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liLYEVENlNBEDITlON WEATHER FORECAST, Tonight and Sunday fnlr, cooler, hurl i ..nn want business. rt re the news. "'111 ctnra ( 'all, , t' IS 9 ?'rAJ II, PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUCiUST 0, 15)04. NO. 5119. IS STEPS I D1RR0W otherwise, the Inillans have the right to send their children to It, or to any one of any number of such schools, This option divides the attendance on tho Umatilla reservation between the government school and tho Cath olic school, nnd cuts the average at tendance at the former down to about DO. It is .expected to reach 100 this year. I , of Umatilla In- Agent Takes tttect It7. KNOWN WHO L BE APPOINTED AGENT. cNlcholls Could Have the i if He Desired It General of Policy In the Conduct of Incy Affairs Has Been Adopt- Igol Will Open September 5 ITtaeherG Are icet Needed bnte Expected to 3e 100. TO ACCEPT WAGE REDACTION. Thirty Thousand Miners Quit Work to Vote on Proposition. Pittsburg, Kas., Aug. 6. Thirty thousand members of the miners talon in Missouri, Kansas. Tcxns. Ar ltnnsas and Indian territory quit work today to vote on the operators' propo sition to nccept a five and a half per cent wage reduction. It is believed the proposition will carry. SWEEPING DEGREE i AGAINST LABOR; ! i CIRCLE NARROWS NEW BANK FOR HEPPNER. KUROPATKIN i Superior Court of California j Says the Boycott is Not; , Legal. j LAW AUTHORIZING IT EN TIRELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL Beset by Japs and Prodded by Czar, the Russian General is Exhausted. tow, August 7. Indian Agent resignation goes Into effect, U McMclioIls. the inspector. cling agent until n successor jsltlon Is appointed and qual- fcrrent belief among Homo who fcial means for being 'Inform- Colonel McNlcholls could oppolntment if he wished, She does not want It. At this I there Is not tho slightest In :ght to indicate who will ho If local politicians have on the subject they ure keep themselves with raro Bocrct- I the plans which -will lie In km this time on at the Umatll- ration, the agent will also he indent of the school, and it Is Itlat this fact will bring about MRes In the location of of- isent will probably maintain at the school, and It Is be- fee clerk will continue to do at the present agency head- i above presumption Is found rrect, It naturally follows thai w later a residence for tho ill be built adjacent to the blldlngs. Improvements at the school a headquarters are lmncratlve. Iclpal one being a new barn to He one burned In June last. ks was 42x44 feet on tho with a loft the full size of the F7. It was a combination of eranary, hay loft and carriage 1 its successor is expected to long substantially the same Hint tho now III be built this fall. furely new policy is to be put ktltlOn in tlin rnnrlnnf nf tl,n 'vm of BOO acres, every acre Ms under cultivation. The u heretofore, and until last Ken leased. MCf It Is to bo nn lntnirrn itnrt industrial department of tho us policy was determined wjr enough last spring that it le for Mr. rtnmlinr (lio In. teacher, to nut In n Prnn 9 did, by sowing 40 acres to rural tor hay. Tho product Mt week by Mr. Bamber with s maciitne, and tho yield is tO bo nt Innot Km nf W hay. 'ol farm Is now in charge of firlStftnani, ...1.- ! -..".liu, who WUB uppoiuieu ,re months ago, some time ' BamliBp im,i i,( it,.. Probable that a largo part we win bo put in to winter fall. Mr. fihrlatnnHnn In n 'force. 1llrimnnf 1 ,1,1. Kent -o-".ut UI1U BUIUUllllU Kh?" ,anrt hu administration I. - " wnicneu witn great sir biim . . -- vacancies qn tno Krce, though both are liable rea at m j .. I Hiuv, uuu nmy noi 1 1 i" ue Monday, Sep- (tMAk. Luiicies are or pri and laundress. tiar ry no of tho law 1 IIDn at.tGnUanC0 0f IndIaM Im , s not generally rwi. A r... I n . . . i EU,. ""'ura cuiurois uio jwa om0 other reservations. i not control all the reser. . 5 U"lteu sttes. It la to mtinA 110 Inan children , "U""B scnooi on the reser- lieboni . 1B"orco 'ho govern- IT1000'- If thnra 1, 1 1 CiJwhothor sectarian or i Stage Robbers Captured. I Baker City, Aug. C After enjoying the Ill-gotten goods of others for a 1 brief period J. It. Hansen and John 1... l.edford, the two men who were sits- i picionod of robbing tho U. S. malls 'and the passengers m the stage be tween Whitney and the stage station i of Austin, were arrested a few tlnys ago by tho chief of police of I'ocn tello, Idaho. Hansen was arrested on I July ilith, nt l'ocatello and Ledford a few days later was arrested near On tavlo. Tho men were arrested upon n I warrant Issued out of a justice court in'GTant county, the crime having been ' committed in that countya. Heavy Lumber Shipments. Astoria, Aug. (!. The British steam ship Totenham arrived down tho river yesterday. Tho Totenham Is loaded down with nn immense cargo of lum ber. Sho goes to China and takes away 3,400,000 feet. Tho steamship Pleiades has also finished her lumber cargo. She go.es to Manila nnd takes 2.150,0(10 feet. The two cargoes will have the efect of bringing up the for eign exports for August. The cargo I of the Pleiades is for the government. Vest Ie BUM Sinking. Sweet Springs, Aug. C -Ex-Senator Vest is very low again today. ELECTRIC MMD IS AUTHORIZED UNION COUNTY COURT GRANTS FRANCHISE. Stablemen's Union Cannot Maintain Boycott and the Decree Is Wide In Its Scope, Prohibiting Any Union From Instituting a Boycott Most Important Labor Decision in History of the State Prominent Judges Dis agree With the Court's Decision. I San Francisco, Aug. 0. The super lor court this morning ordered a final ; decree of injunction against the Sta blemen's Union forbidding It from maintaining a boycott against the Ne vada Livery Stable. It Is the most Important decision nf I fectlng labor, .ever handed down in tho ! state. It prevents labor organizations from maintaining pickets or in any way Interfering with the business of j employers. It declares the legislative act per mitting boycots to bo unconstitu tional. This decision !b the result of a long fight between the stables and tho union to determine the legality of the bitter boycott and has be.en tenacious ly tought in the courts, I It is sweeping In Its scopo and great excitement prevails among the labor element of the state, the leaders de daring the decree to be tyranlcal, I oppressive and subserslve of popular rights. Other unions than the Stablemen's are vitally Interested, the brewery em- I ployes having just instituted a boy cott a short time ago. Prominent attorneys of this city and politicians and judges of the state disagree with tho position taken by the court. CONTINUOUS FIGHTING LEAVES FORCES HELPLESS. Impossible for Wearied Russlon Army to Even Make a Respectable Retreat Three Japanese Armies Bearing Down Upon the Russian Position Secret Reports From Kuropatkln Received at St. Petersburg But Not Made Public. Line Must Be Completed by October 1, 1905, and Must Include Cove, El gin, Summervllle, Island City and Union Same Company Contem plates a Line of Electric Wire Across the Blue Mountains to Uma tilla County Towns. Union, Aug. 0. Tho county court yesterday granted to the Eastern Ore gon Development Conjpany a franchlso to build and operate electric railways along tho highways of tho county, Th.o conditions of the franchise are: Work must be commenced in 10 days, La Grande, Hot Lake, Union, Covo and Island City must be connected by tho proposed electric line and the same bo In operation by October 1, laos. The lino must Includo Elgin, Sum mervllle and-' intermediate points and be constructed and in operation with in two years. If any of tho above conditions are not compiled witu tho franchise Is to be forfeited. The franchise Is open and may In elude any regularly .established road in tho county wnlch the company may select for tho construction and oper ation of tho proposed lines. STRIKLRS IN PARADE. Monster Demonstrations In Chicago Streets. Chicago, 111., Aug. C Striking em ployes of the stockyards district and sympathizers estimated to number 30,000 parad.ed this morning over the route In the vicinity of the yards end ing at Oswald's grove, where a picnic was held. A platoon of police and a band of 40 pieces headed tho procession, which was subdivided Into divisions, each with a band and a police escort. Thousands Jammed the streets along tho line. A feature of the parade was the vast number of women aud chil dren In lino. Mrs. Miles Burled. Washington, Aug. C The remains of Mrs. Miles were burled at Arling ton this morning. Many distinguished nersons, civil and official, attended. Tho floral offerings were received from the president and Mrs. Roose velt, cabinet officers and friends. rn,tfit'on Against Turkev. l4ntTst of th0 "tate ile " todav 8eret-y of tho "HI Vn mcVea Admiral "eet i cT i'uuuu wiiu W, mpndmltted official on ...??ns that a naval Wni",on la to bo made """ore j .luo uiympia, Nir! and Cleveland, now lL -,'"' (The same company has In view a line of electric wlr.e across the Blue mountains to Weston, Athena, Adams and Pendleton, where It will engage in a general lighting and power business l: the conditions justify. W. E. Davidson, of Pendleton, is see retnry of tho company.) Delhi Wins Great Republic. Saratoga, Aug. C In the Republic state this morning, Delhi, tho seven to on.o favorite, won; Mercury was second and The Picket third. Time, 2:05 4-5. LOST HALF A CROP. Frost Did an Immense Amount of Damage In Grande Ronde Valley. "Fully ono-half the grain In parts of Grand Rondo valley was killed by tho frost, and much of this frost-bitten grain Is b.elng cut for hay," Is tho way W. R. Howard, an old-time settler of Union county expressed It yesterday evonlng to an East Oregonlan repre sentative. "It is tho worst frost in tho history of the county, and did more damage than can bo computed In figures, and yet an abundant crop of all kinds of grain and hay are being harvested. "Tho loss will bo folt by some, but It will not hurt tho general condition of tho county, Tho same misfortune will probably not happen ngaln in a half century. Early frosts are not common, but a frost as lato as this one Is a rare thing, in fact something novor experienced beforo," Killed In Collision. Kansas City. Aug. C The Santa Fe passenger train from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a 15th street trolley car at a grade crossing today. J. O. Morris was killed, and eight injured. The gates were not lowered. BUMPER CROP REPORTED. Tract of Land Near Adams Yields 52 Bushels Per Acre. The latest big wheat yields to bo reported come from James F. Simp son, foreman for Mayor T. A. Lleual len. says the Adams Advance. From the 80-acre tract known as tho Ada Adams land and the 80-acre piece known as the Charles Russle allot ment, tho yharvested 3420 sacks of grain with an average weight of 138 pounds of No. 1 wheat. The first named niece of land is short tho amount of land used for a road across the east end, while the second piece had two swath of hav cut from tho four sides. Tho net amount of land cut will ho about B2 bushels to the aero. Or at the present nrlco of wheat an Income of something over f31 per acre. Anotner very nice return from a wheat crop in this vicinity was a draft received by J. R. Adams for $4306 from about 200 acres, which repre sented the amount received less the cost of tho sacks for 'the grain un'd tho warehouse charges. U Is such things as these which make Umatilla county farm landH worth ,?50 to f CO por ncro for the land without improvements, Land Is usu- ally worth whatover amount of money ii win pay interest on. if every year was tho equal of this, it would only bo a short time when a farm could not oe purchased for loss than 1100 por aero, 1 St. Petersburg, Aug. ;. It Is report ed that the cznr has strongly urged Kuropatkln to exhaust every means at his command to maintain his position at l.iao Yang. Another report Bays tho Russian forces are so exhausted after the con tlnunl fighting during the past seven days that any rapid movement, such as Is necessary to the successful evac uation of Llao "iang Is Impossible. Tho Jnpanese are reported to be converging on tho Lino Yang from three sides nntt' already are driving in the Russian outposts. It is known that otficlal reports aro constantly being received from Kuro patkln, and iho fact that they are not published adds to the anxiety of tho people. Wild Rumors of Port Arthur's Fall. London, Aug. 0. A dispatch from Nagasaka states that a report has reached there that Port Arthur has fallen. Tho report Is given llttlo cred ence here. It Is generally thought to be another wild rumor, such as has been going the rounds for weeks past. All dispatches from tho vicinity of the port lately have Indicated that tho Russians were in a pos.oan to put up a long and continued fight and It Is known they were still in irassession three days ago. W. S. Wharton Will Open New Busi ness With $35,000 Capital, ' Hoppner, Aug. . W. S. Whurton nt rived In tbo city Inst Saturday nnd ; will open tbo Hunk of Hoppner, In tho i Hoppner Building & Loan Association building. Tho bank fixtures are on tho ground nnd tho room Is rapidly be ing put In shape. , Mr Wharton states that tho hank i will be open for hnslnosM by August ' 10 The bank will be a stnt.o Instltu I Hon, organised under tho laws of tho state of Oregon, with n enpltnl stock of $25:000, fully paid up. I "Holy Roller" a Hypnotist, I Tho Dalles, Aug. (!. Tho opinion of I those who wero formerly followers i of Creffleld In Tho Dalles, Unit tho apostle possesses hypnotic power, seems to bo shared by members, of tho Snlvntlou Army corps In Portland, I who formerly worked with htm. They say he mndu n deep study of hypno ' Usui and practiced on people before ' ho went to Corvalils. Today In his ' trial the prosecution will uttumpt to ' show Unit the women ho led to accept ! bis doctrine were under his spell, mid I It Is believed that If ho were strong ' enough ho could bring them to their ! noriuul condition and that they would no longer need to remain In tho nsy 1 luni. The hvnnoilo Influence of Home patients. WORKMEN REFUSE TO PAY POLL. TIUl Threo Hundred Fifty Laborers on Power Plant Get Re straining Order. i MILTON ROAD DISTRICT CANNOT COLLECT TAX. Kuropatkln's Evasive Reports. St. Petersburg, Aug. 6. A dispatch from Kuropatkln this afternoon re ports an advance of the Japanese army and an engagement on tho banks of the Taitslto river, but gives no de tails. The report says: "Tho enemy on August 4 advanced ID vorsts north of Hal Cheng. Tho enemy is advancing on our east front, also, and lias con centrated at Holung in considerable force. Tho enemy at Gutsyantso and Slhcyan crossed to the right bank of the Taitslto river, but wero driven back." Okanagan Annexed. Colville, Aug. C Tho creating of the now mnll routes In Oknungnn county causes much rejoicing among patrons who feel that thoy aro renlly annexed to the United States. They are placed on 'ho highway of com merco that opens to every city and vll lugo In th.o land. Ship Yards Destroyed. Purls, Aug. fi. Tho shipbuilding yard at St. Nasulro, belonging to tho Compagnle Gencrule Trims Athin tlnuo, wore destroyed-by flro today. RAILROAD MEN summer picnic WILL BE HELD AT MEACHAM AUGU8T 21. Four Railroad Orders Will Combine In a Monster Picnic In Which Trap Shooting, Dancing, Basket Dinner and Sports Will Be the Features of the Event Special Trains Will Be Run From La Grande, Elgin and Pendleton. Fierce Battle In Progress. St. Petersburg, Aug. C Information comes to the Uourso Ouzo tie In a dis patch wulch says that another great battle is being fought in tho neigh borhoood of Houtsalzo on tho railroad 14 miles west of Liao Yang. Th.e Japanese mado a fierce attack on tho Russian position at Houtsalzo, with 54 batalllons, alj ot which wero regular troops. Kuroki employed tho reservo men in the attack, while tho regulars carried out feints. When tho reserves attacked tho positions their rauKs wero decimated by tho Russians but tho vacancies w.cro quickly filled with fresh men. Tho Russians ulti mately Blowly withdraw to suitable po sitions from whence they inflicted great losses on tho Japanese by a h.eavy artillery fire. ' To Succeed Plehve. PariS. AUL-. fi A HI Ilolor.lM.Fi, dispatch assorts tnat M, Wassitchlkow has been appointed mlnlster of tho In terior 10 succeed Von j'lehve. Report 13,000 Japs Killed, St. Petersburg. Aug. C A telegram from Llao Yang states that tho Jan- aneso have lost 13,000 killed nnd wounded In attack on tho Russian con. tor. Was a Lawful Prize. Vladivostok. Aug. C Thn nrize court has adjudged tho steamer Knight Commander a lawful prize. In vestigation showed that tho railway muteiial aboard was destined through a Japanose port to Chemulpo, Korea. La Orande, Aug, 0, A railroad m.en's monster picnic will bo held at Mcachnm on August 21 by tho com bnled railroad orders, including tho conductors, firemen, engineers, hrnku mon and telegraphers, tho proceeds of tho picnic, after tho actual nxpou seso aro paid to go to tho Railroad ! Men's Home, In tiighluml Park, 111. this is tiiu rirHL picnic of tho kind ever uttempted by tho railroad men, and special iriilns w.il bo run from La' Grande, Klglu and Pendleton, and u largo crowd Is expected. Tho features of tho picnic will ho trap shooting, guinos, dancing, a bas ket dinner anil u general good time. Fully 500 aro expected to go from this place, and nearly as ninny from Hlgln. Thu mountiilnH will ho in their best at that time, and It will bo the last picnic of the summer seuson, Tho homo to which tho fund will bo donated Is u Railroad Men's Home, to which all disabled, old and Infirm railroad mon, belonging to all the or ders, ure sont, aud Is maintained 'by assessments, donations, glfu and special funds provided by tho differ ent orders uud Is ono of tho most Important auxiliaries to thu railroad orders, Committees have been appointed from tho local railroad orders anil tho affair promises to bo a success. Power Company Defends Its Employes and Gets An Injunction Forbidding the Collection of Poll Tax Company Flies a Bond of .$750 Laborers Claim to Be Exempt From Tax and Claim It s Injustice to Compel Them to Pay on Short Residence In the County. To prevent Umatilla county from collecting poll tnx from tho 350 work men employed nt Its power situ on the Waltu Wulla river, above Mtlton, the Washington & Oregon Power Company hns secured n restraining or der ngalnst uond Supervisor J. F. Campbell, of District No. 3. Judge W. R. Hilts, of tho stato cir cuit court late yesterday nftcrnoon Is sued an Injunction preventing Camp bell from collecting the tax from tho men nt tho pow.er station, to ho effec tive uiioii tho riling of a bond of $750 by the compnny. Tho bonds wero furnished this afternoon. The rond supervisor uttempted to collect poll tux from tho laborers on the Wulla Walla river and as a result six suits wero filed In tho justice court nt Milton to collect from thoso who refnsod. In tho net Inn brought by the Wash ington & Oregon Power Company It Is stated that ninny of thu men lit work for It uro not required to pay poll tax and It Is these that it wIsIioh to pro tect. .C M. Ruder or Walhi Wulla, Is at torney for tho company, NEARING PENDLETON. Three Hundred Men Doing Bench Work West of Milton. J. S. W. Iluncroft nnd E. L. Gaines are surveying uud staking tho polo line for tho uleetrlc power company Into Pendleton, Last evening they had brought tho lino down to a point about two nnd u halt miles this Hide o Haxo. Tho poles have been strung nearly to Havana, und will follow th.o lino Into Pendleton ns fust as tho polos can bo procured. Messrs. Uancroft and Gaines will have tho lino surveyed and staked into Punmotou sumo tlm,o next week, The compnny has succeeded In em ploying moru men during tho past 10 days, and now has 300 men going at and near th.o headquarters, oust of Milton, A very largo part ot tho forco Is employed on the rock work and aro linking tho bench for the barrel flume. Thoy nro being worked In ulght and day shifts, so tho work Is going on continuously. Remembered the Newspapers, Stato Printer J. R, Whitney has sent out in one package to all the newspapers of tho state, a copy of tho amonded game laws, a list of tho members of the next legislative as sembly, tho official vote of Oregon, tabulated, and tho official directory of all stato officers, boards and Institu tions. Tho documents nro nil highly prized by the newspapers and coming voluntarily from the stato printer without solicitation, will bo more high ly appreciated thau If ' they wero bought at a high prlco, or stolen HOR8E HEAVEN WHEAT. Eighteen to Twenty-five Bushels on Land Regarded Worthless. H. C. Craig, the shlpp.er for tho Northwestern company, has returned from u trip Into tho Horso Heaven country. He savs thn nvrvnra vi,,i,i of wheat in Horso Heaven Is from 18 io so uusneis, and tho quality Is excel lent on soil four and flvo years ago SUnnOBcd to tin liui llirlil mwl .!- ,., -- - ' --o " " . J ... be of uny uso whutcver. In fact, flvo years ago it was accounted worthless. air. uraig states tnat tho wheat In Umatilla COUntv la testing frnm nm to threo pounds lighter than last year. flir. iraig does not think tho acreage sown In this county this fall will equal that of last year, when tho farmers felt overconfident about tho high prlco for wheat boing permanent, and put in all they could reach. He will not say that ho believes tho high mark has been roached In acroago of wheat, but merely files the opinion that mora was sown lust year than will be Bown this. Waiting for the Heir. Purls, Aug. 0. A dispatch this morning stules that tho nccouchmont of the czarina Is hourly expected, SURPRISING RECOVERY. Luther Dehaven Has Use of Both Feet and Does Not Limp, Luther Dohuvon, tho young man whoso feet wero crushed by tho whuols of a box car while lyj was trying to board u train somo weeks ngo, has recovered from tho crfects of the accident with the most surprising rapidity. Ho Is now able to walk, and walk without a limp, and this without losing even a too. It was bolloved ut tho tima of the accident that De haven would of necessity loso both reel. Thu accident took placo on tho out slilo of the sharp curv.e at Horseshoo Rend, and both foot were run over squarely by thu wheels of both trucks, of a box car, Tho surgeon who con-' troled tho case positively refused to perform any amputation, and adjust ed tho broken aud dlslocatod bones of thu feel as best ha could aud sont tho young man to tho hospital, whoro ho remulned several weeks with his feet 111 plnster easts, Thirty-one more births than deaths occurred In Portland during tho month of July, Chicago Wheat Chicago. Aug. C, -September wheat U79i98&; now, 0CV6397. Septem ber, corn 51 52, Federation Endorses Strike. Wasblnuton. Aui fi. A ma. jority of tho executive commit- teo of tho American Federation of Labor has voted to support the strike of the textile workers at Fall River. Contributions will bo solicited by C3' men and women, Identified with the la- bor movement.