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PENDLETON, UMATILLA CO., OREGON FRIDAY. MARCH IS, 1904.
VOL. XXV111
8to«caj
Will Hold the Rebellious Poles in Check While the Troops
Reserved as a Home Guard Go to the Front.
SALEM
LAWS
LA GRANDE CITY ELECTION.
LOST
B" of the Most Important Ordi-
’"'»'Sincea of the Capital City Have
Disappeared.
Salem. March 17.—A committee
Investigating the condition of the
city ordinances, finds that some of
the vital laws of the city are miss
ing. and that the government has
been conducted for some time wiui-
out warrant of actual ordinance.
Unless certified copies of the ordi
nances can be found, the council
will be compelled to pass all the
missing ordinances over again, and
there will be a lively fight in this
event, as some of the laws now in
by
force have been passed only
small majorities
NO. 31
Socialist Candidates All
Defeated,
But h Strong Vote Was Cast.
i
La Grande, March 15.—The city
I
election passed off quietly yesterday,
the following candidates Itelng elect
I
ed :
Mayor, J. E Foley, 289 plurality
over the socialist candidate; William
C .Miller, recorder, 55 plurality over
the socialist; L. Rayburn, marshal,
159 majority over socialist;
E J.
Walsh, treasurer, 83 majority over
the socialist.
Independent republi
cans were elected {p all the positions
I
except Ed Walsh, a democrat, for
treasurer
The total vote was 647
The division was on the gambling
question, the marshal being against
VIOLENT ANTI NEGRO
SPECIAL ELECTION WILL
and the mayor for open gambling.
The socialists cast over 100 votes
SPEECH BY MR. 8PIGHT.
BE CALLED IN ACCORDANCE
and m T close calls for cuuncllmen
in all three of the wards
The question of bonding the city
tor »25.000 for a new court house and One Billion Yards of Dirt Yet to Be Fair. Impartial and Csmpreheeelve
city hall carried by a majority of
Removed From the Panama Canal
Debate Resulted In the Board Be
276.
—That the Unhealthful new of the
ing Instructed to Call an Election
NEW HIGH SCHOOL FOR WEISER
Isthmus Climate Has Been Greatly
to Vote Upon a »82,000 Bond Prop
BÏ MISS MEETING
Bishop Moore Was Present, on Board a Russian Liner—Car
nonading That Shook the Earth and Sea.
Forty-five Thousand Dollars Representative Gathering De
for Carrying Mail One Year cided to Endorse the Limit
to Tahiti.
of the Law.
Cincinnati. O., March 16.—Bishop Now the men are hastening to leave
More. Methodist, witnessed the na Korietx. We are within a few yards
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.
val battle between
Russians and of her last two boat* a* they put off.
Japanese at Chemulpo, and vividly It 1* 2«» minutes of 4, and we recall
Archie Bowie*, of Kennewick. Met describes the clash in a letter to the the capte'n's word* to hasten to our
Horrible Death in a Campfire.
rower*. Thdre is land surmounted
Post.
The bishop left Shanghai February by a revolving light, six hundred
March
17.
—
Archie,
the
4-
Pasco.
Russian liner, which anchor yards away. We land, climb its sum
year-old son of John Bowles, of Ken 6. in a _
ed the morning of the Sth off Che- mit. The hands of our watches de
newick. was burned to death In a
mulpo. near the Russian crulsers note four
campfire on the Columbia river, a
Instantly a terrific explosion was
Japanese
few miles below the town, yesterday Variag. and Korietx Not a
Exaggerated — Appropriation for
osition—Imperative Needs of Bet
ship was in sight then, At 4 o'clock seen on the Korietx, almost simulta Trustees Accept Plana o’ Boise Arcm-
evening.
neously
another
followed.
Two
malig
the
next
day.
Japanese
warships.
12
Public
Building
at
Loa
Angeles
and
tect
for
Handsome
Building.
ter
and more extensive Accommo
The family was camped on the
nant columns of smoke and debris
river bank and the mother left the in number, steamed in and anchored
for
Hawaiian
Defense.
Weiser.
Idaho.
March
16.
—
At
a
dation* Shown.
. leaped writhing and twisting upward
little boy and a baby alone in the Three thousand troops were landed
as though they were two monsters meeting on Friday last of the 0oard
camp for an hour, while she accom ar.d six cruisers ana torpedo boats
of school trustees it was decided to
withdrew eight miles and formed a In mortal combat.
panied her husband to where he
As their black bodies pull apart for cal) an election fer the purpose of
Washington. March 18—The con
Jesse Falling, the veteran chair
was collecting drift wood out of the line across the channel.
a moment, the sinking sun. tearful submitting to the people a bond issue gressional examination of the post- man of the school board, called about
On
the
ninth
the
Japanese
consul
river. When she returned the baby
of
»30.000.
for
the
erection
of
a
new
office department estimates will, it is 100 representative taxpayers of the
with films of haze, shone through—
was still asleep in the tent, and the notified the Russians to leave the har
high school building.
expected, lead tb a more searching
sun bor. and the shtps were stripped for and listen—through the blackness
charred remains of her little
C. F. Hummell of J. E Tourtel- analysis than the bill has experienc city to order last night at 8 o'clock
action. At noon they sailed out, and come* the rain of falling fragments
lay in the campfire
lotee a Co. the Boise architects, ed for many sessions. One item al for the discusaton of the question of
from their ruined ship.
shortly the roar l-egan
met with the trustees and submitted ready attacked privately, la the ap whether to bond or not to bond. For
grand
from
Now
comes,
stately
and
An Unequal Combat.
two hours the question was discuss
REMOVES SUMMERS.
the French ship which has been plans which met_ with approval and propriation of »45.000 as additional ed in *ii of its phases and bet one
Fifteen minutes we thought would made an asylum for her crews, the were accepted
The plans call for a compensation to the Oceanic Steam
U. S. District Attorney Accused of suffice to end the unequal combat, majestic chant of the Russian na- handsome building, containing eight ship Company, of San Francise«, for surprise was sprang there was no
opponent to the bonding proposition
and earth and sea shook under the
Persecuting Senator Dietrich.
t tonal hymn—at once their new oath rooms in addition to a principal's transportation of malls to Tahiti.
Some objections were raised to the
awful guns. Thirty minutes. 40, 50.
room and an assembly hall on the
<
of
allegiance
to
the
czar
and
a
requi
Washington. March 17.—The pres- two hours, and unable to break the
plan adopted, but not to the general
'.bird
floor,
The
building
will
be
con-
ident has decided to remove from cordon. Though scorning to surren I em (or their lost ship.
proposition.
Those who last
year
Rabid on Negro Question.
with
cut
stone
structed
of
brick
Now fierce fires rage tn the bunk
office W. S. Summers. United States der. the Russians swung around and
fought the proposition to a finish and
rimming»
Washington.
March
18.
—
Debate
on
er* of the Variag. She has outlived
district attorney at Omaha, on the steamed back to
their anchorage
the postoffice appropriation bill was defeated it at the polls; those who
the sun. but at 6 o'clock, with a great
ground of persecution of Senator with flags flying.
resumed in the house last night. | bad said muck and voted, and those
NEW
WHEAT
CENTER.
shudder,
the
huge
levlathlan
turn*
on
Dietrich.
It is alleged Summers
“Sure of their prey, the Japanese
Spight (Dem i of Mississippi, made who had said little *-d voted, c*™*
be.
»n,e
.i.id
-lies
procured the senators Indictment in resumed their station in the I road
into Use and not only seconded the
Only the Sugart remain* and she San Francisco to Be a Rival of the ' a sensational speech on the negro request of the school board for 830.-
regard to the
Hastings
postoffice stead blocking the only channel, The
question,
advising
lynching
and
even
Chicago Pit.
matter without sufficient evidence of four-funneled Variag. evidently bad too. sinks slowly, a burning, roaring
.urning at the stake for brutal, hid 000. but tapped it* han- and put a
guilt, the witnesses falling to sub ly wounded listed to port. The Ko furnace.
Wail* Wall*. March 16.—Itdica-1 j eons attacks on women.
Negroes »62.000 bet before the people—a’.l
tions
in
wheat
centers
now
point
toj
stantiate his charges.
rietz was apparently untnjured
We
| are only fit to wait on table, not to that the law will allow.
Comparlscns Favor Russia.
» radical change in the base of oper line wtth white people, as equals, as
hastened to row out of Sampan, We
Mr. Pitres Stats* ths Question
St. Petersburg. March 18.—The ations and It Is likely that the crop the North desires
FIVE YEARS AT SAN QUENTIN. saw no scars on the the Korietx. al-
"We sometime
Walter
Pierce addressed ths meet
produced
this
year
will
be
the
first
thought the sailor* were putting paint Journal today prints a comparison of
sill niggers, but only for hideous ing on the school*, their growth in
Bellboy Sentenced for Theft of Val on the hull as if to conceal rents We the opposing forces of Russia and to be handled largely from coast rimes
I'm against lynch law under the last five years and their needs
asked an officer with a bandaged Japan in the war in th« East. saying markets independent of the great in sum»- conditions ''
uable Jewelry.
He showed that the attendance had
head how they fared
He rej lied that Russia h's superiority tn land fluence Chicago has exercised for
doubled, that the children were pack
San Francisco. March 17—James that he had no chance The Variag armament by 78 cannon. but is in ages past
Panama Cana! Condition*.
ed into the rooms like sardines te a
Trading by Northwest wheat men,
Walters, a former bellboy
in the was evidently sinking
The mortally ferior in warships, which, however,
Washington,
March
16—Before box. that buildings were illy veatl
may
be
transferred,
as
a
result
of
the
|
Hotel Colonial, was found guilty of wounded were crowded amidships. A is compensated in artillery at Ru»
FELL 2,000 FEET
stealing »10.000 worth of jewelry huge rent was in the upper works, tian coast forts, valor of Rusal an recent San Francisco exchange rul-1 'b* houae committee on interstate lated and heated, and also run down.
mgs from Chicago to the Bay City. 1 1 ommerce. Professor Burr continued He pointed out that the levy for the
Shattered in Pieces in Calaveras from the rooms of Baron and Bar two funnels were riddled, the bridge sailors and the necessity tor the Jap
The San Francisco market wflj
__ _ J bis statements about the Panama ca school district tax was not as high
ones« Van Horst, and sentenced to WAS a mass of twisted Iron.
anese to aet apart a number of war
County.
lle said where men as it had teen in years past, even
hereafter
tecogalze
Walla
Walla
and
(nal situation,
five yean at San Quentin. He was
ship*
a»
trans
pun
eworts
to
guard
Jk lieutenant on that bridge *ua
blue stem wheat for delieveries on.
<are!ea* in their habit* th* mor- with the double attendance, that the
Stockton.
March
17.—Charles caught tn Minneapolis some weeks torn to pieces. his right arm was communications
expenses were lower in many ways,
Vencke, a bucket lander, dropped »,- ago. Walters is said to have been found bolding the signal flags
There la no doubt as to the issue contract. something which has been tallty is high; but be never heard
prohibited tn the past and which I that 1,090 men lost their lives for and that it was a necessity that the
of
a
naral
war
being
the
destruction
000 feet in the cage in the Gwinn at the head of a gang of bellboys
Removing th* Wounded,
buildings be provided
of the Ja; anese fleet. It is only a has preveated Northwest speculators, every mile of work thus far done,
mine shaft. Calveras county, last who operated all over the country.
j Boats of the other warships in the question of time when the Baltic from participating in th* California! nor of a graveyard with 8.800 graves
Them were 100 children in the
night, by the slipping of the cable
I harbor began to remove the wound
of laborers.
high school in October, and 41 mare
on the drum.
His remains were
squadron makes its appearance in market
MITCHELLITES WIN.
ed A hundred were more dead than
The French companies excavated entered ’.he schools when the Febru
JUDGES SUPREME COURT
Eastern waters under the most bril
found scattered about the bottom of
j alive.
It was pathetic, the tender-
•.*•80.000 yards, leaving 1000X00.000 ary term opened
When Professor
liant
of
K'isaian
admirals
the
shaft.
A
dozen
other
miners
MRS.
GRIFFIN
DEAD
Simon
Faction
.in
Portland
Com i ness and veneration with which the
WILL BE PAID 810,000.
yet to be excavated
Conklin took the schools there were
The article was apparently writ
had just stepped from the cage at
pletely Snowed Under in the Pri men hauled down the czar* portrait.
18 pupil* in the high school, where
the top of the shaft when the acct-
ten free from Ulas by public opinion. Daughter of Senator Mitcnell Pasees
The United States *htp Vk-ksbants
maries.
there are now 115, all handled by
For Hawaiian Defense.
Away
in
New
York.
Silver Certificates Will Be Issued for dent happened.
Mitch-; lifeboat helped to remove the m*n
Portland, March 17.—The
Washington.
March
18. — Mr. three teachers. In Baker City there
Japanese War Expenditures.
New York. March 15—Mr» Griffin
Philippine
Circulation
in the
are ISO pupils in the high school and
ell branch of the republican party j We sailed with the first officer of
Spooner
’
s
amended
bin
appropriating
General Thomas Dead.
lx>n<ion, March 16.—Reuters’ Tokio daughter of Senator Mitchell of Ore
_ we
_______
Spanish Denomination of Pesos—
six teachers to lead them.
■arried the primaries yesterday, by I the steamer Sungari, on which
4526.<X<0
for
the
pur.o*e
of
the
de
Chicago. March 17—Genera] Hor
came. He indicated that all was lost, correspondent states that the Japan gon. died this morning
There had been no new school
To Modify Tonnage Tax—Taft Is ace H. Thomas, aged 70, dropped 1 large majority, the Simon faction i
fense of the Hawaiian island*. w*a
Shortly
we
saw
men
on
the
Korietzese
war
expenditure
since
December
. building tn Pendleton for the past 16
inly electing 14 delegates out of 123 I
»greed
to.
After
its
passage
in
ex-
Opposed to Government Building
! in the office of his attorney this
Fight in San Domingo.
This practically means the nomln-1 hurrying below as if to scuttls her. j is estimated at »268.800,88®.
'•eutive session, the Wood rase was , years and the board now had per
Islanda—New morning, of heart disease
He was
Railroads
in
the
force to make arrangement* of some
»tion of J. N. Williamson for con-
Washington.
March
15.
—
Minister
1
taken
up
Register Land Office at Spokane. a former speaker of the Illinois qress to succeed himself, and the re-
kind or keep the children oat of the
Powell of San Domingo, reports an-'
house, railroad appraiser and prom
schools
The basement room* and
mote probability that Senator Mltch-
other engagement between govern
Providing for Fortification.
inent Grand Army man.
every other aval-able place bad been
ell will be ths strongest candidate
ment force* and insurgents at Mako-
17.
—
Secretary
Washington. March 16.— The boose utilised un'i! not another child could
Washington. March
for the United States senate in 1907.
ris in which the government was vic-
further considered the poetoffice ap be accommodated.
Henry T. Thurber Dead.
Taft before the house committee on
torious
The Insurgent leader
propriation bill and the senate pass
insular affairs, discussed the Cooper
It was not a question of a sit* with
Detroit, March
17.—Henry
T.
caped
NOT GOOD IN GERMANY.
ed the fortifications appropriations. the board, it wa* * question of the
bill authorizing the Philippine com Thurber, Cleveland’s private secre-
missioners to issue bonds and ap tary during his second term, , died
continuance of the school*, and the
Duke of Cambr dge Very ill.
Degree of D. of D. S. Will Not Be
prove the suggestion that the max this morning of appendicitis.
member* of the board would accept
Ixradon. March 18 —The Duke of
Honored in That Country.
imum of supreme court justices’ sal
—
any place in town designated by the
Cambridge. Queen
Victoria’s aged
aries be fixed at »10.000, and favor
taxpayer*.
Berlin. March 17.—The supreme
cousin, was setxed with hemorrhages
Bishop Fisk Dead.
MALHEUR COUNTY BEING
ed uniformity of measurements nec
In order to bring the issus before
court of appeals has decided that THE SUPREME COURT
from
the
stomach
this
morning,
und
Kansas City, March 17.—LouiB M
essary in the enforcement of coin
the degree of doctor of dental surg
the meeting. Mr Pierce moved that
RAPIDLY RECLAIMED. It is feared the end is near.
STOOD FIVE TO FOUR.
Fisk,
Catholic
bishop
of
the
Leaven
alloy mixing laws.
ery from American colleges cannot
the board be authorized to call for a
He suggested an additional sect- worth diocese, died today of pneu- be recognized tn Germany on the ■
bond issue of »30.000
Government Defeated.
tnonia.
aged
70.
PENDLETON-DAYTON
ELEC
tion amending the coinage law so
grounds that dental schools are pri- In the Final Analysis No Combina Largest Project in That District Now
General Oiscusaten.
London.
Marcn
15.
—
The
govern
-
that the treasurer may be authoriz
TRIC ROAD REVIVED.
vate institutions, not supervised by
Under Way 18 Miles From Ontario meat was defeated tn the house of
tion Is Stronger Than ths Law
The question was th en generally
Oil Fields Afire.
ed to issue silver certificates in de
the government.
discussed by R Alexander, E. B.
—Mountain Valleys Are Settling commons today by a vote of 141 to
Creating It—Wall Street Dissatis
nominations up to 1,000 pesos, the
Fort Worth, March 17.—Fire is
Up—Harney People Hope For Gov 13. on a motion by Redmond against Promoter Says He Has Secure« Conklin. Dr W G Cole. A. D. SUlk
largest denomination now being 10 raging in the oil fields on Batson
fied—Jim Hill Says, “Well, They
M. Kurino Coming Hero.
a reduction in the Irish educational
man. Dr C. J. Smith, Dr. F. W Vin-
i Cannot Take Our Properties Away
pesos, equivalent to »5.
He also prairie,
Several tanks exploded,
ernment Aid.
Funds With Which to Build ths cent, T. G. Halley, Judge 8. A. Low-
Genoa. March 11.—M. Kurino. for-
estimates
asked for authorization to repeal or spreading the flames. Loss thus far
merly minister of Japan at St. Pe
Line—Old Dream of Rapid Transit ell and George A Hartman.
modify ine tonnage tax on vessels »1,000,000-.
teraburg, sailed from Genoa for New
All were In favor of a bond Issue,
Nine Jurors Selected.
in
the Inland Empire Enjoya a
coming into Manila harbor, to en
Washington, March 15.—The deci*
J. S. Hunter, a well known stock -
York today on the North Geman
and Dr Cole moved to make tn*
San Francisco. March
15.—Four
courage large steamers to come in
Temporary
Animation
—
Line
to
Be
of
Malheur
county,
was
in
the
man
Fira in Texas.
Lloyd steamer -Irene. He Is en route ion In the merger case was by a vote
Issue »75 000 instead of »30.000. and
from other ports. The tax is now on
city today, and says the activity In additional jurors in the Botkin case
85 Miles in Length and Will Touch to build either one large 16-room
San Angelo, Texas, March
17.— to Japan.
of five to four. Holmes. Peckham, irrigation work in his county is very were chosen today, making a total of
the per capita instead of the cargo.
All Umatilla. Columbia and Walla house. or two eight-room house*
nine. It Is expected the jury will be
Takidg the railroad question Mr. Fire this morning destroyed »250,000
White and Fuller discenting.
marked this spring.
Against a Strike.
This motion was favored by all of
Walla County Towns En Route.
completed
lomormw
Taft said Secretary Root tried to in worth of business property, includ
One of the largest irrigation enter
the San Angelo hotel.
those who spoke on the question with
Indianapolis. March 17.—Counting
terest Van Horn, of the Canadian ing
prises in that district is now under
Synopsis of Opinion.
the exception of Judge Lowell, who
the miners’ vote began at 10 this
Consul at Dawson.
Pacific, who built the Cuban road,
Me!Iman has returned.
MINISTERS FIGHT SMOOT.
Washington. March 15.—The
an way. 18 miles above Ontario, on the
made the speech of the evening
morning.
The estimated result Is
Washington. March 15.—The presl
but the latter was too much occu
Owyhee river, where a dam 100 feet
The revival of this ’’irridescent
about* three-fifths acainst the strike. preme court denied that the sacred high will be built across the canyon dent has nominated Louis Dent of dream" will not excite much enthus
Judge Lowell Advises Moderation.
pied in Cuba, so government engin
Boise City Ministerial Association
eers were sent to look into the re
ness of the doctrine of state’s rights of the Owyhee, and a reservoir form the District of Columbia, to be cón- iasm tn Pendleton, but the electric
Judge Ixjwell thought that to aak
Passes Strong Resolutions.
Mr*. Mlle* Better.
port that he submitted. His opinion
is being trespassed on by the inter ed sufficient to irrigate 50,000 acres sul at Dawson. Yukon.
road promoter has returned from for »75.000 or for »61.000 was to kill
That the pastors of the city are In
was, however, that private enter
Washington. March 17.—Mr*. Nel state law.
of desert land below.
somewhere to Dayton, and is now the measure that the people would
earnest
in
their
fight
upon
Mormon
prise can make the railroads much
son A. Miles is reported to be nóme
This dam will form a reservoir
making promises to begin throwing not indorse that amount at th* polls,
ism
is
proven
by
their
passage
by
the
If
a
state
should
allow
’ the rail- about a mile in length, with a depth
more economical than can the gov
better.
dirt on his line between that city He was as good a friend to the
ministerial association yesterday of a
roads to do those things whlch in
ernment.
school system a* coaid be found, but
of from 10 to 30 feet, and a main
and Pendleton in the near future.
resolution demanding the expulsion
terfere with
Interstate < commerce. canal will lead from
the board and it* advteon should be
it above the
He
claims
to
have
secured
suffic-
of Senator Reed Smoot of Utah from
should congress be compelled to hold present ditches operated by the Ne
Presidential Appointments.
ent capital to build his road, and is conservative, both in their demand*
the
United
States
senate,
and
call
aloof
on
the
ground
that
it
would
in-
Washington, March 17.—The pres
vada and Owyhee canals.
now making actual preparations to and their action. They should not
vade state rights?
Such
doctrine
William
F ing upon Senators Heyburn and Du
ident has nominated
In time it is hoped to extend this
ecin construction on the Mellman let the enthusiasm of the moment
bois of Idaho, to vote with that end
could not be given fact without de- canal about 12 miles further down
Nichols, of Arizona, to be secretary
electric
road, which was so fully ex run away with the hopes of it* suc
in view.
stroying the power of the national
of Arizona, and Hal J. Cole, of
the foot’illl* above Owyhee to cover
ploited
in
the papers two years ago cess. He knew the sentiment of the
The action, which has been quietly
government. No state law can give
Washington, to be register of the
the famous Dead Ox Flat, one of the
His
franchise
in Walla Walla ex town, and he did not think that the
talked over by the ministers of the
any corporation rights to restrain in most fertile and promising tracts of
land office at Spokane.
pires in June and be is endeavoring people would stand for such an add
city, was taken by the unanimous
terstate or international law.
land In Eastern Oregon when put WAS rOUND GUILTY OF
to have this franchise extended, His ed burden.
The federal courts cannot interfere under Irrigation.
INSTRUCTED FOR ROO8EVELT. vote of the nine members of the pas
The board must remember, and ths
agent at Dayton recently filed re-
KILLING
MILITIAMEN
tors' alliance who were present, en
with the Northern Securities Compa
The entire valley of the Owyhee
newal of the water rights held by people did. that It was not alone a
ny from exercising all interstate river is a solid alfalfa farm, now
RESULT WA8 A SPLENDID
Minnesota Republicana Go on Rec tirely without discussion.
It waa a
Mellman. on the Tukanon, and the question of school tax;
rights justly given it by the state;
ord for President.
CLIP IN EVERY RESPECT. but it can prevent it from doing that growing from two to three crops per Helped in the F.ght With Posse and magnate now promises Walla Walla question of bearing the burden of the
Pleaaurea of Professional Life.
state, the municipal, th* county and
year, while it was a desert less than
Minneapolis, March
1?.—The re
Militia at Victory Mine Last July— that he will have the line under con
which would destroy an act of con-
Dr. L. T. Brock’s two most recent
the district taxes
All had to be
five years ago.
He locks for still
struction
within
a
very
short
time
if
publicans state convention adopted trips have been of the hair-curling
gresa.
Six of the Escapes Are Still Unac this franchise is extended.
borne, and besides, it waa wrong to
greater development In hfs county- In
resolutions lacorring Roosevelt and variety. The one to Susanville last Sheep and Wool In the Best Condi
An affirmation of the decision be the future and hopes to see the Har
counted for, Only Surmises Exist-
The lteyton-Pendleton electric line think that an enormous bond debt
nr n>ing as delegatee at large Sena week was fraught with incidents
tion, the Fleeces Averaged Heavier low would only mean that no combi
ney county government Irrigation
isting as to Their Whereabouts— as promoted by Mr. Mellman, Is 85 could be voted, because the children
tors Nelron and Clapp, Governor which produced bumps and bruises
nation
Is
stronger
than
the
law
ere
Quality
Is
Al-
Than Last Year, the
project carried to completion.
milt's In length and touche« all the of the present generation and their
Var- Sant, Thomas Lowry and as dis Returning from Unity yesterday he
Possibility of Death or E acape.
Most of the mountain valleys of
so Better, and it is Cleaner and ating It, or can avail Itself of the
towns en route between these cltiee. children would have to pay it. That
trict delegates indorsed Wednesday's encountered a series of mishaps
pretext that state rights are attack Malheur county are now reclaimed
including Adams. Athena. Milton. spirit was the curse of the Western
Firmer,
conventions.
ed in the enforcement of a lawful «nd are supporting a population, and
that were fringed with an element of
Placevllle. Cal.. March 16 —A ver- Freewater. Walla Walla, Dry Creek. city.
act of congress. No combination, be he says that fruit and
catastrophe. His horses were buried
The speaker ' was in favor of build-
vegetables diet of murder in the first degree Valley Grove. Dixie. Waitsburg and
Eulogized the Duke.
it ever so powerful, is beyond the
in the snow at times, and traversing
ing smaller buildings In different
Charles Cunningham has returned reach of the supreme court, if It un grow In abundance .in places where was rendered in the Wood case this Huntsville.
London, March 17—In the house swollen streams he managed to tip from a visit to his sheep ranch at Pi
It was thought five years ago it would morning.
Power was to have been supplied parts of the city, of rearranging the
of commons Premier Balfour, the lib over and take an involuntary bath lot Rock, where he has finished dertakes to restrain commerce.
Joe Wood is one of the convicts from central stations on the Umatil school population, and of asking for
be impossible to ralso such products
eral leader, and Campbell and Ban in water that had a temperature suf shearing his bucks and ewes. He
____ Folsom last July la. the Tukanon and the Walla Walla a smaller bond issue.
on account of the frost and dry cli- who escaped from
nerman, conservatives, spoke eulo ficient to stop all pulsation if he bad reports the sheep and wool to be in
Wall Street Dissatisfied.
and who engaged In a battle wlfh the rivers.
The question was then put and it
mate.
gistical ly of the services of the Duke not kept moving and gotten out as the best of condition, and from one
sheriff's posse and militia at Grand
New York, March 15.—Wall street
The purpose of the company was was decided to be the sense of the
of Cambridge
as commander-in- soon as he had recovered his medi to two pounds heavier to the fleece expected an adverse decision in the
Victory mine, in this county in *-ich to operate electric lighting planta at meeting that the board be authorised
EPIDEMIC SUICIDE.
cine cheat.—Sumpter Reporter.
chief.
two mon. members of the militia, all the cities touched by the road, as to call for »62.000 in bond*, to take
company, consequently
than last year’s clip. It is also a Securities
better grade of wool than was shear values fell off only a fraction. Se Third Professor In Ohio State Uni were killed. Wood was tried for the well as to operate a modern electric up the floating debt, and to build
- Sarcastic on Uncle Sam.
murder of one of these men. Festus road, such as is now in operation either one 16-room building, or two
Greeting to the Irish.
curities stock dropped nearly three
ed last year, and Is cleaner.
versity In Eighteen Months.
penalty between Seattle and Tacoma, run eight-room buildings.
Rutherford. The extreme
Our mail service is a crackerjack,
Mr. Cunningham feels sorry for the points.
Rome, March 17— The pope today
hung. ning trains over the entire length of
The property across the road from
was
Imposed
and
he
will
be
and
something
Uncle
Samuel
ought
discuss
It
J.
J.
Hill
said:
"I
cannot
woolbuyers
who
failed
to
make
any
Columbus.
O.,
March
15.
—
Charles
sent St. Patricks day greetings to
Six of the 14 men who escaped are the road about one hour apart, thus the I-sn< school was named as one
the Irish college, saying he will re to be proud of, although we are not. money last year on their buys, and until we have more news, I have no Walter Mas lech, assistant professor
It is believed that affording quick and regular commu acceptable site for the construction
member the Irish people In his pray- Almost every rainy day the mall ar who are depending on paying less for idea at present what Its scope is. of German and other languages. In still at large.
rives here the mail is wet, and in their wool this year.
Our railway properties are still there the state university, killed himself two are secreted in San Francisco. nication between all the cities en it a building, and a part of a block
ers today.
I
near the ball grounds, between Alta
some instances the papers are soak
....... .. by
u, poisoning.
„v
on* died of exposure and starv- route.
He thinks that If they made little and they cannot take them from us.” ..............
this morning
He is
and Court, was recommended a* the
ed and rubbed into a pulp. We spoke last year they will make less this, if
Mr.
Hill
Is
this
afternoon
closeted
It
has
been
hoped
that
such
a
road
the
third
professor
to
suicide
Inside
ation
in
the
mountains
(admittedly
Cyclone in Texas.
to Mr. Travis, the manager, about they give a lower figure, for he does in conference with the directors of of 18...............................................................
months
Maslech was expect-, «pi’ro’«“ * -)
that th« whereabouts would be built as It would afford fa other. The board will look over the
Fort Worth, Texas, March 17—A the condition of the mail, but he said
not think that the growers will con the merger company, and declined to ed to get the place of Professor Eg- of the remainder are uot even sur cilities for travel and transportation grounds and make a recommendation
miles
cyclone swept Neyland, 90
he couldn’t do any better. We guess sent to sell for a lower figure, and be seen.
gers, who killed himself with a pls- mised. though there is a strong prob to all the remote settlements in Uma in the near future as to the place
northeast of here last night, doing we are up against it, unless we look
ability that they reached Mexico.
tilla, Walla Walla and Columbia of building, and will the make a call
will
think
some
about
selling
at
the
tol.
much damage. All wires are down. up the contractor and mention these
counties, and would have a tendency i'or the issue.
Van Sant Vindicated.
same price. Their wool Is better and
things to him. A drygoods box would should bring more, and having con
Resigns From Commission.
to build up the central pointa and
St. Paul, March 15.—Governor Van
John Flood Dead.
Duke of Cambridge Dead.
Prohibits Decking.
keep some rain off and be better fidence in the strength of the mar Sant is much gratified at the decis
Fort Worth, March
15.—Former county seats, by affording cheap and
New York, March 16.—John Flood,
London, March 17.—The Duke of than an open buckboard. There was ket, he is inclined to believe that a ion, which “means more to the peo the pugilist, who once fought Sulli- Governor Stanley, of the Indian Ter rapid communication with the conn-
Dea Moinea, March II.—The Mil
Cambridge died at 10:30 this morn no paper mail brought in on the stage higher price will be realized in many ple of the country than any event van and lost In the eighth round, ritory, has resigned from the Dawes try districts, and
by furnishing prohibiting the docking of horse*'
ing.
Wednesday.—Long Creek Ranger.
cheaper light and power.
talla passed the boose.
cases.
since the civil war.”
dropped dead this morning.
' commission.
Lemberg. March 17-—Die Newspa I rons in the Far East were not pre
per states that well informed circles pared for the outbreak. The war
foreseen for a long
in Warsaw declare the kaiser has had been
written the exar. that Russia
may time aud the ships at Port Arthur
safely withdraw her troops from the and Vladivostok were in a perfect
Polish frontier for use in the East j state of readiness.
ern war. as Germany is ready to
keep watch over the loyalty of the
Shadowing Port Arthur.
Poles.
de
Paris. March 17.—The Echo
Paris at St. Petersburg states a re
Russia Fortifying.
port has reached there from Port
Togo's
Berlin. March 17—Die Lokal An- Arthur to the effect that
zeiger reports that Russia is making squadron was again sighted Wednes
extensive additions to her fortifica day morning.
tions along the Baltic Sea.
Headquarters Moved.
Torpedo Destroyer Blown Up.
St. Petersburg. March
17.—Liao
London. March 17.—Reuters Port Yang, 10 miles west of Mukden, on
Arthur correspondent reports that the railroad, has been selected as
the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Kuropatkin's headquarters, instead
Skori was blown up by a floating of Mukden.
The point commands
mine, and only four of the crew were several roads. However. Kuropatkin
savea.
will live on the railway train, mov
The Skori was a sister boat of the ing his quarters to suit the needs of
Stereguschtchi. sunk by the Jap tor the hour and point of attack by the
pedo boat Thursday last off Port Japanese.
Arthur.
The two
vessels were
Kuropatkin is now at Omsk, trav
among the largest in the Russian eling at the rate of 500 miles a day
destroyer fleet.
side
to the front.
Everything is
tracked to permit his onward rush.
Jap People Are Over-Confident.
London. March 17—The St. James
No Land Fighting Soon.
Gazette’s Tokio correspondent, via
Pekin. March 17.—The Japanese
Shanghai to escape the censor,
en-
states hat since the receipt of the authorities here state that land
gagements of any magnitude are not
news of the Japanese victories, the
public has become over-confident re likely before another month.
garding the was as already over.
Killing of Thieve*.
The officials, however, remain calm
Ito.
Seoul, March 17.—Marquis
and alert.
with a letter of condolence from the
Mikado on the death of the dowager
Ruttians Were Prepared.
St Petersburg. March 17.—Admir empress, arrived today.
Sixteen men. mostly thieves, were
al Stackelburg. just from Vladivos
tok. denies that the Russian squad- executed Monday and Tuesday
I
STATE RIGHTS ARE
DEATH PENALTY