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fl EI !-- - ii ' . DAILY EVENING EDITHM ; it 1 Eastern Oregon Weather E DAILY Tonight and 8unday partly I cloudy : threatening. w . wwWMMM. PENDLETON, UMATLLLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIIi 25, 1903. NO. 4727. i ' vj VIV t BIT LHils .. Croatlv Benefited 5 Been uiu'j i- v. niuctnnn ii ifipir in i . 1 1 ii vr oiv 1 1 v (J. U - . 1 I I A Ml Na onai i AODlUPfi .ii -r a i r. n n ' FCIKb in"..- AT OILLETT THIS MORNINfa. t-, Haopened to Get on the . eh, Nlnht Not isnwf rain That It Was the President u,. Handeurrea anu Ranfijine Car. r.. Anrll 25. ThO PrOS- LB - , 1 1 F nurlnc me uikui- - secret servlco men qibcuvuiuu ... Vestibule between the baggage buffet cars a tramp, who was ..J thrown inio uid QCUUCll " . . n ... Hd itHP Mb lllimu us jvuo- car. x 6- , - and said lie was a urau Seamen's Union at San Francisco, said he did not know of tho pros . L"i v.o trnln. Imt ho was r i it nit im - of It. The authorities at mi- , .Mont., took charge or mm. President In Nebraska. . o. nw rru n t . .L - JMnlnnnt'tt tntlT flflnr IllR 01 Hie IlieoHicuvo weeks outiup in tho Yelowatono auy lai iuuu0.. picturesque cuumry " . nntll after tho Nebraska state lino been rcacneii nine. - lu,l"" ..-.-J ...til. tl fnmlUnr Rlp-ht i:in.ltu null ..iv) -"n . . i-i . .i r..nt e 1,,. . wiinout unnecessary uuiuy mo rnPY.u-nti mtn tps m Liiwurii Ilsland, where the party will T Saintl Sundav at Grand Island. tucker In honor ot President eduleii to spend Sunday here, er the president has been formally roaed to the city he will bo left w mjuj uiu Utt.V IIH IK' uesii t'h. Is eipocted that he will attend rch in tho forenoon and, If tho ...... mvuulu, juvinvH, ' Dcltclch and prohobly Senator "J will join the presidential v "ere anu rcma n w Hi t tn n ct the Nebraska trip. VERY FAST BOAT. ce Makes Trial Trip In Light Breeze, "." I-, April 2r,. Tho Miii -V( Hwiautu Hiurifu ntit nn T in u wai tests under its own rI1 -u- manu h mairniiirent an. anro tk .i. .... . . Wn was llglit nt the ' oi the start wium fii ened up the Uolnca ...,, nllt al " Kon speed, with re ns a ripple bohind. Sho erltlence of lining r.., i.. GRAIN MARKETS. Furnished by Coc Commls " Company-F .w, Bout Loca, '"W, 120 Court Street. ftS,pr" 25.-Wheat- v S Both Tlir ..o.. !,,. showng a loss of with cent meo o reMrt ... , .. onuw b t bearish v,. DClm011 to 1)8 anie. h v w I "at those r com.:;: or tue h ic the anxiety as U-"re,t In thft Mn. r UHS hrool. " . "" " . Ann ic - -nil it,,-. opened, fa it-!" 45M Closed. 31 upened. Closed. -vipt I. . . . - no Hrlll.l, - n'"vu 1UUI kte ;ioria for rioUnc. Thr. lAv.n : 1 o un n.n n . . COBBE RELIEVED. General Manning Meets the Forces of the Mad Mullah and Defeats Them. nhha. Knmnlllanri. Anrll 9K n. rm Mnnnlni? pnmTnnnHlnw th uw. Ish force in Somaliland, on his way to reuevo uoionei uouoe, who is surrounded by tho forces of tho Mad Tn11nh TTint fhn lnttnr nnrl itnrnntn hlra. Mullah lost 2,000 killed. Brit- isn loss is iioi reporiea. uoddc was successfully relieved. The forco defeated by Manning was the same that surrounded and annihilated Plunkett's force last week rnmnosed of 12.000 men. 2000 holm? mounted. MANY IRREGULARITIES. Have Been Discovered In the Trans portation 8ervlce Many Officers Implicated. Chicago, April 25. J. B. Wilson, ex-disbursing officer of the bureau of coast guard and transportation, has been arrested for alleged Irregulari ties and throatens to implicato othors. James Beauhan has been convicted of defalcation, and Captain Harry Chamberlain, quartermaster of the transport Seward, is charged with smuggling. His case is likely to drag a numbor of high officers in the army into tho scandal. TIE TRIPLE ALLIES L Plans Being Formulated for Some Action to bo Taken in the Next Forty-eight Hours. Married by the Cardinal. Washington, D. C, April 25. Car dinal Gibbons officiated today at the marriage of Miss Theodosla Cook Martin, of this city, and Mr. Francis J. M. Graco, of Now York. The cere mony was performed this afternoon at tho home of tho bride's grandmother, Mrs. D. D. Colton, in tho presence of a fashlonnble gathering of society folk from New York, Washington, Baltimore nnd other cities. LATEST PHILIPPINE SCiUL REPORTS INDICATE MANY FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES. Barrett Sinclair, Former Treasurer of Rlzal Province, Short Some $20, 000 Tried to Commit Suicide. Washington, April 25. Reports re ceived this morning by the war do pnrtment from Manila indlcato that a number of financial irregularities If not actual embezzlemonts have oc curred in the Philippines. Among the cases cited Is that of Uanett Sinclair, tho former treasuer of Itlzal Province, now under arrest. His ac counts are $20,000 short. Sinclair tried to kill himself when arrested. Montauk Club's Depew Dinner. New Yorl;, April 25. The annual dinner ot' the Montuuk Club of Brook lyn In houor of the birthday of Sen ator Chaunoey M. Depew, taices place nt tho club house tonight and prepara tions for tho evont, it is said, have been made on an elaborate scale. Senator Depow's birthday was last Thursday, but It Is tho custom of the club to hold the dinner on the Satur day night following. Tho Depew din ner is always u unique affair end Is a popular event with Brooklyn cluo men. The guost of the evening is the only spoaker, and the birthday cak always come in the nntuto of a sur prise. Last year when tho cover of the huge silver dish was raised a daintily dressed little maiden step pod out of the enko bol'oro the sen ator and recited an appropriate verse. Krleuds of tho senator are wondering what new form the birth day cake will take tonight. King Edward at Naples. Naples, April 25. King lSdwurd ivns enthusiastically giceted uu n his arrival In Naples tody, en lotite to Rome nnd Paris. Tho town and har bor were astir early. Immense crowds nssomblod along the bay front, nnd icunds of cheers mingled with the British national anthem and salutes from tho harbor ships and land bat teries as tho royal yacht Albert and Victoria ncared shore. TJie bay pre sented a striking spectacle, owing to the great gathering of war and morchant ships, drossed from stem to atom in rainbow fa3hion. After tho exchange of salutes tho royal yacht was boarded by the civic and military dignitaries of Naples who officially welcomed his majesty. Later In tho day the visits were roturned by King Edward. The king will remain here until Monday when he will pro ceed to Rome. Mrs. Burdick Gets Money. Buffalo, April 25. Mrs. Edwin Burdick will get a good share of the $25,000 left her by Arthur Pennoll. It is assorted aftor consultation be tween attorneys that the matter was compromised and Mrs. Burdick was glvon a liberal settlement. Itufus Cantroll, tho Indianapolis gravo robber, was found guilty Thurs day night. , London, April 25. There is a strong belief in government circles that Russia in her demands on China relative to Manchuria, is trying to perpetrate a bluff to see how strong tho Anglo-Japanese alliance is. It is believed that Russia will make a dis play of force in an endeavor to oaus.i England to break from her new al lies. But if tho alliance resists with a contra demonstration, she will back down. Will Take Action. London, April 25. Up to lato this afternoon the foreign office had to fusel further Information concerning tho eastern crisis. It's unusual rctl cence Is construed as showing an CX' trcme delicacy in tho situation. Despite tho refusal of the foreign office to give out any Information, It Is rumored that plans for a joint pro test by Great Britain, Japan and the United States is being formulated with the greatest rapidity, and that wrao action will be taken within the next 48 hours. Declaration of Good Will. Washington, April 25. Secretary Hay received a note from tho Rus sian ambassador reiterating Russia's previous declarations of good will to ward the United States and reassert ing her policy In Asia, calculated ns one far from working harm to this country. Its tenor is like that of all the fore running Russian notes on Manchuria, so extremely general as to throw no light upon Russian intentions. Will Play Lone Hand. Meanwhllo Secretary Hay has sent to President Roosevelt a complete statement of the case and its bear ing upon American interests. No re ply has yet been received and it Is apparent that tho matter is looked upon hero as ono which Is so import ant and so fraught with posslblo dan gers that It would bo given the most careful consideration. The. stories that a Joint protest will bo mado by Japan. England and the United States aro unworthy of consideration. The United Stntos will play a lone hand . THERE WITH THE GOODS. POSTOFFICE ROBBED. Three Men Secure Several Hundred Dollars at Ferguson. si lnnls. Anrll 2B. Three men robbed tho nostofflce nt Ferguson this morning. They blew open tho safe. Tho explosion wrecked tho building nnd nrousod tho cltliens. Tho rob irr n'ltm honvllv armed. Several hundred shots were exchanged with tho posse which pursued mem to within a mile of this city. Tho rob bers secured several hundred dollars. Powers Marshalling Ships of War in Chinese Waters. i Washington, April 25. In view of the latest, developments in Mnucmiria the naval strength ot various powers in Chinese waters becomes Interest- Inrr Tl, Tt,D(nt flnnt hnu limMl ' gradually Increased until It now mini ' hers 12 vessels, Franco has 31 ships and 20 others In Indian and Cochin China wnters. Great Britain at last accounts had 37 vessels In Chinese waters, and Germany 17. Tho Ken tucky and Oregon are the only Amer ican battleships on Asiatic stntlons, but there are 24 other smaller Amer ican warships. Including two moni tors and some small gunboats, In Philippine waters. Japan has a strong nnvti) force on the coast. College Ball Games Today. VnrV Anrll 2E. Both EaBt and West a number of important games arc down on the collegiate baseball schedulo for decision today. Pennsylvania and Ynlo meet at Now Haven, Princeton and uruwn ni j-rov-l,ian. linrvnr.t nml West Point nt West Point. Columbia and Lehigh nt South BoUilcnem, anu ueorgeiowu and the Naval Cadets at Annapolis. In the West, Illinois and Michigan play nt Ann Arbor, Northwestern nnd Belolt at Belolt, Wisconsin and Chi cago nt Madison, Purdue and Roso Polytechnic nt iJifoyotte, DoPnnw ond Ohio Wesleyan nt Delaware, O., nnd Knnsas and Washburn College nt Uiwrence, Ivns. Kentucky T. P. A, Paducah, Ky April 25. Tho Ken tucky division of the Travelers' Pro tective Association is In a highly flourishing condition, to Judge from the largo nnd representative) attend' nnce at the statu convention in nes slnn hunv Tlio ilnv WAR nccunlCll nl- most entirely with tho transaction of business relating to tho nrtnirs or tno association and tonight there will bo a wlnd-np of festivities arranged by the Paducah members of the organiz ation. THINK THEY WERE SLIGHTED STRUCK I PLAN Y JOHN R. MURPHY BADLY PENDLETON WILL CELE- INJURED TODAY AT NOON. BRATE THE OCCASION. First Ball Game of the Season Will Be Played Between Dayton and Pendleton Chorus of 300 Voices in Training. A chorus of 30(1 voices from the public schools or the city, the music of two bauds, the winding of the Mny pole, and the danc'o and songs accom panying that function, a parde by the public schools, an address by Hon. T. G. Halley, ti. May queen and tho first league gamo of baseball, will bo the principal attractions In Pendleton on May day. The committee on arrangements was last night given by tho Progress Club cat to blanche to go ahead with all uriangsments necessary to iniiko Mny day a big success, nnd Incur whatever expenses the committee thinks necefcsary to cany out the plans. The business houses will bo closed on that day from 1:30 to 4:30 p in., and there will be no school. Tho managers of tho basebnll team have Invited tho attendance free ot charge of every duly accredited pupil of the public schools and tho teach ers as well, to tho bull game, which will bo held on the grounds in the western part of tho city. It Is not yet settled where tho winding of the May polo and tho danco will bo held, but U may bo In the courthouse bquare instead or on the school cam uus, as was at first thought advisa ble. Tho parade will compriso all the novel features of tho Arbor day pa rado, but will bo the first profession al game of this season within the present organisation, and will be be tween Dayton and Pendleton, M. A. Rnder is chairman of the committee on arrangements appoint ed by the Progress Club, Tho chorus ,xf vnne,u fmm Hlf. nilhlln HrhnnlH Will be trained by Professor Roy Conklln. While Crossing O. R. S- N. Track East of the Junction the Aged Man Is Run Into by Engine Two Ribs Broken and Head Cut. Today's northbound train from Walla Walla, ran luto John R -Murphy, breaking two ribs and cutting bis head quite badly. Mr. Murphy, who Is fi" years old. started to cross tho track. Tue engineer wnlstled, but Mr. Murphy did not quite clear tho engiue. Ho was struck in the side and thrown down the embank ment. Tho accident happened about a quarter or a mllo east of the junc tion switch. The engineer stopped at once and two members of the train crew pick ed up the Injured man. They carried him on a stretcher to his home at 1003 East Court street. Drs. Smith and Garfield, who were called, re port that the injuries aro painful, but not serious. A gash has been cut across the forehead nnd downward to the cheek bone, but probably It Is a surface cut. Two ribs are liioken. Mr. Murphy, who has been living at the homo of 1). D. Phelps, his son-in-law, for the past seven or eight years, Is ono of the oldest res idents ot tl Is city, having mine here in 1878. AIDING LADRONES. Nationalist Party Leader Explains the Object of His Organization. Washington, April 25.-Tho civil government In the Philippines has called upon the nationalist party to explain the charges that It is aiding and abetting the drones. The president of tho party made an on Uor but It is not deemed satisfac tory. In It he professes great friend ship for Americans and declares that the only purpose of the party is to achlovo Independence of tho Fl pi nos, but through the aid of the United States. Money for Philippines. Philadelphia. April 25. An express train carrying 250 kegs, each con tainlng $10,000 In silver coll, guard ed by a squad of regulars is soon to leave this city for New; York. The coin was stamped by the Philadelphia mint for circulation In the Philippines, Killing Christians. riln Anrll 25. A Vienna dis patch says that TurklBh troops have plundered many Maceuonian viiiubuh, killing a number or unrisuan. Mrs. Gertrude Stiles, Mrs. William Linden and Mrs. Gottfried Sowltch woro badly burned In a fire that de aimvtiA on nrttrtnmnt house in Chi cago. Sixteen families were driven out. The loss is K'o.w. HE RETURNS PAPERS AMERICANS AND CUBANS HERDED IN DINING ROOM. King Alfonso of Spain Entertains Del egates to International Medical Congress at the Palace Slighted His Late Enemies. Madrid. April 25. King Alfonso and his queen mother received last night, delegates to the International Medical Congress, which Is In ses sion here. The members woro plac ed In various rooms In the pnlnco. Cubans nnd Amerlcnus were plnced In the dining room. They consider this an Intentional slight. They were preparing to leave when the American minister nrrlved and per hiindcd them to remain. The inci dent Is widely dlsciiHsed todny. There Is n general opinion that the slight was Intentional. Ready for Soldiers' Show. New York. April 25. With clatter ing side-arms and tho rattle of steel shod hoofs, tho ndvancfr guard of tho Military Show took possession of Madison Square Garden today, and witli the re-ndlnesH of triad enmpalriii eiB, converted the Fourth Avenue and Tti!.,iiiv.uiviii virci.t primer Into n cav alrymen's e-amp. The business-like methods or the soldiers and mo case and celerhy with which they mado iiwmiuiiiu.ici iit iintmi 1 1 1 1 1 1 n Htlmuhitlui; effect on tho preparation for the Mil itary Aimeuc leagues umiuhwiii.iii, which will open In Madison Square Garden Monday nnd continue for 10 days. Tho participants In the tour ncinent tlilH year will Include cavalry troops from Fort Myor, artillery from Washington barracks nnd Fort Ethnn Allen and several detachments of tho engineers' corps. Canadian soldiers ,111 I,., rr.tiriiHmitrrt bv n dctnchmellt of the Forty-third regiment (the Duke of Cornwall's own nines), wno saw service In South Afrlcn, Then there will be a company of i-adctB from West Point, ami various detachments leprtsenting tho marine corps, tho naval batnlllon and the signal corps, In Police Court. Four hoboes, all charged witli vug lancy, were arraigned before Judge Flu Gerald this morning. Two woro given three days each In tho city Jail, ono was given five days ond sentence suspended for one hour to give him an oportunlty to get out of town. Back From England, Rev. John Warren, assistant rector of the Church of the Redeemer, is ex pected to arrive In Pendleton in about two weeks, via Toronto and Vancou ver, Wash, Mr, Warren has ben ab sent on his trip to England since October last . Roland I Morgan, of Elgin, 111., died suddenly at his country homo near Pensacola, Fla., after eating part of a packago of prepared food that he received by mall. Tho post mark on the packago Is indistinct. Lato Attorney-General of Post- office Department Submits All Papers to Knox. GEO. CHRISTIANCY A8K3 RELIEF FROM DUTY. Pending the Investigation Now Going on In HI Department Stated That Tyner Courts the Fullest Inquiry of His Conduct. WnoMitatnn Anrll 25. GeOrRO Christlancy, acting assistant attorney general for the postofflco department, said ho would apply today to the postmastor-goncrai to do reuoTuu from duty ponding the investigation Int.. I. In nffll-n or, III-mllM Of tllO HU' stractlon of pnpers from tho safe of Tyner by Mrs. Tyner, wuuu u (Christlancy) was tho responsible head of that division and on duty at Hint time. Attorneys representing Tyner wont into eoiiBultntlon with Pnynu this afternoon. They brought with them a bundle supposed to contain the pa pers taken from tho safo. They said tho futuro course of tho government depended upon tho outcome) of the consultation. After consultation Tyner's attor neys announced Hint they hail sub mitted all tho papers taken from the Hnfo to Payno and that he had re turned all but ono to ryner. -rl,.i ii i,nr 1rmt liv him DCrtalllOd to the charges against a former em ploye of tho department, now noun. They declare that nil tho other docu ments woro purely personal. They also state thnt Tyner courts the full est Investigation of his conduct TO BUILD CUT-OFF. O. R. & N., It Is Reported, Will Cut Out 45 Miles of Curves In Umatilla. A report has sprung into sudden prominence which has Its origin In railroad circles, that the O. R. & N will within tho next two or threo yeniH lnalso two cut-offs In tho wost em pnit of Umntllla county tnat will abbreviate tho mileage, of the road approximately 15 miles. It must not bo considered that this has yet reached the authorltntlvo or cemcluslvo stage, but the fact re mains thnt the report originates In railroad circles. Tho first proposi tion Is to the effect thnt the road will be built almost In n direct lino (nf proximately direct) from Echo to Coyote. This will save a distance of 23 iuIIoh. The second proposed "straightening" vlll bo between Wul lulu and Foster, and the dlstanco unveil it this is done will bo not less than 20 miles. Of course all thin presupposes the abandonment of the Kclm-Unuitllla line and of the line be tween Wnlluln unit Umntllla. Tho currying out of this scheme means furtlior tho arrangement of illvlBlons and Is in fact only a detail In a general plan ot physical rcorgan Izatlon. It is iiltogother likely that with tho currying out of the changes Indicated Pelidloton would full holr to tho O. R. & N. division with round ItoiiBO and other affairs of tho com pany now conducted ut Umatilla, OLUE RIBBON DOO, Jess, the Blooded Pointer Bitch Be. longing to F. F. Wameley, Gets n. other Prize at San Francisco. A telegram from F. F. Wamsloy this morning to Mrs, Wamsloy, states that Jess, tho now famous blooded pointer bitch, and now famous prlzet winner, hus taken another blue rib lion. This is tho fifth first prlzo tnkon by thlB splendid animal Hlnce being taken to tho National Bench Show, now In session at San Francis co. Tho dispatch states that "Jess lias been awarded tho Cunningham special prUo as tho beat all-round pointer of either sex at the bonch Bhow." Tlila award places this dog In tho list or the flnost animals in the United States, us tho standarila of the national oxhlblt aro high and en forced with unvurylng Impartiality H. B. Nelson Not III. The report that It B. NoIboii .of Weston, has had a atroko of paraly sis Is Incorrect, It appoaring on tho contrary that ho Is In his uBual healthaccording to a tolonhone mes. sage received from him today at the East Oregonlan office The statement that Mr. NoUon was 111 was mde upon what was considered good au thority, and thoro Is no present moans of accounting for the origin of the story,