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PENDLETON, OHEHOX, T HI DAY, OCTOHEH 5, 1905.
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Special Agent of the Interior
Department Returns From
a Tour of Alaska.
ESTIMATE THIS YEAR'S
ALASKAN GOLD OI TITT..
KinvIhI Term of Court Being HeM at
Vaidcz Decided Not to Transfer the
Affairs of tlto Panama Canal From
the War Department to the State
Iepaiinicnt The Cabinet Considers
Russia's Invitation to Tim Hague
Clnnfct'Ciice Cabinet Decides Not to
Rei'Morc Lenient In the Policy of
Admitting fliliia'inf-n to America,
Tlut to Keep the Present System In
Force.
Juneau. Alaska, Oct. 6. Fred R.
Churchill, special agent for the In
terior department to Investigate Gov
ernor Brady an to school matters and
the alleged reindeer graft, has arriv
ed here nfter a totir of the Interior
md const. He will go to Wrangle and
Ketchikan, then return to Washlng
'ton. Feteral Judge James Wickershnm
says Fairbanks will produce $6,800,
000; Nome $4,000,000, a total for
Alaska of $12 000.000 this year. He
Is rn route 1o Valde to hold special
terms of court.
Will Not Transfer Cuiinl Affairs.
Following the cabinet meeting, it
was announced the president, upon
tho advice or the cabinet has decided
not to transfer the Panama canal
from the Jurisdiction of the war to the
state department, but leave It where It
Is.
The cabinet considered the reply to
Russia's invitation to The Hague con
ference. It was decided not to send out the
proposed circular Instructing consuls
to China to be more lenient In regard
to applications for certificates allow
ing Chinese to enter this country.
WORST GALK IN MANY Y KAILS.
Great Damage to Shipping Interests on
the Sound,
Seattle, Oct. S. The worst gale In
many years last night and this morn
ing has 'badly crippled the service of
all steamer Hues. Few boats left their
berths to take the runs today.
The dirmage nil Lake Washington Is
great. Sixteen launches are sunk or
wrecked and a dozen houseboats bat
tered. the flood of water forcing the
occupants lo abandon them.
The gale Is still raging and grave
fears are entertained for the safety
of the steamer Ohio, three days over
due from Nome. She Is not reported
anywhere as yet. She has over B00
passengers and a large canto of gold.
Keports of hourly damage to small
raft come from Sound points. No
lives are reported lost.
It Is Impossible to get telephone or
telegraphic communication from any
point north. The Alaska cable Is sus
pended also.
HEUNrON AT ASOTIN.
Fifty Old Soldiers March llchind a
Riitllc-fccnrred Hag.
Asotin. Wash., Oct. 8. FHHy gray
haired veterans of the civil war,
marched up Main street yesterday be
hind the bullet-pierced and battle
scarred flag of fhe Ninth Illinois
mounted Infantry, carried by Frank
Huber.
It Is the first reunion of the old
soldiers of southeastern Washisgton,
Wallowa county, Oregon, and Ne
Perce county, Idaho, and the veterans
came from various places over this
wide area.
J. P. Walking, commander of J. J.
Lewis post, was officer of the day.
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Quotations From the Greatest Wheal
Market In the United States.
Chicago, Oct. . Wheat closed to
day at 14 1-8: corn at 44 1-4, and oats
at 2D.
Start for Georgia Tonight.
Montreal. Oct. 8. The signed war
rants for Gnynor and Greene were
handed United States officers this
afternoon. They will likely start for
Georgia tonight with their prisoners.
Thirteen Indictments.
Peoria, Oct. 6. Thirteen In
dictments against Superintend
ent Dougherty are announced.
The total defalcation will likely
reach 1200,000. The ball re
quired under those returned will
be $12,700. Impression deepens
that Dougherty will waive exam
ination and plead guilty.
WOMAN' WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Tliii-e Other IVrsons Badly Shocked
by nn Accident at Butte.
Bulte, Mont., Oct. 6. While assist
ing 111 the rescue of her 13-year-old
son, who had been rendered uncon
scious by an electrical shock, Mary
Jane Price was electrocuted tonight.
The boy was seriously burned about
the hands and body, but he Is expect
ed to recover. Samuel Price, husband
of the deceased woman, suffered a se
vere shock while dragging the hoy's
body away from the wire, and Arthur
Merrick was knocked down by a cui
rent of electricity while attempting to
rescue Mrs. Price.
The fatality occurred nt the Price
residence shortly nfter 8 o'clock. Chil
dren playing nbout the yard during the
afternoon bad hooked a section of
haling wire over a feed wire carrying
2200 volts of electricity. The wire Is
used to feed arc lights, and the power
was not turned on until a short time
before the accident. The boys had
played with the dangling length of
wire during the day, but felt no elec
tricity because the current had not
been turned on.
HOLDUPS SHOOT SMALL HOY.
F.lovon-Yenr-Old George ficmmcll In
jured at Seattle.
Seattle, Oct. 8. George Oemmel, an
! 1-year-old boy, was fatally shot, and
Constable Sam Klein slightly wound
ed as the result of an attempt to hold
up and rob the grocery store of Glad
stone A Green, nt 304 Fifth avenue,
shortly after S o'clock this evening.
George f hlcktrlng, alias Thomas
Daley, and John Nolan, two of the
men Implicated In the holdup, are un
der arrest, and the police are search
Ing for n third man, who was seen
by two or Three spectators of the af
fair, but who made his escape during
the excitement. Chlckerlng Is known
to have heen implicated In similar fcT-
falrs In Tacoma.
Waive Requisition.
Huttc, Oct. 6. Pat Crowe waives
requisition nnd all formalities, and
leaves with detectives for Omaha. To
day be relates how he spent Curlahy's
$25.noo. Most of It In saloons, making
a Rood fellow of himself, Murti went
towards making the getaway 'from
Omaha. He denies the contemplated
holding up of Count Crelghtnn.
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FROM ST. ANT1IOXY
TO W KSTFIITS TOHtBER.
Expected to Be In Opera in Time
for the Season of I BO 'Will Be
Approximately Seventy MIIrM In
length and Will Make All die Fa
inotis Sights of the Y'ellowMtnne Park
More Easily Accessible TSvui by the
tcschi. inici I rtxii in nnrui or
.Montana Side Comrurts Arc Ilclnt,
I-ot at Tills Timet.
San Francisco, Oct. S. A new com
pany has Just been formed no build
the Yellowstone Park railroad from
St. Anthony, Idaho, to the western en
trance to the Yellowstone Nationa.
Park, near Madison river. The con
tracts for construction and grading
are now being let, and It Is expected
to have the road In operation In time
for the 1906 season.
Tho distance from SL Anthony.
Idaho, to Madison river will be about
TO miles. It will be approximately 17
miles from the park to the Lower
Fountain hole of the lower geyser ba
sin. This will make the park wcry
much more accessible, and will enable
visitors to make the entire round trip
from the park line In four day.
A hotel will be built at the end of
the line on the Madison river.
LEWISTON EXCURSION.
Portland HiisincHN Men Will (in to the
Idaho City for a Day.
The Oregon Dally Journal gives the
following schedule of the Lewlston
excursion train which will run from
Portland next week:
Stops will be made at Pendleton,
Athena, Milton. Walla Walla, Prescott,
Waltshurg, Dayton, Moscow, Pullman
and Colfax. The excursion party will
leave Portland October 18, at 8:15
o'clock on a Tegular train of the O.
ft. & N. company. At Pendleton the
company will put on a special train
consisting of a locomotive, baggage
car, day coach, diner nnd three Pull
man sleepers, on which the run Vill
be made to Moscow, where the party
will take a Northern Pacific train to
Lewlston, arriving there Friday morn
ing. October 20, at 7:30 o'clock.
To get the special train there must
be not less than 75 passengers. The
round trip fnre will be $25.50, which
Includes Pullman berths, three meals
on a dining car and a fund for enter
tainment of the excursionists and their
friends at points along the route. ;
The cars will be decorated with
streamers having the words "An open
river to the sea." "40-foot channel"
nnd "Portland points the way." The
excursionists will wear a badge bear
ing the single word "Portland."
RAILROAD
YELLOWSTONE
GEH MANAGER DID NOT
KNOW PBESIDEBT'S SALARY
Nepotism Prevailed in the Distribution of Mutual Life Funds
for Investment Relatives Had "Pulls,"
McCiirdy Makes a labored and Foggy Explanation of the System of Favor
itism Worked by the Finance Committee at the K.Mne of Hie Policy
Holders Commissions Paid Investing Agencies Were Highest In New
York anil In Texas, for Hcusons Which Exactly ('iiiiiiiidieted Each OiIuy
Nepotism Governed In Hie Sending of Money for Investment to Texas
The Auditor of the Mutual Displayed oil the Slund Kldlenluiis and
Shansntiil Ignorance of the t'miMinys Accounts.
New York. Oct. 6. Robert H. Mc
Curdy "was a witness In the Insurance
Investigation this morning. He said
the finance committee fixed the sal
ary' 1 officers. The president's sal
ary had not been changed during the
tv years he wan on the committee.
He 'did not know the president's salary
aifl did not know If anybody did.
"Hughes probed Into the affairs of
C. H. Raymond A Co., of New York,
representative of the Mutual, of
which the agent, Thlebaud, McCurdy's
brother-in-law. Is a partner. McCur
dy gave a Ion explanation of how he
had saved the 'company $47,000 annu
ally through his supervision of the
company alone. Ruvmnnd & Co.. said
the witness, when he became general
manager of the Mutual, was doing an
annual business of $17,000,000.
Asked how he Justified his failure
to make Inquiries as to how much the
firm wan making out of the Mutual
company, he made a long technica1!
explanation of how the general ngent
Is really an Independent merchant, and
when the general ngent rtiade great
profits It means the company was
profited greatly. The "system" offers
large rewards for large achievements
that build up business. McCurdy -said
Raymond & Co.'s remuneration was
THREE DEAD BABES FOl'VD.
(inrhnse Heup in Portland Contains
Grew some Objects.
Portland. Oct. 6. Three -dead In
fants were found in a rubbish heup on
Twelfth street, between Overton and
PetTygrove, this morning, by Mounted
Policeman J. F. Anderson. Deputy
Coroner Baldwin, with the aid of the
policeman and detectives, is endeavor
ing to ascertain who is responsible.
As soon us the officer made the dis
covery he went Immediately to head
quarters, where he made a report of
the affair. On his return to the place
two of the bodies had beea removed
and have not been found.
The attention of the polleemun was
attracted to the place by the odor that
ai-osc from a garbage heap. The gar
bage was placed there daring the
riight and the officer began to Investi
gate. In an empty barrel he found
three bodies. The bnrrel was placed
on a pile of lumber which had been
pnrtlally burned, evidently In the hope
that they would be cremated. He left
them us they were found and returned
to the station.
Deputy Coroner Baldwin was do
tailed by the coroner to Investigate
and found a number of articles In the
nrhblsh heap that led to the belief
that the rubbish was taken either from
a hospital or from a medical school.
A pair of rubber gloves nnd numerous
other articles used by surgeons nnd
physicians were found.
He also ascertained the driver of the
garbage wagon to be H. Wade. Wade
says he got the refuse from the medi
cal college. A further Investigation
will be made to find out who can be
blamed for steh carelessness.-
Gould Faction's Inning.
St. Louis, Oct. 6. Attorneys repre
senting -the Oould faction filed an an
swer and argued the Ramsay petition
today. They questioned the jurisdic
tion of the court, and attacked Ram
sey's motives.
lASlglng House Collapsed.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 6. A lodging
house In this city collapsed this morn
ing, burying all the 20 Inmates. It is
believed many were killed.
Belmont Improving.
New York, Oct. 6. August Bel
mont's condition Is good this morn
ing. General Manager McCnbe of the
Washington & Columbia River rail
road announced this morning that
Sims & Shields, who have the con
tract for building the entire new rail
way line down the north bunk of the
Columbia for the Hill interests, have
arranged to put a big grading and
track laying crew to work at a point
opposite Alnsworth next Monday
morning.
Teums and supplies are being rush
ed to tlie new camp and by next week
actual construction work on the pro
NORTH
BANK
GRADERS
about the same as that of general
agents of other companies.
MeCurdy Contradicts Himself.
Hughes wormed out of MeCurdy the
statement that the rates and commis
sions paiil Raymond & Co. are higher
than anywhere else except in Texas.
Inquiry Oeveloped the fuct that the
Texas representatives are Chamber
lain nd Gillette. Gillette Is a brother
of former general manager l the Mu
tual. MeCurdy had said the x.iencs of
gctM'iig business in New York are
blgtier. Then he sa-id Ihv exis-nsc in
Teas is higher because the country
is sparsely settled, maklrig much trav
el necessary. Hughes remarked It Is
lieeuliar that expenses are higher In
New York where it tfc thickly settled,
and also higher In Texas where th
.people are scattered.
Preller Displayed His Ignorance.
Charles A. I'rrPer, auditor of the
Mutual, produced books showing the
account of lust vrar for advertising,
stationery and postage to be $1,114 -S33.7H.
A&kcd 'concerning the legal
account, he satil I3li4.jr.4 94 was ex
pended for legal expens -s in 1901. He
displayed suck woeful ignorance of
the accounts as to cause much laughter.
MORE I.IVES LOST.
ThiH-e Americans Drown, Not Before
Announced.
Washington, Oct. 6. The war de
partment has received from the gov
ernor general of the Philippines, ad
ditional details of the wreck of the
l.eyto. In addition to the .Americans
heretofore smnounced as lost were
Lieutenant G. O. Foote of the con
stabulary', nearest relative, C. F.
Foote, of Stockton, Cal.; L. C. Mor
gan, bureau of posts. Chicago and C.
F. Somers of the quartermaster's de
partment at St. Paul.
PACKERS MlST PAY FOR TAGS.
Government Will Save About $75,000
Annually.
1 Washington. Oct. 6. At the cabinet
meeting this morning Wilson recom
mendation that the packers he mane
to pay for the tags attached to In
spected meat, received the approval
of the oresldent and his advli-cis.
Heretofore the government has borne
this expense about $75,000 annually.
The money saved will be used to em
ploy additional Inspectors.
Sm-a Conal Opened.
Port Said, Oct. 6. The Suez canal
is today reopened to traffic, after re
covery from the great explosion.
Fifty vessels are awaiting opportunity
to pass through.
V. D. of C. Elect President.
San Francisco. Oct. 8. Tho United
Daughters of the Confederacy today
elected Mrs. George Henderson presi
dent, unanimously.
The Jny'S) Fever Record.
New Orleans, Oct. 6. At noon 14
new cases and three deaths by yellow
fever were reported.
Reviving tlie (Vrnucopia.
This morning five large loads of
machinery drawn by four and six-
horse teams, started out from the clt
for the Mayflower mine In the Cornu
copia dlstrlcvL Raker City Democrat.
Really Transfer.
J. L. Roe and Mary Roe to I. A.
Clem, for six nnd two-thirds acres In
northwest quarter of section 26, town
ship 6. north of range 35, K. W. M.
Consideration. $808.
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jected line will be In full swing. Sims
& Shields will establish their head
quarters at the new camp and from
that point will direct the stupendous
work started down the Columbia river.
The crews at work opposite Wallula
are being augmented by the arrival of
additional graders and supplies being
shipped from Portland. The light of
way is practically surveyed out be
tween Wallula and Kennewlck and
engineers are now engaged In survey
ing along the river between Wallula
and Vancouver.
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I'Ol lt BOYS AT ONF, BIRTH.
There Arue Six Known ("uses of Quad
ruplets. Trenton. X. J., Oct. 6. Mrs. David
Johnson, of Kingston, 15 miles from
here, gave birth to quadruplets, all of
them boys, and her husband has
promptly notified President Roosevelt
and requested him to name the four
youngsters, who are said to do well
and strong and promise to live.
The birth of quadruplets is a very
rnre occurrence and in nearly every
known case they were girls. In July
139!) quadruplets were born to the 18-year-old
wife of .lames Plait, of Union
Mills. Ind. At that time there were
only five cases known to exist In this
country. Mrs. Johnson's ease Is the
sixlh. Two of the sets of quadruplets
were born In Illinois and one In Ohio.
In Paris, out of 108,000 births in 60
years, there has been hut one case of
quadruplets.
YAKIMA TAKES FIRST MONEY.
Best County Exhibit of Horticultural
Products.
North Yakima. Oct. 6. Yakima
county carried off the first prUo of
$850 today in the awards for county
exhibits. This exhibit was prepared
by the horticultural union and was
the finest ever seen in Yakima. This
display will be taken to the Interstate
fair at Spokane to compete for prizes
given there.
The second prize was won by Pierce
county. H. Benthelm. of Puyallup.
was the exhibitor for that county. The
first prize for Individual farm pro
duce was carried off by W. A. A. Lee,
of Ynklma.
Ami-Clgurettc Ordinance.
Boise. Oct. 6. A new ordinance
will be presented to the city council
at an early date, which Is aimed to
correct the defect In the existing law
in reganl to selling cigarettes to boys
under age. The present ordinance pro
vides a K'nnlt for any ihmsoii selling
cigarettes or tobacco to minors, but
unlike the law In other states. It places
no penalty on a child found using to
bacco. The proposed law which has
been suggested by Judge Willis Brown
of Salt Lake, will make It a mlsde
mrairiir for any child under the age of
responsibility to smoke a cigarette or
to use tobacco In any form.
DAILY SERVICE TO BE ESTAB
LISHED TO HONOLl Ll
Following: the Completion or the North
Bank I toad a Line or Snirt Freight
and 1'UHsenger Vessels Will Be I'm
on the Pacific Six Vessels Are Now
4'oiileiiipluted They Will Be Veri
table Ocenn Greyhounds.
The Oregon Dally Journal an
nounces the establishment of a new
line of vessels out of Portland as fol
lows: A line of fast passenger steamers
running dally between Portland, San
Francisco, San Pedro and Honolulu
will immediately follow the construc
tion of the north bank line of the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
railroads, without waiting for any fur
ther deepening of the channel from
Portland to the sea. A financial agent
of the Hanil.urg-Auierican line Is l:i
Portland, and has made final Investi
gations and recommendations upon
which will be based construction of
six steamships of a large type.
The boats fully laden will draw 25
feet of water. T' company has
adcqited t lis- plan of the Clyde Line!
steamship Iroquois. They will be 406!
feet long on the deck line, with two
tiers of cabins above the main deck.
and built only for first cabin audi
tourist travel. Their carrying capacity
will be 6000 tons, ton first-class pas-1
songers and 220 tourist passengers, i
They will have twin screw turbine en
gines, and will run at a speed of 20 '
knots. The structural work will be
of the best of open hearth steel, am
the boats will be ready for operatlo
before the end of next year.
Complete plans for the project lis
been made, and tho new company i
aim to be first In the field to take
vantage of the growth of Paciiic
oriental trade through Portland,
boats will be operated with a vi
accommodating European and
York travel via tlie Panama c;
Honolulu. A boat will leave
land every Wednesday for Sai
Cisco. San Pedro and Honolul
picking un the tourist pnsscnp
all over the world.
BrotherliiMNl Elects IVi
St. Paul, Oct. 6. The Ir
Brotherhood of Blacksmith
ers had a stormy session
elected J. W. Kline, of
president.
Earthquake at 1
Helognn. Italy, Oct.
quake occurred In thl
Ing.
Marriage Llo
A marriage llcen?
to Albert Harnla a
of this county.
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STEAMERS
OUT OF PORTLAND
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Latter Day Saints Are Met in
Seventy-sixth Annual Gen
eral Session.
I IVE THOI SANI) ARE
PRESENT AT OPENING.
The President or the Church Urges the
Duly and Necessity of Obedience,
and of Paying TiUies The Antl
Smith Faction Will Make a Demon
si ration, But R May Be of Compar
atively Little Moment, With a Pos
sibility That Its Efforts Will Be En
tirely Abortive and That That Ele
ment Will Sustain the Present
Church Administration.
Salt Lake. Oct. 6. The 76th general
conference of the Mormon church has
assembled here for a four-days' ses
sion this morning, with 5000 In at
tendance. President Joseph H. Smith and his
counsellors expostulated with his fol
lowers on the necessity of rigid obedi
ence to the law of tithing.
Joseph Smith, president of the re
organized church, will be an Interest
ed listener at the anticipated demon
stration by the anti-Smith members.
It may not materialize, but is expected
on the day of voting, to sustain the
officers. ,
CONFESSED PER.IVRY.
Old Soldier's Testimony Reflects Vpon
limes Very Much.
Portland. Oct. 6. William Teht
mier and Granville C. Lawrence, old
soldiers, testified they committed per
jury at the Instance of defendant
Jones In the land fraud trial In tak
ing up claims on the Siletz reserve,
and then transferring them to the de
fendants. The former Btated he had
never setn the claim he filed upon.
KONG Y4F WAI COMING.
Reeelon nnd Public Meeting Tonight
In Armory Hall.
Kong You Wai, leader of the Chi
nese reform movement, and a man
who Is known all over the world, will
arrive here tonight on the evening
train from Walla Walla. He will then
remain here over night and after
meeting with the Chinese residents of
this place, will go on to Portland. The
Ruent reform leader is accompanied by
three others of his nationality and by
an American who aids In the work In
the United States. I
In speaking of the reception that
would be tendered Kong You Wal
while here, Ung Goey, the local mer
chant said this afternoon that he
would be met at the depot by all the
Chinese residents of the city. From
there the party will be driven in a
four-horse vehicle to the Hotel Pen
dleton, where they will have their
headquarters while here.
In the evening a reception and din
ner will be tendered the party In the
association hall over Goey's store.
Following that a meeting of all the
Chinese will bo held In the Armory,
and an address will be delivered In the
Chinese language by the famous visit
or. However, white people will be
admitted to the meeting upon the In
vitation of Chinese residents.
It is expected that the party will
leave here tomorrow for Portland.
Exhibitors Arc Surprised.
Exhibitors who received awards In
the agricultural exhibit of the Lewis
and Clark fair are surprised and
pleased with the result of the Umatilla
county exhibit as published In the
East Oregonian last night. While
nearly all took great interest In con
''i to the exhibit from this
' them expected medals
orprlsed to learn
"-'i-d in the
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