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WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight and Tues
day; warmer tonight.
TO ADVERTISERS.
Don't lit down In the
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the cow to back P
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VOL. 31.
PENDLETON, OllEtiON, MONDAY, AUGUST .'. 1908.
NO. 6341
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FOREST FIRES CLAIM NEARLY
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PARIS' BIG STRIKE
IS FIZZIJXG OCT.
Paris, Aug. 3. The threatened 24-
hour strike of 100,000 workmen to
protest against the government's se
verity In dealing with those engaged
In the recent strike demonstrations,
seems to be fizzling today. Several
morning papers failed to appear on
the streets this morning on account of
a strike of the compositors. Twenty-
five thousand soldiers are ready to
answer a riot call.
Property Loss in Town and Vicinity is Estimated at Eight
Million Dollars Hundreds Are Homeless.
Towns of HoHiiipr ami Mllchd" Arc Safe), Though Kfjiorwd I xwt -Constables
so Sworn In lo Protect WluU Is Left of Fertile Sixty Thousnnd
Dollars Worth of Groceries Have Been Distributed to tlio Destitute
Saloon Is Held Up.
Reno, N'ev., Aug. 3. A lone rob
ber held up the Sierra Orotto Saloon
early today, forcing the bartender and
ane customer to hold up their hands.
He stole $5.
Score of Miners burled.
Miihoiiey City, Pa., Aug. 3
Twenty miners are entombed In
Hundreds Compelled to Sleep in the Open Without Coverings Concert I a rowult of the explosion of gas. Ttielr
I a result ftlw oxnlnulon of ma Tlielr
HUlluuig uonuuiuiig Mores oi urocerics iiit t iimoaie nouw rvnui
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WAr TO OREGON
MOTORMAX MURDERED
BY ROBBERS IX TACOMA.
Tacoma, Aug. 3. Frank L.
Brown, motorman on the P
street car line, was murdered
shortly after midnight this
morning by robbers as he was
ready to start the car back to
Declares There Will Be No
Combination ot Railroads
Over Night.
SAYS XO ROADS
WILL BE ABAXDOXED.
the barn. Brown and the con-
ductor, G. R. Windsor, were sit-
ting In the car, Windsor count-
Ing the money, when three men
entered. A moment later
Brown was clanging the bell,
when one of the men fired a
shot. Brown fell dead. The
others held up Windsor and se-
cured 1 15 and a watch.
ateljr Escapes Destruction and M iich Suffering Is Thereby Prevented
Coal Mining Companies Are lleav y Losers by the Ilolacaust.
fnfc Is unknown,
glng.
Rescuers are dlg-
Insists Hint Oriental Trade. Is Largely
Sentimental and That Dream Bub
bles Have Burst Claims Xo Rc
sponslblllty, Declaring He Knew
Conditions From the Start Accom-
pan led by Family, Servant, Opcr
TAFT AS A FAIRY.
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Winnipeg, Aug. S. Reports reoelv
ed over railroad wires front points
nearest tlie great Crows Xet vallc
fire today, Indicate that tlx flames
are still roaring over the country an1
that Uie damage will prohahly be
greater Uian expected last night. It
Is estimated tliut the full amount of
loss in the whole burned district will
be $25,000,000.
The loss of life Is variously estimat
ed at from 400 to 700, while suffer
ing and deNtltlitlon Is horrible.
Acting Mayor Harvey called a meet.
lnc of the board of control tills morn
ing. Already a subscription relief
fond hi rolling In, It Is possible Uie
full extent of the loss of life and
property will not be known for srv
era! day.
Vancouver, B. C, Aug. I. It Is
variously estimated this morning that
170 Demons have been burned to
death In the Fernle fire. The proper
ty loss will be $8,000,000. These fig
ures are given by Thomas Biggs, sec
retary of the Fernle Miners' union.
The towns of Hosmer and Michel,
reported destroyed, were saved, build
ings being dynamited In Hosmer.
Sixty men and four women, camp
ing In the lumber district five miles
from Fernle, were surrounded by fire.
All are reported dead.
Sixty thousand dollars worth of gro
ceries have been distributed In Fernle.
Hundreds are sleeping out doors,
many without covering. Constables
have been sworn In to guard what l
left of the town.
In Fernle a western Canada whole
sale house, occupying a concert build
ing which wss saved, has stored gro
ceries which are being given to the
unfortunates. This distribution is a
blessing to the people. The house.
has been -inver"ted Into a retail store
and orders 'promptly delivered.
President Lindsey estimates the loss
of the Crows Nest and Pass Coal
company at 1100,000. The Trites
Food company's loss Is $250,000. A.
MacDonald, a wholesale merchant,
and the Crows Nest Trading company,
will lose heavily.
Relief committees have organized.
Spokane Sends Provisions.
A carload of provisions was sent
from Spokane yesterday and 3,000
loaves of bread were sent this morn
ing. The mayor and chamber of
commerce responded quickly to the
appeals for aid.
Reports say tents and bedding are
also needed. The relief committee
la swamped ajth contributions.
Reports say the towns of Olson,
Michel, Hosmer and Sparwood have
been destroyed.
The loss Is appalling. It Is diffi
cult to obtain figures of facts on ac
count of wire Interruption.
Americans at Vatican.
Home, Aug. 3. Archbishop Farley
Is heading a delegation of twenty-one
American priests, also 180 American
pilgrims, to the Vatican today, carry
ing Peter s Pence.
Pastor Denies 'Candidate Has
Particular Religion.
Cincinnati. Ohio, Aug. 8. Rev. G.
A. Thnvi-r of the First Unitarian
ators and Stenograhpers, Is Coming church today denied that Taft had no
to Southern Oregon.
Conservatives Win In Cuba".
Havana, Cuba, Apg. 3. Election
returns throughout Ciba at noon to
day Indicate a general victory for the
conservatives, who have carried the took up for $8,000,000 about $12,000,
Chicago, Aug. 3. In an Interview
granted on his way to Oregon, Har-
rlman declares there will be no com
blnation of railroads over night and
that there will be no abandonment of
railroads.
He was discussing the deal where'
by a syndicate of bankers recently
particular religion. She said "Taft's
mother and Judge Alphonso Taft
and his wife were members of - the
Unitarian church, of which I was
pastor. Will Taft has attended my
church regularly. He became a mem
ber when he -was a boy. I remember
he once took the part of a fairy In a
play given by the Unity church, when
he weighed 175 pounds. Taft In
good company."
most important cities.
Baseball Scores.
San Francisco; 6; Portland, 6;
innings.
Oakland, 7-0; Los Angeles, 1-8.
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X EVA DA IS SCEXE OF
LATEST CATASTROPHE.
Tlioufland Refuges.
Nelson, B. C, Aug. 3. A thousana
refugees, the overflow from Crane-
brook, arrived here this morning. most Llfeles Bodice and Great nanuun to
or mem destitute. Tnere Is great air-
flculty In getting provisions here. The
big Canadian cities have wired money.
Ashes Mark Uie Spot.
Fernle, Aug. 3. Seventy blocks of
smouldering ashes mark the spot to
day where stood the well built, thriv
ing city of Fernle with (.000 popula
tion.
But 14 residences and one business
house renaln. Between 700 and 800
families are homeless.
Twelve bodies have been recovered
and It Is feared the 200 missing have
perished.
Try to Poison Wlfolo Town.
Los Angeles, Aug. 3. Travelers ar
riving liere from Mexico tell of an at
tempt to exterminate the entire pop
ulation of the town of Mexlcala, near
tlie bordor, by poisoning the water
aupHy. Most of the dogs In town
liave died and several persons drink
ing tite water have narrowly escaped.
Revolutionists are suspected. Presi
dent Dlas has ordered wholesale ar-rests..
A Horrible Death.
San Francisco, Aug. 3. With his
body almost covered with a seething
mass of boiling asphaltum thrown
upon him by the explosion of a pot
in which he was heating the mate
rial, Peter Com, a street laborer, was
carried to the hospital in ' terrible
agony today. He is expected to live
but a few hours. His fleBh was burn
ed from the shoulders to the bone.
Property Mark Path of Electrical
Disturbance and Cloudburst In Xe-
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vada Many Ttirilllng Rescues Ex-
tenti (if CataMtroplie Is Unknown.
Reno, Nev., Aug. 3. A terrific elec
trical storm broke In Washoe county
last night and left death and destruc
tion In Its wake. The extent of the
damage Is unknown, but it is thought
at least five were killed. A cloud
burst followed.
Etta Pixley, daughter of a wealthy
logging camp owner In Dog volley,
was killed Instantly . by the rushing
wnter. Her body was found at the
bottow of a gulch.
An unknown woman was also kill-
000 worth of stock in a short time
both of the Wheeling and the Lake
Erie -road, which belong to the Gould
system.
"Anything done in this connection
Is not for the purpose of making
money,'' he said. "It's bad -business
for a railroad to go Into the hands of
a receiver, so we try to prevent It
whenever possible."
Speaking about the Oriental trade
he said: "The Oriental trade is
largely sentimental. The hope of
building up a large Asiatic trade
through the Pacific coast ports was
mostly a dream and It has turned out
to be to a great extent a fake. It was
not my dream. I knew the conditions
from the start."
He Is accompanied by his family,
telegraph operators, servants and ste
nographers.
Travels In Secrecy.
Chicago, Aug. 8. Guarded with the
utmost secrecy, Harriman's special
cars are at Evanston, a suburb, to
day. Officials of the Gould and Har-
rlman lines are Instructed not to
give any Information as to the move
ments of the special. Harrlman re
mained In his car all night to avoid
the interviewers.
He will drive to the general head
quarters of the Harriman lines this
morning, and held a conference with
the officials there. All he would say T"6 report
was: . Johnson, who
OUTBREAK IX VENEZUELA
IS HOURLY EXPECTED
Wllleinstadt West Dutch Indies,
Aug. 3. Following the arrival here
of tlie Dutch cruiser Golderland from
Laguayra, Venezuela, it Is feared
President Castro is preparing to
make a show of armed forces. News
of an outbreak Is hourly expected.
WILL SEEK TO
ENJOIN CITY
Ranchers West of Pendleton
Object to Second Sewer
Above Their Ditches.
IE EXPEflTED
REPORT IS IX HAXDS
OF COUXTY COURT.
E. A. Johnson Completes Investiga
tion of County Officials Xo Part
or Report Will Be Made Public
Until After County Court Acts on
It Wednesday Believed that All
Accounts Balance,
of Accountant E. A.
has been engaged in
Mysterious Death.
San Francisco, Aug. 8. Mystery
surrounds the finding of the body
of a well dressed man in the bay near
the Golden Gate. He had probably
been In the water only an hour.
There Is no clue to his Identity.
In a small leather bag he carried
$35. Officers are unable to deter
mine the cause of death.
Stole $50,000.
Chicago, Aug. 3. After terrorizing
the postmasters of Northern Michigan
for ten years, stealing ' $60,000 In
stamps and money, George Ross and
Frank Rocach were arrested today In
a hut in the woods near Eecanaba.
The postal Inspectors found $10,000
In stamps and postal orders In their
possession.
Boy Swallows Small Frog.
Redlands, Col., Aug. 8. Physicians
are attempting to extract live frog
from the stomach of Wynuui Elli
ott, aged 13. , lie swallowed It while
drinking from a hose as a result of a
Joke of his playmates. .Physicians
better It will soon die. '
Tlicy Still Get Timber,
The people of Baker City who have
been earnestly watching the timber ed with Miss Pixley, the bodies being
situation with .the hope of getting a found together.
suuaoie ciaim, ana Keeping up that a white cook and two Chinese were
viKii wiinuui success, u may De inter- swept away, their bodies being not
esung ror mem to know that a party I found.
or ten people from Portland were Twenty head of cattle, all the live
orougnt to uaker city a few days stock In the valley, were killed. The
ago and taken up the Sumpter val- valley is full of water.
ley to Austin, from which place they There were many thrilling rescues.
vi'iu overmna to rrairic city, and Miss Clcereaul, daughter of the
tnere were located on claims, says Judge of Verdi, was rescued from
the Herald. death bv a laborer. She was swent
C. H. Clement, a real estate man of away from a mountain path and enr-
"Thls Is not a business trip; Just .XDertll. the reoord8 of the d(f(,rent
a vucaiiun. i am suing lo uregon to
my ranch and
coast, where I
ests."
along
have
the Pacific
large Inter-
county officials for the past two
months, Is now complete and Is now
In the hands of the county court.
Since the court will not meet until
Wliard Is Ambiguous. next Wednesday morning, and there-1
Harriman added a new chapter to ore no official action has been taken
a long list of amblsruous interviews on the report, its contents have not
SAY WATER IS XOW
TOO BADLY POLLUTED..
Unfit for Stock to Drink and Too
Filthy to Use in Irrigating Gar
densBed of River Is Xearly Dry
at This Season of Year City's Pro.
Iosed Extension of Sewer to West
End of Town Is Cause of Uneasi
nessRanchers Say Outlet Should
Be Further Down Stream.
Any attempt on the part of the
city to empty another sewer into tha
bed of the Umatilla river above tha
Intakes for the Irrigation ditches
which supply the farms on the flat
on the north side of the river and
just west of town will be .accompani
ed by an injunction suit to prevent
the carrying out of such plans.
It is alleged by the ranchers living
In the flat that as a result of the
present sewer, which empties Into
the river near the old railroad bridge,
the water In their irrigation ditches
is so polluted as to be unfit for their
horses and cattle to drink and for
use in irrigating their gardens, and
that a second sewer would make the
condition that much worse.
At this time of the year the sewaga
is dumped Into an almost dry river
bed, so that there is no question aa
to its ability to pollute what little
water remains.
It is pointed Out by those Inter
ested that by running the proposed
sewer a few yards further down the
river the city could find sn outlet for
its sewer with little, if any additional
expense. They say this could meet
with no objection from the ranchers
further down stream, since It Is sev
eral miles before any water is taken
out for Irrigating or other purposes,
and the river would have plenty of
time to clear Itself.
A number of small farms are in
terested In the matter, among them
being the Oliver, Carpenter, Patton,
Myers and Shlll places.
The law covering this point was
looked up when the first sewer was
constructed, but It was finally de
cided to take no action at that time,
as they were definitely told and fin- .
ally persuaded to believe that the in
convenience would not be so bad.
Now that they have actually seen the
results of the present sewer, they are
determined that their troubles shall
not be increased, and they feel sure
they can succeed In their attempt to
permanently enjoin the city.
today. When asked why the rail
roads were in financial straits after
five years of great prosperltw, he
said: "It's simply because they're af
ter them."
"Who are they?" he was asked.
He refused to answer.
It Is supposed he meant Roosevelt.
been made public and will not be
known until after the court acts upon
It
However, it is practically certain
that no shortages or sellout errors
in bookkeeping have been found in
any of the records, and the accept
once of the report by the county
TVii-HansI n . , , I ' I v io II' o infant nuuacveii.i u,v -t'- - - j
roruana. passed through Baker last rled down stream when she was pull- He refused to discuss the president's court next Wednesday will be only a
evening ior nis nome after having ac- ed out
eompaniea mis crowd of timber hunt- News from Spanish gulch says the
ers and seeing them located. HtLmir. .,iu .. i..jj
I 1 "in c bui.ii no uuuucu uv lllu
worss in conjunction with Dave Brl- eloudhurst
cnaux of La Grande, who Is known
an a uiMuer cruiser. Mr. t'lnmentn c. i.
crusade against the roads for rebot-
lng.
stated
Will Collect Fair Exhibits,
The district fair association Is now-
looking for an active young man who pared to the large volume of accounts
piefunctory matter,
The work performed by Account-
and Johnson has been thorough In
every way, and the records have
been experted In a short time com-
Educate Xegro Ifcmiers.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 3. Negro far
mers of Georgia are rounded tip at
Clark university today fr a week of
practical and theoretical Instruction
in all phases of agricultural pursuits..
This Is the first time such an Institute
has been attempted and it has attract
ed wide attention.
It Is stated by the promoters that
there are in Georgia 16,760 negro
farm owners, 35,250 negro cash ten
ants, 36,889 negro share tenants, 117,
000 male negro farm laborers, and 72,
000 female farm laborers. The sum
mer schooling proposed is the first
time in the history of the state that
that most of the timber he Unn,ir. ,.. . v. i I - .i.. I ; o n i i'the necro farm workprs havu hn, vm
1'ii'iuiru iur Ills Clients Will average Fine vnlluv tn hnlno mon nirrlriilt lira 1 avV1Hlt rr. I tho onnntv cnnrt ti lth tho mnrlt
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V ' ' ,"1' ,s cn- ed to have been caught In the flood, district fair. Lnrge quantities of ex
.uciu very gooa at me present ThA voii i. .,.- a hihit. h. -mtj k... ...
I " - ,7 . dvviio V' I unci ucvas- o " V. uvl I iviiuacu uul HI till
luuuii. iiiu wiiy nil uses sianaingl " ue nun ueen secured 10 collect
were high on a hill. them. This will be a good position
Miss Pixley was a school teacher, for some young man with a team for
Luke Smith, a laborer. Is also dead, the next six weeks.
All told, five were killed, three be
ing Chinese. Xo. 5 Had 11 Cars,
The loss Is estimated at $100,000. The westbound train, No. 5, of Inst
AqD Harriman ts night, had 14 cars out of this city,
Big Mining Deal.
The Eclipse copper mine was sold
yesterday to Utah mining men for
$75,000, and they have returned to
Salt Lake to arrange the Immediate
opening of the mine with three crews
of men, says the La Grande Observer.
This mine Is situated about 35 miles
east of La Grande on Copper creek,
and contains one of the largest and
richest bodies of copper In that min
eral district.
This mine was owned entirely bv La
Grande people of whom the follow
ing were the heaviest stockholders: D.
A. McAllister, H. C. Cotner, W. B.
Sargent, J. M. Hilts, John McAllister
and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Williamson.
Two thousand dollars was paid
down and the purchasers have two
years In which to pay the balance. As
they are mining men of experience
and will commence actjve work Im
mediately, It is expected that within
a few months this will be one of the
liveliest camps on Copper creek and
the Eclipse mine will soon be a large
producer of copper.
of
examining the records that it Is
probable that It will be the fixed
policy of the court hereafter to have
oil the couty records examined ev
ery year.
opportunity to attend a school of this
kind.
Two special cars being Idaho demo-
ixillor lias Good Argument. crats were attached, a car bearine
Carthage. Mo., Aug. 3. Cornelius Baker City militia boys was picked
Roach, proprietor of the Carthage up at that place, and a car bearing
Dally Democrat, Is seeking the demo- company L here, making one of the
crattc nomination for secretary of largest trains to pass through the city
state, and offers nine good reasons for some time. The Idaho democrats
Bryan a Unionist.
Llnclln, Neb., Aug. 3. Bryan was
voted an honary member of the Lin
coln Typographical union today.
Fined for Fighting.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Chapman. Indians,
were fined $5 In police court this
morning for fighting on the streets,
Sunday. The woman was the former
wife of Chapman and both were
drinking. Charles Switzler, an Indian,
was also fined $5 by Judge Fitz Ger
ald for being drunk.
LARGE DEAL III UMATILLA RANGE 10
why the voters should support him In
tomorrow's primary. The argument
Is set forth on a card bearing a pic
ture of the editor's nine children, with i
this appeal:
SAY. MISTER!
left the main line at Umatilla on their
way to Wallace, where the state con
vention is being held this week.
One of the largest deals in Umatilla
county range lands to be recorded for
some time has just been made In La
Grande. J. D. McKennon, the well
known grocer of La Grande, and
Expect Heavy Shipments.
B. Calderhead of the Northern
Won't you please vote for our papa Pacific offices at Walla Walla, Is In stockman and farmer of Grand Ronde
for the democratic nomination for the city today on a business trip and I valley, has just purchased from J. D.
secretary of state? Here are nine Is well pleased with the prospects for Casey the lumberman and merchant
reasons and you may have others. a good crop all through the territory! of Hllgard, 2440 acres of timber and
tributary to the Northern Pacific rail-1 range land lying about 10 miles east
The man who courts temptation road. He expects about as heavy I of Meacham and surrounded by the
for the purpose of displaying his wheat shipments this year as usual, I Wennha forest reserve.
strength usually ends up by adver- although In some sections the yield I The deeds have just been filed with
tlitng his weakness. will be light. Recorder F. W. Hendley of this coun
ty and the price given In the deeds
is $5355.83, or about $2.20 per acre
for the tract, and Mr. Casey receives
all the timber on the land for a period
of 20 years, an extraordinary provis
ion In Umatilla county land deals.
It is understood that Mr. McKen
non is buying land for cattle range
and secured It at this extremely low
price by surrendering the timber. Mr.
Casey will log off the land and cot
cord wood on it and expects to have
all the valuable timber removed with
in the period specified.
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