w eekly edition WEEKLY EDITION. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ • ♦ ♦ Unswaye d by fear, unin- ♦ fluenced by favor, the East ♦ Oregoniau will tell the truth, ♦ the whole truth, and nothing ♦ but the truth, about county, ♦ state and national affairs. It fair. to ♦ is fair, absolutely from its ♦ those who differ views, as well as to its ♦ ♦ friends. t ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦» ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4- : : ♦ ♦ « ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Dr. C. J. Smith Chairman, A. C. Haley Secretary and Joe Scott Assistant Secretary. The East Oregonian of Pen ♦ dieton. Oregon, la published la ♦ the heart of the wonderful in- ♦ land Empire. You will find ♦ that it la readable, reliable ♦ and progress Ire, and will give e you the news reliably, accur- ♦ ately and folly. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦•• ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ NO. 39 J recorder, there being no other name before the convention. For Treasurer. S. G. Lightfoot, of Vinson, was uomiliated for treasurer. Dr. Dell, >f Weston, was nominated but with- -Irew from the race. For Superintendent. W. S. Mayberry was unanimously nominated for county school super­ intendent. For Surveyor. C C Berkeley, of Pendleton, was made tbe unauimous choice of tae convention for county surveyor. For Coroner. Dr. Campbell, of Helix, was nomi­ nated for coroner, but declined, and Dr. T. M Henderson was made the unanimous choice of thevconvention. For Repre»»«.tativ'*e. W. D. Chamberlain and William Blakeley were chosen as candidates for the legislature without opposl- tion. For Assessor. C. P. Strain was unanimously chosen as the candidate for county issessor. T. G. Hailey in nominal- irg Mr. strain, said the people of Umatilla county believe that Mr. Strain has done his whole duty and hat they will unanimously indorse .lie policy at tbe polls. "The school districts of the state desiring to borrow money and Issue bonds or warrants therefor, will not be required, until further order ot the board, to make first tender there­ of to the board before selling them, as otherwise provided by law." During the session of the board yesterday 34 applications for the loan of the irreducible school fund were approved, aggregating a total of 346 - K45. and six applications were re­ jected. Torpedo Boat Sent to the Bottom by the Japanese, and the Battleship Probieda Badly Damaged. WENT OVEh THE CLIFF Went Down With Seven Hundred Men and Admiral Maka roff—St. Petersburg Stunned by the News. Automobile Had Occupants, and No­ body Wai Killed. Walla Walla, April 13—Drawn over a 100 toot precipice in an auto­ mobile which bad become unmanage­ Nominates Full County Ticket—Commends Democratic Admmiatration of Admiral Aliexeff Will Have Supreme Command of Russia’s Eastern able. M D Wardlow, manager ot the Two Other Russian Warships Wer« Damaged at the Same Tim» Japsn- '’aah Cycld Company and Mias Bes Resolution of Squadron—The Petropavlovsk Was Sunk by the Japaneoe, in Battle— Umatilla County — Favor» Lewis and Clark Fair e«c Croac the Yalu and Spread Out Over tne Adjacent Country, But sie York, of Walia Walla had a mfr Port Arthur Acknowledged to Be in Imminent Danger—St. Petersburg aruIous escape from tragic death Respect to Colonel E. D. Boyd—T. G. Hailey’s Services Commended. Have a Scouting Force of Fifty Ai nihiiatod—It is Believed in Semi- yesterday afternoon while touring la Wrapped in Snow and Gloom. Official Sources at St. Petersburg That War With England Over the the upper Mill creek country In Mr. Wardlow» auto As a result of T.bet Imbroglio is Probable. their fearful fall Misa York is suffer­ Over 2®C enthusiastic delegates ours; but we condemn the parsimo­ ing from a dislocation and fracture were present this morn'ug when A. ny of the republican congress that St. Petersburg. April 14—Official ital has a desolate appearance this of the lower condyle. Mr. Wardlow C. Haley, secretary of the democratic appropriated for the celebration of dispatches state that tbe Russian morning A driving snow storm pre­ Is stiff, sore and bruised about the ic county central committee called such an important event the sum of battleship Pobleda was also struck vails. while the faces of the people body, while the automobile is badly hour at Pon Arthur, his capture if the county convention to order, at only >4.700.000, when the Oregon and a large hole torn in her siae. I depict sadness confirmed, is a sad blow to Rasala wrecked by coming in contact with delegation in congress asked for 32,- 10:30. The Japanese also surrounded and OFFICIAL NOTICE. newspapers the rocks in an old channel of Mill The early morning With commendable dispatch anu 125.000. sunk the Russian torpedo boat Ves- brought detail« of the catastrophe, creek. s Fight at Mouth of Valu, direct We indorse the proposed practiced ezperience. the convention trashni but 5«» of this boat’s crew and even the most ignorant bought St Petersburg, April 13.— Mad Mullah Changes Base. Tokio April 13.—Tbe official got down to actual work immedi­ primary law as a move in favor of were saved. Vic« Admiral Gn go row itch Car Barns Burned. them and Implored passersby to read count of the skirmish between two London. April 14.—An Adon dis­ the people and against tbe political ately. sends the following official s Buffalo N. Y.. April 13—The barns them aloud. »mall bodies of Japs and Russians patch states that the Mad Mullah. Dr. C. J. Smith was chosen tem­ bosses. account of tne lose of the Pe­ Sunk by the Japanese. The papers unanimously deplore of the International Railway, cover­ April lu. on the ban »a of the Yalu. We believe that the economical Against whom the British have been porary chairman. A. C. Haley secre­ a tropavlovsk: the disaster, but try to excuse Maka ing a block, burned this morning Tokio. April 14—According to was received today. tary and Joe Scott assistant secre- administration of the public affairs conducting a campaign, has reached The Petropavlovsk struck a Cause dispatch from Admiral Uriu today. roff and other officer* by recalling Loes. 3200.000. and insured It states that a lieutenant and five •tary. In a few well chosen remarks of the county anu the improvement Cilian territory. s mine at the entrance of the the Russian Imttleship Petropavlovsk the collision between the English probably Incendiary. marines were sent in a Korean haa- complimentary ot the large attend- ■ of its public highways, the develop harbor today. The mine ex­ was sunk by a Japanese, not by a battleship Victoria and the Camper­ Lcg boat to reconnoiter about th* ance, the harmony and the enthusi­ ment of Ils wonderful resources, both ploded and the vcssci was Russian mine Uriu's report says down during the maneuvers In the mouth of the river They sighted without irrigation, thc asm which marked the opening ot with and overturned. The squadron was few years «o. Mediterranean a in Togo's fleet sunk one battleship and seven Russian cavalrymen on a the convention. Dr. Smith declared speedy opening of the Columbia near Golden Mountain at the th.- one destroyer, with no Japanese which nearly the entire crew of Chinese junk and attacked them river to commerce, and the enact- the meeting in session. time. The Japanese were ap­ a Victoria was lost. losses. Tbe Russians wore reinforced, but laws and As a mark of esteem and appreci­ ment of proper election proach.ng port. Vice Admi­ In official circles the hope is ex- wem finally driven back, losing one ative respect, the first business trans the just enforcement of our laws ral Makaroff is apparently a pressed that the catastrophe will re- killed and two sounded. Tbe Japs Port Arthur in Great Danger. acted was the appointment of a most necessary to the progress and dead. Grand Duke Cyril. act to the benefit uf tbe Russian suffered no losses cciumittee of three, consisting of T. welfare of our people, and pledge London. April 14—A Central New» fighters by adding rage to courage Captam Yakov left and five of­ The report apparently concern J. Tweedy. Professor Roy Conklin our party to these ends. Rome telegram received from Niu ficer» and 32 sailors escaped It 1» cited that Russian officer* the same fight noted in Kuropatkin's Respectfully submitted. and J. N. B. Gerking. to draft a res- ■ Chwang. states the fall of Port Ar­ have solemnly sworn in case they a but more tnan 600 men were statemetit with the difference that olution ot respect to the late Colo-' T. G. HAiLEY. Chairman, thur is believed to be imminent and I capture him. to hang Admiral Uriu. a drown««. A number of bodies the latter str ted the Jap boats aunk WILL M. PETERSON. nel E. D. Boyd, whose life had been MARTIAL LAW AND CIVIL that Togo is preparing to land troops »ho i-umtnanded the Japaneee fleet EXACT • have already been recovered. EXTENT DAMAGE and al! aboard were toe* ROBERT M STANFIELD. devoted to the cause of democracy. | for a siege of the town. a a which sank the Russian cruiser Vari PROCESS IN CONFLICT. and whose act.vity and energy has JACOB S CHERRY, IS NOT YET DIVULGED. I ag off Chemulpo. H. C. WILLIS, contributed so much to the Jap» Scouts Annihilate«. Rumor of Mor* Disaster. .Mass for Masaroff and hia J T LIEUALLEN, of the party in thic county. was celebrated in the admiralty St. Petersburg. April 12—An offic- Military Refuse to Produce President Paris. April 14. — A Journal St. Pet- 700 Dead. Including Makaroff. VICTOR H. CHASTAIN. Committees on platform, creden ULFatad Damaged a Moyer, of the Federation of Miners , c™burg dispatch^states the rumor^ is chapel at noon today. Tbe czar and London. April 13.—From St. Per­ iai dispatch confirms Kooropatkin» CECIL WADE tials. order of business and house, all the government officer* attended Short a Collision. »rsburg it is now announced thflt 700 report of the Samalind aanihllatioti Habeas'current ln 'be Russian capital that were then appointed and on motion, in Answer to a Writ of In Memory to Colonel Boyd. another Russian warship has been and la Commanded by Roosevelt's ire dead. including Vice Admiral of 50 Jap scouts, and adds details of nominations for state and ccngres- Corpus—Actual Civil War is Prob- destroyed. Tbe Petit Parislen has a the Japanese movements. The Japs The committee on resolutions in Russian Official Account. Brother-,n-Law — a Sailor*« Pres­ Makaroff. as a result of the sinking bad sional delegates were made, In or­ honor of Colonel E. D. Boyd, report­ been entering Manchuria oppo- able in Colorado. like dispatch. >f the battleship Petroplatorsk by St. Petersburg. April 14 — Admiral der to expedite business at the after­ ed the following resolution, ence of Mind Saved the Ship From site Cbahediai. disguised as Koreans, which contact with a mine Tbe battleship Prince Vkh tomsky telegraphed to- noon session. and spreading _ _ along _ the _______ Destruction—Funds Be was returning from a cruise. was adopted by a rising vote: Complete river as _ far Sign of God'» Displeasure. day: Twenty-six delegates were then « Whereas, We the democracy of I a> !’■"mahonha writ of Ouray. Col.. April 13 — A ___ _ ____ ____ ing Raised for the Newt o* Km. Rome. April 14—The Agentia Ital- I "At 10 yesterday, during maneuv- placed in nomination for state and Um stills county, have luarned with In the second dispatch Kashtalin- Bell., tan's Chee’" Foo' correspondent t «ays says ers in the roaastead in tbe face of congressional conventions, the 13 dev lest regret of the death of Colo­ xttachment to arrest Genera) Hoist by Tne>r Own Petard. ski reports that the night of tbe lXw having the highest number of votes nel E. D. Boyd, one of the ablest anu ■ommanding the troops in San Mig -he destruction of the battleships ha» the Jap fleet, the battleship retro- 13 —Grand a suspicious Looking boat approach St Petersburg. April Pensacola. Fla . April 14 —Four or to be the state delegation, and the most faithful democrats of our state lel county, and Captain W ells, for produced an Intense depression at , pavioek < arrytag tbe flag of Com­ Duke Vladlmer. father of Grand ed tbe mouth of the river Laohoe. five officers and nine men were kill ­ ontempt of court In not producing i P „ n Arthur Russian superstition mander Makaroff, capsized after aa remainder to be the congressional be it ed by an explosion in tne turret of Duke Cyril, received a dispatch from After several shots were fired it put "‘resident Moyer'9 body In Judge taken the event as a sign that explosion delegation. Irand Duke Boris stating that Cyril a out its lights and retired. At the be- Resolved, That we. as the repre­ tievens’ court here yesterday, was God lg against them, and it U believ- The torpedo boat Vestrashni was the battleship Missouri during tar­ wound is slight. No mention is made * ginning of the cannonade seven The following delegates were nom- sentatives of the democratic party ot Their names are re* Sheriff Corbett that only the j -sence of the czar i »enl out yesterday with others on a get practice inated: A. D. Stillman. A. S. Pear this county, do extend our sympathy ssued this morning fused by the nary officials. The .0 the telegram of the loss of the junks put out from the right bank ot son, Joe Scott. T. J Tweedy, Will to his relative» in this their hour of s undecided when he will go to Tel-(at Port Arthur will revive the mar­ | night expedition, and was Missouri is commanded by Captain crew. The cause of the disaster is i the river, but when fired at retired. »ride to attempt to get service on tial spirit of the populace. Cecil led by the enemy's torpedo M. Peterson. Wm. Atchison. sorrow and mourn.ng .or his untlme tell and Welle. Cowles. President Roosevelt's broth- retorted to be contact with a Rus­ 'sank while fighting Ftve Wade. T G. Hailey. F.W Matlock. R sian mine not a Jap torpedo ly end as the departure of a most er-in law. More Rumian Lo—ee General Bell thi» morning declared Eight Hundred Lives Last. M. Powers, Fred Laatz, L. B. Plants, ♦ saved. estimable citizen and a staunch and vlth great anger that if any force Tok to April 13—A Wiju dispatch After the sinking of the Pet roper • W. D. Hansford. J. Ji. Raley. G. A. true democrat, devoted to our partj St. Petersburg. April 14-—Grand Russian Battleship Destroys«. was attempted by Sheriff Corbett to I Duke Boris has been ordered to j tovsk I took over temporarily the state« that a company of Russian Names of the Killed. Hartman, sr., W. a*. Pierce, R N. and its principles. 3ke either him or Wells out of San Berlin. April 13.—From St. Peters­ troops attempted to croa» the Yalu ; command of the fleet. Stanfield, Dr. W. R. Campbell, Wil­ navy br>n« bis brother Cyril to St Peter»- Washington. April 1*.—The T. J. TWEED i, Miguel county. , that ___ ______ there ______ would ___ be burg M gzJOO M tJ><> wotln4eeen killed and William McBride. The committee on platform pre ttevens. but refused to say what the live« on the Petropavlovsk succeeded in making the harbor Ward and Neumann, and nine sail ficers. including the Grand Duke 12th regiment of sharpshooter*. Sev­ Chairman Smith, then announced ! without aid. an no one aboard was ora his committees when the convention sented tbe following resolution com ^attire of the charge would be. Gridley was a son of Captain Cyril, the csar's cousin, were wound­ eral other Russian partiea have been The threat to arrest Judge Stevens repulsed in attempts to eroee the mending the official acts of T. G | hurt adjourned until 1:30. Dynamite at St. Petersburg. Gridley, who commanded the Olym­ ed Another private mesMge from Port rivar. Hailey as district attorney and rec­ s taken as a retaliation, and is gen­ pia at the battle of Manila, and Committee on Credentials. London. April 14. — Tne Central ommending him for the congression erally ridiculed by the conservative News correspondent at bt. Peters­ Ward was a son nf Brigadier Gener­ Arthur adds that two other ships Aliexeff in Command. M. J. Stillman. Robert Hager, Chas. al nomination. element. were seriously damaged The Pe­ Russian» Confident. al Ward burg wires that a dynamite outrage f* Paris. April 14—The Echo Loeffler. Lle possibility in the reported cap- emy and maintained a hot fight each The fol- We, the representatives of the sioner were then ms de. Public Domain. from the president himself was also Salem, April 14.—There Is consid­ ure of Admiral Makaroff at Port Ar- »id« losing a torpedo boat. Obwrv democracy of Umatilla county, Ore- lowing gentlemen were nominated: Great Damage Done by Water in hur. Recent reports stated that tng his torpedo boat foundering Ma- be- J. F. Kilgore, of Meaton; gon, in convention assembled, William Salt Lake City. erable more of a demand for the dispatched to Admiral Barker, com mandlng the North Atlantic fleet, vlakaroff has twn making sorties karoff went out with two cruiser» to _ in the rule of tbe people, Lloyd, North Miiton; Julius Hude- lieving Portland, April 14 — The republican loan of school money and the Irre ­ San Ijtke, April 14.—The junction conveying uis deepest sympathy. from the port in small boats, doing face the entire Japanese fleet but and the moat economical administra mann, Fulton, and Frank Spike, of of nine water mains at the head of congressional convention of the aec- ducible school fund Is becoming rap- »coat duty. It Is a possibility that waa too late to be of «— How It All Happened. tion of government consistent witn Echo. It was decided that it should .Main street, burst this morning, lift­ the public welfare, heartily indorse require a majority of ail the votes ing the street car tracks and pave­ on.l district yesterday nominated J. , idly depleted. The applications on The bureau of naval affairs makes the Japs allowed the admiral to grow such action wa« a perfect Index of iver-confldent and have intercepted bls work of infusing new life lcto th» the efficient management of county cast to nominate. On the first ballot N. Williamson for congress without hand are so numerous that, if grant- the following statement: ments and flooding the business dis­ affairs by our present democratic Lloyd received 69, Spike 8, Hudeman , ed. would leave no surplus, and the “It la learned from unofficial In­ him. Makaroff being the hero ol the dry bones of the port. opposition. trict, and und>-rm.ning such historic county officials, and commend them 78 and Kilgore 61. No candidate A full representation from the dis­ state land board has decided that no formation. that prior to the accident as diligent, conscientious and fear­ having a majority, another ballot was landmarks as the monument to Brig­ WALL STREET FOR PARKER. PRELIMNIARY HEARING. ham Young aril the Pioneers ’ monu ­ trict wan present Judge James A. more money will lie loaned out at to the gun aboard the Missouri, less officers whose efforts have re­ ordered, Spike withdrew from the i the minimum rate of Interest qnder there had been no flame blown back Fee, of Pendleton, wan unanimously ment. The damage in sight amounts sulted in a careful and economical race and the second ballot resulted Secret Cabal Headed by Auguet Bel- Mrs. Botkin Charged With Commit- elected chairman of the convention. ; the law, 5 per cent, and accordingly whatever, that tne rapidity of ser­ administration of county affairs, and in 88 votes for Hudeman, 78 for to several thousand dollars. ■ made an order yesterday afternoon vice of the Missouri's guns had been .. ..... —. —_ . ! Another Murder. The name of Malcolm A. Moody a reduction of tbe county debt; and Lloyd and 45 for Kilgore. Kilgore that the rate of interest In the future relatively very slow; in fact, only New ^ork. April 12—The Evening, was not presented to the convention St. Patrick's Day Won. we pledge all nominees of this con­ withdrew and the third ballot re­ until further notice, would be rained half as rapid as that of the Albany, Mail will print tonight an expose of satent was also issued to the new • e • e e a sented. vhich made the Oregon country unanimously for the office of county a • ••••••a • bearing a lean rat» than 6 per cant. a.a aaaaaaaaaaaaaa a the court of app»ala." I company to the Black Butte group. 4 5I0IIS KILLED INTEREST RITE • ••••••••••••• I