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FVQHNeEDQjgN DAILY EVENING EDlTttt nAlLY 1 Eastern Oft ton Wmthf ; " . i .1 or iw'" aay pnriiy ciouuy ' -WWMMM PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OHEGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1903. NO. 4730. MS'DOli Tells lor of Commerce .. that American Com- Much Desired. .DDiNBEMENT . ouima AND RUSSIA ... . l.t,nn fnr the There ! n """"""" Tn Define the Requests Bi . (or Treaty Ports. inrii ?.) in rcanonse n.r the state depart ing received a tlispaicn uuis .j ifwr-nrmir-ir in li u ri uli n...liii mlnistor I'f lul'OlKn iu. assured him ma: me pud reports of a personal arrange- WW"" ' , between nussia unu mhuj nhRnlutelv in tint Ph na snail reiuBe uio ind consulates in Mancnuna, i n pnvc tt.fi. hf hnn J (U.A Ilnnnln liDC tin ffl. to exclude the other countries una nr in luuici kauudmi l- Tlnnnlnnn AmpnrA mav nc Riire now i ie none 10 cjuhu liiu uuurs and American capital arc just jnderstood that similar assur- have been received by Socre- it mm tnc KURBian amnassa w snmfrinn i nRse niKavow- Russia are regarded in offlc iimnt ni a iav hhvb ii I'ri BRITT WINS. Lad Clear! v Beaten In One e rniuw r- innii tver hin rttco. Francisco. April 29. Referee and best flchtfl ever Eeen in CISCO. Willi A WXtrwmlrl nf no rnn man m u fiugeraid's one. With the 111 nnt V. A w IwmchM. with lott RU'ltlf tn , nuiig superiority was man- IVEN LIFE SENTENCE. Hofiing Up Street Car at Awes. April 29. James - iv iiicwiicr. wnn neia - ucim tur, were Or llfo fi ft c?. r..i.t nM i. i morning. nUrke. whn i ' " " 'j picai aesperaao, Hat effort tn o.. Ti ...i We tn I . . M'S. "and you arn rtnlnp' ttere Is ntiiB u' " murderer nf n r 0RIN MARKETS. own t,y Coe c.-ml. r-.v r ,w Boulter. Local wourt Street. , yrn z. wk-.i on . '.ry YeO- QUiet and mm. ' .."'WI 10I1AV T-V. . . .. uiuni! nr n roar Me f. V.J:lmuM rather WnsrVoo. zero ""t belt. tj.. u,e ,n 1110 ! taiS? S v the rH or -Kill a. ' ""l- Closed. ... H ... ... tst. ClOMd. 74H CURRENCY QUESTION. Praaldent Roosevelt Speaks on That Much-Abused Subject at Qulncy. Qulncy, April 29. Roosevelt's train was a little late. He addressed the people front a stand In the park on the currency question. He said: "It Is well nigh universally admitted that our currency system is wanting in elasticity. Our laws have been re cently improved but they need fur ther improvement and strengthening. They need such a modification as will insure the parity of every dollar coined or issued by the government and such expansion and contraction of currency as will promptly and au tomatically respond to the varying needs of commerce. A permanent in crease will bo dangerous, but a per manent contraction would be ruin ous." Speaks at Keokuk. Keokuk, Iowa, April 29. President Roosevelt reached here at 8:30 and rradfa an address tc a large audience in the park The first stop toluy was made at Farmlngton, where the' pres ident spoke from the rear platform f the train. CABINET .MEETING. President Calls Conference of His Ad visers for Tonight to Consider Im' portant Questions of state. Washington. D. C. April 29. An Important conference between the president and the members of his cabinet will be held in St. Louis prob ably tonight The special train bear ing the president and his party will arrive at Bu Louis tonight at 4- Presldent Roosevelt and Secretary Shaw, who is to be of the party, will be rejoined there by other members of the cabinet Matters of importance which have arisen since the presi dent's departure from Washington will be brought to the attention of the chief executive. These will include Russia's attitude in Manchuria, the developments in the investigation of the postotfice department, and some departmental matters upon which the president wilr have to pass. NEGROE8 HOMELE8S. Fire Destroys Tenement Portion of Norfolk, Va. Of Incendiary Ori gin. Norfolk. Vt., April 29. An incen diary fire this morning rendered 60 negro families houseless and destroy ed the tenement section. It also de stroyed the Southern railway's wharves. The loss on the latter Is $25,000. Avoid the Americans. Berlin. April 29. The German Dental Association has Issued a re' port adislng their patients to avoid the American dentists, it says many colleges in America sell degrees to in competent applicants hence every one holding an American degree Is open to suspicion. Socialists Killed. Warsaw. Anril 29. A party of Pol Ish socialists started a demonstration here today. The police scattered them, killing four and Injuring a score. EMPLOVEflS TO PREVENT Tl E-U P MARINE ENGINEERS OF NEW YORK MAY STRIKE. Men Demand $125 per Month Tie-up Would Greatly Inconvenience the Incoming and Outgoing Steamers. New York. April 29. Employers of the marine engineers, who threaten to strike May 1. unless granted an Increased pay, will meet today to try to prevent a tie-up. Twenty-seven hundred men are involved, including engineers of tugs, lighters and steam barges. The strike would greatly in convenience the incoming and outgo ing steamers, as it would be Impossi ble to dock the large liners without the .tugs. The men demand $125 per month. They now get $105. Another Anglo-American Alliance. London. April 29. Fashionable so ciety, including a large number of the American colony In tendon, was wen represented today at the wedding of Miss Mary Kubn. of Philadelphia, and Roland Hunter Gordon. The bride Is the daughter of Mrs. Charles Kuhn,. of Philadelphia, and Is well known socially in that city and also in New York. The bridegroom is a cousin of the Marquis of Huntley. Reviews Troops. Rome. Aoril 29. Kins Edward and King Victor reviewed 26,000 troops, this morning at the Place d' Armcs. IT1 ro A a.trAvikJ larva nnrt nf tht woods at W. K. Vanderbllt's country home. "Idle Home." on Long Island Monday. SULTAN OF TURKEY TO Thinks Bloodshed on a Large Scale in That Country Will Distract Attention From Macedonia. ALBANIANS REFUSE TO ACCEDE TO TURKEY'S DEMANDS MACE DONIAN COMMITTEE RESOLVES TO ASSASSINATE CONSULS.' Berlin, April 29. Wo Information today reports that the sultan recently summoned the Kurd chiefs In Asia Minor to Constantinople and Instruct ed them to recommence the Armeni an massacres which caused such a sensation in the civilized world six years ago. Abdula's Idea, the paper states, Is that bloodshed on a large scale In Armenia would distract attention from Macedonia and relieve the pres sure in European Turkey. Armenian massacres, the paper's correspondent says, have already occurred In the districts of Van, Vaspuralnn, Mush and Sasun. In a fight near Van, the Armenians fought the Kurds fiercely with the result that 200 were killed and sever al hundred were wounded. The ma jority of the casualties were among the Kurds. The Armenian fugitives crossed the Russian frontier, pursued by the Turkish cavalry. The Turks continued the pursuit over the border. The frontier guards raised the alarm, a regiment of Cossacks appeared and fired upon the Turks. A brief en counter followed and the Torks re treated. The local Anzelter's correspondent also reports an encounter and sftys a ST. LOHIS PREPARED FOR DEDICATION E:. Louis, April 29. A multitude of visitors Is pouring Into St. Louis In anticipation of the coming of Presi dent Roosevelt and the dedication to morrow of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. During the past 24 nours all incoming trains have been heavily loaded, and reports from railroad au thorities Indicate that by nightfall the crowd will be the largest ever Mihtnn.ii in thit: rltv. Hntelc and boarding houses are filled to overflow ing and the streets of tne oown town district are literally jammed with people. Since last night parties of nA4nMaa hflVD hPATl nrHvlniT 111 lllllck uukaiyiD . v. . . . . ... . . succession. The reception committee has a stupendous task on Its hands, but the thoroughness with which it has made its arrangements is evi-,ioni-n,i hv nriavR results. Foreign diplomats, governors and their stalls and Innumerable other public men have poured into tne city on uhtj train Irnm tho N"nrh and South, the Bast' and West. As rapidly as they arrived they have been received at i.aiinii in. tnomliprs nf thn recen- tlon committee and escorted to tho quarters assigned them. .Marcning nr.1llara nnrl nlflvlni h&IldK SfO tO bC encountered at every turn. Tho num ber of troops aro pouring into the city Is without precedent. n total may be had from the fact that New York state alone has sent J.ouu soiaiers, representatives of all branches of the TnwA nhfn Kentucky. J 1 1 1 net "-v.. w - - - nols and many other states are well represented in tne great army ui that hno Invailttd the city. uaiucu " - - Under the able management of Adju tant-General Coram ana nis hub, soldiers' welfare Is being looked .nor Tho crnvnrnnrR and their mill- tary staffs, the militiamen from a score of states, jacKies irom u """- I. A-konetia Otlrl United StateS troops to a total of several thousand will combine to make a military pag eant tomorrow worth going hundreds of miles to see. The presidential party is aue to ar rive here late this afternoon. The .ij-. n.m ho mot at Keokuk by Governor Dockery, of Missouri and a citizens' reception connniuee, woo will accompany him to Bt. Louis. Up- ..-i .,(.. in tho Mtv the distin- UU ai.avttib r j - guished guest will be escorted to the home of former uoveruor riut, ...v.M OT,o.t ho will ho during his stay in the city. Former President Cleveland and a number of other dis tinguished visitors also are to be en tertained by Mr, Francis. The tay of President Roosevelt is so brief that there will be little time for him to participate in any public functions ARMENIANS Turkish officer and six of his men were killed. Reject All Reforms. Vienna, April 29. Die Ziett's Us kub, Alblna, cci respondent today wires his paper that the Albanlnns are uncompromising In their refusal to accede to the Turkish demands. A great meeting has been held uhcre resolutions were unanimously passed demanding tho restoration of Boslna and llerr.ogovlna, which form erly belonged to Atbjna, but for the past 25 years has been administered by Austria-Hungary. Further, that no foreign consuls bo admitted to Al bania except at Uskub and third, that all the rcforniB proposed by the porte be uncompromisingly rejected. To AssaJnate Consuls. Beilln, April 29. Advices were re nived hero today that tho Hut-nlan embassy at Constantinople, has noti fied the Russian consuls throughout European Turkey, that the Macedon ian committee has resolved to assas sinate them. The Macedonian leader, Mortonjcff, who already has a bloody record, has been delegated to supervise the as safcBlnatlons. Three other practiced n.urdersrs iiao been sent to kill the Servian consuls. except those Immediately connected with the dedication of the exposition. Tho Slgcl monument association, however, has obtained tho consent of the president to attend a gathering in behalf of thu memorial to be held at Masonic hall tonight. It Is ex pected that Mr. Itoosovolt will mako a brief address. At the World's Fair today tho vari ous officials and their assistants were literally working with their coats off getting everything In readiness for the festivities of tho next three days. The grand court, tho Liberal Arts building anil other portions of thu grounds that will bo brought Into promlnenco by tho dedicatory exer cises, have been dressed In rainbow fashion with thousands of Hags and yards upon yards of red, white and blue bunting. Tho facades of all thu great palaces facing tho court nre ap parently In a finished statu. When the president rides up tho avenue between tho groat structures tomor row the scene that will greet his eye will be practlrnlly tho same as that to be presented one year hence when the gates of tho exposition will bo thrown open to tho public. At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning the freedom of the city will bo be stowed upon President Roosevelt by the mayor, and half an hour later the military parade, composed of United States troops and tho National Gaurd, will start for the exposition grounds, preceded by tho president and Invited guests In carriages, At tho grounds a presidential salute of 21 guns will be fired. The doors of the Liberal Arts build ing will be opened and a band con cert will bo given. At 2 o'clock the ceremonies will begin. They will con sist of an Invocation by Cardinal Gib bons and addresses by the exposition officials. President Roosevelt will mako an address, and after a grand chorus former President Cleveland will speak. On Friday tho members of thu di plomatic corps, the representatives of foreign governments to the exposition and other official guests will be taken by a military escort to tho grounds. Addresses will be made by tho French ambassador and tho Spanish minister. The civic parade will take placo Bat urday and will be reviewed by the governors of tbo various states. In the course of the ceremonies at tho Liberal Arts building addresses will bo made by Governors Odell, of Now York, and Dockoi-y of Missouri. At the close of "the- ceremonies on each of the three days a centennial salute of 100 guns will be fired. A display of fireworks will bo made each evening. UNION'S BOOKS EXPERTED. Accountants Find But Slight Discrep ancies County Indebtedness. Union, Ore., April 29. Messrs. Clark and Buchanan, expert account ants of Portland, who havo been ex porting tho records of union county, havo completed their work and filed their report, which shows that all moneys received by tho various offi cials from July, 1896. to July, 1902, have been properly accounted for, with the exception of certain credits that should havo been made to tho county school funds and tho cities of Uulou and La Grande. It Ib shown that $17.19.37 that should have been passed to the county school funds, $516.06 that should havo been credit !d to li Grande and $109.22 that should have been given to Union wero credited to other funds. When these corrections aro made the accounts will balance, The report shows the warrant in debtedness of the county to bo $269, 622.38, and It Is shown that Baker county has a claim against tho coun ty for moneys collected in tho "Pan handle" district amounting to about $10,000, making the Indebtedness of tho county about $280,000. Union school district has Just mado a call for all outstanding warrants, having funds with which to cancel, all floating Indebtedness. QUALITY DE8IRABLE. Mary A. Llvermore Takes Issue With President Roosevelt Parents More In Need of Culture Than Children. Chicago, April 29. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Boston says: Before tho members of an organiza tion called the Mothers' and Fathers' Club. Mary A. Llvermore Bpoke of "Child Culture." Monday night and took Issue with President Roosevelt and President Eliot on the race sul cldo question. She said: "We need to listen more to tnlk about tho culture of fathers and mothers than wo do to the culture of the child, it seems to me. There aro two mighty factors that enter Into the making of indlvluals and of tin tions. Those facts aro heredity and environment. There aro men and women who are unfit to bo parents of children. At the present time wo have to depend upon environment. In many cases It Ib better ot tako child dren away from their natural parents so that they may have a chanco to do Detter. "The needs is not more children, but better ones. It would uot bo rnco suicide If wo wero to have moro homes Into which only two or three many cases It Is better to tako child children wero born. Quality and arrive nt St. Louis tonight at 4:30 SAIL FOR EUROPE. Earl of Yarmouth Transfers Baggage Directly From Train to 8hlp Be cause of His Debts. New York. April 29. The Karl and Countess of Yarmouth sailed for Eur ope on tho St. Paul this afternoon. To prevent the earl's baggage from being attnehed for Indebtedness, it was transferred directly from tho train. The ear admitted his Indebt edness, but' said that all his claims would be promptly pnld when pre sented to his lawyer. BLIZZARD IN CENTRAL STATES WIRES DOWN AND TRAIN8 STALLED IN MINNESOTA. Worst Storm Ever Known at This Time of Year In Iowa and Dakota Kansas and Nebraska Threatened, Duluth, April 29. A blizzard Is rag ing here, Trains are delayed, street cars and sawmills are shut down. Thu Incoming vessels on Iake Supe rior say it Is the worst snow storm ever known at this time of the year. Terrific Snow Storm. Bloux City, la., April 29. In North western Iowa, Northern Nebraska and nearly all of South Dakota, terrific sleet and snow storms aro raging. South Dakota Is practically cut off from all communication by wire. It will retard all crops. Kansas Next, Kansas City, April 29. Heavy snows aro predicted by the weather observer for Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska before tomorrow. HEAVY FREEZE. Nebraska's Fruit Crop Badly Damag ed by Frost Last Night Uncoln, Neb, .April 29, Nebraska's fruit crop was badly damaged last night by a record-breaking freeze followed by heavy rains. Winter wheat and oats, which were In dire need of moisture, were greatly ben efited over tbo entire state where failures were heretofore predicted, A MOUNTAIN SLIDE Town of Frank, in Alberta, is Destroyed and Many Miners Are buried. FIRST REPORTED IT WAS OF VOLCANIC ORIQEN. Stream Running Through the Town Is Dammned Up Reports Snll. Very Meager 70 Miners 8ald ts Have Been Killed .May Have Re sulted From Explosion. Victoria, B. C, Aprl 29. An awful catastrophe hupponcd at Frank, Al berta, at tho cntranco to tho Crow's Nest PaBs. It Is not known bow it happened, but It Ib roportod to bo of volcanic origin or an earthquake. It Is moro probable thero has boon an explosion that caused a slide of the mountain. Tho Canadian Pacific railroad track wiiB covered 50 feet deep with debris nnd a creek has been dammed, caus ing a flood In tho town. Six or moro houses havo been cov ered with rocks nnd tho Inmates are supposed -to bo dead. The wrecking tinln nt Crnnbrook has gono to the scene, Tho theory nt first was that a vol cano hnd broken out and this was at first accepted, but tho theory of tho provincial mlncrologlsts that a big slldo has occurred Is likely to b nearer tho truth, as a sldo of tho mountain In supposed to hnvo slipped Into tho town, thus dnmmlng the river. Frank Is only a small town with only ono operator, honoti the trouble in getting the news. Vancouver, B. C, Aplrl 29. It Is reported that 7G people wero killed by a volcanic eruption nt Franks, U. C, In tho "CrowB Nest" pass conn try. No details have boon received. Reported 100 Dead. Victoria, B. C. April 29. A lato re port from Frank, Alberta, places the death list at ono hundred people and status that tho river which runs through tho confer of tho town is ris ing fast, owing to Its being choked with lava and ashes nnd Is thus com plicating matters. Details uro still of tho most meager description. Burled 70 Miners. Spokane, April 29. A spoclnl tn the Press from Frank, Alberta, Northwost Territory, rtntes that an earthquake last night destroyed tho coal mlnos there. Tho entire night shift of 70 nilneru was burled In a property be longing to II. L. Frank, of Butte, Mont, It wns a newly openod mine which last year produced n thousand tons por day. It Is op the line of the Cnnndlan Pacific. MURDERER CONFESSES. F. C, Fischer, of Riverside, Cl., Chlo roformed His Wife, Poured Gaso line on Her and 8et Her Atlre. Uia Angeles, April 29. F. C. Fischer, who was nrestud ut Itivorsldn on suspicion of murdering his wlfo, confessed this morning. Ho said the deed was not premeditated, Ills wife was dying clothes with chlorofoi'm, Fischer said: "Glvo mo your chloro form and I will rcmovo tho sty from your oyo," Ills wlfo consonted. When she was chloroformed Fischer chokod her till she wus unconscious, then poured gasoline on her and uut her on fire. Fischer was mixed up In a murder at Han Francisco four years ago. His mother was a professional thief, be said. He was also In Jollet prison two years for grand larceny. Ho said ho confessod tn save him self from tho gallows, Thero are many threats of lynching. Tho wo man was his third wlfo. Ho says the other two aro living and are now di vorced, Tho murder occurred last Thurs day, Fischer alarmed tho neighbor hood, saying his wife was burning in Ihe house and frantically bogged the peoplo to savo hor. Ho apcarod to go Insano from grief after ho found her doad. Tho fire was put out too sooa and showed that she had boon chok ed. Ho says his reason for killing bU wife is that sne was recently convert" ed and ho didn't want to sou hor fall from graco. Ho had her life Insured for $2,000, Rocksand Won. London. April 29. Rocksand, the English horse, with Skcots Msrtla up, won tho Newmarket today, a purso of $16,000. There wero 11 m-tries. CjSts