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iDAlLYEVENINGEDlTlONi 1 a ii w r ui ruirunr in i uini a I avi Biiniiii in i iiibi jrill-il U I billlllU IUI I lull WEATHER FORECAST. j Tonight and Sunday fair, warm er Sunday. Ton nef heard u good adver tiser referred to as n "dentl one." It you wont to be classed as a "dead one " don't advertise. TENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTKMRER 10, 1004. NO. 5149. VOL. 17. DMiRAL SCHLEY WRITES HISTORY ill Soon Issue Story of His Life, or " Forty-five Years Under the Flag." "fllLI AVORLD EIGHT on rattle or Santiago. TPi-cfnoo Miiv the Eients at Santiago 111441 III l.cmc III .UM't III -nn;i- Cllll POslorilJ IHHII. win l.l-iii-n c t I. 11 .... ir.-im... i ill f'tiKj. fears i nner uie ling. Referring to the operations against Jevera's fleet, the preface says: "The events have been recorded from the srrlter's own view-point and criticiz ed In a spirit of fairness, but with- ju mnllce " K Thr book will deal at length with he- ".noted question of the victory off nn'iago, nid will practically reopen DI 'he acrimonious discussions of ha' battle There Is nothing bitter In the Blunders dealing with this battle, yet! ine suojeci is liunuieu wiuioui gloves, the most minute details of the I light being presented In a lucid style. I It Is the determination of Schley in leave his side of the Santiago fight I firmly Imbedded In American history I find for that reason the chapters Sealing with the destruction of Cer- vent's fleet will be deeply Interesting jto stu loots of history. Kuli County Treasury. C.allipolls. O.. Sept. 10. Masked Irobbers bound and gagged County (Treasurer Chase, locked hlni In the I Ivnult mid escaped with Jin, 000 of I icountv funds last evening. i ' EIcw'ii Terms in Congress. Gun va X Y. Sept. 10. Sereno ;Payn of Auburn, was nominated for his eleierth term In congress in the tSlst district today. ACCIDENT TO HOY. Fell I'roni Car Seat and Split Open Ills 1 . 1 1 1 Tralii l)claeil, Mi u cldeiii on Xo. 1, the west- , bound o. R & X. train this morn-1 Ung i . us... i ili.' delay of the train at (this point for an hour. ' r,..i... .i...... .i. ..,.... i. twi- 'i the place and Meacham. th r.. . .. ,.l.l u. .. T?a. V A lli,i.i.l. ' Of Hi e kvi II. (di.. w hile the train was i u. ni; inrv.', leu on a seal aim mini i iiiv mmei up violently atraliist n I" ii 'ti.ii. casting. The lip was comi'i- en split open from the nose to t ki edge. A- nm.li was done as wan possible PO)i ' '.i- aclll'd. He fin llnfnrtll- I lent- h a party of a dozen or more i physician'-- was lost or stolen yestor- I oaj wane me party to wnieli tlie ' bov belonired was n rmito frnm olse v .-stward. and until Pendleton , U'llll ,'ftll rll...1 W.tl,l.,n ..l,n I .... nn..t.1 be done toward nronnvle enrlm- fnr the wound. Arriving at Pendleton the case was needle and other necessaries were fltiuu ni ill Lilt? iiiuc HLiiit.N. linn run ill' ir.'in iirnppi.imn nnoi" n nn ml. rr the bruvesr spectator 'of the op- The parties mentlonod, and about ' tollolu mil n.l.nM In. ...Int.. ngeles, Hlg Cattle Deal. AVImt is possibly the biggest cattle deal In the history of I'niatllla and Grant counties for the past 1C years, Is on at time of going to press, J, C. Lonergan, for the Frye- Itrulm Co., being the purchas- Ing agent. The names of the parties transferring are not yet made public, nor the amount paid. Two thousand head of fat cattle will change hands In this transaction. 1 Frendi Iloat Meets Disaster. Toulon, Sept. in. One of the flo tilla of 10 French torpedo boats which started this morning for the l extreme Orient, has Just returned to ! the offing, an explosion having occur red aboard and several of the crew were killed and wounded. There are no details to make public. Was No Explosion. Toulon, Sept. 10. The entire flo ! tllla returned Inter In the day on nc- count of the death of an engineer who wns caught In the machinery and killed. There was no explosion. Blow Xcbraska Safe. Stromsberg, Xeb. Sept. 10. Rob bers blew the safe of the bank early this morning and secured $200 In money and JE00 In currency. The j explosion awakened the people of the town. The robbers fled In the direc tion of Lincoln. t Ministers May Ho Arrested. Portland, Sept. 10. Twenty Port- land ministers who have failed to ; comply with the law regarding the return of marriage licenses to the of- flee Qt' county clerk, are subject to a fine of ?"0 and unless more promptness Is shown In the matter, the, authorities will make an exam ple. SIX ARE KILLED III FIERCE FIGHT ITALIAN' LABORERS E.V- GACI2 IX DEADLY FIGHT. nival Knlhu Construction Camps ill ..... ,.,,.,..,.. ... ril,..i Con- II lot Fully One-half or 200 Labor ers Injured Six Dead as a Result All Held as Witnesses Deputies Guard Jail. Huntington. AV. A'n., Sept. 10. A fH.i between rival railway construc- ..,. ,.,., employing Italians has resulted in six deaths. Several pltch- ed battles have taken place. The dead ale: John J'etruclo, Ali- tone Roiuanl. Philippe onmonio. Louis Laro and one unknown. A number of leaders are charged with 1 murder. Deputy sheriffs are guarding the camps, also the jail to prevent the ! release of the prisoners. ! Two hundred Italians are employed j In the two camps and the riots in I which the laborers were killed were fought out with knives, clubs, stones. 1 picks and plvtols and fully half the ! members engaged are wounded more or less seriously. j Work on the railroad grade has Ibaen suspended, nearly all the em- ployes being held as witnesses. OPERATED UPON". Pmgress of Josso Pulling To- ward Rcooicry. Jesse Failing, whose t hitch broken Just five months ago. wa lumt week underwent an operation at the Xorth Pacific Hospital at Portland made necesnary by the Incomplete and defective knitting of the bone which examination showed to be not in juxtaposition at the point of frac ture. An Incision was made and the ends properly placed, after being scraped to afford a new surface for the accumulation of oseuu matter. Mr. Falling milled completely from the operation, and hie general health Is said to be remarkably good. I It Is bellovod now that he will yet j regain the use of the broken limb i perhaps not without the aid of ' ...1 1.... .... ,1.. ... AHaUI. orutohes, but sufficiently to enable him to walk about. He is still ftt- the nurse who has been with him most of the To Portland i'or a Year. Mrs. Auia Raley, accompanied by her daughter, Mr. Cosble Pruitt and son-in-law. W. C. E. Piulu, left foi Portland this morning, expecting to reside In that place for the next year. Mrs. Raley will make her home with her daughter, Mrs. S. A, John. Mr. and Mrs. Pruitt will make tholr homo in Portland while Mr. Pruitt attends law school. Mr. Pruitt' In tention is to looatc in Pendleton for the practice of law after being ad mitted to the bar. Will Re-enter School for Hllnd. Mrs. J. Barnhart, accompanied by ' her nieces, the Misses Mabel, Gertie i and Edith Templeton, went to Echo this morning. The young ladles have been Mrs. Barnhart's guests here for some duys. Miss Mabol will leave In a few days for Salem to re-enter for the seventh year, the State School for the Blind, from which she will grad uate next spring. She expects to fol low music for a profession. Her blindness was caused by spinal fever when 2 years of age. Shipment of Cattle. AY. M. Rahe leaves for Seattle to night over the AV. & C. R. In charge of 11 cars of cattle from the John Day country, consigned to Frye-Bruhn, JAPANESE I TO M CRUSHING Oyama Will Engage Kuropatkin in One Last Decisive Battle Before the Winter Season. Japan Sns the Pall or Port Arthur, Capture or Dalny, Occupation of the Entire or Korea anil Southern Manchuria 1- sufflolont Victory tor one Your General Assault on Port Arthur to Ho Renewed Not Tuesday Ititssliiiis Ewieuuto Mukden Alwmv or HoniN anil Heavy Katn Impede ,laponeso Attacks. St. Petersburg, Sept. 10. Ordinary camp life has set In at Mukden. Quiet prevails today along the whole Immense front. The Japanese ad vance from the south and east has stopped. Tile Russian baggage trains are proceeding uninterruptedly along the railway since Wednesday. Thous ands of wounded have been sent northward but the red cross Is still working night and day at Mukden to relieve the most seriously injured. The Inactivity of the Japanese Is ascribed to the absence of a mountain road by which they could make an attack or advance on the city. The rain has ceased and the roads are fast growing dry. Hlg Engagement Planned. Paris, Sept. 10. Prominent Japan ese here are authority for the asser tion that Field Marshal Oyama has planned one more general engage ment with Kuropatkin before the winter starts In. The Japanese, he says, recognize that at least a year'r fighting is ahead of them against heavier odds than they encountered here In the present campaign. The Japunese consider the fall of Port Arthur, the occupation of the whole of Korea and Southern Man churia u sufficient trophy for the first yeur of the war. Russians Deride Peace Talk. St. Petersburg, Sept. 10. Advices from the front Indicate there will be a long lull In the fighting while the Japanese replenish their men, stores and ammunition. A new European brigade has Just reached Kuropatkin. War experts do not expect the Japanese to make any leal progress before cold weather sets In, which Is liable to stop every thing until spring, when the Rus sians will be ready to begin offensive operations. The talk of London and Berlin papers of peace, excites only derision here. Japanese Lose 15,(100. London, Sept. (10. The chee Foo correspondent of Reuter's reports that the Japanese losses at Port Ar- CARGO OF EXPLOSIVES SUNK. Steamer Longfellow Sprung a Leak anil Was Abandoned. v Highland Light, Mass., Sept. 10. The ateamor Longfellow, from Wil mington, sank oft here lust night. The ciew of lfi lay outside in small boat all night ii"d were brought In by llfesavers this morning. The boat sprang a leak and hud to be aband oned. The Longfellow whs loaded with exploslvos. It Is said the cargo was Intended for the Japanese govern ment. Aineiieans Hold Records. London, Sept. 10. The final lioat of the two-kilometer cycling race for YOUTHFUL HORSE George Elliott, 7 years of .ige, was arrested shortly before noon today by Sheriff T. I). Taylor, on a charge of hone sUuliug. The three animals Mid to have been stoleti were recov-, ered, Klllott declare he bought the horses. The stolen animals are the proper ty of R. W. AVilson and John John son, of John Day country, and were THREE MILLION BUSHELS WHEAT SOLDI Chicago, Sept. 10. Old September wheat opened at $1.08 and closed the same. New wheat was quoted at S1.0DU on the opening und advanced to $1.05 on the close.' Corn opened at C3 cents and declined to t2 cents. Oats opened at 31 cents and closed at 31 V4 cents. 3,000,000 Bushels Sold. The local wheat market today is very quiet, No sales are reported thur In the past few days exceed IS. 000 killed and wounded. Rains PrcM-nt Advance. St. Petersburg, Sept. 10. Lieuten ant General S.ikharoff reports, under esterday's date that all Is iUlel at Mukden. Rains prevented the ene my's advance. Japanese Prince to America. Toklo. Sept. 10. Prince Fushlin.i. at the request of the mikado, will leave Japan in October on board the Manchuria, bound for America to make a month's tour of the United States. The prince wns in command of the first Japanese division In the terrific battle of Xanshan heights, In the early days of the land attack on Port Arthur. Japan to Xnmc Governor. Toklo, Sept. 10. It Is generally ex pected here General Hasgawa will be appointed governor of Southern Man churia. EMiciiatlug Mukden. St. Petersburg. Sept. 10. H Is re ported that Kuropatkin is at Tlao Pass. The Russian army is moving northward from Mukden. The evac I uatlon of Mukden, however, Is not officially admitted. Renewed Assault on Port Arthur. Chee Foo, Sept. 10. According to Japanese Information from Dalny. the grand assault on Port Arthur has been postponed until Tuesday next. Still further postponement Is proba ble. Chinamen who left Port Arthur September G. say the Russians are preparing to vigorously resist the next assault for which their spies said the Japanese are making elab orate preparations. i I'lnd Xow Culls at Port Arthur. St. Petersburg. Sept. 10. A waik man who has returned from Port Ar j thur, reports the defenses largely , augmented by the discovery of n Chi nese store of artillery IS miles from ' the fortiess, consisting of ,'!00 Krupp 'guns of large calibre, with from 300 , to 3000 rounds of ammunition. Each piece was in perfect condition. the world' championship in the Oiystnl Palace, was won by Hurley, the American amateur champion. The final kilometer profeialimiil championship wan won by Lawson, an American. School Homls Piled, The papers relative to the bond Is sue or $2500 for the building of a public school at Pilot Rouk, wore filed today with the county school superintendent. Xo High School at Milliiu. The pioposltlou of a high sohool at Milton has been voted down by the school board at that place. Tho ques tion of a ninth grade may be consid ered. THIEF IS CAPTURED taken sometime Thursday night. Sus picion was directed toward Elliott and officers throughout the country were notified to look out for him. He was taken Into custody this morn ing as he rode up to a local feed yard, riding one of the horse and leading the other two. The boy will be held ponding Inves tigation. He Is at present In the i ounty Jail. and prices aro uncertain. Club re mains at about 70 and bluestem at 76 cents. During the present season It Is es timated that about 3,000,000 bushels of wheat has been sold In Umatilla county. This Is about three-fifths of the total crop. The average price has been about 66 cents. A majority of the sales were made when the ce real was at CO and after It reached 70 cents. SPECIAL MESSENGER. l!ea. Shipment of Money From Portland to Pendleton. George Sewell, a Portland employe of the Wells-Fargo company, came up on Xo. C this morning, returning on No. 1. Mr. Sewell. who Is a broth er of W. J. Sewell. of this place. Is a special messenger of the Wells Fargo company, sent out by It as an escort for heavy shipments of money. Ills laFt trip before this was to S.in Francisco, In the same capac ity. He came into Pendleton this morning with a vicious-looking double-barreled shotgun across his arm, and followed, the express wagon up to the doors of a Pendleton bank, and his mission ended with the en closure of the money In the vaults. Mr. Sewell claims to know nothing about the value of the treasure or of what It consisted. (.'rami Ciller or Riilhboiies. Mis. .Mabel C'hastaln. of Milton, grand chief of the Rathbone Sisters In Oregon, passed through Pendleton this morning on her way home from Ontario and other points In the east ern part of the state. Mis. Cliastaln has been Inspecting the lodges and es tablishing new ones. iF T LAW TON. HAKEH COUNTY. ERASED FROM MAP. Law ton Inw-tiiiout Company Hor nmcil $1(100 lYom .Mrs. Linn Stiir gls To Satisfy the Claim the Town Was Sold, liming Keen Hid In by County Tieiisiircr Summon Illo I'or SSOO Is Now Deserted. The town of Liwton, which recent ly went out of existence to satisfy a mortgage claim of $1000, was bid in for $r,oo. The former village, which started with the great expectations, five years ago, of being the mining city of Rastern Oregon, was erased from the map by the action of Mrs. Llua Sturgls. of this city. The Lawton Investment Company, which practically owned the place, secured a loan from .Mrs. Sturgls, anil to collect payment suit was In ought. Dr. K. J. Pominerville, one of the owiK'is of the town, lifd In the place. The law firm of Carter & Rnley, of Pendleton, represented the plaintiff. During the palmy days of Lawtou seveial substantial structures were erected and a newspaper was aimmg the f lourishing elitei prises. Hut now the place Is deserted and mil even a stray cat or dog Is to be found. i Visitor I'roni Missouri. C. C. Hansen, of Conway, .Mo., nr , lived yesterday and until this morn I Ing wa the guest of Miss Cora Hunch, at 51(i Lincoln street. Mr. i Hansen left on the morning train for Spokane, and from Ihere will go di rectly to Ht. Louis, lie is tho United Slates consul at Copenhagen, and 'one of the most prominent members of the Masonic fraternity In Mix ' souii. He is en route homo from the Knights iVmplnr conclave nt San Francisco. Mr. Hanson In n traffic lepresentatlve of the 'Fiisco and Rock Island systems. Mlaa Hunch Was an office employe of Mr. Hansen In Conway. LSKGE ATTENDANCE. Irrigation Comiiilsslou Will lie at Ou (ni lo September ltl.1. T. (i. Ilalley, secietnry of the stale Irrigation commission, predicts a very large attendance at the Ontario cou- l ventlon September 19-13, Including I the presence of probably all the uiem , hers of the commission, although the 'utter will bo there Informally. ' Xo business session of the comiul- slim will be held befoie tho govern i nient counsel for tho reclamation du , p.irtiin'nt, liuln, I ready to submit the lnifl of it law suitable to Hie pit- Hilar needs of Oiegon. Till draft I will be accepted as a sturthig point I by the Oregon commission. It will j not bo officially authoritative, but I naturally will bo supposed to embody I the most advanced and. I tillable thought on the project. It I probable that the Washington commission will meet with the Ore gon commission at the same time and place. Purser on the .Spokane. II. Eddlng and wife, of Lewlston, have been the guests of L. A. Eddlngs and family, returning home this morning. The gentlemen are broth ers. The former is a special em ploye of the O. R. & N. company, In the navigation service, serving In dif ferent capacities, as needs develop. Uist season he was purser on the Hassalo, on the lower Columbia. Lately he was transferred to the steamer Spokane, plying between Rl paria and Lewlston, and upon which he is purser. The A'ermont legislature lost 20 democratic members In the .state elec tion held Thursday. SUMMER L DOS 01 CURT 1 S DDI ON STRIKE DRAMA Packing House Employes Go Back in Droves to Their Old Places. returning unionists .ifer- r,l) HY STRIKE RREKERS. I'niiy-I'ho llnmlritl Laborers Return tn Work Toituj Sheep Hoteliers anil Teamsters Deuianil That Entlro Utiroo He Taken Hack at Once Uov Skilled Workmen Tal.ou Hack Today on Account or Light Stock Receipts Thought by .Monday That Entire I'orco Will Ho at Work. Chicago, Sept. 10. Thousands of j old employes of the packing houses applied at the stockyards, In an ef foi t to maintain order nmonu the I thousands of elbowing workers, who ' swarm In the vicinity of the offices. In some Instances the returning unionists weie Jeered by the strlkd breakers, but no conflicts took place. t various places the men are taken back slowly. The sheep butchers ' union, numbering :!,0(IO, assert that .all must be taken back at once, and teamsters have assumed the same at titude. I.MHI Laborers (.Tou Old Places. Few skilled men were given work this morning on account of small . amount of livestock, but It Is expect ed that many will be employed Mon day morning. The laborers fared better, fully I Mill being employed. About 2000 I strike breakers have left the yards j b early trains. It Is estimated that Monday morning will find not more than in per cent of the strike break- eis Inside the yards. Slrlkcrs Aro Taken Hack. Omaha, Nob., Sept. 10. About 800 strlkcis were given their places at tbu packing plants this ninrulmr. Moro jure to be taken when the stock re ceipts Increase. The strike breakers are leaving In large numbers. lircs Under Control. Santa Cruse, Sept. 10.--Word was tecelved this morning that Semper A'lren's Park and Governor's Camp, at Hlg Itaslu, have been saved but every bildge on the road Is burned. From Hlg Creek comes the word that flies aro under control. Practically all structures on the line of the flro aro destroyed. Circs Aro Still Raging. Sun Rafael, Hcpl. 10. Despite hlBt night' i cpnrts lo the contrary, tho rites In this vicinity are raging with Inci eased fury. The sout.icru slupo of Mount Tamalpiils Is one mass of eh, ii red vegetation, and the leilwood foiost In that vicinity I u dreary waste. Many iiiuche are tbicntcned and it Is feared nolle can I saved. Many head of cattle are lost and others aie without feed. A high Kind is binning and If it (outinueH. Fairfax, one of the most l,-,i at I ful Pleasure reports In California, will ba in serious danger. liller-Paiilaiucutary Officers. HI. Lolll, Hcpt. 10. At . secret , session of the executive council of tho liiler-Paiilumentary Union today, ; CnngieMsinan Richard llaithnldi, of Ht. Louli, was elected president. A vice-president wn chosen from each I country, The first bualness session will be held Alouday. A'arlous recep i Hons to the member of the unions I will be held this afternoon and eeu ' Ing. 1 HOIIiEHfei INSURED. iCIty and Count and Eight Minis Curry Iiisiiiiiiick. I There are II bolluis-lu lu lling and power plant-" doing duty hi Pendleton, which are Instiled, .nut perhaps half a dozen which an1 not Insured. A. 8. Carey, of tipokanc, a special agent and Inspector, furnishes this information to a reported by re quest, accompanied by a list of tho boiler which are ItiHiirod, a follows; Northwestern Ga & Electric Co., city of Pendleton (at the water worKU station). Wool Booiiring & Packing Co., Ponilletoii Ice & Cold .Storage Co., two each; Pendleton Hotel Co., Domestic Latindiy, ('. F. Colesworthy, Robert Forster, William Roesch and Umatilla county (at the court house), one each. Mr. Carey, who Is In town at this time, mukes four trips hero annual ly. Inspecting boilers and writing In surance upon them. All boilers In sured are guaranteed to condition und durability. Mr, Carey's territory comprises a portion each of Oregon, AVashlngton, Idaho and British Co lumbia, and he 1b one of 200 Inspec tors in the United States engaged In Identically the same work.