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DA1LYEVEN1NGED1TI0N WEATHER FORECAST, Tonight nnil WetlncRdny fair, cooler Wednesday. iiNGEDrnoN mi " .1 1 ffrtfnticn 111? LrtiWf'V hptwccn peo- ts tserr nr between - mr m i. c SA It 'Re is sum- AND Sti iHIUIfl Aim 808 hn, j, j NOW MATED PENDLETON,. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST OPERATORS TIE UP isllKERS HEADY "KATI" SYSTEM y, 1904. NO. 5115. forces weer at a disadvantage, first, on account of the steepness of the ground, secondly on account of a lack of suitable positions vfor our artillery, while the heat was over 100 degrees, Fahrenheit." Military Headquar- the Orient Go to Istok Lese columns l0VANCE ON MUKDEN. Lmpt to Raise a New 150,000 at Harbin to Rush jtkln'f Rellef-The De- Condition of Russian I Shown In the Retirement Ljdquarters From Man- , Vladivostok, Which Port Lome the Russian Capital Lr EastRussian Govern- L Accepts England's As- concerning contraband. ,3g "The Gazette's cor- It it Mukden, states uiui un lnm nf thu Russian mill- hum are belnc transferred mi, which will become the Eastern Asia. :in a new army of 50,000 Is ; raised to go to the help lu. Two Japanese dlvls- Lot within 10 miles of Muk- Luia Now Apologizes. tersburg, Aug. 2. The gov issued an official note this ttrardlnc the capture of neu- Lis carrying contraband. tefinlng Russia's previous a an the subject, the note Isovernment has accepted the s of ureat Britain that tne fcd found aboard the Malacca to the British government, edslon, however," says th.e t be considered in no sense ut thn ltusslan covcrnment Lm Ite flatprmlnntlnn tn Rpnrl fcrulsers and war vessels In o orevent the transportation ratraband to the enemy. Japs Near Port Arthur. Toklo, Aug. 2. It Is reported that the Japanes.o have captured Shan Tal Kow, an Important defense of Tort Arthur, after three days fighting. VENEZUELA WANTS DAMAGES. Brings Suit for Breach of Contract Against American Company. Washington, August 2. Minister Bowen, at Caracas, caules that the Venezuelan government has brought suit against the New York and Ber muda Asphalt Company upon the al legation that the latter had pledged itself to develop other resources of the country In addition to the bitumen but fall.ed to carry out the contract. Bowen has been Instructed to pro test against a receivership on the principal that an American corpora tion Is being made a victim of govern ment exigency. POR BITTER WAR Twenty-seven Hundred Miles Situation Has Now Resolved of the Lines Are DemoraU Into a Test of Endurance ized, on Both Sides. N. PROTESTS. I'lnj Sink Their Vessels. Istok, August 2. The reason by the Russian squadron s j.'or sinking their steamers off u their shortage of coal and bequent inability to make the Vladivostok. The squadron I condition and ready for an- fi as soon as coaled. UNIONISTS ARE ENJOINED. Joe Lelter Will Force Miners' Union Out of Coal Mining Town In Illi nois. Springfield, III., August 2. JosepU Lelter today asked and obtained from the federal court a temporary Injunction against the union minerR at Zclgler, his mining property, which j has been stockaded ana wnicn nr ex pects to operate with non-union help after evicting all the unionists. Three hundred and seventy-tour members of the Mlneworkers are made defend ants. The hearing is set for Septem ber 15. ALL PASSENGER TRAINS ARE GREATLY DELAYED. Freight Traffic Is Virtually Suspend' ed Kansas City, Houston, Sallda and Other Centers Are Badly Crip pled Operators Have the Entire System at Their Mercy Officials Claim That the Strike Is a Failure, But No Trains Are Arriving. ONE THOUSAND MORE STRIKE BREAKERS IMPORTED. Strikers See Their Jobs Melting Away Day .by Day Packers Confident That a Stampede Will Occur While the Employes Say They Are Pre pared to Fight to the Bitter End Commissary Department Thronged at All Hours. Kansas City, Aug. -.-TraKle over Chicago. Aug. S.-Thv HtopJcyanU 2V0O miles of the "Katy" system Is striKo nas semen ... u ' badly hampered today by the tele- endurance with confident e graph operators' strike and hundreds both sides that they have the situation of towns are without telegraph com-, well ,n hand. . munlcation. ' 1 "o pacuers mis iiiuhuiik in huh) new men, mosi in wnum m u . T, . .. alleged are skilled. No rioting char- Houston Tied Up. , ,,,1 their arrival and dlstrlbu- Houston, Texas, Aug. 2. The tUm ul)0Ut thu i,g ,,iantB. Katy" is badly tied up here on ac-j i.nrge crowds nrc gathered about Tax Agents File Application to Re duce Assessment In Walla Walla. Walla Wnlla. August 2. Tax Com missioner J. W Morrow, of th,o Ore gon Railway & Navigation Company, yesterday filed with the couuty audi tor his protest against the assessment of railroad property In this county, as fixed by Assessor R. J. Berrymnn. He asks the board of county commission ers, acting as a board of equalization to reduce the assessment of the rail road from $10,000 to jG.SOS per mile. New Snake River Eteamer. Lewlston, Aug. 2. The now Snake river steamer, Mountain ucm. is now rondv for her trial trip, wmcn win probably bo mado from this city to Kuroka noxt Saturday, when thu lit tle boat will take a load of supplies anil passengers for Kuroka mining enmit. Water In the Snnke river Is now throo feet higher than when tno Imnnha went to pieces on the Wild Goose rapids, and It is thought by tho company tlmt tho Mountain Gem can make the trip saroiy. Lost off New Guinea. Liverpool, AugURt 2. A cablegram to tho l.eylnnd lino's offlros roporta thu wrecking of the ship Aiguurtn on the const of Now Guinea. Captain Held and seven of tho crew were saved and Hi of the crew uro hUhm-Ing. FREIGHT RATES ARE REDUCED Direct Rate Now in Effect From tho East to Pendleton and Common Points. DISCRIMINATION FAVORING COAST CITIES IS REMOVED. count of the operators' strike. Salem's Large Delegation. Portland, Aug. 2. Salem sent 100 delegates to the meeting of the Ore gon Development League today, this being th.e largest delegation present outside of Portland. tho the commissary departments es tablished by strikers. That tho stor.es lack food Is stated to bo false by tho union officers who say they have plenty of money. ITER A CLOSED ITS 000RS BANK OF SUMPTER SUSPENDS, PRESIDENT DISAPPEARS. dtjps Gain Gi Japs Gain Ground. hreburc Aug. 2. Kuronatkln Itiat the Japanese have occu raen, east of Liao Yang and lss Pass, 30 miles east of leuians Lose Positions. lAue. 2 Ktirnkl nfflelnllv i-n. I'At daybreak on July 31, the army occupied Yushu Lint miles West nf tTRlhnvnn nnrt filing, six miles west of Moti- rjin places aro situated about IrOm Lian Vfinp. Tim nnnmv lintSIl nml rnnflHhltpri plons with corresponding or- i auacKing operations pried out as nrpnrrnnep'i nnil lat Wo (l"fpntifl lr. hut owing to their largo r sirung positions, wo were ib d!filnrln .1 4 I 1 "Weak on August 1. wo ro ue attack- nnil cmnnaaJnl In ,le tlle enemy and pursued jar mIIa. t mum in a wosiwaro uircc- I e enoray fled towards An ! emr al Ynnc Tcllno. n. lt two and a half divisions w oattcries of artillery. The w! ODerntfnna i t r Wlafactorlly and by sunset K" the enemy's positions but 111 Of them nffnrnH tho otnnt. "lance antl Wa lta.1 tr V.I i. mi a n Oltht In ),ol.l I lght of August 1 we re- fell Into our hands. Tho tOWnrrfo nn TT I T.l'eS aro imdsr lnvostli.n. . "t CaDtllrfH ,iu' detail. ... . rf , "?,u buub. Ij., -.. ulu ami unknown. isagement tho attacking Hard Times In the Mining District Cause of the Failure Roy H. Miller, President, Has Left Sumpter After Assigning Assets for Benefit .of Creditors Capital Stock Was $25, 000 Other Baker County Banks Not Affected Institution Is Five Years Old. Parsons Not Crippled. Parsons, Kan., Aug. 2. Headquar ters of the "Katy" system maintained this morning that the operators' strike had not affected the opera- injunctions Served at St. Joe. tlons of the road seriously. The sln-v- Tho arr,va, o( lv.S operators are asserted to have ', Wnelly mid the serving of thoroughly tied up the road and their 'r' federal injunction against C!alra8fatrre.nPPOrteli b' th n0"'ar' u.o sSrswrfeat.JrcBOlUi.e i.ack. rival of trains. , eUko sItlmUon ths m0rnlng. Donne'lly "made two addresses. Flyers Delayed. Tne fC,iCral marshals served the In- Sallda, Aug. 2. Both the "Katy" junction papers and the pickets with flyers are eight hours late this morn- drew. With tho Hacking of the fed Ing. All other passengers are from eral court peaceful conditions nre ex six to 10 hours late. Practically no pected. freight is moving. Mrs. Nelson A. Miles Dead. West Point, August 2. Mrs. Nel son A. Miles, wlfo of Qeneral Miles, died hero last night, of heart afflic tion. Gen. Miles arrived todny from Washington, where ho wns occupying their cottngo for tho HUtiinier. Montana Scalp Bounties. Helenn, August 2. Tho totnl scalp bounties paid by tho state of Mon tana to dato amounted to 20,000, with the sum of $112,000 still duo on unpaid warrants. PURSUING BANDITS. Clew to Robbers Who Held Up "Diamond Special." Chicago. Aug. 2. A clew to ! Strike Breakers at Omaha, j Omaha, Aug. 2. Two carloads of ' strike breakers camo today for tho the Cudahy plant. Everything Is quiet. the , Enlolned at Sioux City. hold-ups that robbed the Illinois cen- gloux cll,( Augi 2. Alleging that tral "Diamond Special" last night was itg pr0I,erty ad the lives of Its cm obtained this morning, when threo voycs nro threatened by strikers, at men entered the town of Griffith, tornoys for the Cudahy company, this iuu., ami enueavoreu iu uibjjubh ui morning applied for a writ ot lnjunc- diamond to a local saloonkeeper, They called for the papers, r.ead the accounts of the robbery and disap peared after falling to sell the. stones. A good description of the men was obtained. Hundreds of offlcprs and citizens aro searching the territory contiguous to the spot where tho rob bery occurred. The train arrived at tlon in the federal court. Quiet at Kansas City. Kansas City, Aug. 2. Tho paekors' strike situation is very quiet todny. Italian Strikers Riot. Sunnyslde, Utah, Aug. 2. Italian strikers camped here since last No vember, are giving trouble Yester day they caught a Mormon strike breaker In the foothills, and brutally Baker City, Aug. 2. A special to the Baker City Herald from Sumpter, says that the Bank of Sumpter has gt LouIa thB raornnKi wilero an In closed its doors, pending an invest!- ven,01.y f the losses were mado. gation, and tho whereabouts of Roy Tliey wm not exceed $1000. H. Miller, the president, who has been : Tin. wlihnfi- irpitrrnrt near Mattl- absent for about a monm, ostensibly Bon In(1 Ult, frsl reports sa.d heat him witli pick handlots until ho on a vacation, aro not now known. I , i.i.o-,, hn,i Kpr.,iri,l 110.000 in will die. At a Scofleld riot 40 shots Investigation of th.e condition of the , jnon0J. and valuables from the Pull- were fired and tho armed guards of uuuii iimuiuoua iuu mm ..... i man pass.engers who, mono, were rou- tne man u.ei uompauy ciuijijcii wuu lur iius muuo uu uDoisumvi.t ui wo u0(j .j10 tran crew (Ho not Know or , rmes, leaving urouen neaus. ndsnta nf thn institution to C. H. Mc-1 - ' in .1... .ol.. aln,x.' ..vu - I III I'f IllllftrV 111IL11 LUt LIUIH " M.WI. , pod by the robbers, who fled Into tho n, p Follows O. R. 4. N. darkness. i Walla. Walla. Auir. 2. Tim Northern Armenians Murdered. tajM? AuBU8t 2. The fuT i"""" , correspondent at rU ivui IBn Armenia, re le w ,maIe Armenians irtet. Se.n. kl'led in tho dls- Ko i1U3n anl SaBsoun. fitter,, pi llaa ue.on made &Ilh?Tlhgov. lapsrr iho it, ui iiio govern- Culloch, an attorney of Sumpter, for the benefit of the creditors of tho bank. U is not believed that Miller is short in his accounts, although the bank made a good many bad loans, which, ndded to the financial and bus iness depression in Sumpter, has forc ed it to go out of business. Neither the First National of Sump ter nor the Baker City banks will bo affected by the failure. Tho bank of Sumpter was organiz ed five years ago, with A. P. Goss as president, who managed the concern until the first of this year, when Goss sold his Interests to a new com pany and Roy H. Miller became pres ident. Th.e bank has done a fair bus lness and seemed to be in prosperous condition, until tho sudden depression of business In the Sumpter district dlsclosod its weakness. The capital stock of tho Bank of Sumpter is $25,000, its organizers be ing principally local men. Cattle for Montana. J. B. Reynolds, a Montana cattle buyer, who has been in Central Ore gon for tho past thre.e months, has bought 800 yearling Lteers and heifers which will be shipped to tho Montana ranges from Arlington tomorrow, where they will bo held for futuro markets. Reynolds has Just sent out a large shipment from Baker City to the same ranges. Found His Brother. A few days ago W. C. Laws & Co. had an application from Pendleton from a plumber and tinner. Ho was written to In tho affirmative, and up on arriving hero was dlscover.ed to ho a brothor of John Rowan, the dairy man who llvod over Uio hill from Young's bay for so many years. Mr. Rowan is a very good mechanic and n welcome addition to tho workmen of Astoria, Astoria Dally News. Hood River will hold a fruit fair from Octobor IS to 15, this season. CARRIERS BENEFITED. Those Eligible for Highest Pay on June 30 Will Receive $720 Per Year. Washington, Aug. 2 An order Is sued by the post office department todav savs all rural carriers appoint ed prior to June 30, who were enti- Pacific Railway Company has ap plied 'to thu board of equalization of Walla Walla county to have its as sessment reduced from $10,000 a mllo to $0280, as provjously valued. This action follows a similar course taken by the O. R. & N. company. Burglars Under Bonds. Walla Walla, Aug. 2. D. W. Vagal tied to a maximum pay of $C00 under d.e and his wife, charged with entering thn ruloa governing the establishing and robbing tho store of W. G. Alice, of routes at that time, shall receive wero arraigned before Justice of tho a maximum of $720 under the read- Peace J. J. Huffman yesterday and justment. The standard rulo fixes 24 , held to the superior court In bonds of miles as the maximum. $500 each. Tho Fagaldos formerly owned tho store occupied by AIloo, Coal Miners Will Strike. Scranton. Pa.. Julv 2. The execu tive board of mine workers thlB after- Chicago Grain. Chicago, Aug, 2, Old September noon decided to approve the position 1 wheat opened 93, closed 956; now taken on the check weight mau ques-, September wheat opened 924. closed tlon which probably means a strike , 94Vi. September corn opened 61, Spokane, Pendleton and Wallula and All Intervening Points Get a Direct Rate to the East, Without Paying Local Freight Rate Back From tho Coast Greatest Benefit Will Come Through Carload Lots Rate on Farm Implements Materially Re ducedNew Rate Means Much to Inland Empire Points No Future Discrimination. EXPECTS GOOD SHEEP PRICES J. E. SMITH SEES PROSPER- OUS TIMES AHEAD. Demand for Coarse Wool Bucks Not Heavy, But Fine Wools Sell Read ily He Has Just Delivered 600 Me rinos to Montana Purchasers Speaks of Conditions In State of Montana Shropshlres Are Prefer red There Because of Their Hardl- Tho prices of shcup this fall, in thn opinion of J. K. Smith, head of the J. K. Smith Livestock Company, will bo good, especially in Montana. Mr. Smith has just returned from u 12 days' trip to Glendtvo and Miles City, whero ho took botween 500 mid 000 pure-bred Merinos u:d lumbs to ho disposed of. "Tho winter was u sover.o ono," said Mr. Smith, this morning, "and the sheepmen will koup most of their lambs. This is hound to bring up prices. Tho demand for conrsu bucks Is not very heavy, but fino bucks find u ready sale. "Krom Miles City over 3,000,000 pounds of wool was shipped last sea son. The winter was so hard that I know of ono man who shipped uway 17 carloads of pelts," Mr. Smith says that becauso of thoir hardlnesH, tho Montana snoop men prefer Shropshlres. To Prepare Airship Engines. I.a Grande, Aug. 2. Grant Keys, who Is building an noroplttuo, at Mor gan I.ult.o, near tills city, left last evening for Chicago, where ho will supervise tho construction of tho special engines for thu machine. The now freight tariff agreement making direct rntos from Now York, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Cincinnati and common points with Spoknno and common points, hocatno .orfectlvo yes terday. Agent 13. C, Smith, ot the Oregon Rnllrond ft Navigation Company him received copies of the now tiirlff. Tho territory affected by the now ratos Is from Pendleton and Wallula anil north to Spoknno. "Tho reduction," said Mr. Smith, "as far ns I havo had time to ex amine, Is not very great. The ndvan tngu comes through tho mnking ot direct rates mini eastern puuun. Most of the rates nro quoted In car load lots," Heretofore, the only vates nvnllu hlo from tho east to Spoknno and common polntB waa to Portland with the return rate added. It was this statu or affairs that caused tho busl iieas men of Spoknno to rnlso up nnil declare tluunH.olvea nnd Institute a boycott ngaiiiBt tho Northern Securi ties company's lines. Tho lines ngreolng to tho new di rect rates aro th.o Northern Pacific, tho Great Northern, thu O. R. & N. Co., the Burlington & Missouri Rlvor rnllroad In Nebraska, tho Union Pa cific Railroad Co., tho Denver & Rio Grnndo railroad and tho Oregon Short Lino. Grain rutes are not affected by tho now tnrlff as It applloH only to west bound freights. Tho straight rnto on agricultural Implements in tho now tariff Is $1.75 per 100. The securing of direct rates from tho Hast Is considered n vnluiiblo tiling for SK)kano' biiBlnoBH growth nnd tho ilovolopment of tho country embraced in tho Inland Umpire. Portland nnd tho Sound jobbers nro not expected to renp bonofltH from tho change, as heretoforo it woro cheaper In many Instances to buy from Portland than to buy In tho KttHt, on account of former freight rates, INDIANA DEMOCRATS. The Ohio Falls In Speed, WaHlilugton, Aug. 2. Tho nuvy de partment wuh advlHed that tho but Un ship Ohio's trial trip failed to develop 18 knots, as thu contract required. In district No, 1. closed 53i. CHAFFEE REVIEWS WALLA WALLA POST Walla Walla, Aug. 2. Lieutenant ed. After this an informal reception General Adna R. Chaffeo, chief of was given by th,o officers and ladles staff United States army, arrived in l nt General Godfrcv B reB' Walla Walla this morning from, Port- ( ThlB was the first visit of General laud, to sp.end tho day Inspecting Von Chaffee to his old regiment, tho Walla Walla and meet a few pronil- Nlntb Cavalry, nont citizens. . Aoout 11 o'clock Governor Mooro With Genoral Chaffdo traveling In and Mayor Hunt called upon General a special car aro Quartermaster Gen- Chaffee In an effort to entertain him eral C. K. Humphrey and Cap'Mn Grotjo Hutcheson, of tho general st'iff Tho party arrived on tho early morn ing train and rematuod In the car un til 8:30. Colonel Godfrey, In command of the at an informal reception at the Walla Walla Club rooms from 12:15 to 12:45 today, under the auspices of the Commercial Club, At 1 o'clock General Chaffee and his party took luncheon with Senator nnut mni .Via iia.lv n t nlimtt fi 30 nnH ' Anlffinv nnri at 9 Ifl Mm ntivt r rln. convoyed General Chnffe.o to the gar parted over th.e O. R. & N lino for rlson, whoro the troops were review 1 Boise BRIGHT CARBONATE. A Quartz Mine In the Greenhorn, Owned by Pendleton People. Frank Duprat has returned from tho Greenhorn district, whero ho Iiub been looking over tho Bright Carbonate and its prospects. Tho Bright Carbonate Is a quartz holding upon which pat ents havo been s.eeurctl to G000 feet of u ledgo that is between 40 and 100 feet In width. Some very rich minor, al has been taken from th.o Bright Carbonate, and tho owners have faith In its future. Tho owners of this mine aro A. O. Stillman, Henry Koplttko, Gcorgo Darveau, Frank Duprat and John S.ei bert, all of this place. New North Side Residence, Bon Burroughs and Royal Sawtello will tomorrow morning begin tho erec tion of a six-room dwelling on Wash ington street, on tho north side. The intention Is to havo it comploted by the middle of September Cole & Sheek are the contractors. , Issue In the Party Is to Nominate a 8tato Ticket. liidlrinnpollB, Inil., August 2. Dem ocratic politiiinim of Indiana Hwnrni imI In thn lobbies of tho (Iruud hotel today nnd numerous i:oiifuruiic.ou woro held In regard to tho statu convention which meetH tomorrow to unino can dldatOH for governor und other state officers to bo chosen In November. Tho leaders profosn gront confidence In their ability to swing Iiitliiiuu Into the democratic column tills fall. It Is impossible to forecast tho makeup of the stale ticket. For ev ery place there uro numerous mimes mentioned, but it Is an unusually open race from tho gubernatorial raco down. There appears to bo soino boh tlmenf among thu leaders in favor of Incorporating u gold plank in tho platform, but tho aeuliment of tho majority appears to bo In favor of simply indorsing tho national platform. Father Boschl to Missoula. Futhcr John Boschl, assistant pas tor of tho Catholic church, will leave tomorrow for Mlsosula, Mont., whoro ho will preach u special discourse to thu Catholic sisterhood of that place, and will return about thu 16th. Menelik Greets Roosevelt. Rome, August 2, A tc!o gram from Djibouti Btat.os that King Menelik treated Ambassa dor Hells with great honors, and gave him presents to bo conveyed to Roosevelt, thosa Including somo young Hons, Ambassador Hells Is embar rassed by tho profuse hospi tality of Menelik as ho lias no possiblo means of bringing such presents as young Hons to Washington. Ho will wire for instructions. -I 1 1 1 3 ,4