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PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OTtEGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2G, 1904. NO. 41)82. IS From ' the Japanese istor State the Scheme 5 a Success. MTKIN AT HEAD OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY. J nn!it Untrlc lit. 3 n orpcuw r " jh Liner In the Indian Ocean ..i.n Rnuadron Which Took Back Track Is at Anchor In Gulf of 8uez Cannot Get bast Must Return by Easy Stages the 'Baltic lira, Veb. 20. The Japanese iu, mnrnlnir 1 sailed tin of- (Utcmcnt ns follows: . (Iwa oinrnlnn- nf Mm 24th T OU n M vessels wero escorieu ny , to lilnrVniln thn mouth t..v,r nf Tnrt Arthur. Tne oaiuu, - - of sinking these vessels was Ofllcers and crows return- . l .... .Annr, ro. Togt, no noubt can be entertain- rClfing us aaiety. Ciar Issues Proclamation. ti. i,.,i, Wnh 26. Tho czar Issued n proclamation to tne was u lun i.nj . .. p.. - vir portfolio ana put in cniui mmn ui urn ,,,, ....... - U1C pasi Borvit-'UB L . --. ........ n and confers tho order of Alex- , 1... i.nnn 1,1m Stopped British Liner. ofl A nnnalnn tnr. iiai fired a shot across the of the British India liner Lorn- 1 1 ...! iCn.InK fit nil I lUV JIWU OUJl iUUIIUHJ, 4.w.. The tcssel was bound lor Anchored at Suez. ). it C ml. a Tliiaolnn nrpn in i iiu nun uk ouu. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. to Come Soon. ii.i. nf Vn.n Tttlif uJinnt Old-tlmo operators believe, tlio tt the head of tho bull market f.nvn n,,t ihn InllnrR. Thoy set the full bonoflt or tne nig . ... l..nlll,lo ,. ...!... ..,111 S1.E0 t A vaai I A'R NEW CLERK. i M. Hill Succeeds Arthur Haeurbach. Resigned. ilia Walla. Full. 26. Tiirougu Mug of n temporay bond in 1110 of 30,000, which has boon ap- (d bv tho county commissioners, r M. Hill, assumed full cliorRO p ,-mmtv a npwa nTiif'n Linn uiwi ,t- ni.iminimnni of James Wil ts donutv. was approved by rd. and ho Is now engaged in . , .I... jnf- Mr tun in (!uiuiui:iim. ,.w on ills luturo plans. ttls morning awarded Jackson Bros., shipbuilders, for personal Koran shipyard. Fitch, who is . - ... t. ulvn.H Antlu UIi.mi1 ,,rt Hlinil 1 (II nno 112 ranra run nnn Lynch, 19 yoara old, today Bontcncod to bo .1. T . . I . .. , . ... . .tl,l.. ''Mrs old, wos sontoncod ..'"e. Tlio boys woro nil rWqthod, but tho two hIb ttf Sammons croatcd a ARTHUR BLOCKADED LEWISTON WHEAT. Little Grain Being Delivered at Idaho Warehouses. Lcwlston, Feb. 2G. Tho local dealers reported flax yesterday at 90 cents and wheat from 58 to 60. The Liverpool markets wero higher and other markets wero fluctuating in sympathy. Dealers report that very little grain Is being purchased at this time for tho reason that most of the grain now In tho warehouses has been purchased earlier in the season and that on account of the bnd roads very Httlo grain Is being delivered at the warehouses. Warehousemen at the tramways report that some grain Is received each day but It is not expected that tho heavy delivery will bo resumed until good weather Improves the rnads. Stays on .the Nome Route. Seattle, Fob. 26. The crack Nome liner Ohio, so far as present i ml lea Hnno nn ..-111 1. 1 . . t. A . lantlc coast, ns tlio steamships Cone- mnugh, Indiana and Fcnnsylvanina tho threo other vessels of the Empire line, have been. Preparations for Rending the Nome liners north in May are now near at hand, but tho local office of tho Empire lino has not yet received Instructions to caiv col engagements for receiving pas' songers and freight on tho Ohio. Tho latter Is now at Eaglo harbor, where sho has been anchored since Inst fall. T TRUST PALOUSE GROWERS WILL HANDLE THEIR CROPS. Farmers' Independent Warehouse Company With Capital Stock of $500,000, Will Be Organized in Washington The Wheatgrowers Claim That They Are Dlacrlmlnat ed Against by Commission Men. Colfax, Fob. 26. In order' to save tho profits now paid to the middle men, and to bo enabled to hold tl.olr wheat for higher prices, the farm ers of the Palouso country are now tni-inn initiiii sinus tnwarfl the or ganization of a farmers' warehouse and milling company, with a capital stock of $500,000. The purpose of the company is to build. and openito mills nnd ware i,,,on in which th farmers nro to bo tho solo owners, In which all tho wheat grown by tho stockholder may tin atnrcM nil ,1 hnlrl. at a nominal cost to each, until the prices-are right. This will do away with storage .im.s mmnilnalnn men's profits. and other expenses now Incurred in selling tho wheat early, or giving an option on it. Farmers claim that they are now holng discriminated against by the While wheat has advanced 25 emits in Chicago, with in tho past tow weeks, tnej nuvu i.win nffisred but 2 cents more than tho nnto-war prices. Thoy will build one ceiurai wm i ( Qnm., ,n.isl nolnt for for eign shipments, with hundreds of lo- enl warehouses in mo wuuuv w, It Is formed on the plan of tho In dependent Packing Company, organ ized by tho stockmen. LOCKSTEP ABOLISHED. Warden of the Colorado Pen Acts the Humane Role. Canon City. Col.. Feb. 2G.-Warden Cloghorn has endeared kimoelf to tho 690 convicts confined in tho state t In rV linn 1)V abolishing the loekstep, so thoroughly detested by ovory man who has been so unfortu- nato ns to bo soni to pnsmi. mi nhniiniilnr- tho old prison stylo of marching convicts in a body from place to placo was issued a ir,n which time tho In- mates have been drilled in military marching, when a Douy oi Is moved from the prison to tho lime nnd stone quarries now thoy are marched in regulation fours, im.i.. ..innana Hi., mrm. as it ena- bios them to walk straight and gives tho muscles of their uomes umim I thn ninHni- Ctt OXOrctSC TllO Kiinrds say tho convicts nro raucU moro tracmuio wuuu um'"-" march In military fashion than when tho objoctionablo loekstep was In vogue, when tuo mon nro mniii- ed to thoir moaia moy wum file with thoir nanus ac inoir muw. Colonel Moynaha'n Dead. ir,,a piiv. Fob. 20, Colonol John Moynnhiin, aged 5S, died in tho city hospital today of oryslpolas. Ho originated tlio mea ot puuiuc flglilcrfl on tho Htngo, and was Bui nnn'n flrst mniiaKor. Ho took tho orstwhllo champion to Franco. Uvory man who Ignores tho law is an anarchist. FARMERS F1GH ROCHESTER, NEW Three Acres of "Fireproof" Business Houses Burned Great- est Fire Loss in the Fire Originated In a Dry Goods House,, as Did the Baltimore Conflagra tion Fire Departments of Buffalo and Syracuse Came by Special Trains Fire Chief Injured and Water Main Bursts Efforts to Save Personal Property Were Almost Futile Tremendous Explosions Help Spread the Flames. Tlochester, N. Y., Feb. 26. The en tire business section is threatened by fire which broke out at 5 this morning. At S o'clock the loss Is '$7,000,000. Rapid Spread of Flames. Tho fire broke out In the very heart of the dry goods district, start ing in the centrnl elevator shaft of tho Rochester Dry Goods Company, on Main street. Ten minutes after tho alarm sounded the six-story building was a masB of flames. In less than half nn hour the rear wall fell and the flames spread Into the seven-story fire-proof building of the SIbley-Carr Company. At 7 the Are chief said he was powerless to stop the ftamesv which by that time were encroaching on the wholesale district. Buffalo nnd Syracuse have been appealed to and specials given by the railway companies have started carrying extra fire apparatus. At 7:30 a series of explosions wero followed by the breaking out of flames In the 12-story building at the corner of St. Paul and Main. With in half an hour flames were belching through the roof. At 10:15 the fire is practically under control. Help From Outside. At S:15 the Buffalo and Syracuse fire companies arrived. It seemed at that time as though the Are would cross Main street to the east, and the windows In the stores across tho street began to burst out under the terrific heat. Tho entire police force is holding the crowds In check. Employes in tho threatened buildings are allow ed to assist in removing goods. The streets are plied high with merchandise, the merchants tearing another Baltimore lire. In tho Sib-ley-Corr store alone wero 1,500 em ployes, nnd as many more In others. Theso are utilized with but small success in saving goods, so In the actual fire district tho salvage Is small. Temporary Check. Tho fire In the Sibley wholesale building temporarily stopped tho SNAKE RIVER ROAD SURE. M. O, Reed Says Iron Dyke Will Be Reached by Rail This Year. "You may state positively that the railroad will bo built down the Snake river to the Iron Dyke mine his yvur," said M. O. Heed yosterdiy. who Is hero looking the field over, o. nr.iinn- in thn Baker City Hor.tld. When seen by the Herald last rvc r.ing Mr. Heed was not adverse to wfklng a lev statements about th lul'ding cf the ronil. Tnero ira -tain denls on, which nro not yet ripe for publication, but they are so fi'r consummated that tho gentleman feels safe in stating that tho road will hi htiilt this year. "You may also state that the Iron Dyke litigation will not rotard the plans for building the road this year," said Mr, Reed. "In fact, It will not delay the matter in the lenst." . Mr Reed Is not in a position to go Into details as to tho exact date upon which work would begin and the exact dato upon which it would bo completed, but ho stated that theso matters had been settled and would bo made public at an early date. "It will Just as certainly be com pleted to the Iron Dyko mines this year ns tho year lasts through," said tho gontloman, "and no ono doubtB this oxcopt possibly a few cranks who aro expecting tho world to come to an end overy day." TORRENS LAND LAW. Colorado Satisfied With the New Land Title Act. Tho first cortlflcato of tltlo unilor the now Torrens land law was is sued by Ucglstrar Julius Aicholo on Saturday, says tho Donvor Post. Tho cortlflcato was Issued to 'William O. McFnrlnno. Tho work was done by Attorney Ernest Morris, who lios inado tho law n study nnd Is nn au thority on tho subject. Ho bogon proceedings undor tho new law in YORK CONFLAGRATION History of That City. spread of the flames north. . The in habitants of several houses on Mor tlmore avenue were removed from their homes by the police. Shortly nftorward the Slbely wall fell crushing these houses. The west wnll dropped into St. Paul street.. This was followed by the explo sion of boilers that threw Sre Into the Granite building, whose 12 stories were soon ablaze through tho shaft. It has been regarded as ab solutely fire-proof nnd was the finest office building In the city. The heat Is so great the front and rear walls have bulged and become dangerous Shortly after 9 tho front wall of the five-story Marble building fell outward Into Main street, compelling the firemen to abandon the fight -n that direction. Several companies mounted the roof of the six-story Burk & Fltzslm mons department store and began throwing streams. Assistant Chief Jaynes Injured. Assistant Chief Jaynes fell from a window and was seriously injur ed. The Syracuse relief consisted of two hose companies, the same relief coming from Buffalo. All streams were concentrated on the Granite building and surround ings. Water Main Burst. Shortly after 10 the big 36-lnch main burst, materially diminishing the pressure. The burned district Includes from a point on Main street east of Mid way and between Clinton avenue and St. Paul, to St. Paul; thence north to Division street, thence half way to Mortimor. The fire wall of the Cox building marked the line of flames on the north side. Up Divis ion street the burned district ex tends half a block. The total burned area Is three acres. The fire has been confined within this section, but thero will probably be little relief for the fire men until tomorrow. Danger Is Over. At 1 this afternoon the .flames are smouldering, but the danger .Is over. Later estimates make tho loss about $5,000,000. this ense about six months ago. Or dlaa'ily the time taken will be only about two months. The delay in tho first case Is due to the fact that the officials at tho court houso were strangers to the operation of the bill and had to be drilled by Mr. Morris. In ndditlon forms had to be printed. The law simplifies the entire sys tem relating to tho transfer of land. Instead of pages of abstracts of ti tle, tho entire history of the proper ty Is contained on ono page in the registrar's office, In getting the certificate the owner of tho land turns over all papers relating to his land to Henry C. Vldnl, examiner of titles. He examines the" title, and if correct reports accordingly to a Judge of the district court. Tho fact that title is to bo so proven is adver tised for threo weeks. If no one ap pears to dispute the claim tho Judgo orders the registrar to Issue a certi ficate. When a transfer Is to be made on a certificate, a deed is drawn up in the usual way and cxhlbltod to tho registrar, who then cancels the old cortlflcato and issues a new one. Tho entire court costs do not amount to more than $25, Tho Torrens system Is now in use in Australia, British Columbia, Illi nois, California, Massachusetts, Ore gon, Minnesota and Colorado, Tho abstract companies are hostile to it, for when it comes in general use there will be no need for ab stract companies, and their books, now valued at thousands of dollars, will be valueless. Some insurance companies, lilf. Morris says, have stated that they would not lend money on land se cured by such n title. H esays thoy tn nn rnncmt tnr this, and ho pre sumes thoy have interests allied to tho abstract companies. Your very suspicions, though un founded, may lead to a foundation that novcr had oxlstod, if your mind had been bottor employed. NEW FLEDGED CITY. Cove, Union County, Former Home of T, T. Geer, Incorporated. l.a Grande, Feb. 26. Cove, situat ed 16 mlls from La Grande, held a special election Wednesday for its Incorporation and election of offic ers. .There were 106 votes cast, voting for Incorporation by a ma- Jorlty of 12 votes. Officers wero elected as follows: For mayor, D. M. Clark; for treasurer, Jasper Stevens; recorder, Sherman Reese; marshal, F. E. White; councilmen, A. G. Conklin. William Reynolds, Joe Tripecr, Wil liam Martin, F. C. Plxton. F. E Peel. CAVEIN UNDER A TOWN, Thirty Acres Sinking and Cracking In Pennsylvania. Scranton, Pa., Feb. 26. A caveln covering 30 acres and affecting 200 dwellings, occurred In Bellevue near this city, at 11 last night. At 3 this morning It gave Indications of spreading. Michigan Socialists Active. Ijinslng, Mich.. Feb. 26. In re sponse to the call recently issued the socialist state convention met here today with delegates present from several parts of the state. Tho con vention will arrange for representa tion at the national convention of the party and will also discuss plans for the participation of the party In ihe approaching state campaign. FIELD SCHOOL PARTLY CONDEMNED BY THE FIRE CHIEF, Its Chimneys Must Be Sooner or Later Rebuilt House Will Be Kept Open Without Repairs Until End of School Year, by Sufferance Fire Chief Wlthee has been In1 spectlng school houses again, and ns a result the Field school is under the ban, though what the result will be is not known. According to the findings of tho fire chief, there must be a new chimney built before tile building is up to the requirements of the partment. Tho stovepipes run through the wooden partitions and aro liable to set fire to tho placo at any time. However, it Is thought by tho chief that Inasmuch as tho condl tlons will be well watched by tho teachers having the building In charge, and as tho cold weather Is so nearly past that the stoves will not havu to be Ubed much longer, that he will allow tho building to ba run with no great changes In It. To mako It perfectly safe It would be necessary to build a new chim ney, and that would not bo advlsa bio nor convenient at this time. Hut In any case, the schools seem to be up against It. Superintendent Conklin has been forbidden to build a fire In his office, and must wrap up, or stay out. Tho Academy has been overhauled, and noiy the other building Is on the bum. CLARK LOSES SUIT. Falls' to Gain Control of Shoshone Falls. Boise. Feb, 26. The Bupreme court today closed another chapter in thn long standing litigation over the right-of-way for tho electric po'-'" plant at Shoshono Falls. A Judgment of condemnation of certain lands in the school section below tho falls was glvon somo time ago for the site needed by the rro' posed plant. Tho tunnel through which tho water was to be conveyed passes into land claimed by Senator W. A. Clark and others in section 31. Authority was also sought and granted for the use of certain rocks In tho river above the falls to be used in connection with tho con structlon of the dam to divert the water into the tunnel. These rocks are also on section 31, There is a controversy over where tho lino runs but as marked on the ground the conditions are as stated. Clark and others wero made par ties to tho condemnation suit and they defaulted, but after tho caso had gone to judgment and an appeal by the stato had been decided in favor of H. L. Holllstor, tho plaintiff, Clark, and his as sociates also took an appeal on the ground that tho complaint and ac companying exhibit wero insufficient. Tho supremo court in a divided opinion holds that the complaint could only have been attacked ou a demurrer. Tho case IB important uo couso of tho vastness of tho power proiect contemplated by those Vho have acquired Holllster's Interests in the enterprise. It is somo consolation to know that when you aim at nothing you nro sure to hit it, BUILDING CI E TO IN GRAFT CASES Defines ''Reasonable Doubt" and What Constitutes Guilt if Proven. FAIR REASONABLE AND IMPARTIAL DOCUMENT. Formal Ratification of Canal Treaty Effected, Which Closes the First Chapter In a Great Event Anoth er Cruiser Sent to Chemulpo, Which Defines the Government's Policy to Learn the Latest Les sons of Naval Warfare Washington, Feb. 26. Justtco Prltchard began reading his chargo to tho Jury when the court oponcd at 10 this morning for tho closing scenes In tho postoirtce conspjracy trial, beforo a groat crowd. The defendants wero all in their places. Machcn was cool and com. posed. The Groff brothers sat sldo by side, stoical and Indifferent. Pritchard's charge occupied an hour. It was eminently fair. Ho defined "reasonable doubt," and dis cussed at length tho conspiracy statute, under which tho indictment wns found. He said tho design to defraud need not be accomplished, but If It s proven tho parties acted toward the furtherance of that design, thon. though tho government was not ac tually defrauded, It was a case of conspiracy. Formal Ratification, Washington, Feb. 26. A formal exchange of ratifications of tho Pan ama treaty took placo at tho stato department at 11 this morning, bo tween Hay and Ilumau-Varllla. American Cruisers at Chemulpo. Washington, Fob. 26. Tho navy department is Informed that tho cruiser Cincinnati has sailed from Shanghai for Chemulpo, whero Bho will remain Indefinitely. Tho Vlcks burg will also remain nt Cliomulpo, INCREASE IN DAIRYING. Kansas More Than Doubles Her Number of Milch Cows In Ten Years, Twenty years ago Kansas had but 471,5 IS milch cows, and scarcely a creamery w'orthy of tho namo, nnd their product was unsought. Ten years ago Kansas hud 567,353 mlch cows; creameries of a bottor class were being slowly established, but their output begged n market. Today Kansas has 802,738 milch cows, or moro than ut any previous time and many hlgh-grado creamer ies and chueso factories, Including tho largest creamery in thu world, hundreds of miles from tho principal markets. Their product Is not only favorably known in tho principal markets, bit sought beyond tho supply. Thus Is maiked tho progress of this Industry in Kansas In a docado become onu of tho most proinlnont of successful dairy states. While this Is true, and within that tlmo the aggregate annual valuo of nur dairy products has nearly doubled, and while our foremost dairymen, by con stantly striving to raise the standard of production, now hnvo excellent, high-yielding herds, It Is unquestion ably a fact that largo numbors of our cow population nro not paying for their keep. Tho cause of this is to bo found either In the roan or in tho cow, or both, Drains In tbo man and blood and feed In tho cow aro essential to suc cess In Kansas, as olsowhoro. Hon. F. I). Coburn, in Quarterly Hoport Kansas Stato Hoard of Agriculture. Nineteen Buildings Burned, Scranton, Pa., Feb. 26. Flro this morning destroyed 19 buildings In tho business section of Nicholson, 20 miles from hero. Ixsb, $75,000, Costume for Priests. Rome, Fob. 26. Archbishop Martinelll this mornlug ad- vised tho popo that ho bellov- 4. nd (ho host restrictive rexu- latlon for the garb of Aviori- can priests would bo a rule obliging them to always wear tho throo-cornerod hat and tonsuro (or shaven crown, in oraer 10 upnum t tho dignity of tho church. This costumo for all occa- stons. 1 JIM