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jOAILYEYMSEDlTlOH DAILY EVENING EDITIOH WEATHER FORECAST. Fair and warmer tonight, Sat urday fair and continued warm. An 'Intelligent message to Intelli gent people, profiting the e.n4r and receiver, la advertising. PENDLETON", OKEUON, FKIDAY, .FITLY 7, f ft . 0 VOL. 18. NO. 5-105 : in " i sis mm REFINE HER OIL Supreme Court DedaresThat 'State Refineries AreLUncon stitutional. court hays situ nwn- TUTTON8 ARE PROHIBITED. I 'Ewtabllstimcjit of Henneries Is Work of Internal 'Improvement Which tlio CoiiMlttitHm' Prohibits Hays the Branch IVnltetitiary at Which Convict Would ' itcfine Oil Is a Subterfuge 0renior llodi Would Not lUfgiiHii 'Hponial SeHHkm at Which Laws so Defrwl Rockcfcl Vr Would IVr Pawed. Topeka, Kan, July " 7. The su preme court today, by unanimous opinion, declared the "state oil refin ery law unconstitutional. " The refin ery is declared to be a work of Inter nal Improvement which the mate Is specially forbidden to -undertake and that establishment of a branch pen itentiary at which oil would be refin ed by convicts is clearly a subterfuge. Governor Hoeb -said . today: "I had hoped to go ahead with the plan and lick John D. Rockefeller." He would make no tatement with ref erence to calling, a special session of the legislature 'to pass new laws to defeat the Standard Oil company. (fix Trswt 'Chuted. Topeka. July 7 The supreme court today rendered a decision oust ing the Kansas Natural Oas company from the Mate. The company was chartered in Delaware with a capital of 12.000.000. It U the biggest owner of natural gas in the world. wtll call room: togetheu. j Cur Will Issue Manifesto Meaner Reports From Potemkln. Bt Petersburg, Jtity 7. Reports current today tend to confirm the ad vices from Moscow to tho effect that the emperor Is prepared i to go to tho Kremlin to Issue a manifesto sum moning representatives of the people, Did Not Bombard Theodosln. Throdtsla, July 7. Reports to the effect that the Potcmkkn bombarded r the town were untrue. The present whereabouts of the Potemkln are un known here. The torpedo bout de stroyer Snvtllvy arrived here several hours after the Potemkln departed. : and after hurriedly coaling, put to sea. Sympathy for Mutineers. Manila, July 7. The sailors, of the Interned Russian squadron are report . ed to be in a sullen mood and to be . expressing sympathy .for the Black Sea mutineers. A rumor that 'they contemplated murdering their officers 'has caused 'the American authorities to place the monitor Monad-nock in .Close proxinrllv to the Russian -wardships. Another ilp .loins Mull iLondon, July "7. A dispatch from Ft. Petersburg nays it Is reported that he crew of the battleship Catherine the Oreat has Joined the mutineers. A dispatch from 'Theodosia says the Potemkln stopped a British steamer and compelled her. to follow the bat tleship. A quantity, of coal was taken fromithe steamer. According to this dispatch the Poteatkin left Theodo- rla 'lost night. Hsallors Iicnve V'ntcniklii. d8u, July 7. It 'is reported that li members of the orew of the Po temkln 'have escaped fmim that vessel and swam ashore. WILLIAMSON TRIAL BEGINS. Jury fierwiKid and Opening Statement Made Today. Portland. July 7. A Jury was se cured today o try Congressman Wil liamson and others accused of land frauds. This afternoon the opening statements were made by attorneys. Sultan la Prostrated. Constantinople, July 7. The Illness of the sultan continues to cause alarm. His nervous breakdown is complete and he is unable to attend to any business. Murderer Powers Wins a Point. Maysville, Ky., July 7. Judge Cockran, of the United States district court today held that the federal court has Jurlsdlc- Hon in the case of Caleb Powers under sentence of death for al- leged complicity In the assassin- atlon of Goebel. Powers' attor- neys made a hard fight to have the case removed from the state courts. PRESIDENT AND EDUCATORS. Delivered Address, Before Educational AMMM'intlon Today. Oyster Hay. X. Y., July 7. The president left 'or Ocean drove X. J . at 11 o'clock, aboard a special train of the Long Inland raMrnad. At Long Island City a boat was In waiting to convey the party to Jersey City, where the president took a train for Ocean Crove. The president delivered an address before the Xntlonal F.dnWni :i as sociation. Secretary Loeh and several secret service men accompanied the president, who was Joined at Jersey City by Senators Dryden and Kean. TIUKO TO CHEAT (i.U,M)VS. Kentucky Murderer Attempted to Cut Ills Arteries Before Being Hanged. Owensboro, Ky., July 7. Robert Mathley was hanged In the jail yard this morning at 4:45. The prisoner attempted to cheat the gallows ny euttlng an artery In his wrist with his finger nails, but the plan wttv. flus trated by the death watch. Mathley wa convicted of the mur der of Miss Emma Walking whom he wanted to marry, at the same time killing James Oregson, the girl's cous in, who opposed the match. PAIL JONES COMING HOME. Body of the OM Admiral Arrived at Cherbourg Thin Morning. Cherbourg. July 7. The remains of Paul Jones, with an escort of of ficials and officers arrived at 8 o'clock this morning from Paris. The party was officially received -by the maritime prefect. The eoffm was re moved from the special -car -and plac ed In a tent, resting on a catafalque, where French and Americans took turns as a guard of honor. Tomorrow at noon the casket will be taken aboard the Brooklyn. Rear Admiral Sigsbee's flagship, to be con veyed to America- Montana Pioneer 1rad, Helena. July 7. Wilbur Flsk San ders, former United States senator of Montana, leader of the vigilantes In the early days, died today aged "I. CONVICTS ARE ONE ESCAPE FROM MCNEIL'S ISLAND IS CAPTVRF.D. Iirge Body of Citizens Have Gone to V ashen Island to Capture the Men Now at Bay There An the Loral Gun Stores Are Exhausted Because of the Hunt for the Escaped' Con victs Great Excitement Prevails. Tacoma, July 7. A posse left this morning for Vashen Island wher Sttckr.ey. one of the convicts that es caped from McNeil's Island peniten tiary was captured lust night. It is known that some of the con victs are still en the Island and escape Is impossible. A large body of citizens Is hunting two convicts, supposed In be In the woods south of town. Gun stores and stocks of firearms are enm plitely exhausted on nccount of the hunt. Three Convicts at Bay. Seattle, July 7. The police have been notified by the town marshal of Port Blakeley that three of the es caped prisoners from McNeil's Island are corraled there. The fugitives have little chance of escape and they are not believed to be armed. "Mnpture of Fmir Is Certain. Taooma, July 7. Four convicts have been sighted on Voshon island, and the posse is in close pursuit. It Is expected the capture will be made this afternoon. One of the two Jap anese who escaped from prison was seen on the heacn near Tacoma this afternoon. A posse Is now in pur suit. M'KGFjWNS IN SESSION. Next Meeting Will Be Held In 1906 K Oevcland. San Francisco, J.uly 7. The Amer ican Surgical association today de cided to meet next year at Cleveland, Ohio. The officers were elected as fol lows: President. Dr. A. Van Becber, of Albany, N. Y.; vice president, Dr. J. E. Moore, of Minneapolis, Minn.; second vice president, Dr. J. C Mon roe, of Boston, Mass.; secretary, Dr. P. Allen, of Cleveland. O.; treasurer, G. R. Flower, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; recording secretary. Dr. B. H. Hart, of Philadelphia, Pa. Washington Banker Arrosted. Boston, July 7. Charles May, pres ident of the defunct National Bank of Davenport, Wash., was arrested this afternoon and held in 15000 ball. He Is charged with misappropriating $28,000. ' Grafter Is Forced Out. Philadelphia, July 7. George E. Pierce, In charge of the bureau of city property, today resigned at May or Weaver's request. SURROUNDED MILLION Mill: MIXERS Helena, Mont., July 7. The Jury in the federal court today awarded a Judgment in the sum of f 195.000 fur the complainants In the case of the St. Louis Mining & Smelting company, against the Montana company, limited. Th.' defendants are accused of taking ore Illegally. The are the owners of the famous Drummond mlno. Rothschilds are the principal stockholders. NEBRASKA IT AFTER RAILROADS Burlington and Union Pacific Boycotted Because of Re fusal to Pay Taxes. OPEN HOYtXHT DECLARED BT COUNTY OF SEWARD. Drfrrred Payments of Taxes, Amount to Over Half a Million and Coun ty Finances Are Suffering in Con sequence Special Session of Leg islature May Be Called to Paw Re duced Freight Rale Bill a a Pu nitive Measure Burlington and I Irion Pacific. Have Joined Hands to Fight Hie Tax Levy. Lincoln, JSeb., July 7. Aa a, result of the refusal of the Burlington to pay taxes aeseesed last year, resort ing to an injunction against the col lection, the commissioners of Seward county have declared a boycott, refus ing to ship county supplies over the road. Other counties are preparing to adopt a boycott -of the Union Paci fic, which also refuses to pay and haa Joined hands whh the Burlington. The deferred payments exceed a half million dollars, and county finances are suffering. The governor Is con stderlng summoning a special session to pass a freight reduction bill as" a punitive measure. T.VFT IN SAN FRANCISCO. Secretary War Inspected Fortifl cations and Delivered an Address. San Francisco, July 7. Secretary Taft thto morning made an inspection of the fortifications that guard the port of fan Francisco and was re ceived with full honors at each fort, troops being lined up and salutes fired. After luncheon he went to Berkeley where he delivered an address In the Oreek theater at the University of California. Miss Roosevelt spent the morning In her apartments at the Palace hotel. This afternoon she will take an auto mobile ride. TORNADO KILL6 85. Meager Report From Texas Town Show Large. Fatality List. Dallas, Texas, July 7. Today's meager reports from Montague coun ty. In the northern part of Texas, In dicate that the tornado which swept that section yesterday was as de structive as the earlier reports Indi cated. The larger towns, however, escap ed the violence of the storm, the greatest damage being in the country In the vicinity of Nacona 14 persons were killed and many Injured and the total number of killed in Montague county is placed at 85. The tele graph service Is demoralized. ELEVEN liOGGEHS DROWNED. Dultceu Swamped In Chippewa River and Crew Lost. Chippewa Falls, July 7. Eleven log drivers were drowned In the Chippc wu river at Little Falls this morning. They lost control of the batteau In which they were crossing the river and the boat swamped. None of the bndiei have been recovered. They are Sam Brackett, Louis Gokey, Max Bill fid, Patrick IClilon, Ole Soren, Joseph Heloquet, Andrew Goneyld, Oscar Barquet, Bert Larry, Byron Ferguson and Adolph Toctauth. Another Grafter Sentenced. Milwaukee, July 7. Michael Dunne, former building Inspector, was sentenced to a year and a half In the house of correction on a charge of accepting a bribe of $1500 from Col onel Gustnv Pabst. the brewer, for a permit for a building with Illegal specifications. Pabst escaped by turning state's evidence. GERMANY NOW AFTER THE EQUITABLE Berlin. July 7. The Insurance de- propose separating their premium re partment of the German government crves on German policies from the haa demanded of the Equitable Mu- Keneral reaerve and how they Intend - v-... i- i. . . . j to invest them. The amount affect- tun! of New 1ork and they declare ed by the tw0 companle8 l8 about by August 1, In what manner they $13,000,000. GUILTY OF STEALING TO E Merger of the Great Northern and Canadian Grand Trunk Railways. WOULD MAKE HILL MASTER OF THE PACIFIC COAST. Such Combination of Interests Would Give the Hill Lines Termini I at Both , Seattle and Vaucouver and Would i Give Them Control of the Trade With the Orient New Combination Would Represent a Capital of $1, 220,000,000 New Grand Trunk . Line Would Be Hushed to Comple tion to Capture Canadian Trade. Winnipeg. July 7. It Is reported that James J. Hill, is engineering scheme to amalgamate the Grand Trunk and Canadian Northern and the Great Northern, with a possibility of the Inter-Colonial, which will give a combination of two international lines. It is also proposed to extend Hill's road into British Columbia. This would give Hill and the new- combination a terminus at both Seat tle and Vancouver, the two principal ports In the North Pacific coast and would give Hill virtual control of the of the trade with the Orient The hew combination, if consum mnenl.N would rush to completion the Canadian Grand Trunk now being built from Quebec to Vancouver, in order to secure the shipping of the Immense wheat districts now being settled in Canada. The combination would represent a capital of S 1.220,000,000. EIGHT DAYS OVERDUE. Steamer From Nome In Delayed Shipping Circles Anxious. Seattle, July 7. Seventeen days out from Nome bound for Seattle, the Northwestern Steamship company's steamship Olympla 18 being anxiously expected from day to day. Up to a late hour this afternoon she had not been reported as sighted either at Port Townsend of Cape Flattery. The Olympla sailed from the north on June 20, and should have arrived about June 29, so is now eight days overdue. Two theories are advanced In local marine circles to account for her de lay. One is that she has been caught In the same Ice floe which for a time held prisoner the steamship Ohio on her recent return voyage and the other Is that she haa become disabl ed at sea, and has possibly put in at Dutch Harbor or some other port. The theory that she is Ice bound is considered probable In view of the lateness of the season since It is usual for the Ice floes in the Bering sea to break up In June. The fact that the Alaska military telegraph Is out of commission north of Valdez and no dispatches have been received from Nome for a week or 10 days, renders it possible that she has put back to that port without having been reported here. Chicago Wheat Market. Chicago, July 7. July wheat clos ed todny at 90 1-1. Corn, at 57 3-4. Oats at 32 1-8. Hop Market at Standstill. The hop market In this section of Willamette valley remains quiet and featureless except for the Increased Inquiry and the consequent stiffening of prices, says the Salem Statesman. No miles have been reported of late, and few lots are for sale outside the big pool, which Is holding out strong ly for 30 cents and better, and such lots as are outside the merger are scattering. The hot weather of the past two weeks, which prevails throughout the country, 'has increas ed the sale of beer to more than dou ble the usual amount and this con dition alone has had the effect of In creasing the demand for hops on the part of the brewers, who are sup posed to be considerably short of the necessary amount to supply the trade. 0 COMBINE MIES C T SECRET OF A MONASTERY. An Old Murder Mystery Solved by the Death of a Woman Masquerading as a Man. Vienna, July 7. A murder mystery of 30 years' standing has Just been cleared up. It Is announced from Bu charest. In Moldavia an old man and his three sons, all grown up, were dis covered one morning murdered. Sus picion fell Immediately on the wife of the man, who was missing, and who was known to have lived on exceed ingly bad terms with her husband and sons, who were In the habit of beating her very cruelly and otherwise ili uslng her. Though a hue and cry was raised, she was never found. There has recently died In the mon astery of Tibucanl, an aged monk called Yaslle Popovitch. When the body was being prepared for burial it was found that the supposed monk was a woman. She was no other tl.an the missing murderess. It being found she entered the monastery as a man the very morning of the murder, which took place only a few hours' Journey off. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RECORD. General Manager Calvin Sets New Mark on Road. Salt Lake, July 7. General Man ager E. E. Calvin, of the Southern Pacific, arrived at 10:30 this morn ing on a special train which broke all records of the Southern . Pacific for speed. The run from Ogden to Salt Lake, 37 miles over the O. S. L. tracks, was made In 35 minutes. The entire run from Sparks. Nev., to Ogden, was made In very fast time, a speed of 91 miles an hour being attained at times. Mr. Calvin came to the bed side of his daughter, who has been operated on for appendicitis, but is now recovering nicely. Algerian Sailors Perish. Bizerta, Tunis, July 7. Sailors en tombed in the submarine Farfadet, have ceased to respond to the signals of the divers, and it is feared all have plreshed. The third and fourth, at tempts to raise the vessel failed. T ACCEPTS . STATE PORTFOLIO WILL ASSUME HIS DUTIES WITHIN TWO WEEKS. Official Announcement Issued From White House Tills Morning; Some Time Will Be Required to Close Up Business Affairs and New Secretary Will Not Be in Washington Perma nently Until in September. Oyster Bay, July 7. The following bulletin was Issued from the executive officers this morning: "Elthu Root will accept the tender by the presi dent of the office of secretary of state. He will take office in a couple of weeks but it necesarllv will be some time before he closes his busi ness affairs. He will not be In Wash ington permanently until some time In September." MAY BUILD TO VALE. Activity Promised In Malheur County Railroad Affairs. Progressive residents of Vale, the county seat of Malheur county, have organized a company for the purpose of building a railroad from that place to the Oregon Short Line, tho exact point to be decided at a later time. O. H. Byland. who with his wife have Just arrived from Vale to visit the fair says that the new company was organized last Thursdav and that It Is expected to have the new road in operation by next Christmas, says the Evening Telegram. Tho road from Vale to the Oregon Short Line would have been completed years ago had it not been believed that the Corvallis & Eastern was going to come through by that way, for that road has for many years owned a right of way down the Malheur river and on past Vale to Ontario. Officers of the new road. which will be called the Vale &' Malheur Valley railway, are: Elmer A. Clork, presi dent: J. W. McCuIloch, vice-president; F. Petrlo, secretary, and M. O. Hooe, treasurer. The capital stock is 1150. 000. There are three points on the Ore gon Short Line, either of which might be chosen as a terminus for the new road. The nearest one of these to Vale Is Xyssa, but hills Intervene and may cause some difficulty In crossing. Ontario is another point which Is favored for that purpose, but the Idaho town of Payette, which Is four miles below Ontario, is making a strong effort to get the road. By building the road to Payette no hills would have to be crossed, while to Ontario a bench would have to be traversed. It Is 16 miles from Vale to Ontario. There Is an Immense amount of wool and merchandise which Is hauled be tween Vale and the Oreson Short Line each year, and the necessity ot a road has long been evident. Com plete details of the plans of the new road are expected to be made public at an early date. t 00 NIG RAT ORT SHEEP LAW TO BE TESTED Washington Sheepmen Object to Paying Taxes in State of. Oregon. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE STATUTE TO BE TRIED." W. P. Rcser, of Walla Walla. Through His Attorneys, Hallejr at LotvclL Begin Suit to Prevent Col lection of Tax on His Sheep Which) Are Being Pastured in Uniatllhv County Cane Will Be Watched With Much IntereHt an it Will De trrmine the Validity or the New Law. To test the constitutionality of the law passed at the last session of the legislature by which sheep brought into Oregon from another state for the purpose of pasturing or being driven through are made subject to a tax of 20 cents per head, a suit was filed in the circuit court today- The action Is brought by W. P. Reser, of Walla Walla county, Washington, and was filed this afternoon by Attor- nuey T. G. Hailey. A short time ago Mr. Reser brought a band of 100 bucks to thia county for pasturage during the sum mer and at the demand of Stock In spector Bean paid the $20 tax due nnrlr the recpntlv enacted law. H ov- ever, he made the payment under protest and the present suit la-1 re cover the amount. However, the suit has a much greater object than mere ly to recover the tax for it is sought, to annul the law by proving. It un--constltutlonal. The groups upon which the law to hVld to be in vlo.Uon of the consti tution ot the state are niNS tbat " In contrary to sections one aj,"''trB of article nine. These are that ,'v't" shall be upon the valuation of su.,q,L and not per capita, and that all tMeJ" shall be uniform and equal. Also it Is held that a double tax is being lev ied inasmuch as forelam sheen in already subjected to one tax aside from the one of 20 cents per head. Furthermore, it 1b held that non res idents are treated differently from residents by the law and that th object for which the tax is levied la not stated.- Under the recent law sheep that are brought here for pasturage are Ilable to the tax whether they be run on government range or on pri vate land, but sheep that are here- for feeding are not taxed. WORK AT MALHF.UR. Extensive Development Promised or Irrigation Project. M. Fitzgerald, who has been at Vale and Ontario for several months past. returned home on Monday evening's B. stage, says the Burns News. Mr. Fitzgerald made the News office a call yesterday, and. asked an to the status of the Malheur project, saldr "The prospect of active work on the Malheur irrigation project being un dertaken ' seems now brighter than ever before. During the past week Engineers Whistler and Henny visit ed the proposed reservoir site in the Harper basin for the purpose of esti mating the value of the Pacific Live stock company's ranch situated there in, which has to be purchased or con demned for reservoir purposes. They also had a conference with the rep resentatives of The Dalles Military Wagon Road company at Ontario, for the purpose of arranging a satisfact ory basis upon which the road land of that, company could be signed up. The road company people made a special trip from San Francisco for that purpose, coming from The Dalles to Ontario in an automobile. Mr. Whistler thinks the difficulties heretofore standing in the way of the project will soon be adjusted, as the chief of reclamation service Is willing to make Important conces sions to the settlers of the Malheur valley In the way of granting a grad uating scale of payments and allow ing unpatented lands to bear their share of the cost of purchasing the existing vested rights. Extensive Investigations are also being made In the Owyhee region for the purpose of determining the feas ibility of that project, and so far everything looks very favorable. Train Wreckers Arrested. s Laramie, Wyo.. July 7. Eight tramps are under arrest here for an uttempt to wreck Xo. 1. the Overland Limited on the Union Pacific at Buford. at 2:30 this morning. Obstruc- tions were placed on the track but the engine stopped in time to avoid the wreck.