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0A1LYEVEN1NGEOTI IEDITHJH Eastern Oregon Weather Ki.i tout rtnuiuw Tonight and Wednesday rain or Hn'ow; southerly winds. ISC WEEK- PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1902. NO. -I027 IS LOW king Figures for It of the Taxpay atilla County. CT C. P. pIN ON TAXATION. Liens Could be Lifted Estate by Higher Valu- mperty of All Kinds Often Cover Entire Dec. 30, 1902. (To emit me to express an miestlon of taxation, pme before the legisla te me r"l"r " llshts. There are jot the question which Icusaed by the people, km are more Important ulaatlort of property loJ of raisins school provision tor raising ! should be repealed. many. Some ol Row assessment of prop- y. Low assessments For Instance, $300 personal property 1b lionseholdor. system of taking 30 alios results in an ex- B in possession i of personal property. per cent of its value, i It stands thus: $1000 Irty, valued at $300, tiemption, equals NO of 1902 in this fen at S31G.000, but for calculation call It i equals 30 per cent of Then It Is seen that Us the actual exemp ting the $300,000 law from the $1,000,000 ac , we have $700,000 per escaping taxation at I real estate owners, and both real estate and r.' why It makes a low tecesslty Is this: Under w, each county court Elery of Bve mills for for 190 Is less hut for convenience II It $5,000,000. Five ircm raises $30,000. 'Wes of the county ute this: ,it $40,000 ; 8,000,000 i land Do this and then the assessor can place his values high or low. The county court can run the mills up or down as necessary. Under such a law there would bo no reason for low assessments. High er assessments would result Instead of a 28-mlll tax levy It would bo only six to 10. The evils of low assess ments would bo no more. C. P. STRAIN. Assessor-elect of Umatilla county. SHORTAGE IN ACCOUNTS. Office of Police Judge Nelson, of As toria In Bad State. Astoria, Dec. 30. Tho accounts of Police Judge and Auditor H. E. Nel son, deceased, are found to be from $3000 to $4000 short. The books are not doctored, but a system of "rais ing" city warrants has been going on for years. Judge Nelson was serving his fourth term, and no suspicion has ever been attached to his actions. Exports are now engaged In examin ing tho books and accounts. SPANISH TROOPS READY. May Be -Sent to Morocco to Assist the Sultan to Overthrow the Pretender Foreigners Hastening to the Coast. , Madrid, Dec 3ft. The cabinet at the meeting today Is discussing the Morocco situation. All troops are under mobilization orders and trains are in readiness to convey troops southward. Reports received her say that the sultan failed to escape from Fez, Rebels are now Infesting the city The pretender himself is only 20 miles from Fez. Word Is being sent to all foreign' era In the Interior of Morocco to has ten and escape to the coast. To Maintain Status Quo. The rebelB have cut off the water supply of Fez. Unless the southern Ivabyls come to the aid of the town the Imperial authorities will be forc ed to capitulate within three days The Spanish authorities here are fit ting up a wireless telegraph system between Couta Melllta and here in or der to keep In constant touch. Great Britain and France have as sured Spain that they desire to main tain a status quo In the event that the pretender Is victorious. HI ITS BY R EQ U EST Commissioner of Land Office Resigns at Demand of Sec retary of Interior. IRREGULARITIES EXIST IN' SUBORDINATE'S OFFICE. Hlllable Pwe .... deeded P... Kl0iS .. !ty lots. Mndeeded aea and I swhlnery ck in 8,160,00q 2.050.09 G 1,300,000 1,600,000 2.000,000 150,000 200,000 1.000,000 500,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 300,000 600,000 600,000 500,000 250,000 STRIKE INEVITABLE. Jim Hill Will Resist the Trainmen's Demands. Portland, Or., Dec. 30. It is bellev- ed here that Jim Hill will resist the demands of the trainmen and opera tors of the Northern Pacific, and that a strike is inevitable. Employes of the Northern Pacific and Great North ern are conferring In Seattle today on the situation. DEED OF A LONE HOLDS UP A TRAIN IN SUBURBS OF LOUISVILLE. Ina Fight With Conductor Both Are 'Wounded Secured Only a Small Sum- of Money Jumped From Car and Escaped, Louisville. Dec. 30. A lone robber. masked and heavily armed, boarded the Louisville & Nashville train at the juctlon outside of thacity limits at o clock this morning. When within four blocks of the residence section ho Jumped out from concealment in a Pullman and ordered the train con ductor, Keene, to throw up his hands, Keene sprang forward and struck the robber in the face. The robber fired at Keene, who received a bad scalp wound. He then ran into the express car. the robber firing after uim. The .robber then marched the Pull man conductor and porter through the train Into the day coach and start ed to robbing the passengers. He se cured only small sums. Conductor Keen reappeared carry ing a shotgun and the robber Jumped from the car. Tho conductor pulled the cord and shot both barrels at the robber, who was wounded. A special train and natrol wagon brought a large number of policemen, who failed to capture the bandit. $29,600,000 'tils sura would pro- ny Purposes, or uuwe nronnrtv W'cy seems to for- " law. fntenaent J. u. 'Jlra. ' mAKltse six 1 Ma in. x J3"8 whe as- " reauce as- Conscience Money. I lit 0.1- St. Paul, Dec. 30. The Hamllne 1 ca -.71" way, Methodist University has been en tohUsT; , w wel with $300,000. Jim. Hill, the achon! ""rannl railroad magnate, Marie and John children. J Morton gave $50,000 each. Wheat In Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 30. Wheat 74 Q 73 per bushel. Wheat In San Francisco. San Francisco. Dec. 30. Wheat $1.381.38 per cental. Assistant Commissioner .William A. rtlchards Will Take Charge Mr. Hermans Will Return to. Roseburg and Resume His Practice May En. ter Senatorial Race. Washington, Dec. 30. Binger Her mann, commissioner of tho general land office, has resigned, and will bo succeeded by William A. Richards, now the assistant commissioner of the general land office. Mr. Hermanns resignation was re quested about two weeks ago by the secretary of the interior, and was im mediately presented. Charges have been preferred against two of the sub ordinate officials in the land offices involving alleged Irregularities, and they have been given a specific time In which to make answer, 5 TOGKMEH READY FOR SHEEP MEN Grant County Cattlemen Pre paring to Keep Out the In vading Hordes of Sheep. SETTLERS ARE AGITATING A TWO-MILE LIMIT LAW. GRAIN MARKETS. Quotations Furnished by the Coe Commission Company I. C. Major Local Manager, Room 4, Associa tion Block. . . Minneapolis, Dec. 30. Whrat The market opened at last night's clos ing prices. Liverpool came n quarter lower for both wheat nnd corn. Re ceipts again show signs of dropping off. Minneapolis reporting 231 enre against 381 last year, and Dnluth 44 against 56 lasts year. The market seems to be In a wnltlng position for anv decided nows, either of a bearish or bullish character, which wo'uld probably cause quite a flurry. The only thing that seems to bo against the bulls Is the absence of any con centrated shortage In tho market. The market rertalnly shows great strength to hold so firm In the fnce of the prevailing dullness. Corn iMarket opened unchanged ALBA RUBBER tu- r, . .u.l from yesterdny's elose. Liverpool ...c r.u.H...c ..u v. .... cospd ,owcr tha yestor(1(lyi Blue and Strawberry Mountains Forest Reserve Has Stirred Up the People of Grant Who Look Upon it as a Scheme to Rob Them. John Day City, Ore., Dec. 30. Grant and Baker county cattlemen and settlers are agitating for a two mile limit law, similar to that In op eration in Idaho and California, by which sheep ranging is not permitted within two miles of any settler's hab itation. This puts a new phase on the bitter and bloody range feud that exists in this county between home and for eign stockmen, for while the move in Grant county Is apparently one of settlers against sheep owners, it Is really a step against the invading His resignation will take effect the hordes of Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler, 1st of February or 1st of March. He will be succeeded by present Deputy Commissioner Richards, of Wyoming. In confirming the announcement, Mr. Hermann said: "I have wanted to return to Rose burg to resume the practice of my profession, and have contemplated re signing for a year or more. I have held this office longer than any ofmy predecessors, except two, since the ofV flee was created in 1812 .having enter ed upon my duties soon after the first Inauguration of the late Presi dent McKInley, nearly six years ago. I have endeavored to administer the affairs of- the office so as to do in justice to no one, whether he be homesteader or corporation seeking public land. Mr. Hermann would not say wheth er he would enter the senatorial race in Oregon, nor would he say that he would allow the use of his name in connection with tie senatorship. OPPOSITION INCREASING. Cuban Reciprocity Treaty In Danger Sugar Senators Merg With New England Senators. Washington. Dec. 30. The opposi tion to the Cuban reciprocity treaty is increasing. It must be ratified be fore February or it will be lost. President Roosevelt is very anxious concerning the matter. An effort is being made to form a coalition be tween the sugar senators who oppose the Cuban treaty, the New England senators who oppose the Newfound land and French treaties together with the Florida and California sen ators, who oppose the importations of cheap fruits rrom the British West Indies with which a treaty Is also pending. HOLY WAR FEARED. May Have to Be as Chinese Rebels Morocco Rebels Dealt With Were. Washington, Dec. 30. Many for eigners, especially Spaniards. Ger mans and English, are cooped in Fez and will be Imperiled if the rebels wagp a holy war, which is feared. A possibility of the repetition of the Pekln expedition Is being discussed In diplomatic circles here. London, Dec. 30. Tho British min Ister has been Instructed through all consuls to request the British sub jects t& hasten to the coast, as a re ligious war la feared. STREET CAR ACCIDENT. Thirty Injured In Marlon, Ind. Car Was Derailed, Marlon, Ind., Dec. 30. Thirty peo ple were Injured, two fatally. In a street car accident this morning. The car, running at a high rate of speed, was derailed, rolled, down an embank ment and crushed the occupants. To Succeed Dickey. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 30. Charles Horton, assistant superintendent of the Western Uplon, will probably succeed Superintendent Dickey, who dlod last night. Crook and other county sheep which pour in here annually for . summer range. Simultaneously comes the tidings that Grant county stockmen are pre paring for organization sufficiently strong to keep out these sheep and reserve next season's range for home stockmen. It makes tho outloook for trouble in the spring brighter than ever, though the brilliant outlook for range war in 1902 was more than ful filled. Organized Resistance. Active, organized resistance to the annual campaign of outside sheep against Grant county range, a cam paign so successful that of late years the range has had no show at all. is precipitated this season by the gener al stirring up caused by the prospec tive establishment of the Blue and Strawberry Mountain forest reserve, whose temporary lines embrace 3,200,000 acres of mainly summer range territory in Grant county and vicinity. The settlers of Grant look on the forest reserve proposition as a scheme to rob them. They regard it as a "colossal steal." They regard it big outside sheep men who range here In summer was partly Wobably un justly blamed for inspiring the re serve. This was before the guilt, In the eyes of Grant settlers, was finally laid on school land grafters, but it served to make the stern prejudice against foreign sheepmen fiercer than ever, and to rouse a sentiment whose result has been preparation for early and concerted opposition. Stockmen Ready, That the stockmen of the county intend to make a clean and thorough job is evidenced by tho fact that they are getting ready to resist both through the state law and througl; themselves. If the legislature this winter passes the two-mile law. as Is hoped, It will be made very uncomfor table for visiting flocks, which would men have the law against them In addition to tho menace of the settler's rifle. If tho law does not pass, the set tlers do not propose to Jet the sum mer season sheep get in at all, taking me question or Keeping them out in their own hands. Last year thev were all let In, but the Intermittent spit or tne long Missouri rifle served as a partial deterrent for the alleg ed range destroyers. a close, Receipts are heavy, 672 cars being re ported. All reports from the corn belt Indicate a large amount of corn to come forwnrd as soon as cars can bo secured. Of course tho market would at once feel the effects of con tinued lnrge receipts which nro liable to come as soon or 'the railroads can furnish the cars, but should we get a break from this cause It would bo largely sentimental, as tho quality of corn Is very poor and there Is liable to be a grand scramble for contract corn next May. Oots Market opened dull, very lit tle doing on either side of tho mar ket, although It seems to require very little buying to advance prices. Receipts, 238 cars. Provisions Opened easier on a heavy run of hogs and a fractional decline fit the yards. Provisions have a Very good advance and It would probably be well to bo cautious about making purchases around present prices; think they nre n purchase. Wheat Opened. Closed. December 73 July 7CV6 May 76 Chicago, Dec. 30. Wheat Opened. December 74 July 73 May .... 76 Corn ' December 45 U July 42 May 43 Oats December 32 May 3414 Pork January 1720 May 1646 New York, Dec. 30. Wneat Opened. December 84 July 78 May- 8o( uorn December 69 59 May 48 48 73 75 .75 Closed. 73 73 76 , , , , 11 -4 42 43 32 33 1727 1645 Closed 84 78 80 IS CAPTURED Herbert Mundell, a Mere Lad, Acknowledges Robbing the Postofflce. NOW ON HIS WAY TO PORTLAND FOR SENTENCE. FEMALE MIDGET DEAD. Smallest In the World Welnheri uniy 10 found. Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 30. Fat. ma Hopoo, tho female Benneso mid. get, one of the smallest In the world, 28 years old, weight 15 pounds, died at Beaumont last night. She was taken sick on the stage and died al- moat instantly. She was world fa mous. Her twin brother is iivw Diphtheria Aboard. Washington, Doc. 30. The training ship Buffalo put Into Pcnsacola to j?yu J1"6 commanding officer reports diphtheria aboard and two youths dead. The paUenU were taken to the marine hospital. L MARKE ENORMOUS QUANTITIES HELD BY RAILROAD8 Much Suffering In Chicago Especially Among the Poor People 47.60 Ton Clear Profl1 at Present Prlco, Chicago, Doc. 30. An investiga tion inio me reputed combine of rail roads and mine ouoratom tn mnnim. late tho coal market began this morn ing. nuiuuy-uuuMrai liamiln In nnno. tioning many witnesses. One testified that it cost $1.50 a ton to mlno and lay down tho soft coal of tho Illinois ueius in unicago. "uw was oaercu tliat onnrmrinu quantities or coal aro now being hold on BUDuman side tracks, although the city is Buffering Coal today sells at $9 a ton, caus- e juucu uunering among the poor. The main line of InvnHllp-ntln,, t n show whether the'rallwav nfflMai. and railways own tho, stock of the tum mines. THE PEN8ION PLAN. Scheme Used by Standard Oil Com pany to Keep Employes From atriKing. wow rork. Doc. an. p,ni.. .1,,. o. . luvowuuaru un uompany in all parts w. w.D wujiu aro promised much ben efit by the pension ninn in ini. lect New years. Any employe reach- mo use 01 o. arter zo years serv ice may retJro at one-fourth salary, It applies to the highest officials down, Pari8, Dec. 30. Thn nnnnnl m.ot iag of tho Panama canal company was held this afternoon. Tho report showed that 1800.000 waa lost year. Had Been Spending Money Too Free ly Which Drew the Suspicion of Postoffice Inspector Clark Boy Is Only 15 Years Old Came o Alba From Washington. Alba, Dec. 30. Herbert Mundell was arrestotl horo at 10 o'clock last night on the chnrge of robbing tho postofTlce here on Chrlstsmas night Mundell Is only 15 years of ago. He and his mother camo hero from the State of Washington about six months ago. He has tho reputation of bolng of unsaVory character, but It was his own fault that he was arrested. Since the robbery tho young man has been upending money n little too freely and this caused suspicion to fall upon him. Ho would go Into the store hero and spend a few dollars and always had soveral dollars Ip sight, which was something unusual. Postofflco Inspector Clark, of Walla Walla, who has been hero working on tho caso, became convinced that It was young Mundell who took tho money and ho at once began to ferret out evidence to warrant an arrest. Monday evening ho wont to the home of tho lad and accused him of the crime. He broken down nnd acknowl edged to being tho thief nnd was Im mediately placed In custody. Inspector Clark left on the stage this morning for Pendleton and from there will tako his prisoner to Port land, where tho boy will rocelvo hla sentence. PAWNED THEIR ' JEWELS. Tageblatt Reports Tha1 Princess Lou ise and Her Brother Are In Need of Money. Vienna, Dec. 30. Tho Tageblatt to day reports that tho crown princess of Saxony and her brother wore In financial straits. Tho archduke tried to borrow $20,000 from lender, but was refused. Their Jew els have been pawned. KING ORDERS ACCOUNT. Will Deny the Story of III Treatment to Princess Louise. Dresden, Dec. .10. A full account nf the actions of Princess Loulso has been ordored prepared bv tho Mm of Saxony, who Is anxious to dispel tho unfavorable sentiment toward him and tho crown nrlncn. Tin min deny tho stories of 111 treatment and will show that tho flight waa caused by the discovery of tho Glron nraour. WRECK ON MONON. Three Trainmen Killed Many Cattle Also Killed Caused by an Open Switch. Qulncy, III,, Doc. 30. A frnlfrht tin tho Monon railway ran throng n open switch this mornlnir find rnlfnri oyer a 10-foot embankmont. The en gineer, fireman and brakoman were killed. Eight cars nf livnainv in the train and many cattle were Killed. Tho others wern tmm,i..,i on and mangled. Premier Resigns. Vienna. Doc. 30. Prnmio. lr.i... today roaignod In hitch bctweon himself and tho Hun garian premier. The emperor baa not accepted the resignation as yet. CRACKER CREEK PACTS North Polo mln 0 JiIrf0. years "8 for 1600,000. It has 6000 feet on tho mother lode. It 8 nOW Worth Ivanla . . jBrg -- -"u. uiiiiiuo aof The South Pnln mln L Ml feet on 'the aim e" fed o. ha. tunnels, amounting tr, -inn ... ... n ore. We expect within less tbaa three years' work to bare a mine m VanUal2Le North Pole Is tSday. South Pole stock ! .aiiin. cents until about January Jet "7 umuro tue price ralsas. See Qahaoan at Ma.... . it. office, Pendleton, Ore.