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r I r ? - DAILY EVENING EDITION Eastern Oregon Weather "TonlghT nntT Sauiftiay cloudy" to partly cloudy, with showers or snow tlurrleti tonight. PENDLETON, ITkfATIIiliA COUNTY, OlUSGCWjT, P1M DAY, IMAHCII 21, 1002. NO. 408S 15. l delivered lit your residence ' I , , - I rc business by currier IJsZ aBalBBW"4 MaV jl aaatfaflaBaBa" .HF Hi nut ARMY OXFORD IS READY FOR CAMBRIDGE4 in Today's Cabinet igDecision!iHeid Roosevelt, IOOSEVELT - DO TO GEN. MILES? Interests People in -Some Possible Re- falksd of in the Capital. March 21. There is .speculation today as to or General- MiieB given hefore the senate Dmmittee on Thursday. lion is crowing that Pres- PVelt will retire him un- te limit. On tne otner contended that Roosevelt innot take cognizance of Snorts of Miles' strictures. I- the privileged character iy glver before the senate 1 privacy 01 an executive attempt to punish an of- rlng expression to his opin ieasure before congress at of the committee would, lead to vigorous action by the protection of Its wit- ; in defense of its own au- tral Miles' Position. Miles today asserted .that true he opposed the pas- army bill before the com- every argument In his he did not .exceed his as general of the com- rmy. The published reports sments he characterized as full of misquotations. For ke says he did not tell the What with the bill a law the jf war and "the adjutant- Mild and would fill the gen- rwith their favorites, al- did state that he could tpersonnel of the staff. He the has done nomore than i, opposing to the extent of '.a measure which accord- Eviews is "highly iniqui- babinet meeting today was lost entirely to the Miles er prolonged discussion, toosevelt decided to take in the matter until he "re- eport of the exact language le general beforehe com- f; Irevet Commissions. jgton, March 21. Among the of nominations for brevet bns in the volunteer and reg- sent to the senate for con- today were the following: lr Major-general by brevet, liarry Egbert, for distlnguish- itry in action at Manila, Phil llands. He was killed. Ber-general by brevet, Colo- rson Llscomb, for consnicu intry at Tien Tain, China, . was killed; Colonel Charles for gallantry in the batye' of j, Cuba. leer Brigadier-general by Colonel John Wholley, First kton Infantry, for distinguish- fctry in action near Manila, to fenant-colonel by brevet; Ma- A. Logan, for distinguished 1 San JacQuinto, Luzon, where killed. Great Annual Boat Race to Take Place Tomorrow Over the Thames Course. London, March 21. Tho great an nual boat race between Oxlord and Cambridge takes place tomorrow over the usual Thames course from Putney to Mortlake. There is as must interest in tho event as in any ! previous year,' and the Tontest be tween picked representatives ot tne two-universities promises io be wit nessed by an immense throng pf spectators. For Americans the con test this year promises unusual inter est from the fact that two members ! of the Oxford crew are Americans, the sons of John G. Milburn. who wa3 I president of. the Buffalo 'Pan-Ameri can exposition, j Both crews took their final practice spin today, several thousand people 1 a goodly number belonging to the I betting fraternity, turning out to I form their final judgment on the per formance of the two crews. Through out the week the Cambridge men have been in excellent form, although the OxionianB have had the. benefit of the most famous of coaches, and as a result th light blues are slightly the favorite in the betting. Tfco Cambridge crew is made up as follows: W. H. Chapman, Third Trinity, bow, 159 pounds; T. Drys- ; dale, Jesus, No. 2, 174 ; J. Edwards, Moss, Third Trinity, No. 3, 173; C. W. t H. Taylor, Third Trinity, No. 4, ISO; jF. J. Escombe, Trinity Hall, No. 5, 1 181; H. B. Grylls, Firsfrlrinity, No. 6, 177; P. H. Thomas, Third Trinity, No. 7, 178; R, H. Nelson, Third Trin ity, stroke, 16Q; H. C. S. Wasbor rough, Thinity Hall, coxswain, 118. The names and weights of the Ox ford men are: C. C. Dinkwater, IWadhem'. bow. 153 pounds; D. Mil- burn, Lincoln, No. 2, 164; J. Younger, jNew College, No. 3, 177; H. J. Hale, (Balliol, No. 4, 180; J. G. Milburn, , Lincoln, No. 5, 182; A. de Long, New College, No. 6, 181; H. W. Adams, University, No. 7, 171; T. O. J. Hunt ley, University, stroke, 1C0; C. S. Maclagan, Magdelen, coxswain, 117. This will be the fifty-eighth boat race between the two universities. Oxford has been the winner of thirty one contests and Cambridge twenty six, while the race of 1887 was a dead heat. The start tomorrow will be made between one and two o'clock, the Thames being at high College "Gymnastic Meet. Philadelphia, March 21. The best j gymnasts of many of the leading col ; leges and universities are to be seen at their best tonight in the Acedemy of Music on the occasion, of the annu al contests of the Intercollegiate Gymnastic association. The associa tion includes in its membership Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Columbia, Amherst, Rutgers, Haver ford, New York University- and the University of "Wisconsin. The' events to be contested are the horizontal bar, parallel bars, side horse, rings, tumbling and club swinging. kgton, March 2L The house nittce on naval affairs today I a report on the various solutions presented to the id recommends that further tlon of Biich bills be indefi- Btponed and no further ac- laken thereon. ttest Line's new Ship. krk, March 21. The new steamship Oscar II., of the kamship Company, Is due to m York on her maiden trip i and much interest is man lier arrival among shipping p vessel is the largest ply en America and .Scandlna- 1b 515 feet long, and is ex- tmake the trip from Scandt IrtB to New York in eleven re 600,000 people in Italy ' rearing silk worms. Territory Travelers. Oklahoma City, Ok., March 21.- This city today experienced a pleas ant invasion of knights of the grip who are here from all parts of Okla homa and the Indian Territory for a two days' meeting of the United Commercial Travelers. Candidates will be initiated and much business of Interest to members of- the order will be transacted, the meeting con cluding with a banquet tomorrow night. Cincinnati's Musical Festival. Cincinati, O., March 21. All ar rangements are complete for the fifteenth Cincinnati Musical Festival, to be held next month under the di rection of Theodore Thomas with an orphestra of 100 and a chorus of 500. The soloist will be Marie Zimmer man, M3ss Clara Turpen, Mme. Schumann-Heine Ben Davles, Ellison Van Hoose, Gwylm Miles and Andrew Black, who comes from England es pecially for the festival. Naval Cadets vs Washington Fencers Washington, D, C, March 21. The fencing team of the United. States na val academy came to Washington to day to try conclusions with the crack team of the Washington Feacer' Club. Both teams are in excellent trim and the outcome of the match is awaited with interest. Lord Hope Dlyorced. ' 'London, March 21. Lord Francis Hope this morning was granted a de croe of divorce with costs against his wife, May Yohe, on account of her adultery with Capt. Putnam Randlee Strong, bob of the ex-Mayor of New York. NEW YORK MARKET. , Reported by I. L. Ray A Co., Pendle- i ton. Chlcano Board of Trade and ! New York Stock Exchange Brokers. , Now York, March 21. Tho wheat . market was dull and featureless to-1 ilay with a downward tendency of prices. Liverpool was '& higher, 6 U. New York opened and closed j 70 Chicago opened and clos ed 73 Corn was nearly . cent lower, 60V4. Stocks higher. Money 4 per cent. Closed yesterday, 80. i Opened today, 7JT6. Range loday, 70S0. Closed today, 70. . . Sugar, 133. Stool. 42. St. Paul. 167V5. Union Pacific, 100. Wheat In Chicago. Chicago, March 21. Wheat 74 Wheat In San Francisco. San Francisco, March 21. Wheat -111,4. FLOODS EAST 1 Lives Lost and Property De stroyed Number Lost is Not Yet Known. CARRIED AWAY TWO BRIDGES IN MAINE. High Waters Swept twecn Bangor and Loss of Life. the River Be. Brewer, With Mo., March 21. Tho big and tho Maluo Central Canadian Pacific's New Equipment Dft"K.r' . oi fri. toll hrldgo o 'n ' w ; brldgo between Rnngor and Brewer Canadian Pacific ofllceVs havo just , . h flo0(, ,Rgt comp otod tho annual order Tor roll- , , reported that a num. I B stock, wmcii ih u.o inrsBsi iu m bop Qf ,vM wonj ,ost j)olh lUBiory oi wie cum puny, uuu wm ; .. woro bring its freight car service nlono "P l m" ' " oa inn a i i .n mo lime. IU ou,uuu, mill I in iuuuiuuiivi-o iu OH! SO MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT IT. Uncle Sam I've come to one conclusion, John. John Bull What's that? ... . Uncle Sam It pens were only spades tho Nicaragua Cancl would be dug by this time. SNOWBOUND PASSENGERS. Three Hundred Arrived in St Paul Last Night. St. Paul, March 21. Three hundred passengers, w.bo had been snowbound on the Great Northern line in North Dakota, arrived here last night. Over forty cars of baggage and about 20 tons of mail came in at the same time. Passengers tell stories of great NEWSPAPERS SAID TOO MANY THINGS. about one thousand In round num bers. Of tho eighty new locomotivos the grent majority will bo o the hea vy Atlantic type, with ten drivers and weighing an avorago of 1150 tons. They will bo built in tho company's shops in this city. Internormal Debate. West Superior, Wis., March 21. The regular annual Wisconsin Inter normal oratorical contest takes placo hero tonight and arrangements for tho event havo been completed and the contest promises to bo tho most interesting affair of tho kind that has ever taken placo here. struc- filled with sightseers at How many Of these suc ceeded In reaching the shore in safe ty wns di moult to determine. Ice Gorge Breaks. Sioux City, la., March 21. Thorite sourl rlvor roso eight feet at Cham berlain, S. D., InBt night. It Is sup posed tho great lco gorge nt Little Band has gono out. Tho river con tinues to rlso, and, if it gocH much higher, groat damago must follow. in Caused- Dismissal of Divorce Case Chicago. Chicago, Macji 21. The sensa tional Thomas divorce case, in which Harold Thomas son ofGeneral Sam uel Thomas, a New York multl-inlll-Honaire, seeks a divorce from hla wife, Adah, on statutory grounds, nrtvnrinn diiriner trip mocKaue or luu n ,,i,.ni .1 i.i i.. . V " J - j i-ttmt: .u au aui hjiu cuu LHIO IIIUIUUIK pours, xnere was attie wooa on ine When the court on motion of the trains and the coal supply gave out. On Monday the snow plows cleared the way to Williston, S. D7 where food and fuel were found in plenty. The snow drifts were 35 feet high in some places. New Zinc Process Successful. Pittsburg. Kan.. March 21. The zinc smelter at Bruce, which has been operatbd for some months by the owners of the Sadtler process of treating zinc ores, has shut down In definitely. The- testing of the patent ed process is understood to have demonstrated the utility of the sys tem of retorts upon which the pro cess was based. During the peiiod of experimental operation zinc ores from Colorado high In lead and iron values, were successfully treated, as well as ores' from the Joplin district, carrying heavy percentages of Iron. plaintiff's attorney, indefinitely post poned the case. It is claimed thnt newspaper publications and state ments made in court which tho jury should not have heard, wore so prejudicial to tho plaintiff that an equitable verdict could not havo been rendered. Ferns vs. Neill. San Francisco. March 21. Keen interest is manifested in the twenty' round contest between "Rube" Ferns and Al Neill, which is slated to come off In the Mechanic's Pavilion to night under National Athletic Club auspices. Both men, as a rc-feul! of hard training, appear to be in fin fettle. The contest means much to Ferns as upon the result depends Tils chances of Meeting Tommy Ryan for the championship. Two Tried and Acquitted. Savannah, Mb., March 21. Stewart Fife, on trial for the murder of Frank Richardson, was acquitted this morn ing, The widow of the murdered man first was accused and tried for mur der, but also was acquitted. Effort was made to show that Fife and the woman were on more than friendly terms. Sargent Had No Offer. Bt. Louis, March 21; Frank Sar gent, chief of tho Brotherhood of Fire men, denies that he has been tender ed the office of commissioner of gen eral immigration now filled by Pow derly. Hitchcock Hangs On. Washington, March 21. Aa oftclal associated with Secretary Hitchcock, said today that Hitchcock has bo thought of resigning. WESTON PRIMARIES. on Tuesday, They Will Be Held March 25. The democratic primaries for Wes ton precincts will be held next Tues day, Miarch 25 at 2p. m., and all dom-1 ocratic voters are herewith notified and urged, to attend, says tho Leader. The primary for Weston precinct will bd held at tho oflVco of tho Wes ton hotel, for the purpose of electing seven delegates to the democratic county convention, which convenes at Pendleton Saturday, March 29. The primary for East Weston pre cinct, will bo held at tho city council rooms for the purpose of electing five delegates to the county convention. This business concluded, both pri maries will afterward unite In a joint meeting at the council roomB for the purpose of nominating a justlc4-f the peace and constable for Wt'ufon dlBtrJct. Weston Notes. . Mrs, 3. P. Sturis arrived from Pen dleton Tuesday on a visit to her sis ter, Mrs. George Marsh. MJbs Viva Warren, who has been teaching school near Pendleton, viBlt ed her parents at Weston Saturday and Sunday. M. C. Clark arrived In Weston Frl day from Santa Cruz, Cal on another visit to his daughter, Mrs, H. B. Nel son. Mr, CJark will remain during the summer. a L. B. Reeder, Max Moorehead and other pomlnent members of WJHiara Mlartin.ip'campmont No. 1, Pioneers of the Pacific, will be up from Pendle ton next Monday to meet with George 'W. Procbatel Encampment The enow fall on the mountains has .been lighter than common this sea son, and as a consequence tne wooa ward toll road will be open for travel sooner than usual. Snow covers tho summit to a depth of three feet, whereas at this time it 1b expected there will be from eight to ten feet Rhodes' Improvement Continues. ' Capo Town, March 21. Cecil Rhodes passed a good night and is now able to take some nourishment Work for Radcllffe. Ottawa, Ont, March 21. The gov-ornor-ln-councll having declined to lntorforo, tho law will bo allowed to take its course in tho case of Stanis laus La Croix, n'lid tho condemned man will bo hanged at Hull today. 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