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DAILY EVF.NING EDITION Eastern Oregon Weather Tonight nml Frldny snow .'7 PEyPLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OBEGON, TIIUBSDAT, JANUARY 7, 1904. NO. 4t.'i Coffil ls 'criu. r 1903,1 1 WC I if. ' to the & TOltv! ,f UOC. 11 conjnifffc. y. Jt,n wa In ft J 'KEY .1 RE iletot. wJ c of HI COUNCIL in the Beginning ortant Issues, and Carefully. ER WORK LICENSES GRANTED, y Files His Bond- Will Pay 10 Per Lcnie Hereafter Street Lr Will Be Directed by nmlttee Lumber Con- Ipj-New License oral. Illy council mot last night ht try at wo ciiy i.um.u KcinRH anu wbllo It was lit first. It soon grew easi- nH n a mooting or iwu i humming alone at mo mit lined to allow mo 01a - Mvnr tho DUSIIICBB 01 lira jiajourn In time to take In B lis of tho business wcro fa- t molnr tv (if tbO COUnClI- thoy acted slowly and mi what camo before they would have no mla- viiiv t a later meeting. mli nml n short cut way lit their buslnoBB in order L natlorn which. though to I uninitiated would Boom to . ---- nrHir wah in reality Idligulsed. This system is i nmintltv tn the members council, and at tbe sug- I IIia mnvnr Inst nlerht. lie- nra Id will hunt ud tho bf hnsiness under which tho Eh iinorl tn labor, for tho i the new members In their Ktr Work Llcemes, tons for licenses to engage Iness of making connections hewer system of the city. drain layers, wero rando by rlor, H. P. Schultz. William pi J. H. Reed. The nppllca' all accompanied by a i receipt for f 25 as by the I required, and by a bond lount required in tho law. Ises were granted. I wero made by tho marshal, I treasurer and direct com All roporte.i their differ- rtnenls in good condition ?ening of tho yoar. of Marshal Carney, M f the marshal was pro- isned by T. W, Ayros and jmiat and was accepted by ll, when Mr. Carney and Ills Ethan Houser, wcro nworn In on the pollco force of the iMICgestlnn nf flnennlur Fltz rarrants were ordered drawn tSCh for N cc Watchmen If and Tirnwn. whii wr.nl nff tight at midnight. The r8 lor ttie oxtra time put Ian slnco the first of Che N Pending tho swearing n f force. W LlenR Mn D.. Ma.. t:uon brought up tho matter I & license to K. J. Taylor, r or the Frazor. Ponding N6 df thn KnnnQD nnilnnnnn "e, and ho asked that ho to pay into tho treasury r'un 10 wnat no has airenuy P month whloh will )rlnr thn I tO 110 n mnntli oiknt thn F are paying. The plea Non of Mr. Dickson the PBlBliSglnnnr unci nlnnn.l tin. "PerrlBlon of tho stroot com M from this tlmo on that work under tbe direction wamlttee and not Indopond- r-woro. This action was f OTflAr tft ... .1 t-- w ;ui uuwn expenses. ""0 to Lumber Supply. r . "o mo mattor of tho lura- FF'J for tho ji " M decided that no con- but th wonths at loa3t. Lw?56uf the yard to furn- us use at tho rate t.r , win no .out in Lr0 'r eomo timo. both Of the condition nt tho rin Steamer Lost. Ktarl, POdnn " ta hr uoports il7,thl' the steamer ,ong'nS to tho Pros otite t ch' turnc turtle tUon Kouth at tho M riL he. ConBo and P- Th. . ' ,r "10 ConKO luu of eeliont was tho f It i. !rfr ' navlga- fllTWereloTn weather and also that the commis sioner has repaired nearly everything In tho city, there will be but little lumber rotiulred. Tho lumber market Is falling and there Is a strong proh- nDimy inai mo price will lie much i lower In ino spnti; than It Is now, and for nils .reason also, the contract I lotting was tabled until the lumbar! was needed. New Licenst Ordinance Framed. ! The license ordinance that nas been on Ub way to birth for so long, was turned over to the new orJI nance committee last night bv tho committee of the old council," and will bo discussed between now and tho next mooting of tht city attorney nud tho new committee, when It will perhaps be submUcu to the council and adopted. MARSHAL COULD N01 FIND HEATH New Jersey Horticulturists. Tronton, K. J., Jan. 7. There was a largo attendance today at tho open ing of tho twenty-ninth annual meet ing of tho New Jersey Hortlcultral society. Tho proceedings, which are being hold at the state house, will continue two days. A foaturo of tho gathering is a largo and Interesting exhibit of domestic dried and canned fruits, roHCH, violets nnd carnations. PORTLAND WILL GDARD THEATRES Secretary National Republican Committee Turned Up at Midnight in Salt Lake. DENIES THAT HE EVADED SERVICE OF A SUBPOENA. MINNESOTA VS. THE RAILROADS Inauguration of a Big Fight in the,. United States Supreme Court. NAMES OF THE ATTORNEYS FOR STATE AND RAILROADS. Marshal Heyward, His Personal Friend, Says He Made Diligent Search for Mr. Heath and Return ed Subpoena Indorsed "No Serv ice" Denoument Follows Reports That Heath Has Been Hiding. Salt Lake, Jan. 7. Peiry Heath appeared at tho Tribune office ni midnight and stated ho had just i turnod from Denver Ho denied ho evaded tho service of United States Marshal Heyward. ' Heyward, who Is a close friend "f I Heath, Btated he received a subpoena ocDMkMcuT cmruru -rn I lor IIcatli a week ago to appear in PERMANENT FIREMEN TO Brooklyn as a witness In the case of BE KEPT ON STAGES. I ho United States vs. Dres, former I congressman; that he had made dill- , gent search and yesterday afternoon, Chicago Holocaust Reminds Oregon's , six hours before the arrival of Heath, Metropolis of the Constant Dangers I returned the subpoena to Ilrook r.nn,niin. Ait..H iw. I lvn. endorsed "no service." The denouement follows the per sistent rumors of the past four days that Mr. Heath came to the city In cognito and has been In virtual hid ing at the homo of Senator Kcarnes In this city. Not many people in Salt Lake claim to believe that Mr. Heath has been wilfully a party to the frauds In the postal service, as claimed by Brlstow's report and de tailed tnereln, but his extreme agi tation over the Bristow report, aud his ambiguous actions of lato afford his political and personal enemies a great deal of ammunition. -Commission Appointed to Inves. tlgate All the Tneaters and Their Apparatus. Portland, Jan. 7. A iieriiianaut commission to regulate the theaters and places of amusement, to see that every law and ordinance providing for the safety of tho patrons Is com plied with, ls provided for In a re-solution introduced this afternoon at tho city council session by Council man Bentley. The move Is actuated because ef the recent Iroquois theater horror in ..Chicago, the particulars of which are so fresh in the public mind. "And 'because it is Justified from every viowpolnt," Mr. Bentley explained oday. Tho resolution calls for the appoint ment of a commission to be compos ed of one momber of the city coun cil, one member of the executive TO PROTECT LIQUOR DEALERS. the Action Is for an Injunction Prevent. Ing Co-operation Railroad Officials to Secure Certain EndsMinneso ta's Immediate Interests Lie In the Protection and Development of Stat Lands. ARMSTRONG HA3 A CHANCE. Attorneys File Bill of Exceptions to Rulings of the Court. Baker City, Jan. 7. Tho appeal in tho Armstrong case ls now perfect ed. Judge Robert Eakin approved and signed tLs bill of exceptions this morning, and Armstrong's attorneys aro now ready to go before the su preme court. Thoro aro Just 17 days In which H rescue Armstrong from tho gallows, and his attorneys do not think they need half that time. Ho Is sentenced to hang on January 22, bqt his attor neys do not regard that as a serious date for tho noted murderer. Thoy think ho will llvo to seo many Jan uarys 22, so far as legal executions pending over him may be concerned. SALT LAKE HOLD-UP. Washington, July 7. The case of "Minnesota against tho Northern Se curities Company alleging violation of tbe state laws and asking for in Injunction, opening In the supremo Ann today. In this case the government has no direct Interest. Tho original inten tion wan to hear this case prior to the hearing of the United States case, which was recently argued, but on request of Attorney-General Douglas, of Minnesota, the case was postpon ed until niter the government caBO, thus enabling Minnesota to take ad vantage of the masterful argument by General Knox. Minnesota is today represented by Attorneys Douglas and Munn, of St. Paul, 'and Wilson, of Minneapolis. Tho Securities Company Is represented by Attorneys Bunn, Clough, Johnson, Young and Glover. Injunction Demanded. Minnesota demands an injunction to prevent the Securities Company voting nt any meeting of tho stock holders of the Great Northern or Northern Pacific In participation for the management of the two roads, or permitting any officers to exercise control over the' same, and from holding stock In either company. One of the state's strongest argu merits Is that It still owns 3,000,000 acies of public laud traversed by the two railroads, and that under the n.crger the roads would cease build ing spurs Into these lands, thus pre- in valuation, anu axes. Two Men Killed Because Motorman's Revolver Would Not Work. Salt Ijike, Jan. 7. Owing to a nu ty revolver not working In the hands of a motorman, two hold-ups shot and killed Motorman Gleason and mortally wounded Conductor Urlgn ton nt midnight, nnd got away. Tho recent epidemic of street car hold ups on the oist Bldo the pollco bellevo they have traced to soldiers nt Ko.t Douglass. COLLISION ON ELEYATED ROAD WRECK CAUGHT FIRE AND PANIC FOLLOWED. Project on Foot to Amalgamate Organizations. Cincinnati, O., Jun, 7. Representa tives of tho leading organisations ot liquor dealers In the country met at flip Pnlnrit hritpl tmlnv nnd hoimn a board, the president of the Master ' conference to discuss the feasibility . uiitlng Increase Builders' Association, the president ot amalgamating the various organlz-. '"""'"b ",ss '' of the Architects' Association, and utlons. Defense's Argument. Fire Chlof Campbell. The Immedl- ( The organizations Interested In the j securities counsel offers an argu ute object Is a thorough and search- movement are the Retail Liquor ' m(,nt (.ururing much tho same ground Ing Investigation of all theaters, Dealers' association, the Knights if as In the case of the United States places of amusement aud dance halls Fidelity and the Knights or the Royal gainst the company, Tho main con to see that they have complied with yrch. The announced purpose of the tendon is that consolidation Is neces the city ordinances In the matter of, proposed amalgamation ls to protect Sary to extend tbe trado of the United construction, exits, and emergency nu interests of the liquor dealers, mutes to tho Orient, and that It u apparatus. Tho commission l to particularly In legislative matters, essential to have an eautorn con- havo nower to conduct an iinesuga- tlon, summon witnesses nnd have full and complete charge or the thea- j ters and playhouses. Medical Tim resolution nruviues. too, that one fireman ami one policeman shall bo stationed at every theater nt every performance, the expense to be paid by the management of the playhous'-s directly to the city. Part of the Cars Were Dropped Into the Street Three Trainmen Killed and Twenty Injure Persons Were Sent to Hospitals Accident Was in the City. NEWS FROM SEAT OF GOVERNMENT Motley Flint Appointed Post master at Los Angeles, Cal ifornia. BLOCKADE AROUND SAN DOMINGO BY THE REBELS. New York. Jan. 7. John Siilllck yardmaster; James O'Brien, swltcn man, nnd William Ferguson, foreman, wero killed nnd sevoral Injured In n rear-end collision on the King's Coun ty Elevated road at Williams and It kins avenue this morning. Tho wreck caught fire, the cais burned and panic lollowed. Tho cur rent was turned 'off tho third rnll In time to avert loss of llfe.t Part til the cars were thrown from thn struc ture Into the street by the ford- nf tho collision. O'Brien wbb found wheie be fell from tho trestle. AlmoBt every buna was broken. Siilllck wag caught be tween tho cars nnd crushed. Twenty Injured wero sent to hospitals. CORONEI- INUUEST. SANITATION. WILL EXPAND. Swift & Co. Will Increase Their Cap ital Stock. and Public Men from Over Michigan Discuss It. Aon Arbor, Mich., Jan. 7. Promi nent medical men aud county officials 11 om all parts of the state are attend ing the seventh gonernl confere-ire of .Michigan heai officials, In ses sion In the new medical building of the .State university. The sessions are to continue two days nnd will bo devoted to a discussion or the most advanced scientific tacts regarding Ital SiocK. acivanceu sciemiuc lacia n-summs . , . - 4t ,hf,. nlim,ai to public health and its preservation. Chicago Jan. 7.-At thUr win ' , , attenton will be given to ect ng held here todaj tho block Kni,)n(,t nf sanitation dders of Swift & Company acted fa- j h-' subject of sanitation. nice hnldnra vnrnlilv on tho proposition to In crease the capital slock of the-com-, or nnft nnn in af. fiftO.OOO. t pauy Hum f..i,uuv,vuv .v. T 1 nlri-ctors i. i i i. luunnil nt naf Directors rno new biuuk io u . and bo used In acquiring wholesale distributing markets and refrigerator PRESIDENT HARRIMAN. nectlon, which was secure through the purchase of the Burlington. BOILER KILLED 43 MEN. British Crluser Meets With Terrible Disaster at Sydney. Sydney, N. S. W., Jan. 7.-'orty-three persons have been killed by tho explosion of a bollej on tho British cruiser Wallaroo. Tno Walloroo, which was proceeding to Hobart, sig nalled Montnri') Island, reporting tho dlsahter, but giving no details. The Wallaroo Is expted hero to nioirow The navul authorities aro advised that one boiler burst and tho killed aie assumed to Includo tho whole shift of 23 stokers and a num. ber of deck hands, Appoint Tho small margin m prum In tho pacing industry nnd at tho same trine tho mammoth exteut of that in-.i,,-.-,. In Illustrated bv the llglircs .ninhj in thn annual reports of ho Swift company, which show a prolit says: "At nc r as nnn.nnfl on crosa sales for the ; the Pendleton year exceeding $200,000,000, Union Pacific Burt's Successor, New York, Jan. 7. Tho directors of the Union Pacific today accepted Burt's resignation and elpeted J3. H. Hnrrlman president. ERRATIC 8TOCK MARKET. Great Slump In Steel Stocks and British Consols. Now York, Jan 7. Steel, common. Is quoted at ten fifty this morning. Tho general opinion of brokers Is that tbe dlvldond on common, or which $500,000,000 worth of shnros are hold by 40,000 persons, wl I nov erbo resumed. Tho publ c paid $ 0 to $50 per share. This hair billion ls worth about ilfty c,l'""s- , ,n . ,. Brokers thin morning offer to v.a or oven money that the next preferred dividend will bo cut. fllrlntl Great excitement nrd turmoil in British oonhuiij Ireland to Rome. Philippines. Found Savings Bank Check, Tho Dalles Chronicle of yesterday noon today a check on Savings bank for n goodly sum of money was found on the street. Tho owner may recover tho same by calling at this office, proving properly and paying for ad vestlslug." Tho DanlBh government Is making a census of tho Danes in the city of Portland. i Jury Has Engineer of Rock Island Passenger Under Fire, Topeka, Jan. 7. Tho coroner's Jury of Waubauceo county convened this morning and began Investigation !' yesterday's Rock Island wreck. Thev met In an offlco over the uti- i deitaker's, where lay 10 victims. Twenty witnesses, including inn en gineer of iho Ill-fated train, on whom the blame Is cast by his superiors, nro subpoenaed. COUNTY BOOK8 8TRAIGHT. Not Believed That the United States Will Recognize It Blockade Is Backed Up by Armed Vessels Senator Piatt Calls at White House to Assure President Roosevelt That New York Is Solid for Him. Washington, Jan. 7.- The piesldent todny Bout to the senate the nomina tion of Motley 11. Flint to be post master at I.OS Augelei, Blockade Around San Domingo, Washington, Jnn. 7.- Minister Pow ell cables tho state department from San Domingo dint the piovlxloual government has established n block ado , of all ports save San D0111I1130 City, by means of sailing vest-els ca pable of firing solid shots only Ships snlllng from the West Indies nro given 20 days In which tn cle.ir, while those from the dulled States nnd European inirts tuny take 5 days. It Is believed In Washington this government will not recognize the blockades. New York for Roosevelt. Washington, Jan, 7. -Among iho president's cnllers today was Sena tor Piatt, of Now York, who assured Roosovclt ho will have the undivided republican support of New York in 11)01. Ho said not only would the state send a Roosevelt delegation to the national convention, but It eo'jld bo depended upon lo give 11 mandxonie majority at tho fall election. Want Smoot Expelled, Washington, Jan. ". In llu wnate today Penrose presented a hirgo batch ot petitions trom Pennsylvania for the expulsion or Hmoot or Utah, To Fight Cotton Boll Weevil, When Morgan's resolution that the president exceeded his power In de claring war against Columbia, was tuken up, Mr. Morgan took the floor. The houso rommlllee oil appropri ations reported the bill providing $250,000 ror experiments for the la Htrnellnn or rotten boll weevil would ' be considered tomorrow. FOR THE LEWIS AND CLARK. Senate Committee Favors the Appro priation. Portlund, Jan. 7. Harvey W, Scott telegraphed today that tho senate committee haB agreed to report unan imously in favor of the Ijewis and Clark exposition bill, HANNA A CANDIDATE. A National Committeeman Declares That He Is. Kansas City. Jan. 7. The Star to day quotes National Committeeman R. C. Kearns as stating that Senator nectlon, which was secured through for the presidency Tuesday next. JAPANESE AND RUSSIANS GETTING READY Wabhlngtonv Jan. 7. The Btate de partment, through one of its embas sies In Kurope, hns received inform ation that Jnpnn Is ready to land in Korea on army of SGa i men. The situation In tho fur east Is regarded as very serious by tho stato depart ment officluls. Tho Information above given Is regarded by them as being reliable. n Russians on the March, Washington. Jan, 7. A cablegram to tho stato department from Minis tor Allen, of Korea, says tho Russian marines who wore refused transfor- tatlon over the Japaneso controlled railways, havo marched overland to Seoul. The ostensible purpose tf their visit is to protect Russian Uvea and property In Seoul, alleged to bo In danger by tbe disturbances there. Chinese Getting Excited. Pekln, Jan. 7. As a result of ad vices from Viceroy Wei of Nanking province mat war between Russia and Japan Is Imminent, the govern mont officers are in busiest commu nication by telegraph with all pro vincial viceroys. Tho nature of tho communications cannot be learned, ns It ls by a socret codo. Experts Complete Task of Examining Walla Walla County Records. ""Walla Walla, Jan, 7. The report of Kxperts Buchanan and Clark, who for seven months havo been engaged li exporting tho books of past and present Walla Walla county officials, will be presented to the hourd of county commissioners either today or tomorrow It will be an exceed Ingly vohumilous document. Contrary to an Impression that has been current for some time, there will be nothing sensational In the report. It will contain no record of any defalcations, tho experts having dis covered no traces of any crooksd v.ork, The examination, whlki It has lastod since Juno, 1003, has gone In to tho records for many years buck, Knoru In accounts bavu been dis covered and checked up but It Is claimed that In every Instance they wore mere mistakes on tho part of various officials, tho discrepancies In no case being of much Importance. The Oregon Returns, Portland, Jan. 7. Tho Bteamsbip Oregon, arrhed In f rl laBt nlfht, af ter an absence from hero of suveral years. Sho Is under charter to thn O. It. & N. company and will run on tho San Francisco route vhtlo tho steamships Columbia and George W. Elder uro being overhauled. Error of Initials, Yesterday afternoon through a mis take It was stated that A. W. Rob inson, of Echo, wbb In tbo city in attendance on the dlvorco court a3 a defendant. Tho name was wrongly given Into tho office, and should havo read Gcorgo W. Robinson. TblB cor rection Is mado In deference to A, W. Roblnsop, who Is a well known aud respected merchant of Echo. When a man gets In a framo of mind In which he tells his troubles to bis typewriter It ls time to call in the fool killer, ENTERTAINMENT OF DELEGATES Portland Prepares to Make It Pleas ant for Livestock Men. Portland has prepared elitliuUc programs, for the visitors nnd dele gates to tho Natlouul Livestock As sociation meeting, which onvenes In thut city next Tuesday. All the com mittees huvo their work completed, the funds uro just uboill raised, enough rooms huvo ropoxtcd to head quarters to lU'CDinniodnle all the city's guests, and every detail now Euoms to be In readiness for the big meeting. Portland fully expects 2,000 dele gates aud visitors nml has prepared to care for more lr they come. It Is Impossible to say Just bow ninny will go rrom Umatilla counly, but a con servative stockman who Is In Uiuch with tho Industry In this county, es timates that at least 3d uctuul stork men will go from Pondloum, besides tho business men who uru deeply In terested und will utteud Die meeting u,' tho pleasure and goueiul Inform ation to bo derived from the trip, Tho O, R. & N, hus made a greatly reducod rate for tho meeting und as the convention promises to bo at tended by tho lending spirits of the stock Industry In the United Htutes, many will take advantage of tho in portunlty to hear the Interesting pi pers and discussions, CHARG7ED WITH THEFT. Claimed He Took an Overcoat From 8t. Qeorge Restaurant, S, M, Smith was arrested last night for tho tbett of an overcoat belong ing to It Mulligan, the proprietor of the St. George restaurant somo lima ago. At tbo tlmo of tho theft tho overcoat was hanging In tbo buck ot tbe room, und was taken by thu man, who claimed when arrested that to had bought tho coat of a strango man. 4, . 4- -i- Ruth Cleveland Dead, . Princeton, N. J., Jun. 7. Ruth Clovelund, the oldest daughter e Groor i!lvolund, died at homo tl.l morning ot diphtheria. Sho wu. bom at tho White House In i81l. Sho was 111 but u fov dryg her all- ment beglnnlug with mi attack of tonsllltls, Ruth had been a frail child from htr birth 1 il 4.