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DAHY EVENIHBEDmOM
$ Eastern Oregon Weather $
Tonight and Wednesday fair,
, warmer.
PENDLETON, TJMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEliRUAEY 3, 1903.
NO. 4C57.
is.
All
0
seel
gislative Committees
Down to Work and
fclude Many Subjects.
Lt many bills
KILLED BY COMMITTEES
j in the Senatorial Situation
Bills Before the House Bill
Miking It a Penalty for Em
to Work Against Labor
Ore., Feb. 3. The legisla-
. considerable progress dui-
ln disposing of legisla
te not many bills have been
rrBtlie committees have settled
HIR hard work and have conclud-
eration of several subjects
expected to give consldera
!. iiio corporation license
Inheritance tax bill have
inmended favorably to both
Oa Monday ovonlng tho sub
Sinchiso taxes for telegraph,
is express and oil companies
ttken up. While these meas
ure more trouble than tho
in llcouso tax bills, it Is ex-
tilt the committee will be
reach a decision In a day or
this Is disposed of, 'tho
iportant problems before the
will havo been settled.
lib number of bills In both
liie beon Hilled by commit
id many .more will Justly meet
tte. when the end of tne
leek of this session had been
It teemed as though tnis teg
would fall behind the last
in the nuniher or mus in-
This seems now to be a
itr conclusion. This weeic tno
. . i 1 1 i
ira MUllfflt UI) in IUJ tecum.
PTifl ot the third week of the
esalon. 113 onto had been lntro-
and the Dresent session nas
a record of 175. At .this time
ivears aw the house had only 560
below it, bat now lt nas ut. uno
d scarce think that aitor an
leslalatlon of 1901. tho stato would
te so greatly In need of this
jBiawr of new laws. This leg'
ire 1m no small task before It,
tit tills are not, as a rule, so
htr as to take a great amount of
to dispose of them. If each or
bills had to come before both
:es, tho legislature would scarce
able (o finish Its work by Fobru
20, when the session closes. The
ice, becoming ovory year more
I, of having bills considered in
of the Joint committees ot
Juses, makes possible tho kill
itfmany bills that would otherwise
we house only to be killed In
er. As has beon stated before,
"Ills are Introduced In both
In exactly the same form, or,
tho same subject In a slightly
t form, If these bills are con
in Joint session, all can be un
y recommended oxcent one on
Jbject, and thus time and con
jean le saved. Of the 273 bills
house, probably not over 1C0
' nnd their way Into the son
same proportion will proua
!t with regard tOsenate bills
get to the house,
g tho Important subjects yet
disposed of aro:
dmonts to the arid land law.
tatlon of the use of water for
on.
Uon and sale of state lands.
aye's liability act.
oi stato officers.
sment of liitnndble nronerty
Ration ot fraternal Insurance
E legislation regarding road
primary election legislation.
wmcnt of convict labor.
fcfltttlPnt nt ainln onhnnl itnrte
rwodment ot the law for the op
lament Of Htntn isima nttfir 11)05
Ration of employment of child
IfeMtlon Of mlnlniv Ittipann linn 111,
CUffi forestry commission, grain
S'"vr. etc., etc,
irtOUS utlinr maltcm mhlnh hnvo
rt . . . " tsVMIttl Iftllfllt; IMOliUOOJW.
KB'Ch have beon presented by
Ef. "h of the houses.
une Seema vn in linvn Intrn
1. bill nmvtillnn. V, .amnv.
the flafni ai:. . i ,
5 to the apportionment of state
Wm n, provides mm limn
Km 8tato tnxoa flun'1 00 PPor
according to a fixed ratio, but
E,Meatter the taxes shall be ap
Err3 the proportion of the
2txFendltures of ;ho3 several
iter a nerlnil rf i flvn vRftrs.'
however, provides ,far only
h reports pon ,whlch jjthe
t that soinefohatwte must
lllha law I) 1QORf ttinra
templatcd a report from the county
clorks In 1901, but tho reports for 1901
woro not roturnable until the end of
that year, and when the apportion
mont ot 1905 Is made there will be
only four annual reports on hand.
Tho secretary of state earnestly
recommended legislation for the con
trol of fraternal insurance companies,
which are becoming so numerous. The
purpose of tho legislation he suggest
ed was to require such reports and
such mothods ot business as would
protect members of such societies.
The secretary of stato also rccom
monded the apportionment of a Joint
standing com'mltteo to investigate the
Bubjcct of insurance law and make
a comprehensive report to tho next
legislature.
No Change In the Vote.
Salem, Feb. 3. Thore is no change
In the senatorial vote. Paulson, who
has beon voting for Fulton, voted for
Geer, but before the results was an
nounced, changed back to Fulton. It
Is thought lt may possibly Indicate a
possible defection from Fulton.
BUI Favoring Union.
Salem, Feb. 3. A bill passed the
house today providing that employers
seoklng to force employes not to Join
a union will be subject to a heavy
fine.
IN THE INTEREST OF GEER.
Salem Socialists Censure Legislators
Who Disregard "Expressed Will of
People."
Salem. Or., Feb. 3. The Salem So
cialist Club at a regular meeting last
evening, passed the following resolution:
'Whereas. Inasmuch as tho Social
ist party Is In favor of a democratic
form of Government, a government Dy
the people and for the people, there
fore, be It
'Resolved. That wo are in ravor or
dlrnnt nomination of' United States
Senator and we consider these legis-
lntrn-K -who havo disregarded tno win
of the people, as expressed nt tho last
June election, as declaring tnemseives
as not the people's servants, dui as
holrnr the neoole's dictators, and that
thoy are deserving of the condemna
tion of all persons wno Doueve ui u
democratic form of government."
IN TIE INTEREST
OF THE RAILROADS
Senators Bates and Morgan
Endeavor to Assist the Rail
way Corporations.
THE VENEZUELAN
Jim Hill and Mark Hanna Said
to Be Very Anxious-Call
on Minister Bowen,
WOULD ALLOW THEM TO CON
SOLIDATE GOVERNMENT GRANT.
GAS ASPHYXEAT10NS IN CHICAGO
TWENTY-FIVE DEATHS HAVE
OCCURRED IN JANUARY.
Defective Fixtures and Penurious
Landlords Cause Many Deaths in
Chicago Landlords Turn Gas Off
and On.
Chicago. Feb. 3. Twenty-four
deaths by gas asphyxiation have oc
curred since January 1, principally
caused by defective .fixtures and pe
nurious landlords cutting tho gas off
from the lodging houses late at night,
the roomers burning gas at the time.
Tho landlords turned the gas on the
buildings early in the morning nnd it
Immediately flows througn tno open
stop-cocks, killing the occupants of
tho rooms.
THREE NEWSBOYS SCALDED.
Somebody Threw Boiling Water Upon
Them as They Slept
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 3. Three news
boys, Fred White, 14; Fred D. Reck,
12, and Harry Hess, 12, wore so ser
iously scalded shortly after midnight
that White and Rock will die. Th(?y
were sleeping In an areaway belong
ing to tho First National Bank, when
some unknown person threw two
buckets of scalding water upon them.
Hess Is tho only one who can taut,
but ho Is unablo to give tho name of
tho person who threw tho water.
Fire in Reform School.
Salt Lake, Fob. 3. An unsuccessful
attempt was made Sunday night to
burn the Stato Reform School at Og
den, which contains about 1B0 In
mates. Shortly after 7 o'clock Are
was discovered In both tho boys' and
girls' dormitories, and for a times
the flames threatened to envelope the
entire building. Tho fire was got un
der control before serious damage was
done to tho building. It Is charged
that there was collusion between the
boy and girl Inmates In a plan to de
stroy the Institution. The officials
have already begun an Investigation.
Ohio Police Chiefs Meet,
ninvniand o.. Feb. 3. A convention
of tho Ohio Stato Police Association
composed of all the chiefs of police
and sheriff of tho state, commenced
i niovolnnil today and will continue
.hr.r-v, fmnorrow. The niirpoSP Of
the meeting Is to discuss police mem-
cds and the various systems nuujncw
by tho cities of the stato, so that a"
iio sviiiAffi nnd sheriffs can profit from
the mistakes and points of excellence,
of other systems
Snow In San .Francisco,
Hun Francisco, Feb. 3. A alight
flurry of snow ifell here .today. Thp
windows of all tho sky-scrapers were
filled with heads watching the phe
nomenon,
g Two, Women H?n!.
JLoAdon. ,Feb.,3.-STwo women i werp
hairtl at Hllawy, Jodajr;(jr filing
SITUAT ON
Mormons Intimidate Those Who
Would Appear Against Hooper
Young.
New York, Feb. 3. It begins to ap
pear that when Hoopor Young Is
brought on trial tomorrow there will
be no witnesses against him. Sub
poenae services tho past thrco days
have failed to locate any ot Uio prin
cipal witnesses and almost all havo
mysteriously disappeared. It Is sup
posed they havo been frightened away
by continued threats from those
claiming to be Mormons.
REGARDS THE SITUATION
AS EXTREMELY DOUBTFUL.
Quay Askes That February be Set
fir a Vote on the Statehood BUI
Panama Canal Treaty Reported
Favorable Railroads Opposed it.
Washington, Feb. 3. The Panama
canal treaty was today reported favor
ably to the senate for ratification
without amendment, by the committee
on foreign relations. Morgan Is tho
only opponent and the only member
who voted against tho report He gave
notice that he would continue hlB op
position on the floor of the senate In
an endeavor to defeat it In tho inter
est of the railroads.
Good for the Trusts.
Elklns' anti-trust bill prohibiting re
bates and discriminations and regu
latlng commerce with foreign nations
and among the several states, was
passed in the senate. It was amend
ed to provide that a refusal to glvo
evidence on the ground that It would
be self incriminating, was not ac
ceptable. Witnesses In hearings are
compelled to give evidence In their
possession and the corporations are
compelled to furnish books. But no
prosecutions may be maae against
witnesses or corporations giving such
Incriminating evidence, on the
strength ot evidence given by them
The senate passed a bill providing
for the relief of -the crew of the
Charleston, which was lost In tho
Philippines In 1899.
The army appropriation bill was up
this afternoon. Proctor was m cnarge
and said whllo a difference In opin
Ion as to the relevancy of the gen.
oral staff corps existed he would ask
that section be stricken out which
was done. An nmendment was
agreed to appropriating $200,000 for
medical services of the Spanish war
veterans. The bill then passed.
The vote by which a separate bill
to create the general staff corps was
passed a few days ago, was reconsid
ered. That portion giving the sec-
letary of war joint control with the
president or chief of staff was strick
en out This bill was then passed.
Senator Quay asked that tho eight
eenth be fixed for a vote on the omni
bus bill. The objection was raised
that Bevorldge was not present.
The army appropriation bill was
then taken un. When tho general
staff provision was readier. Halo of
Maine, raised tho point that It was
general legislation. Foraker defended
It.
Vest interrupted to present the cie
dentlals of his successor, Governor
Stone.
In the houso Bates of Pennsylvania,
asked that tho rules be suspended to
let a bill pass allowing the railways
to turn over the land neia oy mem,
receiving In exchange lands of the
Mibllc domain.
The reason given was to allow tho
railways to consolidate their govern
ment grants.
Lacey of Iowa, and Flynn of Okla
homa, favored lt but Jones of Wash
ington opposed the bill and said It
was simply a big steal, allowing the
corporations decided advantages The
democrats opposed It and lt was de
feated. A bill appropriating $1,500,000 for
a new agricultural building passed.
Morgan again occupied the entire
fourth day of the session of foreign
lclatlon committee, offering amend
n ents, all of which were yoted down.
They agreed to amendments organ
ising the Porto Rlcan provisional reg
iment and Increasing tho Philippine
t-arraek appropriation, $260,000, Also
appropriating and making Immediate
ly available' $2,000,000 for the caulp
mont of tho organized mllltla The
till was put aside for final passage
lomorrow.
Bard of California, continued his ro
ll arte In opposition to the stateh !
The house passed ' a resolution dl
jectlng tho president to open negotia
tions with Great Britain for the pur
I.ose of securing uniform action for
tho preservation of the Behrlng Sea
etal bord.
Washington, Fob. 3. The president
has appointed Arthur Beupre oi Illi
nois, minister to Bogata to succeed
wart whn has resigned. Tho latter
wishes to return to his home at
Vheollng and resume his occupation
of newspaper woik.
Fire at Mlddlebury,
Mlddlobunr. Vt. Feb. 3. The busl
ness section of this town was burned
this i afternoon. The low will ,amount
to $160,000.
Bowen Does Not Think the Affair Will
be Referred to The Hague Tribunal
Many Complications Have Arisen
During the Past Week.
Washington, Feb. 3. Minister Bow-
en this morning received Mark Hanna
and James J. HIII, of the Great North
ern. Tho latter was very anxious to
ascertain the exact Venezuelan situ
ation. He asked Bowen directly
whether the affair was liable to be
referred to The Hague. Bowen said
In his personal opinion lt was not
probable. But he regarded the situ
atlon extremely doubtful owing to
the many complications that have
arisen during the past week. Her
bert and Sternberg followed among
other visitors and remained In con
sultation Borne time.
Bowen's Ultimatum.
Washington, Feb. 3. It develops
that Minister Bowen this morning
gave the allies their choice between
sending tho Venezuelan dispute , to
The Hague and. accepting his offer of
preferential treatment for tho period
of one month.
After a two-hour consultation, Her
bert and Sternberg went to the Brit
ish embassy whore they were Joined
by the Italian ambassador, Besplan
cues. The diplomats have been In con
ference over Bowen's stand, which Is
regarded as an ultimatum, since noon.
Bowen this morning made further
representations to his callers on the
proposition of the allied powers,
showing the impossibility for Vene
zuela to accept any arrangement
whereby the allies could get two
thirds of the 30 per cent of the cus
toms. Ho said Venezuela's agree
ments to other creditors prohibited
such a plan.
WITNESSES DISAPPEAR.
EXCITED BY CUBAN FLAG.
Its Removal Requested on the Ground
That It Was Not Customary to Dis
play Forelon Flags From Private
Houses.
Madrid. Feb. 3. A Cuban flag dis
played today from the hotel where the
new Cuban minister resides, created
such discontent that a riot nearly re
sulted. Foreign Minister Abrura ro
quested Its removal on the ground
that It was not customary to display
foreign flags from private nouses.
BRITI8H NAVY.
Is Much Greater Than That of Ger
many, as Shown by New Naval
Plans.
Berlin. Feb. 3. The president of
the rclchstac today exhlbltod in tho
lobby the now great naval plan pre
sented to the relschstag by tho kai
ser. Rhnwlnc the lino of the British
nnd German ships prepared in battle
front. The nlan demonstrated tne
preponderance of the British navy.
Redmond Released.
Dublin, Feb. 3. Redmond, member
of parliament, was released this after
noon. He had been In Jail for creat
ing a disturbance In parliament over
tho Irish question.
Dole Divorced.
Honolulu, Feb. 3. Attorney-General
Dole was today granted a divorce on
the grounds of extreme cruelty.
Wheat In Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 3. Wheat 78
79 cents per bushel.
REPORT ON LESSLER CAS
CUT UP HIS SWEETHEART.
Reasop Why the Negro Ghoul of In
dianapolis Confessed to Grand
Jury.
Indianapolis, Feb'. 3, It was learn
ed today that the reason Rufus Can
trell made a confession of his body
snatching was because he found tho
body of his sweetheart in the medical
collego dissecting room when he re
turned from a few days' absence. He
did not know she was dead and was
so wrought up over tho discovery that
he made a confession to the grand
Jury.
CORONER'S INQUEST.
To Fix Responsibility for the Jersey
. Central Railroad Wreck.
Plalnfleld, Feb. 3. A coroner's Jury
composed of prominent men met to
day to fix the responsibility for the
Jersey Central railway disaster.
Charles Flsk, head of tho Flsk Bank
ing House In Now York, the foreman
and general manager, the railway
train dispatcher and several operators
wero summoned. Fifty witnesses In
all wore called. It Is expected that
tho Inquest will take a week.
TRAIN COLLISION,
A Wrecking Train Wrecked In Ohio
Conductor Killed.
Akron. O., Feb. 3. A wrecking
tialn collided with the rear end of a
freight on the Baltimore & Ohio near
East Ohio today. The conductor was
pinioned and burned to death. The
engineer and fireman were slightly
Injured.
DYNAMITED BANK.
at
at
Burglars Escaped With $16,000
Cambridge, III.
Davennort Feb. 3. Burglars
Cambrldce. 111., this morning dynaialt
cd the bank safe, took $15,000 in cur
rency and escaped,
California Club Women.
Fresno, Cal., Feb, 3. The Califor
nia Federation of Women's Clubs
opened its second annual convention
l ore today. The delegates commenced
arriving last evening, .and all wpro
nromutlv escorted to the quarters as-
sicned them. The arrangements for
the meeting aro of tho most perfect
and elaborate character. The big Ar
mory hall, where the sessions are
.held, has been handsomely decorated
with flags and flowers, ioaays pro
rAfirtlncR were largely ot a routine na
ture. A big reception Is scheduled
for this evening ma tno reaf bubibwb
of the convention will commence to
morrow forenoon The .attendance is
very large.
AflLLINu TO
OBEY LAWS
inal Evidence Presented by
Union Miners Boforo the
Strike Commission,
JUSTICE OF PEACE
THE CHIEF WITNESft.
General Trend of All the Testimony
Offered In Rebuttal of That of the
Operators Show That the United
Mine Workers Are Law Abiding
all Times.
Philadelphia. Fob. 3. Rebuttla
ovldenco Is being prosonted today b
lor tho antliraclto commission by the
miners.
Justlco ot tho Peaco McKcivoy was
the chief witness. Ho proved but a
noor one for the miners, showing thl
ho was biased In offlco In the strik
ers' behalf Ho was rigidly, cross-cx-nmlned
bv Judee Gray. The gonersJ
trend ot tho other testimony shows;
that tho strikers are nlways willing to
obey tho laws.
Georgia's 8ons Celebrate.
Now York. Fob. 3. Governor Ter-
sell, Senator Clny, Clark Howell ant
other prominent citizens of Georgia
ore In tho city to aitena mo socona
annual banquot of tho Georgia socio
ly of New York, which takes placo to
night at the Waldorf-ABtorla. The af
fair promuos to bo ono oi BToai um
Uance. Govornor Odell, of Now York,
will respond to the toast "Tho Empire
Stato of tho South;" Governor Terrell
will respond to "The Empire State of
the North," and Mayor Low will re
spond to "The Empire City of tho
World." A doparture from the usual
custom will be tho presence of women
nt the banquet
NACVY DECIDES TO BUY NO
MORE OF THE BOAT8.
Recommends Further Proceedings
Against Doblln for Perjury Finds
That Lesoler Was Approached by
Dobbin to Sell His Vote Without
Knowledge of the Boat Company.
AVashington, Feb. 3. Tho hous)
committee on naval affairs today
agreed on a report In the Lessler case.
It vindicates Lessler, Qulgg and tue
Holland Boat Company, nnd recom
mends further proceedings against
Doblln, the self-confessed perjurer.
The report finds that Lessler was
approached with tho corruption prop
osition, that for a specified sum of
J6000 he should vote for an appropri
ation for the Holland boats. That tho
said proposition was made by Doblln
acting on his own responsibility and
initiative. That neither Qulgg nor
the Holland company knew or auth
orized such a proposition. The report
cites that Doblln testified ono way
one day and-contradicted It tho next
day. It instructs Uio attorney-general
to proceed against Doblln In such
manner as the law and facts would
warrant.
After disposing of the Lessler re
port the committee again took up the
naval appropriation hill. The first
point considered was the proposition
for 10 more Holland submarine boats,
which gave rise to the entire contro
versy. It was lost by a vote or nino
to six.
IS FRUIT INJURED?
Has
Warm Weather of Past Month
Advanced Orchards Greatly,
Wero tho orchards of Umatilla
county injured by the sevore freeze
of Monday night?
This question is now agitating tno
minds of old settlers who remember
that the orchards of this section have
been greatly advanced by the warm
weather pf the past month.
8hrubbory and small fruit were on
the point of budding In many local
ities, and the prospects are that some
of the older and stronger orchards
may be slightly, If not seriously in
jured by the severe freeze, On pre
vious years tho weatner nas Deen
much colder, later In the season than
lt has been for the past two nights,
hut such a sudden change from the
balmy air of spring to the zero point,
has not been experienced In this lo
cality for many years.
Old orchardists who have express
ed an opinion, say that all kinds of
fruit trees were fully threo weeks
earlier In signs of budding than is
usual at this time of the year and
that tho sudden, change unquestiona
bly Injured many orchards. It Is im
possible to say to what extent, yet, or
how wide a territory tne freezing
weather visited, but it Is the concen.
8us of opinion that much damage nas
been done in Umatilla county within
the past two days.
Memjhls Merchants Take a Trip.
Memphis, Tenn., Fob. 3. One hun
dred wholosalo merchants of Memphis
will leavo tomorrow on a special train
for Now Orleans. Stops will be maa
en route at all tho cities nnd towns, of
Importance The trip Is to be made
under tho nuBpIces ot tho Buslnosa
Men's Club, and Its object Js the cul
tivation of tho acqnaltance of the re
tail trade in the territory to bo cov
ered. Tho trip will last a week or
10 days.
Troops Running Cars.
Waterbury, Conn., Feb. S.Tho
street cars started this morning with
tho troops out In forco. There was
no serious trouble, although a tow
cases of stcnlng occurred.
Attack Militiamen,
Tho militiamen woro stoned this
afternoon hut succeoded In driving
tho crowd back with tholr bayonets.
Four cars woro stoned.
PUT OFF THE TRAIN.
Lewis and Clark Fair Commissioner
Has Thrilling Experience.
Being put off a train Is ono of the
experiences which C, H. Melsaac, spe
cial commissioner of tho Lewis and
f'inrb- fnir hnd while on his recent
trip In bohair of tne lair, in
ihn oreiron Dally Journal
Mr. Mclsaac also told of tho ilollghtfnl
sensation.
"When I got n he train at uf
rlson, Mont, on my way to Olyrnpla.
Wash,, I procecdod to mane rajsrii
nt homo In the smoklm; car I got ac
quainted with Mswrnl traveling inuu
and pretty soon wo wero In tho biirfet
and having a Jolly good time, We had
l.robably rlddtc pan a Mw stations
when the conductor came to me nd
asked me whether he had seen roy
tickot yet, I saw no an 1 huhm;'i
to him. He relumed It, saying inai n
was no good. I took it tor a j'we nu
went on talking with my fellow trav
elers, when the conductor repeated
his previous statement ana uJ'iea
that I should reaa mo imn prHiu
the top of my pass. I ild ".
read 'Not good on North Coast Limit
ed.' I had been traveling on the
North Coast Limited alt this time
without a right to, so I asked tho con
ductor what I was to do. He answer
ed that I should got off at the next
station. I finally prevailed upon him
to let me off nt Missoula, where I
could nt least stop nt a hotol, Ihls
he kindly agreed to. Before we got
tr? Missoula, the only tblng t heard
was the singing of tho trayllng men:
'Put mo off at Missoula.' 1 received
a letter from ono of thorn this morn
ing enclosing a card on which was
printed 'Put me oU at Buffalo,' with
Buffalo scratched out, otil Missoula
substituted'
Jay Cooke, tho financier of tfio civil
war, is at 80 tuile and heary, ruddy,
unaged save Jn the whiteness of his
hair and beard, and with a fund of
anecdotes regarding the great Amer
ican past.
fXTblM on : oaoy im