-rxr stomp ..help u',n the Eastern Oregon Weather ami'- Tonight and Sunday clouify PKNTDIjETOX, UMATILLA COUNTY, OTfEGOJs, SATlTTI)AY, JAiNUAliY2. MUM. ,16. NO. 4l5 0A1LYEVF.NINGEDITI0N d cv Mflr T "Twinnn ii iir m IE IS GARDED CERTAINTY j is Ordering 'tfar From ffcad Lots. Munitions Europe in MILES PREDICTS WAR UNRESERVEDLY. at Naaasaka Has jnfsred to Korea-China Has Another Demand That Evicuate Manchuria Busl- Circle! In America Mircauy i h. Meantime the Ciar "Nothing Has Happened." Jin. 2. Threo car loans ci mm vtre shinned from nere 1 mryA InTPPP nilAtltltlOS IDUSJ, w ... . n . . Miles Predicts War. S u interview today predicts nr between Russia and Ja- tMcks the I'nltcd States will tossed in. use Squadron to Korea. & cruisers, now near Nagasa- i - r.A r...A It fe rf.rinrtfiH Kii u.uc.u, i " c . ...... I (wnnrmir tn Knreil- It IS tilt It ioienus 10 seize jw Makei Another Demand. T. 9 Thd f7hlm.an nfiv- issli evacuate Manchuria. Chicago Stocks Affected. . n t I. nnA..i ..r iji open but a short time to- ICCTOBl 01 U UC1UK UlUUrillUS The prospect of war In the Ori- ue prom. Kilning Has Happened." Fttersburg, Jan. 2. It Is le- tie czar and minister of for- sZairs. Lansdorff have lioth Ie , ud that Russia will not tie- nr at matte'- stand at ir 4 4i4.i. 4. president Burt Resigns. Omaha, Jan. 2. President Burt, of the Union Pacific, has tendered his resignation. He Rives no reasons, but the com pany has Issued an announce ment saying the resignation will he acted upon in the near future. Burt has been In act ive service 30 years without rest or recreation. JAPANESE BOYS LEARN ENGLISH TOTAL NUMBER OF Dtl RUjK 91 MIMED Proprietors and Managers olthb Iroquois Are UnderArrest, and Many Othcrwrests. Arc Coming. CLASS OF SIX BEING TAUGHT AT M. E. CHURCH. Members of the Church Divide Their Time In Teaching Class, Which Meets Three Times a Week Most of Them Understood English Before Beginning Here Will Become Teachers. A class of six Japanese Is being taught the English language at ihe M, E. church, by members of ihe church, who divide the time with the class on different evenings of the week. Those who are active In teaching the boys to read, write and speak Kngnsn are u deaconess of Ray Jones. C Stupid Recklessness of Ushers Afte the panic Begun Many Children Thought the Fire Was Part of he Spectacle Five Hundred, and Fifty Eight Bodies Have Been identjfied A, pall of Grief Has Settled Over the Entire City and All Business, Is Suspended Two Hundred and Fifty Funerals Today. The Scrlpps-McRae news bureau j yet .theie are u few places of monot inrnishes the following supplemental ""'"k1 activity: Ihe morgues and pro- wrlte-up following the' Chicago dlsasH '?n8rhlcl' "? ,hlB1t!", v?m' t,,,. h , ,. . antloJir4 f haggard men and tearless tei from the p,.n of R. E. Nurton: jvomeii, keep up the weary round ot Universal Sorrow. Iseareit, thus lollowlng nn instinct Chicago, Jan. 2.-Bcnoath a gloomjfi 'fsh ";' nor civilization cf sky, in oppressive silence and In nn ,, 'h,nt lm,pln,? ,0 w 11L s uZSVXU Cnlcago iZoH - " bear stieets which are usually resonant! i , l.!3.1? l",n't " . I.0I1 Jows ,of With tne Clan- of rnnimmvl.,)!,,, 3 V ",s '""hen um U) - BUIiri SUUH whose navpnienta nro wmit tn linX Torpedo Boat Rammed. Washington, Jan. 2, Roar Admlrnl Sands telcgrnphs the navy department that the tor- pedo boat I nwrwro hn. boon rammed off tho coast of riar- Ida by the steamer Ollvel-, which plies between Tampa and Havana, and Is now ut anchor. Ho does not state the amount of damage, OREGON LAND SHARK NABBED JOHN A. BENSON UNDER HEAVY BONDS FOR BRIBERY. Leader of the California and Oregon Ring of School and Lieu Land Thieves Spends the Night in Jail Under $10,000 Bonds in New York and Will Be Brought to Justice, as father, mother, sister, friend or 1,rrjr.' T.,.V.Lwo".1.,. ' '? brother reaches out the trembling . ici, xmc unu em ... ...... si-aeun Willi IIIUHJ-J ,..,,..,,1..,, ,h ,,f .),.,, U H. le. Miss Boyce 'he makers, whose sky towerins buildings X whote symbolism Is r the church, Professor E. are accustomed to tho cheer of throM'J ',S?' J h" ' J? .1 C. U French. . Miss Rosine Un? artlvlty. an- so silent that the 1 . nil Uort. Then the visit of the Epplo and Roland Oliver The class rattle of funeral Mappings bears with ! r' n,inmini-Pii meets turee times a week, and con-1 "t a sharp and sudden shock. : The weary attendnntK 11 the Hmi 0B8rln1i;Ii,,,er8 at ,h "rofpnt, neral after funeral, until the rlt 1 morgues today hegau to look for the time, as follows. buildings themselves seem forming an.cloM-, realizing that In that great ni- Ulll Akiyama, cook; K. Okatakl. alley like gnardways to visit the gales ray of charred bodies aro but few who qook; K. Nomura, S. Maylboni and S. f 'leathj pavements cither deserted will ever aga'ln be known by name. Ohmnura, section men, and H. figul, or habited only by those who stand'l Identification comes more slowly, and' cook. The Japanese are all bright, 'In an expression of hopeless, oppress J s neaily at an end. But tho grief Intelligent boys, some of whom have i -ive, pathetic grief have changed the ' joes not diminish, nor tho offaeemunt studied English before, having reach-: scene to one of funeral solemnity, off0f horror. The sackcloth Is heavy ed the fourth grade before lieglnning universal woe. No sound of ringing land ashes heaped high. in mis class. ivi6Jiut-n, uu huuui ui mirm, no giaa They are taught to write, Fpeak and' exchange J holiday greetings; but p. read the English language, with a I lence. awful In desolation or biOKeu oy moans. Silence of Desolation. The street gamin has forgotten In this environment (jti!lqom !ocal hit wareSth cable' 'ca'rsTglve"no"t'ongin New Yotk, Jan. 2. John A. Benson, the California und Otogon laud swind ler, who was placed under bonds last week for uttctupted bribery, In tho land olllcu dei.mtmcnt at Washington, wiih arrested In this city yesterday, uu an additional charge of bribery by United Slates ttcciet service men, and In default of $)0.fl00 ball, spent last night In the l.udlow street jail, await ing tho completion of his bond which was given this morning, Benson und Frederick A. Hyde, ,tf San Francisco, aro accused nf whole MORE SCANDALS WASHINGTON Looting of the Interstate Com merce Commission's Funds Alleged. AN EXAMINATION OF ITS ACCOUNTS IS ORDERED. Special Experts Go to Start an Ex amination and Finds the Necessary Books Locked In a Safe, and the Underlings In Charge Refuio to Talk The Department Handles Over a Quarter of a Million Dollars Per Year It Is Unexpected. Washington, Jan. 2. Tho Interstate commerce commissioners luivo oritur ed u full examination of tho accounts of the commission, on tho strength of Information that the books are In Ir regular condition, Thy tiejsury department today, by request of tho commissioners, sonl Special Experts Chaso, Ambruso und Taylor to where tho examination of tho nccounts will bo made. 1'lioro they found the nccounts In 11 scaled view to becoming missionary teachers among their countrymen In this coun try, and are apt cholarh and all Christians. Dead Wilt Reach 600. The revised list of Iroquois fatull ties as given out by officials this after ii'qun hhows 53S Identified, 28 uuldsn tilled. Total death list. Including tboso who died at their homes from jiiiieaYTiipnJuauiyiacii-'OUif OPEN WINTER IN IDAHO. I Most Favorable Weather for Stock That Has Been Experienced in Ten 1 Years. ttct a Building of Nearly 30,000 Square Feet, wai, Jan. 2, Plans tar tho taUIana Purchase exnobltlon w own received by mrecirr mj iui i iie iiubnian im ii ft k-. . i . 7 kv uiuua ana uruwings x u will add much to the ivuc2 s oi Tiip KPfimn (tr tnr. Ulllinn 1C tn ln ut nnl i-n iuir mm win tuvlt i wcttiir ii.uuii kniinrn tnpi. TU liA fn Iac rhnn tli.. HiidiDr la rnmlillnc- In rl.sl?n f'HC IIIHIII Kirill'Ill rH win ue oi amerent ae- ft nlghest one. fiurmnnntlns "uiiuing. wni confilat of an . - x.M'.MlVU I.VI tl V-V " oexagonal tower. OSEPH'S DREAM ENDS. Will Not Pav Ennenses umr t a. h w wasningion lrMi i ... . nuuman, of the Nex ire hnmn frnm Q.vntfnno to ""e ueeu In confereuc-ft Hue chief ii- wag lntcnilntl t vial that the covern lt . . r lno eJtiienso of -.Mm 7 . ... .. - 0'-.fa ui iuih iiiue. fs It has been the l Uflln ln.....l. i ftae U'.M """aln oil tne ncn t&0 "a. " " ue pre .idt-i In vo- viv m a Uu 'it'lUl' t- Wtii??lan'1 lolIev.l that y ., "-'sui im.-1 ...-t. -,lln ' 'n Gieaivi Htt, nP deferred for n to.;. H.r ..ri'l Flve Hundrcd SMy.two .dentlfied toll with monotonous regularity and ' , r,v'' lmndre' ,aD'l sixty-two bodies muffled sfroko In unwonted usage. hav" ,)",'n Wentlfled up to nocii. This Is almost a city of dead. Chi- Charged With Manslaughter, cago is today In the blackest and rr.ot Chicago. Jan. 2. Davis und Powers. I lirofOUnil irrlef. nnr l9n ilR Vltnl lm:.rt. f Mr.uirl,.lrii-a nn,l mnnnpnra nt lltf. lrt. Richard Stecn arrived In the city ' ..irob be more plainly told than In thi ipiols theater, and (leorgo Williams, yesterday from his Snake liver sheep words most fiequeutly heard, per- , city building Inhpeclor, who wero nr ranch. .Mr Steen is feeding 2,300 haps from one who lost neither kin ' rested last night on the criminal bean of sheep at Tammany for the I nor friend: Jly God, the little child-, charge of manslaughter on complaint later market and ins work requires rep." Fbr n this mournful retinue. . or Arthur Hull, who lost his wife, frequent visits here, says the Lewis-, this seemingly endless procession, de-j thief ehlldien and their maid In tho ton Tribune. J void of even that customary pageantr' i holocaust, appeared before a justice air. Sieeu states mat tne pasi win- f death, almost all those silent pas- this morning ami gae bonds ror fl. ter, from the standpoint of a sheep- sengers are encased In email, oven 000 eacu. man, Is one of the rno'H favorable of diminutive coffins, telling again but I A new onler tor additional ariests tho past ten jears. It has not et too plainly of (hat plteously futile I was made this morning, which will bo been necessary for the sheepmen to!, Btruggle made by little hands and feet , used providing the Investigation now engage in winter leeaing ami puis- for lite only 1IR anil mercy; mercy pects now Indicate, an open winter. from the fear maddened tbiong that The statement is perbai j a sur-1 crushed them to death with cruel feet prise to many l.ewlston residents, jflco cast-off blossoms, or dying flow i ufiff. Tim plnrl.-v nml nrrnntitiiiitu rn. saie irnuii in ODianmig uue 10 hchuoi , flBOl ,0 (Is(,ga t,0 nffalr. lands In Oregon and California. 1 . he i-, Tho ,epartinent handled between practices have resulted In tho thclt j250,00O und $300,000 nnnually. This or thousands of acres of school land )s , llrsl tlmQ , tbo hiory of tho In these stnles, within the past Ivc c0n,mtsalcm that clmrKoa nUoRlriK nny years, and tho government secret worW) tlmn nK ,,,nllm for 1Ul. service ngents have been following Iicqi.88ilry mileage, and for Junkfltlng their methods in hopes of getting L, , ox)ong( of ti, government, . ., ,havo been made. The Hut cluu agents found wan the. . offer of $20(1 by Uonson to a clerk In the general land office last week, for the privilege ot reading tho proceed Ings of the land Investigations, In the olllcu of the secretary of tho Interior, In cases lu which ho was Interested. This Bccond arrest of Bonson Is on furiher changes of bribery flf the, same Tiatn're. Biuison s "opcrationS'nlrcVwitil to be extensive and fraudulent In LOUI8 M. HUSON DEAD. An Old Settler, Progressive and Pros perous and With a Large Family. l.ou!a M. Hiijoii, ono of tho old ruBl dents of this county, wlicrq he has rtn ijlded Jor. tnaiiy.) oars, (died at nlij "hoiilo'-h-Ml6!lx -Oils ruornlnc -ut X. o'clock, after a short illness. Mr. Ha- J.fwZ fen I lln I....1. .. . I r, uiu -ti riri H0 "tlro". Mlcb., .uid but the statement Is a fact, neverihe- j ers. probably it Is this which makes less, that tho Lewlston valley in the j cold-blooded busluoss menand olllceis past experienced many severe win- familiar with scenes of violent death, ters. Inese winters are ancient his-1 and careless the one who laughs, and lory, but old-tlmeis tell It this way: ' tD(. hardened outcast, stand spell There were periods when the Snake , ijouud for the nonce In one common river for the period of weeks was 1 1 (j,, that or grler. solid mass of Ice onabllug footmin yesterday's iiapers contained to pass over the stream with !afetv. ia()s of jpan, Bts alld columns of while the thermometer reglsteied ; l, n i-i a I notices. Today's tell yet of many degrees below zero. ' moie. Yesterday, faces of pcdestrl-! During the past slx yeais the low-' ang uorP ti. dazed look of ti- unit- est temperature recorded has been 4 , ulstlne. Today, with comprehension degrees ubove zero, but the cold win- vlvljjcd by the funeral panorama ters of the past existed, and the wthout those same faces aro scor"d sheepmen always figure on a repi-.i ( un, 8tarej with sorrow's brand t!(n. " All Business Suspended. Z7. .,TTr.u Obedient to .Mayor Harrison's pioc TO PRESS DEATH BUTTON. iamatIon that thls"be a day of mourn Inn. even those business houses which Prison Guards Don't Know Who win bpar n(J crapp ,n), f)f ,eath ur0uglit Drop Death Trap. home, have closed ihulr doors, mat .t n-i.iw, tin. Am mur- maelstrom of inarKei, me noaru oi ago stood full mln scaffold, utes uncovered. Ttamc was sioppcu When John Reynolds, tbo first mur-1 maelstrom n narhei, .,,e . derer to ham: at the state penlteati-; Trade. Is silent. try swings ouf Info eternity, If the Hut a short time ago Chica, sentence of death Is executed. It will at the stroke of noon-for two I sentinco oi atdu' i v . uncovered. Traffic was , Ti .i, .null exercise court, and silence relgneu wnuo me iovuu 8S n . ,"1 i mer walls and martyred president was In a ills- Only a few I'erhaps 0 outsiders, tant city Jpwercd into the grave To rn i Hfl Thls is left to the day. at the same hour. Chicago stood JiiiJlfi Warden A. Dryden. I In winter's wlr,d hatless. Immovable t,. .,7; Z, or the execution. Mr., and bowed ror live mint ie wm u Dryden ould not disclose yesterday. None will have tho pleasure, or pain of knowing who springs the trap. It 11I be done by one of a riojzen or more guards, each of wnom n. . . , T-iio ii-irpfl cuu- n ieciric uuiiuu. 7 hundreds of Its own 'were laid uway. Mayor Harrison! proclamation ,0 this effect was not necessary to bring the tragedy home, although It'was is sued Ihls morriliR' For as Dr. Hlrsch said In an address last night, "Thiough the walls of 1,000 homes in 1.1. II... tr-in ncctlng hos c unoas .u . uu - , dt 8ol8 ,.cg,)lln,i will be twisted and knotted lofeUhtr tuu morcC38 wnrt and covered, and all but on lJ tbat the voices of the bereav- ,be trap. Thus m one v.ill know u . M Wtn?Reyno'dsCTa be,e.Two.Hundred Funeral. Today. from KJnc county Deccmuer . iy xwb lnindiod funerals in, one nay, murder In the first degree. Alter -.m dcaih sentence was P-"'"": new alleged facts cme up whl' was e aimed might have saved h 1 f it Is nosBlble, thereforo. that rte may not hang at all. RIDING SCHOOL BURNED. beiug made shows facts sufficient to warrant. They are operative against ushers who are charged by persons scaping from the theater that nt every exit ushers barred the way and ordered the crowd to remain seated. One witness this morning, who was In Ihe gallery. ja-H children mistook Liie tiny tlamc-s cn-cplng along Ihe scenery as part of tho display und laughed and clapped their hands in delight. Ushers on that floor are said lo have run on discovering the fire with out making an effort to get the child-l.-ii mil and down stairs. Survivors say men were compelled to knock every detail, its he is the leader ofiSOn wOS 67 year8 o ag0 at ti10 time the ring1 or school land thieves in tho ot n death, which was caused y West and has defiauded tho states ,aralysls. Some tlcio aso ho wan and government out of millions ufslrIckon with tho disease arid since acres and has succoHsfulIy eluded the (hat tmo llU3 ltvcn growlug worse, secret service agents until his offer I ulluj govern! days ago hopo for his ro of tho bribe to the clerk In tho land COvury was given up. office nt Washington. Mr. Hitson was born In Now York. I and bus been a resident ot this coun- WlLL DIG FOR BURIED CITIES. iv lor over 20 years. Ho has engaged - 1 . In tho funning business In Helix, ahu nesearcnes in tne Crimea ana west-j was one of the prosperous and pro- giessivu citizens 01 iiih uomo city, lie has a large family, and all lire well known throughout tho county. Mr. IliiBOn was a well known music Ian, nnd nt one time had n hand com posed entirely of the inomlierH of hta family. At nun time ho was considered lo be II111 best violinist In thu county, nnd his presenrn wns much sought for tho dunros of tho pioneer days,' Tho arrangements for t.m funeral luivo not been made, though A. Hit son, one or his sons, Is In Ihe city rnuMiig preparations for thai sad rile. WILL GROW SUGAR BEETS. em Afghanistan American Sclen tlsts Worklnq In Russian Territory Under Gpc-lal Permits from Rus sian Government. Boston, Mass., Jan. 2.- -The expedi tion headed by .Mr, I'unipelly, the archaeologist, and bucked by Alldie.v Carnegie, starts from lloston today to search among thu burled cities lu western Afghanistan and Ihe Crimea. The expedition is ono which has long been under consideration. Lust year Mr. Piinipeiiy went to Russia win, Professor DaviH of Hnrvaid for Ihe purpose of looking over Ihe ground und to obtain permission from It" Russian government to conduct ill. desired Investigations In her terri tory, Mr, Purnpclly started this year In advance of tho expedition lo complelo ushers down befoie the doors could , thu relations with thu Russian illplo bo opened Twenty poisons' detailed wero ar raigned this morning and cases reset for arter the Inquest. Four aro mem bers of the company and are the prin cipal .witnesses, Their bond has been reduced, from $5,000 to $1,000 each Twenty chorus girls aro under survoll lance to prevent their doarturo from the clfy. Condolence From the Cxar, Washington, Jan. 2. Tho president has received the following cablegram from the kaiser "Berlin, jan. 1 I am aghast at thu newb of the terr.ble catastrophe which bus befallen tho people of Chi cago, The empress and myself wish to convey to yon how deeply we feel for the American people who have been so cruelly visited lu a week of Joy. Please convey expiesslons of our slncercsl sympathy to tho citi zens of Chicago. May providence in tho coming year shield you and Amer lea from such accldeuts." Must Observe the Laws, Chicago, Jan. 2. Tho mayor, at tho icquest or the oulldlug commissioners will this evening order all theaters of the city closed Indefinitely, until the laws are fully complied with, THIGH BROKEN. Twelve-Year-Old Boy Meets Very Serious Accident Yesterday a'ten.oen the 12-J'ear-i,d sou of u Mr. Moore, who lives nejr the Slniiihon-Perrlnger ince track, . DurM.H tO 1 1. 1.. l.l.,lt In litxintn.' frflfTI U One Man and Four nor uium- m . b. ... j......-. p a Crisp. snn Kranclsco, Jari, knee. Dr. Henderson was called and ; set tho bone and tho little sufferer With , Is now resting as easily as could be expected bank to I ho bottom of a ditch. No Shortest Day in 1903. Tbeio was no shortest day In l'JOJ, In the Northern hemisphere, as the sun attained Its greatest southern The Park morning. '.'. "i i..,V.,0,i this ruling sen.". . f horMB James Burns, porter, ami wi in makliiK the Jump In Ilay bo was ! declination at midnight on December caught In a ( Jump of bushes, break-. 22, tho 22d and 23d being or equal lug the bono In his loft thigh about length and slightly exceeded by the midway between the hip and tho 21st and 24th mats. Tho expedition starting today will meet Mr, Pumpelly in Cairo. Egypt. Thorn tho nicmliurH expect to complete, the acquirement of data need 1 ill lur tuelr work, 1111I thence will proceed to the vicinity whom tlioy will begin excavations. This section has.uevor before been thus searched by scientists, nnd the work of the party Is awallod with widespread Interest 011, this account. Tho party expects that its efforts will bo rewarded by the finding of many traces of the early tribes who peo pled this portion of Ihe continent, Tho return trip to America will bo made In tho early Hprlng, Quebec Drug House Burned. Quebec, Jan. 2. The Mnrln whole sale drug house burned this morning. Uiss, $250,000. VOTERS MUST REOI3TER, La Grande Sugar Factory People Will Grow a Test Crop In Umatilla County. F. V. Brumwull, ono of Ihe princi pal owners and the field superintend ent of the I. a (Irunde Beet Sugar fac tory, Is In thu city today on huslunHH connected with that Institution, The sugar factory people duslro lo secure nu amount of land in Umatilla county, for lm purposo of growing a test crop of beets, and will give thu mutter .1 thorough nnd practical Investigation, Tho sell of this county Ih thought lu bo fully as well adapted tn Ilia sugar licet as that of Union county, nnd If tho crop proves to be 11 suc cess, a factory will surely bo built In this county In the near future Anyone- desiring to furnish a tract of land for the purpose of testing n crop of heels, ran vet the particulars (rum Mr. Bramwell ut I.a Orando. C. L. MARTIN RELEASED, Preliminary Necessary to Qualify a a Voter Next Fall. Tin. 'i-cidstratlon blanks for the general and presidential election have , ho hat) been for MevernI months, on Charged With Obtaining Money Under False Pretenses From Maple Bros. Upon mot Ion of tho distiict attor ney, a, U Martin wus this afternoon released from tho county Jail, whew reached tho counly clerk'x office .mil on Monday next thu force of the of fice will commence thu registration if all of tho voteis of th " iifi'y who have Interest enough lu the coining elections to come to Ihe 'line anil go through that rorimtllty. This let; a charge or obtaining money uiiuur false pretenses, from the firm of Ma ple Brothers, of this city. Martin represented himself us thn agent of an electrical supply house la the East, and had thu local firm caqh a check ror him fur $20, He has nlvi Islrallon Is for thu county uui' covuim done the samu thing lu Ui Qruiidu, running uue i:ii:i-ii 111 u b.iiuuii mm one more In u business house, Ono of theso bo settled, but tho other is tat 11 ugalnut III ni. Tho charge wns dismissed owing to tho fact that It would cost too much to secure thu witnesses against him. the state and national election!- A bath house that will cost 51WI Wt will bo erected at Ocean Park, uear ls Angeles. Uerinauy has secured an o'ltdoor space of 000x125 feet for a "trt.ns oi' tation exhibit" at the Hi. ji'i exposition, Japan has formally recognised tb republic of Panama. 4 f were burned u