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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
PENDLETON, OHEUON, WEDNESDAY, 8EPTEMBEB 15, 1000.
NO. 6689
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FIE RAGES
III PORTLAND
Portland Flour Mills are Being
Consumed by Flames and
Other Buildings Threatened,
Consumed by Flames andjNannie Taylor, the widow of imam
emimjOYEs may have
iost their lives
Fire Started by Explonlon of Dust
Collector l-ow Will Exceed $250,- j Unless new evidence can be secur
000 uiidlfHcra.I.McvaUrHurn R UJwMy Probable that Nannie
, Taylor can be convicted as having had
Will 'Hracli the Half Million Mark, ft part n the crlmc At the worgt
Mill Wuk largest In Northwest , Bho could hardly be expected to get
Firemen Arc Powerless to Stay more than a short term in prison.
the
names.
Portland, Sept. 15. A tire which
destroyed the Portland Flour mills,
located on the water front of this
. . ..,i
city with a loss of 1250.000 started-
this morning at 9 o'clock, and at
10:30 the flames, uncontrolled,
threatened the adjacent elevators and
wharves on which were plied thou-
winds of dollars worth of grain. The
seventy employes of the mill are be-
lieved to have esraped, although It
Is impossible to ascertain while the
flre Is raging whether all escaped or
or not. The firemen and police will
begin a search of the ruins as soon .
as the embers an- cooled. The mill
was owned by the Portland Flour
Mills company. Should the elevators
and piers be consumed the loss will
reach a half million dollars.
General fire alarm was sounded
. .... Aa , v. ft.A . .1 n.. 1
snoruy hiici me innwn
spit.- the efforts of a score of engines
and lifeboats, the mill was soon a
mass of flames, and only desperate
work on the imrt of the firemen kept
th,. blase1 from spreading to adjoining
manufacturing plants. The ir ,
bunted downward. The building was
the largest mill In the northwest and
equipped with the most modern ma- :
chlnrry and automatic sprinkler. This
Is believed to have been broken when
an explosion of the dust collector on
the sixth floor started the fire.
Portland, Sept. IS. (Later ) Af-j
ter destroying the Portland flour mills,
the largest plant of Its kind In the !
northwest spoiling thousands of dol-
inn. worth of eraln. a fire which
started from an explosion at the mill
was controlled shortly before noon
todav. So far as could De teamen
no employes were killed,
ruins will be searched.
but the
GATEKEEPER GETS FIRST
VACATION IN 20 YEARS
Spokane, Wash., Sept. 15. A. H.
Simmons, gatekeeper at the North
ern Pacific Railway company's sta
tion In Spokane, who says he has an
swered more than 1.000,000 questions
by people of almost every national
ity during his 20 years' service, has
been granted a vacation, the first
In n fifth of a century. After a trip
to Seattle, he will visit relatives at
Duluth. St, Paul and Chicago, after
ward going east for a week. Besides
being looked upon as a "human en
eyolopcdla," Simmons Is possessed of
a remarkable memory for names and
faces and he has a wider acquaint
ance among railroad and traveling
'men than any other person in the
Pacific northwest. He understands a
dozen languages and several Indian
dial SCtfl and s master of the Chinook,
the universal language among the
redskins of the continent.
WOMAN WILL BE
TRIED FOR MURDER
Richmond, Va.. Sept. IB. Charged
with complicity In the murder of
Mrs. Mary Skipworth and Walter
Johnson, for which five negroes have
already died In the electric chair, Mrs
The evening of Tuesday, September
2S, Is to be "Red Man's Night" at the
district fair. This was the announce
ment made this morning by Secretary
Fltz Gerald of the fair association.
Being a Red Man himself he went
on to remark thai the announcement
carried with It the assurance that the
second night of the fair would be one
of the biggest and best of the cntln
week.
"It will be a gala night," declared
the Judge. "The Red Men and their
friends will all be there and among
the other features of the evening will
be a war dance on the stage which
will be participated In by the Walla
Walla. Hermlston and Umatilla tribes
as well as the local tribe. It will be
a regular war dance In full costume."
RED MEN WILL 111 NIGHT IT EI
OH WHICH TQ DUNCE WILD WUR OUNCE
TAFT TO DECIDE
FAMOUS CONTROVERSY
Iloston, Sept. 15. It is cx-
pectod Taft will announce hlH
decision of the Hallinger-l'in-
chot controversy late this af-
ternoon or this evening. It Is
believed here that the presi-
dent will exonerate both Bal-
linger and I'inchot.
Taylor, one of those electrocuted, will
be placed on trial today.
Following her trial three young
negro boys will be heard for com
plicity In the murder. Th boys, it Is
said, will throw themselves on the
mercy of the court and a five year
sentence Is predicted for each of
them.
ANITA STEWART IS
NOW A PRINCESS
Dingwall. Scotland, Sept. 15. Anita
Stewart, the New York heiress to the
millions of the late "Silent" Smith,
prim,eg?
( npr ()Wn r,Bh( by pP(.lai patent of
mper(n Franz Josef of Austria,
whpn sh( mnrrp1 prince Miguel de
nraganza 0f Portugal at noon, on the
great etnte receirtly leased by her
m,,r Mrs, James Henry Smith The
8,,rvcog wer4 j,,. at st Lawrence
rn,nni(r church, the Bishop of Abcr-
J(iin 0ffcintng. The decorations and
,,rpiM.nts wcre of the costliest.
IS II LARGE
1
FRITS HICK MAKES
SENSATIONAL ESCAPE
Forces Bars of Cell ami Lowers Him
self by Bed Clothes Has a Murder
cm Mania and It is Feared he Will
Kill Someone Thinks Masons art
After His Life.
Spokane, Sept. 15. After a sensa-
t,ona, e8cape from the Medical Lake
of the late Judge Norman Buck. Is at
large today, and a posse has started
In pursuit. Young Buck possessed a
murderous mania and It is feared he
may commit murder before he Is ap
prehended. He escaped last night by
forcing the steel bars of his cell on the
second floor and lowering himself to
the ground by a bed clothes rope.
Buck's delusion Is that Masons are
seeking his life, as he was sent to the
asylum because he attempted to kill
John H. Shaw, a mason of Spokane.
ANOTHER ROYAL GRAFTER
GETS AMERICAN MILLIONS
Edinburgh, Sept. 15 Tulloch Cas
tle, Blngwell, was the scene today of
the wedding of Miss Anita Stewart,
the only daughter of Mrs. J. Henry
Smith nnd niece of Mr. and Mrs. An
thony Drexel, to Prince Miguel of
Braganza, son of the legitimate pre
tender to the Portuguese throne. Aa
the bride is a Protestant and the
bridegroom a Catholic, the ceremony
was solemnized in the great hall of
the castle Mrs. Smith has rented for
the autumn, Instea.l of In a church.
The wedding was as quiet as was
compatible with the bridegroom's
high rank at court, only a few Aus
trian noblemen attending in addition
to the members of the two families.
It is reported that vast sums have
besn given the prlnco in advance to
enable him to satisfy the most press-'
Ing of his creditors, and that he will
receive a large fortune from the
bride's family for future expenditure.
Arrangements for the fair are pro
gressing at a rapid rate and the In
dications point to a successful open
ing. Exhibits are being received from
every part of the district and the sec
retary and his deputy are kept busy
answering questions and letters.
Among the exhibits entered yesterday
w ere ten head of hogs by A. L. Swag
gart of Athena. Mr. Swaggart car
ried home some ribbons last year and
he expects to repeat the performance
this year.
Another exhibitor will be a local
gardener, who yesterday signified his
intention of entering six varieties of
early potatoes, the same number of
varieties of late potatoes and one va
riety of European potatoes, which
has never been exhibited here before.
VIOLENT MANIAC
mm new
i ON COOK-PEARY
A Lull Exists in the Bitter
Storm of the North Pole
Controversy.
SCIENTISTS ARB WAITING
FOIl MORE PROOFS
Secretary of Artie Club Brands Story
That Peary Stole Cooks Supplies
I'ntriic Peary Intimates He Will
Not Participate in Hudson-Fulton
Celebration If Cook 1 Accorded Mke
Honor.
New York, Sept, 15. Little, if any
thing, of weight on either side of the
Cook-Peary contrversy was produced
today. Herbert Bridgeman, secretary
of the Peary Arctic club, who is in
Sydney, declared as false the story
that Peary had appropriated Dr.
Cook's stores In the north, saying he
had merely saved them.
Scientists have generally withdrawn
from the debate pending the injunc
tion of more facts and less personal
feeling, while England and the con
tinent are becoming a, bit weary. The
latest dispatch from Battle Harbor
indicates that the Roosevelt is in good
Condition, notwithstanding her battles
with the Icy north.
Commander Peary intimated that
the Roosevelt would not be allowed to
participate in the Hudson-Fulton cel
ebration if Cook's schooner, the John
R. Bradley, was similarly honored.
CANADIAN STEAMER
SAILS TO MEET PEARY
Marconi "W ireTess, via Cape Hay,
Point Riehie. N. F Sept 15. The Ca
nadian cable steamer "Tyrian." en
route to meet Commander Peary at
Battle Harbor, arrived here today,
bearing a large delegation Of report
ers. Captain Dickson sent a message
to Peary as follows!
"I have been ordered to meet you
at Battle Harbor. Please accept my
congratulations. My ship Is at your
disposal if you care to return to Syd
ney aboard It."
The "Tryian" was rushed to the
disposal of Peary- when it was an
nounced that the Roosevelt was dis
abled and couldn't make more than
five miles daily.
WATER COMPANY IS
North Yakima. Wn.. Sept. 15.
Charging that the Northwest Light
and Power company fraudulently Tur
nished the city with water from a
point four instead of eleven miles up
the Natches river and thus violated
their franchise. Councilman Melgh is
preparing plans to revoke the com
pany's franchise at the next council
meeting. The basis of his charge Is
the report of the city engineer. Health
ot fleers may take action as mill flumes
line the stream where water is taken
In.
OFFICER AND MANIAC
FIGHT FOR LIFE AND DEATH
San Francisco. Spt. 15. Rattling
with a maniac on the tracks of the
Southern Pacific at Harrison and
Seventeenth streets today, Specie!
State officer Curlev, knocked the man
unconscious nnd dragged him from
the track Just before passenger
train went by. The maniac laid on
the track before the approaching
train and when Curley tried to draw
him back a fight ensued and the
maniac attempted to drag the offi
cer before the train.
S AMBASSADOR
BUYS MEXICAN
RAILWAY
Mexico City. Sept. 14. David E.
Thompson, United States ambassador,
today secured control of the Fan-Am-blican
railway, a line 24 miles long,
from San C.eronimo on the Tehuante
pec National railway at Mariscal.
Ambassador Thompson did not make
public the purchase price, but said
he would have the controlling Inter
est, having secured by purchase $9,
iniii.imo worth of the stock. Mr.
Thompson win personally look after
the property as soon as he retires from
the diplomatic service.
To Let Big Contract.
Utloa, N. Y., Sept. 15. Contract
for an over-crossing here will be let
today by the New York Central, as a
part of the Improvement plans in
this city which include new pas
senger station, freight house and
yards. The work will involve the ex
penditure of ubout $2,000,000.
CHARGED WITH FRAUD
J.PJHNI
IS SUCCESSOR
To Edward H. Harriman In
Directorate of National City
Bank of New York.
WALL STREET REGARDS
ELECTION MOST SIGNIFICANT
Believe Admittance of Morgan Inter
ests to Bo Sign of Harmony Be
tween Them and Kuhn, Locb
Standitrcl Oil Group Report TluM
Morgan Will Also Succeed Harri
man In Command of I'nlon Pacific
and Southern Pacific Systems.
New York, Sept. 15, J. P. Mor
gan, Jr., was elected to the late E. H.
Harrlman'g place on the board of
directoAi of the National City bank.
By Wall street, the election Is re
garded Lis one of the most significant
of the peek's financial developments,
presumably Indicating that harmon
ious relations exist between the Mor
gan and- the Kuhn, Loeb-Standard
Oil group of financiers.
Wide Importance was given the
event because It followed closely up
on reports that the Morgan interests
were about to take an active interest
in governing the Harriman roads and
that the younger Morgan was slated
as the ultimate successor of Mr. Har
riman In command of the Union Pa
cific and Southern Pacific systems.
The National City bank is controll
ed by the Kuhn, Loeb-Standard Oil
Interests, which yesterday assumed a
commanding position, for the time
being tt least, in the Union Pacific
exeouLre committee.
George W. Perkins, of the firm of
J. P. Morgan & C, g already a di
rector of the bank, and the addition
al recognition given the firm today
was taken to mean not merely the ex
istence of an "entente cordiale" but
the consummation of an active work
ing alliance between the two great
groups of American financiars.
ATTORNEY MOVES TO
TAKE CASE FROM JURY
Chicago, Sept. 15. Attorney J.
Hamilton Lewis, who Is conducting
the defense In the trial of Police In
spector McCann, charged with graft
ing, today moved that the case be ta
ken from the Jury on the ground of
insufficient evidence by the prosecu
tion. The prosecution combatted the
motion. The court took it under ad
visement. ABE ATTEI.L GETS
DECISION FROM O'TOOLE
Boston, Sept. 14. Abe Attell of
California, the featherweight cham
pion, was given the decision over
Tommy o'Toole in 12 rounds, by
Referee Charles White of New York,
at the Armory Athletic association to
night. The decision was a surprise
to the majority of the 2000 person
who saw the fight and they strongly
expressed their disapproval.
CHAMPION AVIATOR
SAILS FOR AMERICA
Paris. Sept. 15. Olenn H. Curtis,
the American aeronaut who won the
international cup at Rheims and the
grand prize of six thousand dollars in
n meet at Brescia, sailed for New
York today. Before leaving he said
he would probably participate In the
Hudson-Fulton celebration when a
number of aviators' contests will be
held.
GOVERNOR JOHNSON
UNDERGOES FOURTH OPERATION
Rochester, Minn., Sept. 15. Gover
nor Johnson was operated on today
for Intestinal trouble for the fourth
time nt St. Mary hospital, where it
is said that he rallied rapidly. The
danger is not yet passed but the sur
geons believe the governor will re
cover rapidly.
To s u Railroad,
New York, Seqt. 15. Deposits of
securities must be made before the
close of business today under the re
organization plan of the Chicago. Pe
oria ,fc St. Louis railway, which con
templates the sale of the line under1
foreclosure.
Fores! Hires Abate.
Napa. Cala., Sept. 15. Forest fires
which have been raging In the moun
tain counties, abated today and the
situation Is improved. A shift in the
wind saved thousands of acres of
timber.
lapnn Sends (Yiilser.
Tokbi, Sept. 15. Japan will be
represented at the Portola naval pag
eant at San Francisco next month by
the armored cruiser Idzma, which
sailed today.
NAVIGATORS
ARRESTED
AS SPIES.
Rome, Sept. 15. Commander
Boraalino, of the Italian navy,
and two Italian aeronauts were
arrested In Austria today, fol
lowing a daring balloon flight
of a hundred miles from Venice.
There are no details but It Is be
lieved that the men are charged
with being military spiea.
STEEL CAR COMPANY
FACES ANOTHER STRIKE
Pittsburg, Sept. 15. The Pressed
Steel Car company is again confront
ed with another strike. Refusing to
work unless several bosses and sub
posses are discharged, three thou
sand foreigners quit work today. Re
cently five thousand returned to work
after a two months bloody strike.
Fear Bloody Rioting.
Pittsburg, Sept. 15. Five thou
sand employes of the Press Steel Car
company who recently returned to
work after two months' strike, quit
today, claiming the company is not
living up to its agreement to discharge
the strikebreakers. The men claim in
many instances that strikebreakers
are being promoted to bosses over
them. A repetition of the bloody
rioting Ib feared.
Troops Coming Home.
Manila, Sept. 15. With the Twenty-fifth
infantry on board, the trans
port Buford sailed from Manila to
day. G. N. Ore. Dividend.
New York, Sept. 15. A third divi
dend of $1 a share on Great Northern
Ore certificates was paid today.
EIGHT KILLED
PASSENGER AND III EIGHT
COLLIDE IN TENNESSEE
Wreck Is One of Worst In History of
Road All Victims Were Members
of Train CYew Several Passengers
Missing But Remainder Are Work
ing to Prevent Spread Of names.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 15 Eight
men are killed as the result of one
of the worst wrecks in the history of
the Nashville. Chattanooga and St.
Louis Railwav today when a passen
ger train at high speed struck a
freight at Pegram, 25 miles west of
here. All of the men killed were
trainmen, but a number of passen
gers are missing. Passengers that es
caped are now working to prevent tne
spread of flames which started when
JEWEL THIEF AGAIN
ACTIVE IN FRISCO
San Francisco, Sept. 15. The po
lice are Investigating the loss of a
$3000 string of pearls by Mrs. S. D.
Lederman. wife of a realty man here.
She took luncheon at the St. Francis.
toured the shopping district, then
discovered her loss and reported if
to the police. The police theory Is
that a jewel thief again operated in
the St. Francis where Miss Jennie
Crocker lost, a string of pearls val
ued at $30,000 several months ago.
BAILEY WILL ANSWER
BRYAN'S CHARGES
Dallas, Tex., Sept. 15. Senator
Ballsy declared today he will answer
Bryan's. attack on htm when he
speaks here next Saturday. Bryan In
a speech denounced the Texas con
gressional delegation for voting a duty
on riides. The speech was considered
direct challenge to Bailey.
Prospects for a winning football
team to represent the. Pendleton high
school this season are exceedingly
bright. Though four of last year's
men will not be in the harness, tne
seven who are left are all good play
ers while the largest amount of .new
timber the school has ever had to pick
from is available to fill the positions
left vacant. Indeed some of those
who are counted as new have already
had more or less experience and will
b in a position to render a good ac
count of themselves.
The old players who will be back
arc Devine, McDill. Kimball. Bean.
Hinderman. Struve and Graham.
Three other good men who have al
ready had some experience arc Dick
Thompson. Cliff Jordan and Roy
Bowman. In addition to these men
there is a world of new material which
AIR
IN B E WRECK
H SCHOOL GR10IRBN HEROES
WILL FIGHT F00 CHAMPIONSHIP
U. S. R, s.
MY
COME BACK
Rumor Says Oregon Head
quarters Will Be Re-established
in Pendleton,
WILL USE NEW
FEDERAL BUILDING
Principal Officials Cannot be Readied
to Confirm Report Color to Ru
mor Given by Fact That City Is
Central Point for Great Irrigation
Country' Reclamation Projects
Near Portland Where Office is Now
Located.
It Is perslstenly rumored that the
Oregon headquarters for the recla
mation service are to be reestablished
In Pendleton. It is reported that the
office which Is now located In Port
land and presided over by Engineer
D. C. Henny will be brought here, the
department taking quarters in the
new federal building when It Is
erected.
Today an effort was made to con
firm the rumor but neither Mr. Hen
ny nor Mr. Hobson, chief of the re
clamation work upon the coast, could
be reached by the East Oregonlan.
Project Engineer Newell of Hermls
ton was called by 'phone and admitted
he had heard the rumor regarding a
change in the headquarters office.
But he knew nothing official upon
the subject and had not discussed the
matter with either Messrs Hobson or
Henny.
Color Is given the rumor regarding
the change In headquarters by the
fact that this city would be much
nearer the center of the irrigation
country than is Portland. The ser
vice is now carrying on work in East
ern Oregon. Eastern Washington and
Idaho. It also has under consider
ation the Malhuer project and the ex
tension of the Umatilla project. None
of the projects are near Portland.
Mrs. Johnson, now here as clerk
of the federal court, says she under
stands that the reclamation service
will have headquarters in the new
building when it is erected. .
JAPNESE COMMISSIONERS
LEAVE FOR ST. PAUL
Butte, Mont., Sept. 15 'The Jap
anese trade envoys who have been
guests of the business men of this
city for several days, left this morn
ing for St. Paul. Last night the com
missioners attended a banquet given
by the Merchants' association at the
Silver Bow club.
POSTMASTER GENERAL WILL
CONFER WITH TAFT
Chicago, Sept. 15 Postmastei
General Hitchcock arrived here to
confer with Taft when the president
reaches this city. The police are tak
ing unusual precautions to prevent
harm to Taft.
Railway Manager Quits.
St. Paul, Sept. 15. M. B. Cutter,
general manager of the Minneapolis
& St Louis and Iowa Central rail
roads, retired today.
Independence Day.
San Jose, Costa Rica. Sept. 15.
Central American Independence Day
was celebrated in an enthusiastic
manner by all the republics today.
Dividend on Milk.
New York. Sept. 15. A regular
quarterly dividend of 1 1-2 per cent
was paid today by the Borden Con
densed Milk company.
has yet to see a first game but which
gives promise of developing into
something substantial.
Active practice will be started with
it a few days and preparations made
for one of the stiffeat schedules ever
played by a local team. This will In
clude a game with the freshman class
Of the University of Oregon as well as
with the Eugene bigh school team.
Walla Walla high. Columbia college,
I Grande and Baker city high schools
will all be taken on. The Baker City
game will probably be played in Pen
dleton Thansgiving day and it will
probably be the one which will deter
mine the championship of eastern
Oregon. Pendleton has claimed this
honor for the p; st two seasons and
Baker City will make a supreme effort
to wrest the honors from the Pen
dleton lads on their home ground this
year.