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fEVENINB EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION EastcrnOr egon Weather Tonight and Wednesday, fair. DAILY ..iwi it Tonr residence fJL ol bnlne by carrier u warmer tonight, PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OIJEGON, TUESDAY, FElVKUAliY 17, 1908. NO. 4 GGfl. vyAV'WWV II M mk " tl ELECT SCOTT governor Geer Gets 25 hues Today, Nine Being Ifrom Multnomah. 8AUTIDN EFFECTED AGAINST FULTON FORCES the Week Ends Harvey W. Will Appear as Avowed Can- and the Geer Forces Will to His Support. Feb. 17. The vote today. Is re: 33 25 15 6 nd scattering 11 rt vote leaped from 15 yester- tla today. Nine of his recrnlts itrom Multnomah county and the being Paulsen, of Clackamas, jieserted Fulton and went over to a-fovemor. 'developments are the result of which have been In progress It reek to effect a coalition be- tho Geer forces and Multno- delegation with a view to tho la of Harvey W. Scott as United tsenator. Before the week ends I rill appear as an avowed can- Governor Signs Bills. Or., Feb. 17. Governor Isrlain yesterday signed Eddy's provide for the taxation and lion of corporations; Burleigh's t define the boundaries of Wal- ty, and Malarkey's bill to legacies and Inheritances. iy and Malarkey bills are the producing measures, iwo oi jt Important lwissed by the leg- MILL FLOODED. s of Monongahela Throw hen Out of Employment I image Done. Feb. 17. Dewees wood !(ia American Sheet Steel , is Hooded by the rising '. the Monongahela. Twenty .'men have been thrown out Isiment Thousands of dol- ath oi damage has been done. fine steel Is ruined. The still rising and other mills ps to rlose w Ithln a few hours. WINDER SQUARES CASE. His Dollars Obtain for Him Immuni ty From Punishment for Assault on West Virginia Representative. Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 17. After ell the excitement here the past two days over the meatlng of John H. Winder and Dan Harna with W. G. Caldwell, of Wheeling, chairman of the house judiciary committee last Saturday morning, it was stated yes- teraay that "everything had been set tlod out of court," and that there would be no Investigation of the local officials by the legislature, as had been stated. Winders and Hanna arc ffaid to have made statements to Cald well that are satisfactory, and the latter also wants the matter dropped. The most unfortunate thing In the Ecnsatlonal affair was the use of the name of W; A. Clark, Jr., son of Sen ator Clark, when he was not here then or at any other time. PROTOCOL SIGNED BUZZARDS PREVAIL IDAHO NOT GENEROUS. Legislature to Meet Two Years Hence Is Expected to Increase the Port land Appropriation. Boise, Idaho, Feb. 17. A bill was introduced In the house yesterday ap propriating $35,000 for the Lewis and Clark exposition, in Portland, and the St. Louis exposition. Five thous and of this Is to be devoted to gather ing exbiblls for St. Louis. The re mainder Is to be equally divided be tween the two expositions. It is ex pected the legislature, two years 1 ence, will Increase the Portland appropriation. Prohibition Issue In Mississippi. Jackson, Miss.. Fell. 17. Prohibi tion is to be a very live issue in the next state campaign, judging from the enthusiasm displayed at the state mass convention which began in Jackson today. Nearly every county n the state Is represented, the dele gates and visitors Including many prominent prohibition and v. u. r. U. leaders. Tne convention will ms cuss plans for a vigorous campaign and also will memorialize the legisla ture to paES laws prohibiting the sale manufacture, or Importation of alco holic liquois for beverage purposes. Secretary Hay and Minister Bowen Provide for Adjudi cation of American Claims. THREE COMMISSIONERS ARE TO BE APPOINTED. Chicago the Center of An In tensely Cold Wave Accom panied by Snow and Sleet. BELOW ZERO THROUGH OUT CENTRAL WEST. The Board of Adjudication Will Meet at Caracas June 1, and Conclude Their Work in Six Months. Washington, Feb. 17. Hay and Bowen have signed a protocol provid ing for the adjudication of the claims of American citizens against Vene zuela by a commission and setting aside of 30 per cent of the customs leceipts at La Guayra and Puerto Cabello for the payment of all foreign claims in such manner as shall be de termined at The Hague The commissioners arc to be ap pointed, one each by President Roos evelt, President Castro and Queen Wilhelmlna after May 1. They are to meet at Caracas on or befoie June 1 and their labors are to be conclud ed within si'j months from that date. Each country will share jointly in the expense of the commission. HOUSE SESSION. NATURAL GAS EXHAUSTED CITIES OF SOUTHERN OHIO SUFFERING FROM COLD. WT LITTLE BOOTY. rt Howard Confess to Robbery ft-rlington Express Say They 1 Only $3.75. ' JIonL. Feb. 17. Georae Cole f feorge Howard have confessed robbeiy of the Burlington icdwili plead guilty. It devel- 1 Ibt the entire booty only to $3.75. "ining Engineers Meet. ar X Y Feb. 17. Members of Mwncan Institute of Mining Eu N are ga Jiered in Albany for ? annual moling of the in RIMS week. Tlie meetinr will Bsrcauy opened tonight with ad or welcome and responses F'fQ Dy servln rnmmnninriillve I ate Abrara S. Hewitt, of New Tomorrow will he snnt In n jt Inspection to the plant of E-u.ii tiectric company at T and the business ces- ifce convention will beein The (liRfMlflHlnna flnri nn- iV" tenter around the general rw toe application of electric! ftisirg. For Some Unknown Reason the Gas at Dayton and Surrounding Towns Failed Today Ten Thousand Peo ple Suffer. Springfield, O. Feb. 17. In Urbana, Dayton and several smaller cities the natural gas suddenly failed today, and 10,000 residents are suffering from severe cold. MISSIONARIES OBJECT. na Hardware Men. Wis, ind., Feb. 17. Five retail hardware dealers are . "e annual meeting of their "lauon, which onened to- I Ions are to continue un- j, ano will be Interspersed r leatures of entertainment questions of interest will In the convention. In ' telatlnn nf tYia mantifanhir j"iuer to the dealer will be Blockade l8 Raised. u", rCU. 17 The nnw Received a dispatch from ' today Cantaln rttohl nf . says the blockade has na all war vessels wlth- Gets a Place. Pell 17 Ur.toMr.nt ;toJa sent tho name of wneid to the senate to iner of corporations In "wrtmeat of commerce and of Hearing. O,, Feb. 17 Hruloro Mthnr nk. L , " oetter this rcawUe " M SUch ttist nh.u.. ! ri that .he wiM ipMwj They Are Shocked at the Idea That Americans Should Manufacture Idols for the Heathen. Philadelphia, Feb. 17. Missionaries rnd ministers In this city are, It is Raid, shocked over the announced contract entered Into by a Philadel phia firm to ship Buddhist idols to Corea. They denounce the plans as an outrage aganlst religion and de cency. Mrs. W. H. H. Corliss, a re turned missionary from China, said f be was appalled at the idea that peo ple In a Christian country would con hent to manufacture Idols for p'-or. unenlightened heathens to woivhip Rev. Fiederitl; Pool, also a n-r"n:d missionary, said the affair shoved tl. f-pirlt of commercialism of the age and tended to put money making above religious decency. Bishop Cy ms D. Foss, of the Methodist Episco pal church, said he did not think it as bad as the British sending opium to India or the United States 3udlng beer and whisky to the Philippines or other colonial possessions. Littlefield Replies to Sulzer's Attack, Growing Out of the Anti-Trust Measure. Washington, Feb. 17. Littlefield leplled to cho attack made on him by Sulzer," growing out of the anti-trust measure. He said the latter delib erately, premedltately and intention ally distorted the speech made bv him. Sulzer arose, and replying, sam Littlefield was neither fair, decent nor courteoi's. He said he was all puffed up with vanity and considered himself greater than Daniel Webster. Ship Subsidy Bill. Washington. Feb. 17. The house committee on merchant marine has postponed the vote on the shin sub sidy bill until Monday. Tho pros pects for its passage are said to be very favorable. DAY IN SENATE. LOOKING FOR CHRISTIE. Wealthy Victims of New York and Philadelphia Looking for Man Who Took THelr Money for Timber Land In Oregon. Baker City, Feb. J7. Miss Rose Shuman, a wealthy woman of New York, was here today looking for C. J. Christie, whom she says Induced herself and a number of wealthy men and women of -New York and Phila delphia to invest large sums of money In timber land in Oregon. He was supplied with all the money he requir ed, and from the day he departed from New York until tho present time, he has not been heard from. Miss Shumtn Is on bis trail And proposes to locate him If possible. Christie agreed to supply hla clients with 200,000 acres of timber land In upper Burnt River for $4.50 and $5 per acre. The contract was made last July. Christie was In Sumpter this fall, but no one knows where he Is now. The deepest point encountered In Icying the cable rocently completed to Hawaii, was 18,000 feet, and It i directly from this depth that the feland of Oshu rises. Between Hawal and the Philippines, much greater depth will be encountered. At one place It Is cstlBiated to be more than feet to the bottom. Memorial Received From Porto Rico Asking for Rebate in Reciprocity. AVashington. Feb. 17. In the sen ale a memoiial was read from Porto Ricans asking that the Cuban recip rocity treaty be amended to give cof fee from that Island entering Cuba the highest rebate. An Amalgamated Bill. Senator Hoar, from the judiciary committee, reported the anti-trust bill, which is an amalgamation of the Hoar and Littlefield measures, with a number of drastic amendments. To Exhaust Morgan. Washington. Feb. 17. The republi can senators held a caucus late this afternoon in the marble room to ar- lange a program to Insure tho ratifi cation of tho Panama treaty. They will probably agree to a continuous session of tho senate until u vote Is taken. By this means Morgan will be allowed to exhaust himselt. If an agreement, to this course is reach ed this afternoon the senate will re main In session all night tonight. Traffic Is Blockaded and Cold Causes Great Suffering Sheep Are Dying In Transit in Great Numbers. Chicago, Feb. 17. Seven Inches of snow on the level, accompanied by a gale, reaching a velocity of more than 4o miles an hour, ushered In a cold wave which sent the mercury close to the zero mark yesterday morning. The traction and steam railway serv ice, telegraph and telephone wires are suffering from the heavy fall of snow. Loss of lite was less than antlclpat t d, but one person, so far as known, having succumbed. An unidentified man was frozen In a snow drift down town. Trains due from the West and Southwest were more or less delayed. Train service between Chicago and Omaha has been most seriously af fected. The overland limited, on the Chicago & Northwestern, due yes terday morning at 9 o'clock, will not tvirlve 'intil late this afternoon. The one due this morning is now schedul ed to anlve tomorrow morning, iiains on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul are from one to three hours laic, while those from tho North vest are n-.ore or less delayed. The p.iirllngton train from the Southwest, due nt G;20 a. m., will not arrive until S o'clock tonight. The Chicago & Alton trains, from St. Uiuls, ar over two hours late. IMMENSE WEALTH. Bishop Spat 'ding Says It Is Almost Certain to Degrade Possessor. New York. Fob. 17 Addressing a gathering i.t Oiuuogle hnll lately, un der the auspice if the St. Vincent do Faul Soclet. MMiop Joint L Spnuld Ing, of Peoria. HI., who was promi nently incut lord ns a possible suc cessor of the Into A.'chhUhop Corrl gnu, received gloat iv plauso when he ('eclnred thnt grat wenlth Is almost certain to degrnde the possessor of It. and out of nil the. men who are I nown to reckon th"ir possessions In the millions, he nvrod only one Andrew Carnegie as a man nhlo to use above Ms surroundings. Bishop Spauldtng admitted the p.reat power of money and declared that It appeared to bo almost tho real form ef power In our dny "giv ing the man who possessed it." he cald, "a held on things that neither intellectual power nor faith can glvo. It Is the quality of a man's thought, by tho things he yearns fo;- that you niut judge him," he said. "A ran'i n.ay have (ho wealth of Mr. Carne gie and still he a thief, nu Idiot, and n hvute. PARLIAMENT OPENS Pageantry, Historic Dresses and the Revival of Ancient Forms Mark the Occasion. KING REJOICES AT ENDING OF VENEZUELAN BLOCKADE In His Speech Refers to Alaskan Dis pute and Is Pleased With Terms of Treaty Declares That Affairs Ar Progressing Nicely In 8outh Africa, limlon, Feb. 17. King Edward opened parliament this afternoon with n ceremonial In nil essential respects It Is by how much greater n : similar to that of tho two preceding man Is than are the things with which st'sstoiis of his reign. The procession ?e.h-Bf..S",on??;!! hin,8:1Lt!: IlLlf Mo tho houso of lords was of tho same I character as that witnessed on tho oc 1 radon of tho opening of the session Parr and McCormick. un' lnst vear. nnd within was seen tha to be Judged. It is not whnt you have. but what you are. Philadelphia. Pa., Feb. 17. The Ariel Athletic Club Is to bo the scone tonight of the first wrestling match held In Philadelphia for over a year. The match will ho between Jack Mc Cormick of this city, and Jim Parr, the champion of England. Under the terms of agreement Parr Is to throw McCormick three times within nn hour or forfeit tho match. BLIZZARD IN TEXAS. GARFIELD APPOINTED. To Investigate Into the Conduct and Management of Corporations. President Itoosevelt has appointed James R. Garfield, of Ohio, son of ex-President Garfield, as commiKtlon er of corporations. Mr. Garfield has been a member of the civil service commission for some time past. The law provides that the commlsrloner chail have power to make, under the power of the secretary, ' diligent In vestigation Into the organization, con duct and management of the business of any corporation, Joint stock com pany or corporate combination engag ed In commerco among the st-veral states and with foreign nations, ex cept in tho common carriers nu,bject to 'an act to regulate commerce,' ap povel February 4, 1887, and to gath er such Information and data as will enable the president to make recom mendations for legislation for the reg ulation or tuch commerce, and tr re port such data to the president from time 10 time as ho shall require." It rlso will be the duty of the commis sioner of corporations to gather, com pile ana puunsu useful Information concerning corporations doing busJ :esB In the United States and engaged In Interstate or foreign commerce In cluding coiporatlons engagpd In In- eurance. Inland Daily Press. Chicago, Feb. 17. The Inland Daily Press AssoclaUon began Its elxteenth annpal meeting at the- Palmer Houso today with editors present from vari ous parU of Illinois, Wlseonsln. Iowa and other rlates embraced by the as sociation, A. W. Glessner. of Galena. Illinois. Is the presiding officer and W. V, Tufford, of Clinton, Iowa, the secretary of the convention. Fort Worth and Dallas Covered With Foot of Snow. Fort Worth, Tex-, Feb. 17. North ern Texas Is experiencing the worst Wizard in f-even vears. The snow Is a foot deep, and continues to fall. The stieet car officials are making no ef foil to run cars. Trains are late. In Texas. Dallas, Tex.. Feb. 17. Street car traffic In this city Is suspended, and business Is at a standstill on account of the Mi'zard. The storm is un- t'sually severe in the Panhandle country. Ten Degrees Below Freezing. Chicago, III., Feb. 17. Ten below. Gieat suffering this morning. Wires in all directions are down or hi poor thape. Repoits from the Northwest say the stock trains wore caught out en the road between drifts and the cattle are fieezlng to deatli in the ctr3. Sheep are dying in transit in gieat numbers. There are meagre leports that two passenger trainf. are mowed In near Hutchinson, Kansas on the Rock Island. It is ten degrees? below the freezing point. In Alabama. Mobile, Ala., Feb. 17. Tho cold wave In the far South means almost certbln destruction of the orange crop r.riti injury to early fruit. In New York. New York, Feb. 17. The storm Is increasing In Intensity and now seems centralized in the New England states. Communication by telegraph and tel ephone is olmost entirely cut off and trains are aoaudoned or late. Tho mow js still falling and tho poor are funeilng wJt,i the cold. In Ohio. Columbus, 0 Feb. 17. The storm has Increased. It is two below zero. Ohio is without any regular trains rnd but few wiiea aro working. It is tue worst hllzzard of the wlntrt. In Missouri, St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 17. The pres ent niizzarn is the worst storm of the year. ;t Is six below zero here. At Washington. Washington, Feb. 17, For Severn! hours there was no communication by wire In any direction, A storm of Elect la raging. River Raging. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 17. The Ohio liver will pass the danger line within o few hours. Merchants aro removing their goods from the river front. Tf day Is clear and cold. In Kentucky, Maysvllle, Ky., Feb, 17. Twelve Inches of enov has fallen, Tho Ohio river rose Ave feet during the night and Is now rising at the rate of near ly four Inches per hour. Sullivan vs. Guider. Boston, Mass., Feb. 17. At Cam' bridge tonight, Jack Sullivan, the vcl terweight champion of Now Englnnd Is slated to engage In a 15-round bout with Jlmmlo Guider, the clover wel terweight of New York. Sullivan Is by long odds the best man nt his weight in Boston nnd he and Guider are expected to put tip n very fast fight. FIRE IN NATIONAL CAPITOL CAUSED BY CROSSING OF ELECTRIC WIRES, Wheat In Chicago, Chicago, Feb. 17. Wheat 77 R 78!4 cents per bushel. Labor Commlsloner Carroll D, Wright gays that wages are higher In the United States now than ever be foie. The cost of Jlvintr. also, is higher than it has been for years; so tzie savings of the workman aro not as grw.t as his high wages might Indicate, Much Interest and Little Excitement Displayed Damage Is Practically Nothing. Washington, Feb. 17. A few min utes after the houso met at noon to day firo waB discovered by an om ploye of the public gallery In the northeast corridor of tho hall In the house of representatives. It was under the floor and was caua ed by a crossed wire which had burn ed off its Insulation. There woro clouds of smoke. Much Interest, but little excitement was displayed. Tho water brigade extinguished it. damage is practically nothing. Tho HAYS TO APPEAL. Will Take His Case to the Supreme Court of the 8tate Was In the Penitentiary 12 Months for Adult ery, Hums, Feb. 1H. George W. Hays, ex-register of the land ofllco nt Hums, wno was sentenced to the penitent! niy for 12 months on tho nhnigo of adulter and whoso sentence wuu commuted nt tho end of 10 months, win appeal tho case to tho supreme court of tho state. IIo has already ordered the transcript propared by tho clerk of the court at this place, and will Immediately file tho neces sary papers to take tho appeal, Mr, Hayes claims that tho evidence In tho case did not sustain a convlc tlon and that the tianscrlpt will show this, and he will go heforo the su pieme court on this point. IIo says that the conviction was secured through prejudice .and while ho Is now a free man and has all the rights as a citizen restored, tlmt tho reversal of tho case would removo all stigma from his name, An action Is pending to disbar him from tho practice of law In this state and while he hopes to prevent the disbarment anyway, he thinks there would bo no attention of his being retained as n member of the stato bar should the adultery case no reversen. Tho question will bo an Interesting one at least as to the legal proposi tion. New Jercey Dog 8how, Orange, N. J Feb. 17. Prlze-wln- nlng dogs of all varieties fill tho Orange Armory whoro the New Jer sey Kennel Club opened Us second annual bench show today, Muny of the blue-ribbon dogs exhibited at tho Now York show last week aro benched and altogether the exhibition is one of the beet ever held In this part of tho country, The show will continue through the remainder of the weok. Valuable Mall Pouch Found, Indianapolis, Feb. 17. The mall pouch which local postal authorities claimed was stolen, which contained $75,000 In commercial paper, was mysteriously found today among other pouches, its contents intact. An investigation is now being mane. .nine stato of pageantry, historic tii esses and revival of nnclont forms. The journey to Westminster wan made In a gorgeous stato coach, dmwn by tight cream colored Flem ish pnulex, with footmen and out riders in scarlet livery. When tho king nnd queen drovo out from tho courtyard In front of Buckingham palace, they woro greeted enthusias tically by the multltudo. Ills majes ty appeared entirely recovered from his recent illness. With tho two cen tral flgiiies to cnsily Been nnd so gorgeously clad, with tho brilliant es cort of Life Gunrds, whoso bands kept coii8tnntly playing, tho crowds seemed to fool rewarded for their long wait by a spoi tnclo of considerable In terest. Tho procession in the houses of parliament was strikingly plctur espuo. Pursuivants, heralds, gontlo nton ushers, eqiienles and grooms In waiting led the way. Conspicuous positions wero occupied by the prlmo minister tho lord lmncdinr nnd tho hud high chamhoilain In their robes of ofllco. In tho house or lords a brlllant assemblage awaited their r.ppoarance. Tho pecis wore tliolr robes, the Judges of tho hlrh court theor roben of scarlet and lull bot tom wigs. Behind the bishops wero tho diplomatic corps and Mm peer esses. After robing, King Edward nnd Queen Aloxnndrn entered Mm house of lords nnd occupied their tlirones, beneath a ennopy, with othci mem bers of the royal family Boated ulioitt them. The sentloman usli'r of tho Mack Rod having summoned tho speaker nnd the niomhora of the houso of commons; the king road tho speech Horn tho throne The speech rofor led to tho satlsfactoiy Httitus of tho Venezuelan affair and to the work of Mr. Chnmberlalii In South Africa. Other topics touched upon were tho expedition ngaliiHt tho Mnd Mullah nnd varlouH questions of homo Inter est. Referring to Great Britain's re lations with foreign countries, tho king said: "My relations with tho rlhor powers coutluuo to e of n I'llendly character." Tho speech concluded wl'h men tioning proposed legislation of solely ("r.mesMc interest. Tho king anil queen then ictirod, amid a fanfare of trumpets and attended by tho piinio pageantry that accompanied their entry Into tho house, The king opened tho parliament this afternoon at 1:30. The day was cold and clear. Tho crowd along tho iouto was unusually small. Tho king In his speech referred to tho Alaskan boundary dispute say ing ho was pleased by the tonus of tho treaty. Ho rejoiced at tho with drawal of tho Venezuelan blockade. He said that tho condition in the European provinces of Tuikoy glvo euuso for serious anxiety. I have used tho host efforts to Impress on the sultan tho urgent nood for practical reform. Ho regretH that negollntlon3 aro not concluded for the settlement of the Aden trlhul boundary disputt. The co-operation of Italy In tha Homallland dlr.puto, he Is thankful to say, Iiuh been most cordial. Tho progress of nffalrH In South Africa aro moat satisfactory. Queer Farming Methods, "StraiiKO are some of the funning methods of California," anld Benjamin Mann, ,vho recently rotnruo from a visit to tho Pacific Coast. "Quo day In tho vino country I hoard 'i Iretnon dous bang, banging, nnd started from my seat, thinking that a dreadful ex plosion hud occurred. But my host told mo, with n laugh, that tho men woro merely plowing with ilynamlto, Then he wont on to explain thut when It was desired to loosen up the noil to n depth of three feet or sa dyna mite cartridges wero set In the earth and fired off. They broko up tho ground boaullfully. They did the work much hotter, and muelt mora cheaply, than any ninehlno oi other manual labor could do. And. In addi tion to this, they destroyed ihe para site called tho phylloxpra, tho bane ot mo vino-grcwer. Nw vineyard who30 soil has been dynamited, my host ald, ever sunerto trow tup phylloxera at- ffi MhVHhirr'tAiirWliiiifltif