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L'SSIAN COMMANDER
REPORTS 3000 LOST.
Lanese Attack Has Been Most De
termined and Vicious of the War
! Bayonet Encounter Took Place In
Trenches Russians neporc me
r.r, of one Japanese Battalion
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Carrlsd Into the Night, Darkness
. . 4U. ..,.. it.
Only oncusiny no"u'"'
St F-
Aug. 31. Lieuten-
ait Genca Sakharoff reports on yes-.
Iterdajs '- it as ioiiows: i
-From : c Mock in the morning un-
til 9 in 'h evening, the Japanese
atUcied cur front positions before
LlaoTan,? and on the left bank of the
Talisho r vcr, both their artillery and
rifle fiflni. being intense.
The'r main efforts wero directed
ial.3 3' r ci titer positions and right
Caal ru their numerous attacks
' " 1 along the entire line.
Oct 'to s made several couuter-
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fe. S
bavonet encounters ensu
no'ltlons were taken by the
a 'ho end of the battle
' ,v cd by our troops.
1 artillery battle our bat
l effectual work. At 4
Tfinn the enemy was ob-
'ing to turn our right
isiderable forces, but
i of our reserve were
and after a fierce en--ipeHed
them. to retire,
ntinuetl after darkness
'y ended at 9 o'clock.
of the troops 1b excel-
Japs. '
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P-t-
'"
rof.pived the news of the
. ior or tne fort .annui counsel, ,evi 6t uuger, ,an x-uuer-v
uily Our casualties to- m0ruing applied to Justice
UJT'SH.A--. ot the supreme court for a
. r ii about 3000. The Jap- writ of habeas corpus. The argument
must have been heavy." i will be heard at 10:30 tomorrow.
Japanese Are Reinforced.
iiet 31. It is reported bene
Japanese have obtained a
-i liim the Inside of the out
Lino Yang. Reinforcements
Tf. panose forces are continual-
ng
T
th.
W relecs Station Dismantled.
V. . ington. Aug. 31. Consul Gon
era f .wler at Chee Foo. reports that
th. i ire-less telegraph station there
ha.-, '..-en dismantled.
Russians Report One Catch,
f' Pi'tersburg. Aug. 31. General
Sani ,onoff reports that ho has cap
tu an entire battalion of Japanese.
Chicago Wheat.
" iago. Aug. 31. Old September
opm-w at $1.07 and closed at
H "v a Corn. 53: oats opened
JlS and closed at 35.
Local Market Dull.
Aside from the sale of perhaps a
opened at $1.07 and closed at
a few bushels tp the mills, the local
market is qui.et. The prices are C8
to 68 for club and 73 cents for blue-stem
Miners leaving Nome. ' I lng the accounts of that disaster and
Seattle, Aug. 31.-The long dry spell j woul,d 6" t0. her ?m
which has prevailed at Nome almost for an indefinite period for the i salvo
during the entire summer is now t on of the souls of those who lost
driving the oldest and toughest sour- r lives. Several days sho went
doughs out of the country. Some re- j without touching food,
turn to the states while others, who After returning from church last
nnot shake the country, aro jour- Sunday sho became very violent She
neylng to other parts. Many ot the cured an ax and began to break up
miners are hiking for the Tanana the furniture and smash the windows,
from Nome, going in by way of St. under the Impression that she was
Michaels and thence down the Yukon, wrecking a saloon. Her brother sent
The report reached this city today on tor Rev. Mr Cone, wto succwded in
tap Globe Navigation Company's , quieting - Miss Dunne. Last night
tcamcr Tamplca, Captain Humphries ; Miss Dunne again attacked the furni-
mat ho majority of the exodus from ,
. . "
All III f li-n liul'nril t )l 1. nfW
oul mining center in the Tanana dis-1
The old Occidental Hotel, tho old
est hotel In Benton county, has clos
d iiR doors at Corvallls.
Short Line Train Hold-Up.
Salt Lake, Aug. 31. Pacific
Express officials bore aro ig
norant of a $13,000 hold-up on
the Oregon Short Lino at Kern
merer, Wyo., at midnight It
is reportod hero that robhors
secured 900 of the Keramorer
Coal Company, overlooking
13,000 In the scuffle. A posse
pursuing the robbers,
METHODISTS STOP GAMBLING.
I Paraphernalia Burned at, Halley In
Front of the Court House.
Halley, Idaho, Aug. 31. The county
i-attorney and sheriff raided all the
gambling houses In town, confiscated
the paraphernalia and burned It In
front or the court house.
, A Methodist conference Is In scs
slon there and the ministers gathered
1 ar0Hnd the burning pile and sang
neid-lI)rases t0 theIr Maker. Several
speeches were made and the affair
developed into one ot the most spec-
tacular camp meetings ever held in
I the West. A similar raid was mado
l by the same officers In Bellevue. the
i paraphernalia being broken In pieces
with sledge hammers in the street.
' The deputy sheriff at Soldier perform
! ed a similar service.
I This proceeding rids Blaine county
; of gambling devices. Recently a row
In a gambling house aroused consider
able feeling and was largely respon
, sibl for today's developments.
Charged With Forgery.
Baker City. Aug. 31. William Bur-
dick is under arrest for passing a bo-
gus check on a local restaurant for
22.30. He forged the name of AVal
tor Love, a well known farmer and
siocumnu, lo uie paper.
Sumpter Valley Cars Burned.
Baker City. Aug. 31. Three pas-
senger coaches belonging to the 1
Sumpter Valley railway, were destroy
eu u.v me iu iuu jmuo ucie j.-
SEEKS FREEDOM
CLAIMS THERE IS NO
CONVICTING EVIDENCE.
Counsel for the "Florodora" Opera
Singer Will Make a Supreme Effort
to Secure Her Release Falling In
Habeas Corpus Motion Will Ask for
Reasonable Bond Pending Trial
Charged With Killing "Caesar"
Young In New York.
New York, Aug. 31. Through her
Counsel will ask her discharge on the
ground that there Is not sufficient ov
Idence to convict.
If this fails they will asK a reason
able bond, so Miss Patterson may be
set free pending the trial. District
Attorney Jerome. In person, will com
bat both niotlous.
Nan Patterson, a member of tho
"Florodora" comic opera company, !&
charged with complicity la the mur
der of "Caesar" Young, whom she
claims committed suicide while rid
ing in a cab with her, in this city two
months ago. Young was a famous
Ouklaml bookmaker tor the races.
CRAZED Br WRECK.
Colorado Girl Broods Over Eden-Disaster
Until Her Mind Fails.
Pueblo, Col., Aug. 31. Proclaiming
that she is a disciple of Carrie Nation
and has been entrusted by the Kan
sas hatchet wlelder with tho mission
to purge Pueblo of Its saloons and
dives. Miss Mamie Dunne, a pretty
young woman 20 years old, was taken
to the Wooderoff Insane asylum this
afternoon violently lusane.
A few days after the Kden wreck
her friends noticed that she was be-
coming morose. She spent hours read-
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out of the house.
Rented His Wife for $50.
Peter Nelson, who. It was stated in
Justice Qulnn'8 court, in Chicago, had
agreed to rent his wife to John Fit
nizkl for a period of two months for
a consideration of $G0, was held to
the grand Jury In JGOO bonds on a
I charge of larceny. The charge was
! made by Fitnizkl, who Is said to have
' tired of his bargain aftor a week, re-
turned the woman to her husband and
demanded the return of his ?50.
!
I The manufacturing and Jobbing
! druggists of the East aro to lay a
foranlalnt ueforo tho Interstate com-
morce commission, at Washington, on
Boptember 10, that certain railroads
chardne unjust rates on drug-
1 gists' supplies and chemicals to West
ern points.
PATTERSON
PENDLETOX, OTiEGON, WEDNESDAY, AWUST 31,
PACKING HOUSE STRIKE
SPREADS WITH NEW FURY
All Independent Plants Are Closed and Traffic Tied Up by
Strike of Yards Switchmen.
All Stock Handlers Quit In Sympathy and Business Is Suspended Meat
Famine Will Result. From the Strike of.he Employes of Independent
Plants-12,000 Union Pickets Now Guard the Livestock Districts
Over 15,000 Butchers and Meat Cutters Are Called Out, 4500 of That
Number In Chicago-Police Detail Is Doubled Everywhere to Prevent
Anticipated Trouble.
Chicago, Aug. 31. In accordance
with the plan adopted yesterday by
the strike leaders to continue and ex
tend the packing house strike, and
realizing that the life of tho union is
at stake unless a more successful
blow Is strath at the packers, union
0fiiclals this morning called out the
stock handlers employed tiy me
Union Stockyards Transit Company,
to tho number of C50, of whom 125
ar.e special policemen.
The remainder are employed In
weighing, counting, feeding and driv
ing cattle. It is believed the walkout
of these will seriously crlpplo the op
eration of the plants.
Before going out tho stock handlers
1 took care of a large part of this morn
ings' receipts.
' President Donnelly aimed another
1 blow at the packers this morning
i when he announced that he would
immediately call out the butchers
i and all the workmon of the Indepen
dent plants. The independent plants
that will be forced to close down to
day are Boyd & Lunhum. Roberts fc
I Oakos, Boors & Co.
I This move will bring on a moat fa
mine and call the attention of the
nubile to the seriousness of the sltua
tlon. The strikers hone by this
means to force Intervention
Switchmen Will Strike.
Chicago. Aug. 31. As a result of
Donnelly's appeal, the Switchmen's
Union will hold a meeting this after
noon when It Is expected action will
be takrn on he proposed sympntbet
lc 8;rikf.
The switchmen will refuse to han-
FOR CONSCIENCE FUND.
Unknown Man Sends $300 to New
York State Treasurer With Expla
nations.
Albany. N. Y., Aug. 81. A check !
for $300 was received- by State TreaS'
urer Wk-User from New York attor
ney's, with a note stating uiai it is
for a conscience fund. They say It
was plated in their hands by Attor-
nay John T. Doyle, of San Francisco, j Kalph W. Itoso, of Chicago, distance
for it client. The chock was drawn 18 foet 7 Inches, this being a now
on the First National Bank of San world's record.
Francisco.
; Exciting Runaway.
Killed While Swimming. j A team belonging to H. H.. Crown-
La "Crandu. Aug. 31. Tho funeral er, and hitched to a load of hay, ran
of Itlchard Crosson, th.o La Grande, away at noon, frightened by tho
boy who was killed while swimming i switch engine, while standing near
In a nataiorium In St. Louis, last j the .electric light plant. Tho load
week, was held yesterday at tho Pros-' tipped over at thu comer of Cotton
bytorlan church. Crosson was born i wood and Railroad, after which tho
and reared in this valley and was 20 team was haudlcnppod by the drag
years of age. He was floating on his glng vehicle, which went lo pieces
back in a swimming pool when a boy . rapidly until the corner of Mnln and
dlvod from a height, striking Crosson 1
in the stomach with his head, from
which Crossen died two hours after
wards. Parkers Attend County Fair.
Kingston, N. Y., Aug. 31. Judgo
and Mrs. Parker passed through here
today on the way to Ellenville, to at
tend the Ulster county fair, as has
been their custom for several years, i
Mrs. Parker was born near Ellenville i $25,000 to tho United States treasurer
and both are well known in that lo-1 in payment for tho first lot of bouvo
callty. iIr dollars to be made at tho mint.
The coins will bo shipped to Portland
Adventist Camnmeetina. during tlw week and will bo sold at
-!, i, i
La Grande, Aug. 31
.u wihiih
Day Adventlsts began a week's camp
meeting here last evening. A large
camp has be.en established near tho
city and many prominent speakers aro
present.
I According to the leave of absence
Hogs Roasted to Death. , rrom j,rBOn which Mrs. Maybrlcli Is
Baltimore, Aug. 31. Tho pork now enjoying, she must report to
packing plant of Street Cocker was Scotland Yard, in Iiiuloii. through an
destroyed by fire this morning; loss, i American police department, onto
$200,000. Two hundred hogs wore every month. Failure to do this will
roasted to death. ' forfeit her freedom.
BANDITS ROB 11 UNION PACIFIC AGENT
Cheyenne, Aug. 31. Train No. 5, t
the north-bound express on the Short
Lino,, left a package containing $12,-;
500 In currency and v50 in silver nt , tu,rency. sheriff Jamos, of Quintan,
Kemmcrer, at 1:30 this morning, in county, and Sheriff Young, or Sweet
charge of the station agent and a water county, and three posses are
guard. pursuing them. The money was the
A fow minutes later three robbers pay for employes of the Union Pad
attacked the ageut and guard. A Lc Coal Company, at Cumberland.
die cars loaded with packers' goods.
ii Is ronorted that a telegram tins
been sent to Grand Master Hawloy
ml to urnn.t .m asmr i.u ,
swlichmen In the country not to nan-
dlo meat trains belonging
belonging to tne
nacklnc houses
The police detail in tne yarus was
Increased today in anticipation m
trouble. Reports from Kansas City
and Omaha say the situation there Is
not affected by the new general strike
order, Issued by Donnelly.
Omaha Switchmen Strike.
Omaha, Aug. 31. All tho switch
men In South Omaha havo volunteer
ed to strike in sympathy with the
butchers nnd will probably quit this
evening. This will tie up all tho traf
fic of tho packing houses.
12,000 Pickets on Guard.
Chicago, Aug. 31. According to i
Donnelly, there will be no union meat
produced In tho country when the j
latest order goes Into effect tonight.
This order Involves 1G.000 butchers !
and meat cutturs, 4nO0 of thorn In
Chicago. Twelvo thousand pickets
will patrol the stockyards district
night and day from now on.
No Strike at St. Paul.
St. Paul, Aug. 31. President Don-1
nelly's strike order to the allied i
trndec can have nn effect here as '
none save the switchmen are union-jean
Iced, and they have not been np -
rroached The backbone of tBo strike
has long been broken here.
.
OLYMPIC GAMES.
Ralph W. Rose, of Chicago, Makes
New Shot Putting Record.
st. Louis, Aug. 31. Four thousand
peoplo watched the Olympic gnmus
today, tjijb iW) meter hurdle wns
won by lilllman, of New York In :C3.
The mile handicap wuw won by
John J. Daly, of Ireland, tlmo 1:27 2 c.
Putting lG-potind shot was won by
Aita was reached, when tho team
was stopped nearly exhausted. It was
an exciting runaway, and It Rooms al
most Incredible that serious diunago
did not result. Instead, the only dam
age was to the overturned hay rack
and wagon, which were ruined.
For the Souvenir Dolfars.
Saturday afternoon tho Lewis and
Clark corporation sent h check for
$2 each, netting tho company practi
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managers of tho Lowls and Clark fair
that tho exposition will bo able to
make $250,000 out of tho total Jssuo of
250,000 coins.
fight ensued, and the guard, Tom Jon-
of Cheyenne, wag wounded.
The robbers fled with tho sack of
coin tin nverlfmkftit tho 19 r.nn In
1904.
CHAMPION COWDOY RACES.
World's Championship Will Be Com
peted for at Pueblo.
Pueblo, Col., Aug. 31. Tho worlds
champion cowbo" rolny rate will ho
run for the first time In tho Colorado
state - fair here, which will bo held
September 20 to 30, Inclusive.
I he '"nee IS t licti-ior-au vwiti "
all classes of horses will be permitted
In tho race. It Is expected that n now
record for tho flve-mllo relay race
will be established.
Thoroughbred horses Instead of cow
ponies, as havo boon used heretofore
in theso oventB, will take part in tho
world's championship rnco.
The record for tho dlstnnco is hold
by Wntson brothers of Fremont conn
tv, who won tho cowboy relay rnco
last year In 9 minutes 35 second?.
J. It. Pratt of Syracuse Kan., rodo
the race.
FLOGGED DY WIFE.
Pretty Kentucky Stenographer Severe
ly Beaten by Prosecuting Attorney s
Flsry Spouse.
Knoxvllle. Tonn.. Aug. 31. Goaded
, by Jealousy of hor husband's pretty
! stenographer, Mrs. James G. Sharp,
Uvitn nt the commonwealth attorney
- -,v.BnvnllM, 1mf.i clioillt
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apnrtiuentH, nno rocuvureu uum
younger woman n uinmonu ring, .hib
Shnrp said the ring had been given to
her bv her. husband, who nail nttor-
ward given it to his stenographer.
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PROMISES WELL
MAYOR MATLOCK URGES
or mailuo u"
LARGE ATTENDANCE.
Says Bad Weather Alone Can Prevent
the State of Oregon From Holdlnn
the Best State Fair Ever. Witnessed
People, of Eastern Oregon Do Not
VlBit the Fair an Much as They
Should More Acquaintance In Or
egon Is Necessary.
'Had weather Is the only thing thut
prevent a first-class stalo fair,
iha rail," said Mayor W. 1 Matlock,
,)lomUer ()t tlle HUtl0 agricultural
' . i .
board to the Knst Oregonlan, today.
"From the present outlook and the
Interest being tnlieu In tho fair it now
seems that we are going to have tho
ntn faU niriH lwiltl 1 1i "I f l n It
an, espetnal y Interested in seeing
ir., Bt,endanc from Rastem Or -
egon there. Very fow people from i
thu pnrt of the stuto over villi tho
stnte fair and thorefoie thoy do not
understand tho amount of work and
oxpoiiHo necossnry to gather tho ox
hlbtts. arrange tho programs und con
duct the fair.
"If pooplo from all parts of tho
state would meet thnro nnd gat ac
quainted and lull; over the Interests
jf tho. dlffornnt sections, while com
purlug products and resources, It
would havo a tendency to tiling Ilium
closer together, givo thorn u bettor
understanding of tho needs of tho
stato, and soon thu Cascade moun
tains would cease to ho ii dividing
line In Or.ogoli."
Mayor Mullock will slop off to in
tend the fair on his return from thu
ICnlghls Tomplnr conclave at Kan
Frunclsco.
Massachusetts Statesman Lingers.
Worcester, Mass., Aug. 31. Thoro
Is no apparent chnngo In Hoar's con
dition today.
LABOR DAY BALL.
Large and Efficient General Commit
tee Is In Charge,
Tho following Ih the committee on
arrangements looking art or nil tho
details of thu Labor Day ball;
Leo Drake, Ulmer Wisdom, F. A.
Swingle, Henry Anderson, fleorgo
Ferguson, W. O. I odder, Ud Ebon
and Charles IJarnoy. All tho sub
committees will bo made up from
llilu licit ami Hi, fii-rtitifimmita tnv tli.i
ball are elaboruto and In tho host of
taste. Tho hall will bo beautifully
and appropriately decorated.
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in in ii.mii immi, u iu win biyu n '
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constant attention from tho opening
of the doors until tho lights aro out.
Tho floor management will bo in tho
hunds of somo two or throe moinhors
of the commlttoe named above.
Barrels of Men.
Groat excitement was caused in
union labor clrclos when it was dis
covered that the packers wero Import
ing Greek luborers into tho Chicago
stock yards In empty barrels. Pickots
stopped a wagon loaded with sup
posedly empty barrels. While they
wero arguing with the driver ono of
ti.f Greeks poked his head out of the
barrel and examination disclosed a
Greek in ach of the barrels. Presl
cent Donnelly and tbo pickets decline
) say what became of the Greek-,
bu' they did not reach the yards.
OREGON
nIR
NO. 5140.
SHERIFF
FINDS
NO GLUE
Mystery Deepens Around the
Atrocious Murder of Young
Ellis,
SHERIFF SCOUTS IDEA
OF FAMILY TROUBLE.
Ellla Was Unobtrusive and Quiet,
and Was Either Murdered In Cold
Blood, for Some Unknown Reason
or Was Killed by Mistake Murder
er Evidently Walked Beside Him
for a Distance Before Fatal Shot
Was Fired Uncertain Whether
Rifle or Shotnun Wound.
No murder mystery conceived by
tho clover brnlu of Dr. A. Connn
Doylo, with tta fiunt clues lying ready
to bo .exposed by tho deductlvo reas
oning of hla Sherlock Holmes, over
presented moro perplexing phnsos
than tho killing on Weston mountain
of Christopher Columbus Kills.
With tho Doylo myfiteries, tho
ntithor hn8 only ficticious porsonngoa
to ileal with, anil can Hcattor uhout
damaging ovldonco to bin liking; but
with tho Kllla nffnlr tho officers havo'
stern fnetH to deal with nnd there Is
no recourso to n fertllo Imagination
I ' assist llio puzziuu uoiccmo wiii.ii
ht) ,,,, itself confronted by tho
nputllt, Umt t)0 m0ttntnlnoor alny-
er loft no trace behind.
Sheriff Taylor Returns.
Sheriff T. D. Taylor returned last
night from bin trip to tho sc.ono of tho
rsills trugiidy. A shake of hla bond
Is the answer ho gives when asked If
he discovered anything upon wulch to
ban" n clue us to the Identity of tho
HHsnHSlii or tho motive of th.o crlnio.
"1 must confess," he said, "that tho
affair Is too perplexing for mo. Hvl
dence thut I gathered wns very mon
gre. About the only thing that seems
apparent Is that the murderer nnd
his victim walked side 'by side for
some little distance. Tho wound In
Hills' hoail was ii little to the right
In front. Kvldently his slnyor pauH
ed to raise his gnu and Ifillls turned
to face him Just as the shot wns riroil.
I don't know whether thu wuapon
used was a rifle or a shotgun. Tho
Whs who prepared the body for
1 '"'rial say they picked a piece ot shot
! from tho wound.
"llowevor, the lead might havo
been a silver from u rifle hall. Ono
witness at tho Inquoat said ho hoard
ii shot which he thought was occa
sioned by a' rifle discharge. Another
said ho hoard the report and that It
was the muffled explosion ot n shot
gun. Footprints Glvo No Clue.
"The footprints were nionsured and
the right track hnd tho uppoaranco ot
having been made by it shoe with a
worn sole. Hud suvnral persons boon
plnced on th.o trull these tracks might
linvo been traced so that we could
gain some Idea of tho direction tho
murderer took after the killing, hut
this was not dotio. The slayar may
still bo In tho uiouutnluti, and ho may
be several hundred mllos away from
tho placu where Kills met his death.
"A dutectlvo sunt Into tho neigh
borhood might bo abl.e to ferret out
tho myntery, but for myself or any
other person, who Ih woll known, to
go on tho mountain and find thu mur
derer, 1b ii labor hoavlly handicap
ped." Family Trouble of the Elllses.
Franklin Ellis, father of tho mur
dered youth, parl.ud from his wlfo
seven years ago and Is wild to be
living In tho Camas Prnlrlo country.
A your ago ho entered suit to obtain
a dlvorco on tho grounds of deser
tion. No docreo was over grnutod. It
htiH been suggested thin family dif
ferences might In some vny bo re
Hponslhln for tho hoy's death. Sher
iff Taylor puts no faith In this the-
. orY,'
Young Ellis," ho continued, "was
un unobtrimlv.o mountain youth. Ho
' ""'milM
bothered no one and his actions In-
I torforod In no way with tho rights or
....IvIWum ,,r theru
' havo jioon ucciil
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J,nup 1
Ills death might
Ellis was wither shot down In cold
blood, or somo ono took his Ilfo
through mlstnko."
Fifteen Dead In Wreck.
Ihtffalo, Aug. 31. A dispatch
to tho Enquirer, oaya a wreck
occurred on tho Grand Trunk
at 11 o'clock this morning, near
Richmond, Quebec, Iu which
15 w.ero killed nnd many, in-
lured
Physicians nnd wreck-
ers have left for tho wreck.
TAYLOR
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