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PENDLETON. UMATILLA CO., OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27.1903,
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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
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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
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,, 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
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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
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