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i ON n .(TV j7NJ n nX fn ah y fvfminr FniTinw .r. of advertising pac To .., correpona win. a WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight and Tuesday fair. i i : ' ' ! PENDLETOX, OltEGOX, MONDAY, OCTOKEU 24, J 904 YOl 1?- !NO. 51 - ---.--- ii i q iii a : 1 'J ad IDE FLEET I HID II 51 II RAITS frenzied Garrison Declares It WD fight to th Bitter End. ( PROUSWW ARE fWCR ACT HOUSE MEAT. from gtwwwl Say He Will fthtu Long w l ife Lasts List Rwriu Head In tlie Battle of attar Hirer Show Terrible ban-Two Armies Renting With- RUtcShot'of Each Other at alA Japane Admit Losing II tarn It taut Big Battle. rewrrturg, Oct. 24. A dls W from General gtoesael, of the atttT'OCtober SO, Ray a: To thief nifferlnf among the rawsj 61 the garrison In due to a ct T warm clothing. The soldiers m xaiwfactining tor themaelvea. wi out of all kinds of material. "Ai (there It atlll an immense ssatttyof flour, but only a little Mm meat, the garrison Is detertn M to fight to the lust man and ; am drop of blood." tas Lout 11 Gun. Heme, Oct 14. a Po'ati Japanese losses at Ten ia! aR llOt killed onrf M A The Japanese said they " BulS- -- withlo Rifle Shot, a. Petenhnp n. , h. ' -' a-uropai- report, this morning: "Saturday 1 """"ay ' Passed qutellv. aan volunteers h-., I.. iW!U I JIT" and. the Japanese attempted VJ our outpoats. but were re- sa'JT1" tre w,th,n rlf,e "- Kuropatkln has ordered "! of the offensive. Wklal Coant of I,--. tL kT """"'ana killed ai,d gta the fighting at the Shak- r Ociober 11 ,o ,s- ki "'Jday: "Killed, one ..,. Tin "TurM '02 Prlson- "" W1n by the Japan- a. ' own Men. Cnr' Oct 24.-A ret,.--. - ta ll,. . Ik... . ""OWlnr tii. i , iurtT co"nally tricked Vr r h ?- of 7 which , theco"- Mk. on , " vouey Into a Swj V (Don "re, w. ,r. wT "l'"er" ce"ed flr- Srr fUrlou e"ough oTa " Mren- They U,en'. giving no C" "hrnistai; groaned i he ?by genuine lh ' them kl A ,4 '" firing on Amber were J Oet PUrtd- vrthr0ro: i"TTT , "mv 1- '.T,,K,o?,ehA"J'".ln. "utiLn'1 lmor me fr .U,The,,,'",-: "M il half prlol "JH Wr"y at itoT1 uoc,, th Pen- HELD Ixm RAPE. linker t'oimty Fanner With Five niililrcn AhnhiiIm Girl of IS. Baker City, Oct. 24. John Hand, a rancher living 10 milea northwest of Haines, was brought In yesterday by Sheriff Brown and lodged In the county Jail. The charge againat him on the Jail register la rape, committed upon the person of Allle Bates, a 15-year-old girl who has been In hli employ for some time past Hand la a married man, about 45 years of age and has a wife and three children. He does not deny his guilt nor does he seem to realize the enormity of his crime. He waived a preliminary ex amination and In default' of 12000 ball was commro.d Tor trial at the next term of the tirrcult court. CHRISTIANS TK KEHSIOX. Over 12,000 rommiinhwnt at the Ornrral Oairvenflon In St Louis. St Loata, Oct. 24. oMre than 12, 060 persona from all parts of the United &avMn and tram almost every country on the globe are assembled at St IjodIb attending the Interna tional Missionary convention of the Chilstiasi TAroRdh. Among the delegatea of many races and; aocttona are more than SO Chi nese and 'possibly as many Japanese. LBflSTDI HELPS E ROAD COMMERCIAL XIB WILL RAISE t&OOO. Srahmtriptluns Will Be Deposited In IiewMtnu Hanks I'utU Use Road Is Actually Completed and Heady for Traffic People of Net, Perce "County' Are Enthuxlaxtic J. . L. HuUock Working Diligently for the Road Ko Money to Be Turned Over Cntll Road Is Done, lwlston, Oct. 24. A meeting of the Commercial club was held In the iub (juanters Saturday night for the purpose of conferring with J. L. Bla luck of Arlington, Ore., who appeared us the representative of the Open lllver Association. This association was formed last May at a meeting of all the commer clal organisations In the territory In terested, held at Th Dalles, Ore., and has -amee been active In the work of advancing the construction of the portuge road at The Dalles. The proposition of raising at least t.1000 to help build the portage was taken up by the Commercial Club with great earnestness. The secre tary was rUirected to prepare the necessary matter for the newspapers, and to draft the forms of subscrip tion and other papers to be used in presenting the matter to the people. Each subscription made will be de posited In such bank as the subscrib er may direct, there to be held until the portage road is completed and trains ran over It; and In the event the road Is not completed within the time specified in the subscription list, the amounts so deposited are to be returned to the subscribers, less such expense as may have been Incurred In collecting the subscriptions. In this way each subscriptions will be contingent on the actual comple tion of the road, and the subscribers are assured they will get what they are paying for, or have the amount of their subscription refunded. " The Commercial Club will handle all collections and subscriptions from ail parts of Nea Perce county, and the sums collected will be deposited in banks throughout the county, which may be designated by the subscriber. ' IMPORTING FEEDERS. B. Hay lor Has Botorht 400 Head of . Steers In the Interior. J. B. Baylor, the Butter Creek stockman has an agent In the Inter ior buying cattle for feeding , and the expectation Is that he will start I" a tew days for Butter creek with 400 head of steers which will arrive on or about November 1. It Is ex pected that the., larger number of them will come from th ranvim plty district and that M.- Blackwell. the agent, will pay an average of 2V4 cents per pound for the lot Mr. "ylor will full feed all these animals for the spring markets. He has raised about 250 acres of alfalfa this year and has 1400 tons of alfalfa hay stack now to start the winter with. El SH Hi FLEET IN NORTH SEA RUSSIANS MISTOOK ROCKET FOR II SIGNAL OF BATTLE Over 300 Shots Poured Into a Fleet of English Fishing Smacks at Close Range. Fishermen Killed and Vessels Destroyed Russians Tl Knight They Were Being Attacked by Japanese Fleet In North Sea After Sinking the Fishing Smacks the RuMlans Steamed Away at Full Speed Without Rendering Aid All England Is Aflame and Fillet Reparation Is Im mediately Made, War Will Follow. ' Hull, England, Oct. 24. Shortly after midnight Saturday the Russian Baltic squadron came on a Hull fishing fleet, 200 miles from here In the North Sea,' and without warning fired on the boats, sinking the trawler Crane, killing her skipper and mate and seriously wounding several of her crew, . The firing continued for half an hour, after which the Rus slans hurriedly steamed away wMhout making any effort to discov er the extent of the damage inflicted. The news was broaght ta Hull by the trawlers Moulmeln and Mlno. which were seriously damaged by shots, but none aboard were Injured. The fate of several other vessels was unknown to J he Moul mem and Mlno, when they left the scene. - The injured were brought to this city. The news has created Intense Indignation throughout England. It la generally felt that unless a satisfactory explanation la imme diately forthcoming the attack must be regarded as an act of war. aforan BrothAra f Ka.nu .k' have Just completed he battleships brasku, will bid on on more of r-e new battleahlps and at least one cruiser. ' - Uautsum KeasesV at-at lotet.- - London, Oct 24. The Russian ambassy has Issued the following re garding the North Sea incident: "Admiral Rojestvensky -undoubtedly not responsible for the order to fire, aa he had gone ahead 'with the first and second fleet As the fleet did not see the lights of the fishing fleet the Russians mistook a rocket fired from one of the trawlers for a hostOe -signal. The fact that the fleet steamed away after the firing. Is probably due to the belief that no damage was done. We are compelled to await news Trom St Petersburg before we can explain the matter fully. No news has yet arrived. All News Suppressed. St Petersburg, Oct. 24. Because of the absence of official Information from Admiral Rojestvensky, the cen sor has refused to permit publicity of the North Sea affair. Nothing is known outside of official quarters of the Incident British Merhcantamn Searched. Portsmouth, Oct. 24 The report Is confirmed that the Russian Baltic fleet stopped and searched a mer chantman off the Isle of Wight. Hritlfdi Message Is Warui. London, Oct. 24. After a confer ence at the foreign office, Lansdowne sent a strongly worded message to Ambassador Scstt at St Petersburg, for delivery to the Russian, govern ment. The foreign secretary is now In conference with Admiral Fisher, first lord of the admiralty. ' Expected Japanese Attack. Cheerbourg, Oct. 24. The advance guard of the Atlantic fleet, consist ing of torpedo boats, Is lu the outer harbor. . The ships which fired on fjshing vessels In the North Sea have not arrived. The utmost precaution is being taken to guard against an attack. It la reported the Russian fleet had learned that the Japaaese had planned a night attack to be made on the squadron In the English Channel. ' Sympathy for Hull's People, Undnn. Oct 14. After a lengthy inmHur with Iansdowne at Buck ingham Palace, King Edward tele graphed a message or sympatny to the mayor of Hull; Russians Were Heartless. London, Oct. 24. Lansdown's mes sage to Lamedortf It is learned, laid special stress on the callousness 01 the warships lu falling to offer as sistance to the fishing fleet, after dis covering the mistake. Immediate re dress Is demanded. Three Hundred Sliots at Close Range. Hull, England. Oct. 24 Only one vessel ' arrived this morning from the scene of the attack of the Baltic fleet on the British fishing vessels. The latest reports state that the Rus sians fired SOO shots at the fishing fleet at a range of a quarter of a mile. I The mayor of Hull ha telegraph ed Premier Balfour .requesting the government to "take the- -speediest and strongest measures possible to Insure full redress and complete curlty against further Russian out rages." Six of the fishing boats In the fleet have not yet reported. It la now definitely reported that the Welen went down with ail on board. England's Demands Not Known. London, Oct 24. Lansdowne will return to 'London. It la believed England's demands in the matter Of the sinking of the fishing vessels will not be formulated before tonight British Fleet at Gibraltar. Gibraltar, Oct. 24. The British chunnel fleet arrived off here this morning and the officer immediate ly boarded the flagship with dis patches. British WarsliliM Awaiting Order. Portsmouth, Eng., Oct 24. A strong fleet of British warships with torpedo boat destroyers, is here ready to sail on a few hours' notice, There is great eagerness among the offic ers and crews for orders but notice to sail has not yet arrived. Baltic Fleet Sighted. London, Oct. 24. At 12:16 today the Russian Baltic fleet passed AI derney Island In the English Channel off the coast of Normandy. Survivors at London. ' London, Oct. 24. Joseph Smith, son of Captain George Smith, of the Crane, who wa .skilled by one of the shots fired by the Russian squadron and two skippers of the fleet, arrived at London this morning and drove to the foreign office. CHILD KILLED. Hark of Wheat Fell on 6-Year-Old Boy, Breaking His Neck. Saturday last at about 2 o'clock, the 6-year-old son of Mrs. Brllta An derson,, who lives on her own place, IS mile northwest of Pendleton, was killed by a sack of wheat falling up on him, breaking his neck and frac turing bis skull. The little boy, who wa a son of Jacob Kontta, Mr. Anderson's first husband, was playing by himself at the barn. A neighbor's little boy came over to play with him and wa directed by Mrs. Anderson to the barn. The neighbor's child went to the barn and Immediately returned with the news of the accident, which had taken place between the time of the noon meal and 2 o'clock. Mrs. Anderson Immediately went to the barn and found the child lying on a sack of wheat the thlr sack irom me noor ot toe ground. Upon and across the boy lay another sack of wheat that had been, when In Its place, the sixth from the ground. The skull of the child was crushed and the neck was broken. The fath er ot the boy, Jacob Konttas, was killed by his team running away on the way- home from Pendleton about five years ago. Th funeral was held Sunday after noon at the Union school house, and the interment was made In the Union cemetery. Japanese RiihIi Home. Portland, Oct. 24. Great Numbers of Japanese are now coming from the Interior and other states in an swer to the call for. the first reserves by the Japanese government. The first crowd will sail from Tacoma October 26 and the. second party from 8eattle November 1. Both ves sels will be met, according to the Japanese consul, by a warship, at the three-mile limit, and escorted across the Pacific. Mrs. Miles C. Moore Dead. Walla Walla, Oct 24. Mrs. Miles C. Moore, wife ot ex-Governor Miles C. Moore of Washington, died at Oakland, Cat., Sunday morning. She had gone to Oakland In search of health. She was a native of East Portland, Oregon, and a daughter of Dr. B. S. Baker, a pioneer of Port land. . NEGRO KILLED BY IBATE POPULACE Actor Turns Thief. Chicago, Oct. 24. Lee Kerttn, a young actor from Kentucky, was ar rested today charged, with stealing Jewelry valued at 17000 from rooms of down town hotels. Much of the booty was recovered. .Writ of Error In Burton Cane. Washington, Oct. 24. The su preme court today advanced for hearing on November 28, the writ of error In the case of Senator Burton, of Kansas. INSPECTORS FOR PENDLETON GOVERNMENT HAS AP- ' ' POINTED DR. A. H. BIBB. Work of Stock Inspection Under Fed. era I Superivlslon In Eastern Ore gon Ha Assumed Immense Pro portions Dr. Lams Has Formerly Covered the Meld, But Will Here ' after Have an AsHlstant Dr. Bibb Now at Baker City Inspecting Ship. ment of Cattle. j ' The duties devolving upon the 'fed eral stock Inspectorship operating from this point have increased to such a volume that it has become Im- perltavely necessary that Inspector. Lantx have his labors divided. To that end the government has appointed A. H. Bibb of Salt Lake, a mau with considerable experience, as federal stock Inspector, to assist Dr. Lants, or more properly speaking, take from his shoulders some of the labor and responsibility. All Eastern Oregon Is too large a field for one man, no matter how ac tive, energetic and capable he may be, to manage, with Its immense vol ume of Interstate shipments and scores of exit points. Dr. Bibb with his wife has arrived and will make their permanent residence here. Dr. Bibb will go to Baker City this evening to Inspect cattle being held there for shipment. No better Illus tration of the situation can be made than to refer to the fact that Dr. Bibb is no sooner arrived in town than he Is at once sent to Baker City, while Dr. Lants has gone to The Dt. lies on a similar errand. THE ENGINEER'S MOTHER. Story of Futhfiiluess and Devotion of Son on the Southern Pacific, Probably no other person In Eu gene receives as many dally papers and by a faithful a carrier a does Mrs. B. S. Beals, who resides at 601 Lawrence street, says the Eugene Guard. - Mrs. Beals, who Is nearly 86 years old, is the mother of Ell Elliott, one of the oldest active railroad engineers on the Southern Pacific. For over SO year he haa been pulling the dally express train through the Willamette valley, and each time his ponderous locomotive passes the cottage where his mother resides a large roll of dally papers Is alwaya thrown from the cab window to the one who Is always at the gat waiting. During the past few months, how ever, Mr. Elliott has not had the pleasure of seeing his mother at the gate very often as he passes, for her health has been falling. George Blount, Colored Polf tician of Richmond, Beaten. to Death THREW LIGHTED LAMP ' IN POLICEMAN'S FACE. Policeman Entered Rkninta' fiestas rant to Arrest Anotlier Negro Blount Assaulted Him, Threw av I.anip at Him and Drove Him Out Blount Was Then Arrested and Placed in Jail From Where He Was Taken by a Mob Tills Morning Troops Ordered Out to Guard Against Negro Outbreak. Norfolk, Va.t Oct 24. George: Blount, a leading negro politician of Berkeley, across the river from here was taken from the station house at Berkeley at t o'clock this morning, and was shot and beaten to death by ' a mob. On Saturday night Blount threw a lighted lamp Into the face of a po liceman who entered Blount's res taurant to arrest another negro, charged with shooting. Blount' ar rest and lynching followed. . Outbreak of Negroes Imminent Norfolk, Oct. 21. Troops are or dered out at the request of Mayor Alton, of Berkeley, who says an out break of negroes tonight I Immi nent as a result of the lynching of ' the negro Blount DEATH OF J AS. O'CONNELL.- ParalyNlH Causes Demise of Well - Known Hotel Keeper of Umatilla. James O'Connell, the well known -hotel keeper ot Umatilla, died yes--terday of paralysis, after lingering " five days aa the affect ot the first stroke with which he wa ever af flicted. The body wa brought to Pendleton and will be taken to Walla Walla for the funeral and the Inter ment under Catholic auspice. With his family Mr. O'Connell, wha wa 65 year of age at the time of hia death, removed from Walla Walla to Umatilla about eight year ago, and) had been In the hotel business there, ever slnoe. Both Mr. O'Connell and his wife were born In Ireland, but when they emigrated to this country could not be learned. The wife and seven children of Mr. O'Connell survive him. The sons, and daughters are as follows: Mrs. A. B. .Stephens, Mrs. John Lennox,. Mrs. R. E. Lingo, the Misses Anna and Deed, and two sons, Frank and James, all residents of Umatilla. How to Serve Grouse. A Pendleton sport, who has had considerable experience with grouse, offers these instructions for cooking an old bird: Clean the Mrd nicely, let it dry for two days In the sun. Nail the bird to a pine board, cover with salt and after standing for two days longer, boll for eight hours, then put It In an oven and bake slowly for six hours. Then draw the nails out. throw the grouse out doors and eat the nails and board, which are said to have absorbed the best part of the bird. Jl'HY INVESTIGATING. Kuuuirer Ift Pendleton Saturday at: 6:40 p. in. The coroner's Jury Investigating the -death of Seymour Swauger, will hold Its third session at B;3) this after noon. The first was held Saturday night, at the scene of the- accident, the second at the coroner' office. According to the testimony, Swau ger waa seen 10 minutes before No. 22 went out of Pendleton, at 6:40 Friday evening. At that time, he was sober. According to other' tes timony, he was under the Influence of liquor, when he climbed upon a. box car about the middle of the train, when the train was In motion. He had some packages in his hands, one of which he dropped, and it waa picked up by a young man who saw it drop and had no opportunity to s hand it to Swauger, the train being In motion. No evidence having a direct bear ing upon the exact time that Swau ger left No. 22 has been adduced aa yet It Is not known Whether he fell off the train or got off and was run over while walking, or was run over Immediately after falling off. Street Rally on Main Street. A rally will be held on Main street this evening about 8 o'clock, at which time Guy F. Phelps will speak on prohibition. The ministers of the town will be present and assist from an improvised platform. There will ' be good singing. Come this evening at 8 o'clock. Black hoards Will Cost 330. The blackboards In the new city school buildings will cost 6320. They will be furnished under a sub-con tract made with J. T. Wolfe. The material will be -liquid slating put upon a background prepared by C. C. Sharpe. ' M : If I. . 4 'a ? v' 1 - IS if