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EVENING EDITION WEATHER REPORT Fair tonight and Tues day. VOL. 23 PENDLETON, OKEGON, MONDAY. JULY 4. I!MO. NO 614. i W. . -TT n J, It l m IMTI II mA i X V, Mr tt J J merclal stationery snd r iC-sJ ISxJU VyEEIW TsrJV VV -y aii X . ob printing to or :er JLm , pqyyf i f7i7 i i the East Oregon! COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. PaC Id AL PAPER. - - , .SI iSON IMS 8 111 ins minis eke James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson Engaged in Greatest Battle of Age. Greatest Ring Battle in History of World Now Johnson Face Each Other llotli Fighters Immense Throng Crowds Arena Man)' Women in Audience 1-lghr Slow in Starting Many Are Introduced Jeff Has Slight Advantage In Opening Rounds Roth Men Weeding .T.mnsoii Almost Closes Jeffs Eye Johnson Get ting Rest of Fight. Fbuth-QJohnnnn wins in the. 15th round. KniK'knut. Jeff appeared de jected as lie UmIc his seat, shook liend solemnly. Reno, July 4. "Let her go!" Promptly at 1:30 old Billy Jordan will roar his celebrated starting sig nal, the huge gong will clang and the Jeffrles-Johnson fight will bo on and It promises to be the greatest battle the world haH ever seen. Men from II part of the globe are here to view the great contest for a purse of $101. 000, the winner to take 76 per cent. This city Is stark staring crazy and fight mad Nothing elso I s seen, heard or thought. Special trains are pouring a string of humanity Into the city from all corners of the globe. Gambling Is In full blast and frontier (lays are being reproduced. Contrary to expectations the odds did not tighten, pool room wagers remaining 10 to 6 In Jeff's favor and much mon ey Is passing hands. All ten dollar t?ntt Vl'pfo ttfilfl hint nlt?ht nnrl lmt fmv 26 dollar ones are left The gate will probably net $260 000 .lerf Eat Heartily. Moana Springs, July 4. The usual rn 1 m hrova I lrl at f on n a Qnrinoa rVi 1st '. morning. Jeff slept later than usual and then strolled about the grounds and ate hcatrlly Only members of I hi. .-nl..l.,.- ...o.l ..-!. Y. I'm ii iiuiiii ui'i v, . i : i i it . til'll sent an early notice to the promters that he would not enter the ring un til the thin, slippery canvass was re- ' "" ' moved and one heavier substituted, i Haste was made to replace the cloth, j Jeff assorted the canvass Is so thin I that it would mean serious Injury if a man was knocked out. .Toff Is riiivful. Jeffries Is either the greatest actor or the most unconcerned man In Re no. Yesterday he put in the day play ing cards with a small party of per sonal friends. The big fellow Is In a playful mood despite his Saturday grouch. When he won a few cents he Joshed his friends unmercifully, and when he lost lie "rough housed" the crowd In a good natured way. He went to bed at !l o'clock. Close friends of Jeff say the undefeated champion expects to receive much punishment in the early rounds. After breakfast Jeffries was In good spirits. He talked of everything but refused religiously to talk of the fight Apparently he was thinking nothing of this afternoon's contest. .,i.i in(,. ir I "'II Win," Says Jack. Ricks Training Camp, July 4. "I know I am at tho short end of the betting because of my color, but j when the fight starts well, we will : all be color blind nnd I'll win," con fidentially asiserted Jack Johnson this morning. Johnson said he respected ! Jeffries, and also his gamcness In go ing Into the ring with a younger man. j "If he should w in I would bo tho I first to congratulate him, but he won't win," he concluded. Johnson, smiling his golden smile, was up with the birds this morning. He had a lit tle exercise and a rub down, nnd de clared he felt in perfect shape. Purse Amounts to $121,000. Ciovernor Dickinson entered and i.ni o ai.ni At 1-32 there were no signs of either fighter, notwlthstand- j ro,i. that the flcht would begin at 1:30. Rlcknrd has just an nounced the purse will be for $121, 000 Instead of $101,000 as Jeffries and Johnson have ench put up $10, 000 bonus, sixty per cent ro the win ner nnd 40 to the loser. At 1:36 Rlckard sent word to the fighters dressing rooms asking them to appear In the ring Immediately. The house, it Is said, amounts to $225,000. The aisles are packej and every entrance Jammed. Crowd Surges In. Ringside, Reno, July 4. Now for the answer. For several months sev eral millions of people have been peculating on the outcome of the meeting here this afternoon between the white anw Ethoolan champions. 118 BID'S CHi mm in mi In Irojrrtti Splendid Jeffrie nnd Condi I Ion in Approximately 20,000 people were crowded around the arena at noon, watching for the gates to be thrown open. When the gate was opened, the crowd stormed the entrance and poured Into the arena. Three minutes afterward eight boxes on the edge of the nrena, reserved for women, were crowded with giggling feminity. Dr. Morrison nnd Dr. Asher, earlier In the day, visited Jeff's camp and examined him. and then did the same for Johnson. Both were found in perfect condition, and trained to the minute. Weather conditions are Ideal. The sun Is tempered by a cooling breeze. Many women are scattered through out the arena. Old Celebrities There. Before 1 o'clock the greatest ag gregation of old time ring stars had t.'ken their seats. Among them were John U Sullivan, Bill Lang. Fitzslmmnns, Battling Nelson.' Bob Sam i Iingford and others. Shortly before one the band entered and aroused en. ' l"U!,",K n P'a'irig America. A Inrge number of persons were search, j ed at the gates and relieved of bottles ,""1khi. j . T . thusiasm uuiuuii, wit- vrnTim hiiihujih - " " " "l ''' ,Pt"p,1',1 'V,1 1:45 " ' the fighters. The betting is ' ' "" U ' I I I H S. At 1 :f. R Billy Muldoon entered the ring nnd delivered an address, pay ing tribute to the state of Nevada. "-If,,., H I ........ . ' "men arousci KT c2",erlnK- .. T'x Rlka'J entered the ring at V- m. nnd was Introduced by Jordan. Rlcknrd was cheered as the j irreatest sport In the world. ' Stake l holder Sullivan was the next man In j troduced. j Sullivan, then Fitzsimmons shaik I ey and notch were Introduced. Jordan was next introduced, then Hugh Mcintosh, (llenson anil a num ber of fighters. At 2:25 Choynski, the first of Jeffs handlers, entered the ring. Johnson entered the ring at 2:30 p. m. He was given a tremendous cheer and smiled as usual. Ho was ac companied by Flanigan. Furey, Kauf mnn, Foley Ieake, Cotton and Trainer DeLnnejr. Jeffries entered the r'ng at 2:33 p. m. The crowd ros( and went wild. He was accompanied by Cor bctt, Jack Jeffries, Choyrskl, Arm strong, Bergcr, Dewltt, V.wourt, Abe At tell, Boyer and Trainer Cornell. Johnson's hands were bandaged "SHINE" IS ROUTED A near tragedy was enacted at the O. U. & N. depot early this morning, as a result of which a largo Italian Is lodged In the city Jail and a well known local colored youth familiarly known ns "Shine" Is recuperating from tho scare of Ills life. "Shine" and another colored man engaged In an altercation concerning 80,no money. The other negro was accusing the local boy of having rob bed him Tho accusations and retorts grew warmer until they stopped talk ing and went to fighting. Up until this time, the Italian, who was a friend of the accusing colored man, had not taken any part in the H'lUabble. But when he saw that his friend was In danger of getting a thrashing, he immediately whipped out a revolver. That quickly ended the fight for "Shine" made the pret tiest and quickest got-a-way witness ed in Pendleton In many moons. At about tho same time the offi cers arrived on the scene and the gun toter was placed In the calaboose. "Shine" refuses to prosecute him but the officers will probably lodge a charge of carrying concealed weapons. ring nan with black adhesive tape. AUell im mediately bound Jeffries' with muslin. Jeffries showed no nervousness. He scarcely glanced at Johnson's cor ner. Both donned their gloves care fully. At 2:46 Jeff shook'hands with his seconds. It Is agreed the fighters shall not shake hands. The gong sounded and the fighters stepped in to the (liter of the ring. Round 1. They advance cutiously and Jeff feints with his left. Johnson grins. Jeff a feints with his left again and Johnson lands right to the eye. They clinch. Johnson appears the stronger. They exchange lefts to the head. Jeff butts under pound Ing the short ribs and they clinch again. Jeffries is smiling and John son looks worried. Anybody's round. Hound 2. Johnson is bleeding slightly at the mouth. Jeffries' eye is slightly mark ed. Jeffries crouches and misses left to the head. Jack tries a feint, but Jfff is wary. Jack sends light upper cut to the chin. Jim sends left to the ear. They clinch. Jack misses a right uppercut and on the break Jeff kids him. It Is slightly Jeff's round. Round .1. Both are smiling. Johnson fails in a short left Tor the stomach. They clinch. Jack misses left and light uppercuts. Jim ducks under a vi cious right to the head and they clinch. Johnson sends two lights lightly to the head. They clinch. Jim 'sends a light left to the short- ribs. Anybody's round. Round 4. Both block lefts and rights to the head and they clinch. Jack hits Jeffs head and Jim prods Johnson's stom- ,.,,. Johnson is bleeding badly at . mouth Johnson pounds Jeffs kidneys, but Jeff Mniles. They break ;iiiii emu u Hga.n. jcii p. uus jiun s stomach with lefts and the crowd howls. Jeff's round by a shade. Round 5. Jim rushes in with a light left to the short ribs and Jack sends a long damaging left to Jim'sstomach. They ' clinch. Jack uppercuts to the face I c lilting Jeffs lip. Jim sends two lefts ' to the ear. .lis is forcing Jack about the ring. They clinch again. Jeff Increases the flow of blood by land- ing on the mouth. The round is even. Round A. They fiddle and clinch. One -t Jack's punches opens n cut on Jim's left cheek bone. They clinch. On the break Jack sends a terrific left to Jeff's right eye almost completely closing It Jim is bleeding at the nose. Johnson's round. Round 7. They fiddle. Jim's eye Is bothering him. They clinch and Jim sends a light left to the short ribs. Jack up percuts the face with his left. Jeff sends left to the chin. They clinch, and Jack sends a left to the Jaw. Johnson's round. Round 8. They spar, clinch and break, John son boxing beautifully. He sends three lefts to the head. They clinch while Jeff pounds the stomach. They break, nnd Jeff dodges a long left and sticks two lefts into Jack's stom ach. Johnson's round slightly. Round 9. They fiddle and clinch. Jack rush es and puts a hard right to the stom ach. Jim repeats the trick. The ne gro is grinning. They clinch. Both j are cool. Joff gets a hard punch In I the ribs which makes him grunt. Jack sends a linht left to the mouth. They are fiddling at the hell. Jeff's round. Round 10. They spar and Jack lands a liuhl left to the nose, while Jim sends one j to the short ribs. They clinch. Jeff sends a heavy left for the stomach but the negro blocks it and uppercuts with his right In the following clinch Jim lands his left to the eye and winks at the crowd. Jeff prods Jack in the stomach. Johnson's round by a shade. Round 11. Johnson lands a hard right to The cur. and Jim grins. Jeff forces mat ters. Jim Is getting worst of it. Johnson sent Jim's head back and Jeff lands on smoke's midriff. John son lands another uppercut. The white man Is bleeding badly. Thoy swap iiudamaging rights. Jeff sends a bard smash to the Jnw and they are fighting fiercely nt the bell. John son's round by a shade. Round 12. They spar and Jack hooks ono to the ear three times and then upper cuts to the mouth nnd hooks ono to the right eye. They clinch. Johnson hooks Jeff's damaked optic. They are fiddling at the gong. Johnson's TUT AM) ballinger CO I'KIt TOM OR UOW. Washington, July 4. Tomor row President Taft and Secre tary Ballinger will hold a con ference ostensibly to discuss the $20,000,000 issue of recla mation bonds. It Is authorlt ively declared this conference has a deeper significance. They will probably discuss whether Ballinger remains In the Taft cabinet. It Is certain there will be no announcement, if Ballin ger decides to resign, made un til after the Investigating com mittee reports. It Is deemed significant that Ballinger was summoned to Beverly soon after Taft talke.l with Roosevelt, who .is a fast friend of Pinchot. 1 i i round. Round 13. Jack lands a left hook to the ear and sends a nasty hook to Jeff's bad mouth. He hits him twice in the mouth, making Jeff spit blond. Jeff sends In three light lefts to the stom ach. Johnson lands hard wallops to the fai-e. They clinch. Jeff is wob bling and his face is blood smeared. He can scarcely fcee. Jack lands on the right eye. They clinch. Johnson's round. Round 14. Jeff rather weak. Jack prods nose. Clinch, break, f'ddle. Johnson lands right to head. Jeff sends hard left to the coon's mouth. Crowd cheers. Johnson grins. In half clinch Jeff pounds stomach. Jeff rushes, lands right to ear. Johnson's favor. Round 15. Rush into clinch. Jeff against the ropes. Jeff got into the ring. John son wins with a knockout. REGISTRATION OF ' VOTERS IS SLOW COOKS NOW SHOW A TOTAL OF 541 Republicans Outnumber Democrats 3 to 1 Prohibitionists a Poor Third More Interest Is Necessary. A total of 544 voters In Umatilla county had placed their names on the r gister at the court house, by Sat urday evening. In this list the re publicans outnumbered the democrats, three to one, while the prohibitionists finished a lul third, the Independents a close fourth and tt he "refused" tied for last place with the socialists. The following is the way they stand: Republicans 379 Democrats 129 Prohibitionists 17 Independent 11 Socialists 4 Ki fused 4 Total 544 The books have now been open three weeks, the taking of names hav ing been commenced by registering I'lerk Sutherland, June 7. It will thus be seen that If the 4,000 voters re siding In this county expect to take part in the primary elections, Sept. "4. it will be necessary for them to show more interest in the matter than has been displayed up to this time. The books will be closed 15 days be fore the primaries nnd will then be opened immediately after that elec tion. They will again be closed 15 days before the general election, Nov. 8. LA GRANDE HAS DISASTROUS BLAZE The city of Lrt Grande suffered a SL'o.OOfl fire loss in 20 minutes yes terday. Considering the length of time the conf laeration lasted the fire was the most disastrous the city hast ever had. The fire started when a spark from n passing O. R. & N. engine landed in a livery stable located in the mid dle of a block of wooden buildings. I he blaze was soon fanned by the breeze Into n conflagration and but for the prompt work of the fire de partment a lnrge part of the city would soon have been in flames. The following Is the amount of loss sustained in detail: Red Front Livery Barn one horse, building and equipment, $5,000. Cherry's New Laundry, $6,000. Adams Building. $1800. Mary Noble Building, $3,000. Viihel building, damaged, $100. Independent Telephone company, cables, $100. Individual losses, $2,000. Outbuildings. $1,000. D CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER IS DEAD Distinguished Jurist Stricken; By Heart Failure This ! of Little Town Now Under Morning, I Way. KNOWLEDGE KEPT FROM PI HLIC FOUR HOURS ! Chief Justice of United States Dies ' Suddenly at Six O'clock This Morning Had ISeen in Present Po rtion Since 1888 Grandfather Was Also Chief Justice Had Exceed ingly Wise General Knowledge Married Twlce Has Eight Daugh ters. i , ! Barr Harbor, Maine, July 4. Chief : Justice of the United States Su- ,..r.uC v-uuii jieniiie w. r uner aiea here today of heart failure. His death occurred at 6 o'clock this morning, ' but was not made public until four hours later. Melville Weston Fuller was born in Augusta, Maine, February 11, 1838. He was appointed Chief Justice of the United States April 30, 1886. His ap- pointment was confirmed July 1888, and he took the oath of office on Oc tober 8 of the same year. Judge Fuller's father was Freder ick A. Fuller, and there Is a coinci dence In the fact that his mother was the daughter of Chief Justice Nathan Weston. Young Fuller attended school at Augusta and was graduated from Bowdoin college In the class of 1853. He was a classmate of Edward J. Phelps, who was subsequently to become a distinguished lawyer and United States minister to England. It is a curious fact that thirty-five years later President Cleveland seriously debated the question whether he should appoint Fuller or Phelps to the chief Justiceship. After Mr. Fuller's admission to the bar in 1856 he remained in Augusta only two or three years. While there, able without the least restraint or however, he was a member of the city restriction. Those principles of lib council, and during a part of the time erty which were assured to the Eng eity attorney. Then he went to Chi- U.-h people in the Great Magna Char cago and became within a short time . wrested and obtained from King a leader at the local bar. He was Jhn at Runnymede in 1215 by great elected to the state constitutional con- bernr9. were brought over here by vention in 1S61, and in the following year to the state legislature as a dem ocrat from a strongly republican dis trict. This was regarded as a tribute to his great popularity. Mr. Fuller was chosen a delegate to the demo cratic national convention of 1 S 6 4. 1 72, 1S76 and 1880. Although identified with the demo cratic party during the war. Mr. Ful ler was not in sympathy with that wing of the democracy which sup ported the course taken by the south. He was an intimate personal friend of Stephen A. Douglas at the gre.at reception given in his honor by Chi cago citizens in 1860. When Mr. Fuller was appointed to the highest Judicial position in the nation, the subject of his partisan ship was naturally talked about. A democratic president was in the of- fice and he was expected to appoint a democrat. The examination of Mr Fuller's political record at the time of his appointment by President Cleveland disclosed nothing but that which was creditable. The old, fash ioned idea that judges ought not to be too "partisan" was practically vin dicated in his case; for aUhough al ways a partisan, he had represented the highest and best type of moderate, conservative partisanship. One of the remarkable things about Chief Justice Fuller was the wide ex tent of his general knowledge. It has been said that no case was ever pre sented to him without tailing out the fact, at some stage of the proceed ings, that he had a previously acquir ed knowledge of the general subject involved in the case in hand. In one celebrated case he surprised many "'rson8 wilh his knowledge evident- ly not acquired merely for the occa. sion of ancient ecclesiastical law. It was during the trial of Bishop Che ney of the Reformed Episcopal church on charges of heresy. S. Corning Judd, another noted lawyer of the Chicago bar, conducted the prosecution against Bishop Cheney, and Mr. Fuller defended him. The case went against the bishop, but the trial served to bring out the won derful scholarship of Mr. Fuller and his ability to make the most of the evidence In hand to prove his case. Chief Justice Fuller lived In Wash ington in a manner to uphold the best traditions of tho high office that he occupied. He spent much time In work and study, yet found time to move among his fellow men In a go- (Continued on page I.) on PILOT ROCK DAS BI6 DAY Greatest Celebration in History WILL M. PETERSON" WAS THE ORATOR Hundreds Gather in Historic To From Surrounding Country and Towns Morning Train Brought Throng From Pendleton, Athena. Weston and Other Points Athena. Sent Rand. (Special Correspondence.) Pilot Rock, July 4. The greatest celebration Pilot Rock has ever held in on today and the streets of this little city are filled with visitors from the adloininir eonntrv an from th oter towns of the country- When tha morning train from Pendleton arrived it brought five coaches laden with people from Pendleton, Athena, Wes ton and other points. The Athena band furnished music enroute and haa furnished the music during the day. This forenoon the feature of the celebration were the parade and pub- lie exercises at which Will M. Peter son of Pendleton, was the orator.. A I noon a public barbacue was held: and this afternoon a ball game Is la progress. Mr. Peterson's Address. The address by Mr. Peterson vu given in that lawyer's usual vigorous manner. The following is the ad dress in part: "America is measurably a cosmo politan country. Whoever comes here is at home and has the fuI1 protection of our laws; and whether rich or poor. educated or illiterate, religious or Ir religious, orthodox or heterodox, our flag insures him peace, the pursuit of happiness, and offers him every oppor tunity and inducement to accomplish the greatest things of which he is cap- the Pilgrim Fathers and other plo- 1 necrs nf the Atlantic Coast and firm ly established. These principles, precious and beloved, have been writ ten into our books and, for nearly four hundred years, have been the law and custom of the land. This has been especially true ever since their great proclamation In the De claration of Independence on July 4. 1 776: and further by the adoption of the Constitution of the United States on September 17, 1787. which was ratified and fully placed in operation in 17S9, and which has ever sines been, and now is. the supreme law of the land. The knowledge of these facts has been spread for many years into almost every country where man kind breathes nnd has his being. It has come to him like "The tempered wind to the shorn lamb" and today America Is the great rendezvous of the lovers of liberty and opportunity throughout the world. They coma here from every enlightened country, from every civilized country, and study our laws, our customs, and lm- 1 (Continued on page 8.) MRS. VINCENT LOSES " JEWELRY IN EUROPE Mrs. F. W. Vincent who is In Ger many with her daughter. Miss Elea nor Vincent, recently lost diamonds and Jewelry to the value of $S00, by a robbery, according to letters re ceived by friends. The details of the i,rpinry hav not been received. Mrs. Vincent and daughter left for Germany several months ago. where the latter was to spend two years In the study of music. Several days ago Mrs. Vincent lost her watch while recently all of her diamonds and other jewelry were taken. It Is pre sumed that she left the Jewelry In their apartments and that the thief entered during their absence. Cut 1000 Tons Alfalfa Vale. Ore Oxman & Oxman have. just finished cutting the first crop of alfalfa on their 400 acre tract on Willow creek. The crop averaged two and one-half tons per acre. The own ers of the ranch usually run about 20,000 sheep. Killing time Is the commonest form of homicidal mania.