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-, 1 DAlCif EVENING ED1TWK I I Eastern Oregon Weather Id" ...i lour l...,ilfer" -.:, csrnei p..;-; 'week. Tonight nml Saturday, partly i k cloudy, cooler tonight. I PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, Fill DAY, A PHIL 17, 1903. NO. 17120. L.16' HEM EXCITED Newspapers Indignant Sniiad- Goes to Marseilles, Lr WE REFUSED T0 PARTICIPATE AT KIEL. . . -ru-t h Per ,geblatt ThinKt L, Friendship of mc.. - .... n impossibility Ail uuc I Misunderstanding of Situation. l,.rf Anrll 17.-T11C Aiuer- Ldron in European waters, l!K Pf the unicaK", I.. ..a italeleh. has eon or- Ito Marseilles to participate In Iceptlon of President i.ouuoi, . i, Hint thn id, Aprn li. Ln smiadron will go to Mar thas aroused a storm of indlg- n account of America's re- o participate at the Kiel ma- krs. me remain m b as a direct affront to ucrma Fie Tagcblatt declares that this Lm ia i.o n snlntorv lesson to Iraans not to truckle to Amer- I It says: "The pcrninncnt. Up of America and Germany .IMo" Thi. Tnnllscho Itlllld- VJOJIVIV. i' "o characterizes the action as "n i the face, an insult the Ger- lion't forget.' I nonltnh Znltiinir welcomes tho Itt, because It clears tho air hows the Oerniaus how Amorl- really regard tliem. Idus to Misapprehension. Ihinston, April 17. The navy pent officials allege that tne brable criticisms of today's Ger- press on the action of tho (Id- feat In ordering1 the European Inn In .Marseilles Ik l.ised iinon prehension of the situation. t kaiser Invited not the Euro I bat the North Atlantic squad- ) participate in Kiel, i no m- m via 4Ytpn(lnil nt n flmn u'linn Is contemplated the North At- I squadron would visit Europo lers. Later It was decided not A the Nnrth Atlnntln Knunril-nn Irope this summer, so tho kai I Invitation was declined. It Marseilles ti-ln I n wlun In. es with the European squad- I .a.U. lit tOULDN'T TRUST NEGRO. Inter Taylor, of Kentucky, De- pw to Hire Negro to Kill Goe- ItMort. Kv Anrll 17 V..(u.. Jjaln on the witness 'stand this ls- lie detailed the attempt: I to get HeckernmlHi l ! erv ""S. Taylor declined to outer P-TOnient uecaiun il.ri.m.,.,m, ti e?ro. Taylor said he could him Ho said the latter, would pardon anyono who Lfin. V ,or Wl'0,t t0 FS him to come to Frankfort ; auout to ho rohhed of Ills RETURNED TO WORK. Striking Gas' Teamsters at Chicago Were Issued an Ultimatum. ChlcaRO, April 17. Trouble be tween tho allied teaming Interests and 30,000 union teamsters was avert ed this morning when tho striking gas teamsters who went out in sym pathy with tho gas works men re turned to work. An ultimatum was Issued that unless they did so all agreement made with the local unions would bo cancelled, TIRED OF LIFE. Lieutenant Howard, a Prominent Of ficer In Army Commits Suicide. St. Louis, April 17. Lieutenant Thomas Howard,1 U. S. A., committed suicide In tho hospital at Jefferson barracks oarly this morning. The nurso loft him and bo slnshed his throat nnd arms with a razor. Ho had poor health for yenrs. Ho had attained considerable distinction In tho service. Irish Demand Home Rule. Dublin, April 17. Tho chief Inci dent of today's session of the Irish Nationalist convention was the In troduction of a resolution by John Itedmond relttoratlng tho demands of tho Irishmen for homo rule. REFUSE REFORMS: BUTTE GIRLS STRIKE Reach Agreement. Huntington, April 17. After four days' session tho United Mlnework ers nnd the coal operators have reach ed an agreement In the Knkawba fields. Many Visit Monitor. Henderson, Ky April 17 It is es timated that 5,000 visited the moni tor Arkansas during lis four-hours' stny hero today. IIEUV CHALLENGER DISMASTED STRUCK BY A SUDDEN SQUAL AND STRIPPED, Memphis and Gulf Line. I'UIS. Tpnn A. ...I. IMemnk lu"i t Wl go erJ toneth. It is Itle coBtr... . mo author ty le Ll"bfen'ot' "1 that work Iecure Z ,,, , nenr fl'tro. " Zier: b0 lllel with meeting h A,,r "-The an 1 Ednfi S?theastorn ,kch ownTtlonal Assocla- Mhe terrhnrtCachers frora locution r . y omI,rced by t9 l, A two-days' nm. fc8100' of wiling for I th I ann .v u"u"ors Of Jother states. for tkL1,7r-Tn Maine sail- f,rr be m TV slaml navy er weakness, r0us he". 7 ipr" 17. A blc I0' ISEOlWw tn's mornlm. nt l.vv, O ,.W (. Press Association Reports That One Man Lost His Life and Several Were Injured Sir Thomas Knock ed Down Main Hatchway. Weymouth, April 17. While on a trial spin this morning, tho new chal lenger. Shamrock HI, had everything on her carried away by wind. The challengor was loft a mere hulk. The accident took place immediate ly after Mho Hct sail on a port tack. Slio bad loft tho harbor and was pro ceeding slowly when a sudden squal struck bor and carried away every thing above board. The yacht was completely dismasted, The big main mast fell over the side Into the water, carrying with It tho immense top hamper, halyards, rig ging and clouds of canvas. No word from tho yacht haB reached shore yet. Sho will undoubtedly be rctltted at once. It Is thought, with heavier spars. The accident recalls the fact that Shamrock II was similarly wrecked In n trial spin two years ago, with King Edward and Lypton aboard, but for tunately, no one was hurt. One Killed, Several Injured. London, April 17. Tho Press asso ciation has a dispatch stating that ono man lost his life and several were injured In the Shamrock acci dent. The Central News asserts that Sir Thomas was aboard nnd was knoekod down tho main hatchway. Tho steward, named Collins, was lost ovorboard. Sallmakor llatzky was al so on board. Later Lipton Hurt. Tho hull, as shown by investiga tion, escaped Injury. Lipton narrow ly escaped the fato of tho steward, when tho letter was swept overboard. Ho was struck by another sailor and knocked down tho hatchway with sudlcient force to break a wooden tank cover on the cabin floor. His hand was badly lacerated and his fchouldor was bruised. Throe of tho crow were injured. One sustained several scalp wounds. I.ipton is much grieved over the accident. Special Mission Sent by Porte to Pacify Albanians Made Prisoners," AMMUNITION AND STORES FOUND IN A MONASTERY. Albanians Demand a Native Gover nor for Their Country Gulgarian Agents and Bishops Said to Be Fostering Insurrection. Constantinople, April 17. Official Information has been received that tho special mission sent by the Sul tan to pacify the Albanians, has uecn surrounded by several hundred Alba nians at Ipck. The commissioners are practically prisoners. Tho Alba nians categorically refuse to accept tho reforms proposed and demand an Albanian governor for their country. Fostering Insurrection. Constantinople, April 17. Tho portc is convinced that tho Bulgarian commercial agents and bishops are fostering tho insurrection iu Albania. He is preparing to restrict their in fluence by Isolating them to tho places under its supervision. A large quantity of ammunition nnd stores were found in a monastery In Albania. Show the Spirit of the Times by Organizing and Placing Pickets on Line. WILL INVESTIGATE. New York- Police Will Examine Al leged Mafia Prisoners Tomorrow. New York, April 17. In order to give the police time for further In vestigation In the barrel mystery, the examination of tho alleged Mafia prisoners and counterfeiters has gone over until tomorrow. The police are close mouthed but it Is said informa tion was secured, from papers seiz ed when Moretti the alleged Mafia leader was arrested, that will lead to other arrests today. The victim's identity Is still unknown. The police wired New Orleans to investigate as It is believed the man was lured from there. SMUGGLING AT MANILA. Captain Chamberlain Suspended, Pending an Investigation Another Porto Rlcan Affair. Washington, April 17. Captain Chamberlain, quartermaster officer in charge ol the transport Seward, at Manila, has been temporarily sus pended pending an Investigation on charges of smuggling liquors and silks for personal use to several army officers and wives now residing in the Philippines. The case is similar to the Porto Itlcan affair. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SERVICE BADLY CRIPPLED. Struck Because Girls Were Being Imported From Salt Lake to Take Their Places Western Union Also Tied Up by Messengers' Strike. Butte, Mont., April 17. The tele phone and telegraph service Is badly crippled by strikes. A month ago tho Western Union locked out their messengers because they had organ ized. They tried girls who were hooted ofT the streets. They then at tempted deliveries by telephone. The telephone girls organized nnd struck yesterday when they learned thnt girls were Imported from Salt Lake. A large crowd gathered nt the depot, but the girls disembarked outside the city. Tho tclephono building today is guarded by tho girl strikers. BODIES DECAPITATED. I BLACKLIST UNION PACIFIC. Unions of Montana and Wyoming Ask President Roosevelt Not to Ride on That Road. Cinnabar, Mont., April 17. Prcsl ilnnl. Itnnsnvnll hntt pnnn In GnVHor Thn iinlnn ,,,nrilnl lrtiu rill nvfip Monlana nnd Wyoming have passed resolutions asuing tnc presiueni 10 retrain trom riding over tne union l'acinc during his trip, as Mb inn nrari- ,i-nc nnnnirwl tur, n,m,tliQ ni.fi and takes in many towns on thnt lino only, it will no impossible lor tno president to accede, much as he de- al-ta ir fn vn tltr, tinlniiD lnrn than 2.000 miles of the Union Pacific lines must ue iraverseu. PASSENGER WRECKED. HORSE THIEVES LYNCHED. Two Members of a Mexican Gang Hung Near Tucson, Arizona. Los Angeles, April 17. A dispatch front Tucson say. two mumlH'rs of a gang of Mexican horse thieves Infest ing Santa Cruz county for a year, were lynched on a tree by the road side by cattlemen. Signs were print ed across the bodies, reading: "Hoihe thieves and smugglers." Head End Collision Reported Near Dickinson, N. D., With Heavy Cas ultles. Butte. Mont., April 17. A report has lea' bed Iipi"? tl.'it pass-fiij-er truln No. 4, on the Northern Pacific was hmasbed into by a freight train near Dickinson, N. D.. this morning with heavy casualties. All tho doctors of Dickinson bnvo been summoned to the wreck. Colorado Musical Festival. Donvor, April 17. Music-lovers trom ninny parts of the state are gathered hero for the first annual mu sical festival of the rttnto of Coloia do. Tho festival will bu inaugurated at tho Broadway theater this even ing with a presentation of Mendels sohn's "Elijah." The program pro vides for a number of concerts, ora torios and recitals in which Theo dore Thomas Orchestra, the Denver Vocal Society and several soloists of wldq fame, will take part. From present Indications the festival will bo a great financial as veil as nitistic M1CC088. Pugilist's Wife Dead. Now York, April 17. Mrs. Robert Pltzslmmons, wife of the pugilist, died at hor home at Bonsonhurst of typhoid pnoumonla, today. Postoffiee Robbed. Winnipeg. April 17. The postof (ice ot Areola was robbed last night. Tho mall bag was cut and $2,000 in cash taken trom it. FIREMAN HANGED. In His Speech He Said He Had Not Intended to Kill His Victim. St. Joseph, Mo.. April 17, Charles May, a railway fireman, was today ltni.unil fur th murder nf Robert Martin in December, ItlOO. Ho wns praying when the drop ten. in ins speech he Laid ho had not intended to kll IMartin, therefore hanging wns too severe u punls'imant. NO DIVIDENDS. Judge Sanborn Refuses a Modifica tion of Decree to Northern Securi ties. St. Paul, Minn., April 17 Judge Sanborn today refused to allow the Northern Securities to liirnlsh su porsedeas bonds upd modify tho de cree so as to permit tho company to pay divldonls May 1. Tho district attorney says he lias Instructions Horn Knox to oppose any such move. MAKES A PLEA FOR THE SCHOOL BONDS Can the taxpayers afford to voto against tho school bonds? More than 100 farmers have come to Pendleton in the last two or three years to i school their children. This means !0ii or 500 people. Let each mer- clinni, property uwnc, muu.w . -.- kind, a family that has a few rooms to rent, in fact any citizen, figure out for themselves what this means to them. This is looking at It In a purely business point of view. To retain these people, as well as to encourage others to come, we must keep abreast of our neighboring towns. Baker City, with half of the wealth, has ono 12-room and two eight-room modern brlrk school houses, and will vote $25,000 bonds this spring for another. Walla Walla will vote a $50,000 bond for new houses this summer, and her school bonds already amount to nearly $100,000. , , , . Pendleton taxpayers are Kicking when the hoard asks for $25,000, It should bo $10,000, and It would be the best paying Investment that Pen dleton ever made. The boa.'d is more than willing to consult wltii tho people as to the best r!ans and situation of tho school houses. We have asked and urged jou to meet U3 in a public discussion of the matters, but have failed to in terest you, I want to tell tho people of Pendlo ton that if wo wish to retain our good name as a school town, we must act, and that quickly. People are not satisfied to have their child ren herded in barns and sheds when all the surrounding towns havo all the modern appliances. It will bo the policy of the board In the future to spend no more money on makeshifts, but build only the best. We don't expect to please all, but will work for what we thing will bo for the best interest of tho school, if you will give us something to work with. JESSE FAILING. The Skulls of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fair Will Be Produced In Court, Showing That Mr. Fair Died First. San Francisco, April 17. The bodies or Mr .and Mrs. Charles Fair have been decapitated and the skulls will be used in tho New York court to refute the evidence of the French men, Mas nnd Mornne, that Mrs, Fair died first. Tho bodies were brought here hut never burled, as attorneys suspected this move of Mrs. Nelson to claim the estate. The secret of decapitation of tho Fall's leaked out today nnd caused wonder among their friends. The attorney snld that emi nent surgeons who examined tho skulls will testify that It was im possible for Mrs. Fair to die first. T KNIGHTS Hold First Annual District Convention at Walla Walla and Initiate Candidates. Morgan's Birthday, New York, April 17. Morgan qui etly celebrating his Gfith birthday, re calls the fact that his greatest suc cesses have been ninde slnco he reached the age of 00. Ho Is said to bo worth $200,000, which bo has ac cumulated within the past 20 years. Resist Allotment. I'ontoloc, 1. T., April 17. A largo number of I'ullblooded Indians nio re sisting the allotment of thulr lauds and serious trouble Is feared. The Indians claim that under tho arbi trary allotments' of tho Dawes com mission they will get poor lands. Taylor Hanged. Kansns City .April, 17. Bud Tay lor was hanged In the county Jail this morning for the murder tif Until Nol-lard. Chicago Wheat. Chicago. April 17. Wheat 77'ri cents per bushel. 77-T, (& FDUR SENATORS INDICTED ALUM BILL BRIBERY DISGRACE IN MISSOURI. Lieutenant-Governor a Fugitive From Justice Many Other State Senat ors Under Suspicion Two Indicted for Perjury. St. Louis, April 17. It is now be lieved thnt Lieutenant-Governor Leo succeeded In escnplng on a train to Chicago. Ho is regarded as a fugi tive. All trains are being watched, It Is now given out as an open secret thnt four statu senators will ho in dicted nt Jefferson City for bribery. Twelve others aro under suspicion. Two others will nlso bo indicted for perjury on ovldeuno found by tho St. Louis special grand Jury. Wanted for Perjury. St. Louis, April 17. No news was received of Lee up to 2 o'clock. It Is stated on tho best of authority thnt ho may bo indicted for perjury by the Cole county grand Jury as a re sult of his testimony before that body and later beforo the St- Uiuls Inqulsitoi'B, regarding the legislative bribery. UMATILLA COUNTY WAS WELL REPRESENTED. Class of 15 Received Knights Degree Banqueting and Speech-making Closed Evening Entertainment. Walla Walla, April 17. Threo hundred and sixty-three Knights ot Pythias of tho Inland Umpire wero present at Odd Fellows' Temple last nlghl at tho fouith meeting of thn Flint District Convention of tho or der. The session wns very enthusl nstlc and tho addresses delivered were received with mnrked atten tion. At tho close of the business ses sion of the convention n class of IB candidates received tho knight's de gree. Banqueting and speech-making closed the evening's entertainment. Ono of tbu most important trans actions of the business session wns tho adoption or a resolution chang ing tho meeting of tho convention trom every three months to twlco n year, March and November. Tho next meeting will ho held nt Dayton Iu November. In calling tho meeting to order Inst night President Ornishee mado a very eloquent nddress, reviewing tho great good mid enthusiasm which had been Invoked thiough the medlumship of tho district convention. Tho towns represented last night were: Poitioroy, 25; Pasco, 2; Dayton, 35; Waltsburg, 45; Pendleton, Athena, Weston, Milton and Helix, 150; Walla Walla, 100. Special trains carried the Knights to the city. The visitors departed for their homes about t o'clock this morning. The banquet was piovldcd by tho Itathhoue Slsteis, tho woman's aux iliary or tho Knights or Pythias. Tho huge banquet hall was decorated In red, yellow nnd blue, tho nntlonal colors, with (lags nnd lodge banners. Lyons Hanged. Portland, April 17. Elliott Lyons was hanged nt Eitgeno this morning. Ho murdered Sheriff Ed Withers, who attempted his arrest. As ho was hung he snld; "God forgive you, you know not what you do." LUTHER ELLIS DEAD. Southern Missionary Society, Atlanta, On., Apill 17, The wo man's board or homo mlsMntw of tho Methodist Episcopal Church, South, began Its fifth mutual seislon in this city today. Delegates aro In attend ance from Alabama, Mississippi, Ten nessee, Louisiana, Virginia ami other slates. Reports to ho presented to the convention show that the society has hud n year of great, activity PROTESTS AGAINST TAXES. Aged Veteran Passes Away After a Lingering Illness Funeral Will Be Conducted by G, A, H. Luther Ellis, aged 77 yours, died at his home nt 212 Alia street, this morning nt 12:15 o'clock, alter u lln goring lllnebs from u combination of dropsy and consumption, tho hitler developing from the former. Ho lias been confined to his home slnco last fall. Mr. Ellis was u soldier In the :i2d Iowa Volunteer Infantry during tho civil war, nnd had been In poor health ever slnco the close of the wiir. Ho had been married three times, bis last wife, to whom he was married In iX'SA In Iowa, surviving 111 in. Mr .Ellis was born in Itock bury, Vt., September 25, 1825, nnd 'emo to Iowa when qulto a young man. Ho cumo lo Eastern Orogon, settling at Pendleton, iu 1895, com ing lieio for his health. It Is said that his only surviving relative, asldo from his wife, Is u brother In Vermont. The funeral will take place tomor row at 10 o'clock a. in, from tho Methodist Episcopal church, on Thompson street, and the Interment will take place at Olnoy cemetery. Tho G. A. n., of which Mr. Ellis was an honored member, will conduct tho services, assisted by Hov. Hobort Warner, When tnken with his last Illness Mr. Ellis was chaplain of the G. A: It. post in this city, All old soldiers and the G. A, It. members in particular, are requested If possimo to attend the funeral. Agent of O. R. & N. Not Pleased With Assessor Strain's System of Taxation Professes! Total Ignor ance of Railroad Values, A 0. Watt, the HhciiI ageir of the (). It. Sr N., who Is mentioned else- whom, put in nu uppenranco yester day before County Assessor Strain, to enter n pmlost against the system Mr. Strain Is using In the enrollment of tho county's properly In this coun ty for luxation, Mr. Strain Informed a reporter for Ilia Eusi Oiegoulan that Mr. Wntt Is one of the most agreeable men ho ever met, in or out or office, hut that ho utterly tailed lo discuss tho ques tlnu of values of the company s holdings In this county. Ho not only ix presented that ho was totally Ig norant of tho value ol' the rallrod property, hut that he could not toll where Information could he obtained from which tho value or tho railroad pioperly could bo estimated, In answer to Mr. Strain's questions lie professed not to know where tho Inter-state commerce commission gets lis Information about railroad values, Mr. Strain tried to get u (tutcmont from lilm or opinion as to railroad values in this county, but ho professed that ho could not give the Information, and would glvo i;o prom Iho of being able to give It at any lime In the rutin o. Mr. Watt took the position that the railroads are of luestlmublo value to the communities through which thoy pass, by tho construction of now lines, affording facilities for travt-l and shipment, otc. Acting upon Information obtained from various sources, hut which Mr Wntt does not contribute in tho least. Mr. Strain will assess the rallraod property In this county at from $1!, 000 to $15,000 per inllo, ,A
