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,i. w.ii ii mmmimamw wmu m m g imm WiflT nriawft MMMi i. - 1 1 ..-ii . i. . -..I. . .i i 1 1 i mm iwt-xjaafr- fyEVEWEDira DAILY EVENINGEDITION ...innH demand WEAT1 IKK FOR KCA ST. Tonight and Saturday partly cloudy, tight frost tonight. tSTTl always has .MMMMKV1' ' lllllllMr TrnT.. 17. Y - . " 7 I CALIFORXIA RAINS, iriftll-r- nrnllll n rlPilT r thufh liil rENDUETOK", OREGON, FTtlDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1904. NO. 5100. ii vEsuyjus IS Ii ERUPTION Clouds of Dust Have Fol lowed Deep txpiosions in the Crater. U'A HAS l.lilV Di:sTitoYi:i) vixnYAitns. Vain of tin- f'!Hr nine ami (lie (ili'lll Colli) Allliosi t crum. , lie ltniltnt-l Tourists, Guides ami IVa-iinlt Are Fleeing In Con Mentation Clouds of Ashes Hung on the Mountain Indications Are Hut Terrible Kruptloii Is lit Hand Tourists Leaving tin Vhin-Ith Hume. Pont -3 - VesuvlUH Is again in erartion toJ:i to nn extraordinary itfree. Deep explosions lmvu occur red followed I)J clouds of volcanic dust and torrents of lava which pour ed down the mountain. The walls of the crater have collapsed and It Is (eared a rupture of ihe great cone till follow , Peasants guides mid tourists are Seeing in consternation from the vl- diiltj' of Hie mountain, Several tfendld vineyards und one hut have toady been destroyed iy tnu invn. Clouds of ashes hang about the ilea of the mountain and It Is lmpos iMe to presage the outcome. It Is the must startling eruption iltnessed hi many years and old plo irsof the vicinity say the symptoms Indicate terrible disturbances. Within the past 10 years the peas ant! have built homes all nluug the ddes of the mountain and much of the devastation of former eruptions has been hidden by vineyards und foliage. The most certain indication of n bad eruption Is said to be the low rumblings Ueep In the mountain, ac companied by tremors of the earth These have occurred today. Hundreds of American and Eng lish tourists are In the vicinity and most of them are leading as fast as boats can be secured. Northern mill Contriil Purls State Are Drenched. Snn Francisco, Sept. 23. One of the heaviest rainstorms of record this year prevailed through the northern and n portion of the central part of the state last night nnd this morn ing. Half nn Inch Is recorded In many places north of here. Near Stockton the storm was un usually severe, lightning playing hav oc with u number of buildings, partic ularly In Peters. A slight rainfall fell ns far south ns Fresno. Ily tomorrow the storm will have spread nil over the state. All lliiln Itocnrds ltiol.cn. Sun Francisco, Cal Sept. 23. All September rnln records were broken by the storm that ended lit 0 o'clock this morning. The total precipitation was three Inches. Another big storm off coast Is expected to reach over the entire state. Prominent Wnlht Wullaiis Wed. Wnlla Wulln, Sept. 23. Uoseoe M. Drunihullor and Miss Hazel .Juyoox, prominent in local social circles, wore married In this city last night. The bride Is the daughter of O. P. Jny cox, proprietor of the Chicago store. Mr. Druniheller Is a son of Jesse Drumheller, a pioneer of the coast, and Is one of the firm of Drumholler Druthers' considered among the most prominent wheat raisers 'In Walla Walla county. iHT ARE DEAD KURQKI CLOSES Ii Hi EXPLOSION ON KUROPATKIN B. & 0 Freight Train Strikss Car of Dynamite With Ter rible Results, UXGINK AM) TUX CAItS AUK IJLOWX TO ATOMS. ltOllllHl) OP WATCH. iDrmiten Jinn Relieved of Timepiece In ItaU'r & (inrrisnii'H Saloon While sleeping off the efleets of I a Jag In linker & Garrison's saloon We last night, Jack Hart was re- I "ned of his gold watch and what limie money lie had left ufter his sev I era hours' Investigation of the hot- I Km of liquor glasses. no one witnessed tin. v,.M..-.- Hart did not know that his watch wiis e until this moinlng when he wiW lib tired yes and saw the iu'Piy Chain dangling from his vest. "-n wormed he ,m,.e f his I on. and then went form to finish up I . . uiiK mat i,is nostlMined whnn no h. . . mupu asleep, MM) f.VlTM: IN O.MA11A. the i;at. Heslev Vn, ... . .. IUmesui.! 1 lleI'pnr, and John h'Cka"u "' K W,ltkls' f the Omah I" "ner.,f'"'n returi.l.ig from I h 't',"'"i "'"rketed 21S ... founus for t be mm. Th; ST""?.'-' the steer." the Individ ,n, wl"'ver figures ""r ffi cull1"!"11",1 tm,U1 br"' dW D, UUra' be'nB virtually tle Hennn ' ft cattle In b Jolng over ,i ,'rl'"u'1' uml "ttl" WU are 2 Mlsa'""-' rlvor U, ..-. "" "Hfing stoekors. EW?,,Bt many who t feeding. "fc stpclt Wttlo for win- 'Prtn r? ""a feeding next BJ mone w'"'1!" lr,arlt will frtrence L i,L T. ? "r"''nced '"'Ml. but L Durham as n beef Cam. u "latter nf ..... . 'men ir, i,,. -r no Sluiiglitci' Houses a Nuisance. Seattle, Sept. 23. In an opinion handed down by the state supreme court at Olyinpla today the slaughter houses conducted by James Henry und Ctirsteus Ilros. on the tide flats arc declared a public nuisance und must be abated. The court sustains the opinion rendered by Judge Tall man In the superior court of King county. Sulclile Over Wll'e'n Dentil. Pueblo, Co)., Sept. 23. Charles II. Dolly, a wealthy resident of Pueblo, anil mine owner of Cripple Creek, committed suicide this morning, blow ing his brains out. He was despond ent over his wife's death. CHIEF JOSEPH DIES SUDDENLY FAMOUS Xl PKltCK WAItltlUll IS XO AIOUI2. Locomotive llenred Into the Aulr and Was Torn lo Pieces six Imhorcr.s mill Kiislneer and Fireman Instant ly Killed Mole Ii; Feet Deep Was lllown Out ami Hundreds ()r poet of Track Torn Fp One Alan Hhmn i!0( Foot and Fvcrj Hone llrokeu Drhe Wheels Hurled 00 Feet. Cumberland, lid.. Sept. 23. A D. & O. freight train ran Into a load of dynamite at North Hranch, eight miles from here, this afternoon. The explosion blew up the tower house, and eight are reported killed and in Injured. A special with physicians has gone to the scene. The dynamite was be ing used In construction work on the Wabash. Destruction Was Terrible. When the engine struck the car of explosive. It was seen to rear up and apparently fly "to pieces, one pair of drive wheels being hurled 300 feet While the boiler was not exploded, it was totally dismantled, the wheels, cab, pipes and fittings being blown to atoms. Six of those killed were laborers, the other two being the engineer and fireman on the freight engine. A hole was blown out 12 feet deei: und the track was ruined for several hundred leet, About 10 freight cars are a total wreck. One man who wus on the car of dynamite was found 200 feet away with every bone in his body uppar ently broken. Changes Japanese Headquar ters From Liao Yang to Yentsi. .lAPAXKSK AKMV CAP- TUHKS 11AMXO PASS. Port Arthur Is Sorely til Xeeil or Coal mill Hussla Oilers is Shilling Per Ton for All of That Commodity De livered Inside Port Arthur Hussla Would Get Coal From Germany on Fnlnhiihlled Islands or the Philip pines .lapancse Transport Captur ed Korean Vandals Are Focutoil. Home, Sept. 23. A telegram to the Tribune nsserts that the Japanese headquarters have been transferred from Lino Yang to Yentsi. Kurokl, uccordlng to the telegram. Is gradual ly drawing his forces nearer to Muk dci. and has now reached a point 2R miles to the eastward of that city. ItOIlKI) OF .SHOO. Kitting by Ills Tepeo I'lre on the Col vlllo KcNerviitimi, Surrounded by a Few ol' JUm Tribe, lie K.plres. Was One of the Famous Indians of the West Idle Mission Was to Jle guhi Possession ,(r Wallowa Valley. r'sn hi. " . 7"' evenly d ivi, V y HKOm t0 tDCM lC ? i!" " l"-efer- " breeds, $&i.,r wth ot U5ni'. the r("' n r,rlvto not attend. UUh " As,,,,,,,,. Pa., Kltblnl The Sept. 23. inomcEn s ".. "tighter "iulld by , , UKer w ' h Z" " mornin.. . y to .oi,;:,1 of ns- II "'a bv nn . . "UH n ! will di? '? ehool. i , .it, when o Word reached Spokane yesterday afternoon that Chief Joseph, of the "w. Purees had dropped dead on the Colville reservation, on Wednesday evening. He was seated by his tepee fire, when lie suddenly dropped over. death being llistnntuucous. His people clustered uround to offur assistance, but the life of the famous Indian was ended and one of the most InteroKtlng careers In the history of the settlement of the Northwest had come to u close. Chief Joseph was born In the Wal lowa valley In 1S3C, as near as writ ten and unwritten records can glvt the date, nnd was n sou of the elder Chief Joseph, of the Ness Perco tribe. The great ambition of the life of tills Iudlnn has boon to regain pos session of the fertile and beautiful Wulhuva valley, which had -boon the home and hunting ground of his peo pie from time Immemorial. In this mission ho has visited Washington Lay several times, hold conferences with presidents, congressmen, Judges and lawyers, und only gave up the fight when ho dropped dead. Ho was responsible for the Xet 'erco war In 1877, In which he at tempted to drive the whltos out of Wiillowu vnlloy. Although not cap turod. he was forced to retreat out of the country with his entire force, In cluding women, children and stock and his flight Into llrltlsh Columbia wus one of the memorable features of that war. In tho settlement at the end of the war ho was denied the right to enter Wallowa again, and to the mission of tegiilnlng this lost home of his fath ers, ho dovoted the remainder of his life. ' llrokeu Down Speculator Accused ol' Turning lllghunjimiii. San Francisco, Sept. 23. Two clerks of the Central Grain & Stock Kxchange were held up by a masked man In a dark hallway at the rear of the office at 7 o'clock this morning and robbed of a valise containing $4, 400, and all the records of the con cern. The robber escaped. A broken down speculator Is suspected. After compelling the men to throw up their hands and threatening them with death If they made an outcry the robber, who, was armed with i large revolver, forced the men to a closet and tied the door with a heavy rope. He then picked up the valise and walked out of the place. The clerku were released 10 minutes later by the Janitor. FAlltllAXKS AT CHICAGO. Hog Prices Drop. Portland, Sept. 2,1. Tho sensation of the livestock market yesterday ovo hing was a drop nf ?1 per 100 In the price of small hogs. Porkers weigh ing from 140 to 100 pounds havo boon quoted at $G.G0 and havo now de ullnod to J4.no. a heavy shipment has caused the dron In nrlcos. Heav ier hogs are wanted. llrldegrooni Held Up. Chicago, Sent. 23. Fred 11. Hoover. of Albion, Ind,, a Jowolor, who enr rlod 12,000 In money, Is missing rum his hotel here, where Ills bride awaits his return. II In Imllrivml ho lma been held up, lleghi!. Ills I.ous Trip Around the eli de to Hie PiicH'h! Coast. Chlongo, Sept. 23. Fairbanks ar rived at 10:30 this morning from Pennsylvania und will spend the day la conference with the national com mitteemen. He will leave tonight for an extended tour of the coast. The first stop Is at La Crosse at 7 o'clock tomorrow. From hero he will go to St. Paul and the west, accompanied by Senator Uolllviir. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw arrived from the West this morning. Chicago Wheat .Market. Chicago, Sept. 23. September wheat opened nt $1,10 9; and closed at $1.11. December opened at $1.10 and closed at 51.13. Corn opened at T2i4 and closed at R2 cents. Outs opened at 30 ',4 cents and closed the same. Local Market (Jiilrrt. Tlio local wheat market Is quiet to day. No offerings have been made. Club Is quoted at 70 aonts and blue- stom at 75 cents, f. o. b. MIssob .Mary and Lizzie Kaher, of New Winchester, O., wore found mur dered on the Ohio Ceutial railway trocks, Thursday Posses are seour tho country for the murderers .laps Are Advancing. St. Petersburg, Sept. 23. Kuroput kin reports that the Japanese have assumed the offensive und have ad vanced from Uenalpudze to Flndlalun, 20 versts from Mukden. Russians Defeated In Skirmish, Toklo, Sept. 23. An official tele gram stales Hint a detachment of Japanese attacked a force of Russians near Helulu Chuang on September 20. The Russians were driven off to the northward, leaving 19 dead. The Jap anese losses were slight. .MOItGAX IX A WKKCK. Finance King nnd Archbishop of Can terbury Gel a Shaking Fp. Worcester, Mass., Sept. 23. J. P. Morgan's special, bearing the flnnnce king, Archbishop of Canterbury, and other distinguished guests, was almost wrecked between Urookfleld and North Hrockfleld nt 7 o'clock this morning, by striking a switching en gine. The engine was knocked off the track nnd Knglneer Merrill and the fireman of the switching engine were seriously injured. Beyond n severe shaking up, none of Morgan's party were Injured. The track wus cleared and the special pro ceeded at 9:30. LFITFR'S FAST ItFX. Denver Special llrenks Record With Lady Cur.on's Relatives. Chicago, Sept. 23. Joseph Loiter, Mrs. Levi C. Loiter, his mother, and Miss Daisy Loiter, arrived nt , S:.U this morning, alter one of the fastest trips ever made on a special from Denver. Instead of proceeding to London as at first Intended, they decided to re mnln hero and await news of the con dition of Lady Curzon, now seriously 111 in Loudon, Fund for Injured Policemen. Portland. Sept. 23. A fund of $147. .10, $50 of which was subscribed by the Oregon Dally Journal, the re mainder being subscribed by friends through the Journal, was yesterday presented to the family of Ole Nelson, the policeman who was shot by the highwayman. Walton, In his attempt' ed hold-up of n street car In Alblnu three weeks ago. H IKS 1ST THE PRESIDENT Two Harmless People Call at the Mansion on Bootless Missions. ROTH WFIti: IIUIIDKXP.D WITH IMAGIXKD TltOFIlL US. Cluuies lliirth, of Ohio. Claimed Ho Wus Senator Dick uml Hail a List ol Xumes or the Faithful Who Should lie Appointed Postmasters! In Their Precincts Matilda Stew art Sa.vs She Represents .Mint) Idlo Xegro Cotton Pickers Who Xeeal Work ami Wuut Trniisportntlon llolli Were Arrested. School Room Scarce. Portland, Sept. 23. Because the new school rooms are not completed, 1579 pupils hnve not received any In struction, and 04 2 have received hut half-day Instruction, since school opened, two weeks ugo. The tenchers' salaries are going on, although the children are not attending school. ills the laps Carry Doling Pass. St. Petersburg, Sept. 23, A patch received here states that Japanese have carried Dallng pass by assault after a devastating fire from nil Kusslun arms. The Russians lost 28 0 men. Port Arthur .Must Have Coal, Liverpool, Sept. 23 Russian agents are offering 30 shillings a ton for coal for the Far Kant. Another offer ot 15 shillings a ton Is added to the 30 If the blockade Is successfully run and coal delivered at Port Arthur Would Coal in Philippines. Vladivostok, Sept. 23. Overtures are being conducted through German chunnels with Liverpool firms, with a view to arranging for dispatching coal to the uninhabited Islands hi the Philippines to be taken therefrom by Rufisian warships. Watching Russian Cruisers. Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Sept 23. The Ihitlsh cruisers St. George ind lirllllant, arrived here this morn ing. Their supposed purpose Is to watch Rust-Ian cruisers, which It reported would coal here. Is Korean Vandals H.veeuled, Seoul, Sept. 23. The Japanese have executed three Koreans who wore caught on August 27, wrecking the Seoul & WIJu rullway. An hives tlgatlon showed that tho Koreans wore employed by Kussluu synipathlz era. Capture Japanese Transport. Chee Foo. Sept. 23. It Is reported that the torpedo boat destroyers forming a part of tho Kusslan Vladi vostok flotilla, have captured a Jap unese transport. Lady Curon Critically HI. London, Sept. 23. At noon Lady Curzon Is still In a critical condition and physicians arc in constant ut tendance. Suffering Prom Rupture. London, Sept. 23. It Is stated that ..udy Curzon Is Buffering from ti rup tin e of the fulloplun tube, which pro duced u hemorrhage and which Is now complicated by peritonitis. If she successfully, passes thu crisis it will ho four months hofore she Is ful ly convalescent and It will possibly leavo a serious mid permanent in Jury. Charles K, Ladd, of Portland, won first prize in the St. Loulu cuttle show, Wednesday. LEWIS AID CLARK A? ST. LO St. Louis, Sept. 23. At the Oregon i out at the celebration. Tho most building today wore guthered 500 on- prominont personago present Is Mrs. thuslastlc Orogouians and descend- n ""-, " . " ants of tho famous explorers, Lewis Appropriate exercises wero held nnd Clark, hi honor of "Lewis nnd und the day was the most Interesting Clark Day." I In the history of the fair, Tho Oregon Fully 100 of the visitors prosom , building wub crowdod to Its utmost were direct descendants of the ex- nnd hundreds of those who were en- plorerH and have come from every thuslastlc admirers of the explorers, part of the United States to ho pros- J came to do lioniuc to their memory, ' PENDLETON IS HIGHLY PRAISED X. H. WKIJIS SAYS TOWX IS I JUST IX XORTIIWKST. Pioneer Sheepman or Uiniilllla Coun ty, Xow a Resident or Walla Walla, Speaks or Good Prospects In the Sheep .Market Sajs He Looks for Hotter Condition Than Last Year Tells of Pioneer Dujs During In dian Wars. Washington, Sept. 23. Two Cranks attempted to see the president today. One, who claimed he was Senator Dick, of Ohio, proved to he Charles Harth. an Ohio man. The other wns Matilda Stewart, ot llatou Rogue, La. She said she camu to see the piesldenl regarding tho trniisportntlon of negro cotton pick ers to tile cotton fields. She claimed to represent 5000 ne groes who needed work and yet wero unable lo reach distant points in tho South where help for the cotton fields is badly needed. The man representing himself to he Senator Dick, said he was going to give the president u list of names of men who were faithful republlcaiiH and should be appointed postmasters. In their respective precincts. lie was a well-dressed man of middle uge'nnd did not have the general appearance) of being crazy. Ho begged tho guards to hand tho list of names ot prospective postmas ters to the president, which wus done, after u close Inspection of the paper to make sure that It was not made of explosive material. The president smiled when ho scan ned the list of faithful aspirants and said lie would keep the list for futuro reference, lioth cranks were arrested. SPFCIAI, MKin iXG TONIGHT. Full N. 11. Webb, of Walla Wnlla, was hi town yesterday, returning homo tlii.s morning. Mr. Webb wns one of the first men hi the state to euguge on any scale In the raising of sheep. He first owned and ranged sheep In the Itosuburg country, In and around Squaw valley. That wiih hi 18G0. In 1K70 ho came to Umatilla county and followed the sheep business for years, having In terests In Morrow and Grunt counties, During the Indian war of 1878 he had several bundled hcud of sheep and u herder killed on Camus prulriu. He lias entirely sold out hU Inter ests in Umatilla county, but owns stock und land hi Morrow county mid several thousand sheep In the Welser country, hi Idaho, For about 18 years he has lived In Walla Walla. Pendleton Leads. Mr, Webb has traveled extensively through Oregon during tho past year, und suys that In all pa its of the state neighboring localities nnd also tho most distant sections, Pendleton bus the roputatlon of being the llvest and most piogiesslve town in tho entire state. The number and quality of Pendle ton's new buildings, the extent and character of the business done, and the hustle and enterprise of her mer chants and all other business men, uro noted and commented upon In Hie most dlktuiit parts of the stute. KnpeolH Good Sheep -Market. Mr. Webb regards the outlook for the sheep Industry nn much better In this county now thun It was a year ago, when tho market refused to loosen up. The high grade of the sheep sold this fall from Cmalllla county Insures a broadening and con tinuance of the county's alroudy ex- ellent reputation us tho home of the finest mutton sheep nnd the freest from disease of any sheep producing district In the United States. Atlciidniil'c Requested nt Cum- iiicrchil Association. For tho purpose of discussing tliQ possibility of keeping the Rlgby- Clove factory 111 Pendleton, nnd for the further purpose of talking over the local option question, as a public Issue, President llorle has called a special meeting of tho Commercial Association for tonight. A reorganization of tho Rlgby (iove company Is now hi progress, and other cities are offering Induce ments for the plant. Tho company Is desirous of reorganizing on Pendleton capital and remaining In lids city In the heart' of the wheat belt, but If It Is reorganUud with Portland or Tho Dalles capital. It will be removed to one of those points. To pluca the mailer befoio tho bUHlneMM moil of Pendleton in its truo light and make known Ills future In tentions If the plant remains horc, John Clove will explain all the feat ures of tho reorganization and will sn what he expect from Pendletuu capital tonight, A full attendance Is requested, ns oilier matters pertaining to tho wel fare of Hie awioclullon, will also ho dUeiiHMtd at length. SURPLUS OF TIJACIIHRS. FJXDIXG IX SLOCU.M CASK. Slcainboat Iu.ss-etors Find Offleei-s Responsible for Disaster. New York. Sept. 23. Tho local hoard of steamboat inspectors has handed down Its report on the Slo- cum disaster. Tho board finds the of ficers and crow responsible for the catastrophe in which 951) lives were lost. The hoard revokes the licenses of Captain Van Schnlck, Edward Van wnrt pilot, and Henjamln F. Couklln. chief engineer. County Superintendent's Office Del uged With Applications. County School . Superintendent Frunk K. Welle Is being deluged with aplleutloiiN for positions aa teacher at) the result of a repoit cir culated In the Willamette valley to the effect that there in a wcurclly of In tractors In Umatilla county. "The report l erroneoiu," wild Mr. Welles. "It l true that Home of tho contry district have raised the sal ailos of teacher this year to $5 and $10 above the old pay lolls, hut I have been able to supply every school Hint bus asked for a toucher." It Is evident from Ihe number of letters received by Mr. Wellen, that the tsueJiiugr field In Western Oregon li overcrowded. A number1 of leuull- er from points In the east havo conio till to Umatilla county cd (.ohools. ids fall and secur- Klght Children Killed. Cincinnati, Sept. 23. A vault In tho rear of a school . at Pleasant Illdge, a suburb, collapsed this morning. Over 20 children were in tho build- Ing. It Is reported that eight, all girls, who have fallen into the vault, are dead. The build- Ing was frame nnd had been stundlng for years.