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idailyeveningedition: ' I DAILY EVEN1NGEDITIDN WEATHER FORECAST. Showers tonight and Friday. The people whom advertisers wish to rcuch read the evening pa per after the days' work Is done. That's why Eust Oregonlan ads bring results. VOL. 19. PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1900. NO. 5770 MAYS IS GUILTY T Federal Jury Returns Verdict Against Three Oregon Land Thieves. MAXIMUM PENALTY TWO YEARS AND 10,000. May, Jones mill SorciiKon Implicated With Mltclicll, Hermann, William son, Puter anil McKlnley In Stealing 200,000 Acres r School ljillil III Illue Mountain Reserve Thought a Jail KenU'iN-c Will Kill May He Has Been Ambitious In Oregon Pol- Itlci. The federal grund Jury In Portland this morning returned a verdict find ing Franklin P. Mays, ex-state sena tor, Wlllurd N. Jones, and George Sor enson guilty of conspiracy to defraua the government out of public lands in the Blue mountain forest reserve. With Senator J. II. Mitchell ana Congrersmen Hermann and Wllllum son. Mays, Jones and Sorensnn were Indlciei for violating the federal stat utes In plotting to fraudulently ac quire public lands in the Hlue moun tain reserve. The amount of land .In volved In their transactions Is 200,000 acres and '.lie defendants in -tlilM case were Implicated with I'uler and Mc-Klnl'-y. I hi' arc h conspirator in the Oregon li iiil frauds. Til" maximum penally Tor the crime for v. li.' li them defendants are con vict. I Is imprisonment for two, years and I fine of Jlu.ouO. It is thought Urn Jii h-e Hunt wilj Kive them aSiout tlm limit, owing to the boldness ol their operations and their breach ol public trust In ongaKlng In thu frauds while serving n public officials. F. P. Mays Is well known In this city and has a large number of friends here who have anxiously awaited the outcome of his trial. "Mays him com pletely collapsed during his trial and It Is thought that If he Is given a Jail sentence that the morllflMtlmi and worry will be the cause of his death ns he hns suffered from nervous pros- trntl.in ever since the Indictment was returned agnlnst nhn. Mays has held the office of state senator from Multnomah county nnd of United States district attorney for Oregon, and has been ambitious and active In Oregon politics. As with Hermann and Williamson, It Is felt that his connerflnn with tin Oregon land fronds. In such n hold nnd wilful manner, will be the polltl cnl death of Mays, who had aspira tions for congress, nnd the senatorshlp and oilier high offices In Oregon. INSntfiEYTS ARE VIGOROUS. First Government Victory on Any Scale Recorded. Clenfuegos, Sept. 13. The Insur gents have captured a train nnd burned and destroyed the telegraph Instruments, burned a bridge and took cash from the city treasury at Cruces. Amerlcnn property Is being seized. Government Wins a light. Havana, Sept. 13. In a f'gbt near rtanchuelo Cnptaln Nny led a machete chnrge ngnlnst the rebels, scattered the enemy, killed three and took seven. Today the rebels Ignited a bridge at Calabaxar, but were driven away be fore It wns destroyed. The rebels are in swarms 13 miles out.. Four hun dred reinforcements are brought In to protect tho city. LABOR LEADERS ON TRIAL. Accused of Conspiracy Against Mer cantile Business. Chicago, Sept. 13. Shea nnd other labor leaders charged with conspiracy to ruin tho business of Montgomery Ward & Co. during the teamsters' strike of 1005, were arraigned this morning nnd pleaded not guilty. The selection of Jurymen has begun. Hi-fiiulier Returns for Trial. Hiiytl. Sept. 13. Granville Mdgyn, ngod 28, former cnshler of a bank In this city, disappeared n year ago, tak ing, It Is alleged, $18,000, has returned to face prosecution. Ho says he ha been In every large city In the coun try inround the world and never bore an assumed name, or donned a disguise. IS VERD1C ATTACK UPON HAVANA IS IMMINENT Washington, Sept. 13. State de partment ndvlces today Indicate an at tack upon Havana Is Imminent. Sleeper dlspntches, It Is understood, fully confirm tho press reports of a condition approaching chaos. No ap prehension Is felt here, ns the govern JlilHTtilu Affair Ix Serious. San Francisco, Sept. 13. The run on the Hlbern'a Savings bank continues. The line of depositors seeking to withdraw their funds Is two blocks long this morning. The police ar rested a mnn gfvlng the name of John Carter, from New York, who wnB urging the women to stay In line and get their money, as the bank would close Its doors this evening. Acting Secretary Tobln of the Hlbernln, says If the run continues much longer It will assume a serious aspect and will likely affect other Insti tutions. RUMORS Or ARSON AND Ml'RDER Radal and Other Troubles Thicken Along tho Ilordcr. El Paso, Texas, Sept. 13. A letter Is received here from Aguas Callen tes, Mexico, stating there Is great un easiness among the Americans and some are leaving. It Is reported the shops of the Mex lean Central were burned, and the American colony wiped out. The au thorities have nightly placed guards around tho shops and homes of Amer icans. , The Mexican government Is well pre pared for emergencies, and all revo lutionists will be shot. Will Retaliate on Americans. Douglas, Ariz.. Sept. 13. Letters received from persons signing "Liber ty Party," state that If the alleged Mexican revolutionists now In Jail at Tucson are deported to Mexico, where It Is said they will be shot, 20 Amer icans along the border will be killed In retaliation. NEW YACHT 1ESIGN. Will I'udiTliike to Will Llptnn Clip With Vessel of KirfiTent Pattern. Glasgow, Sept. 13. Denny Bros., shipbuilders of this city, have per fected a new yacht design and ffer to build n Llptou cup challenger. They overturn the Ideas of Watson and Fife, but bclh-ve they will make a good showing. 2B, OF WHEAT SOLD THE NEW GRAIN IlltOl GTIT M TEXTS PER RUSIIEL. Tills Is Thirteen (ViiIm l-ess Than Was Offered When the Season (lieiied Groin Buyer Estimates Thnt One Half Tills Year's Crop 'Has Been SoM Rain Jh Doing Some Dulli ng -. Hut Tuns Far to Thresher Only. One of the 'biggest Individual whent sales of the season wns made nere yes terday when B. F. Ogle, the Athena farmer, sold a total of 26,000 bushels of club whent, some new mid some old, on n basis of 51 cents for new whent. Mr. Ogle Is one of the heaviest wheat land owners In the county and the whent which he sold Is located at vniious points. Of the amount sold 17.000 bushels was secured by T. O. Montgomery, local manager for the Puget Sound Warehouse company, while the remainder went to other lo rn! buyers. The price at which Mr. Ogle sold his yield Is 13 cents lower than lie wns offered at the opening of the season this year. At that time he was of fered 64 cents, but preferred to hold nnd shortly afterwards the market weakened nnd It has steadily declined. Ilnlf Has Rven Sold. In the opinion of T. O. Montgom ery, nbout half of tho wheat of the county , has now been sold. Althongh the mnrket has been quiet most of the time there has been some selling all of the time nnd many farmers have disposed of nil or n portion of their yields. This season those who sold early have been fortunate. Rain Hurt si Some. The rnln which fell nil over the county during the pnst few days has not been beneficial for the whoatrnls ers, though no great Injury has re sulted. Thus far the only loss has been thnt of time on the part of threshers. However, should the wet weather continue there Is danger of wheat being blenched or sprouted in case it should rain for n week or more. Fortunately most of the threshing Is now over nnd much of that remain ing has been cut and Is stneked white waiting for the stationary threshers. ment is fully able to quickly restore order If force is needed. Five thous and regulars encamped at Chlcknmnu ga, could be embarked nt Tonipn within 36 hours, and many ships of war ore now within a few hours' sail, BUSHELS INTEv TIONAL NIHILISM All the Nations of Europe But Two Engage In Common Cause Against Reform. WHOLE JEWISH VILLAGE WIPED OUT BY PEASANTS. Homes Burned ami People Butchered Terrorists In Russia Threaten to At tack Consuls as Indirect Retaliation Against the Government for Indis criminate Slaughtering of Revolu tionist Girl A.xkuswIii of General Mln Goes to Her Death Defiant and Rejoicing. SU Petersburg, Sept. 13. Russia has enlisted the aid of all European governments except England and Switzerland In an effort to suppress the terrorists of all governments. The. police forces are seeking nihilists. Wiped Out Jewish Village. OJessa, Sept. 13 Practically thi entile population of the Jewish village of Cooping, district of Kamenetz, have been murdered by peasants who burn ed the pltce to the ground. Many bodies were maltreafted. Trying to Force Intervention. t Warsaw, S-pt. 13. The terrorists hiivo rcri(wiil 1ir thrnnts t kill nil foreign consuls unless the government massacres ceese, in me nope or forc ing Intervention by the powers. Thy excitement here Is such the slightest trouble may start extensive .bloodshed. Girl Assassin Hung. St. Petersburg. Sept. 13. Express. Intr loyalty to the cause of the revo lution to wlilch she gave her life, Zn alde Kenepllnnlkovo. the girl assassin of General Min, was executed. After the rope wis placed about her neck she exclaimed, "Long live the soclnl revolution for land and liberty." and was swung Into eternity before the ethers of ber voice died out. EXCELLENT SHEEP MARKET. Dcinaiiil hi Portland Has Been Steady for Pnst Year. Portland, Sept. 13. When the trade comes to consider how strong the demand for sheep nas been the past year, there Is great curiosity as to the action o the market during the comlrg reason. For over a yr-nr the sheep market has v-cld Its price up to the top notHi already, taking all In all, the receipts hive been quite fair nnd generally on a par with those of the previous year. t confined to any particular mar. k-1 has been tills enormous demand for shevp. In the east where thj sheep trade Is on a very heavy seal the prices obtained this season have been held up near tho record point. While the receipts this year are not up to a year ngo .this has been ex pected by the trade on account of the Increasing difficulty In obtaining suf ficient feeding grounds. The rattle market shows a faint tinge of weakness today, due. It Is sild. to sympathy with the late con- trilled d".ilnes in the eastern price. Receipts nt cattle were somewhat lib era I today. Within the 24 hours 340 head arrived ns against nominal re ceipts of -19 head a week ago and 2S head this date In 1905. Only a fair volume of hogs could be sold nt thu present market price. While demand Is not weak, the tradq Is not over anxious to buy. Present prices unchanged. Todnv 60 head of horses arrived In the yards. I Official livestock quotations: iHogs Jtcst eastern Orecon. $7; blockers anrf China fats. $6 W 6.50. Cattle Host eastern Oregon steers, $3 ROaK.firi: best, cows and heifers S2.50fH2.6O; stockers and feeders. $2.7Bi'8: hull. $1.50. Sln ep Sheaiilngs, -4 ff? 4 Vic; lambs DEFENDS HIS FATHER. Sieiwlnnd Junior leclurcs Boring Is the Culprit. Cbicngo, Sept. 13. Theodore Stcns land today declares false all Insinua tions ngalnst Ills father. He says his father Is not n thief, nnd that his es tate will cover nil shortage, but that llciing Is the real culprit. Theodore snys he closed the bank ngalnst the advice of James R. Forgnn nnd other financiers. Chicago Wheat Market. Chicago, Sept. 13. Whent opened nt 70, closed 70 5-8; corn opened at 4 7 1-4, closed tho same; corn opened at 32 3-8, closed nt 32 7-8. The Sunny-side, Wash., county fair has opened, vith over 900 entries of hlllls nn l'-moh grapevine hearing hlblts I san ls-lnch graps lna bearing 15 pound' of fruit. I .1 Westbound 0. R. & N. Pas senger Train in Collision at Durkee. SIXTEEN FREIGHT CARS SMASHED INTO SPLINTERS. Freight Engineer Lost Control of Ills Train on Steep Mountain and Crash ed Into Passenger Train Which Was Standing on Main Line at Durkee No PassengersJ Injured, Although the Train Was Badly Jammed by the Collision Fireman Injured In Jumping From Engine. As a result of a runaway freight train colliding with westbound pas senger train No. 1, near Durkee at 6 o'clock this morning, 16 carloads of lumber, piling and ore are piled up in a wreck and all O. R. & N. trains from the east are Indefinitely delayed. No. 1 and extra freight train No. 208 had a meet at Unity and In going down the mountain between Pleasant Valley and Unity, the rails being wet jnd slippery, Engineer Baucom lost control of the train and dashed through Unity at a terrific speed. All the haiid brakes were set by the hraktmen and everything possible was done to check the wild career of the train. When the crew sew that It would he impossible to stop at Unity they Jumped from the train and the engine and 45 can, continued on down the mountain without a soul aboard. Slowly tolling up the mountain be low. I he engineer on No. 1 saw the runaway freight ard- immediately stopped and reversed, and began back ing his train out of the way of the oncoming runaway freight. The brakes began to take ohld of the freight by thir time and Its speed was slackened greatly, nnd when It. crashed Into the passenger It wis go ing about 20 miles an hour and the passenger was backing up at the rat" nf about eight miles an hour. Had the trains collided head on the result would havr hern tenlblc. 'The only person Injured In the col lision wns the fireman of the freight engine who wns Injured by Jumping before the engines struck. All the other members of the crew Jumped safely to the ground when It was seen thnt a collision wns Inevitable. The. passenger train was In charge of Conductor J. B. Smith of this city, and was but little late nn reaching Durkee. The runaway freight was In chnrge of Conductor Charles Stacey of La Grande. The wrecking crew nnd steam crane were sent from La Grande to the scene nf the wreck at once and the entire force of men available has been engaged In clearing away the wreck all day today. The freight cars were smashed into splinters and the cargoes of lumber and piling were scnttered all over the yards. The 16 cars which are smash ed are almost total wrecks nnd a number of other cars in the freight train were badly damaged. It, Is considered n most fortunate wreck thnt no one wns killed. The. hnpnet when the trnlns collided wns terrific, but the passenger conches were not turned over nor wrecked in any way. No. 1 Tins been annulled for today and there Is no probability of a train arriving from the east before some time tomorrow morning. No. 5. which Is due here nt 10.50 tonight, was about on time Into Huntington, but will be held there until the track Is cleared. No westbound freights have passed here today as they were behind No. 1 and nre now tied up nt Durkee, Wea- therhy nnd Hutlngton. CHINESE DISAPPEAR. Fort Worth Colony Victim of nil As tounding Conspiracy. Fort Worth. Texns. Sent. 13 Th Chinese colony here Is In a pnnlc on account of the disappearance of eight of the most wealthy of the race dur ing the past month. The celestials declare the Chinese society nt San Francisco Is at the bottom of the af fair. MAINE IS I DOUBT. Wnti mile Sentinel Claim nemnrrnts Have the TegMnture. Watervllle. Me., Sept. 13. The Sen tinel, owned by Cyrus DnvN. demo cratic candidate f( r governor, claims the election Is still In doubt, nnd thinks the prihcble final returns will show the democrats control the leg islature. Charley mid Then. Will Consult. Washington. Sept. , 13. Bonaparte goes this afternoon to consult the president tomorrow as regards Cubn. The public schools of Moscow. Ida ho, opened with Just 1000 pupils enrolled. RUNAWA STRUCK State Socialism In Illinois. Springfield, 111., Sept. 13. The state board of charities re ports, after three months trial, much good results from the state's consumptive camps, where the most advanced stages are kept In tents far from noise or contact with other patients. After getting the patients able to sleep and eat their condition Is Improved and recovery proba ble. The socialists promise to move on the next legislature for the amelioration of suffering from other diseases. ROOF COLLAPSED. Building Wrecked and a Number of Employes Injured. Oakland, Sept. 13. The roof of the California Fruit Canne. association, a building at First alnd Filbert street, collapsed shortly before noon today, wrecking the building and burying a number of employes. Weakened by Earthquake. All taken out alive, but two wo men employes are seriously injured. Six others received Injuries which ne cessitated their being taken home. The fact that the accident happened at the lunch hour prevented n greater disaster with probable less of life. Of the 40 vumn usually at work In the room Into which the roof fell, but 15 were there at the time of the acci dent. Tho building, which is of corrugat ed Iron, Is believed to have been weak ened by the earthquake. The roof and part of the mezzanine floor col lapsed nnd one side of the building fell In. "WAS GANS' FAULT." Nelson Will Not Acknowledge Bin in t for the Famous Foul. Chicago. Sept. 13. Battling Nelson arrived today. Hundreds of friends greeted him. declaring their allegi ance. Nelson declares the alleged foul was the negro's fault, and says Gans caused It, to escape further punish ment. FREE TRANSPORTATION OVER ALL RAILROADS Amendment to tho Rule Bill by Lodge of MusNiicliiisettN, Gives the Great Monopoly Singular Exemption From One Feature of the New Law Com. poling Systems After the Hill-liar rlmnii Combination. Washington, Sept. 13. A loophole Is discovered by which the Standard Oil will get free transportation over the railroads, nnd It is the only cor poration which can. The rate bill provides that common carriers may give and nccept free transportation among themselves. An nmendment to the bill by Lodge, declares the Standard Is a common carrier, It pos sessing pipe lines. Illegal Pooling Charged. Washington. Sept. 13. At the hear ing In Chicago September 18, on waiv ing 30 days' notice of change in the export and Imp'ort rates the Interstate commerce commission will probe Into the controversy between the Harri mnn and Hill lines and competing roads in trans-continental business. The Union, Southern nnd Northern Pacific. Great Northern, Burlington and allied lines and Hill and Hani- man steamship lines to nnd on the Pacific, nre charged by competitors with having formed a huge pool to control the transcontinental export nnd Import business and Pacific ship ping. Ferguson Rnucli Sold. Urban H. Ferguson has sold his ranch near Eastland to Harley E. Rothroek for the sum of $19,000, the deed being filed for record today. The land Involved consisted of the SEVi of section 12. In township 3 north of range 33. nnd the EH of the SWH. and lots 3 and 4 of section 7. town ship 3, north of rnnge 34, E. W. M. Tncomn ministers hnve sent a pro- test to the war department against i STANDARD OIL A BENEFICIARY the recent Sunday military mnneu- ed from his wife, remarried her to vers nt Camp Tacomn. I day. MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP IS BEATEl Seattle, Sepl. 13. The pioposen municipal ownership of street rail way systems was defeated yesterdny by a vote of 6M74 ngalnst 71S0. The result Is better than the most snng'ilne opponents ot the Issue an ticipated, the' cxr.ectnrlnn being the municipal ownership party would poll n majority of the votes. Three-fifths nf tvo tot ll vote cast wis necessary to enrry the proposition. LEVEE BIDS DUE T $10,000 Bond bsue for Re pairs Authorized ' By Last Night's Council Meeting. LEVEE REQUIREMENTS DIVIDED IN SECTIONS. Bids for tho Bonds Will Be Received on September 26 Bonds Ron 20 Years Walks on Alta Street Or dered Widened Complaint Made About Malodorous Slaughter House and Will Be Referred to the County Courts-Mayor Fee Not Yet Able to Attend Council. At last it seems that something In the nature of actual work on the levee Is to be done, for at the coun cil meeting last night ordinances wert passed providing for the bond Issue of (10,000 and for letting contracts for the repairs. For the purpose of making repairs the levee has been divided Into three sections, as follows; Section 1, from a point 600 feet west of the upper railroad bridges to the Lee street bridge; section 2. from the Lee street bridge to the Main street bridge; sec tion 3, from the Main street bridge to the end of the old levee, or about the center of Star street. By the terms of the ord'nance passed bids for the repairs must b submitted by next Wednesday eve ning, and the bidder must file a cer tified check for 5 per cent of the bid der's price. The detailed specifica tions for the work to he done are con tained In a report which was submit ted last night by Engineer Frank C. Kelsay. and which Is now on file with the city recorder. . . Bond Issue Ordered. By the terms nf the levee bond Issue ordinance passed last evening. Sep tember 26 is pet as the date for re ceiving bids for the bonds. The bonds are to be known as Levee Bonds, ser ies B, and they nre to bear 5 per cent Interest, the same to be paid semi annually. The bonds are to be paya ble at tho end of 30 years, but the city shall have the right to redeem them at any time after 20 years should It so desire. In addition to the above ordinances three others were passed Inst evening. Two of these were for the purpose of adopting the amended reports of the viewers for the opening of West Court and Ash streets. The reports hnve been referred back to the view ers for a more detailed description ol the land Involved. The other ordi nance provided for the raising of the sidewalk on the enst side of Main street between Alta and Webb, and for the widening of the walks on Alta. Odorous Slaughter House. - Towards the close of the meeting Chairman Murphy said numerous res idents of the south hill had complain ed of the odor which sometimes comes to them across the hill from a slaugh ter house and hog pen located on the Tutnllla. While the matter wns en tirely outside the Jurisdiction of the council, it was desired that the city use Its Influence with the county court In having the nuisance abated. Chairman Murphy referred the mat ter to the sewer committee, of which Councilman Mumm Is halrmnn, nnd nn energetic, persistent one. All members of the council were present last night excepting Mayor Fee. who Is still confined to his home with nn Injured back, nnd Council man Thompson, who Is In Salem. COLORADO DEMOCRATS. Run Alva Adams Defeated Contest ant, for Governor. Denver. Sept 13. Alva Adams was nominated for governor by the dem ocrats today. An attempt to stampede the con vention In favor of Judge Llndsey ot the Juvenile court, failed. Llndsey will run on nn Independent platform, endorse Bryan and municipal govern ment ownership of public utilities and demand n law making it n felony for corporations to contribute to cam paign funds. Remarrying Twice. Hanover, Mass.. Sept. 13.- -James c.nrlnnd. nillllnnnh-.. tu-i The lefeat Is attributed principally to the fact that heavy taxpayers ann small ptopeiiy owners obfected to the Increase in taxation. The vote on the Issue of $500,000 bonds- for I-nke Washington canal overwhelmingly carried, which prac tically insures the construction ot the canal. The vote to l.'-sue bonds for extension of the city water system, also carried. WEDNESDAY