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I DAILY EVENING EDITIOH Eastern Oregon Weather Tonight fair; Sunrtny Increas ing cloudiness. Mip by " mi PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5), li)Oi. NO. 49 M u . - i i MEETING ig and Important ..-! AfPnirP n i.ni tin ' - R HUNDRED LLARS IS POSSIBLE. n u. Veftp Are Compilation of Avail. u. uarraniK nn.uuu by Valuable Real district meeting called js of determining the ry met nt tho circuit this afternoon at 2 board reported their cs expenses and tho In- nrr ior uiu j-uui, nuu ed tho amount of tho , - r . 1, ,. this district made by I ., I... ,, I r. fn. ies, was $1,540,447.56, anted that tho dlstmt levy a 7',4-mlll tax on a cover tholr expenses n ciacnsc l bl ed eipcnses of tho dls un to 123.3GB. nnd will irom uiu vuiiuuh uu- wa: 111U IUUU11U1B Uf lima oi fiD.Duu, mis the year heforo. Tho Ji.iou: me cium oi directors. $240. It is T ina niQrrifT will Tinmi ,L. 1.1 . IK . . . I md coal. One thous- 1 ho ronim-eil fnr hullri. ind the water rent will Six hundrod dollars or cpnnrai nxnnnHes. will tahe J810. Then Vlll lift ,lni-ntn.1 n ll.o i floating debt of tho a to pay tho mturest debt. All of these cx- iition of Assets, tHil ln.inn.n l.t... .ll t srnaii surplus if tlio directors carry. Prom I! per capita stato tax 11 Mt $3,012. At the cs '! VA mills special tnx. to Increased In the dls- 40 ..1.1 ... . wiiicn, wun uio' nx Sivo to tho district for me year S2:i7fif.. inn v. m. .uuuu uuuiuurn u "Ich to depend for tho - -o-iuai IIIU Ulll 11.1 --o "MiiHHiD, uiu tin tnvnctln.l t.. utoablc property, tho we district will not ex- Terv murtii U nrckontL'd at the rDnnn nnd r tho In... n. , . ... - ij ui muif i couiu not woll got ! Tear tn rnmn nutnai Schools nnd Mm It was made tie board tn ho nt "4 they had flcur- eSDCnclllnrno no 1..... t will. ... . v . " i boou or tno " nd a Half Mlllo. 4lcus8lon by those meeting it was docldod WOHM At... f ho 17.-,"VUU -4,1U ,U,i" . and a tax voted. IY rmm- "awn i , ... county Road MP C.u. -vno; la .till -i . - - ...ii t wuru on 9 olfferent bills and . j. One Thousand Cases. Montreal, Jan. 9. Tootp arc approximately 1,000 cases of typhoid fover In Montreal and half dozen smaller municipal! tlosVhlch Join it ou the three sides. In tho city proper tho number of cases is tar less than In tho suburbs. Policemen aro going rrom houso to house distributing printed warnings urging bouse holders to boll their drinking water and to make Inquiries as to tho condition of the dallies. POWER OF THE NEWSPAPERS WAR CORRESPONDENTS HOLD ORIENTAL STEAMER, STEAMER SUNK, II1Y DROWNED ' Clallam " Foundered Last Night in the Straits Near Port Townsend. WORST WRECK IN HISTORY OF TJHE NORTHWEST COAST. eojtt ' It rrnntiwl u. ....i Tflt8tabllnhont of l Ylin tno nvrnn. Aii uf tho work of lnjoutlne. Htak ft! K00(l Ma ''6 111 ii... . . H ot u "u noars " t himself ana iIb New York Herald and Collier's Week ly Win Signal Victory Over Captain of the Siberia After the Anchor Is Lifted the Vessel Is Held 10 Hours for Two Men on a Delayed Train. San Francisco, Jan. 9. As oiii of the thrilling evidences of the power of the press, a little incident happen ed In tals city yesterday evening, which called forth much comment. Tho steamer Siberia, one of the orackor-Jack mall boats of the Pacific mail line, was scheduled to sail on hor regular tlmo, at noon yesterday and made ready to leave tho pier at that hour for tho Orlont, on one of hor most important voyages, on ac count of tlio rush mall on board for American ministers and foreign ofll ccs in China, Japan and the Philip pines. On board the west-bound Southern Pacific overland train from New York were two war correspondents, bound for tho Orient A. K. Davis, of the New York Herald, and Frederick Palmer, of Coflier.'s 'Weekly. Tho ovorlnnd train was late and would not connect with mo Siberia, boforo she loft the pier. The cor respondents had wired ahead to the local manager of tho steamship line to hold tho vessel until the arrival of tho train, bo they could embark for tho scene of the Russo-Japanese war. The manager wired back to thoni thnt tho steamer would not lie hold, but would leave for tho Orient on tlmo. The correspondents weie not to he defeated In their determination to catch that vessel and land In the Orl ont eight days sooner than If they waited for the next out-bound boat, so they wired the head offlco of the steamship line In New York, and im mediately R. H. Harriman, president of the company, wired for the Siberia to wait for tlio overland and permit theso correspondents to make 'n tioctlon. So the big mall liner, due In .cave tho plor at noon waited for two .up resontntlves of tlio press and did not leave until 10 o'clock last nigh', in hours bohlnd hor schedule time. Tho 1.C0O tons of rush mall mid tin 800 tons of nitrates and GOO tons of plK lead, waited for two sweating war correspondents, who had accomplish ed ono of the most remarkable feats in modern journalism, by tying up an Oriental stcamor for 10 hourB after the anchor had been lifted for tin most Important voyage In her his tory. HELD FOR TRIAL. Probability of the Guilt of Smith, Formerly of St. George Restau rant. J. A. Smith, the man who was ar rested charged with having stolen an ovorcoat from tlio St. George restau rant miring the last of Novomboi. sag given a hearing in the just co cm. this morning and was d frM " tho circuit court. In defou t of the money to put up for his bond he went to tho county jail. ....itm- Smith, who was formerly a naltii In the St. Goorgo restaurant clainic that be had bought the coat from an unknown man for $1.50 and had worn It In tho sight of Mr. Mulligan, who darned to liavo lost days boforo ho loft the cily tor 'tow J. After having been at .that d for some time ho returned to Ion dleton and was arrested foi the theft. Ho claimed that ho did not know thnt the coat was stolen. l ow over, his evidence was faulty arid M was remanded to the custody of tho shorlff. Portland's BlgVessels. Tho bovon easels plying l'l"(i.,',J Portland and the Orient have , a total tonnage of 01.700 tons, divided ns roi 10S?oan.shlp. Tons capacity. Indrasamna ;ooo Lothian goot Indrapura s.000 Indrnvelil 7i5no Athol 0,200 Chlng Wo c -ioo Olavvrlng .., . 51,700 Total ' MARINES EN ON THE ISTHMUS Indications That There Will Be Bloodshed Between Co lumbia and United States. COLOMBIA HAS TROOPS . ON PANAMA TERRITORY. Number Lost Variously Estimated at From Twenty.slx to Sixty-five Two Tugs Attempted Rescue, But the Violent Storm Prevented Effective Work First Return's From Effects of the Great Storm Which Swept Oregon and Washington Coast Yes. terday. faeattle. .Inn. !). Tnenty-slx lives were lost by the foundering of th steamer Clallam in tho strnlts near Port Townsend early this morning. The vessel broke down soon after leaving Victoria yesterday afternoon and drllted before a terrific storm until she mot her fate. She began sinking shortly after midnight. News of the most terrible catastro phe that has ever occurred in these waters was received in this city at It : 30 tills morning by a marine ex change In a telegram from the mas ters of the tugs Sea Lion and Richard Holieck. Tho former brrjnght 24 .sur vivors nnd the latter eight to- Port Townsend. The latest telegram states that the Clallam foundered while in tow of the tug Hlchard Hollleck, between Smith Island and Dungencss Spit. Tlie tug was alongside when she -sanl- storm running could save less than one4hlrd of those aboard the doomed vessel. Fifteen women and children and 10 men. mostly, passengers, wee drowned. Later The list of drowned will prolrabiy reach C5. STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS. Ex-"Governor Charles Foster, of Ohio, Died Today, SnriiiKfleld. O.. Jan. !). The condi tion of ex-Governor Charles Foster, who was stricken with paralysis last niqht, Is extremely critical. Later. Mr. Fooler died at 11 :30 this morning. Believed at Colon That Colombia In tend to Fight Rather Than With. draw Peaceably Rumors of War Varied by Report of the Failure of a National Bank in Oklahoma Bill for Relief of Sherman County. Washington, Jan. 9. Tho comp troller of the currency this morning says the National Bank of Alva, Ok lahoma, will not open today, and ho has appointed Hank Kxamlncr Sturte vant as receiver. Tho liabilities and resources, according to tho Novem ber statement, Is approximately $1(10,000. Marines Landed at Colon. Washington, Jan. 9. A dispatch from Admiral Coghlln at Colon, today states the Dixie's marines lauded, and that all Is quiet. T Murder and Sutcide. Minneapolis, Jan. 9. James Garfield, of Hurley, Wis., locked tho door of his flat and told his wlfo ho meant to kill her. Then ho telephoned to "hold the lino and listen." Tlio friend heard a woman's screams and three revolver shots. When Jho pollco broke open tho door thoy found Garfield with a bullet In his brain. The woman was dead. She, was a vaudovlllo actress known as 'Tearl Guotte. MILITIA IGNORE CIVIL PROCESS WILL EXECUTE ORDERS OF COAL MINE OWNERS, Wholesale Evictions In tolorado Camps by the Military In Defiance of the Civil Authorities "Mother' Jones Very III With Pneumonia. Bryan Returning. Kw York, Jnn. 9. William J. Dry an arrived off Sandy Hook this morn ing on board the Celtic, which is de layed on account of fog. A. O. U. W. OFFICERS. Order Installed New Corps of Offic ials Last Night. Tho Viola Lodge No. 114, A. O. U. W, met last night In regular mostlng ait" which time the officers for tho next lernCwero Installed. With tho :xecn- but on ncconnt of the Icrriblci jiou' of Two. the financier and record' or, who serve for a year, tho list Jf officers will hold their offices for the next six months. After the Installation the members present enjoyed themselves with a smoker nnd cards for a snort time. Tho officers Installed wore: ' P. M. W.. W. II. McCormach; M. W.. W. V oHseason: F.. Hen K. Davis; O., William Coffman: reord er, C. P. Davis: Fin., J. K. Ream; lice.. J. M. Rontley; G., Glenn How land. J. W.. C. Platzoeder. Cripple Creek. Jan. 9. Colonel Vardeckberg and nil tho district post commanders hcid nn executive coun ell of war this morning and decided to Ignore Judge Seeds' Injunction Is sued last nlfcht restraining them Irom intcrfeilng with or arresting strikers on vagrant orders. Tncy will tieg'n wholesale arrests of unionists day. The strikers will bo thrown into the bull-pen at Camp Garfield bofoio any legal Bteps can be taken, ami win then bo loaded on special trains nnd denorted from tho county. Wives and children of Btrlkers who rail strike-brcnker8 scabs, or other Insulting epithets, will also bo ar rested, bull-penned and doporto.1. Civil officers who attempt to servo papers will bo treated likewise. "Mother" Jones Has Pneumonia. Trinidad, Col., Jan. U. The condi tion of "Mother" Jones, who was yes terday stricken with pneumonia. Is unchanged.' Sho Is H2'yeai old, making recovery doubtful. Tho mine workers are anxiously wnlehliK tlio bulletins. LEAGUE BETWEEN CHINA AND China Takes the Initiative in a Scheme to Drive Russia Out of Manchuria. EMIGRANTS" FROM JAPAN TO MANCHURIA. Japanese Warships Leave Genoa in Haste for the Extreme East Bel ligerent Japi Are Eager (or War Christian Armenians Fear a Repe tition of the Atrocities Committed by Kurds In 1894. LEON COHEN GOING EAST. Idaho Coming to Portland. IIciIm'. Jun. !. Arrangements have been completed for the Idaho delega tion to the meeting of the Natiou-iJ l.lvi Stock association, to be hold In Portland next week, beginning on Tuesday. It Is expected that most of I the delegatus will leave here ou train No. 11, which leaves Pocatcllo Satur , dny morning, arriving In Portland Sunday morning. Ample sleeping , ur iieconimodatlimh have been pre- fnr nil jiair.i i" i l,.-l.. I.-.,,...,, .,n ..mnlni.l. nf thfi . . . i,iaiv;o i-.u..,' a wt Chicago Wheat. Great Northern, was Instantly killed Chicago Jan. 9. Wheat opened by a fall In the Cascade tunnel on is?,, closed the snme. .'thnt road, Thursday. Marshal Carney's First Arrest. Marshal Carney made his first haul this afternoon, when he arrested a couple of hoboes In tho rear of ono of the saloons on Main sticct, for fighting. The men had got out Into the open back yara of the saloon lor the settlement of n difficulty when the marshal appeared on tho scene und stopiKjd the scrap, landing the belligerents In the city Jail. ' In True Missouri Style'. F. 11. Ucatho has had his corn meal mill In operation of late, and finds no difficulty in disposing of the product. A good sized shipment was made this week to Milton. Weston Lender. Will Visit All the Principal Eastern Cities. l.eon Cohen will leave tomorrow night for a month's vIbU In tho Hast, where ho will buy his stock for tho spring and Bummer trade. Whllo gone, ho will vlBlt Rochester. Qlov crsvllle, Ilosion, Now York, Phlladel- ffliien Port Arthur, Jnn, 9, The newspa per, Novl Krai, BBterts that j.tpnn has already sont a largo armed forco to Korea disguised ns Immigrants, to bo ready for dovelopmcntR. Japanese War Vessels. Genoa, Jnn. 9, Tho two Jupaiuso warships, Kasaga and Nlnsan, which woro recently purchased from .Argen tine, Btenracd eastward from Genoa this morning under urgent orders. They did not stop to tnke on am munition nnd baggage, which had al ready been loaded In tenders. It Is believed they will stcntn along tho Mediterranean awaiting events, Tho olucers and crows are Intensely ex cited, and keen for fight. Armenians Fear Massacre. Vienna, Jan, 9. Dispatches trom Constantinople todny, received from an Armenian source, are that tho In habitants of Seaskoun, In Turkish Armenia, aro greatly excited over a possibility of a repetition of the Kurdish massacre of 1894, nnd a number of Inhabitants have tied. Rands of Kurds, who aro old-tlmo n emles of tho Christian Armenians, aro stationed nt many points on tho fron tier to prevent tho escape of fugi tives. China-Jap Alliance. Umdon, Jan. a. A dispatch from a trustworthy source says tho Chin ese grand council has taken a stand for Japan agnlnst Russia and will submit tho following propositions to the empress dowager of China: China to assuinn the offensive If Hussln falls to withdraw from Man churia; also that ihn make an offen sive nnd defensive alliance with lap- nn against Russia, and (but govern- nhla and Washington. Mr. has been to all of tho cities mention-j In,,nt ,,mi.us ))0 immediately sent to eii wnuu uu iuiuiwi i..e, ""iToklo to arrange such nn alllan'-i exception of Washington, and he Is looking forward to his visit at the . VALUABLE LETTERS LOST, capital with a great deal of pleasure - in iiosicn Air. woueii ui i n '"" Pendleton Man Must Have Received Bluto district, whero bo will buy a largo stock of shoes for tho Peoples Warehouse, and in tho other cities he will stock up with the other lines of goods. It was the Intention of Fred Judd to mako the trip with Mr. Cohen as far as his home In Connec ticut, but owing to the fact that ho cannot finish his work hero In Mm" he will not start Fust until som, lime next week. AGAINST FIRE FIEND. SENATOR SMOOT DENIES EVERYTHING Washington, Jan. 9. Senator Smoot answers to tho charges made against him are made public. The charges are first, that ho Is a ,)olyg omlst; sewnd, ho is bound by an oath obligation which Is inconsistent with tho oath required by tho constitution, which was administered to him be fore ho took his seat as senator. Smoot denios both. Ho says he was married in 1884 to Miss Eldrldge, who is still his wife and mother of his children. Ho novcr had any other wlfo, or cohabited with other women. He denies taking any oath obliga tion conflicting with his duty to his country. Ho holds himself bound to obey tho laws of the United States, Including those referring to polyga my and denies that thcro Is a su premo authority In all matters-relating to Its followers. Ho also denies that the I ter Day Saints' church Inculcates or encour ages polygamy, or has Blnce the Woodruff manifesto In 1890. Ho admits tho first president of the church Is vested with supreme auth ority In spiritual matters and also temporal so far as pertaining to tho officers of the church. RON BY MEN INCOMPETENT AND IGNORANT Chicago, Jan. 9. The coroner to- j William Wlertz, who managed ono day exam'lnod attaches of tho Iro-,( tho main lights of tho theater, quoIb to ostabllsh a casq of gross tostlfiC(1 t,e jnw nothing about eloc negligence against the management. ber f Sweeney, mo oniy uruiuuu , ----- , , , , , ,i , rllntlna Ulltl.iuu " - " - ..i i... tl,A tlienter. wn tho UHlOU. 0111 pil'JL-'" ") . . . . i.,. ii .iiJ i i first witness. Uo I n more uoy, wno oi muu iujm..... nv u.- Ib a teamster In tho day tlmo. Ho whether sparks flying from tho hood never worked In a theater boforo, of tho light would Ignito the scenery, never had been instructed In any 'The Inquest adjourned until Mon duties, nor where tho apparatus or day. Btandi lpes woro located. Had novor. Mrs. U Noimo, another victim, ha any tiro oxporlencp. Ho dlsoov- died at the Good Samaritan Hospital ' " . .i.l .mi trinrt tn nut them ' this morning. Two others injured out by slapping, ns ho had nothing I tnero are belloved to be dying. The His regular business is that Spokane Begins a Searching Investi gation of All Public' Places. Mayor Iloyd has appointed a com mittee of two, and tho other will bo uppolntcd this afternoon, for tbo pur pose of inspecting all theaters, churihes and public buildings, which hnvo not compiled with tho city ordl nauco In tho matter .of providing proper exits In caso of tire, says tlio Spokane Press. Tho city council lust night appoint ed Councllmen Pratt, Fostor and Doo llttle. Tho committee selected by the mayor, together with tho councllnien and tho board of public works, will examine every building in tbc city of a public nature, to seo that a rep etition of tho Chicago disaster does not happen In tho city of SpoWano. Ucsldo the Palace Dry Goods com pany, tho Spokane Dry Goods com pany, tno Spokano theater, the Clnoo graph and tho First Methodist church, which have been suggested before, the Home fit tho Frlondle will be Investigated. It Is said that the orphans have their beds In the third story of the building and in caso of Are no way remains open for escape. If I ho women of the home aro unable toj raise funds to prepare a stairway dther than tho front entrance, the hoard of public works, it Is likely, will procuro means to help them, Tho Hotel Spokano Is also men tioned as ono of tho buildings ueed inf moro efficient fire escapes. Chief Myers of tho flro department notified the management yesterday that somthlng more would bo necessary thar the present outlets. Mall Intended for Another, Another caso whero a similarity in naiio u responsible for n great deal of trouble occmrod ul the postoimo yesterday, when A M. Sylvester of Idaho Fulls, Idaho, called ut the gen eral delivery window to get his mall, says the Telogrum. To Mr, Sylvester'H toiihtcrnutlnn thore was nothing for lilm, despite tlio fact thut lie hail mailed u lutter contulnlng two chucks, ono for $100 and tho othor for $2fj from Idaho Fulls, on Christmas day, the address being to himself In Portland. He Intended to secure It upon his arrival here, but on Inquiry found lliut the letter had been forwarded In A. Sylvester, at Pendleton, December 28, It was ascertained that tho Syl vester at Pondlcton, to whom the let ter was sent, had been In thu habit of getting his mall at tho general deliv ery at Portland until his departure for Pendleton, when ho left word for the postal authorities to forward all mall addressed to Mm to that city. Tho similarity of the nnrnus caused tbo mistake, as A, M. Sylvester, the rightful owner of tho valuable letter, Is not known to tbo postoniro pcoplo hero. Efforts are bolng made by tho pout, office authorities to bring tho letter Into possession of Us rightful owner, GRANT COUNTY PROPERTY, J. D. Stephens, tho socialist speak or, arrosted In Portland Monday, was fined $10 and costs Tuursuay ior ou strutting tho strets, Taxable Property In the County De. creases Over t37,000 Since the As sessment of 1902. Canyon City. Jan. 9. Tho county court, sitting as tho board of equal ization, finished tho work of fixing tho valuation of property last night. The total amount of taxable prop erty In tho county Is valued at $1,- 8:t2,lC and the oxomptious amount to $82,460, leaving a net valuo of $1,749,717, or a decrooso of $137,(ZJ since 1902, The number of horses and mules is given at 4,226, valuod at $60,700, tho numbei f sheep und goats at 128, 754, valued at $lt0.992, tbo amount of tillable land is flxod at 22,000 acres, valued at $168,682; nontlllablo land at. 82,575 acres, valued at $507,732; n'lnlnr machinery at $119, 203, and merchandise at xiOri." Tho nurnbor of hogs Is placed at 394, valued at $866. else avniianie, - - - -