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VOL. 19.
PENDLETON, OREGON, F HI DAY, OCTOHEll 5, 190(.
NO. 5789
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DAILY EVENING EDIT i3H
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IN 10 VESSELS
Charged That Ship Building
Trust Has Defrauded the
Government
WEAK BOILERS IN ALL
WARSHIPS SINCE 1898.
Lives of Murine and Warship Crows
Bald to Have IKnot Wantonly 'En
dangered by llio Contractor, Who
Substituted Cheap Roller Tubes
After Government Inspection In
dignation Is Expressed at the Crim
inal Fraud of the Trust Secretary
Ronaparte Denies tho Charges in
Face of the Evidence.
Washington, Oct S. The charge
that defective tubes have been placed
In the boilers of every ship built for
the navy since 1898 Is denied by Sec
retary Bonaparte and other naval of
ficers. It Is charged In Pittsburg that the
companies furnishing the tubes stole
the labels and substituted poor tubes
for the good ones after the govern
ment Inspectors had placed the tubes
In sealed cars ready for shipment.
The alleged fraud caused Indigna
tion throughout the navy department
and much severe criticism has been
heard among all classes of people.
That the lives of marines and war-
hlp ciews should be wantonly Jeop
ardized by the shipbuilding trust, ha
been the subject of much Intense
speech In business and official circles.
MORE l"OLlt"E FOR 'FRISCO.
Epidemic of HolilierleH ami Murders
Alarm the City.
San Francisco. Oct. 6. As a result
of the epidemic of hold-ups and rob
berles which came to a climax In the
robbery of the Japanese bank and the
murder of Mannger Muskate, Acting
Mayor Oullngher today asked the po
lice commission to appoint Captain of
Police Duke to the office of captain,
Immediately, and steps will also be
taken to Increase the force of detec
tives and policemen.
The police so far have obtained no
tangible results In the search for the
Munakatos murderers.
SHERIFF TAYLOR RETIHN8.
(iuy Young Agnln Safely IK'lilnil llurw
of County Jull.
Sheriff T. D. Taylor reached here
this afternoon from Prosser. Wash.,
bringing Guy Young back with him.
and this afternoon the youthful pris
oner was placed in the county Jail to
keep company with Robert Weddle.
If the tule told by Young Is true
he also Indulged In a sprinting match
before he was arrested by the Pros
ser officer. According to Young he
was chased for seven blocks by the
officer and the latter threatened to
shoot, but failed to do so. Getting a
safe distance from the officer Young
hid In a haystack and says that he
had the nffleer baffled for a time, hut
was finally dragged forth.
Word was received at the sheriff's
office yesterday that Bowman, the
third prisoner, had been taken at EI
lensburg, Wash. This Information
was sent lo Sher'ff Taylor at Prossor
and on his way home the sheriff left
Young at Pusco while he made a trip
to Elhisburg. However, upon arriv
ing there he found that the man un
der arrest was not Bowman, and he
wns accordingly released.
Ilownion, Not Kennedy.
At the time of the recent Jallbreak
one of the escapes was reported to
be' James Kennedy, 1 former night
waiter at the Imperial restaurant and
who was serving a county Jail sen
tence for robbing that place of 13.
However, the third man wns William
Bowman Instead of Kennedy and the
latter Is still engaged In serving out a
two months' county Jail sentence.
William Bowman, who did escape,
was facing a year's term In the peni
tentiary for having set flro to the Jail
at Umatilla. He committed tho crime
In an attempt to get out of tho Jnll
and upon pleading guilty before Judge
Bean was sentenced to serve the min
imum term for arson.
In stature Bowman and Kennedy
are much alike and this met Jed to
the error which placed Kennedy In
the role of a Jallbreaker.
More Hodlcs Recovered.
Pocnhonltts, W. Va., Oct. 5.
Seven moro bodies wore taken
from the mine today and about
10 more bodies are in sight, but
the debris Is retarding the res-
cuers. This makes 2R recover-
ed. It Is estimated that between
60 and 70 are dead from the ex-
plosion. ,
W. C. R. ELE
ft
No ( Iiuiikch in Personnel ol HjJIiiii
ugemcnt. ;
Walla Walla, Oct. 5. At the unnu
al meeting of the stockholders of the
W. & C. K. railway, which was held
yesterday afternoon at the offices of
the company In this cltv, occurred the
election of officers tor the ensuing
year.
No change was made In the direc
torate of tho company and the man
agement of the company will be In tho
same capable hands that It has dur
ing the past year. Those who were
elected as trustees are as follows:
Howard Elliott, St. Puul; J. M. Hill
New York; C. M. Levey, Tacoma; M.
P. Martin, Tacoma; A. It. Burford.
F. W. Palnc, A. J. Plnkham, S. B.
Cnlderhead and J. G. Cutler, Walla
Walla.
The officers elected are as follows:
Howard Elliott, president; C. M.
Levey, vice president; C. A. Clark,
treasurer, St. Paul; George H. Earle,
secretary, New York.
8. It. Calderheud will still continue
to be the general freight and paBsen
ger agent and J. CI. Cutler will be
general superintendent.
O. R. & N. ASKS TAX REDUCTION.
Refuses to Fay on County's Basis in
Walla Walla.
Walla Walla, Oct. 5. J. W. Mor
row, right of way and tax agent of
the O. R. & N. company, with head
quarter In Portland, was In the city
this morning and appeared before the
board of county commissioners with
a compromise on the O. R. & N. com
pany's taxes.
During the meeting of the county
commissioners acting as a board of
equalization, the company's taxes were
raised considerably from the valua
tion turned In by County Assessor
Berrvman.
The company offered to pay Its
taxes for the past two years on the
baslr of the assessment this year, but
the board of equalization refused. It
Is probable the O. R. N. company
will no refuse to pay Its taxes.
FOR SHORT RUN
SOME WOOL STILL
ON THE MARKET.
Scouring Mill PurchiMM s.yooo
Pounds Recently Of Tlita Amount
30,000 Founds Was Ikmgtit for 10
Cents Fit Pound Mill Will Run
on Day Shift for Sluirt Time If 200,
000 Ioimdtt Can Re Secured Esti
mated Tliat 1,500.000 Founds Re
main to Ho Sold In Tills Vicinity.
That the wool market Ik not what
It was u few months ago, is lifdlcated
by purchases that have been made
within the past few days by the Pen
dleton Scouring mill. About 65(00
pounds of wool hare been secured by
the mill, and of this amount 30,t)00
pounds were bought for 10 cents per
pound. It was a heavy lot belonging
to Mike Marshall of Arlington, and
the shrinkage will be great.
However, the mill had offered 16
cents for tho same lot early last spring
and the offer had been refused. The
other recent purchases by the mill
consist of two lots that were picked
up ut Baker City for 13 cents per
pound.
"There Is at least 1.500,000 pounds
of unsold wool altogether In our ter
ritory, and If we had the same basis
we had earlier In the season we ceuld
buy any qunntlty we wished," declar
ed Fred Judd, manager of the scour
ing mill, this mnralng.
Last evening the crew at the scour
ing mill was let go for the season by
Mr. Judd, .and tomorrow Fred Dod
son, the chief Borter, will leave for
the east. .
But, according to Mr. Judd, the
mill will be started again If 200.000
pounds of wool can be secured, which
ho believes will be possible. Such an
amount of wool would be sufficient
for a 10 days' run for a day shift, and
If the wool can be secured the mill
will be started up with a crew picked
up from this city.
Burned to Rcolli at Home.
San Francisco, Oct. 6. Mrs. O. C.
Pratt, wife of a prominent San Fran
cisco attorney, and a sister of Moran
Bros., at Seattle, shipbuilders, was
burned to death In a fire which de
stroyed the Pratt home at Novato
Cal., early this morning. Mrs. Pratt
has been Ml and retired early. Her
husband wns away at the time.
Dentil From Criminal Operation.
Reno, Oct. 5. I.lllle Benson, a so
ciety girl, died last night as the re
sult of a criminal operation. In a
dying statement she Involved Dy.
Wlrhmnn, a prominent physician.
Wlchmnn Is out on $10,000 ball.
Kohlicd Oakland Saloon,
Stockton, Oct. 5. An unmasked
robber, carrying an automatic Colt's
entered the Palace saloon near the
Southern Pacific depot early this
morning, stood up the bartender and
took 140 from his pockets, $25 from
the till, and oscaped.
MILL
MAY
PEN
EXPLOSION
KILLED EIGHT
Bursting Gas Main in Phila
delphia Subway Wrecked
Three Fine Blocks.
TEAM AND DRIVER HURLED
HIGH BY THE EXPLOSION.
Six Bodies Recovered From Debris
One Workman and Five Pedestri
ans Caught I'nder Wreckage Busy
Portion of Market Street Wrecked
and the Many Bloodstains Trailed
Along Sidewalks Show That Many
Were Injured by Flying Glass and
Stono Damages Will Reach Half
a Million Dollars.
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Philadelphia, Oct. 5. The explo
sion of a gas main this morning killed
eight men and Injured a score in the
subway' at Sixth and Market streets.
Half a million dollars' damage was
done to adjacent streets.
Of the six bodies recovered, three
were apparently killed Instantly. The
entire section of Market street, from
Fifth to Seventh, was wrecked. Every
window for many blocks wns broken
out.
Of the bIx bodies taken from the
verge of the chasm one was of a work
man and five were of pedestrians en
route to their places of employment.
Probably other workmen are In the
debris.
The night shift was Just preparing
to be relieved by the day shift. A
cart drawn by two horses and driven
by a colored man, was directly over
that portion of the subway where the
explosion .occurred, and was hurled
high Into the air and dropped into
the pit, which by the time the negro
fell, had become an Inferno.
Trails of blood along the streets
leading from the scene showed that
many were Injured by flying debris
and broken glass, but were able to
walk away.
Tun Injured Die.
Two unidentified Injured died nt the
hospital. The bey reen driving lh
wigon at the time of the explosion
Is missing, the wugoii wrecked and
the horses killed. Nine are now
known to be dead.
TOIINIDO IN NEW ORLEANS.
City Riinuiitcd Mno.MlO anil Four Peo
ple Killed.
New Orleans. Oct. 5. A tornado
which swept this section of the stale
for 100 miles wide, hit this cfty
shortly after 8 this morning. Pi-ojv-erty
damage will reach Siail.Oni), the
most severely at P.int.ichntnnla. All
nillei north, where four were crushed
to death ami many Injured.
The tornado picked mi n negro bod
ily a.nl blew him aw:iy as he was try-!
lug to ci os Douglas Square. .
National Association of Druggists.
Atlanta. la., Oct. 5. The National
Association of Retail Druggists close
today their convention which has been
In session here since the 1st of the
month. It Is calculated that between
2500 and 3000 persons were In at
tendance, Including over 400 dele
gate"?. Negroes Fasting and Prnylns.
Albflnv. N. Y. ret K Tho
In this and mhor oin.. . rn.,t.,n
and praying today for the betterment
of tho race in America. This day was
sot apart at the request of Bishop
Alexander Wnliers. of the National
Afro-Ameiican Council.
Mrs. Plan Dlsupiienrs.
New York, Oct. 5. Mrs. Piatt, af
ter vainly trying to see her husband,
has disappeared nnd her whereubsuts
Is a mystery.
, The entire street railway system and
electric and gas plants cf Salt Lake
City have been t-.kon over by a New
York syndicate said to be financed by
E. H. Harrlmin. The deal Is said to
have required $10,000,000,
THE WHEAT SHIPPING SEASON CLOSES
Now that most of tho wheat from
the W. & C. H. country has been re
ceived nt the warehouses and much
shipped out, there Is less work for
the warehouse crews along the line
nnd the forces are being cut down.
This morning T. G. Montgomery,
agent for the Puget Sound Warehouse
company, snld he had already closed
the company's warehouse nt Stanton
station, but a single man being left In
charge of the same. At the other
warehouses flie forces hnve also been
cut down and by the end of this week
about half the men will be laid off.
Though much difficulty In securing
men was had by the grain company
PIERCE STORMS
MEXICO
Snowstorm Ties Up All Traffic
in Las Vegas and Vicin
ity. TREES BREAK DOWN WITH
WEIGHT OF SNOW.
Electric Light and Slreet Car Sys
tems Paralyzed All Wires Down
From Every Direction Snow Plows
Sent Out to Rescue Passenger Train
on Glmietta Mountain Hundreds
of People Living In Tents and
Shacks and Suffering Will Re In
tense Santa Fo Trains Blockaded
in All Directions From the City.
East Las Vegas, N. M., Oct. 5. Las
Vegas Is cut off from all communica
tion this morning as the result of an
unprecedented snowstorm last night.
All local telephones and long dis
tance lines and telegraph wires are
down. The electric light and street
car service are paralyzed and every
tree In the city Is Injured and thous
ands of them are bent to the ground
by the weight of the heavy snow.
Railroads trains are blockaded In
the Raton mountains, and traffic Is
practically suspended on all lines In
this region.
The Santa Fe snow plow was sent
out this morning to relieve a passen
ger train on the Glorletta mountains.
This Is the earliest heavy snow In
the history of this locality.
Hundreds of people were living In
tents and shacks In the suburbs and
suffering will be Intense.
- OFFICIALS ARE WATCHED,
Government Keeps Vigilant Watch on
Cubans I'ntll Finances Are Settled.
Havana, Oct. 5. The secret service
men have been ordered to watch out
going steamers for reasons unknown,
but It Is thought to be watched for
ex-government officials, until the fi
nances are straightened out.
Guerra called upon Taft today In re.
gard to disarmament. Taft Is pleased
with Guerra's efforts for peace. Some
other rebel chieftains have secretly
used their Influence to cause trouble.
Object to Disarming.
Havann, Oct. 5. General Funston
sent a detachment of marines to Gui
nea to enforce the order to compel
disarmament. Many turbulent Insur
gents objected to surrendering their
arms. Most of the trouble Is at Gul
nes, but trouble this morning is found
at several points.
HEALTH BOARD MORRF.D.
New York. Oct. 5. The hoard of
health physician' while visiting the
schools this nftrmnon In Brooklyn
cau.-vil the Italian mothers or the dls.
uict to think the doctors were Trmr
diTlng their little ones. Fifteen linn
dmi women stormed tlw school nnd
forced the session to suspend In an
elfoit to rescue their hnhes from
what they nrpposctf tins certain
denth.
Lumber Schooner Ashore.
San Francisco, Oct. 5. The steam
schooner Shasta which left San Pedro
last night bound for San Francisco,
Is ashore two miles south of Point
Conception with a large cargo of
lumber. No word has been received
from the crew.
To Save Life by Skin Grafting.
Ishpeniing, Mich.. Oct. 5. The fel
low pupils of the young son of E. R.
Whipple, who was burned from the
thighs to the neck while playing with
matches, have offered enough s1n
for engrafting to save tho boy's life.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, Oct. 6. Wheat closed nt
"4 6-8; corn nt 42 7-8. and onts nt
34 5-8.
The Boise Valley electric road will
be opened October 11.
representatives a few weeks ago, they
huve had no trouble getting help of
lute. As a result the grain buyers
hnve not been forced to devote their
time almost exclusively to hiring men
ns they did earlier 111 the season.
During the present season practi
cally all of the wheat from the W. &
C. R. territory has lieen shipped out
on flat or gondola cars. Owing to
the shortage of cars there have been
practically no box cars for use along
that line.
When flnt or gondola cars are load
ed with wheat the cars are covered
with tarpaulins when they pass
Hunt's Junction.
BALLOON ACIDENT IN IDAHO.
GinngcvUlc, Idaho, Oct. 5. Two
thousand iieonlc witnessed Edirar
Yates, of GrnugcvHIo, drop from a
balloon ut the coiintv fair.. The our.
uchiilc fulled to ok-ii and he drpied
several hundred feet to a hoard walk.
He struck on ImmIi feet hut rebounded
from the earth nod received internal
Injuries, lie Is unconscious.
HEARST DEFIES MCARREN.
Suys McCarren Cunnot Command Re
sect of Any Party.
Chatham, N. Y., Oct. 5. Hearst to
day threw down the gauntlet to Mc
Carren when he said, "McCarren calls
himself a democrat, but that don't
make him a democrat. The McCar
ren ticket can't command the support
of honest democrats nor of honest In
dependents. Roomsiiell for Tammany.
New York, Oct. 5. Hearst's defl-
ance of McCarren was a bombshell
In the Tammany camp this afternoon,
and was taken to mean that the whole
Hearst canvass faces a grave crisis.
People are wondering If Hearst Is to
follow his defiance of McCarren with
a like defiance of Murphy. Hearst's
followers urge him to "Get all the
bosses against him."
Richer Fay for Postal Clerks.
St. Louis, Oct. 5. E. R. Montfort,
of Cincinnati, was elected president
of the Notional Association of Post
amsters of the first class. T. J. Lawler,
of Rockford, III., Is treasurer, and
Paul J. Sours, of Denver. Is fourth
vice president. They will meet next
at Erie, Pa. They recommended
higher pay for postal clerks and mall
carriers.
Plngree's Son Divorced.
Detroit, Oct. 5. A divorce waa
granted Alice Plngree from Hazen
Tlngree. a son of the late governor.
The wife takes the only child and
gets $3000 a year.
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RIVER IT.EET NOW CARRY.
RYING WITEAT CROP.
Increase of 100 Per Cent m Business
of tlie Fast, Month Next Four
Months Promise to lie Exceptional
ly Busy Income From Portage for
the Past Month Was $373.55 Over
4700 Sacks of Wheat In Warehouse
Aunltlng Shipment.
While the operation of the state
portage road during the past summer
has been disheartening to the Open
"River nssoclatlon and to the state
portage commission, on account of the
small volume of freight carried by
the road, yet the September report
of the management shows an Increase
of almost 100 per cent In the receipts.
The report of Superintendent Cook
for the month of September shows
that the total receipts for the month
were $373.55. .while for the previous
month the receipts were about $500.
The operating expenses for the month
or September were $1158.10.
The month of October promises to
be an excellent month for4he portage
as the fleet of river boats Is now ply
ing on the upper river nnd the wheat
crop is moving. For the next four
months It Is hoped to keep up a steadv
business on the portage In moving the
wheat from the river counties In Ore
gon. Washington nnd Idaho.
Superintendent Cooks says in his
report for the past month:
The steamer Mountain Gem started
in hauling whent on September 18
bringing the first load down from
Rock Creek of 1566 sacks. The Inst
time she came In with 2165. the prin
cipal nmount from Hover, Wash. She
will be able to make a trip up this
far every third day. or making an av
erage delivery of 700 sacks per day
at Celllo.
. The new steamer Relief has proved
to be a. very goid carrier, making the
first trip from Squally Hook Septem
ber 30, with 1060 sacks. She can
make a trip every day from this point
nnd will carry some 1500 sacks on her
next trip. So with both boats run
ning we should hnve some 2000 sacks
of wheat per day.
At present we have on hand ready
for delivery to the lower river boats
4791 sacks. If the wheat Is not kept
clenr at Big Eddy we wilt be blocked
up shortly. We are putting It In the
warehouse In order to get cars for
the next load from the boats on the
npper river.
Portland Strike Is Broken.
Portland, Oct. 5. The O. R. & N.
lifted t'r.e embargo of grain ship
ments this morning which has been
on since the grain handlers' strike.
Exporters claim that 150 strike break
ers are at work.
Steamer Is Aground.
New York, Oct. 6. The steamer
Bermudlan. Inbound from Bermuda,
with- several hundred passengers, Is
aground on Red Hook Flats, a mile
out of her course.
PORTAGE
ROAD
SHOWS
INK
RAILROAD TRUST
DEFIES THE LAW
Admitted by Rock Island At
torneys That Elevators Are
' Rebated for Favors.
MONOPOLY OF THE GRAIN
TRADE IS APPARENT.
Railroad Attorneys Declare That the
Hepburn Bill Gives the Rullroads
Increased Earnings Amounting to
$100,000,000 In Fixing Rates Where
Tliere Can Re No Rebates The
Trust Defies the Interstate Com
ineree Commission Elevators Are
Rented at Low Rates and In Return
Railroads Show ThCem Favors.
Chicago, Oct. 5. At the Interstate
commerce commission hearing today
the attorneys for the Rock Island in
reply to the charges that the compa
ny pays Rosenbaum & o. $5000 a,
year for occupying an elevator at
Kansas City and rents two Chicago
elevators of a combined capacity of
1,700,000 bushels to same firm for
$1 a year each, explained that the el
evator company procures business for
the railroads.
It Is charged that by this arrange
ment the railroads have a monopoly
of the grain business.
The railroad attorneys declare that
the Hepburn bill will Increase rail
road earnings $100,000,000 by fixing
rates upon which there can be no re
bates. FOR RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Portland Chamber of Commerve Now
. Wants, A State Body. - . ,
The following recommendations
have been made by the transportation
committee of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce:
First Establishment of a stats
railroad commission that shall have
power to hear complaints and regu
late the railways.
Second Enactment of a law pro
viding for reciprocal demurrage, pen.
allzlng the railways for delay in de.
livery of cars
Third Common terminal in Port
land which all roads may use, result
Ing better dispatch for cars.
Fourth Purchase of adequate
equipment by the railroads which
shall keep pace with the business to
be handled.
Fifth Abolition of switching
charges which are declared to be ex
orbitant The committee also mnde the fol
lowing findings:
The committee reports that a seri
ous shortage exists, causing great loss
to shippers.
During the past 90 days the three
trans-continental systems entering
Portland have been able to supply
only 40 per cent of the equipment
that has been needed to handle the
freight traffic of the state.
The railroads are taxed with try
ing to mnke a good showing for the
business handled by Imposing the
greatest possible burdens on the least
possible equipment.
FOR POSTAL SAVINGS BANK.
Chicago League Would Establish New
System of Savings.
Is a postal savings bank wanted by
the people of this city? An Inquiry
concerning the sentiment here has
been received by the city recorder,
and a letter from a Chicago league
that Is advocating the extension of the
system was read at the council meet
ing last night. In the letter attention
was cal'ed to the recent failure of the
Stensland bank In that city, and to the
superiority of government over private
banking.
Inclosed with the letter ns a copy
of a resolution which the council was
asked to adopt In cose they favored
the establishment of a postal savings
bank here. However, no action was
taken on the subject by the aldermen,
as they were much engrossed with
levee repair problems.
Postmaster J. T. Brown stated to
day that he has received no communi
cation from the department In refer
ence to the establishment of a postal
bank In this city.
The Upper Iowa M. E. conference
Is holding Its 50th annual conference
nt Maquoketn. The only surviving
charter member of the conference is
Hev. Dr. S. N. Fellows, who Is attend
ing.
Brigandage In Kuss4n.
St. Petersburg. Oct. R. T-r-
rorists held up a train near
e rto. secured- $130,000, killed e
the guard nnd escaped. There
were 40 men In the attacking
e party. s
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