DA1LYEVENINGEDITI0N
WEATHER FORECAST. .
. Showers' tonight; showers - and
cooler Saturday.
. People v.ho':buy and people who
r sell are . brought together through
Intelligent advertising. It Is the
v chief .means, ot .Introduction,
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(Gat-field .Exonerate Oil Exam
iners if rom Charge of Fa
woriag Standard'jOil.
: MEBmK.vnmi : resigned
:FHOM NAVAL, ACADEMY.
Secretary i ot the Navy Makes a Com
; promise With Jlw.Cadet Who Was
Accused of Renting a Comrade to
! Death: liu.al ViKbtuaiht .the. Academy
Will Hereafter Git Alimg Without
Ilini Important .issue Han Arisen
. In lUiution. to. the. System to lie
Followed 111 .Muklug Repair l'Mn
.War .VeasulslDuElng: the' Past Two
Yearn.
' Washington, : March . 30. Commls-
Muner Garfield and .other officials
. deny . absolutely the San Francisco
i story that , the department. Inspected
California Kill so as to exclude all but
the. Standard, andrfsven. that company.
:N"0itest: is required by. the regulations.
'.McriwxiaHtcr Allowed to Resign.
Washington, March SO. Secretary
Bonn parte ttbls morning commuted
the sentence of Midshipman Merl
wustsKr.siul then acoppted his resig
nation. Merlweather was sentenced
to detention upon - the academy
grounds . for one year' .because of the
death -of midshipman Branch being
.attributed 'M injuries -received In a
matched fright.
'NavyWafHH No Juok Pile.
'Washington. D. a, March 3d. The
navy department Is disposed to resist
the plan f :placlng a limit of cost
upon repairs -of steel vessels. In the
case of woollen ships this restriction
equals 10 per cent of the cost of the
new -vessel, and any such rule applied
to steel vessels would praetlcally pro
hibit the current work of -is-lteratlon,
which may mm" be done onboard the
battleships nnd armored cruisers
without sperhil -authority of -congress.
The 10 per cent limitation would
interfese with nil of the tuwer pro
jects Tor naval repair, such as that
recently accomplished on the 'hidlana
and now proposed "for the XVuwtuchu
setts at he Brooklyn nary -yard.
Bear Admiral Cajp, the cluW con
structor of the nary. Is of the nfnlon
that the limitation Khould not aw less
than 30 per cent, aiid most of ithe
naval .experts believe that no special
advantages Is -to be derived from taw
ing a tlailt of cost applied to repKiiw
of ptael -vesstils. unlew, of course,
congress 1s willing to maintain a
large rnten rw" and aJd new ships,
to the active son Ice each y ear to take
tti nla nt fVinnA unt t.i Ihfl liinlr
tlpnn. The Hniltsflon is itmnnsprl ns(
a provision In the next nam I appro
priation act. end if It is enacted Into
law It Is likely there will lc much
embarrassment of the service.
CAVSH OF DEATH KKTABLIM1ED.
McVli'iir Was Killed by Morphine .and
Chloral.
Stockton, Cal., March 30. Albert
N. McVlcar came to his death froaj
morphine and chloral poisoning. Cor
oner Southworth this morning receiv
ed the following from Roy It. Rogers,
chemist of San Francisco:
"Examination of the stomach, pan
crea and liver disclosed a small quan
tity of chloral and a large quantity of
.morphine. Persistent efforts to find
cryanlde of potassium result In positive
proof of Its absence."
'o morphine or chloral was found
la JlcVlcar'a or Mrs. Ledoux's effects.
Th Inquest will be held this after
noon. The defense will probably be
that lrs. Ledoux did not administer
the poison, but It will probably bo
admitted she did put the body In the
trunk.
MILLS X)R WALLA WALLA.
Woolen Man Now Looking Over the.
Field There.
Walla Walla, March SO. A chance
to secure the erection of a large
woolen mill has been offered to Wal
la Walla. The proposition has been
presented to the Walla Walla Com
mercial club by John P. Wilbur, su
perintendent of the Union Woolen
mills located at Union, Ore. -
In a letter to Secretary McDonald
Mr. Wilbur states that he contem
plates the establishment of a woolen
mill cither In eastern Oregon or
Washington. He says he had heard so
much recently of Walla Walla and as
It had been suggested to him It would
be one of the best cities In the coun
try to locate such an establishment,
he had concluded to lay the subject
before the people of thlB city, .
A negro confined In a detention
cell on the county farm near Coral-
cana, Texas, set fire to the cell In an
effort to make an escape. He and
four other occupants of the detention
house were burned to death.
Negro Fought the llauKdnn.
Baltimore, March SO. This
morning disorder prevails at
Towson, the county seat of Bal
timore county, where the auth
orities are endeavoring to hang
a negro, Isaac Winder, the mur
derer who a few weeks ago kill
ed an aged toll gate keeper
named Relnhardt. The excited
mob tore down the barricade
about the Jail yard, the police
being unable to cope. The trees
and housetops are filled with
masses of people. The crowd Is
so dense the sheriff Is as yet
unnblo so execute the prisoner.
Later. Winder was hanged at'
11:40. He struggled and
fought until beaten Into submis
sion, and was placed over the
trap by force.
WILL INSTALL
THE WIRELESS
GOVERNMENT WILL BUM
A STATION AT NORTH HEAD.
Another on Tatoosh Island, According
to the Instructions of the Secretory
of the Navy The Material I Now
Being Manufactured Site for (lie
Other Stations ticketed at Caie
Illaiiro ami Table Bluff When
Completed Will Connect Through
With Station at San Diego.
Olympla, Wash., March 30. The
government hr.s puirhad cqulpmoirt
for wireless telegraph stations for
Is'orlh Head, near the mouth of the
Columbia and for Tatoosh Island. so
wrltea the secretary of the nary to
Acting Governor Coon.
Secretary Bonaparte Incloses a re
port from the chrlef of the bureau of
equipment of the navy department.
which states that the masts for them
stations are now being built at tHe
Puget Round navy yard.
The Tatoosh Island station Is In
tended to communicate with the
North Head station, and one to be
erected In the vicinity of Admiralty
Head nnd with vessels equipped with
telegraph sets at Intermediate -points.
SHes "have also been selected for sta
tions at Cape Blanco and Table Bluff.
Stations will bo connected with lo
oa! telegraph nnd telephone lines
wherever practicable. When com
pleted as designed there will be an
Intercommunicating chuln from San
Diego to Admiralty Head, to which
chain Mare Island and the Puget
Sound nary yard will have connec
tions. This chain is being built as
rapidly as funds will permit It during
the next fiscal yeax.
ORGANIZE FOR TEMPERANCE.
;ctlie Campaign to Me Started In
Eastern Washington.
The Anti-Saloon league of Wash
ington . Is planning for monster tem
perance rallies to be held In eastern
Washington the latter part of April,
and according to the plans now -under
consideration the first one will be nt
Spokane, says the Walla Walla States
man. The entire state force of lecturers
of the league, headed by President E.
H, Cherrtngtnn, Is to be In Spokane,
and addreswa on the temperance
movement may be delivered on Sun.
day morning and evening from the
pulpits of every church In the city
that It Is possible to enlist In the
movement.
"' After tho close of the rnlly the
league may try to enlist as many
voters ns possible, and before the dato
for holding conventions It is desired
to have enough votes pledged to the
movement to Influence the nomina
tion of good, clean men for every of
fice, both In tho county nnd on the
legislative ticket.
A similar rally Is planned to be
held in Walla Walla early In May and
In other cities during the month.
SALE OF THE WILD GOOSE.
Purchase Also Include the Nome
Wharf, by Major French.
Senttle, March 30. News has
reached here of the sale of the Wild
Goose railway at Nome to Major L.
S. French, representing . the Kou
grock Ditch Mining company, and
also tho purchase of the Nome wharf
by the same parties from J. H. Mex
son. John Roscne of the Northwest
ern Steamship company, Is supposed
to have engineered the deal.
CHARGED WITH LOOTING DANK.
Note TcHer National Hank of North
America In Limbo.
New York,- March 80. Joseph F.
Turner, note teller of the National
Bank of North America And captain
of the national guard, was committed
to the Tombs this morning without
ball, on a charge ot larceny of $34,'
000, the bank officer being the com.
platnanta.
OPERATORS nnD MINERS ARE
DISCUSSING WRY PRASE
Cabinet and President Hold a Session Roosevelt Advised
Not to Interfere, But Await Possible Agreement.
'TIio Coal Murkcts and Exchange, and Some Eastern Railroads Feel the
Deprrwdou of Uncertainty Possible That Term May He Made 'Par
tially Stilling the Problem, by Individual Oiieratnrs Signing up on Their
Own Responsibility; Authoritative! y stilted Thut at Least Half the Op
erators Would Do So Iowa Operators Arc Willing to Sign Up Also.
Washington, March 30. The cabi
net this afternoon adjourned after
two hours and a half discussion of the
coal situation. Lneb announced that
the president had not yet answered
the operators' telegram, and proba
bly no step will be taken In the mat
ter today.
If the president follows the cabi
net's advice he will not interfere with
the coal situation. It Is understood
he was counseled it would be Inad
visable to appoint an intermediary
commission now. It was pointed out
the miners and operators have not
exhausted all means to avert a strike.
Washington, March 30. The presi
dent has received a telegram from
Mitchell and Rohblns declaring- that
at ieast SO per cent of the operators
are nilltng to sign the scale demand
ed by the miners. This Is taken to
mean the miners believe there Is no
cause ns yet for the president's In
terference. Later. Mitchell Is definitely re
corded as favoring emphatically,
Robblns plan of work, and the re
establishment of the 1903 scale, and
substantiated the statement to Pres
ident Roosevelt that 50 per cent of
the coal tonnage of the county also
fuvurs it.
By Individual Districts.
Indianapolis. March 30. A com
munication from the operators re
tarding jn appeal to the president
was considered at the miners' confer
ence this morning and filed for fu
ture reference.
The question of signing the scale
In Judrridual districts, as asked by
Operator F. L. Robblns, who offers
to restore the 1903 scale, was taken
up and dlscvssed.
Cause irf High Coal Prlrm.
Mitchell said: "It Is not a personal
but a public question,- whether Harri
mnn owns both the Illinois Central
railroad ead tho Madison Coal com
pany."
F. L. Robblns said: "Higher
prices of coal depend more on the
railroad and their desire to destroy
competition, than any other factor."
Mitchell then replied: "I believe
Bobbins' statement to be a fact. He
being one of the biggest operators,
should know whereof he speaks."
Mitchell made a long speech, dis
cussing at length the resolution to
sign an Individual scale. He said he
had telegrams from operators whose
Interests were to vote against settle
ment, stiylng that if the Pittsburg
Coal company continues to operate
at an advance their mines, they would
also do so. Ho expressed regard for
those whose Judgment differs from
his, and referred to the attack yes
terday upon him by Parker. He said
If the miners do not believe In his
personal Integrity and Judgment as
to what Is best for them he should be
sent home relieved of responsibility.
Iowa Oiierators Willing.
Des Moines, March 30. Tho oper
ators and mine workers of Iowa this
afternoon nt a meeting here will sign
on agreement If the 1903 scale Is
adopted by the Indlannpolls conven
tion. J.fcn t:?, v'.j iim
Discontinue 21 Trains.
Saginaw, Mich., March 30. The
Pere Marquette road has discontinued
21 trains on various lines In Michigan
on account of the threatened coal
strike nnd Inability to store coal for
more than 30 days, and has confis
cated all coal found.
Conl Advanced in New York.
New York, March 30. The anthra
cite operators are In constant commu
nication with Baer, awaiting anx-
ECHO EAGLES' PICNIC APRIL 29-MAY 1
Plans are now being made by the
Echo Eagles for a grand picnic to be
held In their town on April 29, and
May 1. E, H. Brown and F. Craft,
two members of the picnic committee,
have been here today for the purpose
of engaging the Pendleton Eagles
band for the occasion, and also to
make arrangements for other attrac
tions. The band will notify the com
mittee next Wednesday In regard to
their acceptance of the offer. .
Sunday, April 29, will be memorial
day for the Eagles, and services will
be conducted at the church In Echo.
lotisly the reply of Mitchell to Baer's
telegram a'sklng If It la so that he has
ordered the anthracite miners to stop
work Monday. - Retail dealers today
ordered an advance of 31 per ton on
anthracite.
Favorable News at Ne wYork.
New Tork, March 30. News on the
stock exchange from the bituminous
meetings are construed favorably,
which has Induced confident buying
and as a result the market has hard
ened. Only Loral Strikes Possible.
Indianapolis, March 30. The con
vention this afternoon adopted a res
olution under which there will be no
strike anywhere except where local
mine operators refuse to sign the 1903
scale. It refers only to the bitumi
nous situation.
Vice-President Lewis spoke against
the Robblns proposition, because he
aid when the operator is compelled
to sign, It will ultimately reduce
wages.
Mitchell wired an answer to Baer
saying that If there Is no agreement
prior to April 1, all anthracite miners,
except men to man the pumps and
preserve property will quit work. He
also, told Baer he Is now waiting in
response to a suggestion for a Joint
meeting Tuesday.
SUIT FOR 'DAMAGES.
Father of Harr Tenny Prosecutes
Athletic Clnb.
San FranclRco, March 30. The
father of Harry Tenny, who died as a
result of a fight' with Frankie Nell,
today brought suit against the Asso
ciated Athletic club, known as the
"fight trust," for 3100,000 damages
for the death of the young fighter.
Among those who ore party to the
suit are Coffroth. Craney, Levy and
Koch- IWL
WANT NON-PARTISAN COUNCIL.
Wonld Aiply the Imperative Mandate
at Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, March 30. A move
ment was started this morning to re
call all the nine members of the city
council and elect non-partisan, mem
ebrs In their places, as a result of the
council voting to give away a railroad
right of way for three miles on pe
tition of E. W. Gllmore, a local con
tractor, acting for an unknown cor
poration.
IDAHO UNIVERSITY BURNED.
Mosoow, Idaho, March 30. Hie
imiui building of tho Idaho Slate uni
versity was destroyed by fire curly
this morning. Fire wns discovered by
the night wiitchiiiiin at 2 o'clock.
It started in the girls' rcxt room fol
lowing the lutwnllcgliite debate lust
night, l.iws S:l00,mm, with $100,000
insurance.
WILL STRIKE AT OAKLAND,
Not Relieved Powdble That on Agree
ment Can Be Made.
Oakland, March 30, President
Mahon and local officials of the Car
men's union are In executive session
today, preparing a formal proposition
to be submitted to the traction cqm
pany. Arbitration will be suggested.
It Is not believed tho company will
acept, and a strike Is Inevitable,
Special Grand Jury Ordered.
New York, March 30. Justice
Dowllng, of the supreme court, order
ed a special grand Jury this morning
to Investigate the Insurance officials.
Rev. Dewcese will officiate and 3. T.
Hlnkle will deliver the memorial ad
dress. On the following day the picnic wilt
bo held. Among the attractions for
the day will be a hub and hub hose
race, a ."ring" race, ball game and
other sports. It Is not known yet
with whom the ball games will be
played, but negotiations are being
carried on with Athoa. Heppner and
La Grande. Cloyd Oliver, manager of
the team, hat raised a subserlptlo
of 3260 with which to start the season.
Thirteen Survivors In Mine.
Lenz, France, March ' 30.
Thirteen miners entombed In the
Courrlers mine at the time of
the disaster, March 10, were
taken out alive this morning by
a searching party exploring the
workings. They had lived 20 '
days with no light and little
air. With one exception, they
are well, but could not have
lived long. When cut off by
the explosion they took refuge
In the stable where the mules
are kept. They subsisted for
days on the lunches their dead
comrades took down the day of
the disaster, then on the grain
and water kept for the stock.
It is not believed possible there
are other survivors.
A NEW ASSOCIATION OF
BUSINESS MEN FORMED.
Will Work for Advancement of the
City and Tlielr Own Interests by
Taking Defensive Measures Against
Graft All Propositions Savoring of
- n Possibility of Being Impositions
Will He Carefully Examined by a
Responsible Committee, and Re
ported Upon.
At the second meeting of the Bus!
ncss Men's association held in the
Commercial association rooms last
night, by-laws were adopted and per
manent officers elected. The Dy-laws
were drawn by a committee consist
ing of M. A. Rader, C. E. Oray and J.
V. Tallmnn. After they can be got
ten Into proper form they will be
signed by those desiring membership
in the association. All merchants of
the city are eligible to membership.
At the election of permanent offic
ers the following were chosen for the
ensuing term: T C. Taylor, presi
dent; R. Alexander, vice president;
J j. G. Frazier, secretary, and J. V.
Tallman, treasurer.
The object of the association la as
announced previously, and In general
Is to work for the advancement of the
business interests of the city and the
mutual protection of the members.
One of the main objects of the as
sociation is to protect the members
from needless subscriptions and from
advertising grafts. Hereafter all sub
scriptions not of a political or religious
nature, and all outside advertising
scnemes will be referred to an execu
tive committee which consists of M.
A. Rador, W. J. Clarke, C. E. Roose
velt, Henry Harrison and E. J. Mur
phy. It is mutually understood that
unless this committee sanctions an en
terprise, the members of the associa
tion will not patronize the same.
However, the approval of the com
mittee does not In any way bind the
members to support an undertaking.
NEIGHBORS FIGHT AT KVMEI.A.
Children nnd Sheep Said to Be Hc
SiMinslble for a Feud.
Trouble Is raging at Kameln on, l
from the accounts that have been re
vived from there a feud Is rrnrlni.
that promises to rival those of the
JJarK and Bloody nround."
According to accounts, the tronhin
In the neighborhood Is of lnnsr stanrt.
Ing and started originally through
school children quarrels. Later It
grew into family fights until almost
tho entire neighborhood was Involved.
Yesterday a general melee occurred,
In which about a dozen men, women
and children took part, rocks and
other missiles being freely used.
This morning Mr. and Mrs. W. .T.
Newcomb appeared before District At
torney Phelps for the Dumose of mull
ing a complaint against some of their
Deiugerent neighbors. They declare
that one of the McCovs had heen
driving some sheep on their land, and
mat wnen they ordered him off n
general fight followed. Their appear
ances indicated such to the district at
torney. ,
However, as the affair was a neigh
borhood quarrel and one In which he
held all to be partly at fault, the dis
trict attorney did not Issue any war
rants. Instead, he has written severe
letters to tho various Dartles Involved.
telling them that should further trou-
Die result ne win prosecute all offen
ders. Also, he broadlv hlntert thn tho
county finances would be Improved
should he be required to do so.
It Is said the trouble at Kamelo. has
grown so bitter that Bhould it con
tinue bloodshed may result.
Failure of a Clew.
Minneapolis, March 30. The at
tempt to connect Petro StoJa with the
murder of six Bulgarians has failed.
The funerals were held today. StoJa
Is sold to have been the leader of a
band of which the dead were mem
bers, but declares they were not of
his party.
OFFICERS
BYLAWS
CHOSEN
m in
MARK THE TRAIL
Will Be Erected and Dedicated
Tomorrow Near the West
End of Webb Street.
PROCESSION WILL START
FROM EZRA MEEKER'S CAMP.
Monument Paid for by Popular Sub
scription, Under Auspices of the
Commercial Association Planned
to Have a Large Number of School
Children Attend Tills Commemora
tive Event Col. Ruley Will Deliver
the Dedicatory Address Pioneer
Meeker's Lecture Wag Entertaining,
Instructive and Largely Reminis
cent. With appropriate services a monu
ment will be placed tomorrow fore
noon at the west end of Webb street,
where the old Immigrant trail crosses
the road leading to Camas Prairie.
The ceremony will occur at 11 o'clock,
and all who can attend are asked to
Join the procession which will start
at 10:30 from Ezra Meeker's camping
ground back of the East Oregonian
building.
At a meeting of the board of man
agers of the Commercial association
held late yesterday afternoon, Mr.
Meeker told of his plans for erecting
small monuments at various places
along the old Immigrant trail In order
to mark the historic route. At a
number of the places through which
he has already passed this has been
done by popular subscription. Since
his arrival here he had found that a
suitable tablet could be placed at the
Junction of the old road with Webh,
street for about 125. i
After Mr. Meeker had presented!
his proposition, Dr. C. J. Smith moved
that the same be accepted by the
board of managers, and that a sub
scription be raised to defray the ex
pense. The motion was carried and,
each member present subscribed fl
towards the fund, and the rest was se
cured later from other parties.
Dr. Smith, who is a member of the"
school board, also said he would take
steps to have as many Bchool children)
as possible attend! the dedication
ceremonies.
Colonel J. H. Raley will deliver the
dedication address tomorrow fore
noon. He was selected for the, honor
because he crossed the plains with
his parents when but a child, and has
been a resident of the county ever
since.
Lecture Was Appreciated. '
Last night Ezra Meeker delivered
a lecture In the circuit court room, at
the court house and a good sized audi
ence was present. The most of the
lecture was devoted to a narration of
the Journey across the plains in the
early days. Many Interesting Incidents
were described, and the stereoptlcon
views showing scenes along the trail
greatly helped the program.
LEVEE BROKE ON SAN JOAQUIN
Thousands of Acres of Valuable
Lands Flooded.
Lodl, Cal., March 30. Mokelumne
levee, near Sacramento, on the San
Joaquin border, broke during the
night. Thousands of acres of wheat
and pasture lands are flooded. The
cut Is a quarter of a mile long.
WILL TAP SALMON RIVER.
Burlington Ditch Company Will Se
cure larger Water Supply.
In order to secure a sufficient sup
ply of water to Irrigate their magni
ficent tract of arid land in the north
part of Umatilla county, the Burlln
game Ditch company of Gardena, is
now making application to the United
States government for permission to
tap the Salmon river, which heads In
the Wenaha forest reserve, for the
purpose of Increasing the flow In
their Immense ditch which Is now
about complete.
The ditch now heads at the Walla
Walla river, and owing to the vast
number of other ditches taking water
from that stream, the Burlingamo
ditch company that the supply from
the Walla Walla river will not alwayi
be sufficient for the large area of land
under thel rdltch.
Salmon river Is practically unused
and will afford an Inexhaustible sup
ply of mountain water. By extending
a canal a few miles Into the Blue
mountains, the Burllngame people
could tap the head waters of Salmon
river and thus secure a perpetual sup
ply. Land under the Burllngame ditch la
very valuable, one seven-acre tract
selling for $150 per acre, and othor
tracts have recently sold for like
prices.
May I an election will be held at
Nampa to vote on a 120.000 school
bond proposition. The old school
building north of the tracks will be
abandoned and razed.