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0 ' 1 ,(& LwTl fhs , dailyeveningedition j Tonight and Friday cloudy with I light rnlu or snow; cooler to I night. PENDLETnv inrArmn . - -- ' xxiij a. uuujnt, UltKUOX, TIItTKSDAY, JAINITAUY JJ. 1004. ' PONS 'wty.fi n eanh, nee c '("aim. I HOUSf iALi -AST raIoes BIG save ed fa RE ces .$?. ,.53c ..Mc .a ..u tie 12 .Mc ,2Jc nts - 'e isimJ I c IRK 15c .Be ' Reports and Takes on Important Affairs Ljlls, which LEAVE A SURPLUS. I Bund Was Accepted Of. commissioner Abol- Ht Duties Left to the Fire Committee win i on Building Tower for Luncil met lost night and ) bonus or mo vuy u unw ind placed uy uie jiu 50,000. anil this amount by Mr llauillton last or his couauct or ue Lter of tho tax levy was ttp, and as was stated lasi I levy was piaceu u.i i lualnst mills levied last i mltter of the expenses oi the lat year was ex- , tho council by Recorder d. and the lovy was made beb discussion. It was the s council to place too lovy iblo, but It was Uiougbt i few dollars surplus n Uom of the expenses of tad for that reason it was better to place tho tax at 7 1 of 6 or 6H. which might I enough money for actual t hare left the city In debt 1 of the yew. license was Issued to Ooodman upon their i of their bond and ccrtl- I competency. i Commissioner Abolished. tie chief matters of Interest meeting was the discus- lie abolition of the office '. f nlssloncr. When the new kct Into olllcc the matter of fctment of a new Btreet com- nu passed up for a time, fold officer held over. Last ( never, a resolution was pre I three of the council to tho : the office be donu uway pi Hi "ommLseionor be paM ! time of his discharge. alter caused some dlscus- Iru evidently tho opinion of i lir and of one or two of the lilt the city was In need of j pices of tho officer at this 1 I as It was In tho summer. I :tfio vote was taken It stood abolition of the office and Hit. f-'taw moved that the resolu- ppted, and In his remarks t we city had been to great the summer months twork and that the streets ' m a had condition, and t could bo done with them ttime. or at leant until thn tared In tho spring. It was "i the city to save money 'ny possible, and for these wished the office done THEATRES WERE possesses a steam fire engine, which is uuiu in reserve for emergency Tho city has bought $1,027.75 worth ! of apparatus during tho year, and 'ta running expenses have amounted to $2,196.28, which amount Includes tho water rent of $1,200. Tho total ,.v. penso of the department for the year has boon $3,322.03. During the year tho department 1ms responded to 16 flre alarms, at which a total damage of $12,000 was sus talnod by tho city, tho largest indi vidual loss being $4,500. GOV. CUMMINGS' MESSAGE. Makes Charges of Extortion Against. Former Officials. Des Moines. Jan. 14. Governor' ummings mossago, delivered this afternoon, is a sensation. It recom mends that $24,000 which ho alleges former State Auditor Mcrlam mulcted from eastern Insurance companies us fees for alleged examinations, bo re funded. He says Merriam and in. 'surnnco Examiner Dehlor conducted a systematic camualcn of PYtnrt Inn for personal pain. ILL NEGLIGENT Not a Playhouse in Chicago Was Conducted According to the City Laws. CONTENDS FOR A HIGHWAY BUREAU South Carolina Member Opens a, Question That is a New Issue in Congress. i HAD ONE-QUARTER NUMBER OF INSPECTORS REQUIRED. Bank Robbed. Santa Monica. Cal.. Jan 11 i Sawteli'F branch bank at Santa Mon-' lea was robbed last night of $200 1 cash and a small amount of securi ties. Only Superficial Examinations Were Possible Two Tubes of Kilfyre the Only Defense Against Fire at the Iroquois Testimony Reflects Upon Mayor Harrison Chicago Is Hard Up In Every Department. New German Consulates. Berlin, Jan. H. A. committee of the Reichstag today decided to es. tablish German consulates at Atlanta, Seattle, New Orleans and St. Paul. Chicago Wheat. Chicago, Jan. 14. Wheat opened S7. closed 86. i Chicago, Jan. U. Mayor Harrison, Fire Marshal Mustuim, Alderman Mayer and Hulldlng Inspector l.aiighlln hau- been summoned by Coroner Trigger to appear before the Jury this afternoon In tht disaster. ASKS FOR APPROPRIATION OF 24,000.000 DOLLARS. Ingenious Argument to Prove That the Proper Expenditure of That Amount Would Be a Measure of Economy Declares That Cost of Transportation Would Be Reduced on Highways Sixty Per Cent CLALLAM MADE NO DISTRESS SIGNALS EVIDENCE ADDUCED AT CORONER'S INQUEST. Captain Roberts Refused to Take Pas sengers From Clallam Onto His Tucj All Who Were Rescued Were Taken From the' Water Other Steamers Were Distressed Major!, ty of Those Lost Were Women and Children in Boats. Washington, Jnn. H. Latimer, of South Carolina, made it speech In the Feiifttc ttmay In advocacy of his bill creating a bureau of highways and carrlW appropriations of $24,000,- Iroquois ' o(10. J I H said this amount shmiM h dl. Inquiry follows tho sensational ' vlde'd equally between tno states and charges made by llulldlng Coinmib- territories according to population, Humer imams yesterday to me cr-, the minimum allotmont being $250,000 feet that the city has only one qunr-' to any state havlnc less than 750.000 tcr the number of Inspectors required Inhabitants. It further provides that and that only the most superficial 'n-' any state or territory receiving such spectlons could be made. j benefit must contribute dollar for Two Tubes of Kilfyre. dollar from Its own treasury, thus Mayor Harrison will be examined , "biiaK fund. ' relative to the report be received on : ,Mr lUr declared this would theaters in November, showing that J,,ac0 a BU,rp.,,' "J Government all were violating the city ordinances. I rTVr' t,f :cy00-00?. ;wb' ITne coroner will ask why tho ordl-i " "? " "--"'" nn ,1.. nf,i oo' He declared It wrong to hoard the the discovery was made, Instead of ' """V.,11 J" ?"a, ti.rin ..n..rt ... , .v,,. ,.. to Jneet tne public debt before lKi council where it evidently landed !n , a V'urrent expenses aro all provld- n l,l...nn l,lo e" .0r- llf, contended that better roads aro a national necessity and proper object Ah the rivers-and harbors are Improved, so should bo CHANGING THEIR POLITICS. Winston Churchill and Other Conser. vatlves to Be Free Traders. Liverpool, Jan. 14. Tho Post today iisscrta that whon parliament opens, Winston Churchill, conservative, will bdeomo nn Independent free trader, and that several other conservatives will probably follow his example. MISSOURI BOODLER8. St. Louis Aldermen are Still Under Fire by Folk. St. r.ouls, Jan. 14. Attorney Folk Is making nn Investigation Into the statement that a new combine com posed of fifteen members In thohoura delegation demnnded $15,000 for the passage of tho pneumatic tube bill. TO EXTRADITE ABELL. He Will Fight Being Brought From Canada to the U. S. Welland, Out. Jan. II. When tho court convenes this afternoon tho Judge will order tho extradition of Jnmes Abed, tho New Yorker who Impersonated Goelet and became en gaged to Eleanor Anderson. Abeel's attorney will take nn appeal Immed iately to the higher court at Toronto. Southwestern Harness Men. Waco, Tcxns, Jnn. 14. Tho conven tion of the southwestern saddlers and harness makers' association which began 'n Waco today Is the largost meeting over held by the organiza tion. Many questions of interest to tho trade nro scheduled for discus sion during tho several days the con vention will bo In session. GONCILIATION RULING SPIRIT Yet There Aro Many Chances for War to Break Out Be tween Japan and Russia. VLADIVOSTOCK PORT CLOSED TO SHIPPING. Russia Must Modify Her Demands Or War Will Be Certain Japan Will Not Tolerate Such 4 Thing as 'A Neutral Zone ' Around Korea, and Expects Russia Will Back Down A Settlement Not Far Off, :F0R REFORM IN NOMINATIONS Chicago Short of Money. Mayor Harribon on the stand ad mitted he failed to take action on Commissioner William's report other Vlrtnrln II P Inn U At the enr. luau "'"""K 'O uiu luuucil. Mil. oner's Inquest Into the deaths of vle-l" V'"," c"St?U! ,bat ?" "luf . um! Imnrni'Krnl Inws clinnlil nnf lio Urns of tho Clallam, which commenc- a pigeon hole Continued testimony liv slairo rm r .. A 4.. . i in :i . - M""-,thi. highways. iwucuku, I It,, .loflor,.,! ,, ..,rai. .net ,.f transportation per ton over a mile of dirt road in America Is 25 cents, vhllo in Europe on roads Improved It Is 10 cents. Ho denied that the government Is liable to be bankrupted by such a od today, evidence waB given by Ed ward Lannon, of A.ontana. that no distress signals were made by the steamer Clallam. About -I o'clock, au hour after the women and children and those In the boats with them had been drowned, a steamer passed within a mile of tho sinking steamer, whose fires had al ready been put out by tho Inrubh of water. No attempt was made to at tract the attention of the vessel. Whon the tug HolyoUo picked 'ip the ClaJlam. about 10 o'clo;!:. a r.u'r bcr of passengers asked Captain Itobcrts to put them on the tug. but he refubed. The sea had gono down and Impractical laws should not be project. Ho said $1,000,000,000 would enforced. 1 put all tbo main road; In good condl- After the lite he looked Into the tlon and require from tho government matter and ordered the theaters but $60,000,000 per year for 10 years. closed. He says Chicago has not ' money enough to properly conduct WATER CARNIVAL. any department. J , Trying to Shirk Responsibility. Great Affair In Honor of Commission- Chicago, Jan. 14. Hulldlng IiiBpec- er Taft at Manila. DIRECT NOMINATING PRI- MARY LEAGUE ORGANIZED. Same Reform Forces That Carried Initiative and Referendum to Sue. .cescful Termination, start Another Equally as Important Movement A. L. Mills, Portland Banker, Pres. Ident; W. S. U'Ren, Veteran Re. former, Secretary. I'ortlind, Jan, 14. Tho reformers who launched ami carried the Initia tive and referendum amendment through In Oregon, have started an other movement of equal Interest and ns far-reaching results as that and the initial steps wcro taken In this city yestprday afternoon. Now York, Jnn, 11. A special from Port Arthur states thnt the Japaneso aro leaving. Moro thnn 100 left Dal ny In one day.. Tho husslnns regard tlio Japnnese sclzuro of Mekphu probable, with the object of making Russia lire the first Nhot. Trains from Russlnn Europe are crammed with troops. Vladivostok Is Icebound. Vladivostok, Jan. 14. Tills port s Icebound, thus effectually preventing naval oxnUlonn from flits huso at present, Situation Is Tense. Berlin, Jan. II. Official intelli gence causes the government to bo Hove the situation in tho orient is extremely tense, Japs Conciliatory. 1indon, Jan. 1 1. A special from Toklo says tho ministers who attend ed tho recent conference Btate that Japan's attitude was oxtromely con ciliatory. Japan's Demands, Ixmdou, Jan. 14. Japan's roply io Hussla'H last noto Is a modification upon innny points according to Min ister Hayashl, who rocolved a cipy of the text today. It Insists, however, upon Chinese bovcroignty in Man churia and Japan's sphere of Influ ence In Korea. I'ractlcnlly tho rela tions of Itiissla nnd Japan uro un changed. Snyashl believes the nego tiations liable to bo prolonged. Approaching a Settlement. Toklo, Jan. 1 1. High Japanese of ficials today make the statement that the belief In official circles Is that war with Russia will Im avorted, mid say tor Iiughlln. accused of declaring the Iroquois theater "O. K." declared lie fore the coroner today he never made such it report, and denounced accusa tions against him as false. He bald Building Commissioner Williams is trying to shift the blame. He admitted he vlbited the theater the day it opened and found neither Washington, Jan. 14. Advices by mall this morning from Manila, glvo details of a magnificent water foto and Venetian carnival given In fare well to Commissioner Taft, suniais- lug even those under tho Spanish W. S. U'Ren, O. E. S. Wood. (Jeonto M. Orton, V. T. GrlllltiiB nnd Thomas ' concessions i.nvo been mndn on both O, Oreen Issued a call for a meeting ! sides. some weeks ago. to be hold In this! If Russlu Insists on n neutral zono city for tho purpose of organizing n In Korea It will ami negotiations, but direct primary league, the objects of Japan Intimated to Russia sho Is which would bo to circulate petitions ready to recognize Russian trading and secure tho passage of nn amend- ioiici'bbIoiik In Korea providing Ihoy mcnt to tho constitution of Oregon, providing for direct nominating prl mmius, and doing away with political regime. A thousand lights covered j conventions, composed of a small pro ..i.oV ,i naonraiv ennlii marked exit, fire extinguishers, hose have been transferred. No one was r alaim boxes. BW not report tills taken from the steamer when she because it was the. duty of tli0 fire two miles of tho Paslg river. There was a great parade in which tbo na val forces partlcipo.teu. careened and rolled over at tho cli max. All who were rebcued by the tugs were taken from tho water GEN. GORDON'S FUNERAL. Inuiuiflni- lift illil rennrt tn WHHnniB that the structural work was all right.' but called attention to other features I which were violations of the ordl-1 nance, and was Instructed by Wll-1 llnmh to "Let it go." NINE KILLED. by a Falling Attended by Union and Thousands, Confederate Both Ex. Soldiers. sembors of iiw "at tbero should bo somo orer the sewer work and Atlanta, Jan. 14. The most Impres- "a pmces in tne streets, I slve funeral ever seen in uverso to making tho lug, Slaughter In St. Louis Elevator, St. Louis, Jan. II. Wllllo Plorson, 14 years old, died this morning at a hospital, making eight boys and ono man dead ns u ieult of falling down 1 uu tlmo. It was, however. oo away with tho offlco nnd manor of watching the (K and thn DlMalo 4n V.n street committoe. HS U Mr. Mnonu tUr. t commissioner, for what vrvua aurlnir thla mnnth nt Of $75 a montn d iiow, r Put in all of his bills t tho ithe council last night. nul l erecting a tower for jii to be placed at the ' -""as thn river wan left nimlttoo with power to. Chief Reports. 1 w R. Wlthee submitted "port last night at tho -.c"uw8 tue .condition of 'eat at the present tlmo, "ne during tho year uro prevention and O&t hau 11A a- .SC ft COOii nnn1nmnnt- r "0 ladder comnanv and JH-lnch b.080, j" with a complement of UWOO, It illUU Were Suffocated. !taut lef IfantiTT-. te. .Tan 11 .... iS6" u n'or tW seated 7r . ' anQ " woro ' mc Atl 1 tB ln'8 morn rw.r "tOerton. Ttroii i. ' fo? I"0 ' the pcnlten- oldslri upon Bn Trying Alois Cokstein. Allentown. Pa., Jan. 14. A Jury was an elevator shaft In the Ilrown shoo seemed this morning to try Alois ' factory last evening. Tony Klrohe. this state , Cokstein for being accessor' to nnd 1 ner, tho tenth victim, Is dying. The was irlven Oeneral Gordon this moru-1 after thn fact of the murder of M b"l I elevator conductor Is under arrest, lug. There wcro addresses by Cover- jjictel. whom he loved pending an Investigation nnru Terrnl of Oeorgla: Howard, of SSSSSSSiTODAY'S PROGRAM IN LIVESTOCK MEETING eluding General Barry, commanding l the department of tho Oulf, with his ' staff, and a company or uiuiea amies regulars, followed by 300 Confeder ate Veterans and Grand Army men marching side by side. By proclamation, memorial bervlccs wero held in all towns In the state between 10 and 12 thla morning. Oor don was burled In tho Soldiers' ceme tery. PROTECTION FOR LIFE. How a Helena Man Looks at the 8ub-Ject-iMakes Good Points. i a Ferguson, commibsiuui:. Portland, Jan. 14. Today's session of the livestock convention opened with a full house. Tho program car ried out during tbo day was as folt lows: Consideration of resolutions; address, "Legislation In tho Interest of tbo Livestock Industry," F. J. Hag enbartb, of Utah; "Evolution of Live stock Business," Hon, It. W. Wall, of Texas; "Relation of Transportation Companies to tho Livestock Indus try," W. W. Cotton, Portland; "DIs crimination of Transportation Compa nies," U A. Allen, of Missouri; fur ther consideration of resolutions; an address, "What Bhall We Do With Our Grazing Lands"? J. E. Stubbs, of Nevada. K. H. Newell,, of Washing ton, I. C, In a brief address, "Policy J, A. reigunvu, WM- - ----- i.- i,i.r,.BM of ncrlculturo, la bor and industry returned yesterdoy from a three weeks' visit to bis old L- rv,Mu.-Pr. Mich., coming homo by way of Chicago, v neri, uo of tbfi Qovernment Relative to Forest spent last Thursday. i Reserve" Governor wens, of man; "This horror brings me to Uio qi-r-:-. ud(lrPsg ,,y 0fford Plnchot, Washing- i.,,, rlo. niir school bllllijlugs., n n . "flnr linnv Ita ITceo nnd against all possibility of a panic that . AllUBWj(.. Hon Mortimer Leveling, of might provo a repetition of tno t-m- Iuumn8i aai the election of a new ex- !0 tragedy on a simmer ocutivo committee. i .iTinn It seems to me that Ono of tho most Important resoiu ?.nd,n' rtrl ll Mon5 Ho BtudentB.'tIon8 passed by tbo livestock conven the fire drill among u 6,i..tiou was that requesting congress to which I understand "if been a o department shed in , wo "ric7Jai shown I n furnishing beef exclusively to the ho relnstat. Lxperlonco nas n government and I1.0 b?M hC a tendency to prevent sklng that an equal amount ;of mut that will ,tcnbaaon ompioVed."-. ton bo furnished tho Indian tribes vet a tragody should be ompiojec n- government provisions. The resolution cited the fact that In many localities mutton could be obtained at much moru reasonable prices than beef, .that It was just as nutritious meat, Just as conduclvo to health and strength, and that tho ox elusive use of beef was an unjuat dis crimination against tbo sheepmen, and often a costly and extravagant practice especially wbero beef cattle are high priced. "The Horse," Yesterday evening C. K. Stubbs, a member of the Colorado legislature, delivered an address on the "Horse and the Horse Industry," which prov ed to be one of the most Interesting papers of tho convention. Ho reviewed the origin of the diff erent breeds of horses, and traced their distribution oyer the earth, i among tho different races of men. I Ho showed that the average cost of raising a horse In Europe, espec ially In the thickly populated districts like Holland and Belgium, Is from $300 to $400 per bead, while in tbo middle states of this country tho uamo horso can be raised to a 3-year-old for $60, Indorses Panama Canal, Tho livestock convention adopted a resolution Indorsing Roosevelt's poli cy relatlvo to tbo construction of the Panama canal. portion of tho voters of the state . In rosponBo to this call, a meeting was held In tho Mining Exchange In the Chamber of Commerce building, yesterday nlternoon, and tho Direct Primary Nominating League of Oio gon was organized, with tbo following officers: President, A. I.. Mills, presi dent of tho Portland National Bank, secretary; W, S, U'Ron, of Oregon City, vIco-proBldont; George M. Orton, treasurer; F. T. Grifilths and nn uxec utlvo committee of 25 to bo named from different counties by the presl dent. A ol II has been prepared to tho voters asking for tho abolition of tho political convention and tho substltu tlon of the direct nominating primary, nil candidates for public ulflcv to be nominated by vote of tho untlro peo ple, ail tho schemes of the conven tions to bn wiped out of the political activity of the statu, A. A. ROBERTS .-OR RECEIVER. Hitchcock Approves of HI Selection, and Will Nominate Him at Once. Portland, Jan. 14. Special to tho East Orcgonlan.) Tho Portland Daily Journal's Washington special, says: "Senator Mitchell was notified today by Secretary Hitchcock that the se. lection of Albert A. Roberts for re ceiver of the I-i Orando land office Is approved nnd his nomination will bo roado at onco. STRIKE RENEWED, Drivers and Employers Fail to Agree in Chicago. ' Chicago, Jan. 14. Tbo strike of tho livery drivers began anew today, after a truce of 16 days following the Iroquois flre. NInety-flvtt percent cf tho 1,600 drivers of carriages and hearses are said to lo out, and only black undertakers' wagons are put in to service In lieu of hearses at funer als, wbllo tho mourners aro obliged to resort again to street cars In journey ing to cemeteries. Tho failure of employers and em ployes to agree on a wage scale caus ed a resumption of the strike. No man moves tbo world until So j profoundly moved bimsejr. aro entirely without political signifi cance. Negntlat.on.i have reached tbo point where peaceful or bostllo Roltlonient Is only few days off. If Russia luslHts on a neutral zone, war lu inevitable; If alio abandons 't, peace Is practically assured. Japan expects u conciliatory reply from Rustlii. Russians Watching Japanese. Port Said, Jnn. 14. Tho Japaneto cruiser Nlshua, which with tho cruis er Kasage, recently purchased from Argentine, waB received tit tho on trnnco of the Suez canal today. Tho Kusago started through yesterday. They nrn Immediately jirocodcd through the canal by tho RiihhIuii war. ships Aiuora and Donskol nnd fcuven torpodn boat dostroyers, Othor Hus sion war vessels are expected hero today. This proves Russian vessels havo boen ordered to keep close Bur velllanco on the Jupanese cruisers, INDIANS ENRAGED, Up In Arms Over Unjust Sentence of a Young Ooy, Plocho, Nuv., Jan. 14. A threaten ed Indian uprising In Eastern and Southern Nevada as the result of a doath Bontoncu upon a 14-year-old In. dlan for killing tho desperado, Wil liam Williams, ut I-as Vegas, N M , hoH been avorted by commuting thn sentence to llfo Imprisonment. Hund reds of ranchors, prospectors, busl noun mon and tho Judge who sen tenced tho boy, slirnod tho potltlon for clemency, as tho Pluto chiefs threat ened nil tho whites In Lincoln county. Tim unnndnesH of a man's tillh. docs not depond on tho amount of arise ho makes. Chef Shot a Waitress. New York, Jan, 14. Alcxan der Vlchon, chef In I,ehrlng. kraus' restaurant, Bbot and probably fatally wounded Liz zie Trlnk, a waitress, thla morning because alio discover ed him boiling his suspenders In a pot of corned beef and cabbage, and reported the samo to tho proprietor. Vlchon was arrested. Helena inaoponoeui.