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; v. WEATHER REPORT. Fair tonight and Fri day. VOL. 21. PENDLETON, OllfiWlN, THURSDAY, AUCJUST ). 190H. NO. 0314 ' -N.il- EVfUlilGBIITIOS I, . ... jg4y EVEKMIH 1 HMiWMPM r2ssi 1 - &3iL -rrSnr LL Lhh"J,J a 4 JY 4 --stf the cow to back np I C OKJC--- I fTtir WrriTm ry F I and be milked go 1- .. ' -.,,,....,,.,- ..-.yK MfH WPEKLyTIVvX ter the cow. I' 1, -IZ I 11 -- ' ... ' ' ? -hot iff Hymen H. Cohen, Market Ed itor of the Oregon Daily Journal, Mokes Estimates. FARMERS WILL GET MORE MONEY THAN LAST YEAR. ' i: Umatilla and Walla Walla Counties Are the Ran nor Wheat Districts of the Inland Empire This Ycur Yield of Umatilla County Placed at from 4,000,000 to 4,500,000 Bush-' el YAQUIS INDIANS MAS SACRE THREE FAMILIES. El Paso, Texas, Aug. 6. Thirteen persons were killed at the Lampazas mine In Mexi co, by Yaquls Indians, who are threatening to attack the Pro montorio mine, where the, sur vivors have taken refuge, ac cording to private advices. A letter telling of the massa cre which, occurred July 24, has been received by friends of A. D. McThee, superintendent of the Potnontorlo. Without warning the Yaquls swept down and slaughtered 13 mem bers of three families. AUSTRIAN ARMY SCANDAL. Premier'; Son Stir Hornets)' Nest With Startling Statements. Vienna, Aug. 6. Military circles -Fight Among: flio Rig Com- were Btortled today by the results of panics Partly Responsible for High an Investigation following a report Prices ' rorn Major Sturdza, the premier's son, , charging shocking immorality, l drunkenness, reckless extravagance That wheat will touch 90 cents in anij gambling among the officers of Pendloton, Walla Walla and other j the Roumanian army and utter lnef wheat centers of the Inland Empire fc-ency throughout the rank and file, during the present market season Is He declared discipline in the army the candid opinion of Hymnn H. Co-Wns Peking, 'and that no regular nen, mantel editor or tne uiegon ,jrng WPre j.ij. Extensive frauds Dally Journal, who came down this ,ave been revealed, the officers hav mornlng from Walla Walla after a i,lff ruled their pockets with the pub tour of the wheat belt. j 0 funds. "There Is no cause for complaint As a result of the disclosures Stur at this year's crop," said Mr. Cohen dza has been challenged to fight sev to the East Oregonlan this morning, era! duls and has vanquished seven "as the higher prices will bring the antagonists, farmers more money than they re-; celved from laset year's bumper j crop. Market conditions and the ex-' port trade are such right now that everything points to 90-ccnt wheat, this season, but when It nears the 90 cent mark if I had a wheat crop Ij THE GIN Praises Bryan and Ksrn and Condemns the Republican Pi r y. n should immediately let go at that j high maik, as the market will neces sarily be uncertain and shaky after passing the 8G-cent mark." Mr. Cohen has wheat belt of Morrow tllln and Walla Walla counties, nnd finds tho cream of the crop In Uma tilla and Walla Walla counties. In Morrow county many thousand of acres will not be cut at all. while but little of the crop In either Uma tilla or Walla Walla counties will be too light to harves. "It Is a most surprising spectacle," said Mr. Cohen, "to see such an abundant crop where there has been but little moisture. In Umatilla coun ty I find there has been no rain dur ing the growing season, and yet the land Is yielding almost normally. Of course It is somewhat below list year's phenomenal crop, but It Is almost average. "Tho sharp competition In the mar ket and the bitter rivalry among the big grain buying companies and ex porters are the causes of the advance In prices. Then there Is a world wheat shortage, also, nnd all these conditions Justify my statement that wheat will reach 90 cents this year. But my advice would be to sell when It gets to the 90-rent mark or a' lit tle before." Tir. Cohen leaees tomorrow morn lng for Echo after conferring with theleadlng farmers and grain buyers on crop conditions. He Is one of the best Informed men in the Northwest on market and crop conditions and has built up a reliable and readable market page on the Journal (i ,,0"nom.rOUBt, the;SIIOlLD HAVE RECEIVED ow, Gilliam, Umn- (imi,im .Mum. mmi ll.ir. Keeent Sale at .Miles niy, Moiiiujm, Enilmslzes SiatniMMit That Clip of Reaver Slale Should Have Drought Ftmr Out More Per Pound I'matilla Growers Are .Heaviest Logcrs. SAYS TARIFF IS THE ONE GREAT ISSUE. Deelures That Parly In power for 50 Years Has Deliberately Fostered In terests Which Have Reen Robbing People-Charge Republican With Relng Afraid to Revise Obnoxious Tariff and Change Statute Enacted by Them Which Made Robbery Possible. Los Angeles, Aug. 6. Judge Parker of New York, opened the Bryan cam paign here last night with an address to 2000. He eulogized Bryan and Kern and said: "How s It that against the Interest of Uie people, Wie party in power for more than 50 years, has been able to shut lis eyes to the fact that the people have been systematically rob bed by means of a statute enacted by this party, which did not have the courage to change It?" He was speaking about the tariff. He continued: "There Is one great question of all questions to be solved by the electors. "Many yars ago a small black clou appeared on the horizon. A tariff was imposed for the ostensl ble protection of the. Infant Indus trios, which was extended and enlarg ed until under it there has grown up a system which has the country com pletely In its grasp. "The party In power Is allied with the protected Interests. These inter ests have furnished money to the re publican party at the request of tne national committee and everybody knows that for years the leaders of this party have been engaged In fry ing the fat out of the manufacturers." tift rnios HIT WEI Declares That Inequality Will Soon Result in Populor Condemn t jn, ARBITRATION NOT EQUAL TO ALL CLASSES. Republican Candidate Declares poor Man Is Handicapped in Contest With Rich OpKnents Before Court or Board of Arbitration .Merchants ami ' Commercial Men rsiikiiig Courts Altogether Gives Reason for Delays. . GOOD YIELDS AT WESTON. Wheat Is Making Good Average De spite Dry Season. A correspondent at Weston says of the wheat yields In that vicinity: F. C. Greer, S3 bushels per acre from 80 acres; II. E. Turner, 2400 sacks of 6 1. pound wheat from 165 acres: J. IJ. nnd J. M, Price, 25-bushe avernge from ouu iv. ' Vl "v L W 2946 sacks from 165 acres; J. c- Truner, 35 bushels per acre from 80 acres; J. N. York, 2996 sacks from 240 acres at the McMorrls place, and 1143 sacks from 65 acres at his home place; George W. Ptnggs, 1420 sacks from 92 acres of red chaff wheat, SO bushels per acre from 115. acres of Dale Glory wheat; J. II. Coffman, 30 bushels per acre from 230 acres. Bar-, ley Is a good crop this runnng from BO to 75 btViels per acre,. Mosc8 Taylor's 40-bushel yield from a half section west of town re mains the record crop for this sea son. Two years ago J. M. Banister secured a yield of 62 bushels per acre from 200 ncres in the same vicinity, and last year 50-bushel crops were common. That Oregon woolgrowers were lit erally "robbed" out of approximately $6X0,000 this year, was the statement made to an East Oregonlan reporter this morning, and tho report of the wool sales held at Miles City, Mont., July 27, was cited as evidence. This report shows the following sales: 859 swks, or near a half million pounds, at 18 7-8 cents; 261 sacks at 17 3-8 cents.. 404 sacks at 17 3-8 cents; 495 sacks at from 16 to 17 cents, and 98 sacks at from 15 to 16 cents. When It Is remembered that the average price paid for the Oregon clip was but 12 cents, a glance at the above figures will lend credence to the statement made by an Informed Port land man this morning, who says Or egon sheepmen were entitled to ap proximately four cents more per pound. This man has followed the situation carefully, not only this year, but, for a number of years and Is probably as well posted as to the facts as any man In the northwest. The prices for the. Oregon clip was 12 cents, while that for the Montana clip is probably above 16 cents, cer tainly not below that figure, showing a difference of four cents, .which on this year's 17,000,000 pounds clip, means a loss to the state of $680,000. This loss is distributed principally among a few eastern Oregon coun ties. It now seems apparent fliat the buyers came Into the field this year wllh a determination to take advan. tnge of the uncertain market and slump tho prices as much as possible. The Oregon" fleeces, being the first clipped, were put on the market first and were therefore made to suffer. That the local growers made a hiy mistake In allowing the sales to oe held here when they did 'universal ly admitted and a they will make A W6rse'"6ne next year if they allow their sales to be held before the ques tion of tariff revision Is definitely settled, Is also generally believed. While all eastern Oregon flock owners were heavy losers this year, those of Umatilla county suffered more than any of tho others, because the very first sales were held bero and 12 cents was close to the top price here instead of tho average. CABBIES WOMAN TO LICENSE COI NTER. Seattle Man and Legless Sweetheart Are Wedded in Kentucky Town. Chicago, Aug. 5. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Cincinnati, O., says: A pathetic sight was seen in the county clerk's office In Newport, Ky., yesterday, when a young man carried ii, his arms a legless young woman to the license counter and applied for a marriage license. The pair gave their names as John B. Bapp of Se attle. Wash., and Pearl Ruppell of Portland, Ind. They went from Cin cinnati in a cab to the city across tho river and when the man stepped from the cab with the young woman In his arms he attracted a crowd. In the clerk's office he placed her on the counter while the document was being prepared. The young woman's legs were amputated as the result of a railroad accident. After securing the license the couple went .to a parson age and were married. Hot Springs, Va., Aug. 6. Ta'ft to day addressed the Virginia Bar asso ciation, stating that the present court system while not perfect, Is not so far from producing proper results that It calls for anxiety. He said the ine quality existing in the administration of Justice will soon give rise to a call for popular condemnation and reform. "I know delays have induced mer chants and commercial men to avoid the courts altogether, and to settle their controversies by arbitration. Such arbitration Is only possible be tween litigants who are members of the same commercial bodies. Boards of arbitration offer no relief to liti gants with wealthy opponents, hence the results in the cost of litigation to the poor being greater than to the rich, assuming the poor more often Interest-d in small cases, and the rich In large ones. One 'eason for a delay in the lower courts is the disposition of the judges to await an undue length of time In writing opinions. I speak with con fidence because I was one of the sin ners.. I b.-lleve a great reform could be eff -rted with certainty in the fed eral and state courts by a mandatory reduction in court costs and fees." O. R. &S BRAKEMAN liOST LEG UNDER TRAIN, Brakeman Wallace of the Umatilla-Starbuck freight fell under a train a 2 o'clock this morning south of Starbuck and lost one leg Just below the knee. He was otherwise injured, but not seriously. He was brought to the Walla Walla hospital where his injuries were attend ed to, and it Is thought he will recover. PI RSI ED BY DEVIL; SUICIDES. Young Man Has Peculiar Hallucina tion Loaves Notes. San Francisco, Aug. 6. Believed that he was being pursued by the devil, William Letterln, aged 18. drank carbolic acid and dropped dead on a street corner today. He left rambling notes to his mother telling of his experience with the evil spirits. He said he feared they would kill him and was afraid to go home. Letterln wrote to his sister Ella that the demons were going to drown him In the bay and then put his body In the lot where it was found. He appointed four pallbearers. signed tho letter of Identification and put it In an empty bottle found near him. LABOR TO FIGHT CANNON. to I KILLED HI H II. SCIINASSEE GROUND TO PIECES UNDER WHEELS. M li s T Third Eastern Oregon District Fair to Be Well Advertised This Year, FLRST ONE GOES TO SOUTH END, Wagon with naming Sign on Corer and In Charge of Harry Norwood Left Tills Morning for Southern Umatilla and Morrow Counties The First of Its Kind o Be Soot Out Others Will Follow Distrib uting Literature, Posting Bills and Doing General Missionary Work. Wife and Daughter Are Passengers on the Intcrurban Car which Did ' the Work Walking Along Track Deafness Prevented His Hearing Motonnan's Warnings Drawn Be neath Pilot. Will Try to Relegate Uncle .Too Private Life. Without blare of trumpets or roll of drums, but by gumshoe methods, the labor forces of .the country are preparing silently and stealthily to center their political battle In this congressional district. For weeks the political lieutenants of President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor have Infested the district, making Inquiries, conduct ing investigations and analyzing the J his home walking down the car political atmosphere. As a result. It j tracks. When first seen he was to is declared that the signs are propit- one side of the track, but a moment ious and thnt another warfare will be, later stepped to the center, and before Wfrlla Walla, Aug.- 6. The first death cause by an electric car since the lines of the- Walla Walla Trac tion company were completed more than a year ago was recorder short ly before 7 o'clock yesterday even ing, when the Milton-bound lnterur- oan car struck c. it. Scnnassee. a farmer living near Meador park Death was instantaneous, the head of the dead man having been crush ed to a pulp and his chest horribly mangled. " Schnassee, who was almost totally deaf, had been to College Place dur ing tne day and was returning to Sultan Appoints Cabinet. Constantinople, Aug. 6. The. new Turkish cabinet was named today by the sultan. There is not a single re actionary member In It and it prom ises to uphold the new constitution. Tho young Turks are rejoicing. ltron Is Head Knight. Boston, Aug. 6. Henry P. Brown of Clebourne, Texas, was today elect ed supreme chancellor of the Knights ! ?? Tythlas without oppositjon. BRINGING WATER 21 MILES. QUEEN OBJECTS TO HSI'S iRWE Como, Italy, Aug. 6. Esconsed In her palace near Stresa on the Italian Jltalkes, Queen Margherita puts her royal foot down decidedly upon the .proposed marriage of the duke of Abruzzl to Katherlne Elklns, despite the reported preparations for the wedding. Intimate friends of the queen said today that should the couple per sist In their Intentions and If the marriage actually takes place, the queen will cut both from her list of acquaintances. The queen says she has no objec tions to the girl personally, but thinks the duke should wed a European princess, and she suggests some for the duke. City of Modford to Install New Grav ity System. A special meeting of the city coun cil was held Wednesday evening to entertain a proposal for BOO miners Inches of Little Applegate water from the Sterling Mining company says the Southern Oregonlan of Medford. The proposal was presented by J. C. Blakeley of Roseburg and as ex plained by him was merely In a has tily prepared form and did not enter into details. If the water committee would seriously entertain the propo sition, he would go into details and specifications which would be agreed upon later by the city's engineer and his own representative. He agreed to. install a filtering plant If desired, and put In any kind of pipe to the city limits from the reservoir above Jacksonville that the city might designate. He stated there would be 21 miles of open ditch and a mile and a half tunnel from the Lit tle Applegate." The pipeline, reser voir and filtering plant Is to be deed ed to the cltw for maintenance. waged, with the object of relegating "Uncle Joe" Cannon to private life. The labor union politicians are not particular as to Cannon's successor They would prefer a candidate favor able to unionism, but would wlllingi) accept a foe of labor if thereby Speak er Cannon could be made a perma- the car could be stopped he had been stricken down and was ground be neath the pilot. The accident occurred on a sharp curve Just above the Whitman cross ing, which fact acounts for the falU ure of the motorman to observe the nerson on the trarlt hnforo tVin .or nent resident of Danville. In the eye3j hnd fl,most reached hlm or uompers, tne uanvuie statesman is the biggest barnacle on the ship of state, and the command has gone forth that he must be removed at all cost. There is a big labor vote in this district, and the union men declare that the outlook for the defeat of Cannon is more favorable than it ever was before. Republican politi cal leaders, however, scoff at the Idea that Cannon can possibly be de feated, and assert that Uncle Joe is safe in his berth as long ns he will accept it and that nothing short of death or voluntary retirement can remove him from the political arena. LEGS FROZEN: rU-lVXS ON ICE. Millions of feet of standing timber have been destroyed during the past few days along the Pen d'Orelle river In Washington by forest fires. Large Thompson had a mother in Oak- forces of men are fighting the flamee.1 land. Thrilling Experience of Pi!oscetor in Alaskan Wilds. J. R. Thompson yesterday limped down the Folsom street wharf from the transport Crook with a story of suffering In the far north that makes Jack London's tales of the arctic seem tame, says the San Francisco Examiner. Thompson came on the Crook from Nome. Las,t New Years' day he started from Fairfax on a prospecting tour. He was caught In a blizzard 400 miles from his base. It raged three days. During it Thompson awoke to find that his foot had frozen. He vainly attempted to treat the nerveless limb and then started for Innoce, the nearest town. He tolled on, growing weaker, un til finally he was crawling on hands and knees through the snow. Then exhaustion came. Next morning Thompson was found by a prospector driving a dog team and carried Into Innoce. Here lit was found that his right leg was frozen. In Innoce Thompson lay for weeks, and finally he was sent to Nome, where the Crook found him and brought him to this city. Mrs. Schassee and her daughter, Clara, were passengers on the car, and when it was learned that a man had been killed, Mrs. Schnassee im mediately asked if the injured man was her husband. Her agitation and presentiments were verified when she left the car and looked at the prostrate figure beside tho track. According to Motorman W. C. Wil kins and Conductor J. R. Harper, who were , In charge of the car, Schnassee was seen when he was about the distance of four telegraph poles away, The warning was sounded, and the speed of the car, estimated at about 12 or 15 miles an. hour, was slacken ed a moment later ,when It was Seen that the man was not aware of Its approach. Mothorman Wilklns was coasting, and as soon as he could do so the brakes were applied and the motor reversed, with the result that the car was traveling about five miles an hour when H struck the man. Although everything possible was done to bring tho heavy machine to a sudden stop. It slid along the rails for probably 30 feet, dragging the prostrate body with It. When ex tricated from the pilot the body was found to be horribly mangled,, mak ing identification almost Impossible. Death was Instantaneous. With the legend "Third Eastern Oregon District Fair," painted In flaming colors on the wagon cover, the first advertising wagon ever sent out by the Umatilla-Morrow county fair was started on a 250-mlle ad vertising tour this morning in charge -of Harry Norwood. The fair advertising .wagon will make a circle of the two counties. Including Pilot Rock, Albee, Uklah,. Vinson, Upper Butter Creek. Hepp ner, Lexington, lone, Cecil, Irrlgon, Umatilla, Hermlston and Echo, trav eling In a complete circle through the southern .portion of Umatilla and over the central portion of Morrow county, distributing ctrculars and premium lists, posting up lithographs and hanging canvas banners on trees. fence posts and telephone posts, where 'they will call the attention of travelers to the big fair to be held in Pendleton September 28-October 3, 1908. This Is the beginning of the 1908 advertising campaign for fhe district fair, and will be continued until af ter the fair opens on September 28. The papers of Umatilla and Morrow counties' are urged to give the fair all the publicity possible, as it meana more to the agricultural, horticultu ral and livestock Interests of these counties than can be told in a brief newspaper article. The advertising wagon will carry too kinds of advertising literature for the fair and will distribute the prem ium lists to farmers interested and will also make arrangements for the collection of exhibits. It is expected that it will take three weeks to make the circuit of the two counties, but the work will be done thoroughly, and every community In these two counties will be made ia know that a fair is to be held here this fall. Another wagon will be started north in a few days to cover the northern portion of Umatilla county, nnd in this way every section of the two counties will be thoroughly bill ed and the fair will be brought to the attention of the remotest settlements. Farmers having exhibits of any kind, whether agricultural, horticul tural or live stock, are urged to list them and see that they are on exhi bition. It is up to the individual farmers of the counties to make the fair a success. The commission Is loing everything In its power to make it a success, but the commis sion must have the co-operation of the farmers. BRYAN COMING TO OREGON. Chicago. Aug. fi. It Is likely that at Chicago plans will be made for a tour of the United States, taking the dem ocratic candidate from Providence, R. I., to Portland, Ore., and from there to San Francisco and Los Angeles". Ten Are Injured. San Francisco, Aug. 6. Ten per sons were hurt, three seriously, when a heavy electric car crowded to the steps with workingmen ran down a steep grade on Connecticut avenue and dashed around a curve. Several passengers were thrown In to the street. A large barn owned by S. H. Riggs. three and a half miles from Rosalia, ( Wash., was burned to the g'round n early Tuesday morning. The barn,,,, contained 400 bushels of grain. 3000. sacks and a quantity of farming lm-,. , plements. The loss is estimated , at(l, $2000, on which there was an lnfyjqr ance of $100. ,, ,H" 0EUB1TE PLOT TO WRECK PAEH i;i Watsonvllle. Cab, Aug. 6. South ern Pacific detectives are making a vigorous search In this vicinity for three lumber men, following a con fession made by Annie Richardson, a notorious woman, implicating them In an attempt to wreck the Santa Cruz flyer Sunday night at the Pajaro river bridge. She says the plan was concocted at a drunken orge In which a number tlelnnted In carrvln The train wreckers1 f! ber of fish house. men par- plate ltAH)fttudkMrMt bridge in such a manner tnat the train would ,httf:)J,fiJtTO7ttlloj the river If the engineer had not seen the obsmdtnj rthrb?own!tYg scores of lives1'1! ;'' ,ituiiuiJu 4 I J