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TENDLETON, OREGON-, JIOXDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1904.
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documents on both the Japanese they
are believed to be naval officers net
lug iib spies.
Ttiis-liuiM Use l)nm-lniu Bullets.
Washington, Sept. 12. Minister
Takahlra received the following from
the foreign office today, at Toklo:
"The- Munchurlnn army reports two
kinds of dum-dum bullets have been
found among the munitions of war
enptured nt the battle of Lluo Yang.
They resemble the cartridge used by
the Russian rifle, type of 1SD1. It Is
supposed the wounds received by
sonic of the Japanese In this battle
were Inflicted by this kind of bul-le.n.
pri.vcu providkr foil
AMERICAN SHIPPING. Gorman Kloper Will Oct 000.(100
Murks After Marriage.
Manchester, Sept. 12. The Dis
patch says the crown prince, Freder
ick William of Germany, before his
mnrrluge to the Duchess Cecilia, will
i Edward.
The prince Is expected toward the
III Till l:illl 111 Will' .ItlimilCsO ,llil fit IlPtnlW'lV It tM lin, Incut. w.,1 tlm
II JSHVS :SIII1 .1I1ISL lil'IllIT III J'.A-
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Dolng in AVnr .Situation Jup-
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Hussion Aiiiiminltlon.
prince will be amply provided for
after his marriage. The kaiser will
allow htm 200,000 marks yearly. The
relclistug will Vote 400.000 marks additional.
TFranclsco, Sept. 12. The Itus-
!rnirshlp Lena, which arrived un- i
iedly yesterday, for the alleged
s'e of being overhauled und
seaworthy, remained at nnchor
Union Iron Works all morn-
Id nothing was done to Indicate
he vessel would either go Into
dock and dismantle, or leave
Chicago AVIieut Climbs.
Chicago, Sept. 12. New September
wheat opened at $1.0S and closed a
cent and three-quarters higher. May
wheat opened at $1.12 and closed at
an advance of 2 cents. Corn open
ed at 63 cents and closed at 52
cents.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CIS
FIRST SIGNAL FOR TRE BUTTLE
preceding President MoKlnley's Is
concerned ; but It has no application
nt nil to republican administration.
It Is also undoubtedly true that
what Is most needed Is officials hav
ing both the disposition and the cour
age to enforce existing law. This Is
precisely the need that has been met
by the consistent and steadily con
tinued action of the department of
Justice under the present administra
tion
POSTAL CHIEF
ENDS IIS LIFE
Letter of Acceptance Outlines the Principles of His Party for
the 1904 Campaign.
Defends Ills Position and the Action of the Goxcrnmcnt In the Panama
Affair Asserts His Intention or Canning Out the Same Volley .Vow
Iteliif; VurMietl, If I'lected Says Ills Navy Is Necessary to Maintain
Position or the United States Says the Trusts llae Hecu Vlsii
ously Prosecuted.
So far as the rights of the Individ- Captain David Leibhardt, of
unl wage worker and the Individual . , . , .
the Dead Letter u vision,
capitalist Is concerned, both as re
gards one nnothcr, as regards the
public, and as regards organized cap
ital and labor, the position of the nd
ministration has been so clear that
there Is no excuse for misrepresent
ing It, and no ground for opposing it
unless misrepresented.
Commits Suicide.
u-riTKRS s.w in: had a
MANIA COR SUICIDR.
AI'IKR.MATII or STRIKK
Oyster Hay, Sept. 12. PresM. .U j reference to capital and labor, Indi
Uoosevelt's letter of acceptance was t vldual or corporate, here again all
given to the press this morning. j we need by way of answer is to point
It contains about 14,000 words. , to what wc have actually done, and to
The following are excerpts covering ' say that, if continued in power we
the subjects of Pannma canal, the I shall continue to enrry out the policy
trusts and his enforcement of the we h.ne been pursuing, and to exe
constltutlon. cute the laws as resolutely and fear-
Delciids Panama Canal Policy.
lessly in tlie future as we have eXe-
rt, It.... I.. ....... T . .....
So well has our work been done ! "' J ,
that our opponents do not venture to .
recfte the facts about our policies or "u'e recognize the organization of
acts, and then onnose them. Thev , capital and the organization of labor
attack them only when they have first , "H "Hural outcomes of our industrial
misrepresented them: for a truthful ! s,em- lMvn K1 OI organization
Local Wheat Dull.
There appears to be a disposition
on the part of local buyers not to
take on any more wheat until they
can unload what they already have
t according to the laws of neu- i on hand. Since Thursday there has
i been practically no local quotation,
although the value of the cpreal Is
the same. Wheat on the local mar
ket toduy Is worth "0 cents for club
and 75 cents for bluestem.
Site the fact that the New York
her vessels of the Pacific
ton arc anchored within a mile
Lena, Admlrul McCulla, com-
br of the naval station, sent the
lo boat Paul Jones, from the
yard to a stutlon almost along-
tie Lena,
lector of Customs Stratton an-
Bd this morning that the Lena
plenve us soon as repairs are
If repairs are necessary, or If
pairs, must leave at once.
Hcrrcros Victorious.
Iterlln, Sept. 12. Reports from
1 German Southwest Africa state that
j the main body of the Herreros hns
I broken through tlie ring of troops
and escaped to the southeast with a
loss of 50 killed. This is believed to
Japanese consul called on the ' "" ''"finite piolongatlon of
.. ...,! ,l..m,.,1..,l tl.t M. cu.nimiKii.
ordered to leave the port at
Kplrntlou of 24 hours, but was
Bd on the ground that tlie cap- I
at the Lena reports his vessel
fcworthy, and that Inspectors
:not yet reported on tlie claim
the vessel Is unfit.
son as the Inspectors go over
una and will determine whether
it she needs repairs, when Strnt-
vlll make known his decision. It ,
ported the Lena Intends to weigh i
Br this afternoon, but for what 1
pse Is unknown. ,
thousand cues
OF FRUIT TO GO
ICOItHliT BURNS SPKAKS
Ol' WALLA WALLA.
recital would leave no room for ad
verse comment.
Panama offers an Instance in
point. Our opponents cun crtlclse
what we did In Panama only on con
dition of misstating what was done.
The administration behaved through
out not only with good faith, but
with extraordinary patience and
large generosity toward those with
whom it dealt. It was also mindful
of American Interests.
It ucte'd In strict compliance with
the law passed by congress. Had not
Panama been promptly recognized,
and the transit across the Isthmus
kept open. In accordance with our
treaty rights and obligations, there
would have ensued endless guerilla
warfare and possibly foreign compli
cations; while all chunce of building
the canal would have been defeYred,
ceiiamiy ror years, perhaps for a
generation or more.
Criticism of the action In this mat
ter Is simply criticism of the only
possible action which could have se
cured the building of the canal; as
well as the peace and quiet which we
were, by treaty, bound to preserve
nlong the line of transit across the
isthmus.
The service rendered this country
i In securing the perpetual right to
construct, maintain, operate, and de
fend' the canal was so great that our
l opponents do not venture to raise the
iiniiot Prey on Commerce.
hlngtou, Sept. 12. The opln
.expressed In high official quar- (
hat the Russian cruiser, Lena,
ot be allowed to leave San
sco harbor to prey upon Amer
ommerce, even though carried
uuese bottoms.
'Impression prevails that the
will be tied up in San Frnnels-
itll til i nd of the war. The
ewjmay be kept on board unless the
ipunesc object This is not likely,
fcvlgw of the precedent established
BtHe' cti'i of the Askold.
Says the
Will Almost Reach the tOIIO-Cnr
Polnt This Season .Most of It
Crow ti Adjacent to Wnlla Walla
Frecwntcr Fruit Shipped From
That Station and Not Walla Wnlla.
Issue in straightforward fashion: for i their working, need is
If so raised there would be no Issue. I amendment or addition
i
rult Shipping Industry I The decisive action which brought
is to be favored so long as It acts in
n spirit of Justice and ot regard for
the rights ot others. Each Is to be
Granted the full protection of the law,
and each In turn Is to be held to a
strict obedience of the law; for no
sjium is above It and no man below It.
The humblest Individual Is to have
his right safeguarded as scrupulous
ly as those of the strongest organiza
tion, for each is to receive Justice, no
more and no less. The problems with
which we have to deal In our mod
ern Industrial and social life are man
ifold; but the spirit In which it Is
necessary to approach their solution
Is simply the spirit of honesty, of
courage, and of eommen sense."
Praises Trust Dusting.
The action of the attorney general
In enforcing the anti-trust and Inter
state commerce laws, and the action
of the last congress In enlarging the
scope of the Interstate commerce law,
and In creating the department of
commerce und labor, with a bureau
or corporations, have for the first
time opened a chance for the national
government to deal Intelligently and
adequately with the questions affect
ing society, whether for good or for
evil, because of the accumulation of
capital lu great corporation, and be
cause of the new relations caused
thereby.
These laws are now being adminis
tered with entire efficiency; and as, In
shown for
to them
Fight Thousand Who Applied ror Old
Places Were Turned Awny Today.
Chicago. Sept. 12. Four thousand
strikers were given work In the pack
lag houses this morning, but S000
who applied were turned away.
The disappointed men thronged
back to their homes or to the head
quarters lu an angry mood. The pack
ers, however, seeniedto be doing all
they could to flpd places for the
strikers, but they still had 15,000
non-union workers whom they had
promised work for. Only 250 out of
"00 teamsters were taken buck today.
Was fhlel' oi' the Division or Dead
Letters lu tlie Cntcriiiucut Postof
I'leo Department Three Letters
Lett Ity Demi Man, Say lie Had
- Tried to Shako Ol'f the Dcslro to
Kill lllniseir, Hut Had failed
Hail Tried Christian Science, lit
Vain Daughter Was Secretary to
August Mneheii When That Offic
ial Was Arrested.
:il)0(l Apply nt Omaha.
Omaha, Sept. 12. About 3000
strikers applied at the packing plants
this morning. Oijly 300 were tnken
back. It Is reported that when con
dition) were normal nearly all would
be reinstated.
Washington. Sept. 12. Captain
David Leibhardt, superintendent of
the dead letter division of the pout
office department, committed suicide
Sunday lu his office, by shooting him
self. The shot brought out clerks
and Janitors who found the superin
tendent dying with a bullet wound In
i his head.
George Chandler Rohltcd.
1 lull MiiiiIii f,,, Viili'lilit
Maker City, Sept. 12. C.eorge Washington, Sept. 12. Cnntaln
Chandler, ex-stnte senator, and recent David Leibhartlt, superintendent of
member of the stnte agricultural , the dead letter department, who shot
board, was robbed of $150 In green- himself lu his office yesterday, left
backs, last evening while getting on 1 three letters on his desk, two nd-
tne trnln to leave for Salem to at- . dressed to friends und one to his
tend the state fair. He had a roll
of bills In his hip pocket and lu the
rush to get on the train, while every
body was crowded about 111 ill. some
one took the roll from his pocket and
he did not miss It until he was seated
111 his berth and began to think about
paying for a bed. It was all the
money he hud with him, but he wired
ahead to have a friend meet him nt
Portland when the train arrived.
wife.
In one letter lie spoke of the mania
that possessed him to kill himself.
He said he had tried Christian Sci
ence for relief, but without success.
No other motive is known for the
deed, Lelbhardt's daughter, Miss
Inez, who was chief clerk to August
Macheu, at the time ot his arrest, Is
now a clerk hi the liostotf.ee at Los
Angeles.
FIRST TEMPLAR
RETURNS ROME
"Walla Wulla Is becoming a great
fruit shipping center." remarked
Robert Uurns, agent for the O. R. .t
N company In the Gnrdon City, who
arrived in Pendleton yesterday ufter-
nn,o ,t,t,Pi., i , , ii'imi. iiiiui ii jtini- u - two, il uuh-
uy might be quurterod on Verba , , , , ,
?X7d. . ii?,.i v.u.uii " i ,leHI) ijoopg Increasing, a thousand
curs n season will be shipped out ot
the town. That limit will be crowded
pretty heavily this year.
"The fruit, eomes mostly from the
Walla "Walla county. There Is u llt-
aeiia. island.
Mnwlille the officials are seek
ascertain the condition of the
flfwlJj whether she Is really unsen
it$iy and entitled to remain for ro-
rlcau ITeet Wnlches tlio Lena,
tie Milton stuff sunt out from the
larger place, but most of tho Free- ; Htltutlnn as a shield for weakness and
about this beneflclent result was the
exercise by the president of the pow
ers vested In him, and In him alone,
by the constitution; the power to
leeognlze foreign governments by en
tering Into diplomatic relations with
them, and the power to make treaties
which, when ratified by tlie senate,
become under the constitution part
of the supreme law of the land.
Has Kul'oivcil Constitution.
Neither In this nor in any other
matter has there been the slightest
failure to live up to the constitution
In letter und hi spirit. Hut the con
stitution must be observed positively
as well as negatively. The president's
duty Is to serve tlie country in ac
cordance with the constitution; and I
should be derelict lu my duty If I
used a false construction of the con
BhlnKlou, Sept. 12. Instruc- wutur flut l'oduots go from the home timidity, or as an excuse for govern-
aavo been sent by the navy do
$ent to Rear Admiral Goodrich
DP the Pacific fleet close to San
llsco, to watch the Russian
ir Lena The collector of the
will bo expected to make a sur
If the vessel and determine the
t'.of the necessary repairs.
Iropatklii to Make No Stand.
ftPotersburg, Sept. 12 Ruin
Iies at the front. T'io tlireo ar
f Oyuma nrp reported lo be
'.north of the Taltse river,
are no Indications that they
opared to advance. Officials
the opinion that Kuropatkln
it make u serious stnnd'ntMuk-
I point,
"Walla Walla has a good country
back ot It and business Is not only
good nt certain seasons, but through
out tlie entire year. The town may
appear slow to the casual observer,
but to one who bus taken the time
to look around, the business of Walla
Walla is. appieulated as very large."
Mr. Ilurns states that a great ninny
farmers In the Walla Walla country
are buying property this fnll nnd are
moving their families In from the
ranches. "There is lots of money in
tlie county." ho continued, "and all
tile farmers havo dono exceedingly
well tills summer,"
whether better to secure the proper
publicity, or better to guarantee the
rights of shippers, or lu any other di
rection this need will be met.
It Is now asserted "that the com
mon law, as developed, affords a
complete legal remedy against mon
opolies." Jiut there Is no common
law of the United States. Its rules
enn be enforced only by the slate
courts and officers. No federal court
or officer could take any action what
ever under them.
It wns this fact, coupled with the
Inability of the statu to control trusts
and monoplles, which led to the puss
age of the federal statutes known as
the Shorman anti-trust act and the In-
Sllt KNIGHT A. II. .M'UttHX
ritoM tin: coxclavi:.
Speaks of the .MiignlNcciit Iteeeptiou
Tendered the Delegates by Smi
I'rnnclsco Hot Weather Was tlie
(iieutest Drawback .Mr. .McKuoii
I'liriiierly I, lied in Cullloruiii He
line Coining to Athena.
A. It. MeKwen of Athena, Is the
first pilgrim to the Knights Tcmplur
conclave to leturn, arriving here
nrly this morning, ami leaving on
the mornliiK train for Atlienu.
Mr. McHwen was greatly pleased
with the tilp, especially with the re
ception and entortalnmeiit given tho
visiting knights, who were enlertuln-
MRS. l'LAGLi:il ItOltllKD.
Wile ol' .Millionaire Robbed of $2.1,.
(ion lii lleniilll'iil Kleptomaniac.
Newport, Sept. 12. Society Is
again startled today liy the news that
a mysterious thief Iiiih robbed tho
beautiful second Mrs. Huglor of her
Jewels and money lo the value of
$25,000. Tho money consisted of
Jtiooo in money, two drafts on .1
New York bank for $10,000, nnd a
chain valued at $1000.
The most teinarkable feature of
tlie case, a feature which developed
In other recent Newport robberies, Is
the assurance to Mrs. Klaglor, receiv
ed In a letter Hint the property will
Im- lelurned to her. It Is understood
the thief Is a rich young woman who
Is a conrirmed kleptomaniac,
ItOV .MI'IIDKItS IWTilUH.
t Leonard II. Dockland, of Stockton,
Shot by Drunken .Son.
j- Stockton, .Sept. 1 2. --Leonard II.
K n kland, a lespeeted hnruess deal
' er, itRed ri, yeais. was shot and killed
by his own 1 ri-ycur-nld son this
! morning lu his slnre, because the
I father hail slapped tlie lad's uuithsr.
'",w"- f.mmi.-e ua, .urn n i uuiy " , - , " .": Tl iiiidor was premeditated, an
through the exercise of tho powers j '""' l' t lo finish. j , )(,y gol wlll1(y at
conferrod by these acts and by the Tho-Sun KrunclHcaus lot thttuiHolvcs , u, Way lo attempt the deed,
statutes of the lust congress supple- out, and seemed to onjoy tho affair'
ini'iital impotence.
No Change lu I'lituro Policy.
Similar misrepresentation Is the one
weapon of our opponents lu regard
to our foreign policy,' nnd the uay
the navy has been made useful In
cariying out this policy. Here again
all that we ask is that they truthfully
stnte whnt hns been done, and then
say whother or not they object to H;
for if continued in power wo sliull
continue our foreign policy and our
handling of the navy on exactly the
same lines In the future as In the
past.
Concerning Trusts,
As for what our opponents s.iy In
meriting them, that the national gov-i as much ns
eminent acquires any Jurisdiction ovor could.
the subject. To say that action
against trusts and monopolies should
be limited to the application of the
common law Is equivalent . to saying
that tho national government should
take no action whatever to regulate
them.
Trusts Horn of I'luorltlsni,
Undoubtedly, tho multiplication of
trusts and their Inerenso In power has
been largely duo to tho failure of of
ficials charged with the duty of en
forcing the law to take tho nocessury
procedure. Such stricture upon the
falluie of the officials of the national
government to do their duty In this
thu visitors possibly
Tho principal drawliack, lu fact tlie
only one, was the heat; much of the
time the thermometer reglstmed U7
degrees, which was lu strong con
trast with tlio representations made
of that clliiule In the schedule of in
ducements extonded to Orogoulans to
come to tlie conclave. Novortheless.
tho trip and tho events nt Sail ., .. ., , ,, .,
, . ,.,. . , , ' , Hail Wen her lor Mil no H eel ion.
I'luiiclsco will bo long tumsurtnl by ,,,,, . .
all who attended, Port land, Me.. Sept. 18.---Reports
Twenty-eight years ago Mr. Mo- Vl""us points lu tlie stnte in-
Kvvon enmu from Mnrlnowi , ., niuum uniavoriimo wwtuiw
lloo-lloos Count to Porllnuil,
Portland, Sept. 12. R. D. Inman,
I lea 1 1 of the Oregon delegation of tho
lloo-lloos, or lumberman's order,
now In session lu St. Louis, has wired
here Hint the 100A meeting will bo
held lu tills city. Oklahoma City was
the only opponent of Portland for tho
convention.
matter Is certainly not wholly undo- ' ,m!, 'eve'- vvll,ie'i I" congratulate him
served ns far as the administration
Tups Not Advancing.
Petersburg, Sept. 12. Gonorul
ff reports thut tho Japanese
lot yot ponetratod north of
Tal in any considerable nutn
They havo several largo camps
. railway south of thore, to-
Llao Yang.
$0000 Tor Hioken Heart.
( Portland, Sept. 12. Iilrdle McCJarty
oi iaKevtow, who sued Jamea D.
Herryford. a rlqh 'stockman, for $70,
000, for breaqhiof promise, has ac
cepted $0000 In a - compromise. A
Jury returned her a vordlct for $22,
000 a year ago, but the case was appealed,
IMIctchonk Not Killed,
etorsburg, Sept. 12. An offlc
atch received today denies
onernl MIctchenk, who com
1 tho Russians at Llao Yang,
led In battle September 3.
peso Spies In St. Petersburg.
lltersburE, Sept. Two Jap
irere arrested here today. One
pea me areek Catholic church
lea a Russian woman. From
Tho Gciinanla' Aground.
Now York, Sept. 12, Tho steamer
Germaiita which ran aground near
Sandy Hook last night, was floated
early this morning. She sustained
no damage.
DRUNKEN ill PASSED FORGED CHECK
French Stcnmor Lost.
London, Sept. 12. The French
malt Bteamor Tamlse, for Haiphong,
from Tonquln, has arrived on the
coast of Anam, a total loss. Tho
crew was saved.
Aftor spondlng his hnrvost wages
for drink, John Wilson enshed n
check last night on his former em
ployer which the First National
Bank refused to honor nnd he Is lock
ed up In the city jail on a charge of
forgery.
Wilson had been working for J. S.
Todd, a farmer. He came to Pendle
ton Saturday night 'and became In
toxicated. Last night he cashed a
check on Todd at the saloon of Grif
fin & Murrell for $27. When G. B.
Griffin took the paper to the bank
this morning it was pronounced
worthless.
He returned to the saloon nnd
found Wilson there. The mun admit
ted that he drew up tho check, but
declared he would make it ull right
as soon as he could get word to Todd.
Griffin started to tho office of tlio
chief of police with Wilson, but tho
latter dodged down an alley and es
caped. Shortly before noon Marshal Car
ney found Wilson aBleep under some
farm machinery at the hear of Kun
kcl's implement store. The man
was locked in Jail and the Informa
tion charging him with forgery, was
sworn out. The man was drunk when
Placed under' arrest.
for to-
Cillfonila, to UmutlllH enmity, where ,My'" elH''110"- 11 ,'Httr,, ""'"
he bus since resided. He hud lived "'" '""""""' change a vote will bu
In California for several years, but ' "'"''H-
Grand Rondo Lund Sold.
Washington, Sept. li. Tli tnv
ernmunt has accepted a bid of $CC,
5!7, for 1C31S at! run of Indian ldlld
on tho Grand Roude reservation, In
Western Oregon.
sell because ho left and came here
in bis opinion, tlioiu Is no compari
son at all between tho states oltlior
In opportunities, or in desirability of
climate.
Until Rod Jiluff Is reached, comnlg
north, there Is so little change notice
able lit California as indicating nd
vauccmeut and prosperity that the
difference between tho entire central
and northern pnrts of California ami
Kastern Oregon Is simply ustouish-Ing,
In tho country there has been lit
tle apparent change In 30 years so
little that the average Oregonlun ac
tually wonders upon what the Callfor
nlans base their claims of either in
creasing wealth or population, or any
othrf kind of prosperity.
Wheat, fruit and cattle raisers said
to Mr. McKwon, "It Is a problem of
hang on, principally, the margin ot
profit under the conditions surround
ing all these industries being ex
tremely small all over the state,"
LAItGIC CA'ITLU DUAL.
202.'. I lend and Nearly 8(10,000 Ciibli
Change Hands-,
J. C. Louergnn has completed tho
purchase of 202B head of cattle a
deal of between $GC.000 and $00,000.
These nnlmnls are to be delivered for
shipment in Pendleton about October
JG, consigned to Frye-Bruhn, of Seat
tle, Tho cattle 'were bought of the
following persons:
Brown & Sumniervllle, of Bear
valley, 2B0; I. M. Mills, of the south
ern part of Grant county, 200; John
Combs, of John Day, 175; Henry
Trowbridge, of Izee, 600; Dave Ma
gill, of Izee, 360; John Laycoclc, of
Izee, 400, James Angel), of Izee, 160.