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Engine House Burned and
Filled the Works With Pol
sonous Gasses. .
' SIX MEN SUIT VP IX
TERRIBLE MINE TRAP
Silrorton, Colo, lite Scene of a Ter
rible Holocaust All Escape Shut
Off by Burning of Buildings at the
Mine Xttrance G!Mce Killed Six
and Sickened SO Others Before Rea
cue Cme VUage Is Paulo Slrick-
Silverton, Colo, June I. Six men
are dead, eight others In a dangerous
condition from breathing foul air and
Si more temporarily confined to their
homes from weakness due to contact
with poisoned air in the Gold King
mine, located at Gladstone, six mile
from here.
The dead: Peter McNiny; Roy Co
burn; Alex. Johnson; A. W. Burns;
Victor Ertckson, Gus Olsen.
On Thursday night fire was dis
covered in the engine room of the
mine and before It could be brought
under control, that building had been,
destroyed, as well as the shaft house.
The two buildings were located near
the portal door of the main shaft and
to prevent the spread of the flame
and accumulation of smoke In the
workings of the mine, these doors
were cled temporarily.
Before taking this precautionary
move, the men working the night shift
in the mine were hurriedly notified
of the conditions on the surface and
Instructed to withdraw. When the
flames had been extinguished in or
der to make sure that all was well
with the men, the list was checked
over.
Th discovery was made then that
three men were missing. Immediate
ly efforts to rescue them were start
ed, but with little hope of reaching
them alive, as the machinery operat
ing the fans had been put ont of
commission by the destruction of the
engine house' end any pure air that
might have reached them from the
'surface had been shut off by the clos
ing of the portal doors.
TELEGRAPHERS MAT STRIKE.
Members of Commercial Villon Want
More Pay.
Milwaukee, Wis, June 8. A de
mand for the same wages which were
paid before the strike of the telegra
phers on the Western Union Tele
graph company will probably be made
by the national convention . of the
Commercial Telegraphers' -union,
which opened Jiere today. Threats
are made of a general strike if the de
mand Is not complied with.
The locals of the union In a num
ber of cities, including New York,
voted some time ago to make the de
mand. They claim that union operators
who returned to work were compelled
to drop out of the union and forfeit
their Insurance policies In the labor
organization. They also insist that
the companies have discriminated
against their former employes, partic
ularly In women operators.
LUNCHEON AT THE NORMAL.
Annual Event at Weston Celebrated
Sunday.
Weston, June 8. President and
Mrs. French gave their annual
hincheon to the seniors yesterday
afternoon. It was an affair of music,
mirth and flowers.
The young ladies were all clad in
blue with yellow flowers, the class
colors being blue and gold. Two
rooms held the well arranged tables
at which the seven course dinner was
served.
Two young girls from the freshmen
one each from the sophomores and
Juniors gowned In white, assisting In
the service. 'Toasts, songs and the
reading of the class prophecy prolong
ed the feast from which formality
disappeared. Dainty clusters of hand-
painted forgetmenots embellished the
place cards, red and white sweet peas
decorating the red. room, yellow roses
the dining room.
Near the close Mrs. French distrib
uted pieces of the wedding cake re
maining from last June's wedding,
when Miss Winifred Welch and Prof.
Dennison, both of the faculty, were
married at the president's cottage,
EMBEZZLER CAUGHT.
Prominent' California Politician Is
Under Arrest.
San Francisco, June 8. Charged
with the embezzlement of $500 of
the funds of the Metropolitan Surety
company of which he Is the Pacific
coast manager, Judson C. Brusie is
under arrest In Los Angeles. The au
thorlties here are awaiting his re
turn to San Francisco to be tried on
a felony charge.
He Is secretary of the state board
of railroad commlssolners and
prominent politician. The warrant
was sworn to by D. A. Macbeth, an
eastern representative of the firm
Safe Crackers at Work.
San Leandro, Calif., June 8.
Safe crackers, thought to be the men
who blew open the Southern Pacific
safe in Melrose, recently, completely
wrecked the safe In the company's
station at San Leandro. Nltro gly
cerine was used. Nothing was tak-
en. . ........';.
SIX ABE 01
G O
REDISTRICTING RESERVES.
Plana of tlte President Are Betas; Put
Into Execution.
Washington. June T. The first step
toward carrying out a comprehensive
plan of redisricting the national for
ests In western states has Just been
made by the president in signing ex
ecutive orders effective July 1, estab
lishing the Cache and Pocatello n
tlonal forests In northern Utah and
southern Idaho.
The object of this plan Is to equalise
areas of administrative units and re
arrange their boundaries In such a
manner as to promote the most effi
cient administration. No actual addi
tion to the national forest area la In
volved In the plan.
The Cache forest will consist of the
Logan and Idaho divisions of the Bear
river national forest, and will be ad
ministered by Supervisor Woodruff,
with headquarters at Logan, Utah.
The Pocatello national forest will con
sist of the present Pocatello and Port
Neut national forests, together with
the Malad division of the Bear river
forest These areas will be admlnls-
etred by Supervisor Wrensted, with
headquarters at Pocatello, Idaho,
Under the general plan of redisrict
ing 18 new administrative units will
be established from the existing na
tional forest area. The attempt Is be
ing made by the forest service to re
duce the area of the administrative
units to an average of approximately
1,000,000 acres. This will not be pos
sible In all cases, as Is shown by the
fact that under the plan of redisrict
ing there will be 144 supervisors who
will administer more than 155,000,000
acres of national forest area
BANKER FLEECED
WALTER BARTXETT FACES
TERM IX PENITENTIARY.
Former Vice President of Looted Cal
ifornia Sure Deposit and Trust
Company Manager of Defunct In
stitution Is Now Doing Time at San
Qnentin and W1U Be State's Chief
Witness Prosecuting Attorney De
nounces Defendant.
San Francisco, June 8. The actual
trial of Walter Bartnett, former vice
president of the looted California
Safe Deposit and Trust company,
charged with felony and embexxle-
ment, was begun today before Judge
Conley. Assistant District Attorney
Coke made the opening statements. "
Bartnett Is accused of stealing
$205,000 in bonds of the securities of
the Colton estate. J. Daliell Brown
former manager of the .bank, will be
the state's star witness.
Mrs. Dahlgren, one of Cotton's
heirs, was the first witness. She tes
tified that she deposited the securities
in the bank.
Bartnett will take the stand In his
own behalf. In the opening state
ment. Cook denounced Bartnett and
explained the cipher code used by the
defendant to communicate with the
hank officers.
Clever Burglar Escapes.
Los Angeles, June 8. With the as
sistance of two unknown confederates
O. T. Adams, charged with burglary,
feigned insanity and escaped from
the county hospital In an auto early
this morning. Deputy Sheriff Hutch
inson fired at the man as he was
getting Into the auto, but missed.
With a steel bar and a block of wood,
the door of Adamson's room was
raised from its hinges. He left tht
building wrapped in a blanket.
Oregon for Bryan.
Portland, dre June 8. That Ore
gon's delegation of eight will be In
structed to vote for Bryan "first, last
and all the time," at the Denver con
vention, is the statement of Chairman
Alexander Sweek and other prominent
democrats gathered here on the eve
of the state convention. Adherents
of Johnson are few and have made
no headway against the overwhelm
Ing sentiment for Bryan existing In
Oregon.
Mother Strangles- Babe to Death.
Redwood City, Cal., June 8. Mamie
Slass is held In Jail today pending the
investigation of her confession to the
police that she strangled her Infant,
and threw It into the bay. The body
was found floating near shore. Sus
picion pointed to the young mother,
and when the crime was fastened on
her she cooly admitted she strangled
the child. She will be tried for mur
der.
Robber la Caught
Ely, Nev., June 8. Just as he was
about to board the train at McGill
Junction, 14 miles north of here' to
day, officers overpowered the man
who robbed the saloon at Rieptown
of $800 Friday and recovered the
money. The officers had traveled 100
miles before they got track of the
man.
Thomas Would Fight.
San Francisco, June 8. Willis
Brltt, brother of Jlmmie, has assum
ed the management of 'Joe Thomas,
and Is now arranging several bouts
for him. He has challenged Ketch
ell to a six-round fight and has also
wired Charlie Harvey for a fight with
him.
Billek Must Hang.
Springfield, III., June 8. Governor
Deneen and the board Of pardons to
day refused to commute the sentence
of death of Herman Billek, convicted
of poisoning six members of the Ver
zal family. He hangs Friday.
ANOTHER
BANKER
FRESH HOPE F0H
AHTI-TAFTITES
Cannon's Maoager Rushed to
the Scene and the Fight is
' Renewed With Vigor.
TAFT WILIi PROBABLY
WW EVERY CONTENTION
U ltd rock Is Finally Ousted Front
tlte Committee and Then Declines to
Go Back When OiportuiUty Is Of
fered Hurry Call I Sent for Con
grctwnuui McKlutcy by the Allied
LcauYrj Oregon Man Offers
Hitchcock Ilia Seat and la Turned
Down Twft's Manager Claim TOO
Votes on Uio lint Ballot.
mm
Chicago, June 8. New hope was
given the allies today In their battle
against the Taft-Roosevelt power in
the republican national committee by
the arrival of Congressman McKln
ley, manager of the Cannon boom.
Senator Hemenway of Indiana and
Senator Murray Crane or Massachu
setts, who have been at the head of
the allies, sent a hurry call for Mc
Klnley. The contests before the national
committee will be continued In ac
cordance with the statement given
out by the allies last night after they
had given up the plan to save their
power until they could appear before
the credentials committee of the con
vention.
Today the fight seemed to be on
with all Us original vigor. There Is
little doubt but the Taft "men will
carry every Issue before the commit
tee.
Frank Hitchcock, Tatt's manager.
whose presence on the national com
mittee caused such an outcry, an
nounced today that he would not par
ticipate in the sessions any more.
Solomon Luna, of New Mexico, whose
proxy Hitchcock held, appeared In
the committee room personally.
Hitchcock refused to attend the ses
sions as assistant secretary of the
committee.
The committee today placed the
Taft delegates from the third con
gressional district of Florida on the
temporary roll. HltchcocR remained
in the ante-room during the session.
He declared he was certain Taft
would have TOO votes on the first
ballot and said Luna asked him to
take his place until he returned to
Chicago. Charles Carry of Portland,
Oregon, sent his proxy to James Mc
Lachlan, who offered It to Hitchcock.
who declined It The Taft delegates
from the first congressional district
of Georgia were seated at noon.
Taft Gets Them All.
The arrival of Arthur I. Vorys. of
Ohio, the original Taft manager,
coupled with the absence of Hitch
cock from the committee, started the
rumor hat Hitchcock has been sup
planted as Taft's director general
Vorys has established separate head
quarters.
Taft delegates from the second and
third Congressional districts of
Georgia were seated this afternoon.
The Taft delegation from the first
district of Kentucky was also seated.
This delegation was contested by Mr.
Fairbanks.
The Louisiana contest will be the
next taken up.
ASSASSINATION PLOTS
EXCITE PORTUGAL
Lisbon, Juno 8. Consternation
Reigns at the Palace following the
discovery of a plot today to blow up
young King Emanuel, whose father
and brother were assassinated. Three
conspirators have been arrested.
They had planned o assassinate
the king during the state religions
feast to be held Jnne 18 with a bomb,
which was to be placed so the king
would not escape.
Outbreaks are feared. The palace
guards have been increased. The
queen suffers from the shock caused
by (he news. The royal families are
virtually prisoners.
Confederates Gathering.
Birmingham, Ala., June I. Sad
ened by the recent death of their
commander-in-chief, General Steph
en D. Lee, but witn mucn oi tneir oia
enthusiasm left to them, the hosts of
the United Confederate Veterans are
gathering In Birmingham today. The
sessions of the encampment will be
commenced tomorrow and will last
three days. Many officials of Grand
Army and other patriotic organiza
tions of the north will be the guests
of the Confederates and will Join with
the "boys In gray" In mourning the
loss of their great leader.
Ran Away With Brother' Wife.'
Welser, June 8. A mild sensation
was created here when it was learned
that Ed Dutton, a well known res!
dent of this valley, was arrested at
Medford, Ore., and Is now In charge
of Sheriff WJnkler of this county, who
will return with him as soon as ex
tradition papers are received. The
crime for which Dutton Is tinder ar
rest is eloping with the wife of his
brother, George Dutton, who resides
west of town, taking with them the
two children. When the case comes
up for trial some sensational devel
opments are expected.
Oregon Democrats Meet.
Portland, June 1 8. Oregon demo
crats will hold a state convention at
Portland lomororw morning. It Is
expected Chairman Sweek and Sec
retary John B. Ryan will be reelect
ed. ' , . . i
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FOR A PLATFORM
Rough Draft of National Doc
ument is Completed by
Wade Ellis of Ohio.
EVERY IMPORTANT
QUESTION 18 COVERED.
Unequivocal IeclarnUon for Tariff
ltcvMou, Antcmtinom to Anil-Trust
Iw, Trusts for llestralu of Trade
and Control of Prices Condemned
Emergency Currency Bill Approved
Ship SuhNHly Endorsed and
Recommendation Favoring Admis
sion of Arisuiia and Now Mexico
Will Be Included.
Washington, June (.Wade Ellis,
attorney general for Ohio, returned
from Virginia beach today with a
rough draft of the Chicago platform.
He says Taft has gone to Chicago.
The substance of the platform dec
larations which he drew tentatively
with the approval of the administra
tion are as follows;
The endorsement of tho policies of
the present administration will be the
central Idea of the platform.
Tariff an unequivocal declaration
for revision.
Ballroads a declaration favoring
amendments to tho anti-trust law that
will enable railroads to enter Into
reasonable traffic agreement without
fear of prosecution and will also
pronounce In favor of national con
trol as against combination owner
ship. Trusts a resolution condemning
such combination a create monopo
lies, to limit production nnd control
prices.
Finance a note congratulating the
country and congress on the passage
of the currency bill.
Navy a plank urging an Increase
In fighting ships.
New states the recommendation
for the admission of Arlsona and New
Mexico as new states. Shipping en
dorsement of the ship subsidy Idea.
Labor- a recommendation for en
actments to Insure labor organisations
against snap Judgment by courts In
the Issuance of Injunctions.
Taft Wants Clean Scrap.
Chicago, Juno I. Efforts of th
Taft men to sweep everything before
them was resumed today, when the
Louisiana compromise proposition
which caused the adjournment Mon
day, was taken up by the national
committee today.
Former Governor Mnrmouth of
Louisiana, speaking for the Toft lead
ers, said: "We must go Into the con
vention with a full vote or we will not
enter. We must rule or get out; there
will be no comrpomlse."
Scnntor Dick arrived today, and
opened headquarters for Senator For
aker. He says Foraker's candidacy
is serious.
John Montgomery is here In tho In
terest of John Hays Hammond, the
only working candidate for second
place on the ticket.
BAD FIRE AT
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON
Vanconver, Wali., June . A fire
starting In the center of the Plttock
and Lcadbcttcr mill at noon today,
caiiwxl a Iimh of 12.10 000 and dctsroy.
cd the main part of the plant. The
orlgln is unknown. Fortunately the
wind was In the right direction to
save the town from burning.
There h only one fire engine In tlie
town. Tlie fire burned several hours
before the firemen were sure tlfeo ad
joining poprerty was safe. A part
of .lie Northprn Pacific trestle was
destroyed.
8000 ARE HOMELESS.
Topeka, Kas,, Juno 0. Eight thou
sand persons are reported homeless
as a result of floods. Late reports
sny tho river Is rising hourly. Great
fears are entertained for the safety of
poporty and lives. Train and mall
service Is tied up lierc.
Russell Sage to Marry.
London, June 9. Russell Sage, the
young American actor who gave up
Wall street for a stage career, will
play a leading part In a wedding to
morrow, when he will take to himself
bride In the lovely perosn of Miss
Pauline Weston, daughter of the late
John L. Weston, of Charleston, S. C.
Miss Weston is one of the society
leaders of the artstocratlo southern
cley and recently Inherited a large
fortune from her father.
The wedding will be celebrated
quietly and the young couple will
spend the summer in Norway. Sage
will return to New Tork In August to
resume his theatrical career.
Traffic Demoralized.
Butte,, Mont, June 9. It will be at
least a week before traflc will be re
sumed as a result of the damage
done to the railroad tracks by the
floods. The Northern Pacific has
succeeded In opening service to the
east, but the trains are stalled to some
extent by a landslide 20 miles from
Butte. Many new station buildings
will be reconstructed along the line
and levees are being consturcted along
the shores of Boulder to save the town
from being swept away.
Letter Wedding Tomorrow,
Washington, June 9. AH arrange
ments have been completed for- the
wedding tomorrow of Miss Juliette
Williams and Joseph Letter, the Chi
cago millionaire.
REPUBLICAN
Ml
TO SINK MONITOR.
Important Naval Tea In HairqKon
IIimuIs Tomorrow.
Norfolk, Va., June Another Im
portant naval test will take plaoe to
morrow In Hampton Roads, when the
monitor Florida, whose turret was on
May IT the target of the big guns of
(he Arkansas, will be torpedoed With
a Whitehead torpedo. Since the for
mr test, the Florida has been at the
Norfolk navy yard fitting out for to
morrow's test.
The torpedo will be send against
a spot on the aids of the vessel about
eight feet under watpr. Inside the
el Just back of the spot that la to
be hit by the torpedo, a bulkhead of
a new form has been built; It proba
bly will be filled with water. It to
expected the torpedo will sink the
Florida, but as the experiment will
take plaoe In water not over 11 feet
deep. It will be easy to refloat the
vessel.
At the sale held this afternoon the
following clips ware sold: P. V, Chap
man to Greene; fjeorge M. McDonald
to Ureenei John Perkins to Greene;
and A. B. Chapman to Defour,
ItRYAN'fi NAME
CREATES ENTHUSIASM.
Portland, Ore June) . WIUIiuu
Jetuilnaw Bryan I (he Hoi of tlte Or
eaon democrats as was itomoorttrated
In the state convention I (ore today.
When tlte NefcraNkan name was men
tioned tho delegates went wild with
entlmlasm and made so much nolar
tlMt llinlrman O. P, Coshnw' voice
wen not heard. Bryan will undoubt
edly be endorsed. Coi-tliow mention
ed the name of IVrrlti in making a
secctt.
KINO EDWARD
KISSES THE CZAU.
Itcval. Ruwla, June Traffic In
lite Gulf of Finland wan suiemlcd to-
lay to nmko way for Hie visit of King
lUluunl to the rear. Nk-hobu and
retlniio arrived tills morning. He was
Joined two hours Inter by Edward,
who khm-d the rsnr affectionately on
both check. They remained In con
ference wiiue time.
Tomorrow Nicholas net a host on
he Imperial yacht Ktamlart.
SPLIT IN RANKS
OF
LOUISIANA DELEGATION
IS EVENLY DIVIDED
Nine Votes for Taft and Nine Against
Him iovertior Warmoutli I Fu
rious leader of "Ulley Whiles"
Declares There Can Be No Com
promise With Black and Tana and
Says He Will Bolt the Convention
Before He Will Agree to It.
Chicago, June 9. The first spilt
since the republican natlonul com
mittee begnn the hearing of contests
was made today when, aftor a hot
discussion and much objection. It was
finally determined to divide the Lou
isiana representation, but even this
Is considered a victory for Taft, as It
leaves his men In control of the state
The fight has fastened the name
of "Lilly Whites" on the Taft men
and the term "Black and Tans" on the
allies, so far as tho contests in the
south are concerned.
The decision means that Pearl
Wight, a Taft supporter, will be the
sole dispenser of federal patronage
in Louisiana.
Former Oovernor Warmouth of
Louisiana, Is furious at the result.
When the committee adopted the
compromise resolution he was asked
to accept It. "I will bolt the conven
tion fjrst," he raid. "Thoro can be
no compromise that I could accept;
It Is Impossible.
Warmouth soys he will never en
ter an agreement with the Black nnd
Tans,
The committee took an adjourn'
ment and adjourned before going on
with the contests In order to allow
Warmouth to cool off. The compro
mise gives nine votes from Louisiana
to each side.
Taft delegates at large from Mis
souri were seated this afternoon.
BARTNETT TRIAL CONTINUES.
Defendant Was . Corespondent of
Wrecked Instlutlon.
San Francisco, June 9. The trial
of Walter Bartnolt, charged with em
bczzllng the Colton securities, was
resumed today before Judgo Conley.
James Conning, socretary of the
wrecked California Safe Deposit &
Trust company, ontlnued his test I
money. Conning brought out the fact
that the correspondence of the sub
sidlary companies, the West Coast
Investment company and the Noyes
Land company as well as of the main
concern, was In charge of Bartnett
and all mall matter addressed to them
was opened by Bartnett,
There . were spirited objections to
this line of testimony and the Judge
was- compelled soveral times to call
the counsel of both sides to order.
Some Important testimony Is looked
for from Miss Mary Bishop of Ala
meda, who was Brown's stenagrapher,
to whom he dictated letters to Bart
nett.
Traitor Publicly Disgraced.
Paris, June 7. Lieutenant Ullmo
the traitor convicted by courtmartlal
for selling documents describing the
defenses of Toulon and code of slg.
nals, will be publicly degraded before
the men he commanded, next Mon
day. His sword will be broken in
front of him, his uniform will be
stripped of all decorations, and then
he will be compelled to pass In fropt
of his men.
REPUBLICANS
UMATILLA ME
ARE INDICTED
Federal Grand Jury Charges
Fraud In Indian Land Mat-
. ters.
AIX THOSE INDICTED ARB
WELL KNOWN CTTIZEN1
CuL James H. Rale, John Crow, Job
M. Wynn A Km so Knot to, William
Blusher, William Raha, Bailey Rosa,
John Vert and Others Were Indict
ed Monday Evening Mora Indict
ments Arsj to Follow Many Mora
Umatilla County People Are Under
Investigation.
(eat OrsgsaJaa,)
As a result of the Investigation ef
he alleged land fraud In Umatilla
county by th special federal grand
jury in Portland, seven prominent
Umatilla county men war last eve
ning Indicted-
Those Indloted ar Col. James H.
Haley, John Crow, Alonso Knotta,
John M. Wynn, William Caldwell
William Blusher, W. C. Matthews,
John Vert, Bailey Rosa, Ramus! Olra
lead and Wllllsm Bs he.
Th charges against these ' well
known elllsens Is that of attempting -
o defraud the United States govern
ment sut of 10,000 acres of land un
der the act disposing of the nnallot-
rd portions of the Umatilla Indian
reservation.
The land In question la located eit
the Blue mountain foothills In the vi
rions- of Upper McKay and Meaonam
nd a large part of that involved la
now In cultivation, other portions are
being pastured and still other por-
'oiir have been cancelled and are
now subject to entry.
The cases will create widespread
Interest ' In this county and eastern
Oregon and perhaps 100 people will
be callod as witnesses when th
cases com to trial. Many entrymen
who would have been Involved In the
alleged frauds relinquished their
claims during ths rigid Investigation
by Captain J. H. Alexander In thla
city a year ago and these entrymen
are now being used as witnesses..
It is understood that ths grsnd Jury
has about 10 other .Umatilla eounty
people under Investigation and other
ndlctments are certain to follow those
already announced.
STARTS LAUNCH SERVICE.
8roall Craft to Ply 1 let wean Lewtston,
Clarkston and Asotin..
Lewlston, Idaho, June, I. Cap
tain Ralph Baughman, master of ths
steamer Mountain Gem, plying be
tween Kennewtck and Priest Rapids,
on the Columbia, arrived In the city
last evening In a gasoline launch
which he will use for passenger ser
vice on the Bnake river, between
Lewlston-Clarkston and Asotin, Ths
boat was built for Captain Baughman
In Seattlo. it Is 41 feet long, has
25-horse power engine and is licensed
to carry 21 passengers. Its 'speed In
still water Is II miles per hour. Th
boat started on ths Asotin run this
morning snd Captain Baughman says
he expects to make ths alx-mlle trip
In 85 minutes. Three round-trips psr
day will be made, this boat's schedule
being arranged to connect with North
ern Pacific trains at Lewlston. '
Warships Go South.
Navy Yard, Puget Bound, June I.
An order has been received here to
send the ships of the Atlantlo fleet,
undergoing repairs here, to San Rran
clsco as early as possible. Ths
Georgia leaves June II, the Illinois on
the 20th, the Wisconsin U 12nd, ths
Kentucky-the. 25th, the Nebraska,
the 27th, the Rhode Island, Virginia
and New Jersey, the 18th, and ths
Kearsarge 28th.
Hires Are Critical.
Los Angeles, Juns 9. Three of ths
survivors of the explosion In the
boiler room of ths cruiser Tennessee
are In a critical condition today. They
are: Walter Burns, a coal passer.
Brooklyn; A. Hayes, water tender,
Brooklyn; 8. Stamatlc, fireman, Nor
folk, Va.
To Attend Juno Bride,
Washington. June9. Miss Ethel
Roosevelt.daughter of the president,
will be one of ths bridesmaids at ths
wedding tomorrow of Miss Georganla
Farr to Fletcher H. Sibley, which will
take place In West Orange, N. J.
CHECK FORGER CAUGHT.
Smooth TWef From Union County
Located at North Yakima.
The grand Jury has returned an In
dictment against George E. B. Pow
ell, who Is charged with putting out
some bad checks, says ths La Grands
Star. Powell was arrested a few days
ago on this -charge on complaint of
parties at Union. He fixed the mat
ter up and was discharged, Powell
then left this part of the country and
In the meantime John Matrons, ths
hotel proprietor, and Mr. Gassett, ths
llvoryman, at Union, found themselves
In possession of some paper- that
could not bs turned Into cash.
After the finding of the Indict
ment Sheriff Chllders located Powell
at North Yakima, Wash., and he was
placed under arrest at that place yes
terday. The sheriff will leave for
North Yakima this morning to bring
Powell back to La Grande.
Powell Is a young man of very
clever address and has been In this
section of th country several weeks
taking orders for the enlargement of
pictures.