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WEEKLY EDITION. *1 z 1 r.. ■ - « : ♦ 104 *», £L Copies of the SEMI-WEEKLY EAST OREGONIAN will be sent you la one year for only $2.00 the news cf the interest you. world It prints and -------------------- will JL Try it Vj o, _____ PROTES XXVII » ~ - -■ I ----------------------------------- ------ '..------------- rrr——:----------- ———xr PENDLETON. UMATILLA CO., OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27.1903, k. ; ------------ •T, MARSHAL think, fljte^fkes you Mfctb foB^Sfir. NO.»" I EXONERATED. pie want him. But on the other band, neriea must gu auf of busta*** this _____ I i the purposes of the lsw I think in year Thus» are comparatively few Smoot Cannot Be PrevWI J From Coroner’s Jury Find Thst Shoootingj every justify it - way ------ - * --------- -<----- ,, MWUgl hatchery streams in Alaska, but In Taking the Oath When ths Next of Slmonis Was Juetifisbls. It gives the assessor longer is «act which _______ Ich to ________________ familiarize himself _ with the be fe Senate Meets. But th* Charg* Will Baker City. Feb. 25.—The coroner’s „ fonnd We hr* tryfng now to ’hivh values in his county This is an In the collection of the tax put upon jury, sitting on the killing of Jim 81 Have to Be Investigated. tricate subject, this of equitable, packed and salted salmon put ui Marshal Robertson, of Washington. Feb. 27.—Chargee monis by well-balanced, just taxation, and tbe the internal revenue department/mgr Richland, rendered the following ver agatnst Smoot, the Utah poligimist, assesaor should be given a better that revenue stamps, like those'<oa Giflcjiirali anqWipes diet Tuesday: were today formally filed with the chance than he has under the old law, cigars, might be ;>iac«d upon the "We. the undersigned members of senate committee on privileges and to thoroughly qualify himself. That cases, and the government maintain elections and state specifically that the jury, sworn and Impannelled to Is ail there is to IL I think there f> and operate the hatcheries. Smoot was married to a plural wife Inquire into and investigate the death enough. "Portland does mor* business with I after the admission of Utah into the of James Slmonis. find that he died Alaska than any other city on the! from the eeffets of gunshot wounds No Boundary Settlement. Union. “The boundary settlement question coast, not excepting Seattle. If your I Smoot brands the charges as an in- Inflicted by a revolver in the hands of Frank Robertson; we also And that again went glimmering, the delega- men had gained tbe mail contracta, famous lie. This congress can take >iona of Union and Umatilla counties the business would be doubled. Some HAD JUST LATELY no action -upon the charges nor can the shooting was in self defense and being unable to acres on a section day San Francisco will come to wttt THE OLD .«(KE OPERA Smoot be prevented from taking the in tbe death of the said James Si MARRIED FOURTH WIFE. oath when the -next eenito meets, rnonls. justifiable homicide." line or arbitrary boundary in place s line of fast steamers and take the HOUSE tS DESTROYED. Business follows th* In attempting to hold an inquest of the present summit ot the Blue whole trade but by tiling the document now it malls every time. of the over James Bimonis. brother Mountains law. The result was the constitutes a charge against his eli SPEAKS OF MEASURES OF “The Canadian government ta will defeat of the biU which was introd uc- Harrible Story of Human Depravity. gibility to hold the seat, which will Eastern Oregon girl poisoner, who la now in state's prison. Coroner Snow AND SEVERAL WOUNDED. BENEFIT TO UMATILLA. ed to eatablish a definite. arbitrary lag to eoacede to the United States have to be investigated next session Which Comparea With the Old practically everything regarding our learned that public sympathy was line." fisheries, commercial matters asd all with CRy Marshal Robertson, of Rich Bluebeard Stories—Gloats Over Democrats Filibuster. Senate Bill No. 1*2. other things in dispute, provided the A filibuster against the Butler- land. where the shooting took pisce, Meager Reports Tall of a Battle This Dallee-Cslllo Portage Road Will Cut Tke relation of the Mil called rovernment of the United States will Killing Many OefensetaM Women. was decid and that public sympathy Wagoner election contest was Inaug senate MU No 192 (and which be- give the Canadian government a port Morning Between United States Hamilton. O., Feb. 2G.—Ilbei urated as soon as the house coaven edly against the victim, A number Freight Ratos in Two New School came a law) to the question ot the of entry in Alaska. Knapp, the modern Bluebeard, who ed. A yea and nay vote was demand of witnesses were placed upon the Deputy and Renas and a Crowd of Law Gives 81-90 Extra to Every amount of state taxes to be raised by "They are willing to take Dyes, an confessed last night that he had kill ed on every motion. No business is stand and all swore substantially the the Individual counties is not gener ..bandoned town on the I^nn canal, same. Striking Miners — It ts Said That Pupil In This County Which Means ed one of his four wives, made- a sec being transacted. < ally understood. As a matter of fact where all the house* stand empty to After th* inqueat Marsha! Robert <>nd confession this morning tn which The filibuster lasted three hours, Another Month of School. the Miners Started the Fight a really comprehensive argument in day mute witnesses of Its desertion, he told of five murders, three in Cin ind after five roll calls the republi son gave himself up to th* magts Nothing further resulted with Charleston. W. Va._ Feb 25 —Dep- State Senator Pierce, when inter favor of senate bill No. 192, of which, as a port of entry—an y th lag. in tact, cinnaxi, one in Indianapolis and one cans succeeded in bringing up for trate by the way, I was author, would in Hamilton. consideration the resolution unseat the exception of going through the uty United States Marshal Cunning- viewed by an East Oregonian report necessarily be lung, and to the aver ao long ae they can get a port on the Pacific Alaska When the Yukon A formality of arrest, as required by hnm and poeee were fired upon by er cono-rnlng the results of the la In Cincinnati he hilled Emma Up ing Butter. law. as the jury had exonerated the rioting miners from the Lannock bors of tbe legislature just closed, age prison complicated. A sysopsis White Pas* railroad was built. Skag pieman, in a lumber yard. Mary Eck itis- way lx-<ame the western terartna! officer. It is now feared that Mar mines this morning. He returned the »as asked what, in his oplnlou, were of its effects will pfobably be ert in a house on Walnut street, and BAKER MURDER CASE. factory. and the port of entry to tbe Yukon, sha) Robertson is In danger of a fire and a battle ensued Reports are ths measures passed of especial mo hia second wife. Dennie Connor, un "The present taw, see page 10U of and Djea. just across tbe canal, was der the Liberty street bridge and Great Interest Taken in the Ensmin- clash with a brother. Joe Simoaia. meagre but say that one u< tbe posse ment to the people of Umatilla coun and 10 miners were killed and sev- ty and adjoining counties. Senatot the last revised statutes, provides abandoned and desertqd. threw her body in the canal. ger Case—Gives Promise of Sensa who Is also regarded as a bad man that each county shall raise sort, per “The Canadian scheme pushing The scrape created some excitement eral were wounded. Ptercs said; In Hamilton he killed Hannah God tional Conditions. cent of taxes for state purposes as through United States territory to an at Ricbland but all stand pat with "One of the most important meat dard, his third wife. In tadtanapoli.- Later—Seven Killed. Baker City. Feb. 26.—Attorneys, rel the marshal. urea must be conceded to be the pas may be determined by the average outlet on th* Pm-ltu Ocean may lead he killed Ida Gebbanl. All were Full details received state Fifty- sage of the CdUo portage bill, which amount of expenditures in each coun »ome gay to serious reeuita strangled, and last was the anderiy atives, friends, witnesses and some seven rioters were killed and two fa ty during a period of five years, such four forty or fight. Is not yet dead It money are gathered in this city today ing cause of the murders. appropriates $165.000 for the portage CURE FOR ST. VITUS DANCE. tally wounded Saturday Cunningham computations to be made by the state may be a shiboleth of another great It la hoped and expected Emma Lippieman was with chile in the interest of the Ensmlngor mur- attempted to arrest some strikers railway. officers In January. 1906. and In Jan- political r-ampatgn. ar.d no backdown ler trial which gives promise of dis assaulted her. He when Knapp Dr. Loeb Says Calcium Salta Will under a blanket Injunction and was that it will reduce freight cba’-Res on uary of each fifth year thereafter, "Tbe I.van canal Is s meat body of wheat from 9 cents to 5 or 6 cents strangled her when she made at closing the most sensational and pe Prevent Muscular Twitching—That surrounded by stout 100 vrmed men. The law further goes on to say that water—a magnifi-eat arm of the Pa outcry, There will be a proportionate reduc Mary Eekert was also as culiar conditions and facts that the All Nervous Diseases Ars Csussd who gave him five minutes to leave tion or perhaps more, on freight Into until the January 1905 computation < lfic O< ’-an—almost as large, and tor vaulted and strangled with a towel courts of Die state of Oregon have He left and on the same the proportion of the state taxes to strategical and commercial purposes by the Absence of Calcium—Has tbe plat's The soie reason given by Knapp to; been treated to in their history. Pies day the sheriff and hia posse were this country from the west, and it is be paid by the several counties shall as Important aa Long I slate Sound Armstrong may swing for the crime, expected to reduce freight charges Made Many Experimsnta. killing Jennie Connor, was that he driven away. be set out in table, which Is based If the Canadian Indians could once generally abon one-third waa angry. He cannot tell the man but present indications point to the Tbe in Chicago. Feb. 24 —Dr. Jacques Loeb Sunday the miners withdrew across on the assessments of the several get a port of entry there they could leral fight bring a stiff one and the has discovered that muscular and ten Uon of tbe promoters s*r of Ida Gebharts’ murder ' of the the river from the mines and made a counties for the past five years. Theo take in all their goods and mereban- counsel for the accused Is equipped scheme is to have the portage com nervous diseases, such aa St. Vitus' Makes Sworn Statement to spring new evidence that may «lance, paralysis, locomotor ataxia ami camp. Emboldened by their success pleted in time for it to be used it follows a percentage table based upon dise to the vast Yukon territory with tn repulsing the officers they return In a signed and sworn statemen: serve to turn the tide of feeling ana the steened valuation, which is quite out let or hindrance They could for- the transportation of tbe next crop. Knapp says: “I cannot tell whai at least forestall the program for sleeplessness can be cured by admin ed enmawr yesterday to Stanntford equitable and just, whereas the clause tify it and bid us defiance at seme Some think the portage wiU Injure istering calcium salts — that la, such and started to rioting. made me kill these people. I couldn". the hanging of a Baker county mur of the old taw first quoted—providing -riticai time, when we least expect it They destroyed the railway bridges The Dalles by building up a rival tor assessing tbe counties tor the They would then have a port of en help it Some kind of a desire to kill derer at the penitentiary for the first salts aa are found tn well water and town farther up the river. Oa th* many foods leading to the mines on the Chesa took hold of me and I could not resist hanging under the new law. state fund on the basis of their ex try on tbe Pacific Ocean tn the greet The announcement of thia discov peake A Ohio and threatened to bum other hand, ft is conceded by every peeditures is grotesquely unjust " the temptation. I am sorry for my Northwest. < port that would bring body who has studied the question ery In scientific research has just other property They defied tbe Crimea. But now I hope they'll be them hundreds and hundreds of miles Quarter of a Million Loss. closely, and by Tbe Dalles people On Assessment Basta been made. In one of tbe publication* guards at the mines easy with me." nearer the Orient than they are today New York. Feb. 26.—Fire in ar. themselves, that the railway wfil ac just issued by the University of Chi "What senate bill No. 192 does is That Is what they »ant. that is wha’ Surprised the Miners. Fears Lynching. eight story building occupied by tually be the making of that ptaca — cago Dr. Loeb tells of bls experiments Cuaningham came to this city, they are after, and that Is about the After his confession the formal Hackett. Carpet A Co., clothiers, am! on lower fams of life and the con picked out J5 men and returned to it will lead to an influx of both peo whole question Involved in this boon dol- others did a quarted of a million charge of first degree murder was elusions suggested In regard to hu the mine this morning, where be was ple and capita! to that point. Tb* dary dispute“ filed. Knapp is afraid of being lynch lars damage this morning. man being» joined by tbe sheriff's posse, making Umatilla delegation was a unit to the ed and does not want to be taken support ot the portage bUl. Simply stated, the conclusion Is the mine where $0 men were on from the county jail. that the presence of calcium salts is guard. Inheritance Tax BtIL what prevents muscular twitching; The miners bad secured 150 Win •Th» Inheritance tax bill, which Indianapolis. Feb. 26.—The murder that practically ail nervous diseases clteeters. but were surprised by the was passed, was introduced by Rep of Ida Gebberd. confessed by Knapp, are caused by the alisencc of calcium puese A battle ensue«! and tbe resentatlve Blakley. It was Indorsed was one of the most horrible In the and therefor* to restore normal condl mines surrendered, flnd'ag the fire by the entire Ums'illa county del* history of the city. A child of 3 tione and effect a cure tbe treatment of the offi<-ers deadly One hundred ga'.ion before its Introduction and years old was asssulted. murderec is to done Use calcium salts . LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE IN COMPLETELY CURED and seventy-five were pls<-ed under was supported by them as a unit and horribly mutilated after death. RED BOY SHUTS DOWN. arrest and taken before ths United after its Introduction, and until Its VESTIGATES LAND DEALS. THREE CASES AT CANTON. CANDIDATES GALORE. States commissioner thia afternoon, final passage I say the bUl passed Cincinnati, Feb 26—The 1 three made the assessed vals- L. a. Gear Did Net Con-ply WMh the injunction for disobedience, was oar measure; it is such ia effect, murders which Knapp confesses hav United States Consul Wade Reports Many Aspirants for Place Made Vfi- which cause 1 the battle was issued in although, as passed, the bill differs atlon ba.«u possible. Morrow county State Law»—Land Wort* LLofi Per State Depart- to ths the Matter ing committed in this city are well August in behalf of the Chesapeake slightly from the original, but not »ould have paid 11X000 to 115.000 cant by Death of Mr. Tongue. remembered by the police. The Eck Acre O'epeee* of at 75 Cents. went—Urges Its Adoption in Ha mor* texes to the alate thaa now; Salem. Feb 25—Among the repub A Ohio railroad. The miners bad eaough to viUate ita purpose at all. Union county would bave paid $».- ert murder was an unsolvable mys Salem. Ore., Feb. 2L—Th? joint waii and ths Philippine Islands... been endeavoring to keep the strike It was only slightly modified. It will licans prominently mentioned for con- tery that created a great sensation Washington. Feb. 26.—According gressional honors in the first district. *olll< tax all inherited estates that aveee* ODO mor* state tax than now; Umatil committee of th* senate sad bouse, The murder of Emma Uppleman was more thaa $10.0u0. by a sliding scale la county would have paid, under the composed of Senators Myer; rod Mul to United States Consul McWade. at are George C. Brownell. L. T. Harris, never cleared up. The police decid ADMITS HIS GUILT of from 6 to 1 per cent. It to ex expenditure’ beate, from $5.6«) to key and Representative* Herxmxm. Canton, it has remained for an Amer B. L Eddy. Frank Davey, Binger Her ‘ ed after an Investigation of the death iaFofiet and Hale, to ipvestraate the ican physician. Dr. Adolph Razlag, to AND PAYS COSTS. peeled that this taw wriU raise 2100.- $6000 more alate tax than she will •elecuoa and sale ot tbe school tends, mann. Claud Gatch, H H Hewitt and of Jennie Conner* that she commit now pay. under th* asseeeed valua 000 per annum for th* support of the discover a means of curing and ax- T. T. Geer. The democrats are wail ted suicide. known to lieu and base lands, pur- tion basis." terminating leprosy. In a report tc equipped in, this matter and the Ae Result of on “Ad" Ho Secured Her state government tvant to charge* of fraud ir. th- state -Who will pay the diffeveocer “ The corporation license tax taw the state department, the consul says names of these are under considera START8 A MOVEMENT TO for Assistant Cashier of Bank of "Well. Multnomah county will help land department as made by WLnam was another measure that met wttt that wonderful success has attended BOYCOTT “SCAB” COAL the efforts of this physician, and his tion; Evan Reames. R. A. Milter. M. Which He Is President—Shs Ro- the unanimous Indorsement of tbe pay the difference. Tbe ‘expenditure f'VShey to rhe legtatatwr* as fcDowr; A Miller, J. K. Weatherford. Bernard he'd Hie Advance». Umatilla county delegation It ta an beata which my bill annuls did not D»d Not Comply with Law. work has attracted the attention of President of the United Mineworkers the highest Manchu and Chinese of Daly. W. L Vawter. O. P. Coshow. J. ‘mnote upon Multnomah her share, occupation tax pure and simple, ot Portland, Feb. 25 — Stephen Carver, The evidence sho»« that L. B. My K Townsend. P. H. D'Arcy. Jeff Says He Cannot Organize the Min ficials. This work began in June, the president of the bank at Ontario, corporations organized after the paa because the Isrger part of tbe eaor- Geer, as state land agent. 4id not era and Robert Smith It Is expected to mous expense of running thst coun comply with the law Ha a*^«ctiag Ueu ers of Maryland and West Virginia 1902, in a leper village six mites dis Oy., was arrested this morning on •age of the taw tant from Canton. Of tour cases complaint of Ida Gray, of Saa Fran contribute about $150.000 to th* ty la home, ind'rectly, but certainly lands Ln place o( lands lost to the Without Outside Assistance, RESULT OF BLIZZARD, just tbe same, by the city of Port rtete in sections 16 an-l 2». snd neg treated, three have been discharged cisco. He says he secured her state's exchequer per year. Chicago. Feb. 26—John Mitchell, completely cured and the last is mak "From the test two measures land. Thus. Multnomah county. In levied his duty in selecting all sum through an Examiner "ad" to come to president of the United Mineworkers, Cattlemen Lees a Million Sheet; ing a practical recovery. The phy Oregon as his assistant cashier. On named—the corporation license tax spite of her enormous wealth, but lands, and neglected to prepare anu has abandoned all hope of organizing Cattle in Indian Territory. sician urges strongly the adoption of the way up to Portland he made in and the inheritance tax—It is ex because her ‘expenditures' were light make a public record oi tbe same for rhe miners of Maryland and West his methods for tbe treatment of lep decent proposals to her. She refused pected that eaough tacoase to the would not pay anything like an equi puiaUc mapecuon, as required by law Dennison, Texas. Feb. 25. — Cattle Virginia without outside assistance TRUSTEES OF COLLEGE. ers In the Philippines and in Hawaii. men who have been canvassing the his advances, whereupon he discharg state will be realised la two years table share ot the state tax. My bill "Tbe taws of 1S»9 made the gov that will bring such a strong pressure The main features of the treatment, results of the last blizzard, place the ed her. Before the city attorney time to defray the expense of the »-111 compel Multnomah to pay her ernor land commissioner and req’iired upon the operators that they will be state taxes on the same basis as nlm to ascertain all losses of ucheoi which are shown in the consul's re loss of cattle and sheep Is tbe Indian Carver admitted tbe facts of the ease Lewis sad Clark Exposition." forced to unionize their own mines port, appear to consist of minute and Territory alone at 1,000,000. “The provisions of the school bill Umatilla—a basis of assessed valua lauds to the state, and to select trona and paid the coals. $80 and was re in self-defense. To that end a move leased. The girt returns to her house introduced by you and which passed, tion." ue tM-st umber and other tends to ment was started today in Chicago to prolonged sanitation and the uae of highly antiseptic drugs. and which is understood to have tn San Francisco make good all losoe* and perfect title protest against the awarding of pub been your personal measure, ar*, are to them to the state, and make rec lic contracts to firms handling Mary not generally understood. What wtli READY FOR IRRIGATION. ord thereof for public inspection, an* KNAPP ARRESTED AT HOME land and West Virginia coal. an<l tbe tew aa passed accomplish? ta that such lands shou>d not be sold tor this movement Is to spread all over OF HIS BRIDE. what essentials does It differ from <to* than 5J-5* per acre to tbe high the United States wherever labor is 8scretary Moor* Sends County Re the old law!" eat bidder, the taws of 1899 provide ports to Washington. organised. Was Sentenced to the Indians State ;urther that the governor shall be al New School Law. Portland, Feb. 26.—It 1s now up ta Psnltsntisry a Number of Years lowed all necessary expense* tn car A LEGAL FENCE. “The new tew will give directly to BUT CONGRESS MU8T APPRO the national government to keep its Age for Assault. •neb child of school age $6 per cap part of the agreement regarding ir PRIATE NECESSARY FUNDS- ted in perrormxng such duties ano Indianapolis, Ind.. Feb. 25—-Albert auihotixod turn to appoint a<un <v Law Changes Construction of Fence rigation matters. The first thing Spooner Defends the Administration, Knapp, of Hamilton. O, was arrested Ita, beside* about $2 which will be derived from an ineducable school Citizen of Juneau Says Residents of ageuu to luRy perform the duue* re in Eastern Oregon Counties. that Secretary Moore, of tbe Oregon Giving Political Reasons for For- early this morning at the home of his fund. The total fund for school per quired by these law*. L. B. Geer jua- Salem, Feb. 26.—Wire fences east Irrigation Aifoc’ation did yesterday the Northland Aro Not Abie to Help lines hia tailure to comply with these shay’s Dismissal—Teller Denounc- bride charged with wholesale murder. pose* that will be raised thus being of the Cascade Mountains must, after morning was to send to the proper The meal ves. law* on tbe ground that there was He was married only a few days ago. about $8 per capita for the school ed ths P resident's Interference. the middle of next May, be construct authorities at Washington the re He has had four wives end the police population, the state over. So ter as "Alaska people would be glad to tio appropriation therefor, and that no ports of Malheur, Harney. Crook and ed in the following manner. They Washington, Feb. 25.—A stir was believe he has murdered three The aid the Lewis and Clark Centennial order was made by the governor or shall have posts 6% feet in length Baker counties on their need of irri created in the senate when Dubois, of last one disappeared in the latter part Umatilla cqpnty ta concerned, it exposition, end the only way it can the state land board requiring him and not less than four Inches in di gation. Although the state conven Idaho, called up his resolution direct of December. Although his bride be means $150 more tor each child ot b* done is for the directors of the to comply with the requirements of COLUMBIA MINE CAVE4N. ameter, set in the ground two feet tion on Irrigation met last October, ing the civil service commission to lieved him very honorable the police school age in this county thaa here (air to draw up a bill asklnc congress the law. neither of which justified his and shall not be more than 32 feet this is the first active step taken to send to the senate the facts bearing say he was sentenced a number of tofore. and another month ot school to appropriate »50.000 as was done for neglect ot duty. Management Was Propared «nd Had apart. There shall not be less than wards providing for the irrigation of on the expulsion of Forshay from the years ago to 10 years la the penitenti each year It is really the most revo Sold Lieu Lands ler 75 Cents an Acre. lutionary measure passed by this leg tbe St, Louts exposition.” AH Ms M<fi three wires, of the ordinary kind, arid Oregon. Various matters had to surveyor-general’s office of Idaho, ary for a criminal aaaault. He served islature. I am greatly pleased to be This is tbe expression of Edward to the Baker Ciiy. Feb. 24 — Fred R. Meilis "It la an admitted fact, found ia the lower wire to be two feet from be attended to preliminary Spooner had a letter read, saying eight years. able to say that the Umatilla county C. Russell. Jr„ proprietor Of the Ju the evidence of W. H. Oded that be a turned last evening from aa extend the ground, the second 15 inches sending of these reports. that Forshay had been dismissed be- delegation was a unit In Ita support. neau Daily Dispatch, who JB in Port- sold base tor lieu land selections to ed vixit to the Columbia mine. WtUe Umatilla county sent ita report cause he solicited and received polit- above the first, and the upper wire EX-GOVERNOR IN JAIL. straight to Washington through Thia tew will be of st least equal land for a few day» says the Oregon private parties during the term of L. there as a greet of Manager F. S a 15 Inches above the second, making ical contributions. benefit to other parts of the state. It ian. 'To call Alaska a territory Is B. Geer in office, 50,060 or 60,000 acres Baillie he made an tespeetton of the the top wire 6 % feet above the committee appointed by the Umatilla Dubois severely County Irrigation Association. The mission and declared that while they Washington’s Well Known Financier mor* than doubles the sllowance per a misnomer." said Mr. Russeil. “for at from 75 cents to $175 per acre. shaft which recently caved ta Mr ground. Refuses to Answer Questions Put capita In some counties of the state. it is as muck a district as the District That be made such sales while oc ■Mellia say* that Mwapaper reports At the distance of every eight feet report will be examined by Chief Hy- prohibited office-holders seeking aid of Columbia. We have no means of It should be remembered that the by Seattle Grand Jury. cupying the office ot L. B Geer. Slate of the catastrophe were greatly exag from the posts, false posts 4J£ feet drographer Newell, who will then of tbe senators it was guilty of seek appropriation except Land Agent. the present 5 mill making an gerated: that the damage can be re high must be placed, resting on the probably make a personal investiga ing the aid of senators to prevent an Seattle, Feb. 25.-— Eugene Semple, bin abolishes t.r \ * through congress, and the bill should "There 1* no evidence submitted to paired for $3000 znd thst the manage ground and securely fastened to the tion, after which it will be referred investigation of its acts. He declar ex-governor of Washington, and pres school tax. be introduced by the Oregon delega wires, A pole two inches in diameter to the secretary of agriculture. the effect thst had available timber ment knew the cavein was coming Tax Paying Time. ed that such actions were flimsy and ident of the Seattle A Lake Washing tion. The Alaska people would be lands been selected by the state as and wa* prepared for tt. havtug with or a six-inch board may take the "Another measure which I feel sure dishonorable, and should be Investi ton Waterway Company, was bent to even more willing to help the Lewis Mrs. Fairbanks Re-elected. place of the middle wire and false gated. jaii today because he refused to pro the people will heartily favor. was and Giak fair than that at St Louis required by law, such lands could now drawn all men from anJtaiground be fore it occurred. . . posts. Washington, Feb. 26.—Mrs. Cor- Teller, of Colorado, denounced the duce the books of the company when Hje joint product of myself and Rep for all the mining men of the West be sold tor ISoO.OOO or more. della Fairbanks was unanimously re intereference of the executive branch demanded by the grand jury, and also resentatlve Phelps. In Its support Declined to Produce His Book» will attend the exposition here, while MET A SAD FATE. Grain Rate Hearing. flected president-general of the of the government and said, “This ap refused to answer leading questions Umatilla and Morrow counties were “The evidence shows that Odell only a part of them will go to St Washington, D. C.. Feb. 26.—The Daughters of tbe American Revolu plies to president as well as sny one concerning an alleged lllagal contract a unit. It Is in relation to the time Louis. Before the bill is introduced was clerk of the state laud board Interstate commerce commission be tion today. elsei” The matter was dropped when of hia company with the -city. Judge for paying taxes. Under this law ■it should be sent to the varioub com from August 1. 1895, until January 1. gan a hearing today in the matter of Bell signed an order vf committment the next payment of taxes—I mean mercial organisations of * Alaska for 1899. ' Spooner withdrew his letter. recent advances in freight rates on OREGON'S 8ENATOR8. with instruction* that Sample stay following the payment now In pro endorsement Nearly every town of “Te testifies that he was appointed Agricultural Appropriations. grain and grain products. Protects In jail until he yields. Sensational gress-will take place In November any size In Alaska has either a board land agent of the state in-1900 by ex Washington, Feb. 25.—In the •en- against this Increase have been made Liat of Statesmen Who Havs Served developments are expected when and December, 1904. The essential of trade or a chamber of commerce. Governor Geer to select s»amp lands ate today the statehood rider on the Semple gives his testimony. by grain growers and shippers In Upper House. difference which it will make to the "We believe the election of Senator within the Klamath Indian reserva agricultural appropriation bill was throughout the West and Southwest. taxpayers will be that it will be easier Fulton will be a good thing for Alas tion. and that bls appointment con Following is a list of the senators withdrawn and the bill, relieved of The advance amounts to about 20 per who have served the state of Oregon for them to pay during that time of ka. especially for the salmon packing tinued during tbe term of office of the Artesian Water for Desert. cent over the old schedules and will since her admission into the Union, the burden, was passed. year when there is the most money Interests. He comes from a town governor. That during much of this The DaUes, Feb. 26 — Since the dis The president sent the nomination mean a tax'of millions upon the farm on February 14, 1859: in the country—In tbe fall, after the »here the Industry is extensively car time he occupied the office with the covery of artesian water in almost to the senate of Lucius Wright of Cal ers of the country. marketing of the principal crops. Delazon Smith, 1859; Joseph Ijtne, ried on. and should be conversant state land agent, L. B. Geer; that ifornia, to be Indian agent at the mis limited quantities in the well across “Perhaps the only fault that can be with the conditions of salmon can while occupying this office he pre 1859-1861; Edward D. Baker, 1861; the river from Castle Rock, • large sion of Tule River. Grand Jury in Bsker County. found with tbe law ta that tbs as Benjamin Stark. 1861-1862; Benjamin ty pared a book of descriptions ot lands James Garfield. Jr., was sworn in number of Dalles people have been sessment will begin January 1 Instead ning. Tbe packers of Alaska Baker City, Feb. 26.—Upon request F. Harding, 1862-1865; James W. Nes crowding Into the fiats betweoa that havs a good deni of trouMe this spring lost to th* state in sections 16 and 26. of the taxpayers of Baker county, mith. 1865-1867; George H. Williams. today as commissioner of corpora place and Umatilla to file desert of March 1, as Its authors hoped for. on account of the new ruling of the which he offered to produce, but af Judge Robert Eaken called a grand 1865-1871; Henry W. Corbett. 1867- tions. claims on the vacant land. Thia land The amendment was crowded upon treasury department making It neces terward* declined to do so; that he jury to sit during the session of the 1873; James K. Kelly, 1871-1877; John is lacking In only due thing, sufficient us aa a compromise, and was accept sary to turn loose ten fry for every sold base lands while occupying the February term of the circuit court. H. Mitchell, 1873-1879; John H Mit SUBSTITUTES FOR FRIARS. water to irrigate it and if it can be ed in order to secure tbs passage of salmon packed. The fry must be office with L. B. Geer ta tbe state The extreme need of a thorough in chell, 1885-1891; John H. Mitchell, acceptable ‘reds,’ the salmon next to the Chin house to the extent of 50JMW or <•.- secured from artesian water that sec the measure In any vestigation on many Important ques 1891-1897; LaFayette Grover, 1879- Pops Discusses ths Church Situation tion which was heretofore used for shape" ooks in quality. 000 acres, and promised to furnish a tions now before the county seems to 1883; James H. Slater. 1879-1885; “Were you Individually the author In ths Philippins Islands. grazing land will be turned Into one “This rule 1» all very well for the list of same to the committee, with warrant the extra cost, attending this Joseph N. Dolph, 1889-1895; George Rome. Feb. 24.—The Spanish mis of the most productive sections in of sny other measure that became canneries on the ‘red* streams, but names of purchasers and amount re action. W. McBride, 1895-1901; Joseph Simon, sion to the pope’s jubilee was receiv Eastern Oregon. A drill will be put to law 2" the majority of the smaller canneries ceived. with amount of land, but has 1898-1903; John H. Mitchell, 1901- ed at the Vatican today with royal work tn a few days to prospect and as Feer Years for Assessor. are packing pink salmon, as the valu since declined to do so. Immense Cost of Wars. 1907; Charles W. Fulton, 1903. "Too. The law which was passed able reds are found only in certain honors. It was headed by Duke Al- the water along the Columbia basin "The evidence of Odell at pace «0 Madrid, Feb. 26.—The minister of madovgr, whom the pope entertainer ■nuking the tenure of the county as streams. These men on the other show* that he wm not appointed to finance has made a report showing The volcano of Cslima, Mexico, la in private conversation for half an sessor tn office four years instead ot streams cannot get red fry. except at select swamp lands, but that he was that the cost to Spain Of the Cuban in violent eruption. Three cities In hour, discussing the best ways for worthless land, and make it worth as two. Of course this law is subject exborbltant prices from the favored commissioned an agent of ths stat* and the Philippine war was $470,500,- the vicinity are threatened with de providing substitutes to the friars much as the fertile Hood River Vai- to the objection of continuing a man hatcherymen, so consequently If the to adjudicate mlaeral school land* taglalature' making 000. struction. now in the Philippine*. in office perhaps longer than the peo- ruling Is enforced many of the can- loot to tho state. ; i ¡»-As oey. SUOI DOWN liber Knapp, Arrested at Ham ilton, Ohio, Confesses Hav ing Strangled Five Women. Out Some of the Old Land marks of That City. Marshal’s Posse Fired Upon Gives a Resume of Some of Strikers From the Lannock the Bills Passed by the Last Mines in West Virginia Legislature. SIITI LAND AGENT DM IN THE SENATE » mWILLEXHIBIl