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MYEVENINGED1TI0N DAILY EVENING EDITION 1ft busineos that could be , without newspaper advertls-J Z went Into the hands of a re- Eastern Oregon Weather I S Tonight fair; Friday Increas-2 Ing cloudiness with light rain e or snow, J l,.,,er snoniy anor me nrsi I ' ..I.LII.L I ngwSpaPcr vt cowuiiBiica, k0L. 16. PENDLETOX, UMATILLA .COUNTY, OTIEGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1904. NO. 4!)81. 0MMISS1QN ALL BEEN APPOINTED L Last Man Named is an Eminent and Expert Cali fornia Sanitary Engineer. Ual treaty signed BY PRESIDENT TODAY. Ipproprlatlon Made for a New Bat tleship and New Cruiser, Opposi- I Hon Belnfj Turned Down by .a Vote of Two to One In the House I Hearing Before Senate Commit- tee on Proposed Eight-Hour Law I Government Counsel Argument In Grafters' Case. Washington, Fob. 25. Tho prcsi- this morning comploted nig sc on of niomborB oC tho Panama anal commission, by determining on C. Ewald Gnmskl of San Fran- as tho Bovonth cmbor. Gruns- j IjoIJ. lcnown hydraulic engineer has heon Identified In many Itote enterprises on tho Pacific Icoasu senator rorituiH anBurcu mo 1 presiJent Ornnskl would accept. Tie otnor niomnors siaiou now Isiind: Admiral Walker, General Ea rls, Frank Heckor, Detroit; Profcs- Isor llurr. Columbia University; WI1- Ham Parson, engineer, of tho .Now llork subway; II. Ilarrod, Now Or leans. Signed Canal Treaty, At 11:40 tho prcaidont signed tho I Panama canal treaty. Senator KItt ridge, of South Dakota, wns' pro3ont, incl wus glvon tho pen used by tho (resident, Conspiracy Proven. Holmes Conrad, special agent In Iilio GovcriimonUMaclion-Groff-Lorenz aso continued his urgumunt this Itornlng. Ho said ho had como to lie conclusion .that thoro Is not suf- I Vent cvldonco to convict Samuel feff, tho Inventor of tho faBtenor, kt that Dlller. Graff. Mnchen and Ilorenz liavo been provon conspira tors beyond a idoilbt. Bound to Have a Navy. The houso today by a rising voto lot 63 to 120, defeated Burton's mo- likra to strike from tho navnl bill provision for a lfi.OOO-ton battleship. A motion by .Kitchen, of North Carolina, to attlko out tho appropri ation for two first-class armored rrulsors, was lost by 05 to 120. Water Supply Expert. Grunsky Is a uatlvo of California lid slnco 1878 has hold positions In lie state and .municipal engineering ttpartmunts. At prosont lio is city slncer of San Francisco and is Itnsldercd one of tho greatest water lupply experts In tho country. "All that Ain't Ready, Holler 'I All that now remains to bo dono placo tho construction of tho ca l actually In tbo hands of tho (resilient, Is a formal oxchango of wfleatlons between Hay and Bu- w-Varllla, of Panama, which will ke placo tomorrow at tho state Kpartmont. Hearlnn on Elnht-Hour Bill. Tho snnntn -tnilav. aftor minor Fitters, rosiimed consideration of ta agricultural appropriation bill. I ino house committoo on labor to ny hnnrrl nnnnaltlnn In thn nlfrht. w bill. Sovoral roprosontatlves of 8 National Motal Trados' Associa ton inado nrgumonta. Discuss Naval Appropriation. Washington. Fob. 25. Tho houso mw in committoo of tho wholo wnued naval appropriation dis union. Cattle In Good Condition. R. H. Pflttnn nnmn In from hlfl Hjjcn crook farm last evening, "ere ho has boon for tho past KDth, looking aftor his cattle and Wlng Jntorost8. Ho roporta his : in fino condition and tho grass "ttog in many places. His sum; rango la In tho Starkoy pralrio lere his Btock will bo takon as as tho snow Is gono. VlAil..B..I.4.E,afcAA.EAllil A. a TMitjiiiimLuu. ruu. Uf w Dover, assistant socrota- of tho ropublican national . tl an annrntnrv In nlncfl OE 'f'rry Hoath until tho convon- I'D. Dovor'a hoaitancy was '5oq byjils sympathy with ""n as a dofondant against C1rgcs of nostal fraud. GOOD ROADS ASSURED. Walla Walla County Buys a 12-Ton Road Roller. , Walla Walla, Feb. 25. A $3,670 steam road roller, ' weighing 12V4 tons, was purchased by tho county commissioners yesterday and Is ex pected to bo on hand In the couro of the next two weoks. An operator will accompany the machine and will remain a week to Instruct the county In tho use of tho machine. Threo companies tendered to sup ply tho county, but one tender was not considered, tho machine b.elng of an entirely now typo. Tho John Smith company offored an Imple ment similar to tho one purchased, for $3,750, Tiut tho commissioners de cided In favor of tho lowest tender. Isaac M, Dates acted as the local agent for tho Buffalo Pitts company, of Buffalo, which made tho sale. MAXWELL MILL DESTROYED. Snowsli'de Sweeps Mill and Camp Into 2,000-Foot Gorge. Bolso City, Feb. 25. Reverberat ing llko thunder from the heaven climbing hills of the western escarp ments of tho Ilalslcy-Elkhorn ranrio of mountains, 18 miles southwest of Baker City, a tremendous snowsllde last Monday swept tho mill of tho Maxwell mine on Rock Creek to tho very bottom of a 2,000-foot canyon Miraculously thero was no loss of life. Tho slide missed tho boarding and bunk houses but left the big mill a total wreck, plied deop be neath a mass of debris in tho gulch below, E UP SHORTAGE WALLA WALLA OFFICIAL NOT TO BE, PROSECUTED. County Clerk Haeurback Gambled Away $1,125 of County Funds Formerly an Exemplary Young Man Will Now Leave Walla Walla. , Walla Walla, Fob. 25. There will bo no prosecution of ex-County Clerk Arthur Hacurbuch on account of the shortage In his otflce. because of an agreement between his friends nnd the county court that the mat ter would bo dropped if the short age were made good. Yesterday evening friends pledged the remainder of tho amount of funds embezzled by Haeurbach, tho total shortage bolng $1,125. His downfall Is accredited to drink and gambling and his bad habits havo como upon him recently, as he was formerly an exemplary young man, a grnduato and later a teacher of Whitman College, an elocutionist of high ability nnd a prominent and popular young man In tho communi ty. Ho will probably lenve this clv and engage in business or take u position elsewhere, not desiring to remain here, where his unfortunate actions would bo a constant obsta do In his path, although he Is thor oughly repentant. MORMON CONFERENCE, Latter Day Saints Will Hold Regu lar Meeting at La Grande. La Grande, Fob. 25. Tho regular quarterly conforonco of the Union Stake of tho Mormon church will be held ' in La Grande next Saturday end Sunday, February 27-28 when mem bers of tho church from all parts of Eastern Oregon will bo In ntlond ance, and Apostlos M. F. Cowley and Lewis L. Kelster and othor vroml nent leaders of tho Mormon church in Salt Lake City will bo In attend ance. Three mootlngs will be held during tho day, morning, afternoon and ovonlng. It will not bo long until tho Im mense now Mormon tabernacle will bo ready for meetings, as tho work is speodlly being rushed through and tho foundation Is nearly completed. A largo force of men aro employed cm tho grounds. OIL IN IDAHO. Said to Have Been Found at Med bury HIM. Mountalnhomo, Fob. 25. This city la nvnltoil nvnr the Modbury Hill oil strike and 50 men wont thero last night to file, on claims. Anotnor largo party will leavo today. Mown fmm thn sceno of tho strlko Is moagor today, owing to tho con dition of tho roads, and tho general nvltnmnnt that, nrovalls. but It 18 loarnod that fully 100 claim hunters aro thoro and mat tno crowu is uu ing constantly augmented. Tho rnllrnnil wntl Ifl COVerOll with O tOnt and no ono is nllowed to outer tho promises. Two mon aro on guard, armod with guns, That oil has boon struck as re ported Is gonorally bollovod. The flow Is thought to havo lastod hut a short tlmo, howovor. FR ENDS JAPANESE BLUING FORT ARTHUR HARM The "Warships" They "Los1: in Been Hulks Purposely Japanese Are on the Aggressive, and at Port Arthur While They Have Vladivostok At Port Arthur the Condemned Merchantmen Which That Purpose. London, Feb. 25. Dispatches from the Far East today Indicate that the Japanese vessels sunk In the harbor at Port Arthur were mere hulks, brought for the purpose to make a blockade. The fact that no account of tho affair has at any time pre tended to give the names of the Japanese vessels supposed to be sunken, is .regarded as almost con clusive confirmation of this claim. Russians Bottled Up. ' London, Feb. 25. It is believed that Instead of a. Russian victory at Port Arthur, another successful feat was accomplished by the Japanese In partly bottling up what Is left of tho Russian fleet, and that the Rus sians did for tho Japanese what the Japanese Intended doing themselves by sinking tho four condemned mer chant ships In tho mouth of tho har bor. Japanese Again Attack. St. Petersburg, Feb. 25. Not de terred by the apparent failure of the attempt to blockade Port Ar thur, the Japanese fleet again at tacked, between 1 and 3 this morn ing. They were repulsed at every point, according to advices tele graphed by General Pfug. The dis patch making this announcement states the details of the engagement will be forwarded later. The extent of damage is unknown. ' Fighting In Progress Now. Paris, Feb. 25. A dispatch from St. Petersburg states that fresh fighting Is going on at Port Arthur between Admiral Togo's fleet and the Russian forts and battleships, and that the engagement Is very spirited. War News Bureau. St. Petersburg, Feb. 25. Minister of tho Interior Plevlne has establish ed a press bureau for supplying war news to correspondents. To Attack Vladivostok. London, Feb, 25. Tho Vladivostok correspondent of the Central News INDIAN MEDICINE DANCE. Renegade Nez Perces Will Close Long Season of Hilarity. Lapwal, Feb. 25. News has reach ed hero that Jonas Hayos, a well known Nez Perce Indian, Is now erecting n large tent at his place at the mouth of Sweetwater creek, pre liminary to Inaugurating a big medl clno dance. Hayes, who Is an aged Indian, and ono who has always regretted the encroachments of tho white man's civilization, will direct tho dance and ho will be assisted by Three Feathers, vho comes from a line of chiefs. Tho weird medicine dance will be the closing features of tho winter's festivities In that line. Recently tho big war dance nt the mouth of tho Potlatch came to n close and now the Indians will go to tho CHEAT FLOODS ALONG THE SACRAMENTO San Francisco, Feb. 25. Railroad olllclals predict tho highest water In many years. Tho expectation Is of stories of broken levees and flooded ranches to relate all along tho Sac ramento river. The Yuba, Feather and American rlvors aro full to their utmost capacity, and tho Upper Sac ramento river is reported in the 6iuno condition. Tho first serious accident duo to the situation occurred last night near Keswick, whon tho Portland ex press was caught In a slide, Tho car In tho middle was nearly burled. Two Japanese wore Injured. Only tho mall, express, baggage and one i.nnnli caino on. Tho rost wore dug out and sont back to Keswick, Hoavy rains provall all along uie mountains from Dunsmulr to Placer viiin Thn Florlston uanor mill dam on tho Contral Pacific has gono out. The American nvor nt Auuurn i an Attack" Turn Out to Have Scuttled and Sunk, Fighting Is Now In Progress at a Fleet of Nine Vessels Picketing Russians Attacked and Sunk te the Japanese Brought There for wires under today's date that nino Japanese warships were seen at 10 this morning near the horizon. After remaining In the vicinity an hour they disappeared In tho fog. This flpnt xrlll nmlnlilv r.rnvo In ln ' ' ..--V ..... 1 " 1 ' " preparing for an attack on VladlVO- SlOK. Theory of the Last Engagement. London, Feb. 25. In tho absence of further definite details regarding the engagement of Tuesday It Is be lieved by experts hero that follow ing the daring attempt of the Jap anese to blockade the Port Arthur entrance, tho Russian cruisers prob ably came out a short distance 1o roconnolter. Tho Japanese then fired at long range and the Russians retreated back Into the harbor. This In a measure Is confirmed by pri vate advices. British Cabinet Meeting. London, Feb. 25. The cabinet met this morning with Balfour pre siding. French Minister Cambon held a long conference with tho foreign minister. Mr. LanBdowno declines any information. Six Vessels Were Lost. London, Feb. 25. A dispatch from Port Arthur states that one of the Japanese steamers sunk In tho at tempt to enter tho harbor, now lies behind Golden Hill fortress. An other lies near the sunken Retvlzan, while the third and fourth aro be tween tho channel entrance and Llao Tlshan. Two are still afire, Japanese Papers Apologize. San Francisco, Feb, 25. Tho steamer Doric arrived this morning from Japan. When tho Dorrlc sailed out of Yokohama 1C days ago, news had Just been received of tho vic tory of tho Japanese In the first en gagement at Port Arthur, Tho town Svas wildly excited and tho people gave themselves up to a general holiday. Tho Japanese papers con talned long apologies for the action of their government In pieclpltutlng hostilities. Hayes place. It Is estimated thai fully 100 of the renegado element of the trlbo will participate In -no dance. Two Burned to Death, Colorado Springs, Feb, 25. A lodging house on Cascade avenue was destroyed by flro this morning Lola Smith, aged 15 years, and an unidentified man, were burned to death. Livery Barns Burn. Chicago, Feb. 25, Flro this after noon destroyed tho Wright livery barn and 10 valuable trotters, John Lyon, tho manager, Is missing. Loss, $20,000. Fire at Conneaut, Ohio. Conneaut, O., Feb. 25. Fire wiped out tho business portion of Conneaut harbor today, Ixjss, $100,000. higher than since 1862. The track from Marysvillo to Orovillo is under water and no trains. Railroad em bankments In many places are threatened. Tho Sllverthorn ferry boat broko loose last night and was carried down the river, past Red ding. Oregon Train Turned Back. Sacramento, Feb. 25. Tho storm has apparently broken. Tho river Is slowly rising but no danger to tho city Is anticipated, Heavy rains In tho foothills during tho last 24 hours. The American river Is very high and moro coming down. The Feather and Yuba rlvors also, but most of tho water 1b running out In to Yolo Basin, Threo miles below Marysvillo the track washed away for 500 foot, and tho Oregon train turned back. Auxloty is felt for tho loveos bo low Colusa. RUSSIAN BEEF SAFE. American Shipment Eluded Japs and Arrived at Hong Kong. San Francisco, Fob. 25. Tho ship ment of beet for tho Russian nrmy that left here two months ago on tho Occidental and Oriental liner Cop tic did not fall Into the hands of tho Jrpanese, as was thought. Tho beet Is at present safo at Hong Kong, Mil the Russians arc presented with t'o pioblem of transporting the sup plies to Vladlvostock. News of tho sale arrival of tho beet nt Hong Kong was received hero today In a cablegram to the shippers. The Coptic carried more than 300 tout of mess beef tor tho Russian army, and It was the Intention nt tho shippers to havo tho consign ment discharged at Nagasaki and then transshipped to Vladlvostock. The Coptic arrived at Nagasaki sev eral days before tho outbreak of tho war, nnd local merchants believed that tho beef fell into tho hands of the Japanese. It now appears that tho shippers, fearing that tho beet v,omC not arrive nt Its destination owing to war breaking out, cabled tlK agent of the Coptic nt Nagasaki to have tho beef carried to Hong Kong. Tho 700 tons of beet carried by tho Pacific mall steamer Korea, vhlch was to have been discharged at Nagasaki, will also bo carried to some Chlneso port, unless tho Jap anese secure proof thnt tho meat la Intended for tho enemy nnd selzo It as contraband of war. Tho steamer China Is now loading more than COO tons of beef for tho uso of tho Rus sians, nnd it Is stated that tho ship ment Is to bo taken to Shanghai, OF PROPOSITION TO BUY ST. JOE STORE STOCK, Will Organize a System of Managing! Credit' Buyers and of Protecting ' I Against Dishonest Debtors Con. sldering a Scheme to Purchase In Concert. , . . , ., , , . Tho Grocers Association met Inst night for tho further perfecting of their organization. Not much be sides routine buBluess wns transact ed, and tho meeting was of a gener al nature, many plana being laid be toro the gathering for Its futuro con duct. 12. M. Lyons had a proposition for tho consideration of tho meeting. Ho wished to sell his stock of gro- codes to tho dealers of tho city, ns tho Aim which has bought thu bu3i - noss of him does net Intend to han- die groceries. Tho matter was dls- cussed, but no action taken. A committee of threo business men was appointed to dovlso Homo p an for handl ng the credit trade of the city. It Is tho wish of the grocers to dovlBO somr, hystnm by which thoy can protect themselves again jt non-paylng customers, 'l hey w 11 probably arrange a 1st of those who do not pay and when such a mart falls behind at ono fitoro lip wl Do given no credit at any of the others until he has paid the hi 1 of tho store whore ho traded last. The association will also In tho future act In concert to a great ox- tent In buying, as thoy can In that way get their goods lower, and r-o bo able to sell cheaper to their cus - luinuin. inu ubbuuiuuuii wiii iiuvo u iiiucuug iiexL wuuuuBuuy, SOCIALIST CITY TICKET. La Grande Will Have First Soclalht Campaign In Her History. 1a Grande, Feb. 25. Tho Social ists of La Grande met last night and placed In nomination tho following city ticket: For Mayor Bird F. Lowls. Marshal John K. FItzgorald, Treasurer E. C, Davis. Aldermen First ward, J, D. Hoi- dcnrlcb; second ward, F, S, Now somj third ward, Georgo J, Wag oner. Delegates to the stato Socialist convention, to be held In Portland, March 4, were elected as follows: J, D. Hcldenrlcb, A. N. Mayv'lllo and D. F, Lewis. This Is tho first ticket tho Social ists have placed In tho field in this place. Oregon Horses to Tennessee. Within tho past two months seve ral shipments of rango horses have been sent from Union and Baker counties Into Tennessee. There !s a good demand for a medium grade , of draft horses there and one Union , - r I 1 ., V .. ' 0UUUL7 muii, uiuruucu x-stmuuii, uaj Just shipped tho second lot, and will romaln over until spring ana oreaK his horses for tho spring market. It seems that It would take very littlo effort for othor people to bo a kind to us. ASSOCIATION E OF Observations and Conclusions by a Buyer, Widely-Experienced SOMEWHAT UNPROMISING PROSPECT IN SOME WAYS. Very Small Margin In Sight for the Middleman Profit Possible Only Unless the General Market Ad vances or the Price Falls Chances for the War Effecting an Advance In Wool Are Considered Nebulous Increase In Size of Clip. Jacob Scheurmnn, who last yoar bought wool for the Pondloton mills, has not yet decided whother or not ho will buy for tho same people this year, or whether ho will act Inde pendently. Ho Is not vory onthusl astlco concerning tho outlook, from n buyer's point of view, howovor, as they mndo no money last year nnd this Benson tho market promises to bu practically tho samo ns It was Inst. Very Narrow Margin. Tho wool bought hero and ship ped EaBt for salo- cost Mr. Schour man 48 cents, nnd hu Is now selling It for an ndvunco of V& cent, nnd out of thla has to como tho lute rost on tho Investment, storage nnd other charges, bo that tho margin Is vory small. Tho demand this yenr is nbout tho !"lmo ns n Tn,r ". there will bo moro wool from this part of tho comitry al leagt( ftn,i taking ovory- thing Into consideration, It Is vory likely that tho buyers will not bo willing to give as much as at tho last sales. They want a margin of ,.i,f .,, ,! ,i ,ni tumllt ,f) ,my nt mK n n?uro na will give them this after tho charges of transportation, scouring and inci dentals aro counted In. Whether the glowers will stand for this ts not know, for they wero not satis fled with tho process hint spring. ami it l hardly likely that thoy will 1 smllo when tho mnrkot falls, Tho buyers claim to bo about Btnndlng oven on their buys, nnd dcslrq a lCenl margin, so thnt, In orclor to got tlita, either tho market will havo to rlso or tho prlco to fall, Pos8be influence of War. T1)(J wnp u , (t out lQ ,)Uar on (,10 forincr ,.0Jlo8,i,m ull(1 tho con. s tmt f ,L f UJttuml(i,1 t111() tll0 t.lotll nmUor8 wlll t , bono(lt of tncron8od do. ,,, na woo w, r,HU nB tn(J nmm, T, , (, , , , lmluru ()f d tfc ollt tmn, however, ns tho summer la , a ,t w, , , , f d ,d tobcroat. . 0(1 d , t wus , , f()r 0 wur ,() C0mlUi tll0 lnnrkot , w not bo affected to a prccoptlblo degree So tho most certain thing to consider Is tho fall of tho price offered by tho buyors, and this wlll , bo groat enough to covor (heir .shortage lu margin, whatever that may bo, The Indications aro, then, that tho prlco will bo lower than last year, though tho Increnso In clip will yield to tho shoopinon more money than they handled last season, E. T. JUDD, OF TURNER. Prominent Politician and Successful Farmer, Kd T. Judd, of Turnor, one of the republican warhorses and legislat ors of Marlon county, Is at tho Hotel Dickers for a short visit In tho city with Mr. Rlckers, Mr. Judd has been In I-a Grande for several days on a business trip, and decldod to stop over and got some Pendloton sun sblno before returning to the val ley. Mr, Judd Is ono of tho prosper ous and progrosslvo farmers of tho Willamette valloy, his farm near Turner bolng ouo of tho most high )y cultivated In that region. Warden Wilkinson Dead. San Francisco, Feb. 26. Thomas Wilkinson, warden of tho Folsom penitentiary dun Ing the famous outbreak of ...... .J I .1 . I ,. 1, In East Oakland this morn- Ing of heart failure, after a week's illness. Chagrin made him 111 for weeks after the outbreak. 1 PHASES THE WOOL MARKET