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!(' ' ''If. DAHY EVEH1NGED1TBM rcnAILY Eastern Oregon Weather j Showers tonight; warmer Bun! 13C A " day. WVyY,YVVVVVV PENDLETON", UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, S11TU11DAY, APHIL 4, 1903. )L. 16- NO. 4709. i i FTTLEAM1GABLY erence Between Wabash ad and Employes-Reach Agreement. EASE OF WAGES AL LOWED THE TRAINMEN. thing Adjusted Except Working Es Which Will be Agreed Upon L-Complete Victory for the Louis, April 4. With the cx- has been reached between the lh trainmen ana me omcmis ui L..I . nnnfDrunnn Ic llplnir hold F. n,Hnat these matters which liKioubtcdly ho done. At the tg last nigni 11 was imiuuutiiy i -l.w. m Innrnncn nf 1 Fl ripr (10 fine a" ..-."- n the frelsht department and i ll.i. n ra nn rTfil Hnnql'L With the adoption of tho work- .i otic -lntnr- will lin IU1CS UIU lai-u " ""'"'J ' tally romplete. having gained ly asked for. GANIZE WEST VIRGINIA. live Board of Mlneworkers Call ed to Meet Monday. mapclls, April 4. A call uns isued for tho national executive of the United Mineworkers to ere Monday. Mitchell and Wil le preparing their reports. The Is expected to last 10 days, Inspected that the principal ob- to organize west Virginia INDIANA MONUMENTS. Party Leave Indianapolis for Shlloh Tonight, Headed by Governor Dur blrl. Indlapapolls, April 4. A large party of Indinnlan8 will leave this city to night for Shiloh where the Indiana battlefield monuments arc to be ded icated early next week. The party is to bo headed by Governor Durbin and staff and will include prominent sur vivors of the famous battle resident In all parts of tho state. General Lew Wallace will accompany tho party and will be ono of tho princi pal speakers at tho dedicatory cere monies. General Wallace is the only surviving malor general who fought on either side at1 Shlloh. Governor Frazler, of Tennessee, will bo represented at the dedication by General George W. Gordon, com mander of the Tennessee division of tho United Confederate Veterans. Secretary Root Is prevented from be ing present by prior engagements, and has delegated Colonel Sanger, assistant secretary of war, to repre sent him. "BUFFALO BILL" IS UNIONISM A MENACE TO AMERICAN LIBERTY ? President of the National Manufacturers Thinks Organized Labor Will bring the Country to Socialism. ATTACKS MAYOR HARRISON, OF CHICAGO, WHOM HE DECLARES IS AN IGNORANT FOOL. ) THE SUPREME COURT. tides In Congressional Contest pilcago Agree to Make no Ar- April 4. Tho attorneys of pes in the Lorimer-Durgorow (sional contest have entered in' Igreement whereby neither side BKe arrests .attempt to impriS' commissioners or seize tho ballots, leaving the matter Bedded by the supreme court, ward of nolice which filled tho III corridors, has been with UPTON CONFIDENT. I That the New Challenger Will Lift the Cup. low, April 4. The Shamrock lOr Smithprt. U'ntofc 4n,ln In Ithe steam yacht Erie. Lipton fa that this would be his last life the cup, but added confi "1 believe aaothor trial will rcesaary. I New Vessel Launched. furg, April 4. The last of tho few vessels ordered by the ro 1V;ttii ime to piy De Havre. Plllia aJ X,l Hill .UCAItUU L" muncned today. The or. PltOn o"w. lwu jeurs ago. pcrity for Steel Trn.t IS- Anrll 4.-Net earnings I eA " Corpora- I" n',uuu,uuu uemg an - WIGIHI ITlllMnnn ern . oi year, kuis Balkan r.nnrtmn 4 Tlle cabinet' meet- V fit Km loon,! 41... .... Ikans conditions In (ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. I Well known Brakeman Takes v"'c acio. andn a.,.1, ... Tr- Vrl" Airs. E. C. Ln' en L8""?'", a freight W "I uielr rnnm i ti-. Pd Mrs s,..iii. . . .. Ion nf ..lv . r ""ended the m aft",!1' but left th fit thn i, . "'"ruing me -nvf."creams. which It was I'tHnSS" frm Mr- and dh,!.,t..onco caJ and ' act. Girl MI..I. lhPPe'd W 4- "ecauso her fil night anrt j , BUU l0 ,etl of wmmun.ldt!c!ared her In bon.!,. 0.UD.,1 and playmates th( Is the ST"? ot carbollc ra dl'on of the OR t On Uf..i . " Advance. --tu or o rl.. , mostnn ..- "'OD in ou a7.""? ?2 to I?" roads T, Lf" P 0 M nl. r lere .ar I os low wool Oregon frolr.1, n o, . ItllvDMiin Pro rata mie last ooforo ship. fi.su to as Given a Public Ovation in London on the Occasion of His Last Perform ance There. London, April 4. Colonel William F. Cody was honored with a popular ovation tonight on the occasion of the last performance in London of tho "Buffalo Bill" show. The season in tho metropolis has established a now record for success in the line of mam moth entertainments. Royalty set tho example, there having been scarce ly a performance since the show open cd that has not been attended by some member of tho royal family After a tour in tho provinces the pop ular organization that has delighted thousands on both sides of tho Atlan tic for a quarter of a century will be broken up foi good. Col. Cody an nounces his intention of making a pri vate tour of the world and then will settle down on his Nebraska estate to spend the remainder of his days. HAVE THE SMALLPOX. Inmates of St. Vincent's Had the DIs ease Without Knowing IL Columbus, O.. April 4. Twelve In mates of St. Vincent's orphan asylum all have smallpox. The disease was not recognized at first. Four hundred children were exposed. RESCUERS KILLED. Two Firemen of Kansas City, Lost Their Lives After Saving Six Lives, Kansas Cityi April 4. John Pugh and William Ridgley lost their lives this morning In a west side tenement house after saving tho lives of six others on tho fourth floor. MORMONS HOLD 73D ANNUAL CONFERENCE 12,000 DELEGATES PRESENT FROM NORTH AMERICA. Latter Day Saints Open Meetings To day In the Big Tabernacle at Salt Lake City. Salt Lake. April 4. The 73rd an cual conferenco of the Church of Jesua Christ, or the Latter Day Saints opened hero this morning in ine uig tabernaclo of the congregation. Twelve thousand delegates were present from nearly every state. Canada and Mexl co. The meetings will continue until Monday night. Vanderbilt Bachelor Dinner. Newport. R. I April 4. A number ot prominent young society men of New York have arrived to attend the farewell bachelor dinner which Regi nald Vanderbilt Is to give this even Ing at Hill Top cottage, in Bellevuo avenue. The cottage was formerly the summer residence of Richard M. Hunt tho artist. The supper Is to be furnished by Sherry and It is under stood that it will be ono of the most magnificent affairs of the kind that ever has taken place even In this center of brilliant social functions. Oshkosh Has a Birthday. Oshkosh. Wis.. April 4. The city of Oshkosh will bo SO years old to' morrow, the incorporation naving taken place April 5, 1853. Later in the year, when tho weather will be more favorable for outdoor Jollifica tion, there will bo held a celebration commensurate with the importance of the occasion and Illustrating the won derful growth and progress of the municipality In its career of half a century. Archbishop Ireland Not Promoted. Rome. April 4. Tho pope has Bot tled on the last cardinals to he creat ed at the next consistory. Archbish op Ireland is not Included in the list. Rush for Timber Land. The rush for timber lands in the Blue Mountains south of Heppner, continues as brisk as evor. Seven men came in Monday evening, eacn hnvinir mmin n flllnp- it Is the same every day most, from six to a dozen minga are made. It nas ueen bo iur the past six weeks, and there seems to be jio end or limn to me uiuuuui of rood timber In that section, as all applicant are located on what they claim tn hn valuable timber land. Heppner Times. Indianapolis, April 4. President Harry, of tho National Manufacturers' Association, has completed his ad dress which ho will deliver at New Orleans April 14. Two-thirds of It is devoted to an attack upon union labor and discusses tho eight-hour bill and anti-Injunction bill defeated In the re cent congress. He declares the manufacturers de servo great credit for killing these measures. Ho says: "The newspapers ami public men are subservient and apologetic. If these hills had been passed, similar bills would have been urged until the country would be un der the rule of socialism, tho contest for which has only begun. "Labor thoroughly organized has grown to a point whero the manu facturers are compelled to organize more strongly to fight back. Labor owes Its present power to public op inion, which Is in sympathy with tho poor, downtrodden worklngman, and lias lost sight of the grave Issues of capital at stake. "Unions are an un-American institu tion. They know only one law and that is physical force, tho law of sav ages. Orgaulzed Inbor doesn't place any reliance on reason or Justice, but Is In all essentials nothing but mob power knowing no master hut their own will. "Unionism is a menace to free gov ernment. It Is despotism in tho midst of luxury-loving people. Its history la stained with blood and ruin. Tho wrongs committed by It cry uno heaven. Its demands of congress aro for privileges violating the law. It extends its tactics to coercion and in timidatlou everywhere, dictating to the press and to tho politicians and strangling indepcndciico of thought and American manhood. "It holds a bludgeon over the head of every employer and denies to tho Individual the right of being his own judge as to tho length ot tlmo ho shall work or what ho shall do in tho tlmo prescribed. He dlsciibses tho anthracite strike and lays all tho blamo on tho miners, nttacks Mayor Hnrrlson, of Chicago, who. he says, is nn ass and nn lcnor ant fool, an ignoramus whoso braying now and then Is taken for a lion's roar. Almost the entire address is a similar denunciation of unions. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ON HIS WAY WEST Winona, April 4. Tho president talked briefly from tho rear platform of his car here. His theme was "Good Citizenship." Complimented Foreigners. La Crosse, Wis., April 4. The pres ident arrived at 8:30 a. m. Ho ad dressed a crowd of 10,000 people. He paid the foreign born a high compli ment for their patriotism in both wars. "Your souls," he said, "rang true to war's red touch. You helped us teach the lessons of war and now you help us to teach tho lessons of peace. Tho qualities that made good soldiers then aro needed now to make good citizens." St. Paul Cheers Roosevelt. St. Paul, April 4. St. Paul pays its respects to Roosevelt this afternoon and tho capital city Is filled with thousands of visitors and decorated as seldom before. Tho special train, which reached the city shortly after 2 o'clock, was met en route from La Crosse by a bpecial reception com mittee headed by state and city offic ials. At the station hero a military and police escort mot tho party. After a drive about tho city tho distinguish ed visitor will bo taken to Minneapo lis. from which city tho journey west ward Is to bo resumed at 11 o'clock tonight. Arrangements at Stoux Falls. Sioux Falls. S. D.. April 4. Presl dent Roosevelt will spend Easter Sunday In this city. Out of defer ence to the president's regard for Sunday as a day of rest, no arrange ments have been made for public ex ercises hero and It Is not expected that the city will see much of him except as he goes and comes between tho hotel and the church. Neverthe less, the city will decorato In honor of the distinguished guest nud some effort will bo made to have him con sent to n drive about tho city and n luncheon with some of tho Sioux Fnlls representative citizens. The president will remain hero un til 9:30 Monday morning, when his train will depart for Yankton. From Yankton to Edgeley the run will bo made over tho Milwaukee road, stop ping at Mitchell and Aberdeen. Far go will bo leached over the Northern Pacific at an early hour Tuesday morning. TELEGRAPH MERGER. The Western Union, Postal Telegraph and the Bell Telephone Companies United With $250,000,000 Capital. Albany. April 4. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company of New York, filed certificates with the secretary of state increasing their capital stock from ? J&u.uuu.uuu io $250,000,000. T(he corporation is sup posed to bo jnaking final arrange ments for tho merging of tho Wostern Union. Postal and Bell Telephone companies. ACCUSED OF CRUELTY. TO BEGIN WORK. Panama Canal Commission Leave Wednesday to Arrange for Prelimi nary Work. Wnshincton. Anril 4. Admiral Wal ker and other members of tho canal commission leave here Wednesday for Panama to arrange tho prelimi naries for work on the canal which will remain contingent, however, on the ratification of tho treaty by tho Colombian congress. ASKED TO RE8IGN. Negro Appointed Collector of Charles ton Will Be Given 8ome Otner Place. Columbia, April 4. A close friend of President Roosevelt, has asked Crum to resign from the collectorship of Charleston, In order to relieve the president and his friends or emitar vassment. He was assured that an equally good place would be given him, whero there would bo nu objec. tlons to his color. Professor Hawes, of Athena, Being Tried Today for Whipping a Son of Sam Purdy. Tho case Is being tried today at Athena of tho state against Professor J, I). Hawes, accused of cruelly and unmercifully and unjustly punishing James, the 10-year-old son of Samuel Purdy of that place. County Attorney Hailey has charge of tho prosecution, and Ballerny & McCourt of the defense It Is claim ed by the prosecution that Professor Hawes whipped tho boy for throwing snowballs against a prlvato house, the samo being somewhat In tho na ture of disorderly conduct, though no damago resulted. Tho Purdy boy do nied tho charge, and it appears that his companions at play also deny that lie threw any snowball, while it Is stated that tho wife of Professor Hawes testifies with great explicit ness that he was the offender. The prosecution will also claim that thn punishment was cxcesslvo and irrational and tho motive largely bo causo the Purdy boy disputed Mrs, Hawes. The defense will probably take the reverse of tho position as sumed by the prosecution. PRICES OF LAND HIGHER. GRAIN MARKETS. To Ask Help of Congress. Memphis. April 4. The St. Fran cis lovee board will ask for $1,000,000 appropriation from congress for strengthening the levees damaged by the recent floods. Arkausas will be asked to authorize a bond issue of $500,000 to aid In the work. Semi-Arid Lands Below Freewater Are In Great Demand, J. T. Hlnklo has returned from a trip to Milton and Freewater and ad jacent country. He reports that all the semi-arid lands below Freewater are rising in price steadily on account of the Increasing demand. Ono thing that is responsible for tho increase largely Is tho example and success of such men as W. C. Gallatier. who has under ditch 1C0 acres of land, mostly alfalfa, though he has in considerable orchard. The record of Mr. Gallager's experiences during the 13 years he Quotations Furnished Dally by the Coe Commission Co., T. W. Wad dicks Local Manager, 120 Court Street. Chicago, April 4. Wheat Opened. May 13 July 70 Corn May 42!ft July 43 ft Minneapolis, April 4. Wheat Opened. May 73 July 73- New York, April 4. Wheat Opened. May 791s July 78 Closod, 73 42 1314 Closed. 73 73 4 Closed. 80 7!Hi Chicago Wheat. Chicago, April 4. Wheat- cents per bushel. 7.1 fifC Cotton Market Wild. Now York, April I. Thore w.is a wild scramble of cotton speculator again today. The shorts nro being being badly pinched. NO HOME RULE. English Government Thinks That the Present Policy Toward Ireland Is Best. London, April I. Thu Oloho's Dub lin correspondent wires Ills paper this nfternoon ns follows: "As a result of Inquiries made In tho highest offic ial circles, I am enabled to give nn unqualified contradiction to tho report that the government Intends to Intro diu'o a mcasuro dealing with homo rule. They consider tho present eco nomical policy toward Ireland ns the best nnd surest nntldoto to n demand for separation . STEAMER OVERDUE. THE PROGRESS CLUB Mot Last Night and Decided to Celebrate May Day in Appropriate Manner. A BOARD OF CONTROL IS ALSO SELECTED. Great Anxiety at Gibraltar Concerning the Bambara Carried Gunpowder and Dynamite. Marseilles, Frnnce. April 4. Thorn is great anxiety about tho steamur Unmbrn. four days overdue, nt aih raltar. Sho had n cargo of 80,000 pounds of gunpowder and dynamite A violent submarine explosion report ed off Gibraltar Tuesday, leads to tho fear that thc has boon blown to pieces. Tl.c vessel carried 35 nflleor.i f nil men nul six passengers. Thousands to Visit Chinese Tombs. Pekln, April 4, The court has com pleled arrangements for tho largest pageant In many years when It starts for tho visit to the western tombs tomorrow. There will bo nearly 10 000 persona In thu party oxcluslvo of tho ninny troops who will gunrd the 80 miles of railway. BIG STRIKE IS EXPECTED IN PORTLAND IF NEW SCALE IS REJECTED WILL WALK OUT MONDAY Two Thousand Men Affiliated With the Building Trades Council Ask for Increased Wages Employers Reject All Demands. Portland, April 4. Two thousand mon affiliated with tho Building Trndes' Council, may strlko Monday If the new wagn scale demanded Is not grunted. The Employers' Association stales that tlioy will reject tho domandn. Many carpenters nro already out. MONEY, NOTES AND ACCOUNTS, Taxpayers In Pendleton Who Havo Turned In Cash on Assessment Rolls. Thu following taxpayers of Poudio ton have turned In tho amounts of money, notes and accounts opposlto their names. Thu assessment of tho city Is not yet near completed: Notes. Money Umatlllu Implement Co, .$4,000 Jnmes Crawford 2,400 $1,800 Tompio & Wilcox 3.000 A. Kunkel & Co 1.800 Goo. It. O'Daulel 1.050 Je8so Falling 3,000 000 Carl Wcissert 300 Maple Bros 300 T. C. Taylor 4,00(1 If. H. Wessol 525 Geo. R. Demott & Co... 2,400 L. Cohen COO .2,000 R, Alexander 2,100 Frederick Nolf 90 75 Thompson Hardware Co, 1,500 Chas. Lano 210 O. H. Clark 300 Thomas Hampton 333 Chris Brudlng 600 Hans Struvo 2,000 Alex Melon 107 450 Jurgon Mum 1,000 533 John I lagan 833 John Nelson 333 Gideon Brown 1,333 MERCANTILE A88E88MENTS. Assessor Strain Completes Work of Assessing Business Houses. Tho assessment of tho mercantile houses of tho city has been complet ed. Tho total valuation Is 1363,625 on tho following lines: Clothing ' dry has been on his present farm is tool r0ods. hardware, tobacco and fiiwrs. old story of early douois, rears, exper-1 conroctionery, impiuHinuia, m lments and mistaken, crowned at last IgroceilM, drugs, ahoaa, Jwrjn w th a continuous rwora w i ana ruriwure, , crops. . . iww.m iw Adopted Constitution and By-laws-Club Declares1 Itself Non-partisan, Non-political and Non-Sectarian Monthly Dues Fixed at $1. The retailers of the city last night named their now association the Pen dleton Progress Club, adopted their constitution nnd by-laws, nnd definite ly decided to celobrnto May Day, on or very close to tho first prox. This May Day celebration will bo nlmoHt nn innovation In the way of a publlu diversion In this city. Proper ly arranged for It is ono of tho most attractive festivities ever engaged In. It can bo made such n success that the occasion will be novur passed over In tho futuro. Tho board of control ot tho Progress Club Is to consist of President Alexander, Vice-President Murphy, Secretary Tcutsch and Tieasurer Cohen, nnd nine additional members to be elected by tho club. Tho nnnunl meeting ot tho club is to take placo on tho first Wednesday In Jnnunry, nnd the regular meetings will tnko placo the first Wednesday uveulng of ench month, The club ad journed Inst night to meet next Thurs day evening, when tho May Day cele bration will coma In for n full share ot attention. The Initiation fco into tho club Is fixed nt $1 and thu monthly dues at $1 per member. Tho clul) expressly nnd specifically declares itself to bo and to remain non-partisan nnd also non-political In every senso, nud non-sectarinn as well. Loyalty to tho purposes and decisions of tho club within Its legi timate Hold of operations Is to bo en forced by expulsion In tho event a member Is not satisfied with making his tight Inside of tho organization and bushwhacks on tho outside. Thn committee appointed to take tho preliminaries In hand for tho ob servance of May Day Is as fallows: Alexander, Toutsch, Cohen, Roosevolt, Lyons, Iloottcher, Sharp, Clarke, Hoch nnd Nolf, MONSTER DEMONSTRATION. Textile Workers of Lowell, Mass., Vote to Hold Labor Parade. Lowell, Mass., April 4. A general exodus of mill workoru for the Cana dian mills hns begun. Tho textile council this morning voted to hold n monster labor dem onstration In the ncur futuro. Thoy expect Oompors to nttend. One- feat ure will be n purado of mill girls, now striking, numbering 11,000. William Harrlman Dead. Now York. April I. William Hani mini, n brother or Edwnrd, tho Wost ern railway magnate died this morn ing In thu Plaza hotel or n complica tion of diseases. Crevasse Widening. Nuw Oriuans, April 4. The cruv assu made at Providence Is widening und Is now 1,000 foet wide. Immensu damage has boon done. LECTURE ON MALAY. Rev, Shellabear, of Singapore, Malay sia, Will Speak at M. E. Church Monday Evening. Rev. W. H. Shcllnbear, presiding el der of tho Methodist Episcopal church In Singapore, MaylaysUa, will lecturo In thu Methodist Episcopal church next Monday evening, April C, at 7:45 o'clock. Tho lecturer will bo dress ed In Mayliiyula costume and speak on thu habits and customs ot that pco plo. Ho Is In this country on a furlough for tho purposn of Interpreting tho scriptures Into tho Malaysian Ian guago. Thu lecture will bo free and nil aro cordially Invited, IN POLICE COURT. White Man and Indian Convicted of Being Drunk and Disorderly. A white man anil nu Indian woro convicted or holng plain drunks In Judge Fltz Gerald's court this morn ing. Tho wlilto man paid $5 for a discharge from custody, nnd tho In dlan being moro flush with tlmo than with cash, will languish In the city Jail for three days. There was ono vagrant, a hobo, before tho Judge to day. Ho was given two hours in which to get out ot town. BALL GAME TOMORROW. TheWonders and the Clerks Will Pfy a Practice Game Admission rrt - There will be a same of Mi. nt thn Alta street grounds afternoon between im w the Clerks. The nw are request band,. a for Vlnir the coming ore will be no admission Mi