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V .i.e., ' 3 ll -j r:1! rfikxcA I DAILY EVENING EDfTIO?l J gilHBBHHHHHHMIMH r Tonight and Thursday probablr '&"Cve 3 PENDLETON, OllEttOX, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMHEK 2, 1904 NO. 5194. ( Sill 1WEUB BIVER Data Upon Which is 1 ; tvnurtation to i nu IsOflClKXTPa" IMP- I. i. iwiitwl by a Dam L Hi, prov,,,c i - . Urolith y mrrx-y Itf&ormoasb-'to Uie Wealth Vcwiatr-VVork M"' 1,011 Keit Spring Acre -,,,Itollse -Project Will j . ' f khlitler atatea that the t rKlajroitton surveys will (1jslh: eomptoUd In Malheur i lirtai h .present month. fMraphr f th "'''!'Dle m ken uwrtatned, and all jinoi throuxh which Irrigation I, n psatlble Wu been devel nii aapt showing nil dtffer li Annan -at five feet or ml Uie exact locution of ull ratou. Mfetht with the aitto 4f suida. und drill work has progressed i ike sunnier at the possible to, md tett pita dun over u Jal.of the possible waste-way mil U thought thin work will 'lomplttetl before the middle m. The diamond drill exam- m Ur do not Indicate any ultrlalrr different from what utidpiied. and on the whole. Um apiMara somewhat more tm than at the beginning of kin. Wnlkai;in.tli Suttiiu. ! Mfanhatlon of water user ik Hilhtur Water Uaer's Asm- 0 Hi cone ahead, and If tin y " fflSble J make or accept a propoaltlon before the mid list tinier, It la possible con : toy iK&n , eariy jn tn,-j- Were are many question of pivuer rights which the water " want to adjust prior " riilnr if tthe government to u nearly aa possible clear t If lltlfation. "tl llei above the mouth of nwr (also above On 11 Utr aarrowt to an ub luJnirraw oanyon about five ' b rtlch opens at the up IntoJUttle Valley, ubi.ve "anllw narrows again into " mile Ui leiiKth Mid tanyoh there Ian !lWnf what Is known as w ranch. The Harper TtW l0K' " one and one-half mlloa I.' present themselves 1 kaL '0n' 8bove Llte Vul i,. bl0" Little Valley, i "wr Inrhn.. . ...... (eta. e oener which would be under water from this project, now yield, under care ful cultivation, from six to eight tons of alfnlfa eacn ye-r- At Per ton. a fair average price, this land can not he worth less than llou per acre. With the final Improvement of all lands near the project, tt Is believed the average price of land would be little less, and p'ossibly more, which would mean an actual iproperty value of 110,000,000 for Improved farming lands alone Other Vauc KquaV . It la held hy high financial and sta tistical authorities that all other val uations will equal that of the farms, this estimate being the value of the town and railroad properties and other property not distinctively farm properly and dependent upon It nnd developed with the Improvement of the lands. The $2,700,000 which will be spent on a h iprdjeot will be spent In the Malheur valley. This amount many times exceeds the present value of ad the property In the Irrigable re gion. Ten per cent. Interest on thlB amount for one day Is just $700, and It Ib euslly seen that every duy'a poBt amement of the project means a loss of $700 per day to the valley. The estimate of $SO per acre as fhe cost of the project will be met by Ihe "water users under the act by the payment of $? per acre per year for ten years. Another, and a good bus iness view of the proposition Is that $30 paid In this way Is equivalent of a cash payment of little more than $20, counting Interest at 10 per cent. which la the prevailing rate now In Malheur county. SAW THE Ml'RDKR. Wltnewt Calls for Help and the Per petrator Escape. New Ulm, Minn., Nov. 2. Dr. L. A. Oebhard, a dentist aged 20, was murdered In his office last night. A. P. Brooks, a newspaper proprietor, with his office beneath the dental of fice, heard the scuffle- and found the door lucked. He looked through the transom and saw the murderer deal Oebhard blows on the head with hammer, felling him. He then stab bed the unconsctouB man. Brooks culled for help and the murderer Jumped through a window and escaped. There Is no clue to motive of -the -murderer. KJ1)" KHEHIDAN DKAD. Convicted MlHHnari IfaMHlleir Will Ap- " pear fur Trial. St. Louis, Nov. 2. John A. (Kid) Sherldun. former member of the house of delegates whOBe tilal for bribery in connection with the subur ban deal has been delayed on account of his Illness, died this morning. Sheridan was convicted and sentenc ed to five years, but the supreme court remanded the case. HELIX BARN AND :iitH,s wiu, ;;hi.(;ati; I'lVE THOl KAM) !M)IiI,AHS I fck , 10 me belie ,hHt event fZ.,!he etr,!me ui",er "-erven-.wm be 5rom ,a I ,h. approximately V Hter ' rol"ble that JW"tL "na Il",re ' p. """PPlTforaiithe LH ' lon i aPPxl Vllnl lM u Th - 4 hti. "'w' to r.vn,i pi acres. '"g less An'lilentul Uvortiiriiluic of a Jjiiitorii .'iliiHel tlK' DlnuHtur Horses, (Ctntlii, Jliiy uiul lliirneHH Itotttroyeri, anil Miirh Otlior CliattolM Insur ance Was Fur Memeutli the Value, ad Uie ham I'nlls Heavily on jLouis Mwlkjr. . On'-voir n bo ?! r,ver i- '"'Mlon Mme 01s- . u4. W i 'h." ara f ut irrigated The bam of imile Muller, on his farm Ive nillei west of Helix, was burned ,lnst nljfUt hetveen y and 9 o clock, nnd waa a. total lam. . " The ire was cruised by the acci dental turning over jif a lantern used by a hired man , udiile , eitgaged la leeaing Uie stock. A tremendous ef fort .was .made by the man and by others to save the--barn, but their work avulied nothing .whatever, as ne Interior of the bam was a roar ing mass of flames wilhjrt a few mo- nnui. The flight headway tt. gain ed at the atact could .no ,be checked, as there 'was considerable wind and the flames were n'uor.flged .by a strong draft which drove, them into the hay and forage : The loss includes two- harses, 00 sacks. of grain, from 0 to Ml tons of hay and 14 sets of harness. Besides, there was considerable odds and ends burned, all of some value! but not classified. The loss will aggreguteover $000, with only $1000 Insurance. The barn was about five years old and one of the best? arrangea and largest structures of the kind in the Helix country. Trial Trip Armored Cruiner. Rockport. Mass., Nov. t. The ar mored cruiser West Virginia, Is mag ln a trial trip today over the ther the Cape Ann course, ...The govern ment requirement Is 21 knots. The average speed over the first two stages of the course was less than the re Conrad Lund, at Tacoma. has con fessed to stealing t00 from a hoard of $000 kept by Philip Tuckard un der his house. WYOMING BAN CASHIER T ID FORTS AND Made Unsuccessful Attempt to Get the Drop on Would Be Bank Robbers. ItOIUtKltS ESCAPED WHIIJ2 CXTER FIRE. Sherirrn Potwr Is Hot on Their Trail ami Overtook Tliem on Gray Bull Itlver One of Them Is Supposed lo lluve Been Injured, But No Of. riciulH Were Runt Robbers Escap ed a Heeond Time on Stolen Horncs and Have IMxappeared, But With a Great Oeiitalntjr of Being Again Overtakes. Cody, Wyo., Nov. 2. Two unknown cowboys who have been loafing aioin.J thin Voce tor the past wib this afternoon wVked Into ths First National Bank cf this plae and with drawn pratols ordered handj ui. Kvei official and clerk Instecl of complying Jumped for his gun, a sup ply of which are cached In varloub corners of the bank, and began to fire on the Intruders, who took to the street, firing In return, but doing no damage. The .cannier, I. O. Mlddaugh, not content with the retreat of the rob toera, followed them Into the street and was shot through the chest by one gi the robbers, and Instantly killed. ' The robbers who were In full re tnat when they left the bank, then climbed upn their horses and fled at full speed, entirely bootless, having not secured a dollar. Many citizens tired at them as they fled. A' .putuie. . was Immediately formed und is on the trial of the robbers, who are .beaded apparently for the Gray J-.nl'. river and Southern Montana. -Mlildaugh was the only person In jured unless it be that one of the rob bers was shot, which is uncertain, though It Is very strange should they Irnwe -gotten away without being hurt, as a dosen citizens took shuts at .them before they disappeared. Former Were Captured in Northern Manchuria, the Latter at Port Arthur. AI.I, OflET BIT Al.KKT AT GIBRALTAR EOKT. Money rirrfps in Liondon Are Greatly Alarmed and llnie for Peace at Any I"rlce Coroner's Verdict In the Inquest at Hull, England, Is Non committal In tlie Extreme Pro grew Being Made Toward the Con vention to Investigate tlie North Nea Incident Generals for Manchuria. Rome, Nov. 2. Dispatches from Manchuria state that the Russians lust 2000 men and four guns in the fighting Monday last. The Japanese tight and center continue the envel oping movement. It is also said the Japanese cap tured forts 15 and 16 at Port Arthur. All Quiet Along tlie Kliahke. Ht. Petersburg, Nov. 2. Sakharoff reports the night passed quietly along Ihe Shahke river. Yesterday there were a few indecisive bombardments uf outpost stations. gottatlons to raise fears of a new crisis. The two governments are studying, elaborating the details of the International commission Inquiry. The present negotiations are toward a settlement of these details." Mnncliiirliin Commanders. St. Petersburg, Nov. 2. It Is an nounced this evening that General Llnevltch will take command of the first Manchurlan army and General Kaulbars of the third, under Kuro-patkin. Holding Onto Troops. Gibraltar, Nov. 2. The fiftieth company of artillery, which was pre paring to embark ,,for Sierra Leon, has been ordered to remain here. 'Outlaws Put Vp a Field. Cheyenne, Nov. 2. A telephone message Ifrom Meeteese slates that the posaee.that left here at midnight .came atpan the Cody bank robbers at .daylight in a lonely spot ou Gray hull river. The .outlaws put up a stiff fight and got away, one being Injured. A hundred -shots were fired. The horses of the bandits were Jaded. The pos see secured fresh mounts and expect ed the bandits .to be taken soon. 1m ithe 'encounter with the robbers liLHt night one of the outlaws was w'ounded. but no officers were hit. Two "hundred shots were fired. The robbers stole fresh horses at a corral arid isapiiuured near Meeteese. liABOK LEADERS ARRESTED. Charged Whit fsing tlie .Malls to Work a Fraud. Omaha, Nov. 2. Henry Hauflalr. recordlnn; secretary, and John Cush Ing. president of the South Omaha Trades and Labor Council, are under arrest charged with- using the mails to defraud. ... It Is alleged they sent out circulars asking money to pay the fines of men clnvlcted during the recent meat strike,' the money to be paid Hauf- lalre, w ho had no authority to receive It. - - ; - ; 'Pasquato e1 nve Tears'. f v "Walla Walla. Nov. 2. Joseph Fns uualo,.Xhe Italian who killed .Doml. nlco Valerlo, will have five years- In prison to meditate on his trash deed He was sentenced by Judge Brents lust evening after his attorney, Oscar Cain, had battled for a hew trial and it bad been overruled by itke Court. Notice of an apeal to the supreme court was at once filed. Guarding Gibraltar. Gibraltar.! Nov. 2. The Isis, Boom erang and. Rinarooma left today with a torpedo boat flotilla to patrol the Straits of Gibraltar. ' The entrances to the harbor are closed with boom defenses and search lights are being used continually. DIhtuss Terms stf Imp dry. London, Nov. 2. The foreign office confirms the departure of Admiral Kojestvensky ond his fleet from Vigo. He was Instructed that he must pre vent any Injury to foreign shipping while en route for the east. "In com pliance with the Anglo-Kuffian agreement the foreign office adds that four Russian officers were left behind at Vigo. The two govern ments are new discussing the terms of the proposed Inquiry." English Statesmen Confer. London. Nov. 2. Premier Balfour this afternoon had a conference with Prince Louis of Hattenberg. head of the naval intelligence bureau: Lord Selbourn, first lord of the admiralty; Foreign Secretai-y Lansdowne. Later Ihe secretary for foreign affairs hud a conference with Arnold Forster, secretary of war. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. Damage to Property $11)0,000, But No Persons Injured. Mount Vernon, N. T., Nov. 2. A pasting train on the New Haven rail road caused an explosion of dynamite stored under the Bond street bridge, this afternoon, injuring two score people, wrecking the bridge and dam aging many buildings In the vicinity. No one was killed. The dynamite was being used in construction work. The damage will reach $100,000. E KILLED AT SALEJ.V Walls of Waterworks Reser voir Give Way and Flood North Carolina Town. KEI.L 1700 FEET. Ten Miuers Crushed and Drowned at Bottom of Shaft. Wllkesbarre, Pa., Nov. 2. It is re ported that a cage carrying 18 miners fell to the bottom of Achinloss mine at Nanticoke, 10 miles south, this morning, and all the miners . were killed. Cable Broke, ElKhtcen Killed. Later The cable broke, precipitat ing the carriage load of men several hundred feet. The hoisting gear was wrecked. There was much difficulty In reaching the men. The mine is own ed by the Delaware. Lackawanna & Western Coal Company. Ten Were Killed. The victims, Poles and Slavs, were 10, in the cage. The bottom of the shaft was filled with water. Those not crushed by the fall were drown ed. The cage got beyond the con trol of the engineer and dropped 1700 feet. Chicago Grain. , Chicago, Nov. 2. Dece ruber wheat opened $111. closed $l.Utt; May opened $1.11 tt. closed $1.12. Corn opened 48, closed 48 H- . Oats open ed 28, closed 28. Vesuvius in Eruption. Naoles. Nov. 2. Vesuvius is aaratn showing signs of activity. The cra ter Is emitting a dense column oi dust. Pope Had Heart Failure, Rome, Nov. t. The pope had an attack of heart failure during the night Dr. Lapponl gave Immediate relief. . ' Portland Jail Broken. Portland. Nov. 1. Five prisoners broke from the county jail In the heart of the city last night. . Attornav General Crawford holds that miinlolns.1 bonds are subjeot to taxation same as other public stock. Molded Interests Scared. London, Nov. 2. It Is learned that Lord Lansdowne has reported the progress of negotiations with Russia to the cabinet, ulthough a complete agreement has not been reached. ' The business community is still un easy,;' Consols closed at 8-16 down. Leopold Rothschild and other, great financial Interests have been making the strongest kind of representations to both London and St. Petersburg In tlu interests of peace. It Is point rd out that Europe Is In no position economically, to .weather a strain, and Wur would result in appalling and far-reaching commercial disaster. Excitement Has Abated. Gibraltar. Nov. 2. All . excite ment caused bv the mobilization ves. terday has abated, und he crisis is believed to be over. " Final Draft Being Made. London, Nov. 2. The cabinet met this morning at Balfour's home. It is believed the final draft of an Anglo Russian convention Is. under consid eration. . - Inquest and Verdict. .Hull, Nov. 2. The coroner's In quest into the firing on the trawlers by the Russian warships began this aftenoon. The fishermen testified that owing to the continual play of the Russian searchlights they were able to see clearly a long distance. They saw no craft resembling torpedo boats. Later The coroner's Jury returned the following verdict: "The fishermen were killed ' by shots fired without warning or prov ocation from, certain war vessels." The verdict purposely attaches no blame and made no recommendations to the International commission. No Fears of a Crisis London, Nov. I. The Russian em bassy this afternoon Issued the fol lowing: , , "Nothing has .occurred lri the ne- PARKER CAMPAIGNING. Strenuous Hustling for Democratic Candidate. New Tork, Nov. 2. Parker spent tie morning writing speeches for his Connecticut tour. .: H!i throat is not In good condition and he will have It sprayed so as to gt Into shape for two speeches to night, one at . Cooper Union, the other at Carnegie Hull. At the close of the meeting Parker will be given a reception by the club. He will leave for Connecticut at 10 tomorrow. Despite dentals, It Is still a possi bility that Parker will make a trip to Indiana pofnls for speeches Monday. LIS THIRTEEN RESIDENCES DESTROYED IN A MOMEVG. Million mid a Half Gallons of Warn Devastated Over a Mile of Tens tory Cause Not Known and ifio--sKinsibllity Not Yet Fixed Km Warning of the Catastrophe, assl ; People Were Drowned In Tbrar Beds Heavy Masonry Moved a sat Bodies Were Carried a Mile, Salem, N. C, Nov. 2. The north wall of the brick reservoir of tka Winston water works burst at ( this morning killing. 10 or more persoasu white and colored. The water swept, away a number of " dwellings. The cause of the disaster is not ascertain ed. No Warning; of Disaster. Salem, Nov. 2. Seven are knosiB to be dead and many are missing. When the wall of the reservoir collapsed It burled the home of Mar tin Peoples, with Mb family. Thir teen residences were destroyed. A million and a half gallons ssT water escaped, devastating over av mile of territory. The colored set tlement In the vicinity of the reser voir 1b entirely wrecked. Negroes) and whiteB are both working to res cue the victims. The cause of the disaster was the overflow of the reservoir. It Is not known who Is responsible. The res ervoir burst without warning, asT' victims were drowned while sleepiest ' One couple floated on a bed for ) yards and neither was Injured. The known dead are: Mrs. Pea pies, Mrs. John Poe and daughter. Thomas Southern and five negroes. Seventeen Dead. L Snleni, Nov. 2. It Is believed tint dead will reach 17. Many vidian were pinned under the debris as? wrecked houses, and many bodies! were washed Into Beloes pond. mile away. The pond Is being drag ged for bodies. Masonry from the reservoir weigh ing tons was carried half a mile. One child was reseued from a tree' haHS a mile from He -house. Other recognized dead are: Hint. Vogler, Mrs. Houthere and Bon, Miss Octuvia Bailey, Lucille Malone an Caroline Martin, the two last name bdng colored. COMPETITION OPEN'S IX WALLOWA COI NTY. Well Known V inalllla Comity Klieep nian Is Optimistic und Declares Everything Is to Be Gained hy the Sheepmen Refusing to Contract in . Advance and hy Hunglng Together When tlie Wool Market (k-iis in Uie Spring. It is reported that the 1905 "wool clip of Wallowa county, Is being con tracted at from 16 to 18 cents per pound and that a large proportion of the clip Is already sold at those figures. Buyers are scouring the country In every direction and the keenest com petition among buyers and commis sion companies exists. In speaking of the wool situation in Umatilla county, A. H. Sunderman, the -Well known sheepman, says: "Owing to the scarcity of wool in the markets of the world and espec ially In the markets of the United States, wool prices and sheep prices promise to be excellent next year, no matter who is elected president. "The Influence of the election Is not being felt Irt the market; the high prices are caused now and will be caused next year by the need of wool by the scarcity of the commod ity In the wool centers. "The old wool Is all sold out of the commission warehouses in the markets, new avenues of trade are consuming greater quantities of wool and the narrowing range area is re ducing the wool clip in different wool producing districts each year, so the prospect for good prices is entirely Independent of the election or its re sult. Neither party can increase the visible wool supply of the world nor check the increasing demand for wool, as population increases. "So far, there is not a pound of wool contracted In Umatilla county, and I hope there will not be. The wool of this county has been of so much value to the wooIgTowera, that I hope It will be sacredly regarded hereafter and not a pound of wool sold outside of tt." WOMAN'S GHASTLY CRIME. Man Dlsiiiemliei-ed anil Kohhed, aasT Murderer EsaieH, Vienna, Nov. 2. A ghastly murder In the populous suburb of MarluhiuT is the sensation of the day. Johama Slkora, aged 73, a wealthy widower, who had been missing, was fouasl sewn in u stick hi tlie apartment at a couple named Klein. It seems to be established that the woman, Franclsca Klein, alone com mitted the crime. She decoyed His- ' ora into her lodging, strangled bins, cut off his limbs and then placed the portions In a sack, which she hid be hind a sofa where they were foundl All this was done during the absenc of the husband, who, on his retura. , slept with his wife In the room m which the body wus lying. After murdering Slkora, Franclsca went to his apartments and by meana of keys taken from his dead bodK robbed his safe of money and stocks to the amount of several - thousaartf dollars. The following day she and her husband fled and have not ye been apprehended. It Is believe they may. have taken passage ts A merlca. Sulfide at Asylum. Salem, Nov. 2. Charles Werdaau an Inmate of the asylum, aged M years, committed suicide at that insti tution 'yesterday morning by hangina; himself. He tied a silk handkerchief around his neck and one of the wis dow guards, then turned his back a the window and sat down. The re sult was strangulation. Coroaer Clough was called, and after examin ing the circumstances thoroughly ex onerated the asylum officials and at tendants from any carelessness In tea matter, Jewish Riots. Lemberg. Galicia, Nov. 2. Riots have occurred at Lieff in consequeacat of the mobilisation of the reserrea. Mobs at Bugustaw, Waasylkow aa Kaniow are reported to have attack ed the houses and shops of the Jen.- Troops Interfered and a number were killed. More troops are en route Us the district. if : . I v . t f i t' 1 : I. i Vh f is ;