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- - 1 ilKFmT UN DAILY EVENING EDIT10K Eastern Oregon Weather Tonight anil Wednesday occa- J slonnl rntn, wllli snow In mouii. inlns nml foothills, J i PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OHEGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER IB, 1003 NO. 42U. t Be ft( XftJkXL B m 11 El 1 i Ti RKEN DEFENSE fjgnl me ' Make Against the . i ii Bank Cashier Suicides. New Haven, Conn.. Dec 15. Ana Bushnell, cashier of the Yale National bank, one of the lending institutions In the country, shot and killed him olr In the bank basement this morning. An examination of his accounts Is In progress. The bank officers believe there Is no shortage. ...rV tU COUNSfcU. SI-.-- ' - I Our ndtred by an As-j .mliioner's Of- Injustice to Nearly j u Thfv Are Vacate Confident of . SDIT AGAINST MINERS' ONION i CALIFORNIA COMPANY DISTURHANC ES TI FRONTIER S WOULD ANNEX DOMINGO No Doubt About Russia Utiliz-! Senator Heybum Believes that ing Both in Her Plans for j Southward the Star of Em Expansion, j pire Shouid Go, PERSIAN SOLDIERS CARRY WAR ONTO CAUCASUS SOIL. ANOTHER REVOLUTION HAS BROKEN OUT IN THE ISLAND. BRINGS THE ACTION Rile)', who Is the at- Claims Damage of Fifty Thousand Dollars by" Enforced Idleness of Their Mine, Which Is Filling With Water, and Machinery Is Going to Wreck. San Franclbco, Dec. 15. The Con- defense In the land ; "" iiiau,, upcrauiig sucuci. Tnltinu t,inr Mlltr... rt.l 1 1. -,ACU lu " , .,, I . 1. T T I . i against the Indct-endent .Miners' un- Grande, and saying ' " Ior damages. lawful for a man to . in .November a man was discharge ttirchase under the i ed and the union demanded his rein- ' . I I'lntiimmil ,1 V, I 1. . .1 r UUU ULl 'l t o uiiit. matter to rest with ; refused, all the men left the employ rmdered. In the first or me company and persuaded all i was handed down, t men io Keep away. t .. !, I -ni... .1 1 bis aasistant Mr es will be done by the wreckace of a- .1 I t 1 r ! 1 1 I . cocmcuuK iu i fiumps uuu luucmnery. me mine is that have not been .now filling with water, and. unless 1 men can be obtained, the loth will be of Review. ' $20,000. ask iur a win ,ii ic j Expected to Contribue Directly To. ward the Slav Greed for Persian Territory Japanese and Korean Riot at Mokphe, Contributing to Seriousness of an Already Delicate Situation American Demands 1 About Port Wiju. ' General Knox Is Todav Making His Argument for the Government In the Northern Securities Case Says Purposes of the Company Are to Build Up an Undefeatable Monop. oly Cruiser Coaling for the Isthmus. commissioner and if 01 IIH 41UCIIUI 11 the opinion of mauer win d lanen , as too many peo- property are in- i question to lapse i pi iabi rt-sun GRAIN MARKETS. Quotations Furnished by Coe Commis sion Company B. E. Kennedy, Lo cal Manager, Pendleton, Dee. 15. Wheat opened fairly strong on cables from Iluenos Ayres reporting continued bad weath- of the defense Ik I tr lne norm and south portions of 1S35 which opened uo wheat district of Argentine. ns of no forte after ri.o'e wan considerable Mav for i fad that the ile. I suited ill a break of 4 cents from aot allow am- offers ! "' high point. dose of hc first sale ' Market holding rather firm at the bebwn the first act ! decline, although the market Is diill Joli 1902, a large I nnu "n8 a semi-nollday apjiearanee. tad settled on 'he Liverpool cables unchanged to Vz tad many Improve- i ,ower. .Northwest receipts 450. 7 or MUSings clear a year ago. wj had liccome lnt stock market maue another and had se'tleii , "''ong opening tms morning, and ruled Ktrong and higher up to the w.w i , I oon hour. The trading while not W waa passed It JJ8 of a "! eon- ii uim-iiuuiviu l rat as a new law Art fnf tli.. ... debased at tlu fii-n' tier should In mi'. lleriln. Dec, 15. The Tageblutt re- . Senator Heybum, of Idaho, pie pons bloody conflicts along the Can- bunted a joint resolution providing casian frontier, with serious results i that the president acnulro by annex- 1 Stocks are being freely bought Jnr investment and are low enough. The better class of buying lias beon going 1 on for some time and Is having Its effect. The underlying strength In the market is bocoinlug apparent. ; Chicago, Dec. 15. I Wheat Opening. , May 81-j. July 7(iTi ' .Minneapolis, Dee. 15. Wheat Opening. May Klt July 81 it. Liverpool rlctfd. wheat unthsnged enrn .- In 1.'. hlirher. Mparate ... ,..,",, ,., .,, first ln",",' Ma-V Wl,eal' S1- tan nri iimttQinn t Chicaqo Wheat. 0 had nn rr.K i i fMilf-ntr,. T1t, If, Vhint .a. ' III . " !'. closed i toe prnv sums n Ute SW.fini1 In... (f tlose iiersons who 'and hau made I comt then with "king the plact. irc aiiuwed to nave lime In whli ti . . vhlrh ihAi- i..t d the dni.-tiM. is "'i a a Mr I. of the to the Caucasians, who were routed the Persian army pursuing far over the Persian frontier. The Tageblatt says it will furnish Russia a pretext for tightening her grip on Persia. Japs and Korean Fight. Seoul. Dec. 15. There were more riots at .Mokphe yesterday, the Jap anese mobes wounding 1" Koreans. Korean officials are strenuously en deavoring to quell the disorder. Rus sia has not Interposed, although her Influence still prevails over the oKro an government. The American minister. Allen, de manded a reply from Korea regard ing the opening of Port WIJu. Ameri can lesldents here are fearing disor der and desire a warship. The Amer icans among themselves give Russia credit for. having paid emissaries among the lawless, to foment trouble and thus create a necessity for Hub sian Interposition on behalf of cider and In the Interests of all classes. ROBBED AND STRIPPED. Wealthy Merchant of Milan Locked in a Box Car. Spokane, Dec. 15. Practically all of the Inhabitants of Milan, 25 miles from here, searched all night for the postinnster and wealthy storekeeper, J. W. Congleton. who was found j ation or otherwise the Island of San Domingo and the dependencies of San Domingo and Hayti. It went to the committee on foreign relations. Another Revolution. Washington, Dec. 15. Consul Simp son, at Puerto Platta, San Domingo Republic, wires tha.t a new revolu tion has broken out generally throughout' the Island. The state de partment has no advices as to a plot to kill Minister Powell and is inclin ed to doubt the story. Off for West Indies. Norfolk, Dec. 15. The cruiser Olynipla is coaling today and sails to Join the Carribean squadron Wednes day, where now is Coghlan's flagship. Off for the Holidays. Washington, Dec. 15. Only two bcore nwmbers were present when the house met at noon today. There has been an exodus of Western members for the holidays. The house resumed consideration of the pension appro priation bill. ' Arguing Securities Case. Washington, Dec. 15. Another large and distinguished audience vis ited the supreme court today, oyen the standing room being occupied by those wishing to hear General Knox lu behalf of tho government In the seven miles away, lociied In a box car with his clothing stolen. As he went to lock his store last night at 9 o'clock, he was met at the door by a masked burglar with two revolvers, and flour sacks were thrown over his head. He was rob bed of J37 and made to walk, though lame, seven miles aud was placed in a car after his clothing was taken, and almost froze before being found. MAGNATES ARRESTED. I i-i- .. i - .uc! mm my i in hlx iiiirfliflct, Mlawgirlng Wm purchase Old Policy, Elation of the old ..uUCni In nrr.tr,.., theory of squal w unjust Close. Ml 75"k Close. S0-S09i opened Result of Attempt to Get Lcs Angeles' Streets Sprinkled. l.us Angeles. Dec. 15. Howard 12. iluutlngton. son of Henry E. Hunt ington. John J. Akin, B. P. Clark and S, B. .Mcl.ennesan. all street railway magnates, were arrested this morning for falling to sprinkle the tracks ac cording to ordinance The arrests were the lesult of the ! Dally Record's crusade itBrtliiol clouds J of street dust. The magnates plead (Saturday and will fight the ordlnci.ff. MISS MATLOCK TONIGHT. JUMPED THE TRACK. Dramatic Retlcal at the Frazer Prom ises to Be Well Received by Pendle ton People. ' "Tho Rescue of Lygia," fiom "Quo Vadls" and the "Coming Out of Aliss '"example, the' Cl:nlIulnKS" ar0 amonK tn" Eketc,1"s ! Nothern Securities case. This was Mr. Knox s first appear- anci? in person since being appointed to the cabinet. There was much In. terest when the undersized, smooth faced, youthful looking man begun to address the court at noon. Ho called the piomoters of the Northern Securl ties empire liullderB and Oriental dreamers. He said their real plan was to secure an absolute, undefeata bio monopoly of all transportation fa clllties over the territory traversed. Arrival of Treaty, Now York, Dec. 15. The Panama Railway Company steamer, Washing ton, arrived from Coloti this morning bringing the signed canal treaty. A governniont ollice ipcelved it at the dock. Funeral of John Proctor, Washington, Dec. 15. The funeral of John Proctor, president of the civil service commission, who died Satur day, was held this morning. Presi dent Roosevelt, acrompanlcd by his wile and sons, attended. Also Mr. and .Mrs, Uidgp. Secretary Hitchcock I ami a large representation from ofllc- I ial elides. WAGE REDUCTION. mp mnrnim "'Wings, barns J2.0U0, while " shoulrt i. at ita vni. -oiuuieui, ne j-w ior $2(10. tt Mr,iv,lui. 'milies tin the Mo Is t to? families frm them all "E iDPrn n,.,U -"11 m,'nt they ' Robbed ii.. ' "d Badlv flrmod Man- B.. 'many tuitttd Hi,, p;n of "lilc'i will be recited by Miss Hertha Marlotk In her dramatic recital at th? rianer tonight. She has selected some of the most CfFU-ult and dramatic sketches that it Is ptLsihle to find, in order to give as wlrto n range as possible to Mi an. Hur Ihiuat has i-omnletely reeove-- ed and slit is in excellent condlt;on for tho recital tnlght. Her many friends are antleinating the enter taltiment with pleasure aud a treat is assured. She leaves tomorrow morning for llennner. where she. elves a recital on Thursdav evening. Professor Zan, vbo accompanies ber. arrived in tr" city last evening and will go with I-r-r to Heppner. MEN LAID OFF. Railroad Concrete Work Stopped Be cause of Cold Weather, II. Ii, Roir. the engineer who has lieen In charge of tho concrete work that tho W. & C. R. has been doing between hero and Walla Walla during the summer, was In tho city today Owing to the cold weather the work for tho remainder of th year has been discontinued and the men, about 1j In number, have been paid off and discharged. Mr Rolfo left this even Ing for Walla Walla, Thirty Thousand Men Get a Cut of 17 Per Cent Coancllsvllli!. Pa., Dec. 15. Thirty thousand men lu this region will be affected by tho 17 per cent reduction of wages announced today In which tho Krlck Coke Company take the in ltfutlve. The reason assigned Is the great reduction In tho price of coke. I Train Rolled the Bank, Killing the ! Engineer, Near Malvern Iowa. Omaha, Dec. 15,--A Hurllngton east-bound limited jumped the track near Malvern. Iowa, this morning and tolled down an embankment, crush ing Knglneer Knox to death. Be yond slight Injuries, none others were Injured. Spectacular Exhibit. New York, Dec. 15. The Boer gen. eral, Vlljon, arrived on the Umbrla tnriiiv in nrraiiL'0 a spectacular exhib it of Hoer life for the St. Iouls expo-1 Several Piano Firms Burnet! Out sltion. Loss, $350,000. Rochester, Dec. 15. A scilex of Senator Clark Recovering. j fires In the factory district last night New York. Dec. 15. Senator W. A. and this rooming did $350,000 dam Clark who was operated on for an ago. Among I ho heaviest losers are abscess, Is out of bed today. Physic-1 the Sherwood Leather Company, Fos. inns say he will be able to leave Ills ter-Annstrong Piano Company, Wen apartments In two weeks. dell Marshall Piano Company. Three Burned to Death. llrnldwood, 111., Dee. 15. Mrs. J, II. Smith, her daughter and Frank Smith, u cousin, were burned to death In a fire this morning, which destroyed the residence and store of J. Simon. A lamp left burning over night burned empty and exploded ou a Brussels carpel. THEY OON'T INT ft NAKED E t-H' ADAMS VOTES FOR 7 PER CENT BONDS Sacajawca Monument Associ ation Objects to Sculptor Barrett's Ideal, INDIAN FIGURE IN MODEL OF PUBLIC FOUNTAIN IS NUDE. CITY ELECTION PASSES OFF QUIETLY. Association Will Ask Mr. Barrett te T. A. Lleuallen Is Mayor Only 50 Votes Cast M. A. Ferguson Had No Opposition for Recorder J. E. Cherry Is Treasurer Water Sys tem Will Be Improved. Adams, Dee. 15. Tho munielpul election In tho city yesterday, lesuu ed as follows: For mayor, T. A. Lleuallen; ticits urer, J. K, Cherry; recorder, M. A. Ferguson; counctlmcn, C. C. Darr, T. C. Reid, H. A. Richardson and B. II. Swisher. The candidates are all in favor of the 7 per cent water bonds ond the bonds carried unanimously. At the present time the Adams water bonds bear but 5 per cent Interest and no purchaser can be found to take them at that rate, so the Issue In tho city election on Monday wnB tho Issuance of another form of bond, bearing 7 per cent Interest, lu order to Induce to capital to invest In them nod the city be allowed to Improve and ex tend the water system, with the pro ceeds of the snlcs. As soon as the matter can be ar ranged the bonds will be Issued, mid extensive Improvements will be made. In tho water system... The day passed off quietly and Un vote was small, the total cast bring but 50. NEW BOARD PRESIDENT. BIG FIRE IN ROCHESTER, SPECIAL INSPECTOR M'NUTT REINSTATED l Grande. Doc 15. Special In spector Thomas McNutt, who was suspended from servlco in the United States land district of Ui Grande, during the trial of Asa U. Thompson, received a message today from Com missioner Richards, reinstating him in his former position, and transferring him to an assignment of more respon sibility In the Olenwood, Col., district. Mr McNutt has not been alarmed over his suspension and has been al most certain of reinstatement, since the order suspending him was first received In I-a Grande. His successor has not yet hecn named and there Is no Intimation In the message as to the future plans of tho department in the I-a Grande dis trict. Mr McNutt has been stationed at )jx Qrando for over a year, and hH painstaking aud careful discharge of his duties has made him many friends In the district Expected That Mrs. Sartoris Will Succeed Mrs. Blair. St. Louis, Dec. 15. At tho meeting of the Hoard of Lady Mnnagers of the Louisiana Purchase exposition, called for tonight, II Is expected, that tho resignation or Airs. James L. Illalr, as president of tho board, will be pre sented and accepted. Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris, only daughter of tho lato General Grant, will in all prob ability be unanimously chosen to suc ceed Mrs. Illalr. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT. Hearings Today In Three Important O. R. &. N, Cases, Carter & Haley, or this dly, and W. W. Cotton, of Portland, represeti1 lng the O. It. & ii. wuio heroin Hm circuit comt this morning arguing motions tor now ttlals In the cases of the Manchester Insurance Company against the O, R. & N the Norwich Union Assurance Company against tho O. R & N.( and tho porsonnl dam ago caso of Hllzaboth Adcock vs. tho O. R. & N- They were given until January Id to file additional bills of excepllous, and the motions for tho new hearings cannot be t'ee'ded by tho couit urilll after thai tune. Tho plaintiffs n tin cafes wen leprosentcd by Italic, ay & Mi Court l Ibis , city, who condiie e.l the cases In the trial court SCHOOL ENUMERATION. New Census Will Take Place In Feb ruary, 1904, County Superintendent J, F. Now lln has received blanks provided for tho enumeration of the school child ren of the county, aud will distribute them In a short time. It has been the practice In former years to make the enumeration some time In June, hut according to Un law that was passed at the last ses sion of the legislature, the enumera tion will occur hereafter In Febru ary, and tho blanks will bo sent out In time for the retui'iiH to he mado by that dale. y Eastern Star at Monument. An Eastern Star lodgo will be or ganized In Monument nexf Wednes day evening, Thieo of tho grand of fleers nro expected lo be there, Iing Creek Mght, Teacher Resigned, MIrh Vcllte rs.'.ivlnr. who lins luieli lenrlifni tin fntirlll irude lit the hiuh school building, has resigned on ac count of III health and left this morn ing for Portland, her home. Clothe His Indian Girl With Tradi tional Buckskin Garb, or State Com mission Cannot Accept It as tht Official Ideal Denver Sculptress--Will Carve the Jrtonument of Saca J.iwta at Lewis and Clark Exposi tion. The Sacajawca Statue Association, now comprising several thousand of the leading, patriotic citizens of the Northwest, has raised an objection tc tho model of a public fountain, In br made by 11, J. Barrett, the Portland sculptor, for the Lewis and Clark ex position, in which tho figure of Saciv jjawea, the Shoshone girl, who guided I Lewis mid Chirk ncross tho Ilnck? mounliiins, Is presented ns a naked, ungraceful savage. The fountain represents a figure of "Clvlll.iitloii," mounted, accompanied b) a linked Indian, which he har called Sacajawca, and Is not artistic In it high degree. Storm of Oblections. The conception of tho fountain la very good, hut the Idea of represent ing the Indian girl guldo in a uudc llguie bus inlsccl a stoim of objec tions, nml ir Is likely tho Lewis nn4 Clark commission will not accept thft model of the tdunliiln, as the official Ideal. . !.., I The Hacajawea Association Is strlv ! Ing In picture lint plrl ns nenr like na ture as historical tradition win r nilt, und there Is nothing In the hi lory of the expedition which will Al low the artistic conception lo be stielclied lo picture her ns a naked figure. The oxplmers speak or her hucksklii dress, her r-urofiil attention to mending mid iiiiiKIng her garments, and lepaliiug I hose or the inplomrs, ami her husband. Chahoncnu, and .It Is (ho itileulloii or the stnlne associa tion to follow the truth ns chmely ar tradition will penult. Tho mom hers of the Hacnjawia Monument Association will he Im-M responsible for nil the publicity glvsn the Indian guldo, and they wish all the designs or her studio and all tho hlsloile matter concerning her to load lo a high mid elevated Moilt-if Ibelr heiolnn , Clothe Her in Buckskin. The memheiH will mako every eV roit to have Mr. Ilmictl change his; mo. lei. mid clot he KacHjawea, as idie leads Hie Iioikh mi which Hie figure o! "Civilization" iiuhIich Inward the West, in the traditional hnclodiln garb or her trllie. The stuliie or the gill, which will stand nenr those of I.uwIh and Clark in the exposition building, will ho at typical Indian girl, clothed in the pio turcsqiie gnrh of tho early liidlanr,. and nil the figures of SuchJuwcu must coiifolni to this Ideal or I hey will not meet with the approval of the monu ment UHHoclallon. Miss Alice Coopef. a sciilplreBs of Denver, will carvo the Hacajawea Hliilue. which will slmut wllli (hon or Lewis mid CI, 'irk, ami tho figuru will he typical of the Indian of I Mi years ago, wllli their tustes In drici lieslieneil mid stimulated by Ihcir contact with tho dashing French vny ugenrs or Iho 1 81 Ii century. CHANGE IN FIRM. Butter Creek Farmer Sick. Dr. C. J. Smith left this morning for Butter creek, called there by tho bcrlous Illness or un old farmer by tho namo of Dougho-ty. Son Born Today, Mr. and Mrs. J V Uuckwp'i were mado happy this morning by tho ar rival of a little boy, who will reside permanently In their home. A, J. Goodman, of Independence, Suc ceeds Thomas Thompson in Hard ware Business, A J. Goodman, of Independent, has Ihhui lu tho clly for some dayt, looking for u location In Iho hardware business, and Inst night met wllli Thomas Thompson und completed I hi. purchase of his half Interest in the hardware business or Iho Thompson Hardware Company. , Mr Goodman left this morning for his homo in Independence, hut will return between this and tho first of the year, when he will assist In tht Invoicing uf tho stock, and will lake, Mr. Thompson's Interest In tho busi ness tho first or January. Mr. Goodman Is an old liardwur' man, having been In business In In dependence for u number of yeans, but has grown tired of the small bus iness of the valley and wishes to come here, whero tho opportunity for Increased Investment Is bettor. H will bring his family to this city and will mako his future home. Mr Thompson, who Is retiring from the business, will remain n the tlr aud will turn his entire attention to his large farming interests,