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jfi .... y . - MNGEDITION DAILYEVENINGEDITION tii WEATHER FORECAST, TonlRlit niul Tuesday fair; cool rni Is tho bosl Rowing tho pooplo that . their traao. er, or I ChJ .17- PENDLETON, TJMATTLIiA COtJNTTf, OBEGOtf, MONDAY, AUGUST 35, 3904. NO. 5120 eat I omj SHEEP I WORLD Cunningham, Sheep , Recounts the Advan- i of the State. INEXHAUSTIBLE SHEEP tN THE UNITED STATES I California Ranges Spoiled firs, Wyoming Flocks Froz- Ljuth, New Mexican Ranges by Drought Montana Favorably to Oregon as I Will Not Support Farming -wits, out win Always tie jl,r Range Only Danger I Umatilla Is That of Over- tion they nro now In for several years, "Eastern Oregon Is the only part ot -tho United States that has :shccp to soil as a matter of fact; .at least that are salable. Doubtless sheep men In other parts of the country would like to sell their sheep, but drouth and other unfortunate condi tions have cut down the quality of the sheep everywhere except In Ore gon, and the cold fact Is that the only marketable sheep In largo numbers are fqund here, this year. Some Danger of Overstocking. "Only one danger confronts the sheepmen of Umatilla county now, and every man must figure out Its relations to himself and his own bus iness to suit the emergencies that confront him Individually, and that Is the prospect of over stocking and the Injury done to our Interests by tho encroachments of outside flocks. "The Issue of changing methods of sheep raising, however much It may be a live one and of paramount Im portance when It Is closer nt hand, Is not immediate: that. Is, it Is not yet precipitated upon us, though it Is coming In this direction rapidly." MAYOR HARRISON WILL END STRIKE Business Conditions in Chi cago Are Fast Becoming Intolerable. , MERCHANTS HAVE'PLEDG- " ED $100,000 -STRIKEA FUND. RU5 SAN FLEET ANN HILATED Japanese" Meet Vladivostok Sriuadron In Greatest Fight me vvar. ter tli,ero has sent tho Chinese gov ernment a strong nolo charging com plicity In the Rolschltelnl affair. Al so charging tho Chinese commodore with cowardice and treason and do mnndtng a full explanation, restora tion of tho destroyer and Bcvoro pun ishment for the commodore. Tho Chinese, government has demanded from the Japanese tho restoration of the destroyer, WOULD OWN OLD GUN. RUSSIAN .VESSELS SUNK, BKhlSABLED AND, SCATTERED. II the recent large sales of cd Btock sheep had percep- 'itxti the number of sheep In taij, Charles Cunningham vt as many sheep In the jot as a year ago, which is er 250,000. It should b.e that the lamb crop last i extra good, and a very cent of lambs died. keep district Is fast a li the stage I predicted seV' ago; when fewer sheep toperatlvely necessary. The surrounding the business tg, and the kind of sheep se with those . conditions,. : as much money into the i the 21)0,000 "or more 'sheep t tare. ! is plenty of range for the el a million sheep we now i tie county, but It is difficult I tiem on our summer ranges ; tat same time have half a ifcecp from Morrow and panties and from Washington ! on our ranges, which Is be- i now. The nature of Mor- 1 Grant counties and most of iftory In Washington for a :e from our borders is does not afford summer we have to suffer from deilclencies of the terrl- oned. Umatllla Stands First. s Is not in the Unltod States n in which there is not a iofsheep due todsome cause except iu EaMern and stern Oregon". In Utitlt and the encroachments of set- r"e ruined the business, so far fing it on on any big scale Is od. WJhIngton, on account of the reserves and the crowding of 1 wn tno ranges, it is fast aS a feedlmr 'liCSanifinn In KTolirnolrn n.i1 toS Washington will bo 'after CrS BVerv var. n KnUmV-n This, Is inevitable. Will not the name result We In Monlnnn no In TTtnli ovu HltU illUI lxo usd Montana is a natural f tountry. Most nf tViu anil nf K la that Htlll Ih Kn .uhnl. .(M . " ' "v npi.sianq dropping. Sheep HOelailrt no ihou .... I. wQCKS can bf fliimmrlArl fnr M?e in Montana on the nat ure aa a systematic at- 1 the ranees nf tlmt. -raauit in runnlue the rendering them cood f l50. This is true of the the state. PORTLAND POLICE SCANDAL. Charges Against the Department Which May Result In a Special Grand Jury. Portland, Aug. 15. Owing to scan dals growing out of the arrest of the thieves who stolo a large quantity of vniuanie rurs from a Portland fur rler, a special grand jury for the in vestigation of the actions of Detec tives Day, Kerrigan and Snow, and it is alleged of Chler Hunt, himself, Is a possibility. It is alleged that threats of a heavy sentence 'were made against one of the fur thieves, if he did not confess. This threat would be contempt of the court having the sentencing power, If made, and for this reasonj an investigation may be ordered. Packers Are Insolent and Say the Strike Is Now OVer and ..They Have Nothing to Arbitrate Mayor Har. rlson Summons Donnelly and Rep resentative of the Packers to Meet Him Rioting at Omaha. Results In Fatal Injury to a Policeman Out look Is Ominous, BUILD 10 ML ES OfJOOEL ROAO WALLA WALLA TAKES AN ADVANCE STEP. Chicago, Aug. 15. Representatives of the Retail Grocers and Meat Deal ers met Mayor Harrison today and informed him of their futile efforts, and asked him to use his influence to settle the strike. They said busi ness is at a standstill and conditions intolerable. Harrison agreed to con sult the leaders ot both sides with a view to arranging another confer ence. Tl&gu'rill Is LosVthe Rossi' and the Grjp.mbo'!' Disabled From ' Terrific Jofianeec Fire, Flee to Safety Only foDe. Attacked In a Second Sea Fjl Today Over Six Hundred Russian Sailors Rescued From Killed, Loje Arthur. 0 Ships Japanese Lose two Seven Wounded Russians Two Fortresses Outside Port Packers Are Insolent. Chicago, Aug. 15. Notwithstanding rumors regarding negotiations pend lng between the representatives o Swifts said this morning there would be no overtures from the packers looking to peace. The packers consider the strike won and now a closed incident and th,e action of the packing house team' sters in refusing to return until tho butchers are reinstated indicates no I luimedUateprospecis of, breaking tho County, City and Blalock Fruit Com pany Will Join in Building a Two Mile Stretch of Model Country Road Under Government Expert James W. Abbot First Good Roads Movement In the Inland Empire. Walla Walla, Aug. 15. At a con ference held Saturday by the county commissioners, J. Z. Smith of the city council street committee, Herbert McArthur and W. S. Offner, It was definitely decided to have two miles of sample road built by the govern ment expert. Tho articles of agreement will be drawn up today and will be signed by the persons interested .pledging them s.elvee to pay their proportionate part of tho expenses that will be Incur red. As had been outlined at a previous .meeting tho city will pay for the road commencing at Sixth street to th.o elty limits. The county will then bear the ex penses for one mile and the Blalock Krult, Company and W. S. Offner for the remainder of tho distance to the Blaloqk fruit farm. Business Men Pledged to Strikers. Chicago, Aug. 15. The police be gan a rigid enforcement of the order against picketing this morning, mak' lng 15 arrests. Donnelly denies all rumors that a settlement Is In sight, South side business men met this morning and formed an association to aid strikers and will attempt to raise ?100,000 for relief in the next two weeks if the strike is not settled. Mayor Summons Chiefs. Chicago, Aug. 15. Mayor Harrison has requested Edward Tllden, of LJbby, McNeil & Llbby, and Donnelly to meet him ut his office. The time lc not yet fixed. Rioting at Omaha. Omaha, Aug. 15. Thirty strike breakers were stoned by a mob In Sheeley suburbs this morning,- and one policeman was probably fatally injured. O. R. & N. TAX CASE. ATTEMPTED WRECK. N. Has Suffered Greatlv. ecarlouanoBH ' hits resulted In the ures. affalra Mtyear and a half tho .state have been lost, J and sudden and ex- n, the temperature, entire crop ot lambs snow storms d many The re- he usual state as year. sheep are and Mexico e'udu,tlpok 'ctpwu ien, 1 black. n ,v-,' J-T ' 'jxgav.uia ;oufll 1K St' Three Boys Pile Ties on O. R. & Track Near Hllgard. La Grande, A"S' 15. Three young boys .of this city, all belonging to highly respected families, are under arrest for attempting to wreck a train by piling ties on the O. It. & N. track near "Hllgard yesterday arternoon. The boys are J. N. Young, aged 17: George Ackles,- aged 1C, and C. G, Stultz, aged 1C. Th.ey wore on a hunting trip yesterday and were caught by the section foreman at Steel Spur, in tho act of piling a large number of old ties across the track. A freight train was stopped before It reached the obstruction and no dam age resulted. The boys will have a hearing this .evening. "BUTCH" CURRV UNDER ARREST Well Known Character Accused of "Selling Whiskey to Indians. Deputy United" states Marshal Ja cob Proebatel, ,ofPQrtfand, passed through Fendlp(.un .ItWs morning, on hie wayt0 Athfeaiio 'socure "Butch" 'Mt !. td OfldJarA!jnr.,!? weftL AJl ttLese sheep Briefs Asking for Writ of Review to Be Submitted Tomorrow. Briefs will bo submitted before State Circuit Judge W. It. Ellis to morrow In the suit brought by tho Oregon Itallroad & Navigation Com pany against Umatilla county peti tioning for a writ of review In the assessm.ent of tho plaintiffs' property. The railroad company will bo rep resented by Arthur C. Spencer, of Portland, formerly deputy district at torney for Multnomah county. Judge James A. Fee, of this city, will argud the case for the county. The caso will be argued on technicalities, tho object of the plaintiff being to havo tho entire assessment declared null and void. ToTdo. vAug. 15.--Addltlonal details of lfSinlmurii's defeat of tho Vladlvo stokj&quadron reached here today. He Mtct th.o Russians 20 miles from Ulsqn at 5 o'clock Saturday morning. ThJ ilapancso fleet rusiied in to bat tle,' T1ic .fighting was continuous un til 1&30, when It was seen that the Hurlk was' In trouble. She s.ottled by tUa stern,- slowly disappearing,' tho pnyU'belng tho last portion visible. The iJtbssia and the Grombol took flight, and escaped. Several times during the action the H0S8J 'and Grombol were afire from the Japanese shells, but the Russians mastered the flames. Both boats were heavily damaged. Small boats from the Japanese squad ron , saved 450 of tho Rurlk's crew. Three hundred of the crow were kill- eri rrr ilmurnrrl vrhlln hut two Tnnnn. wounded, was hit. Only one Japanese sh'ld Second Sea Fight Raging. Washington, Aug. 15. A report has been received at the state depart ment that another naval battle Is in progress off Port Arthur. The Rus sian warships were driven back aftor the late battle and mndo another dash for liberty early this morning. The remnant of Togo's fleet which was on guard, intercepted them. Walla Walla Post G. A. R. Applies for Pacific Coast Relic. Walla Walth. Aug. 14. Abraham Lincoln Post No. 4, Grand Army ot tho Republic, of this city, 1ms mndo application to tho war department for a large sea coast gun, now nt Fort Mason, Cnl. Tho ordnanco was used nt Fortress Monroo during tho civil war nnd was nft.erwnrds brought West to dorend tho Pacific coast. Tho government has ot lato been presenting Grand Army posts with those old gnus. The 011,0 to como to Wnlla -Walla will bo mounted on n marble base nt tho proposed city park nnd tho nnmos of tho old 80I dlert; Inscribed on ltn base. LOCAL OPTION IN MARION. First petition Filed at Salem Under the Local Option Law Passed at the Recent State Election. Salem, Aug. 15. Tho first local op tion petition filed In tho state under the new law, wns filed In Snlem on Saturday, for an election In Sublimity nnd Staytou precincts, Marion coun ty. The precincts Ho contiguous to Sa lem, and are composed ot farming districts almost exclusively, nnd tho petition is said to represent the bulk of tho population of tho combined precincts. FIFTEEN FIENDS QUIETLY MOBBED Most Awful Crime in the History of the South Fully Avenged. ' GEORGIA CITIZENS DISPENSE JUSTICE TO MURDERER8. Fifteen Negroes Who Murdered tho Entire Hodges Family Three Weeks Ago, Meet an Awful Fate at the Hands of the People Mob Cut All Wires Boforo Beginning the Lynch.' Ing--Seven members of the Hodges Family Kilted With an Axe In the Most Brutal and Cold-blooded Man rue r One Victim a One-year-old Babe. JUMPED BONDS NOW S T 0 Augusta, Ga Aug. 15. It Is report' od from Slntesboro this morning that 15 negroos wero lynched by n mob at 4 o'clock this morning. Tho negroes wero accused ot mur dering tho Hodges family three weeks ago. Tho mob cut tho wires before tho lynching began. Tralnnion say that tho two negroes brought to Stnteaboro Saturday night to be tried for th.o Hodges murder, confessed and implicated 13 others, nnd a wholcsalo lynching followed. The murder of the Hodges family' wns ono of tho most brutal and re volting In th,o. history ot. tho South. The murderers ontcrod tho homo and killed tho entire family with nn nxe Tho family consisted ot Mr. nnd en u&iMirv unoroTCn s- . . .-,.,MV-w. It&inu, Uodgo8,.n. urowjunlQco nnd tour nt r 1 i 1 ui.n on I u nij i Two Fortresses Won by Japs. St. Petersburg, Aug. 15. Alcfxloff reports that the Japanese after a fu rious attach- on Taku Shan, In tho Wolf mountains, outside Port Arthur on the night of August 10, were re pulsed at every point. On August 9, after four days' bombardment, the fortresses of Taku Shan and Say ougu Shan, on tho Russian eastern front, were captured by the Japanese. General Battle Begun. Washington, Aug. 15. Consul Gen eral Fowler, at Chce Foo, under to day's date cables the state depart ment that It Is rumored a general na val attack on Port Arthur was becrun this morning. He adds that the litis- slan cruiser Novik, and three destroy. era havo reached Chen Foo. Over 600 Russians Rescued. Washington. Aug. 1G. Th n Htntn department has received a telegram from tho consul nt Nagasaki, stating that COO Survivors of tho Russian cruiser Rurik, have been landed nt I oaseoo, iuo of them wounded. China Charged With Complicity, Washington, Aug. IB. minister monger, at Pekln, Informs tho stato aepartment that tho Russian minis Passed Worthless Check on People's Warehouse Year Ago, But Jumped Cash Bond of $350 Quick Work of Sheriff Taylor Grought Him to Jus tice Had Been Working for Ore gon and Washington Power Com panyHeld In County Jail .for Trial. BUYERS GET 13,000 UMATILLA SHEEP Fifteen thousand stock sheop have been bought for shipment to tho Ne braska feeding districts within the past few days in addition to tho pur chases mentioned before in the East Oregonlan. Of these 13,000 were bought by Garrison & Reynolds of Kearney, Jn this ,county, while Hun ter & Stephens bought 200 in Wal. Iowa county. The 13.000 first mentioned will bo shipped about September 1; the Wal. qwa, snoop, win bp.reatfy or the rail road iaboutwOctnlip'r' 1. . ' i will" he fed?JnBuf KebrnskV for' thp J5a8 western, rawBets, They 2d ba corn . and alfalfa. yhtcU, Csiitr!,NehW grew", enormous. crei r for lambs and 1.75 straight for year- nags, ino awes wero a tnlxed lot generally, and a straight quotation Is not possible because, as ono buyer expressea u, "A ewe is worth Just what she happen to be worth; while the next ewe may be worth moro or less, we nave to buy owes 'aa they come.' " An all 'round lot of feeders-Iambs, owes and yearlings, comprised tho 7000 head -brought by Garrison & Reynolds of Ed Campbell, The 3000 head bought of A. B. Chapman were Also (0 mixod lot of. Intnl. ci ini'fi .....I . t . r' ,ioic..lpti as-everything that cornea turn polo's ranches is always hoTcV OTcn;,mindrdof Garrison ReW mipmh ift'-rtLt&iii aud.otto amim ' TJierWslfowa shoeb M-A'rnfiprt .liv WaetAfammrfi, As muUned, they iwlie Rsnuing. ana ipis jie. Jieved. will .terminate Jq .heaale pt ciauy, tljousaias '0f jueeu wltWn a row dava. ' ' 'Jtt After n year spent in dodging the officers of tho law, Ed Halnoy, want ed In this city on a chnrge of passing a worthless ch.eck on Leon Cohen, of ihe Peoples Warehouse, nnd who Jumped his cash ball of $350, was ar rested Saturday night nt Athena. Sheriff Taylor learned that Halnoy was aboard tho local freight, bound for Wnlla Walla, aftpr tho train had left Pendleton depot. Saturday nlcht. He wired the marshal at Athena nnd whim the train stopped nt that plnco Halnoy was taken Into custody. Ho was brought to Pendleton Inst night ny ino siierin nnn placed in (i0 conn ty jail. iu June of last year Halnoy charged with purchasing a bill goods at tho Peoples Wurehouso nnd paying for it with n check which wns round to bo worthless. IIo was nr rosicu, out secured his roleaso by i.muiii; mi tuuii uan oi ai)i). noon after ho disappeared nnd wns not In court wnen IiIh enso camo up for inai. At tho last B.esslcii of tho stale clr cult court Judgo W. R. Ellis declared Halnoy's ball money forfeited. Tho prisoner has been In tho employ of tho Washington & Oregon Powpr Company and was roturnlng to tho camp on the Walla Walla river when nrrogted. chtldron. Tho floor ot tho'liorao was covered with blood, tho horribly mu tilated bodies being scuttorod through tho rooms whero th.o flonds had overtaken them. Ono of tho children wns a babo a year old. j Negro Is Not Hanged Yet. Atlanta, Aug. 15. Ono thousand armed men havo chnrge of tho 15 ne groes roported mobbed this morning. Tho trial of tho negroos 1b belns held In tho woods nnd they will all bo hanged as soon as the formality of the trial Is ov.er. Two companlos of troops nro being rushed to tho sconn nnd a clash Is oxpectod. ROBBED ROOMMATE. John Cavln Under Arrest for 8tealnfl 514 From C. M. Pardue. Accused of robbing tho roan who befriended him, John Cavln' was ar rested this morning and Indirud in thn cuy jail, no win bo arraigned In the hiuio circuit court charged wllh lar cony from a lodging house. Cavln approached C. M. Purdue last night nnd Informed him that for IhrnA days ho had been without 00(j. pftr. inu win mo man to a restaurant and after, tho meal offered to lot him sleep with him. Tho two wnnt tn ihh Queen lodging house Jn Main street, sud Parduo retired. Cavln said that no snub going down town for a while, jfyr unlocked, but." did not sou the .1 .1'nlR m)l-nln w inn I. nAnn. 1. lJsco.vred that H vns inissldg tnm..- Memphis, Atig. 15Two frv'p"" o"ii" ucvvo no bbwi vavin,, "f' in) twin wuj at nigut. pardue lnformod, Uiot police of jthe uifalraiid Covin, was soon located and arrested. j ho prisoner is a young man and Is n stranger in Pendleton. Tho insane asylum at St, JoLds, N, P., Is Uireaten.4d with a terrible for est firje now. rawng around It. PORTLAND PRISONER8 ESCAPE. Seven Inmates of County Jail Dla Through Wall and Get Away. Portland, Aug. 15. Soven nrlsonerH confined Iu tho main cell of tho county Jail made their escape last night by cutting their way tbrounh a brick wall to tho stnlrcnso lending from tho Jail to tho sheriff's office-, tlioneo through tho window Into tho street. LABOR DAY CELEBRATION. Trades Council Is Taklnq Active 8teps In the Matter. Tho Trados' Council last night advanced tho plan for n Labor Day celebration by appointing n commit tee of seven to cniivnss tho mutter of necessnry finances. This commit loo will tnko the matter actively in hand tomorrow morning, und will re port at a special mooting of tho council Wednesday night. Until h committee does lis work and Its ro port Is acted upon, tho question of tho celebration or or not celobrntlng, will not bo decided. On tho othor hand, tho action by thii rommlltnA and by tho body Wednosdav nBht will undoubtedly ho conclusive. no committoo Is us follows: Ed. Eben, C. 13, Roan and Ono rim Pnrmi. son, of tho Clerks' Union; P. A. Swin gle, of tho Carpenters' Union; Georgo Mnrkhnm, of tho Painters' Unlorii' William Kollor. of th Pinmimra' Union; C. U McGInnls. nt fh nnr. tenders' Union. Thnro was a larirn nttimilnnnn loaf night, and much enthusiasm In fnvni of thn observance, but tho unions must find co-operation or thoro nro many doubts to mnko thn It Is hoped that council will nttond tho spocial moot ing of Wednesday night. Robbery In Daylight. . no li tllM AmnHnnn Expfcss- WagOll in tho honrt f tho city early this hinmlntr 8n,d .r.ltercd tho .driver pt tho Valuable nn,1 , .... Jo open Aha, wife containing a largo sum. Ho convinced them that he couh not open tho .safo ad the rolibers fled, Hit" y. my - lii' 'Mi 'i 'iLi