EVENING EDITION ip -W' 0- EVENING EDITION Fair tonight and Sun- ! -2X f J-J AbM-WBKeA ASyS Ti if Q , ...T8 done at the Eaat day; warmer tonight 1 - . . u i j T -?ST vrTKI y "Tv- -- "TrTfTyi Oregonlan office. a w w 1 y. VOL. 22. PENDLETON, OREGONMUnJAYv MAY 1, 1901) NO. 6574 Fill BATTLE IN MOUNTAINS Body is Found at Summit of Blue Mountains Showing Signs of Fatal Quarrel. THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN MOVTVG PICTURE TAKERS Boy Finds Body of Murdered Man at Summit of Blue Mountains First Dint-overs Team That Has Been Tied Up Several Pays Body of Murdered Man Found Near Thouglit to Have Been One of a Tarty of 3Iovlng I'leturo Men Trav eling Through Mounlaliifi Detail Arc Meager Authorities Investi gating. ' Thot two men battled to the death on the summit of the Blue mountains between Pilot Itock and StarVey pa ralrle Is evidenced by the flnd'ng of the body of one of the men yester day. -Hie name Is not known, but he Is believed to be one of two men who were traveling through the country for the purpose of taking moving pic ture machine photographs and was probably killed Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning. The two men left Pendleton Mon day mom'ng. They had a double rig and a single horse and buggy. When they reached the Judge Gllll land place on Stewart creek, at the foot of the mountnln, they employed Lewis Gllllland to help them to the top of the mountain. When they reached the top Gllllland left them and they started on. They evidently continued their Journey until they reached the timber, the road runn'ng along the summit of the mountain for a considerable distance." In the edge of the timber Is located a spring and the "Old Knotts Corrals." Here Is whore they are supposed to have camped and where the tragedy Is sup posed to have been enacted, though tlm details received Ui Pendleton are very meagre. Hoy Finds Body. Yesterday the team and double hark were found by Boy Jennings. As the horses showed evidence of hav'ng been tied up for several days he made an Investigation and so.in located the dend body of one of the men. By Its side was n pick and shovel. The -other mnn, together with the single rig, wns missing. Without making a further Invesf gatlon he hurried to the nearest tele phone, which was at the Schnfer ranch on Stewart creek, and notified Coroner Falsom, he did not even look to ascertain how the mnn wns killed Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakelcy and Cor oner Folsom left for the scene about 8:30 last evening and It Is expected that they will return to Pendleton with the body some time this even ing. T'ntll they do or can reach a telephone, no further details will he obtainable. Men Were Quarreling. Thnt the dead man was killed by his companion as 1he result of a quar rel is beTleved by local officers. Ac cording to Lewis Oilllland the two men were quarreling all the way up the mountain and he In of the opinion that the mnn Who acted as "boss" Is the flayer, as he was the aggressor In the quarreling. Thinking thnt the fellow headed for La Grande, after killing bis compan ion, the local officers notified the Un ion county sheriff by phone laat eve ning. As the crime was committed earlier In the week, he would have plenty of time to reach the railroad and get out of the country. Sheriff Taylor and Deputy Sheriff Bert Wilson will return this evening from Salem and Portland and will at once take up tho trail of the mur derer. Crime, In Union County. In a telephono conversation this afternoon between Judge Gllllland and his son, It was lenrned that the crime was committed In Union coun ty. Young Gllllland Kays tho body of the murdered man wan found about two miles this side of Stnrkey pralrlo, which means that It was near the foot of the mountains and on tho other side from the Umatilla county line. ItOOSEVEI.T FAILS TO CAPTURE BIG LIOX. Na'robl, May 1. Reports re ceived here today from Roose velt's camp, Mail Hills, indicate that Roosovelt intends to remain there until ho bags a lion. Ho spent yesterday tracking a big black mnned lion which eluded him. Kermlt snent the day shooting gazelles. F I Portland, May 1. "Finis" Is beln. Inscribed In the annals of the Butte Creek Livestock, Land & Lumber company, In the federal court. The net of government prosecution Is cloRlng around the members of the organization, convicted of consplr'na for the fraudulent occupation of 20, 000 acres of the public domain h. Wheeler county. Hamilton H. Hendricks, secretary nnd treasurer of the company, con victed of subornation of perjury, was sentenced to 13 -months' Imprison ment on McNeil's Island, also to pay a fine of $500. On a consp'racy charge to which Hendricks had plead ed guilty a $100 fine was Imposed. Winlock W. Stelwer, president of the company, convicted of conspiracy, wns fined $2500 by Judge Hunt. Evidence Against Hall, Evidence produced a the former trial of Mr. Hall tended to establ'sh that as United States district attorney be had protected members of the Butte Creek Livestock,' Land & Lum ber company In their conspiracy to fence 20,000 acres of land In Wheeler county, having been assured that President Stelwer of the company, who at that time In 1901, was state senator, could be Induced to vote for George W. MeBrlde as Un'ted States senator, rather than for Senator Senator Joseph Simon, of whom Stel wer had been up to that time an ar dent supporter. In Imposing sentence upon Hend ricks Judge Hunt stated that he had much respect for Hendricks' evident intelligence, and that even If Hend ricks should serve a prison sentence hq could still come out and begin all over agan with bright prospects. Hendricks asked for a day's delay in the execution df sentence that he might confer with his attorneys with a view to appealing the ease, and thu delay was granted. Judge Hunt stated In connection with his sentence of Winlock .W Stel wer that he considered the -rime of conspiring to fence tne public domain equal to an aggravated case of fenc ing itself, and that he wns inclined to Impose sentence In accordance with this view. BOND IS FILED IN INTEREST OF WESTERN LAND & IrtUIGATIOX CO. It.vord Mortgaged Bonds Are FhVd in Interest of the Big Irrigation Project ill tho West End Will En-1 nhlo Promoters to Mont Bonds for : FENCERS BIG MORTGAGE Tl.clr Schema Ircsl,lent of tl.e!'' w,,h a "rr,!X,,j; f "m "f Promoting Comimny Huh - Had Much Exjicrlriice in the East. A mortgage bond in the sum of $17 5,000 was placed on record at the court house yesterday. Or rather It is being placed on record, the docu ment being so large that It will re quire the greater part of three days to put it Into the big book. The mortgage Is on the project of the Western Land & Irrigation company and Is to enable the promoters to float bonds In the east to secure funds to develop and pay for the project In the r'st end. J. W. Mesaner, president of the compawy, and the man to whom will fall the lot of raising the money nec essary to carry the project to, a suc cessful conclusion was formerly from Michigan and he apphend no diffi culty In securing aill the motiey nec essary. During the past few years he has been located at Baker City and has been actively engaged in the development of the Powder river val ley.' The condition of tho company's ditch which Is the old Hinkle ditch Improved and enlarged, ! very satis factory, as Is also everything in com nectlon with the project. Mr. Mess ner will therefore be able to make a good showing when ' he goes out to sell the bonds, especially since the project Is generally regarded ns one of the most promising In the north west. KENTUCKY IN MASSMEICTIXG AGAINST LAWLESSX ESS Jackson, Ky., May 1. A great mass of delegates from tho forty-two coun ties In Eastern Kentucky hns gathered here to hold a huge niassmeetlng to toko action to stop lawlessness !n tbe eastern Kentucky mountains. Woman Shot Herself.. San Bernardino, May 1. Mrs. C. P. Fording, aged 28, wife of a Santa Fe conductor, shot herself In the heart this morning nt their hoirio a't the Uonnoke hotel, dying Instantly. This action followed a quarrel with her husband. IE SALEM TO PORTLAND Indians of Chemawa and Boys of the Portland Y. M. C. A, In 50-Mile Relay Race. GOVERNOR BEXSOX STARTS THEM AT STATE CAPITOL I tu liners Carry an Unique Message, From the Governor to Mayor Lune of Portland First Two Runners Bnv for Flvo Miles Reports From tli. Stations on the Way slum- that the Indians arc In the Lcud Seems ITobuble that They Will Win In dians are Eight Minutes in the Lead at Oregon City. Salem, May 1. A relay race of 52 miles from Salem to Portland be tween the Chemawa Indinn training school and the Y. M. C. A. at Port land, started at 9:02 this morning when Governor Benson said "Go! . . to Amos Smocker representing Chem awa and D. Cooper for the Y. M. C. A. They will run the first five miles. When they left the capitol building Smocker was four feet In the lead. The runners are carrying the follow ing message from Benson to Mayor Lane, Portland: "The state of Ore gon sends greetings to Portland, the beautiful' sure winner In the race of cities of the northwest." , The winner gets a beautiful loving cup. Smoker is a clean built, powerful looking Indian. He finished in Port land last year. The Governor made a short talk to the runners and gave them hearty wishes, Chemawa, Ore. Smooker gained even nlnutes and thirty seconds on Cooper In the first relay. Brooks, Ore. John Brown. Indinn, arrived here at the third station eight! to stay with the agreement If the gov and one half minutes ahead of Cor-j eminent will go on. Personally Tie tezion, the Y. M. C. A. man. believed It more satisfactory to do Woodburn. Louis Dan. Indian, nr- j business w ith a private enterprise rived a! the fourth station near here : proposing to irrigate the land under nine minutes ahead of Perkins, white. Oregon City. At the finish of the I six reiii.M in -ie me jhu.hu.' w minutes in the bad. It seems certain that tho Indians will win, as they are lending all the way. They will prob- ablv finish In Portland at 2 o'clock. SEATTLE CASHIFIt CONVICTED OF LARGE EMBEZZLEMENT Seattle, May 1. After deliberating nine horns the jury in the case of It. " ! ' " V..'.,,., , v ,.narROll wlth misappropriating fifty thousand dollars or the bank's funds, early today returned a verdict of guil- noi over Ten or less in. in inc iron. The verdict finds the defendant guilty of fifteen of the sixteen counts remaining of the original Indictment, nnd Includes false entries on the books, and misapplication of funds. The embezzlement sentence Is deferr ed ten days pending a motion for a new trial. Pnrkhurst has been in Jail ever since last July, unable to wcure new bonds. NVMITER SMELTING CO. SUED FOB LAKGE AMOUNT Paker City, May 1. J. T. Donnelly, cashier of the First National bank, as trustee, has sued the Sumptcr Smelter for t2,"05.40, and $1,500 at torney's fees. The smelter Is con trolled by the Oregon Smelting and Refining Co., Sumptcr Valley Rail road, Columbia Gold Mining company and Adams Gardlnler Lumber com pany, which are defendants. NEARLY TWO IlVXDREl) DEAD FROM STORMS Memphis, May 1. One hundred and eighty two persons are known to be dead and seven hundred injured and at least forty towns of the Mississippi valley ruined as a result of the storms on Thursday night. Property loss will amount to millions of dollars. When the wires are restored It is cer tain that the list of dead will be great ly Increased. FOR Enterprise, May 1. Ed Rumble, of La Grande, has been in this county for the last seven days and has bought for it San Francisco firm practically the whole of .the Wallowa county wool clip, approximately 180,000 fleeces, at prices ranging from IS to 20 cents per pound. About 20,000 fleeces brought IS cents; CQ.000 sold 11 W WOULD BUILD A NAILROAD Speakers at the Oregon-Idaho Development Congress Plan for Oregon Railroad. SAY THEY HAVE LOW PASS TI I HOUGH CASCADES Ilwrllxirt, Who is He-elected Civil En gineer. Tell About Low Pass Dis covered Through Cascades Says Grade Would not be Greater Than On. Per Cent Though to Ins Un known to Harriman Woods Says that If Railroads Wont Build Peo ple Should Town of Weiser Is Tax ed by Hit Large Attendance. Weiser, Ida., May 1. At the morn ing session of the Idaho-Oregon De velopment congress, H. A. Hurlburt was re-elected civil engineer and cre ated enthusiasm by his address. He said there w-as a pass through the Cascades, permitting railroad con struction on one per cent grade from the plateau of central Oregon to Coos Bay. The pass Is bellevea to be un known to Harriman. Delegates from all parts of Oregon continue to arrive, taxing the capacity of Weiser. A thousand attended the meeting last night. Col. Wood Sneaks. Col. C. E. Wood of Portland, spoke on 'The railroad situation In southern Oregon." He explained the position of bis company on the Malheur Irri gation project which was of great In terest to eastern Oregon. His com pp,y signed the petiton asking the government reclamation service to tnke up the project and are bound the Carey act, as it affords better pro tection to land owners and Water users for the reason that it was pro tected by bond when doing business with private corporations. He saiil if a combination existed among railroads not to build roads it was up to the people to do It. Ixiw Puss Overcomes Obstacle. Hurlburt said the pass was so dens ely timbered that footway would have to be cut through. Hurlburt's Infor mation would overcome a great ob stacle. State Senator Carl Davis, of Idaho, explained the features of the new Ida ho district law, how to take advan tage of the provisions and announced that the law would be effective May 6, when the people could proceed with preliminary steps of organizing a dis trict. Davis' talk was Interesting to delegates from northern Washington along the line of the proposed road connecting the terminus of the H. & I. X. with the Hill road at Grange villc. STRIKE ON GREAT LAKES CAUSES GENERAL TIE UP Chicago, Til., May 1. Vessels of the lake carrier association are tied tip today by a strike of the seamen's union, a.ffect'ng between S000 and 13,00n men. The strike became ef fective at midnight. One thousand marine firemen, engineers, cooks and stewards quit here. Efforts were made to man the boats with non-union employes under police guard, but was unsuccessful. The police are patrol- Ing the decks. The failure of the as sociat'on to recognize the union caus ed the trouble. A-Y-P Oiwn On Time. Seattle, May 1. Today Is just a month before the opening of the ex wosltlon. Work on tho grounds and buildings Is so far completed as to assure that everything will be In readiness by ilay 15th. . Mack's Magazine. Buffalo, May 1. Mr. Mack's new monthly magazine, "The National Democrat," started today. II IS ID 20 CENTS for lfl to lflVJ and the remainder the owners will realize 2'. cents for. About $350,000 will be distributed In Wallowa county by these deals, and the sale of spring lambs In the fall will bring the total receipts of Wal lowa county sheep men up to a good half million dollars. The wool sales day will be done away with this year at east. i f Spokane, May 1. Prosecutor Pugh won a complete victory today In the contempt proceedings brought by the attorneys defending Gordon in the Root-Gordon grand Jury investigation. Yesterday Judge Huneke sentenced Pugh to Jail for 'refusing to surrend er notes on evidence taken before the grand Jury. When the proceeding was resumed this morning Pugh was ready to go to jail. Huneke announc ed he had become convinced the pub lic good demanded his yielding to the stand taken by Pugh, wnom he de clared purged of contempt. The notes remain In the Joint custody of Pugh and Huneke. FISHING SEASOX OPENS OX COLUMBIA RIVER Astoria, Ore., May 1. The fishing season opened at noon today. Ap proximately eight hundred boats threw out nets and at six o'clock all f'shlng will stop until dusk Sunday, as the Sunday law will be strictly en forced. TARIFF WILL BE READY FOR COUNTRY JUNE 1 Washington, D. C, May 1. Taft announced today that he thought the tariff bill will be signed and delivered to the country by June 1. Senator Aldrlch said the compleed bill will be submitted to the president for his e'gnature before June 1. JUDGE BEAN WILL SOON BE FEDERAL JUDGE Salem, Ore., May 1. Judge Bean's resignation assupreme judge was filed today with Secretary of State Benson. Judge Bean will be sworn in as fed eral judge about Wednesday. He will hold court at Helena, Butte and Great FaIIs, Mont. Wrecked on Ike Superior. Detroit, Mich., May 1. The barge George Xester founded with eight men aboard during a storm on Lake Superior yesterday, according to ad vices received here today. IS I LOCAL BOOK-LOVERS MAY NOW USE SAME Library Has Comfortably Furnished Quarters in City Hall and General Public Is Invited to Make Use Qf Institution Some Rules Governing Library. The Pendleton public library Is now In readiness for use and has been open to the public today for the first time since it was moved from the old quarters in the Commercial associa tion rooms. In its new home in the second story of the city hall, the li brary is very comfortably ensconced. The reading room and library have both been refurnished throughout; the books have been classified and everything is now In shape for use. The library will be cared for by Mis Mayme Patterson, under the direction of the library commission, and the public at large Is cordially invited to make use of the institution. Some Library Rules. On week days the library and read ing rooms will be open to the public during the following hours: Forenoons From 10 o'clock to 12:30. Afternoons 2 o'clock to 5:30. Evenings 7 o'clock until 9. On Sundays the reading room will be open between the hours of 3 and 5 p. m., but books will not be issued upon that day. Christmas, Thanksgiving and tho Fourth of July will be observed as full holidays and upon those days the li brary will be closed all day ' long. Adults may secure books from the library by filling out the necessary blank. However, transient residents an non-taxpaying residents must pres ent an endorsement from some tax payer or else depos't a nominal sum as security. Children under 16 years of age must have the authority of parents or guardians before obtain ing books. ' A Social Occasion. Some evening next week the ladles of the library commission, together with the city council, will hold a public reception In the library rooms for the purpose of formally opening It to the public. The affair will prob ably be held Thursday evening Steamer Sinks at Wliltefisli. Sault Ste Marie, May 1. Captain Prlnglo arrived here today nnd con firmed the report that the steamer Auranla sank Thursday during the tnrm at WhltefMi bay, the crew be FOR JUDGE 1 ing saved. STEAL BAKER : CITY GOLD Robber Hits Bartender on the Head and Takes $500 Bag of Gold. ILD LONG SACK OUT OF SAFE MAKING CHANGE Stranger Wants Cliange for a Twenty at Midnight Barkeeper at CrablD Hotel Takes Bag of Gold from tbe Safe About That Time He Gets a Crack on the Head Robber, Slakes Away With th-j Long Sack Contain ing $500 in Gold Thought to Hatc Been Hit With a Beer Bottle No Arrests Made Yet. Baker City, May I. A. Roberts, a bartender at the Crabill hotel, waa rendered unconscious at midnight by a blow from a robber who stole a bag containing five hundred dollars while Roberts was mak'ng change for a twenty dollar piece presented by a stranger. Roberts took the sack from the safe, and a moment later a robber six feet tall struck him with a beer bottle or a sling shot. Rob erts was found unconscious. No ar rests have been made. NERVY ROBBER GETS MOXEY IN TACOMA SALOOJt Tacoma, May 1. Police are unable to find any trace of the nervy robber who at 9 o'clock last night entered the west end saloon and compelled' the proprietor and eignt patrons to hold up their hands and robbed the drawer of eighty dollars. The thug then compelled the proprietor to draw him a glass of beer. While drinking he Joked the victims who were still hold'ng up their hands. He compli mented the proprietor on the quality of his beer and walked cut. CALIFORNIA FISHERMEN' BEGIN" WHIPPING STREAMS San Francisco, May 1. Hundreds of fishermen are whipping the trout streams In California today, the for mal opening of the season being the the occasion for excursions to all parts of the state. One of the most elaborate trains out of this city waa a string of Pullmans chartered to tnke a number of the San Francisco fly casting club to their club house on the Truckee river. j THOUGHT SULTAN WAS PLAXXIXG BIG MASSACRE Constantinople, May 1. Correspon dents found facts today which proves conclusively that the deposed Sultan planned a general masacre on April 25, and that the capture of the city on April 14 prevented It. TACOMA'S MAYOR ARRESTED FOR NOT ENFORCING LAW Tacoma, Wash., May 1. Mayor John Lick was arrested this afternoon on an indictoment by the grand Jury (Charging him with failure to enforce the law relative to prohibiting houses of ill fame. The arrest created a sensation. Insurance Companies Admitted. Salem, Ore., May 1. Two insur ance companies admitted to do busi ness in Oregon today by Insurance Commisisoners Kozer, are the Wash ington fire Insurance of Seattle and the Federal Insurance company of New Jersey, writing marine Insur ance. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. MOSGROVE TOMORROW Funeral services for the late Mrs. Matt Mosgrove, who dropped dead at Milton Thursday, will be held at the family residence In that city to morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The car carrying the body will leave for Walla Walla at II o'clock and the funeral procession will form at the corner of Ma'n and Sixth street in Walla Walla, Immediately after the arrival of the car, and proceed to the cemetery, where interment will be had. JAPANESE TRAINING SHIP IN FRISCO. San Francisco, May I. The tra'nintr squadron comprising the cruUers A so and ?ey:i, p!i. ed through the noiden Gate .it :13 this morning accompanied by nn Imposing escort of Ameri can ships which joined th-m outside the gate, after their ar rival from S.in pedro f A