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VOL. 21.
PENDLETON, OREGON, SATUKDAY, AU(JU8T 1. 190S.
NO. C.341)
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MARSH FIELD ID .
PATH OF FLAMES
Unless Wind Changes Me
tropolis of Coos County
Will Soon Lie in Ruins.
FOREST FIRES BEARING
IN FROM ALL DIRECTIONS.
Many Homes on Outsklrw Already
Destroyed and Few More Hours and
VHmiIo City Will He Devastated
Firemen and Citizens Working Des
perately to Protect Lives and Prop
erty -Mayor Calls on Neighboring
Towns for Help Whole Town
Moving.
SULTAN FORGES AHEAD.
Marshfleld, Ore., Aug. 1. Marsh
field will be wiped off the map by
forest fires If the strong wind now
blowing contlues for a few hours.
Many homes on the outskirts have
alreadjT burned and the whole town Is
moving.
The firemen and citizens are work
ing hard, building trenches and pa
trolling to watch the property. May
or Straw has sent out an appeal for
more help.
The flames and smoke, coupled
with the heat, make the work almost
unbearable.
It seems as If the fire has com
pletely surrounded the city, and the
flames seem to be sweeping In every
dfWetlon.
lire TTireatcii Town.
Uklah, Cal., Aug. 1. A hundred
masked men were hurriedly dispatch
ed to the outskirts of the town today
to save the towns In the path of a
forest fire. The city Is threatened on
account of the change In the wind.
Big Trees In Danger.
Santa Crus. Cal., Aug. 1. Forest
fires are burning sis miles from the
Big Basin. Reinforcements have
been sent in the hope of saving the
menacingly.
Will Put New Ooiwtltiition Into FT
fort Immediately Working to In.
mire Success.
Constantinople, Aug. 1. An offi
cial communication issued yesterday
announces the formation of a spe
Hal council to put the constitution In
force Immediately. The council Is
composed of Klamel Pasha and the
ministers of foreign affairs and In
terlor, the president of the state
council and the lagal adviser to the
porte.
The sultan has decided shortly to
Issue a rescript consecrating the con
stitution. The leaders of Young Turkey are
working methodically to Insure the
success of the new regime. They are
devoting their efforts In the first
place to getting the finances of the
country in order and to the regular
payment of officials. With this as
their aim, they have secured the
grand vizor's promise that the sal
aries of high officials will me re
duced to proper amounts and that
none of the additional sums hitherto
paid will be allowed them. Nobody
will be permitted to retain two offi
ces, and all needless under secretary
ships and like Qf flees will be abolished.
KIDNAPER GETS GIRL.
BWIcved to II Same Man Who Mur
dered Nora Fuller.
Chicago, Aug. 1. Accumulating
evidence today Increases the suspicion
of the police that the man who kid
napped Veroncla Cassldy, aged 12.
by advertising for a "companion for
a wife," s Charles B. Hadley, the al
leged murderer of Nora Fuller, aged
13, of San Francisco, who was en
ticed from home In a similar way
and killed February 8, 1902. Hadley
has been sought for tlx years.
Mrs. Catherine Casper this afer
noon revealed to the police the lodg
ing of the kidnapper.
The man took her home last week
and disappeared Wednesday. He
gave the name of E. J. Blair. When
the room was searched the police
found three answers to advertise
ments for a young girl to act as a
companion to a wife. They also
found a letter addressed to "E. J.
Blair. Moylo B. C," postmarked So
atle. The police believe the mnn and tho
Cassldy girl boarded a train for the
west Friday. Mrs. William Cassldy,
mother of the girl, Is prostrated be
cause she fears her daughter will be
found dead like the Fuller girl.
The man got the girl through an
advertisement.
The Seattle police have been no
tified to look out for the couple.
Shah Is Disturbed.
London, Aug. 1. The Times cor
respondent at Teheran says that the
news of the revlsal of the Turkish
constitution has greatly disconcert
ed the reactionaries and encouraged
the nationalists. The shah and his
entourage are said to be greatly dis
turbed.
It is rumored, the corresponden
says, that the shah has determined
to postpone the elections lest It should
be thought he was imitating the sul
tan.
ARE LYNCHED
Taken From Jail in Kentucky
Town and Hanged to One
Tree Last Night.
HAD ENDORSED MURDER
OF WHITE MAX BY NEGRO.
Dlxi-liargcd by Employer, Rufus
Browder Murdemi James Cunning
ham Murderer Hurried Out of
Country to Prevent Lynching Col
ored Lodge Passes Resolutions En
dorsing Crime Ix-aderg Are Ar
rested Molt Compclls Jailer to
Surrender Irisoners.
BRYAN
ES
SHARP REPLY
Nebraskan Will Answer At
tack by President of Manu
facturers' Association.
ANSWER WIIiL BE
PUBLLSHED IN COMMONER,
PIRATES Will
ON PUBET SOUND
STEAL 5,000 SALMON '
AND LET 25,000 ESCAPE
After Standard OH.
Chicago, Aug. 1. District Attorney
Sims announced today that a peti
tion for a rehearing of the Standard
Oil case will be filed within the next
ten days.
Fish to the Value of 12,000 Taken
Away on Two Scows Marauders
Allow live Times as Many to Es
cape as They Took Watchman
Bound, Gagged and Left Till
Morning.
Belllngham, Wash., Aug. 1. Two
armed pirates last night rowed up to
a fish trap of the Alaska Packers'
association, south of Point Roberts,
disarmed the watchman with a re-
volver, bound and gagged him, leav
ing him In the trap, and decamped
with 6,000 salmon, which they load
ed on two scows.
The plunder at the current price of
40 cents per salmon Is worth $2,000.
The marauders left the trap open
and allowed 25,000 salmon to escape.
The watchman states that the men
rowed up to the trap In a dory. On
his noticing them, they ordered him
to throw up his hands, and when he
attempted to use his gun the weapon
was taken from him, He was then
bound.
The watchman was held until re
leased this morning by the crew of a
tug.
COLONIST RATES NEXT MONTH.
Railroad Men Expect Big Influx of
Hoineseekcrs.
ColonlRt rates will be given by the
O. R. & N. company during' Septem
ber and October this fall, and rail
road men are looking for a heavy
traffic during those months.
The rates this fall, according to F.
J. Qulnlnn, Pendleton agent, will be
the same as those In force last spring.
These rates are about 15 higher than
those given a year ago, yet they are
much lower than the usual fares.
STANLEY KETCHEE IS STILL CHAMPION
San Francisco, Aug. 1. Stanley
Ketchel of Grand Rapids made short
work of Hugo Kelley of Chicago last
nl(?ht at the Colllseum In their sched
uled 20-round contest for the world's
middle weight championship. He
knocked out his man In the third
round, a left shift flush to the Jaw
placing Kelly on the floor.
Although Ketchel won early, the
victory was not an easy one. In fact,
It looked a bit blue for the champion
as he strode to his seat after the
termination of the second round. In
the two first rounds Kelly outfought
his man from the tap of the gong
to the end of the round.
Early In the first round Kelly de
veloped a wicked left which he plac
ed at various portions of Ketchel's
anatomy almost at will. Several
times he Jarred the champion with
wicked lefts to the face, and his
punches to the body made Ketchel
groan perceptibly. Toward the close
of -the round In a furious mix In
mld-rlng In which Kelly excelled,
Ketchel drove In a smashing left to
the face that practically closed the
Chicago fighter's left eye. The round
closed with the house In an uproar
and yelling for Kelly.
In the second round the men mixed
It at a furious pace and time and
again Kelly drove trip hammer lefts
to the stomach, which he varied with
light upper cuts to Ketchel's Jaw.
Ketchel's nose-bled freely as he took
his seat.
Ketchel came up quickly In the
third and last round. He immediate
ly laced out with his left, which he
placed twice in quick succession to
the Chicago man's Jaw. Before the
seml-dased Italian had a chance to
collect his senses, Ketchel shifted his
left flush to the Jaw and Kelly was
toppled over as though struck by a
sledge hammer. There was nothing
to be done but count ten, and Ketchel
had retained the middleweight
championship honors.
Russellville, Ky.,' Aug. 1. The
bodies of four negroes were found
suspended from an "old hanging tree"
on the Nashville pike at dawn today.
The men were removed from the Jail
In this city last night by a mob of
citizens who forced the Jailor to de
liver them.
The lynching was the result of the
murder of James Cunningham, a
white farmer near Allensvllle, Ky., a
week ago, by Rufus Browder, a ne
gro. The men hanged belonged to a
lodge which adopted resolutions en
dorsing the murder.
Browder would have been lynched
If he had not been removed quickly
to Louisville.
The four men hanged were the
leaders of the party flint endorsed the
resolutions.
Cunningham was murdered because
he discharged Browder.
Return as Conquerors.
New Tork, Aug. 1. The American
athletes who . participated In the
Olympic games will be given. a re
markable reception upon their arri
val August 23, according to the pro
gram announced today. The speakers
will Include Roosevelt, Bryan, Gover
nor Hughes, Mayor McClellan and
others. The ship carrvinsr the ath-
letcs will be escorted up the bay by
a United States gunboat. As they
pass up the North river the whole
city will extend a welcome. From
the dock there will be a parade to the
city hall. Exercises will be held In
the City Park.
Murder or Suicide?
San Francisco, Aug. 1. Coroner's
Physician Clark today held an autop
sy on the remains of Bernald Re
valk, who was found dead In a cab
In the street early todav. and de
clared that death had resulted from
cyanide ,of potassium taken with sui
cidal intent or given In a glass of
water. Revalk attended a farewell
party given In his honor last night.
He was 18 years old and the son of
R. E. Revalk, a wealthy typewriter
dealer of this city. The case is
shrouded In mystery. He was to have
sailed today for Manila to accent a
position.
Van Clcve Calls Upon All Manufac
turers and Their Friend to "Take
Hldo of Bryan and Nail it to Fence
for All Time" Onslaught Caused
by Support of Anti-Injunction
Plunk Opposed by the Association
Sonus Members Will Support
Democratic Nominee.
New York, Aug. i: Norman E.
Mack, manager of the democratic
national campaign, received word
from Bryan that he will reply to the
circulars Issued by J. C. Van Cleve,
president of the National Association
of Manufacturers, asking the mem
bers of that organization and their
friends to "Take the hide off Bryan
in the coming election and nail it to
the fence for all time."
Bryan's reply will be published
next Friday in the Commoner. It
contains 2000 words.
Van Cleve says the onslaught upon
Bryan Is .caused by the Commoner's
support of the anti-injunction plank,
which was Incorporated Into the plat
form against the wishes and strong
est arguments of Van Cleve and his
associates.
Mack said today that certain mem
bers of the association had assured
Bi-an of their support
Bryan Confirms Report.
Id n coin, NeD., Aug. 1. Bryan to
day confirmed the report that he will
reply to Van Cleve's circulars. Bry-
an s speech of acceptance Is being
transcribed today and will soon be In
a complete form.
OVER $100,000 FIRE
AT ISLAND CITY
In a fire at Hand City, Union coun
ty, la night, a loss of nearly $150
000 was caused. Tlw fire started at
midnight In the store of W. R. Perry
and quickly spread to adjoining es
tablishments. The damage to the
Perry store amounts to but $2000.
From the store the flames spread to
tho M. & M. company's implement
store and warelkonsc, causing a dam
ace of $4.1,000.
From here the blaze spread to the
Bare hotel, burning It down with a
lows of $1,500. and then to the Plo
neT flour mill. .This plunt, which
wa a 75,000 barrel mill, was prac
tically, destroyed much flour
stored therein. The loss Is approx
imated at $50,000.
Almost at the outset of the big fire
the electric pump which supplies
Island City with water gave out,
thereby making It impossible to fight
the fire successfully, an the only
available water was from the wells.
ELEMENTS UNITE
IN DESTRUCTION
Young WoyerhneuT Denies It.
St. Paul, Aug. 1. F. P. Weyerhaeu
ser, son of the millionaire lumber
man, denies his father's Interests are
connected with the $300,000,000 lum
ber merger. He says he win keep
what yellow pine he has.
Youth Sentenced.
Uklah, Cal., Aug. 1. Jesse Hea
cock. a youth, was yesterday sen
tenced to 15 years In San Quentin for
the murder of Fritz Stelnhart in
April.
Man Killed and Hundreds of
Thousands of Dollars Worth
of Property Ruined.
CLOUDBURSTS, FLOODS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.
Entire Territory of New Mexico Seem
to Hare Been Smitten at Almost
the Sume Tune Man Snatched by
Lightning from Side of Wife and
Baby Crop Ruined, Streams
Flooded, Muny Buildings Destroyed
Wires Down and Full Damage la
Nt Known.
PROHIBITION HAS
SOME EFFECT
Strikes Are Dangerous.
Paris, Aug. 1. Gendarmes today
raided headquarters of the general
labor federation, arrested Editor
Poughal of the Volx du Peuple, the
revolutionary organ of the federa
tion, and Secretary Griffeulshes M.
Mari and prominent members of the
federation. They are charged with
the responsibility for the riots and
the strikes threatening the welfare
of Tarls.
Cornerstone Laid.
Olympla, Aug. 1. With impressive
ritualistic ceremonies by the grand
lodge of Masons, addresses by Gover
nor Mead, and other officials, the
cornerstone of the governor's man
sion was laid this afternoon. Business
was suspended here as a general hol
iday had been proclaimed by Mayor
Hngemeyer.
RAILROADS PREPARE TO FIGHT.
Will Contest Increase In Rates of As
sessments. Belllngham, Wash., Aug. 1. That
the railroads of Washington are col
lecting data and preparing for a bit
ter legal fight In case of the assess
ments of public service corporations,
of which they are the most important,
are raised higher than they think Is
equitable by the board of state tax
commissioners was the statement
made today by State Tax Commission
er Frost - 'IT!
The Northern Pacific and the
Great Northern roads particularly, It
Is said, already have men In several
parts of the state obtaining figures
on the value of real estate from ex
perts who can testify In court.
RECORDS OF POLICE
COURT SHOW FALLING OFF.
Near Six Times as Many Fine Paid
During July, 1007, as During July J
oi i nis lemrKMHj bereu Arrests
East Las Vegas, N. M., Aug. 1.
One person Is known to be dead and
hundreds of thousands of dollars'
worth of property ruined as a result
of cloudbursts and floods throughout
this territory.
Alfredo Apedaca was killed by
lightning at Wagon Mound today
while in bed with his wife and chil
dren. The wife and baby were botk
injured.
Cloudbursts at Santa Rosa ruined
the crops, flooded streams and de
stroyed many buildings. Communi
cation Is cut off and the full extent
of the damage Is unknown.
Delegates Delayed.
Ogden, Utah, Aug. 1. Delegation
to the Independence party convention
from Washington, Oregon, Califor
nia and Nevada, returning from Chi
cago, were delayed forty miles east
of this city last night by a cloudburst
which washed out the track.
ALL READY AT CAMP.
for Drunkenness During Month
"Dryness" Wipes Out Half of Ten
derloiu District.
INDLIN RETURNS.
Likely Indian Agent WIU Resume Re
plevin Proceedings Over Horse.
The Indian from the Umatilla reser
vation, who was In the city yesterday
seeking to replevin a horse found in
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I Many Soldiers Encamped.
Tacoma, Aug. l. With 113 Officer
of the United States army and 254$
That prohibition has materially cut soldiers of the line in camp, David 8.
down petty crime within the city is Stanley on the south bank of Amerl-
clearly shown by the records of the can Lake, everything is ready for a
police court. An inspection of the month' of maneuvers,
docket shows a tremendous slump In The camp was officially opened to
business and It is principally due to day, but the actual problems of the
the absence of the hordes of drunks service will not be tackled until Mon
that formerly graced the morning day, when the burning of powder
court sessions held by Judge Fitx starts and the boys will be given a
Gerald. , taste of war with all the vividness of
During the month of July but 32 reaI action minus the casualties. The
people paid fines In the police court, greatest activity today was by the
and of these but seven were for sprinkling carts settling the dust
drunkenness. For July, 1907, the to- The 'rst period of maneuvers be-
tal of l'l fines were paid, a large tween August l and 10, will be de
part of the offenders being drunks. , voted to formations for attack and
During the month of June this defense. All regiments will be given
year there were 90 cases In the police Practice in these departments. The
court and of these 41 were drunks, national guard will also take a place,
during June a total of 30 fines were Special officers from the regulars will
Imposed upon parties conducting De assigned to Instruct the troops,
bawdy houses and this month but 17 The Washington national guard ar-
such fines were Imposed, thus show- rlvea tomorrow. Every moment of
Ing that the dryness has wiped away tne tlme be occupied. There will
half of the tenderloin district be concerts daily by regimental bands.
As a rule the summer months are August 8 will be pay day. Over
the busiest In the police court because 32.000 came up In a big chest from
of the large number of transient men Portland Friday. It Is In plain view
in the city. In the past crowds of under guard at the paymaster's tent
loafers have drifted Into the city dur-.There be $60,000 more brought
sister, returned today to his reserva-1 1"B t8 warm weather period. Many ing the week
of them were professional hoboes.
tlon. It Is likely that the agent of
Indian affairs on the reservation will
pick up the prosecution, as the Indian
Is short of funds. La Grande Observer.
Leniency for Haxers.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 1. Following a
conference with Roosevelt today, Sec-
cancel the steps taken toward the dis
missal of eight West Point cadets
who were accused of haalng. Wright
said he thought the punishment was
too severe for the offense. He said
that likely the boys would be court-martialed.
Good Yteld on Knight Itnnch.
That the wheat on the Knight Bros,
ranch. is running 37 bushels per acre
was declared last night by Ernest
Knight, who was In town for the
purpose of buying supplies for their
threshing crew. He says that their
grain will yield an average of 85
bushels per acre.
Heat Kills Near Fresno.
Fresno, Cal., Aug. 1. Two deaths
from heat have been reported from
outside towns today. "Mrs. C. E.
Fashpach was found dead In bed at
Vlsalla this morning and the body of
Rlarerl Srugarl was found in a ditch
near Tulare. The temperature yes
terday was 114 degrees.
Hot in 1 41 Grande.
All records in heat annals In La
Grande for at least 22 years were
broken this afternoon when the mer
cury at the government weather ob
servatory registered 106 degrees In the
shade, says the La Grande Obesrver.
With the exception of two years, the
records furnished herewith are au
thentic. During the years of 1896 and
1897 the records were not maintained
In proper order, but auhtentlc author
ities .from other sources, affirm that
the heat did not equal today's record
during that time. This being true, it
Is at least 22 years, and no one knows
how much longer, since the city has
been sweltering in a similar degree of
heat.
Notwithstanding the high tempera
ture, no one suffered. The mountain
air is refreshing ,a fact which no doubt
saved prostrations .
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Cleaning Up Oyster Boils.
At the present time there Is great
activity on the Washington state oys
ter reserves, near South Bend. Much
money Is being spent In destroying
starfish and generally cleaning up the
natural beds. Two crews of men are
at work tonglng starfish, and together
they are destroying about 10.000 of
these voracious pests each day. The
work is being done under the direc
tion of State Oyster Patrol H. E.
Bochau.
David England, a Vancouver man,
35 years old, was drowned at Barnet,
B. C. He fell off a launch In which
his wife and six friends were helpless
witnesses of the fatality,
Whllo nthors wero lnnUins- f.ir nrU WHEAT IS NOW 76.
but dreaded finding any. I
This year the transient men are of Several Sales Made, but Many Farm,
a better element than usual or If they Aro Not Rdy.
are not they are at least better be- Wheat has taken another advancs
haved. Most of those here are men In the local market, and club Is be
who really wish to work, while the '"K sold today for 75 cents. Maiy
bums have passed up the town for farmers are In town today with sam
more congenial spots. pies of their grain, and the buyers' of-
But prohibition alone does not ac- fices have been busy places. But
count for the falling off In the bus- while numerous sales have been made,
It is said the majority of growers are
not yet in a position to sell.
Thus far the price of wheat this
season has been steadily upward.
The market opened at 71 cents and
then Jumped to 73, 75 and lastly te
76 cents.
iness of the police court A noticea
ble decline occurred during the panic
last fall and from that time on, even
while the town was wet. the court
records did not show the large num
ber of cases that arose before the fi
nancial flurry.
FIRST MOVE FOR GRAVITY WATER SYSTEM
At a meeting of the water commis
sion held last evening the first actual
step towards securing a gravity wa
ter system was taken when the board
authorized Its chairman to employ an
engineer to make a preliminary sur
vey for the proposed system.
It Is the plan of the board to have
a competent engineer go over the
ground with a view to ascertaining
the feasibility of securing water from
the mountains. In doing this he will
first learn the extent of the water
supply and something of the task In
volved In bringing the water to the
city.
The motion to employ the engineer
did not state where the board should
look for a water supply but individual
members at present regard the Uma
tilla river above Wenaha springs as
the best source. However, the McKay
creek source may also be Investigat
ed. To J. T. Brown, chairman of the
board, was left the task of employ
ing an engineer or engineering firm
to make the preliminary survey. It
Is understobd he will secure some
one for the work In the near future
and Young & Kelsay, levee engineers,
may secure the position. Following
the meeting last night Mr. Brows
left for the coast and he will spend
some time In PoiUand on the way
to and from the seashore.
At the meeting last night all mem
bers of the board were present except
ing T. C. Taylor, who was out of the
city. All those present favored the
move taken.
The complete water commission Is
composed of J. T. Brown, chairman;
J. R. Dickson, secretary; T. C. Tay
lor, Will Moore and James A. Fee.
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