EKKLY EDITION • • Unswayed by fear, uninfiu- • • enced by favor, the truth. East Ore- the gonian will tell the • whole truth, about county. It • stale aud national affairs. • is fair, absolutely fair. its to • -aose who differ from • views, as well as to its • friends. • • ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • The East Oregonian of Pen­ dleton, Oregon, la published in the heart of the wonderful In­ e land Empire. You will find that it is readable, reliable e and progreeslve, and will give you the news reliably, accu­ rately and fully. •••••••••••••e* VOI.. XXVIII SUMPTER EXTENSION. PENDLETON. UMATILLA CO., OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY (5, 19IM PORTLAND MAN SUICIDES. detail. Immediately uuon the com pletion of the wire circuit Into the ex­ Narrow Gauge Road Will Be Built Lost a Fortune at Gambling and No position grounds the president was Santa Fe Resorts Courts Toward Burns This Season. Hope of Retrieving. notified and he repaired to the East Against Striker*. room, where there were assembled Portland, May 2.—H. W. Cowell, Baker City, May 2.—There are the justice* of the United Stato« su­ Albuquerque, April 30.—On appll- some activity in railroad circles with one of the widest known advertising preme court, the members oi the the cation of the Ranta Fe, Di strict specialist* on the Pacific Coast, and the opening of spring and just as diplomatic corps, and a number of Judge Baker has issued an Injunc- (or years advertising man in various soon as the snow is sufficiently off other guests of note. tlon restraining the striking railroad the ground and the roads in some large Eastern department stores, sui- shopmen from any more interference The arrangements contemplated kind of shape operations will begin I elded this morning with gas, on ac with employes of the company, or prompt opening of — the exposition at I count of financial reverses. He left by the Sumpter Valley Railroad the movement or operation of the noon central time, but there were a I a note that he had lost the last of for the extension of its line company ’s engines, , cars and all other Seeks Recourse From County few minutes delay In making the fi- Capture Antung, at Mouth of company from Whitney west and south lo­ many thousand dollars gambling They preparations President Roose- machinery and i appliances. wards Burns, the objective point in with no hope to recover, and believ Impressive But Simple Ceremonies, Concluded by Roosevelt; nal velt stood at the key chatting with are also enjoined from entering the Yalu, by Land and Water Eastern Oregon. ed the gamblers should pay for hi? for Strain’s Alleged Exces­ those aliout him. in the course of company's right of say and other Pushing the Button at Washington. The Sumpter Valley is now in op- funeral. grounds and property. the con vernation he expressed re- Assault. sive Assessment. eration and has been for a number gret at his Inability to be present at NEW CHANGES. of years between Baker City and . the opening of the exposition in per­ CAPTAIN HEALY ARRESTED. Sumpter, 32 miles, and for two years son. but said that he hoped he mig^i. RUSSIANS BURN THE past, the extension from Sumpter to Alleged That Norman William* Once An Immane« Crowd Ll*t«r*d to Several Addresses and Then Made a tie able to visit the groat fair later Charged With Embezzlement From MANY CO-RESPONDENTS Whitney, 14 miles, has been in opera­ Attempted Murder. in the ysar TOWN AND THEN FLEE. An Alaskan Company. WITH THE ASSESSOR. Rush for the Entrance—“All Nation«' Parade” the Principal Feature tion and last summer the further ex­ Portland, April 29.—A message A few minute* after 1 o'clock a tension from Whitney to Tipton. from The Dalles says the district at­ Chicago, April 30. — Captain John of the Day—The Ground* Swarm With Children, and the Weather mesaage from President Francis say- J. Healy, ex-president of the Alaska eight miles, the top of the divide go­ torney Is examining the charge that Ing mat all was ready and reque*:- Troops Were Assisted by a Bombard­ ing down into the John Day valley, Norman Williams once attempted to and Other Conditions Are Very Agreeable and Auspicious — Machin­ ing that the machinery of the ex­ Exploration Company, was started Company Deni«« the Justice of tne position be started wa* ticked off the to New York this morning to answer ment From Gunboats and Armed was partially finished before snow poisoned a man whom he owed »50 Assessment end AllegM That Mr. ery All In Perfect Running Order came. wire and handed to President R oom »’ a charge ot alleged emb«tzzlenient of He has gone to the neighborhood of Launches — Japanese Make Im­ Strain's Work Was Done Inaccu­ »8.000, when his attorneys obtained The work will now proceed on Mount Hood to secure witnesses velt. portant Captures of Munitions of through Tipton. Austin and towards Williams is being tried on the charge Mr Roosevelt then gently pressed a writ of habeas corpus and over­ rately and Witnout Regero to the Prairie City, Canyon City and Burns □f murdering the Nesbitt women on the Morse key.* which action in­ took the officers with the prisoner War — Russian Battleship Aground Statutes—Has Employed Local At­ Just how far the line will be built stantly gave the slgr-al to the St before they reached the depot Healy St Louis. April 30.- President se< retary of war as the central figure declares It spite work Ed tor Sentenced for Rape. at St. Petersburg — Plans of Rus­ this year President Eccles 1* yet un­ Ixiul* end and put In motion the torneys and Will Carry the Fight Roosevelt touched an electric button'of -I the day's exercise« Secretary whole of the exposition Walla Walla. May 2.—Saturday in Washington today able to state. The steel is on hand sian Mobilization Sold by a Treach­ Taft's address was brief and very to the Supreme Court If Need Be for the Tipton extension and the night F. W. D. Mays, the veteran ed A few minutes later a message of FOUND DEAD As he did so the report of a canon characteristic of the man who is erous Official at Warsaw. market is easy for immediate deliv- itor and preacher of Pomeroy, began was heard here by the expectant congratulation ws* sent by the pres­ a three-year sentence in the state multitude, flags unfurled as If by known to be as modest as he Is able ident and a reply received from Mr Water Work* Clerk st To'edo Short ery. Francis Spsaks to Roosevelt Passenger and freight cars and lo­ orison on a charge of criminally as magic, an avalanche of water poured The long expected tax fight by the Fran- is saying that the program was in Hi* Accounts. vaulting Pearley May Parsail, a When tbMe formalities were con­ carried out *ucce«afu)ly and every- comotives were purchased last year ORAN against the • county to London, May 2.—The Central News down the cascade*, the great engines Toledo, April 29.—Captain W Mar­ Seoul correspondent wires that the in sufficient numbers to operate the •*oung girl aged 15. Mays pleaded in the machinery palace and power cluded there came a scene that was one wa« tn a wild hurrah over the tin. for 12 years tap clerk at the prevent the collection of. and in op Japanese victory on the Yalu Sunday entire line besides this the com guilty to the charge in the superior houses started throbbing- and the notable for Us intense impressive­ oper Ing. «rater works, confronted with the ev- position to. the high aseeMmem President Francis stepped to was most complete, the Russian lines pany is building new refrigerator ?ourt at Pomeroy Thursday and Louisiana Purchase Exposition was ness líeme a short time ago of a short­ msde on their property by C. P Judge C. F. Miller, sentenced him to the front of the stand and faced the cars and cabooses and rebuilding lo ­ being thrown into confusion and □pen to the world age of »3/XtO. did not come to his of­ Strain. » n- ; -»mmenc ed to the clr serve three years In the penitentiary expectant multitude, It was a fe« comotives. The distance from Tipton their retreat disorderly. Opening Ceremonies. fice this morning. Later the bodies minute* past the noon hour, and to Austin is seven miles and from of Martin and his wife were found in cult court this morning 1 when Chas The opening ceremonies wi*r* so these words came from the clearest Austin to Prairie City 17 mUe«. The Detads of the Battle. a bedroom with the gas tap* remov H Carter W. W. Cotton snd Arthur simple and so plain that they were ot voice*: entire distance from Baker City by ed Martin was a etri! war veteran Spencer, attorneys for the company London, May 2.—The Japanese the proposed route to Burns is about In perfect harmony with th» meth­ I adles and Gentlemen. I will now a.ed * petition asking the court tor minister, Hayashi, this afternoon Is­ 160 miles od* of President Francis and hl* ef- ‘ dictate a telegram a writ of review at the next term sued a later report by General Kuo- ficient aids, but they «“re at the I "To the President of the United COFFEE TANK EXPLODED- L matliia county, the county court rokir, regarding the Yalu fight and same time very impressive and made' States of America. Washington. D. LICENSING THE PROCURER. dated Kiuleng Cheng. Manchuria, First l Fatality Attending the St sitting for the transaction of county i fitting prelude to one of the most C-: The representatives of the na­ business and for the levying of northeast of Antung. It reads: memorable events in American his­ tions send greetings, and request Mayor Boyd of Spokane Give* Para­ Louis Exposition. axes, G. A Hartman, county judge. WASHINGTON RECEIVES "We advanced May 1 along three tory The dedication ceremonies, a that you put in motion the machinery sites New Lease of Life. St. Ixiul*. April 30 —By the explo- T P. Gilliland and Horace Walker, roads, driving the enemy before us. year ago. were attended by a mill- ■ of the Louisiana Purchase Exposi­ CONFIDENTIAL NEWS Spokane. May 2.—The Peerless tlon of a 5o-gal)on tank of c-offee in commissioners, W D Chamberlain, During the afternoon we carried the tary pageant that was significant of tion." •Me the fair ground* this afternoon county clerk; and T. D. Taylor, sher- line from Antung Sien to Liusheuko. Employment agency was given a li­ 3IX THOUSAND MEN the nation's prove«, and after the A few feet away sat ¡he telegraph 'our person* were seriously injured .S and ex-officio tax collector of the “The Imperial Guards surrounded cense to further conduct bis business DIRECTLY AFFECTED baptism of arms comes the sweet operator who sent every word as it Sixteen Thousand Japanese Made an vad Charles Goodrich fatally so. county, are named as defendants in the enemy on thre sides. After se­ t»y the city comptroller and Mayor presence of art and science, and the fell from the Ups of the speaker, who Attack on a Much Larger Force of the suit. vere fighting we captured their guns, Boyd this morning in the face of the formai opening today was marked by paused at the end ot ererj few Rum an*, and Are Making Ad­ The document filed cover* 25 pages Steamer* Collide. besides horses and carriages. The sensational expose of the Press of 3elieved That Nine Thcusard Men In be absence of soldiery in uniform word* jf typewritten manuscript, together vance* All Along the Lina — Are general reserve corps is advancing a few days ago. Mr. Sebring of this The rsst audience was touched as Falmouth April 90 — The steamer* The place of rendezvous was the Other Department* of Santa Fe’s along the I.iaoyang -road, the enemy agency was sent to the penitentiary Being R«mforc«d on th« Seen« of Cresyl and Zaziprak -olltded tn a fog • 1th a copy of the assessment roil ¡rear plaza to the north of the Grand it bad not been by anything else that ,'or one year for trying to sell Spo Service Will Go Out From Sympa fleeing toward Feng Huang Cheng bad happened during the opening ex­ list night off here The latter sank •nd mar* and plats of .he company’s Basin and in the shadow of the im ­ Battle. thy—Eight Hundred Locked ~ut a' posing Louisiana Purchase monu­ ercise*. The clicking of the tele "The booty captured includes a kane girls into a house of ill fame »nd 10 of her crew and the captain me* and possessions tn the rounty it contains descriptions of all the ' large quantity of arms and ammuni­ 1 few days ago. Topeka — Official* of the Compa ment graph Instrument was heard by all were drowned At 9 o'clock the board of di­ Investigation into the matter re Holdings of the company in the coon tion and an officer.” St. Petersburg. April 30—A heavy ny Declare They Will Fight th« rectors of the fair, the members of within a radius of many feet, no veals a deplorable state of affairs ;y. divided into the main line, the silent and noiseless was the the national commission the board ot “ □gage meet on the Yalu I* reported Union* to a Finish—Strike* ir Bandmaster Innis Injured. and shows where the city ordinance Spokane branch and the Walla Walla Russians Burn Antung. :hrong :ady managers and other officials Sixteen thousand Japanese crossed 8t. Louie. April 3i>—Bandmaster □ranch Chicago and New York. One could easily Imag.ne what was the river Thursday and attacked 30.- London. May 2.—The Japanese in this matter is sorely lacking. met in the Administration building An employment agent does not Innes. driving to the fair ground* What th« Company Allege«. minister today issued the report of where there «as an Interesting little going on at the other end of the wire vuO strongly fortified Russian* It is application befort ceremony as a prelude to the more at the nation's capital No one rumored the Japanese were reinforc­ this morning, was badly injured ir The company allege* as ground fur the captain of the gunboat Maya, have to place his Washington, May 2.—A genera important event* of the day This spoke or moved s collision of his carriage with a tro) isklng for the writ, that the county which acted in conjunction with the the city council for the approval of A minute passe-* ed. and the battle continues Ja;- that body. He simply files his bond land forces of. the Japanese in Sun of »1.000, has it approved by thf trike of machinists on the Santa F> consisted of the presentation to by Then a few second* more o! anese sharpshooters killed many Rus ley car The lay opens ideally fair .ourt had no right or power to case * tax levy without first eeLima:;ng day's attack on the Russian line on corporation counsel and then places ■-ystem has been ordered by Pres- President Francis of a gavel, with stillness, that told that the heart* of sian officer* lent O'Connell, of the Internationa which to call to order the as»emblage these people were in the rigut place. the Yalu. ft confirms in a degree the Welcome Botkin Dead he amount of money needed for the thing before the mayor for his •lachinists' Association, taking e Japan««« Victory. snd then, as the tension was growler report that the Russians burned An- ot notables. The gavel San Francisco. April 30—Welcome county purposes and the amount of approval. ect at 9. Western time, this mon of many pieces of wood was made stronger and more significant, the taken from tnng. Washington. April 90.— State de Botkin, the divorced husband of »-ate snd scuool taxes, and entering Mayor Boyd approved the Peerless ng It will affect fi.frOO members d report of a cannon was beard, the partmect officials are Informed that Cordelia Botkin, died thU morning of in its determination therein, which A naval detachment, comprising various trees grown in the Forest and therebj •ectly. and may result in bringing ou the Maya. Uji and some torpedo boats license this morning Park portion of the action was not taken by the court. exposition people jutnpeu. applauded, shouted, the big battle on the Yalu resulted heart disease blacksmiths ». frantically waved their hat* and in a Japanese victory, but decline to ascended the Yalu and bombarded placed himself on record. He was he boilermakers That the order of the court in levy grounds. the matter by a seen regarding ■oreworkers in sympathy. Handkerchiefs and gave every other f supervision of the passenger de- 1 lately carried the boy to his home, and shot every sheep in the herd to proceedings were begun this more >artment of the Southern Pacific Or­ in Idaho. huge task of preparing the exposi­ ed in the fact that most of the young­ In defraying the expenses of collec­ The central office will be in Em­ a short distance away. Ing by Mrs. Mary Edwards, who«« egon lines. death. This makes 4,000 sheep that tion and had done many tnlngs that sters seemed to be unaccompanied tion. Mr. Craig has only been here a mett and one or two operators will be Craig Thom was the eldest son of have been killed in that district this only a great man of remarkable ver­ by their parents or older persons ‘ “Our state membership is about husband. Lauri Edwards, and Do tdded to the present force. Line­ Robert Thom, the well known farm- spring. The cattlemen are determin­ satility can perform. He said that he They swarmed through the big build 20.000, out of a total of 26.000 engag mencio Russo, the Italian tenor, fig w ple of years but in that time hs men will also make their headquar­ ?r, living near Echo, ami Milo ed that Oregon sheep shall not cross had worked many months on his Ings, got themselves tangled up in ed In the retail liquor trade in this ured in a sensational affray at Fair ias established his reputation as a state. An assessment of »5 per fax. Marin county. Tuesday. Sh< juslness man of exceptional ability. Graves is the eldest son of E D. the line into their summer ranges. ters nere. speech, and that in delivering it he all sorts of unexpected place* and month for seven months is »35; mul­ charges failure to provide, neglect Iv has made hundreds of friends all Telephone connection with Roose­ Graves, O. R. & N. agent at this made the lives of the Jefferson Guards would deliver the keys of the build- tiplied 20,000 times ft is »700.000." extreme cruelty and of being falsely >ver the state and hi* Pendleton velt means that Emmett merchants place. Frost Kills the Prunes. irgs to President Francls. which he miserable from daylight to dark. riends are more than pleased that accused of adultery with Russo. will get most of the Thunder Moun­ The funeral was held at the M K C. M. Smith of Jefferson, is In ;he did. They invaded the sacred precincts ot te is not to be taken away from Walla Walla for Hearst. tain trade.—Emmett Index. church at 2 o’clock this afternoon, city today. Mr. Smith reports seri- they The transfer of the exhibit palaces the Mohammedan mosque; Oregon POSTPONED. by Rev. W. P. Jinnett. and inter­ ous damage to the prune crop In the 'o F J. V. Skiff, director of exhibits, swarmed about the waterways until Walla Walla. April 29—A strong Northern Idaho Flourishing. ment took place in Odd Fellows' upper part of the county by the frost was then made. Mr. Skiff dellvere- It looked a* though the United States feeling among the delegates in favor CHICAGO TRUCK DRIVERS. of last night He says the fine or­ 1 brief address and was accorded a life-savers would have to give more of the nomination of W. R. Hearst Watson and McKinley Hearings Wil Alexander McPherson, state hortl cemetery here. Take Place Monday. The accident is peculiarly sad, chard of E. N. Thomas is practically rousing reception for his Invaluable exhibitions than they bad bargained and of Indorsing the full silver plat­ cultural Inspector, has returned from Portland, April 29.—Emma Wat Wi[l Strike Unless They Get an In­ Northern Idaho, where he appointed because of the fact that the Thoms ruined for this year and other grow­ work In making the exposition a sue- for; and they ran up and down Art form. was characteristic of the dem crease In Wag*«. three deputy inspectors in Kootenai ind Graves were old neighbors and ers are of the opinion that every ceas. Hill and roamed through the forestry ocratlc county convention, which met son, under indictment by a federal friends in Iowa, and had just renew­ tree on low ground will not bear a Chicago. April 29.—Upon the result reservations until forced to remain In the court bouse yesterday after­ grand jury for land frauds, will ap and Latah counties. Carter's Address. noon pear before Judge Bellinger for ar of a conference proceeding this after- The prospects for a magnificent ed their acquaintance and the child­ pound of fruit. The Thomas fruit quiet by sheer exhaustion. Addresses followed by Thomas H. raignment Monday. The judge's ab noon depends the strike of 1.000 It appeared as though they wore yield of all kinds of fruits, said Mr. ren were enjoying one of their first farm is one of the largest In the Burned to Death. Bence this morning caused a i