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4 DAILY EVENING EDITION ININGEDITION WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight nnd Friday fair, warmer Friday. r ujes delivered to thous 2?Were3t soma. That's always pays. i itlaa linJ 'Ml irtrnJ the I i PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OTtEGON THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1904. NO. 5123. nun is CENTER Guns Drop Shells llie Ammunition Mag- VISAN WAS HIT SEVENTEEN TIMES. . Fleet Did Not Escape, as Japanese Are Recklessly I in Their Furious Attacks L Advance on Llao Yang by LisplUl Boat at Chee Foo jtfemen and Children on LRumor That Japanese (.Was Sunk. lr. Auc, 11 Sixt nun Itus- Iji have been sighted off b slated that the Mongolia Lto Shanghai. Tho Retvlsan b IT times in the recent bom- fct ot Port Arthur, hut was ttllr damaged. Tho Jap fire i directed toward the docks, i of shells have dropped in i where the magazine had a!ed. at and Children Rescued. kfoo, Aug 11. The hospital rolia, with women and chll- board, accompanied tho Ilus- rojer to this port. THE TYPEWRITER RECORD. Salf F. Cole of St. Louis Averages 67 Words a Minute for Seven Hours. St. Louis, Aug. 11. Salf F. Cole, of Catskilt, N. Y., performed a notable typewriting feat today, breaking the world's record for the greatest num ber of words in seven hours of con tinuous writing. At the end of five hours the pre vious record of 22,000 words was broken and Mr. Cole decreased his speed, finishing tho seven hours with a total of 28,944 words, an av.erago of G7 11-12 words per minute. The pre vious r.ecord was made by Mattte F. Pretty, in tho United States senate office, on tho 29th of last month. Mr. Cole is 18 years old and receiv ed his training in a law office. In speed writing he uses the first finger of each hand and in today's writing ho wrote a 54-word sentence from memory. La Grande's Mayor Resigns. La Grande, Aug. 11. Mnyor Jerry E. Foley has determined to resign, owing to tho press of personal busi ness. He is preparing a large addi tion to his hotel, and has extensive mining interests which take much of his tlmo. It is also alleged that he and tho city do not agree on the local option question, tho mayor favoring higher saloon license, in order to drive out many of the objectionable class of places. Tnere are now 24 saloons in La Grande, which has a population of scarcely 4000. CHICAGO WHEAT LEAPS SKYWARD PEACE PROSPECT S VANISHED Wild Scenes in the Pit When the Price Advanced Five Cents OLD BROKERS SHOUT THEMSELVES HOARSE. Typos Will Go to Toronto. St. Louis, Aug. 11. The next typo graphical convention goes to Toronto, Canada. s FAITH t Arthur Fleet Bottled. , Aug. 11. A dispatch from lutcuoces definitely that the Irastrated tho attempt of I Arthur squadron to escape. I Advance on Llao Yang. , Aug. 11. A Central News I (ram St. Petersburc says It pdthat the Japanese advance sKiissian left flank in tho Mood of Llao Yang, that also fflese retired from somo Positions. Apparently the ten the Llao Yang has begun. lip Cruiser Lost. too., Aug. 11. A report is Rmr k'nlonni ...... i. i ,1 I " MO Blllllt 111 IUU we following th,e sortie or I ..vi, HUUI IUU illlllUI. panese torpedo boat destroy- -wu.,u &-VU 11(11 M W 1 S fOr thn RllRalnn rlnatmirAn llVnJ 1- . . - i "'"to umny iron) I'nrt Ar ''re Recklessly Brave. r Foo. Am- 11 hi. n 1 I , - o . A lie IbUBBlUU PtOat de3trnVPr Will..!. rnnnk.l fca Port Arthur today, Is the r""'. iie captain states that p pf the Gortio yesterday 141 "aiouum iu juiu P'ostok squadron, which had "wa i,y tno purchase of "31 lirar.lln. that the Japanese contlnuo E Artnur energetically, now extending from Luisa uurm snore, to a point rlii 1 or lacl" Bay. which 1 Rtlaa Ann! ... . ... I. i m rort Artnur. "Mnese aro wasting lives by .7 ""'rage. Positions are ar lost nn.l ... V'ti Rumor of a Bam,. ff f- u A telegram from Ij,. '"o uunan military L il rt Arthur refugees who fif. i lual oeiore tho L i lell. Port Ar'''r yeater- warships, including tho ere destroyed ryr Would Disarm. Piston. a.,o. Hied .t .V" ""ormaiiou 4e R,r. . he tate department Ru slan torpedo boat at k. . V aSKOd HAPm oolnn of tho war. The Chineso ttloa request under 8eek an Alliance. CATTLE MARKET J. T. HUSTON WILL BUY WHILE STOCK ARE CHEAP, Armour's Attempt to Corner Old Sep tember Set the Pit In a Frenzy Reports That the Damage In the Northwest Was Not Overestimated Added Fuel to the Flames Tre mendous Business Transacted Old September Reaches $1.05?s Wild est Scenes Ever Recorded. Carload of Fat Steers Sell for $34 Per Head Uklah Man Believes That a Purchase of Cattle Now Is an Excellent Investment Will Buy 200 Head In the Interior This Fall More Fat Cattle Ready for Mar ket in Uklah District. Oln . jjr . v " went are 1 aii?.!chcra. 'or the po- " l I th labr orEan- Ofl. rv vu"ir, join fat . uJlst cntlato for tl0B.:da.y nccoptod an ""M f?U 1180 omPloyo8 t left ii. "uor ua' . this mornlnc for C a"1 tak0 P'ace at PC. A"8Ht 18, at Mad- J. T. Huston, the Uklah hotel man has sold a carload of fat steers to a fanner named Anderson, who lives near Milton. Mr. Anderson went to Uklah in search of cows, but they were not to be had, and he did not wish to make an altogether bootless trip, and so bought beeves. He paid $2.90 per hundred for the steers, which was the equivalent of $34 per head. These were animals which Mr. Huston bought when cat tle wore high, and he was forced to sell on tho present depressed market, or lose if he held them longer for a possible advance. As it was, he comes out nbotu even on the deal, without realizing a profit for the time put iu with the cattle. Mr. Huston has between 50 at'.i SO head moro not yet ready for the mar ket. Later on he will go over into the interior with the Intention ot pur chasing about 200 head of stock cat tle which ho will f.eed for next year's market. Buying them on the present depressed market on the prospect for an advance next year, ho consid ers a son ml calculation. LABOR DAY. To Observe or Not Observe Is the Problem Before the Unions. A decision will bo reached next Sunday night by the Central Labor Council in relation to tho proposed observance of Labor Day. Tho coun cil Itself is faborable to tho project, lmt tlm votn was taken when tho at tendance was not large. Tho attend ance at tho meeting or nexi ounuay nii-i.t la nvnantflfi to be thoroushly largo and representative and Its Judg ment In tho premises win ue hbbi. In tho meantime, the individual unions are voting upon tho proposi tion among themselves, and the Con- trni Cnimnll'H action will bo a retiec- Hon of the stand taken by the unions on the side. Tho Painters' Union. Which lias never been in the council, is favora lita nml linn fsn rBilorted to the coun- .ii 'in nnu-nr to an invitation extend ed at the first meeting of the council ea to. A Successful Injunction. Tnaton.i if filttlni' over a nosthole all night to prevent the placing of a telephone polo lu front of her resi dence, Miss Emlllo Drewer, tho spins tor sister of Justice David A. Brower ir Mm TTnltnri States sunrcmo fodrt. Bhould have applied to her brother for a writ of Injunction agnlnst tho tolephon.o company. Miss Brewer Is ovldently bohlnd tno nines, uui tier crudo methods did tho businoss for H.iil iinrtlnnlnr holn 1udt tile Same. The telephone company yieldod tho point and sot Its pole elsewhere. Walla Walla Statesman. Au accomplished man is ono who can successfully stand off bill col lectors, Chicago, Aug. 11. Wheat jumped up 5 cents from the opening today, the brokers shouting themselves hoarse as the successive steps were marked on the boards. The wildest scenes ever witnessed in tho Chicago pit were enacted dur ing the forenoon. Hats were thrown In the air, staid old dealers went Into a frenzy, and hysterical young men thought they were already million jlres. A tremendous business was trans acted. The Board of Trade was crowded so it waB impossible to get in or out. Tne greatest confusion prevulleu everywhere and the Bcenes were exciting and almost panicky. The report that Armour was engi neering a squeeze in old September stampeded the markets. The reports rom the Northwest states that the crop damage was not overestimated, added fuel to the already flaming market, and buyers were frantic to. get in early bids. Old September opened at $1.01 and closed at $1.05; new September opened at $1.01 and closed at $1.03. Corn remained unchanged at 54 Oats, 34. EXAMINATION PROCEEDS. F. H. Read Added to List of" Appli cants Making 35 Now Present. The subjects of the teachers' ex amination at the court house today are: For county certificates written arithmetic, theory of teaching, gram mar, and physiology; for state pa pers written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, bookkeeping, physics and government. One more application for a teach er's permit, that of F. H. Head, re cently of Nebraska, was received. This makes the 3Gth since the exam inations began yesterday morning. "The work is progressing very sat isfactorily," said County School Su perintendent Frank K. Welles, today, "and w.e are grprilng tho papers as rapidly as possible." The Heir Is at Hand. St. Petersourg, Aug. 11. Dr. rtott. the imperial accouchuer, was hurried' 'y summoned to the villa of Alexan drla Peterhoff this afternoon. The announreraent trom thenc.e Is expect ed hourly. Tailors' Strike Is Off. New York, Aug. 11. The tailors' strike was officially declared off and 32,000 returned to work under un changed conditions, WHEAT IN ARGENTINA. Area Upon Which Wheat Can Be Grown Equals All States East of Mississippi. A country that can supply all Its own needs and furnish bread for 14,- 000,000 to 17,000,000 people In othei parts of the world, and that is reason ably euro to Increase its production largely in a Jew years, must be taken into consideration as an important factor in tho world's food supply. Twenty y.ears ago Argentina was not producing sufficient whoat for its own use. but in five years, 1899-1903, its yearly export averaged about 51, 016,497 bushels; and even now not more than 16 or 20 per cent of toe possible wheat area Is employed In the production of wheat, and more thai two-thirds ' of that, according to tho best estimates obtainable, is not under cultivation, says Modern Mil ler. Tho wheat area of 1902-1903 is re ported as 8,893,378 acres harvested, and the area of the crop of 1903-1904 Is estimated at 10,230,311 acres. Argentina has a total area of 1,135, 840 Kngllsh square miles, equal to all thnt part of the United States lying west of the lino that marks the east ern boundaries of tho state of Mon tana, Wyoming, Colorado, and tho territory of New Mexico, with the ter ritory of Oklahoma added. It is equal lu area to all the statos east of the Mississippi, with both tho Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa added. Packers Finally Decline to Hold Any Further Meeting With Strikers. STRIKE MAY SPREAD TO 3600 DRIVERS SUNDAY. Seven Hundred and Fifty Strike Breakers Go to Work Today Strik ers Strikers Would Go Back on Terms That Skilled Laborers Be Returned In 40 Hours and Unskill ed in 35 Days Donnelly Says'it Is Just the Beginning of the Fight Prospect Is Now More Threatening Than Ever. Chicago. Aug. 11. Tho stirko situ ation took on a more i enceful eppear ance this morning. C. W. Foster, for the retail butchers' and grocers' com mittee, called on Thomas Connors, of the Armour company, to arrange a joint session of the packers and labor men together with the peace com mil tee. Connors stated that Armour is al- ways ready to meet with their butch crfi. Four other packing houses made a like reply. A general mooting of the principals of the strike is arrange ed for this afternoon. President Don nelly wired Samuel Gompors to como to Chicago If possible. A slump took placo In livestock prices this morning owing to over stocking of the yards during the strike. Peace Prospects Vanish. An Informal meeting of the mem hers of the retail butchers' and gro cers' committee is being held this afternoon. Judging from the utter ances of tho packers, tho mediators have little prospect of accomplishing anything in tho way of a settlement. They have taken a firm stand agatust further negotiations with the strike leaders. The strikers agree to accept tho reinstatement of skilled men within 40 hours and 35 days for the unskilled. Donnelly, however. Is pessimistic. He says it docs not look like a settlement, hut rather the he ginning of the ..ght. Packers Refuse All Proffers. It was practically agreed at a, se cret conference of the packers this morning not to opon negotiations with striking employes. Late this afternoon the packers mot tho repre sentatlves of tho Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers' Associations. It Is stated that tho packers Informed tho retailers that while they would bo wllllug under other circumstances to consider a proposition from such a source, tho tlmo has gono by for temporizing with tho strikers. They cannot hold a further conference with the butchers or teamsters. Strike Breakers' Arrive. Seven hundred and fifty striko breakers entered tho yards this morn ing under a heavy pollco guard., A negro strike breaker opened fire on a erowu of nou-unlonlsts and scattor od them. Ho was chased by lli.e po lice, but escaped. May Involve 3600 Drivers. Chicago, Aug. 11. Tho grocers and Moat Drivers" unions will tako a vote next Sunday on the question whether jwjo members Join the strike, thus involving ail the deliveries In tho city. STRIKE AT BREMERTON. Navy Yard Employes Object to Doing Quick Work. Bremerton, Was..., Aug. 11. Yes tcrday afternoon tho 38 calkers em ployed In tho construction nnd repair department of tho navy yard went on a strike. Tho conditions which occa sioned tho strike wore pecnllnr. Ilepnlrs were being mndo o;i tho gunboat Bonnlngton nnd Foreman Reason gnvo tho order for tho work men to drlvo tho pitch Into the Ben nington's deck without first "ream ing." or taking out the old pitch, ns Is usually done- In first-class calking. Tho men rofused to obey tho order nnd, nftcr a consultation, walked out. By simply driving In tho now pitch without first removing tho old, tho work can bo done 1" hnlf tho time, and this was tho coniplnlnt of tho calkers, ns they would bo given only half as much work. SEPTIC TANK FOR SCHOOLS. Cleveland Elevator Burns. Cleveland, Aug. 11. Sheets Broth ers' grain elevator was destroyed by fire this morning. Loss, $100,000. Two Bands of Sheep Sold. Three thousand five hundred more sheep have Tieen sold off tho Meacham mountain ranees, wminm uinoi,,.- disposed of 1700 and Gus LaFontaino ui low ueaq. au were bought by Frye-Bruhn, though but 350 head will be Shinned to thn Rnnnil Tl.,1 . malnder havo already been loaded uuu uave gone to tne Chicago mar kcts. The consignment tn thn CmnH is expected to pass through thiB place uis evening, me entire lot Is com posed of mutton animals, and all are in prime condition. Hnwnv purchasing agent. Plans Nearly Ready. The plans for thn Rllnnrfit ruptures of the new school houses will be ready and in the hands of the board by the last of this wnW nr thn first of next. The next stage will be to advertise for bids. Work on the basements is proceeding with vigor. Justice Wills of Great Britain la said to contemplate retirement. On ono occasion, aftor giving a decision as an arbitrator, he came to the con clusion that his award was uniust. and straightway sent to the defeated litigant a check for the amount in dispute. La Grande District Decides to Im prove Sanitary Conditions. La Grande, Or., Aug. 11. (Special.) The La Grando school board mot last evening to deoldo tho question of a septic sower system for tho La Grande high Bchool. All members re ported favorably on tho question nnd J. H. Chllds was awarded tho con tract for the digging of tho tank for snnie, which will bo inndo of stono and cement, will ho 10 foot long, eight feet deep nnd five feet wide. Tho city Is considering this systotn ot sewerage throughout the city and If this Is dono It will likely be com pleted this fall. CITY FINANCES SAT SFACTDRY PENDLETON HAS FUND OF $7,513.31 ON HAND. Treasurer's Report Shows Total In come for Month of July to Be $3630. 50 .Expenses, $1751.28 Council man Dickson Suggests That Accu mulation In the Sinking Funds Be Placed at Interest Repairs Will Be Made to Levees. The city of Pendleton hus $4000 in its sinking fund that Councilman Dickson at last night's meeting of the council said should be Invested. May. or W. F. Matlock ami the full coun cil board wore present at tho sosslon last evening. Asldo from tho reading of tho treasurer's, report for the month of July and a brief discussion of repairs needed on tho Umatilla river Ioveo, nothing was dono. No ordinances woro considered. Tho mayor suggested that tho loveo should b.o repaired hoforo tho watora of tho stream began to lncrcnse. Councilman Wells snld that as a rule tho river did not begin to rlso until Into In Soptomher or early In Octo her and ho was not In favor of doing any work nt tills tlmo. "Labor," ho said, "Is always higher nt this tlmo of tho year and I bollovo wo would do well to wnlt a fow weeks." The loveo Is In need of repairs nt two points below tho Main street bridge. Tho matter was referred to tho street committee. City Treasurer Charles Hamilton's report was as follows; Cash account Balanco on hand Juno 30, $6034.09; total received dur Ing month of July from fines, llcon ses, poll tuxes, bills received. Inter est on lovc.o sinking fund and street liens, $3030,50; warrnnts paid out during July, $1751,28, leaving n hal nnce of cash on hand of $76i3.31. Distribution of cash aeneral, fund, $4027.65; called warrants 'fund, ?i4.3; ioveo smiting mini, ,$18Z5.30; water sinking fund, $1040. Sixty-room Annex for Foley. La Grande, Or., Aug. 11. (Spoclal) The Foley Hotel, ono of tho lead ing hotels In tho city, and In fact In eastern Oregon, will havo an addl tlon of 00 rooms within tho noxt threo montiiB, owing to tho increaso lu travel and the steady growth of tho city. J. 13. Foley, tho proprietor, let tne contract to J. L. Mars Wednes day for tho work, and tho cost of this addition, including tho furnishing of tno rooms, win uo over $00,000, whon completed. RRIGATION LI IS ROT OF DATE Enginqer Newell Says Ore gon and Washington Must Get Nearor Right. LAWS DO NOT HARMONIZE WITH THE GOVERNMENT. Old Law of Riparian Right Stands In the Way of Development Oregon Offers an Excellent Field for IrrN gatlon Work Its Large Irrigation Schemos Will Be the Moans of Bringing Many Thousands of Wor thy Settlers Engineers Go to Walla Walla and From There to Spokano. MORE ENGINE8 ARE ORDERED. Northern Pacific Will Get 31 New Locomotives. The Northern Pacific has Dlnced with the American Locomotive com pany an order for 31 new "slmnlo nas- senger locomotives." The now en gines aro for use on tho western linos of the road, and their construction is necessitated by tho greater demands ot tho traffic. Tho locomotives vary iu size aua power. The order callod for early delivery. many of the engines being needed to move the great grain crop. The mo tive power department hopes to have many of these locomotives lu service before tho close of tho year. Chief Engineer F. H. Newell, of tho reclamation service, nccompanled by tho members ot tho Oregon stnto Irri gation commission, and his assist ants wont to Walla Wnlln this morn ing for tho purpose of conferring with tho Washington board. "I find," snld Mr. New.oll, "that tho Irrigation laws of both states of Oregon nnd Washington conflict with tho national reclamation law, nnd heforo wo can successfully carry out tho projects of tho federal gov ornm.ont theso must bo harmonized. Tho worBt conflict appears to bo In regard to riparian rights." Continuing, Mr. Nowoll snld; "Tho reclamation service finds Oregon an excellent flold for development or Its plans. Tho Malheur valley gives promise of wonderful progress, and I predict that It will bo through tho largo Irrigation Bchem.es that this state will in tho Hoar futuro owe Its large lncrenso In population and com mercial ndvanceraent." The engineer ami moot of his party will go on to Spokano from Wnlla Wnlln. President Mallott, of tho stato commission, oxpocts to return to Pendleton this evening or tomor row. Secrotnry T. O. Hailoy, of tnls city, will bo homo tomorrow. C. J. Blanchnrd, of Washington, D. C, sta tistician of tho reclamation sorvlco, will return to Ln Grando via Pendle ton, after tho Wnlla ialla confer-ent'o. WASHINGTON COAL STRIKE. 8tate Labor Commissioner Declares the Miners Are In the Right. Tho striko at, the Isaqunh coal mines Ih ns far from flottlomcut as ovor heforo, says tho Scattlo Star. Ycstorday a party of 25 non-union minors enmo to this city and today th.o rcinalndor of tho strlko-brcakora returnod bore. Tho company an nounces that it will closo tho mlno Indefinitely nnd the conditions nro not Improved its far as settling the trouble Is concerned. The striking miners hnvo l'eon promised aid by tho United Mine Workers of America and each minor will rocolvo $8 p.er wcok ns long ub tho strike lasts, Stntu Labor Com mlslsouor Tlluekmnn says that tho miners aro right In their contention nnd tho compnny has broken Hi aaroo inont with tho workers. 8NAKE IN HER LAP. Probably Thrown Into Buggy By tho Moving Wheel. While slio was driving poacofully along tho county road botwqon Ru geno nitd I.orono recently, n hugo rattlosimko suddonly doscendud Into tho lap of Mrs. Doak Zumwalt, who wiih on route homo with her daughter, Mrs, Ida Simpson. Mrs. Zumwnk screamed and knock, ed tho ruttler out Into tho rood with hur hare hand. Tho roptllo instant, ly colled roudy to strike, and tho women iled. It la supposed tho rig ran ovor the minko wrapping it around tho buggy wheel and throwlnir It Into tho buggy. Men later return ed and klllod It. ICugono Guard. A 8on Born, A B'i-poiind son was horn to Mr. and Mrs. A. 13. Lambert this morning. BlM. :l ooiue men aro so contrary that they hustle up whon they are called down, Rewards for Wreck Victims. Pueblo, Aug. 11. barly this morning JO crows of searchers started out along Fountain creek and Arkansas rivora iu a final hunt for wreck vic tims. It Is helioved that only a fow of the 20 missing bodies will ever bo fpund. Search by individuals will bo continued for days to como. Ono thous. and dollars wa3 addod to tho relief fund by the Denver & U)o Grande railway. The monoy will be used to pay the searchers, towards of $25 for each body found are offered,