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mmmt'h m . y -iimiili. i TF rtY,.. ""JT ' . DAIIY EVENING EDITION DA1LYEVEHINGEDITI0N WEATHER FORECAST. People who buy and people who ell are brought together through Intelligent advertising. It Is the chief means of Introduction. Fair and cooler tonight; Thurs day fair and wanner. VOL. 19. PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APKIL 11, 1906. NO. 5639 IE T If the Government Acquiesces Soldiers Will Be Brought ' From Fort Walla Walla. driving or stock mky PRECIPITATE TROUBLE. TVm Familiar With the Indians and With iftmdltiona Hero Ridicule the Idea of an Outbreak Being Deemed Posnib-ki Petition Huh Been Signed Cp .Requesting Edwards' Removal Colonel Italcy Offer a Solution for the Itirriculty and Says It Will Be iRoadted by Tliree County High ways. That soldiers will be brought to the Umatilla reservation from Fort Walla W-ulla'to assist Major Edwards In -preserving order, Is now almost certalau Thta afternoon It was learned by 'phone from the agency office that a special request for troops haa been made to the government by Major Edwards, and that a reply by wire Is -expected momentarily. At that time Major Edwards was absent on the reservation, and waa not expected home until evening or tomorrow morning. However, Miss Edwards, sister -of -the agent, stated that the request -was made so as to be prepared for any possible uprising. Under the rules df the 'government an agent may call lor troops at any time In case of ac tual trouble. However, In order to have the soldiers In advance of an outbreak, special permission Is nec essary. This is what has been asked for by 'Major Edwards, and It Is pre sumed his request will doubtless be nt onee sent to the agency frotm the post at Walla Walla. Thus far there has been no actual 'outbreak of any kind upon the res ervation. However, In his recent tel egram to the department Major Ed wards expressed a fear of a oamfllot In 'case ranchers attempted to drive their cattle across the reservation. Also, 'the Indians themselves say that there is danger of the agent being killed by irresponsible members ol the tribe. Ask Edwards' Removal. Aa an outcome of the grievances which the Indians have been storing up against Major Edwards, almost ever since his arrival here a petition asking- for his removal has been drawn and signed by 89 members of the tribe. The paper was drawn up by J. T. Hlnkle, and sets forth numerous and -various faults on the part of the agent. Among otljer things, It alleges thnt he uses his pistol too freely, swear and Is personally disagreeable. That he shot dogs belonging to the Indians without sufficient reason. forced some of the tribe to have their hair cut against their will, and oer- mlrtefl cattle and horses to be taken across the reservation contrary to the orders of the department. IV) Not IVar Indian War. Among those who are familiar with the conditions on the reservation, the Idea of any trouble with tho Indians Is treated as a Joke. They declare there are no Hitting Dulls or other war chiefs to lend the Umatlllus to battle, and consequently do not look for any fk4d campaign. However, the presence of bluecoats on the res ervation would lend an air of Inter est that the -place has lacked for many yearn, and the soldiers would doubtless make a hit, should they come. County Itonris Hie Solution. According to Colonel J. H. Raley. who has represented the cattlemen In their contentions, the solution of the present difficulty will be forthcoming when the three proposed county roads! are ordered. Petitions nsking for' these roads will be presented at the! next term of county court and will be acted on fovorahly by that body. Then, should the local agent and the department approve of the roads, they will bo made county highways, and so open to any kind of travel. At present the proposition of driv ing cnttlc across Is all In the air through conflicting reports that have been given the department. Several days ago a special order was wired allowing John Todd to drive his cat tle across. Also, a general order per mitting cattle to cross undor certain Labor lcotler Hung Hlmnelf. Ogden, April 11. John Cros by, formerly prominent In Utah labor circles, aged SO and sin gle, hanged himself last night and was found this morning. This was the third attempt In one month, caused by melan-cholly. N DWARDS WANTS ROUPS ed f.. O wards. However, he has since re ceived orders by wire not to act on the general order until further advis ed by the department Reply Has Arrived. At 3:30 this afternoon It was learn ed on good authority that a reply had come to Major Edwards from the government at Washington. However, owing to pool telephone communica tions the contents could not be 'phoned to the agency office at the time. Neither would the local West? em Union people admit receiving the message. Vxrox rciFic won. City Election In Tacoma a Fight Be tween Railroads. L. F. MoConlho, of Tacoma, arriv ed In the city last night to be here for a week. Mr. "McConlhe Is the con sulting -engineer for the Rose Land company, which Is now engaged In sinking artesian wells and pumping wells In 'the Moxle valley, says the North Yakima 'Republic. ' Mr. McConlhe was In Tacoma on election day, when Wright waa chosen mayor of the city over R. L. McCor- miek. He says It was the hottest election 'that Ira ever went through. "It waa really a fight between Jim Hill and the Union Pacific," said Mr. McConlhe, "and the latter people were the bst spenders. The night before election the Union Pacific turned over to the chairman of the democratic committee 15000 In 120 gold pieces, and told the boys to spend It on Wright, and If they needed any more to draw. Sammy Perkins," contin ued "Mr. McConlhe, "hasn't got over his defeat yet He Is the aorlest. man In Tacoma." OWNERS REJECT FORMER WOULD LIMIT THE RANGE OF INOUIHY. Miners Want to Tliym ll Details of Contention Hef ore the Commission! Which Acted as Intermediary In 1902 The Owners Will Only Sub mit to Tills When Many of tlie Is sue at Stake Are Eliminated From Arbitrament. New York. April 11. The miners' counter proposition presented yester day afternoon Is said to be to throw .the contention Into the hands of the same commission which adjusted the differences In 1902, consisting of Judge Gray, General Wilson, E. E. Clark. Thomas H. Walking, Bishop Spauldlng, Carroll D. Wright and E. W. Parker. The conference then adjourned, af ter a brief session, to meet again Thursday. Declined by Operators. New York, April 11. The anthra clte operators at conference with the mlneworkers today, declined a prop ualtlon to have a conciliation board arbitrate all grievances submitted by the wageworkers and made a counter jtmipnsltlon that the commission ap- fainted by President Roosevelt in 1905 be required to decide whether any .changes of the condition In the hand .coal region has occurred, which will require an award of the commis sion to be modified. The mlneowners limited the Inquiry to tw grievances, those of wages and the method for the adjustment of complaints. fnifwor Sliulrr Dcnd. Boston, April 11. Nathaniel Sha ler, geologist, and dean of the Law rence Scientific school, died of pneu monia today. Will Appeal to Roosevelt. Kansas City, April 11. The South western Coal Operators' association at a meeting today decided to appeal to President Roosevelt to help effect a settlement of the difficulties between the operators and bituminous miners now out In the semthwest. Railroad Shop on Half Time. Meadville, Pa., April 11. All the departments of the Erie railroad shops were put on half timo today on account of the coal strike. PLEASURE BOAT WAS WRECKED. ISoatnum Wax Killed, Hut Ten Women PasHciigcr Were Saved. San Diego, Cal April 11. A glass bottomed boat containing a party of 10 women was dunned on the rocks In the cavo near Jajolla, at 11 this morning. An Italian named Tony, who had charge of the boat, was thrown against the rocks and killed. One woman had her Jaw broken 4.-id another an arm. All wero rescued from the water. CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET. Quotations From the Greatest Wheat Center In the World. Chicago, April 11. Wheat closed today at 79, corn at 46 3-8, and oats at 32. restrictions was mailed u. O.jor Ed ME EM VOMITINGS F 1 Thousands Lose Their lives, While 50,000 Are Homeless. The City of Naples is in Danger. Pandemonium Reigns In all tho Surrounding Districts, Which Are Filled Willi Starving, Desperate Refugees American Tourists Booking From London for the Scene of Horror Sand, Ashen, Lava and Boiling Water Are Bclclicd From Different Crat Works All Collapse In the General Naples, April 11. The eruption of Vesuvius this morning appears In creasing In violence. The Inhabitants have completely abandoned Ottajano. At Torre Annunzlata affairs are re suming normal conditions, but the ejections of sand are expected to drive the populace away. Naples Is th Mecca of tourists. Two Thousand Lives Lost. Naples, April 11. It is estimated that 200 lives were lost as a result of the eruptions, while the property loss Is estimated at $$., Three hundred bodies have already been re covered. The manufacturing town of Sarnor Is overwhelmed with ejecta, and lava has wrecked the hamlet of Sangenn- tro. At Somma cinders and ashes six feet deep are In the streets, and the debris reaches' the third story win dows In San Gulsseppe, Stories brought from the scenes by soldiers and rescuers are dramatic in the extreme, being franght with ter rifying picture. I-ava Reaches Pompeii. Five hundred are killed between Ottajano and San Oulsseppe, and the lava has reached Pompeii. Pogglo. Marino Is burled nnder ashes. Town of Sarno 7etroyed. The newspapers assert that Sarno, a town of 10,009, hi destroyed. It con tained one castle, factories, sulphur hatha, etc Worse Yet to Come. Naples, April 11. Engineers refuse to take out railway trains because of the darkness. All 'traffic In this city Is suspended. The volcano's calm is over. Ex plosions are increasing In number and Intensity and many new craters are forming. The Instruments record the most severe subterranean agitation. This Information comes from Mattecucl, the Intrepid scientist, from his post on the side of the mountain, who adds that he thinks the worst is yet to come. Lava is again on the move down all sides of the mountain. Naples In Endangered. It Is believed this city Is In the greatest danger. The people are pos itively mad. All business Is at a standstill. The poorer classes are fighting madly for places In the churches to prostrate themselves at the altars. All shipping is preparing to leave the harbor and the number of vessels Is wholly Inadequate to take the people away. Hundreds of tour ists are marooned, unable to leave. Every householder has been ordered to clear ashes from his roof, to pre vent collapses and fire. The passage of wheeled vehicles Is prevented by drifts of ashes. Hope for Thousand Abandoned. All hope for the people who Insist - ed on remaining near Vesuvius, Is abandoned. Refugees tell of scores burled alive, slightly Injured, doomed to death by suffocation. In many places entire families were found dead, kneeling about their humble shrine, slain at prayer by deadly gases. The terrible beauty and mag nificence of the eruption at night is beyond the power of tongue to scribe. Advices this afternoon say that 50' houses and three churches In Somma hall Is! threatened with destruction. Rerun.. I sii y that houses continue falling In Ottnjnno, Many Towns In Ruins. In all towns of that neighborhood the buildings are either In ruins or tottering. Thousands of refugees in Castellnmnre, near the foothills, tell of a terrific hurricane which struck Torre Del Greco. The refugees are covered with dust and In a pitiable condition. The storm Is accompanied by rain and showers of stones as large as eggs. The most terrifying news Is reach ing this city from points throughout the district surrounding Ottajano. All reports Indicate that an enormous area Is hurled beneath ashes and cin ders. The scenes at Ottajano when the first victims were unearthed ther!, were most terrible. The posi tions of the bodies showed the victims hud died while In a state of great terror, the faces being convulsed with fear. 1 ers Churches, Markets and Public Destruction. Three bodies were In the confes sional of the fallen churches. One body, of an old woman, was sitting with the right arm raised as though to ward off the advancing, danger. A eecona, mat or a cnim 8 years old, was found' in a position which Indi cated the child had fallen with a lit tle dog close to It and died with Its arms raised to protect Itself and Its pet from the crumbling ruins. A third body, that of a woman, was re duced to an unrecognizable mass, CruiJied When Giving Thanks. Just previous to the market disas ter, a religious procession was passing through the streets, the people giving thanks for their deliverance and averting what appeared to be pending greater disaster. The market cover. ed 800 feet square, roofed. The space within was surrounded by stalls filled with men, women and children, buy ing at that hour of the day when trade Is most brisk. laenuncation or oodles in many Instances is impossible. Many are reduced to pulp, and nearly all badly mutilated. , ine people are frantic, many at tributing the disaster to the fact that during the eruption yesterday they repudiated the saints and hurled an athemas In rage at their patron saints lor- deserting them. Renmnranees From Mattuccl. Aapies. April 11. Prof. Mattuccl endeavored to calm the city this eve ning by the following telegram: -ay situation was very grave throughout last night. Until noon to day the observatory was enveloped In dense showers of sand. The volcano is calmer now, and the seismic Instru ments show quieter records. Am con fident Vesuvius will soon return to normal condition." XaplcH Filled With Gloom. Naples, April 11. There Is gloom In every niche of the city. Refugees are parading, bearing lighted candles and crosses and chanting prayers. Mattuccl later telegraphed that his position and that of the cariblnets in tne observatory is most unpleasant and alarming, but he would remain as long as possible while food lasts. There Is trouble In many villages on account of difficulty of obtaining food. Prices have soared to enor mous heights. The military found Agovahova In a state of riot, the starving villagers turning the place into a perfect in ferno. . TcrzUnio Annihilated. Areola is threatened, and the cll inge of Terzlgno Is completely anni hilated. Probably 125 are dead there, and It Is thoughts 175 are dead at Ot tajano. Thirty children, panic stricken while being conveyed by sol- i dlers from Torre del Greco, fled Into the woods and were lost. It Is be lieved they perished under the ashes. Fifty shiploads of refugees reached , this city this morning. Seven Italian I warships are assisting In rescue. All places of public resort are closed. A mutiny of prisoners in the city prison was quelled. HcMiing Roiling Water. Somma crater Is now belching enormous quantities of boiling water, and there are now quakes at Ottlano- Xole. MllIlV ROlfllpru UIlH fliaman a- de-l.sent from Rome to this cltv. At lent 60,000 peoule are homeless. t,.,,,,u ii.i ... -... . ... " : ' "eanwnip com punies are busy with bookings for Naples. Tourists, especially Ameri cans, are rushing Into the danger In stead of keeping away from It. lYaycr at Washington. Washington, April 11. Prayer was offered In the house today by the chaplain for the victims of Vesuvius. He Invoked the divine blessing on the king and queen for their efforts to relieve the distress. AmIich Carried to Sicily. Nuples, April 11. Troops are try ing to clear debris from the streets, and prevent disorder which threatens to break out at any time. Ashes are carried as far as Sicily. MOTHER KILLS HER YOUNG SON Then Attempted Suicide by Turning on the Gas In a Locked Room. Los Angeles, April 11. Mrs. Kate P. Raymonds killed her son Frank, aged 14, at Hollywood, and attempt ed suicide by locking herself In a room and turning on the gas. Her husband Is an official at Washington. They lived In a fashionable suburb, In a handsome home. The woman at tempted to chloroform the boy a year ago. Mrs. Raymond Is Insane, Mrs. Raymond waa removed to the county hospital and a complaint of Insanity will be sworn to by the woman's hUBband, ' Frank K. Ray mond of the department of the in terior at Washington. The woman does not know she is under arrest. When told the boy was dead, she smiled and said: "Oh, I am so glad. Why wasn't I told before?" An Insanity complaint waa made against the woman two years ago, but was never served. She haa suffered from acute melancholia for several years. BEET CROP ENDANGERED, An Inch of Rain In Twenty-four Hours, at Ogden. Ogden, Utah, April 11. An Inch of rain has fallen In 24 hours. Unless It soon stops, the beet sugar crop will be a failure. Five Chickens Cost County $100. I Lewlston, April 11. Litigation for the possession of one yellow-legged rooster and five Plymouth Rock hens, which came up before the Justice court at Ipwal last week, will likely cost the county S100. The case has been transferred to the probate court and will come up for hearing tomor row afternoon. The case haa attract ed considerable attention in Lapwai where both parties are well known. ROADS POOLED PROVEN' BY CONTRACTS SIGNED BY OFFICIALS. The IVnusj Ivcr.la, Z. A O., C. & O. and New York Central Own and Control a Truffle AsHOcfeUlon Widen Divides the Carriage of Bituminous Coal on a Percentage Basis The Dock Dewey Is Reported as Adrift In the Ionian Sea. Philadelphia, April 11. The inter state commerce commission this af ternoon had before it the contracts and by-laws of the Tidewater Steam and Bituminous Coal Traffic associa tion, signed by President Roberts of the Pennsylvania road. Receiver Gow- an of the R St O., President Ingalls of the Chesapeake & Ohio, and Presi dent Chauncey Depew of the New York Central, as lessees of the Beach creek railroad, and i the officials of the Norfolk and Western, which di vided among the contracting roads according to a stated percentage, all the tonnage of soft coal to be moved to tidewater. IfcH-k Dewey Adrift. Washington .April 11. A report to the navy department says the dock Dewey has been adrift 24 hours be tween Malta and Messina. Work on Sweetwater Dam. Lewlston, April 11. Eighty teams and 125 men are at work on the dam on the Sweetwater now In course of construction by the Lewiston-Sweet-water Irrigation company. It is esti mated that the progress of the work will Justify the 'assertion that water can be turned into the big dam by the first of May. Work on ail lines on the contract Is now being rushed. The company has three miles of pipe stored at the Kettenbach warehouse, ready to be hauled to the ground when needed. This pipe will convey the water from the reservoir to the land to be put under Irrigation. SUIT FOR DIVORCE. PUiintiff Alleges Drunkenness and Neglect. After 20 yeurs of married life In this county. Alma A. Wilkinson has sued for divorce from William J. Wilkinson, the papers in the case be ing filed this morning by A. D. Still man. According to the complaint tho two were married on June 30, 1885, and have two children, a daughter aged 19 and a son aged 17 It Is claimed by the plaintiff that within the last two years the defendant has become ad dicted to drinking and has frequently been grossly drunk. During this time he failed to provide for the com forts and necessities of home for the plaintiff and her children. The plaintiff is alleged to have per sonal property worth 83500, and real property to the value of 15500, though there are mortgages on both. One-third of the real property Is asked for by plaintiff and also (250 for attorney's fee, and $50 per month alimony. Likewise, the court is asked to issue an order restrain ing the defendant from disposing of any of his property pending the suit, and that a trustee be appointed to have charge of the same. The cus tody of the children is asked for by the plaintiff. BUSINESS s In Positive Terms He Charges "Elijah III" With Violation ' of His Marriage Vows. ' . RUTH HOFER, HOWEVER, IS NOT IMPLICATED. Voliva Is Named in Dowie's Will aa the Latter's Successor, and is Awaiting His Death, Which He Pre dicts In the Near Future Man Whose Family Is at the Point of Starvation Because of Dowie's Mis management Threatens to Shoot Dowle on Slght-Zlon Is Fitted With People Who Are Resentful. , Chicago, April 11. A conference between Dowle and his attorneys was held today. The "prophet" remains In this city. He declares he Is a man of peace. At Zlon, Gladstone Dowle, today made positive charges of violation of his marriage vows against his father, which he said "might be used aa evi dence in a divorce trial," but declared that Ruth Hofer is not implicated. Voliva Named In Dowie's Will. ; Zlon City, April 11. Voliva says in answer to Dowie's attack on his brother that his brother Arthur once forced his father's name to a note, served his time and is now living a Godly, life. He says: "I am named in Dowie's will as his successor; therefore it Is to my Inter ests personally to await Dowie's death, which is certain to occur with in a few months at the latest But our people are suffering, their finan ces being wrecked by Dowle." "I'll shoot Dowle when he set foot here," shouted a Zionist at the sta tion at noon. "My wife and children have been starving three months. He's got 8400 of my money. When I -tried to get some of it he gave me $2." It's the bitter feeling of the sufferers that makes Dowle fear assassination. Had Dowie come today the frosty re ception would have pleased his worst enemy. Not half a dozen people were at the station in addition to the re porters and police. . i", ADMITS STEALING THE PCRSE. Purlolnor Is Now Incarcerated in the . County Jail. Walter Arnold son of the late J. F. Arnold, was arrested this morning by Marshal Gurdane for having stolen a pocketbook from a stranger In the Brewery saloon last night He admits his guilt and is now a prisoner In the county Jail. Information concerning the rob bery was given to the police this morning by the night bartender at the above saloon. Soon after the marshal located young Arnold in the Central barber shop where he was asleep. He was placed under arrest and acknowledged taking the money. He had left the purse, which contain ed about $25, with one of the barbers In the shop. It was delivered over to the police. Young Arnold was then taken be fore District Attorney Phelps, and the charge of larceny from the person was made against him. He was then taken to the county Jail. Implicated Others. When he was examined Arnold Implicated two other men, claiming they were his partners In the rob bery. However, as neither of them were with him at the time, but were located at other places in town. It Is doubtful If cases can be made against them. The name of the man robbed has not been learned. Young Arnold Is but 20 years of age, and because of his youthfulness may be paroled after he has served long enough In the county Jail to teach him a lesson. W. J. Furnish Is the guardian of the lad and Is administrator of his father's estate. SUIT INVOKING LAND TITLE. Procrty Valued at $10,000 nml Lies Near Hennlston. A suit of unusual magnitude was started today In the circuit court when the Maxwell Irrigation company sued L. W. Furnas and others in a case involving the title to land valued at $19,000. The land is located In the arid section west of here and near the town of Hermlston. W. A. Peters and R. J. Slater are attorneys for tho plaintiff. Could Not Get a Date Set. Washington, April 11. Sena tor Tillmanm ade an unsuccess ful attemut to have a date for the rate bill vote set Aldrlch said an agreement might be reached this week. OWE SON HIM