. Aftnr 1K vnnra nf pinna and siir.rpHS- ful attention to business, G. A. R. Mc- Grew has found a rest ana cnango ad visable. He has sold his large drug in, at Wnatnn In M J. Hockerllne. recently of Salem. An Inventory la now being lauen, anu tne new pro prietor will assume charge tho first of this week. Mr. McGrew will re tain his proporty Interests in tho town where he has so long been an Influential and respoctpd citizen, Mr, Cockerllne Is a capablo druggist and successful bu8inusB roan. He has a wlfo and thrco children who will soon arrive from Salora to make their home In this city. Weston Leader. ill WARDEN IS APPOINTED n i.' Mipnin nf Pendleton. lniH been appointed special deputy gamo and forestry warden for liasiern uregon ii a. w. Nvo. ruHlcned. State Senator C. J. Smith today received Mr. Steele's commission. Mi. Steele has been u field deputy Iwn vnnrM In tllll COUIltV llHSCBSOr'B office. Ho will not assume IiIh new duties until September 1. Mr. Nye, the retiring deputy warden, recently iook ,,,, ii, iintlnu it llhriirlnn nml corres ponding secretary of tho Commercial ABOBClUtlOU, During tho year ho acted nB deputy linnui wnrilen. Mr. Nve Proved the most energetic of I ho half dozen statu game protectors, and out or 17 ar- mule mn'ln nt llptinnnr fni vlnlllllnn of tho deer killing law, secured IS convictions. PARKER A VICTIM. Book Agent "Worked" the Democratic Candidate Today. h'KmiiiH Am? 1. Thn hottest weath er of tho year fulled to keep Piirker In doors today, no dividing tno lore noon between u long rldo on horse back anil it visit to (lie ricu neiiis. Thn IiiiIimi'k onlv visitor was a hook agent who succeeded In selling him it set of .leirersoii's writings, aiinoiigii the candidate already possessed sev eral sets. Kor six years Hllzn J. Sams, of Wes ton, alleges hIio bore tho ubiiso and cruel treatment or tho man who had sworn to honor nnd lov.o her, but when ho struck her down with his rist, drove her Into the high rond and '. Hiinlclieil from her breast her child, Bho could stand It no longer. Now she Is asking the oourtH to grnnt her release, Tho action or Kllza J. SnniH against ChnrloB A. Sams was filed In tho cir cuit court this morning. Tho couple . wore married in Whlla Walla, Wash., April 10. 1888. Six years ago, accord ing to tho complaint, the husband be gan a series of cruel and Inhuman iu:tH ugnlnst tho plaintiff. Ho called her villi nnniCH. Bho alleges, gavo hor ! boatings repeatedly, and threatened I her life, nt one tlmo drawing u pistol I and on divers occnBlons chasing hor with various farm lmpiemoniB, sucn as -hoes nnd axes. Mrs. Sams declares their six child ren have nlso been liihumnnly treat ed, Roy, n 12-year-old son. In particu lar, whom the father Is said to have whitinnii nvnr I tin honil and toro a hamirul of hair from his scalp. On last Wednesday at tno nums home, neur Weston, It Is allogod tho defendant struck IiIb wife In tho mouth with his fist, knocking hor from tho oreh. Ho followed up this act, the complaint states, by striking tho woman with a stick of wood and calling her vile names, "Tho defendant," the complaint continues, "then drovo tho plaintiff toward tho road and when she fell down at tho gate, he caught her by the arm and drugged her Into tho road, lorclng her to leave her homo, and snatching from her, their 10 tnnnihuilil mm. ii nurslnc bilbo." Sams Is alleged to hav.o a violent Inniniir mill llltt wlfa llOClnrOB llO gOIl- orally carries a loadotl revolver. Tho dofenilant'H proporty ib sum to consist of $3000 on deposit In tho Fanners' Hank or Weston, and other personal property valued at about $1500. Tho plaintiff desires tho cub tody of tho six minor children, Iniino dlato relief to the extent of $200, uud what other alimony tho court may seo fit to grnnt. Tlio action was muu by the law rirm or Money Ac i-owou today.- Freedom of the Press. A. B. Noblett, editor and proprle Irir nf thn CVAflurn lup Tltnnn lu mmirn lng over the loss of an advertiser and subscriber because they did not llko tho spirit In which ho criticised tho nptlnna nf nnrtntn tmrsnna Tn tllla connection we wish to say that the human race is tho samo an over ana Brother Noblett happens to be the victim of a little misplaced confidence In that be must have been counting upon some one's frlendsnip when It did not exisf'Thero are some persons running around, waiting for an ex cubo of some kind to try to do some ono elso an Imagined Injury, and this was evidently the one, olso ho would never have Jumped at so small a prick of tho spur. Adams Advance. The Kerr-Gl(ford Warehouse Com pany has Just Incorporated In Port land, with a capital stock of $100,000 and with Peter, Thomas and Andrew Kerr and J. C. Flnnders, as Incorporators. TO FIGHT UNION MUSICIANS. Managers Will Force the Issue of Lower Wages, New York, August I. To compel union musicians and stage bunds of this and other or the largo cities of the United States and Canada to sub mit to a radical reduction in wages nnd tn pnrrnnl nnrtnln trrlnvnnpna urhlnh thn mnnnt-pr nrn llllpt?pfl In suffer from, tho recontly formed Now, York Theatrical Managers' Associa tion began a convention today at tfyo Apnrlnmv nf Mllnln In thlfl pltv . .j - --- -. . The managers decluro that hereto fore they have had to submit to what ever schedule of wages their musi cians have demanded. Now they as sert that tho musicians will have to dance to the music of the baton tho associated managers will wjeld, or elso cease playing In houses con trolled by them, A schedule of wages which the managers consider fair has been drawn up and probably will bo adopted by tho convention Tho musicians as well as tho man agers aro strongly organized and a hlttnr fluht In Hkelv to follow nnv at tempt of the managers to put tho re- uucca scueuuie into eitect at uio opening of tho theatrical season this fall. Parcels Post to Japan. Wnuhllictiill. I). (J.. AllKUSt 1. Tho- parcels post ugreoinoiit recently sign ed by PoBtiniiMer uonorai rayuo, on behalf of tlio United States, and Min ister Takahlra, on behalf of Japan, wont Into effect today. The treaty iillows a muxlmum limit of weight nf four pounds six ounces in tne mans hntwppn thn twn countries. The rate fixed In 12 cents a pound or fructlon thereof. Summer School of Theology. Sewanee, Tonn., August 1. Tho summer school of tueology at tho University of tho South began Us four weeks' Houston today under prom ising aiisplcus. In addition to the members of tho university faculty tho Instructors nnd lecturers this year in clude Bishop Beckwlth, Rev. 0. D. Wllra'qr'Or Atlnntu, nml Warden Hut lori.Qrxcubury Divinity School. WW. .V77TTTT Plehve's Assassin Dies. St. Petersburg, Aug, 1. Poroznoff, tho uhbushIu of Von Pl.ehvo, died of the Injur ies he received from tho explo sion of tho bomb which killed his victim, Ho mado no dis closures before his dentil and his true name, his plot and accomplices are all now sealed In his speechless lips, It Is ou,Q of the precautious of the anarchists that they do not lm swer questions aftor commit ting a crime, and the police expected this silence. 3