lOAlLYEVENINGEDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION WEATHER FOKtX'A.fT The calibre of a man's bosiness te shown by the size of hi ad. A tg advertiser la never grasping. Fair tonight, ing cloudiness. Saturday lucres- VOL. 18. DLETOX, OltEGON, FUIDAY, NOVEMBER JO, 1903. NO. 55 JO 1 -.kj ;Lsm URREGTIQN 15 SUPPRESSED Loyal Troops Surround Muti neers at Kronstadt and Compel a Surrender. KAIIXHtH, STIUKKUS AMI) SOLDIERS ARE IN REVOLT. Tbe Streets linn With Blood For So mo Tlmo It AK'u-od Uio In surrection Might for the Tlmo Moet Willi a Dogreo of Kuccws, tho Loyal Trooiw Being Surrounded Admiral Nobogutoff Puts I'p a Defense for Ills Surrender in Uio Battle of tlie Sea of JaHtn War of Extermina tion Again Uio Jews Said to lie Planned to Begin November 11. 8k Petersburg, Nov. 10. Seven thou Hand loyal troops arc now In con trol at KrniiHUtdt, having caught Uio mutineers where they were surround ed. Kmhle8 Slaughter. Bt Petersburg, Nov. 10. The Amer ican charge d'affaires, Spencer Ediy, bos telegraphed to the governor of Kronstadt requesting protection of American Interests. Later reports only magnify the hor ror of the situation. The mutiny was complete, not only the sailors but the garrisons of some of the forts joining in the Insurrection. The few soldiers and sailors who remained loyal fought all night against the mutineers and the workmen who enlisted under the ban ner of revolt. Barricades were thrown op. The report that machlno guns were used la apparently confirmed. The panic-stricken refugees who escaped by boats aay the Maxim guns were -fired all night and this morning the street wore literally flooded with blood. They place the number of dead and wounded far into thn hun dreds. Today two regiments of Cos. sacks and the Imperial horse guards were dispatched to Kronstadt from St Petersburg and a regiment of Uh lans was sent there from Oranlen naura, a few miles west of Petorhnf. Altogether about 10,009 troops art engaged in quelling the Insurrection. According to some reports the sail ors and strikers were finally surround ed but have not yet surrendered. Both sides have been losing heavily. The troops lost eight officers killed or wounded. Other reports aay the Uh lans deserted to the mutineers and are now fighting against the Imperial troops. Troops Surrounded by Mutineers. 8t Petersburg, Nov. i. It Is re ported the troops at Kronstadt are surrounded by 8000 mutinous sailors. The troops are holding them In r.heck. Says He Ibid to. 81. Petersburg, Nov. 10. Admiral Nebogatnff has arrived at home and Is posing as a martyr, declaring he deliberately sacrificed his name and honor by surrendering at the battle of thn Sea of Japan, and thus saved the lives of the 2000 sailors of his di vision. The admiral's sons was sub ject to much derision by his comrades and he was forced to leave the naval academy. Religious War or Kmtallly. St. Petersburg, Nov. 10. It Is re ported the "Mlack Hundred" Is plan ning a great massacre of Jews and In tellectuals for Saturday night It Is said all Jews' houses are being mark ed with red crosses. ALLEGED DEGENERATE. Hon of a Section Hand Said to Be Dangerous. Albany, Or., Nov. 10. After nearly two weeks' Investigation by the defec tive department ot ths Southern Paci fle company, John Jones, who did the shooting nt a passenger train near Tangent, Linn county, Sunday, Octo ber 29, was apprehended and was taken to the reform school this morn ing. For some time offenses against tbe railroad company have been com mitted in the Tangent neighborhood, principal among them being ths put ting of stones of a large size on the rails. Jones Is It years old and Is the son of a section hand. He Is a degenerate, and entirely beyond the control ot his parents. Besides offenses against the rail road young Jones has been a great trouble to the entire community of Tangent, and people have- been in tear of serious loss from fires, eto. His father stated that he has expected something more serious than the re form school for some time. KXPM)DED 2000 KEGS POWDER. Practical and Costly Object leman to a Jury. Chicago, Nov. 10. A dispatch to the Inter-Ocean from Unlontown. Pa., nays: For the sake of Illustrating a contested point to a coroner s Ju, . here yesterday, 2000 kegs of powde.. representing a value of about liO.OOO, was exploded by a powder company.. The shock of the explosion was felt In several surrounding townships, and there was great excltemont through out this end ot I ho country. 1 The coroner's Jury which had been sitting on the cases of 18 persons kill ed In the explosion at Kalrchance, September 9, had expressed some de sire for Information as to the direc tion In which the exploding powder exerted Its greatest force. The powder people have taken the stand that the big magazines which went off on September 9, had been exploded by some agency outside the magazines. They claimed thut some one had a splto against the company, placed and exploded under the magazines, con taining 10.000 kegs of powder, some other explosive, either fulminate of mercury or nltro-glycerlno. In defense of this It was clnlmcd that powder In exploding does not tear holes In the ground, and the company offered to prove this by practical demonstration to the coroner's Jury. ' The coronor's Jury retired to a great distance, and the battery was touched off. The explosion rocked the entire township and was hoard as fur as Connelsvlile. After the powder exploded It was shown there was no hole In the earth caused by the explosion of this great amount of powder. LONG DISTANCE WIRELESS. Messages Parried Fourteen Hundred Miles. Washington, Nov. id. The navy de partment has been Informed that the j and produce for their Inspection the wireless telegraph operator at San j registry books of the fifth election Juan, Porto Rico, read signals which j district of the 26th assembly district, were being sent from a wireless sta- R Is charged the returns were chang tlon In the vicinity of New Tork. The i vd and allege much fraudulent voting distance Is approximately 1400 miles, j n this district This encourages the belief at the Under the direction of Attorney department that It will be possible to General Mayer, aslBted by Jerome, establish wireless communication be- the grand Jury todav began Investlga- tween San Juan and the Washington navy yard In the near future. T I WOIVE MIGHTS TO LAND ON THE RESERVATION, To What Limit May Purchasers Dur ing Sale of 1885 May Go In Subse quent Investments Issue Has Been Taken Iuto Ute Federal Conns on an Appeal From the Department of tiie Interior by tlie Contestecs Be tween Twenty and Thirty Litigants Anxiously Await a Final Derision. Among other matters that are be ing held awaiting the appointment of a federal judge for Oregon are 20 or 30 contest cases from this county, in which the question Involved Is wheth er or not parties who purchase land on the reservation In the sale of 1886 could also purchase at the sale of 1902. During the latter sale quite a few people purchased land after having already purchased under the former sale. Thereupon co-tests wore filed to have these entries cancelled. One of the first of these cases was that of Hoover vs. Jones, In which the former wns contestant. This case was de cided by the departp-ent of the Inter ior in favor of the contestant, the ruling of the department being that no party who had purchased land In the first sale could do so In the sec ond excepting In cases where the 40 ucres of timber had not been taken at the first sale. In which Instance the right to make this purchase at the second sale was granted. However, the case was then taken Into the federal court by the contes tecs, and was under consideration at the time of Judge Bellinger's death, Since then It has been impossible to secure any settlement, as the Judges who have occupied the bench tem porarily have refused to take up such matters. Since the department ruled against the purchaser in ths Hoover-Jones cose many other contests, all similar In nature, have been filed and decid ed In the same way. All of these havo also been appealed In order to keep the entries from being cancell ed, and are now awaiting the appoint ment ot a federal Judge. RIVAL PLANTS IN FIELD. Powder Valley Light A Power Com pany Will Fight Northwestern. The Northwestern Gas ft Electric company, which practically controls all the gas and electric light plants from Holso to Walla Walln, will have an opposition fight In Baker City, as the Powder Valley Light & Power company has petitioned the Baker City council for a franchise Tho Powder Valley company offers to pay the city throe per cent of Its gross earnings for the franchise, and In addition proposes a maximum scale of prices which Is far below that now charged by the Baker City Gas ft Elec tric company, which is owned and con trolled by I. W. Anderson of the Northwestern Gas ft Electric com pany, says a dispatch from Baker City. IN GONTESTS FROM Hi idST OFFERS 5 HMDS FOR SWINDLERS Tammany Heelers Are the Objects Aimed at by the Law and Order Elements of All Political Parties. Tammany Alderman Is Under Aire Elections Is Summoned to Appear Be Mnde to Indict Some District Section Deputies of the Superintendent of Election g Kuoponaed. New York, Nov. 10. Heurst has offered an additional reward of 110, 000, making a total of 127,000 offerod by him for the conviction of Tammany district leaders. Alderman Haggerly was arrested on complaint of a poll watcher on the charge of assault and arraigned this morning. Case continued to Decem ber 5. A subpoena Is Issued for John Voor hls, president of the board of elec tions, to appear before the grand Jury tion of the charges ot fraud in con nection with the mayoralty election. Muyer visited the criminal court building early this morning and with Assistant District Attorneys Sanford MAY BE WHOLESALE MURDERER Ohio Doctor Accused of at Iicast Nine Murders. Dayton. ().. ..ov. 10. Dr. Oliver IT.iugh, accuwd of murdering his fmher. mother and hrothar- last Fun clay, was arraigned this morning. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded for further hearing. He Is addicted to drugs. Detectives are visiting Lorain and Toledo, O., and Chicago and Milwau kee, seeking evidence. It Is expected the officials will charge Hnugh with at least nine murders. It is alleged Hnugh mnde earlier victims drug fiends and then slowly plosoncd them. Hnugh said today. "I might have killed them when my mind was blank." RAMONA HOTEL BURNER. Lorn, $250,000 Gneet Have Some Narrow Escapes. San Luis Obispo, Cal., Nov. 10. Fire at 3 this morning destroyed the limima hotel, tausing a loss of $250, 000. Although the hotel was full of east ern tourists, no one was Injured, and COUNTY COURT WILL Unless all signs fail the county com missioners will accept tho latest O. R. & N. company offer tnls evening. This afternoon It wns said by the members of the court that the matter was to be decided by a secret ballot upon the completion of some other business then before them. From np pearances the chances are nil In favor of an acceptance of the offer, as Com missioner Gillllund favored the accept ance of the former proposition, and Commissioner Wnlkor has virtually signified his intention of favoring the present offer. The sentiment of County Judge Mean has not been as certained, but It Is hardly thought he RAILROAD RATE CASE A special from Colfax to the Walla Walla Union of today In regard to the hearing In the railroad rate cases, says: The state railroad commission be gan the second day ot Its sitting In this city yesterday and Chairman Falrchlld announced that the motion of the railroads to quash the proceed ings were overrated. The state, represented by Assistant Attorney Oeneral McDonald, then tiled a demurrer to the voluminous answer of the railroads to the com plaint, which, upon being sustained by the commission, cleared the tracks of all obstructions, and the taking ot testimony began. Witnesses were called by the state for the purpose of sustaining tho alle gations of the complaint This testi mony was In reference to the rates on coal from Roslyn to Colfax, which was supplemented during tho afternoon by evidence from the Tacoma members of the Northern Pacific Jobbers and Manufacturers' association In refer ence to rates on merchandise from S27.0DD and the President ot Uio Board of llefore the Grand Jury Effort WIU lieuders for Frauds In Tuesday's Have Been and Perkins, to whom Jerome dele gated the work of prosecuting cases and drawing up Indictments. The grand Jury met at H o'clock and Mayer appeared immediately. Eight deputies of Superintendent of Elections Morgan, a number of police men and about 60 other witnesses were called. It is said efforts will be made to Indict some district leaders. , Voorhls, this afternoon, discussing the reports that ballot ooxes were dumped Into the river, said: "There Is nothing to this talk about missing ballot boxes. The board of election knows exactly how many boxes It gave out, and how many re turned. So far as 1 know, all came back. The story about boxes being thrown Into the river Is all false. If u box was found In a barber shop 1 am sure It was one of the small boxes for mutilated ballots, which are al ways destroyed after the good ballots a-e counted. Tho report that some locks are missing Is untrue. Some ai'als may have been broken in the handling." all saved their effects. The flames broke out In the kitchen from un known causes. A heavy wind at the time and the flames spread with gioat rapidity through the wooden structure. Employes warned the 'k . end whenever they received no response, the tioor v I kicked In. For a tlmo a wild panic reigned, but by systematic work the employes suc ceeded In getting every one safely out of the building. The Ramnna wa comparatively a new tourist hotel. It was a three- story modern structure of S00 rooms. 'HICAtM WHEAT MARKET. Quotations From the Greatest Wheat .Market In Uie United States. Chicago, Nov. 10. Wheat closed to day at 85 5-4. a decline from the mar ket of yesterday. Corn closed at 45 3-4, and oats at 20 3-4. King and Kaiser Hunt Boars. Hanover, Nov. 10. King Alfonso ana Kaiser Wllhelm left. In a motor car this morning for the Forest o. Springs to hunt boars. They will re turn to Berlin tonight PROBABLY ACCEPT will hold out longer In the matter. The present offer of the railroad company Is to accept tho valuation of 310,000 per mile for their roadbed, and to pay all back taxes upon that basis, and to also pay interest on tho delinquent tax. Approximately 3HJ, 000 will be due the county upon the acceptance of tho railroad's offer, and the amount will be paid over at once. With the acceptance of the offer by the commissioners will end the long, hard fight which has been mnde by Assessor Strain, hacked oy the coun ty court for the raising of the railroad assessment, and through which the company's taxes have been practically doubled In amount. BEGUN AT COLFAX that city to points on the O. R. A N. The contention ol the Tacoma wit nesses Is that by reason of a lack of the Joint rate between the Northern Pacific and O. R. ft N. railroads they aro shut out of the markets In many of the Inland empire towns. The vigorous defense and objections of the proceedings of the commission Indicates that they will not comply with the rulings ar finding of the commission, If contrary to their de sires, until it Is decided by the courts that the commission has the power to enforce its rulings. The best legal talent In the states of Oregon and Washington has been secured by both sides and no matter what tho decision ot ths commission may be on the question, the case will be carried to the supreme court. The introduction of testimony during the remaining days of the session Is mere ly a matter of form that the proper foundation may be laid by both side for ths contest In tbe courts. Prom all appearances the sittings will continue until Saturday. LINE OF BEET FACTORIES. Wyoming Capitalists Will Secure 300, 000 Acres for Settlers. Cheyenne, Nov. 10 G. W. Westen dall, Union Pacific colonization agent, accompanied by a party of four prom inent Iowa capitalists, have arrived here by way of Laramie. Walden and North Park on a trip which It Is be lieved will have a far-reaching Influ ence on the future growth and devel opment of northern and southern Wy oming. The party Is In quest of options on between 260,000 and 300,000 acres of land, which they propose to dispose of to settlers for the purpose of raising sugar beets, the syndicate to establish a series of large, modern factories at various places on the lands to be re claimed. Nearly 300,000 acres of land has been selected which can be reclaimed at a small cost per acre. EMBEZZLEMENT ACCUSER. Young Done Wanted al Sliunglial Has Been KclouMcd. Sun Francisco, Nov. 10. Adolph AlKtrup. the young Dane a Tested her' and for whose capture Shanghai has offered a reword o? $500. vaH releas l by the police today no Instructions having bpen received j-gardltig extrn .1.1 ion. Als'rup hq be"n Ir th-t employ of the East Asiatic company, and is charged with embezzling 120,000. He received a cablegram yesterday fom his father, a prominent merchant of Copenhagen, asking hhn to com home Indicating the matter had been com promised. He will leave fir liemnnrk at once Guests of General Grant. New York, Nov. 10. Prince Louis and party lunched on Governor Is land, the guests of General Grant. Af ter lunch they were guests at a re ception at the Brooklyn navy yard by Admiral Coghlan. FROM THE BIBLE UX.TUU-.S BY REV. COON "rmrrcAii evangelist. Firm of a Series of Public Meetings W ill Be Held In Hendricks' Hall Saturday Night nt 8 O'clock: No Admission Charged, and the Gener al Public Is Cordially Invited to At tend Parlor Meeting Being Held Prior to Securing a Place Suitable for General Audience All Free I-ectiires. The Spiritualists ot Pendleton, and many others who are by no means Spiritualists, are enjoying a visit this week from Rev. R. C. Coon, a travel ing evangelist of ths faith mentioned. Mr. Coon is accompanied by his wife, who is a medium. Rev. Coon, like many others of the best known, most able and effective preachers of this church, came Into the work through and out of ortho doxy. As a member of the Advcntlst church and afterward of the Baptist church, he put in many years at ex horting and in purely reformatory work under the auspices of those or ganizations. He has done much slum work of reformatory and evangelistic nature, having solicited for and pro moted Crlttenton homes (for fallen women), Christ's Rescue Home work and Millennial Dawn work. Itev. Coon has been in the Spiritual istic lecture field for about seven years and was ordained a minister of that church at New Era camp, by Harrison D. Barrett, president of the National Spiritualistic association. His home is San Francisco, and most of his pub lic life has been spent In California, his residence for many years, while associated with orthodoxy, being at San Jose. Like the great majority of Spiritual ists, Rev. Coon is neither an Infidel nor an atheist, but Is a devoted ad herent of the Bible, regarding It as "the greatest work on Spiritualism ever written." Parlor meetings were held Wednes day and Thursday nights, addressed by Rev. Coon, at the home of W. O. Hodder, on the north side, and a third meeting will be held tonight at the same plact. At Hendricks' Hall. Tomorrow (Saturday) night the first of a series ot public meotlngs will be held In Hendricks' hall by Rev. and Mrs. Coon, beginning at 8 o'clock sharp. No admission will be charged, and the general public Is in vited to attend. GOOD PRICE FOR LAND. Kmfkm In Adams County SWIm for f 11,000. A deal was closed in Walla Walla today by which Fred Ingalls of Adams county disposed of his farm In that county, comprising one section, says the Walla Walla Statesman. The pur chaser was O. Schwank of Freewater, the price paid being $14,000. The property Is snld to be among the best whent land In eastern Washington. POWER IN THE EQUITABLE Changes in Management Were Made But Did Not Correct the Trouble. IMPORTANT TESTIMONY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. Rendered by an Albany Attorney for Many Yours an Employe ot the In surance ConiMuies Being Investigat ed Special Investigators of the Bureau of Commerce and Labor Have Opened an Off loo In Chicago, and It Is Rumored Uie Standard Oil's Relations With Uie Railroads, and "Pluggers" Are Being Investigated. New York, Nov. 10. William Barnes, sr., of Albany, 40 years an at torney, voluntarily appeared to tes tify In the insurance investigation this morning. He said he was employed by various thsurance companies at different times, and told how frequently he has recommended a change In the man agement of the companies. In a tir ade against the Equitable he declared the changes made did not change at all, but asserted that one man power still remains. Investigation at Chicago. Chicago Nov. 10. Dr. E. D. bur and, Herbert D. brown, S. E. Schlnd ler and F. L. Hawes, special investi gators of the bureau of commerce and labor, have opened headquarters in this city to conduct an Investigation about which much secrecy Is main lat den. It Is rumored the Standard Oil's re lations with the railroads Is subject to Investigation. They are also said to be Investigat ing the alleged attempt to pack the recent rate convention. All Inquiries are met by reference to Commissioner UaifleiaV ' ST. PAUL IS ON FIRE. Lush of Salvage Will Be Greek Will Go In Fleers Rapidly. Eureka, Cat, Nov. 10. Firo last night destroyed what remained of the wrecked steamer St. Paul, whlcn went ashore on Point Gorda early In Octo ber. Captain Iverson of the stoamer Pasadena, reports this morning that when he passed the St. Paul early last evening she was ablaze from oijm to stern. Many thousands ot dollars In salvage were aboard the craft, and i Is supposed Borne one ot thu wrecking crew accidentally upset a lamp The vessel will now -apidly go in pieces. Part of tho Saloon's MbMion. Walla Walla, Nov. 10. While the 8-months-old baby of a woman named Dorrance was crying pitifully from hunger and cold, all afternoon yester day In a room of tho Bee Hive lodg ing house, its mother was having a drunken revel In tho rear of a down town saloon. The landlady ot the Bee Hive telephoned to the police, and the officers, after a brief nearch, found the Dorrance woman In her shameful condition of debauchery and placed her In the city Jail. The father of the child, who is a drunken loafer about town, will be placed In Jail also as soon as the police can find him. Three Trainmen Killed. Blueflelds, W. Va Nov. 10. A freight train was wrecked and three trainmen killed this morning Dear here. CASE OF DIPHTHERIA. May Render Necessary the Cloeaos; of School Room. Another cose of diphtheria has been reported, and the little girl having tho disease Is from the same room in the east end school that two former cases have been reported. The latest case Is that of the Mttle daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Raymond, living at the corner of Main and High streets. She is said to have been 111 at school yesterday, and this morning the cass was declared to be diphtheria by Dr. W. O. Cole. In view of the fact that three eases of the disease have now occurred among children of the same school room, it is probable that the room will be ordered cloned by the board and precautions taken to prevent a spread of the contagion. Tho room Is the one taught by Miss Eva Froome. The other cases were those of ths child of Mr. and Mrs. Young, which proved fatal, and ot the child of Mr. and Mrs. James Jones, reported a few days ago. Four hundred and eighty-two em ployes of the Furniture Exhibition company, of Chicago, which occupies an eight-story building, had narrow escapes by the burning of the build ing. Four weru badly Injured. Only perfect organization and promptitude In clearing the building, prevented holocaust.