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YEVENINGEDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION unit flnH that vour huftU Eastern Oregon Weather I Tonight light rnln or snow; J cooler Tuesday, fair. .hnw8 a tendency to SLOW ..fu ook tot ino cause 10- IT I " .. . jdveriiBing rmoii iuu -a hauo to seek further. pWt -4 I -i n PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OTtEGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2S), 1904. NO. 4981. II. LUI ANSWERS tilDUBLG uLUnG Dif ru ii urn i ii lciiug i il u l- n I v Jn Arrairrnc Frlitnr nf tha Arnincr Kflnp.r. MR, DODD MUST NOT USURP SO MANY RIGHTS. n.inlnlanHnt nrlnre That Criticisms on the Public I HI.-. Maris In Alt flUir 1 1 . - I -T-L. k LJnn tiOnColll ctnu I Hk nc nao Answered With Prejudice Malediction Would Strength- Closer Supervision. rtlcton. Foil. 29. (To tho Edi- mhnn ijircl Byron was crltl- md abused by tho Eugllsh re am! commanded to wnto .. l.rt nnawnrml thntn with hln ... entirn which lineinR! Inn clivmn TM1 m.Vilfah rlsht or wrong, As ate my thomo, let satire bo mjr song." have offended that august dig- nr ml seit-appoimeu conscrvu- of the public morals, Elmer !'. editor of tho Trlbuno, and I V space In your paper that I may Eysolf right. article writtod lor tho East ur ban on the Bchool situation was shed lor tho school patrons to and I have no apology to offer Itj but Mr. Dodd, with his char- Wstlc malicious mlsropresenta- labels it as an appeal to the and ignorant, which loads us to that ho consldorB tho parents 'endlcton children a low and ig- it class of people. ,t on further reading of tho vl- ptlve eplthots which adorn his tie, wo are forced to tho con- m that aftor deciding, tho artl- Van appeal to tho "Ignorant," febeclle wrltor very naturally ire that It is a personal attack Himself, imagining that the ch of his editorial effort will his position impregnable. e whole tenor of his harangue is e effect that I should keep my A shut. If people had Icopt their Pis shut, wo would bo under tho Hon of England today. If poo- ad kept thoir mouths shut wo havo negro slavery ns one of istltutlons of our ropubllc. ipeoplo kopt their mouths shut would bo no progress, there never bo reform, thoro would be any improvement of any ictor Fake institutions would ur children and fool tho peo- And such papers as tho Tribune luuiinuu iu iiumuiig uio puu- J'b deficiency in intollect is equaled by tho Immjjnsiyt of Assurance and tho profundity f ;oncolt. Not- content with try- usurp tho .prerogatives of the I judge, the members or tno council, tho ministers of tho pes, tho school superintendent mora, ho now denies parents Wit to pload for tho bottormont ir children s educational ,wol- ay must talk but Dodd. of it! Dodd, daring to die- t'l tho naronts of this comma- Dodd. who isn't tho father -.f lag and never will bo, not ovon ; for if one woro to ontor his skull it would blow tho top 1 head off; assuming tho right paronts what they must do Ihat they must not do. fy for notoriety, too cowardly nso any side but tho popular I loo honost to boo honesty in 0180. with Pocknnlfflan hy- !ho sits In his don of iniquity tho ugly spider, spins his watches for his victim. Is no argument in Dodd's to answer. TIs simply a of maledictions directed myself. Knowing that tho s popular, with total dlsro f tho honesty of purposo man in ray criticism, ho hastened himself with tho crowd thought would shout tho Itv In tint nvnnnvmnus with In school work. Principals lers may bo vory popular , fttiMnnta nn .1 nntrnttg nnrl ! chool work worthy of tho Hiny institutions aro popu 'vturn out a vory low grr.do Wlraln. What I said about ".Jfcton public schools Is sup ylho Judgmont of somo of lt UUInlini.a f. t.n anhnnl ntiil "-V.IUIP III IIIU BKMUUI, Willi iwt hosltato to toll tho ass.) I reported to tho board nearly two years ago, and many times since. Hereafter I shall roport to the peo ple. Dodd further says, In referring to my article. "The public press is no place for him to do his duty," That expression exactly harmonizes with Mr. Dodd's editorials. Ho has sub verted the press to dishonest uses so long that ho Is astonished when a man wants to uso It to express an honost conviction. At the close of his abuslvo and abortlvo effort at an editorial, ho, with characteristic forbearance, con signs me to oblivion. I go one setp farther and consign him to the place which Robert Burns consigned Holy Willie, and I know a moro appro priate consignment was never made. Respectfully, J. F. NOWL1N. SPOKANE CONTINUES BOYCOTT. Northern Securities' Lines Must Make Better Coast Rates. Spokane, Feb. 29. Local shippers woro informed today through railroad channels of the action of the Chicago meeting of froight officials on re quests for reductions In Spokane rntes. A largo number of articles aro roducod from 5 to CO cents, and some aro raised. The average reduc tion is 10 to 15 cents. It Is noticca bio that theso reductions effect nrln clpally tho big Bhippcrs. Hardware, dry goods and paper and liquors are tho articles most effected by tho changes. Companies handling these lines aro tho leadorB In the local rebellion and, it was probably thought by tho rallroadB than by granting theso re ductions the local troublo could he allayed. Interviews with prominent business men today, however, show tho railroads to have erred In their reasoning. The determination is ovon moro strong than before to hold out for a radical reduction In freight rates. It. is pointed out that In nearly every instance tho reduction Is insuf ficient to allow Spokane to compete in Its own territory with the coast cities. LAND SHARK IS NOW ON TRIAL JOHN S. BENSON'S TRANSAC TIONS BEING INVESTIGATED. Clerks In the Interior Department Whose Statements Caused the Ar rest of the Gigantic Swindler, Now Deny That He Attempted Bribery Motion Made to Transfer Hearing to San Francisco. 1W V-iui UGBllUlU Ml v DQArrl ....l. ,.l.n. It lo L. mu ii mil wiiv I- - f1 Qf thorn to do no. "', "Nowlln should havo o tho school board" (tho Washington, Fob. 29. O. H. Har lan and S, A. Volk, clerkes In the Interior department, testified on Sat urday evening In the examination of John S. Benson, tho land swindler of San Francisco, that Benson did not nttcmpt to brlbo them by offering a largo sum of money for the privil ege of reading secret reports of tho department concerning Benson's transactions. Tho nrrcst of Benson six weeks ngo, was based upon tho statements of theso clerks to the effect that Benson had offered thorn $100 to be permitted to seo certain private rec ords of tho general land office. They swore at the examination that the money paid them by Ben son was for sorvlces rendered him soveral years ago aud that it was in no way a bribe. A motion to dismiss tho brlbory charges against Benson was at onco mado by his attorney, and was taken under advisement until Tuesday iiy the commissioner. Evidence was also taken In the caso against Bonson and F. A. Hydo, also of San Francisco, for de frauding tho government in securing bogus titles to largo tracts of land In Oregon and California. A motion was mado by Benson's attornoys to transfer tho hearing o California, as ail tho witnesses live thoro and many of them cannot bo reached from tho national capital. It Is thought that Socrotary Hitch cock will consent to transfer the case to San Francisco GREAT FLOODS CALIFORNIA One Town is Under Water by the Overflowing of Pit River. HEIGHEST WATER THAT HAS OCCURRED IN YEARS. Sixty Thousand Acres Are Flooded by the Breaking of the Sacramento River Banks Water Carried Every Levee Before It Most Dis astrous Flood Since 1881 No Deaths Are as Yet Reported. Redding, Cal., Feb. 29. The town of Adln, Modoc county, Is under water. The Pit river broke over its banks. There is over one foot of water in the leading stores of the town. When the news reached Red ding the river was still rising. It Is the hlgest water that has ever been known here. New Hope District Under Water. Stockton, Feb. 29. The east banks of the Sacramento river broke, 'C miles north of New Hope at 3 o'clock this morning. Sixty thousand acres of rich lands north of Mokelumno river were Inundated. ine noou waters earned every levee before them. The water pour ed Into tho Mokelumne river, raising that stream until it burst its banks on the south side, flooding 7,000 acres of the New Hope district. It Is tho most disastrous flood to the northwestern part of this county since 1SS1. Stockton is absolutely safe. No deaths are as yet reported. COLUMBIA SOUTHERN. Active Work Will Begin by March 15 on Oregon's Needed Extension. The Dalles, Feb. 29. Chief Engl noer Hammond, of tho Columbia Southern railway, was at Shanlko the latter part of last week, and Is credited with the statement that active construction of the Columbia Southern extension will be begun by March 15. It Is practically certain that the railroad will be completed as far ns Cross Keys during tho present year, and It may reach the Willow creek basin, though It is hardly expected that the road can bo extended that distance during the current year. PAUPER DROPS DEAD. HOT PRIMARIES. Five Hundred Special Officers on Guard at Polling Places, Des Moines, Fob. 29. With iOO armed citizens standing over tho vot ing placos of tho sovonth district, tho republican primary oloction oponod this morning. Judgo Prouty Is contesting with Roprosontntlvo Hull. Repeating fraud charges aro plen tiful. It Is feared a physical clash will occur before night. Prouty ap parently controls tho mnchlnory. Mill Lost $150,000. Utlcn, N. Y., Fob. 29. A portion of tho Now York mill, located at a small vlllngo four miles south of horo, was destroyed by flro this morning. Loss, $160,000. Aged Man From Sumpter Expires at Baker City Railroad Station. Baker City, Feb. 29. Louis Col laubar, an old man who was being brought down from Sumpter yester day to tho county poor farm, died suddenly while walking from the Sumpter Valley depot to tho Crablll hotel where he intended to spend the night. Ho was taken with a hemorrhage and died before assistance could bo procured. Tho deceased was about CO years of age. Ho was formerly a miner and has lived in Sumpter for about four years. MONROE AND JEFFRIES. Will Fight at San Francisco During the Last Week in May. Now York, Feb. 29. Jeffries and Monroe were matched hero today to meet in a 20-round contest for the heavyweight championship of the world at San Francisco In tho last week In May. AFTER THE DOGS. SSA GAPTORES BRITISH IS Advices Say the Cruiser Oriel is Seized in the Red Sea. JAPS SINK THREE RUSSIAN SHIPS AT PORT ARTHUR, Japanese Are Instructed to Take Port Arthur by March 1, and at Any Cost Japan Sustains Three Badly Damaged Cruisers In Last Engagement. Liverpool, Feb. 29. A private tel egram this afternoon reports that tho Russians have captured tho Brit ish cruiser. Oriel, In the Red Sea. Port Arthur by March 1. St. Petersburg, Feb. 29. A tele gram from TIao Yang, Manchuria, states foreigners living at Ylnkow assert that the Japanese havo been Instructed to storm Port Arthur and ca'pture It at any cost by March 1. Marshal Carney Will Start the Chate Tomorrow. Tomorrow tho dog crusade will be gin. Marshal Carney will put four dog catchers to work and empound ovory dog found running loose with out a license. If they are not re deemed they will be killed. Emperor to Cruise Mediterranean. Plymouth, Feb. 29. Tho kaiser's Hohcnzollern sailed today for Gib raltar, whoro tho emperor will take a cruise In the Mediterranean. Bridges Is Register at Roseburg. Washington, Fob. 29, The presi dent sent to tho sonato tho following nominations; Panama canal com missioner, Walker, Chairman; regis ter of tho land offlco at Rosoburg, Ore., J, T. Bridges; receiver of pub lic moneys nt Roseburg, J, II. Booth. During tho month of February C.59 Inches of rain fell at Ashland, the nvorago rainfall In tho month of Feb ruary during the past 22 yoars bolng but 2.30 Inches. Flvo inchoa fell In 1900. Sunk Three for Russia. St. Petersburg, Feb. 29. An un confirmed rumor Is current hero this evening that two Russian battleships and a torpedo boat have been sunk at Port Arthur. Three Jap Ships Damaged. Tien Tsln, Feb. 29. Tho newesua' per the Courier, learns that the Jap cruisers Asano and Tokena and tho battleship Yashlma, damaged in tho last engagement at Port Arthur, are being towed to Nagasaki. Will Fight Until Death. St. Petersburg, Feb. 29. A tele gram from Port Arthur reports that General Stoessel, commanding, today issued an order directing the atten tion of troops and Inhabitants to the fact that the Japanese intend to land at Port Arthur and seize the fortress, He calls on everybody to fight to the death, as nono can savo them selves without. To Assist Wounded Soldiers. Moscow, Feb. 29. A large meeting of tho nobility and government ofle lalB was held to dnvlse methods of giving assistance to the soldiers wounded Sunday. A telegram ox pressing loyalty to the emperor brought a reply of gratitude. Thoro "a a determination of the Russian no bles to serve the emperor as In fop mer days. Germany Aids Russia. London, Feb. 29. The Gazette of St. Petersburg states an Important conference occurred thoro last week between the czar's confidential bank er Rothsteln, and Count Buolo, tho German chancellor. Tho lntter urged to keep up the value of the Russian securities by German financiers. BuO' low acted promptly and personally. Ho Influenced many leading bankers with tho result that Russians became steady. Report Was True. St. Petersburg, Feb. 29. Tho news agency prints a Port Arthur dispatch confirming the report that a Japan ese destroyer was blown up and ia- other boat sunk in tho recent fight ing. The wreck of the latter has washed asore. Russians Marching South. Chee Foo, Feb. 29. A Liao Yang dispatch states that a detachment of mounted Cossacks aro marching south, commanded by Coneral Mlsch- tschonko, They are expected to ar rive at Ishlo Yang today Korean officials are Seeing and informing Japanese of the approach of tho Rug- rlnns. Snowstorms prevail. MOROS GIVE FIERCE BATTLE. IS DYNAMITED CArr at ATuniA Wade Gives Reports on an Engage- .111 rr HI H I 11 1 11 H ment In the Philippines. U,U " ' Washington, Feb. 29. General Wade, commanding a division In tho' Philippines, cables this morning; "Wood reports an engagement nt Jolo by Mnjor Scott, of tho third squadron of 14th rnvnlry. with a sin gle gun of tho ISth battery of field fi''SX'sSST.ic Z Crackors EscaPe With $4 of ?T rS iln! Postofflco Moneyand Leave rIvo tho Moros a chance to surren dir. lint thpv ilnnllnoil iinttl fill u'rn ' dead or captured, hut Hassnn whoso ! located friendly Dattos nslsti-d tho troops. "Cable was not working, which ac counts for the delay of the nows. Tho wounded aro Lieutenant West, thlgn, rellrlous; Hulburt, troop I, right side; Hlndercr, troop I, shoulder; Whlto, battery, knee; Callaway, troop M, right arm; Cox, battery, shoulder; Hnnlfan, troop K, thigh." No Trace. KILLED BY TRAIN ROBBERS. Negro Outlaw Is Captured by Blood hounds After Desperate Attempt to Escape, Birmingham, Ala., Fob. 29. In nn attempt by a gang of negro despera does to rob tho postal cor train of tho Alabama Great Southern limited, near Meridian this morning, J, T. Stockton, postal clerk, was shot and killed and Postal Clerk A. J. Ba3h was shot In tho arm. Jim Paris, col ored, did tho shooting. Ho secured somo registered let ters, but jumped from tho train and rrushod his leg. Ho dragged himself threo miles, where ho was captured by bloodhounds. BELIEVED THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH OFFICE. Violent Explosion Was Heard All Over City and Large Crowd Rush to Bank, Thinking Robbery Was Being Committed Here In Mean time Blowers Make Escape This Is Fourth Robbery and it liDelle ed One Gang Is Doing All the Work. WHOLE TOWN IN DANGER. Athena, Feb. 29. (Special.) Safe crnckcrs blow open tho postolllco safe In this city Inst night botwuon 1 nn d 2 ii. in., and mndu gooil their escape with about $10 In cash, tho until., rntitntitfi nf Mm unfn ! Entrance to the postofllco was ef fected by boring through tho roar door, and removing tho bolt, the job being done hy. somo one perfectly familiar with the premises. Tho tools used hy the robhors wero stolen from ii local blacksmith shop, and wero left lying on tho floor of tho poatolllco. Two chnrgos of dyna mite wero used In blowing opon tho sure, tho first evidently doing llttlo Loss at Livingston Already Reaches $150,000. Livingston, Mont., Feb. 29. Fire ia raging In tho business section of this ' ' " f "Tt town. The poBtoIIlco building has ,,, ' ,,., .lomniiBi,!, thn Japs Make Another Attack. Tokio, Feb. 29. A report of an nt- tack by four Japanese torpedo boats on tho Russian torpedo transport Amur, at Port Arthur, has been re ceived here. The result 1b unknown. Lord Hope Weds Again. London. Feb. 29. Ird Hope, tho divorced husband of May Yoho, mar ried on Saturday, Olive Thompson, the daughter of a Molroso banker. Southern Pacific Strike Settled. Sacramento. Feb. 2D. Tho bollor- makers' strike of, tho Southern Paci fic shops, is settled amicably. Tho men will go back to work tomorrow. From Suez to Manila. Suez, Feb. 29, The United States ileatroyor flotilla sailed for Manila this morning. been destroyed. Tho loss is $150,000 Tho flames are beyond control. THREE TO ONE FOR CORBETT front of tho snfu and exposed tho In ner npnrtmuntB. PoHtmnstor L. A. Githens estimates tho amount takon at about $40. Tho explosion which shattered tho safe door, was heard all over town, nnd n largo crowd rushed ' down to tho bnnk, thinking nn attempt was being mado to rob that building, hut on reaching tliu bank, Cashier Lo Grow, who waB tho first to reach tho building, found that nothing hnd been molested there, and tho crowd then went to tho postufllcn, finding tho safe door blown Into fraguiouta nnd the tools lying on tho Iloor, but tho robbers gono. They had mado quick work f rllllnir tho nnfn after tho oxnloslon. Be an Easy Mark for Corbett IlB ,, ,, mvf them, ns tho pooplo Both Are In Excellent Condition rushed pitKt the postnlllco down to and Promoters Say Fight Should tho lunik building, nnti ny mo tinio uio crown returned ui wiu puniuiucu no trace of tho robbers could bo found. This lu (ho fourth safe blown open u uiimtllla county within tno past BATTLES WITH SULLIVAN AT 'FRISCO TONIGHT. Wise Ones Feel That Sullivan Will Uc a Desperate One, San Francisco, Feb. 29. Betting over tonight's) CorbcttSiilllvnn bat- tie continues this morning threo o month, and tho work Iiuh uvldontly ono. Deforo the men step Into tno been donu by tho hiuiio parties as tho ring it may go to four, deBplto the snino general methods havo boon reports that Sullivan is In good con- puiHiicd In all tho robberies, Tho dltlon. Wlso ones feel that Sullivan robberies mentioned aro tho Milton will porvo an easy mark for Corbett. station Bafo, of tho O, It. & N. com- Not to bo caught by promoters, tho pnny, tho Oregon Lumber Yard safo fighters talk of a closo, desperate n Pendleton, tho Cayuao postofllco contest. snfu nnd tho Athena postofllco snfo. Tho bollcf that thu affair would ho It Is thought that an organlzod one-sided would have a depressing band of safe blowers Is nt work in effect on tho attendance. Sullivan Umatilla county, so well organized was nicely under tho required 130 ""d expert ns to cludo tho oxtraordl- pounds this morning. Ho took only nury vlgllnnco of thu efficient county Biiincient oxerclso to prevent his . olllelolB and police, muscles from becoming stiff. Cor bett Is ubout ono pound over weight. Ho was up eaily, put on sweaters and blankets and in a Hupcr-heated room began work, tuklng off tho sur plus flesh. Ho will hnvo no trouble In making tho required weight. GALE CAU8E8 DAMAGE8. Five Stores Gone. Camden, Del., Fob. 29. Flvo stores In tho National Park burnod morning. Tho Iosb was $00,000. this GET8 HIGH AVERAGE. Pendleton Sportsmen Return From Elgin, Where They Make Good Records. Sam Thompson, A. I). Stlllman, D. C. Clark and James Spenco returned this morning from their trip to tho Elgin shoot, wboro they mado a good record for tho Pendleton association, H. J, Stlllman carrying off tho high average. Tno snooting was not to Smokestack of Scouring Mills Is Blown Down. Tho high wind of yesterday after noon made things hum around tho city for a whllo and left somo dam ago In Its truck. Tho smoko stack at tho scouring mill was blown over, about half of tho tall plpo being bent down by tho forco of tho wind. Sign boards havo been thrown down at several places lu (ho city, tho wires of tho telephone and telegraph lines crossed hero and thoro nnd other llt tlo tricks played that whllo they hin dered and Inconvenienced various business for a tlmo, did but a small amount or damage. RE8UME IRRIGATION WORK. Engineer Davis Has Arrived and Mr. Whistler Is Expected 8hortly. Hdmund S. Davis reached tho city this morning and on tho first of tho good as was expected owing to tho ww morning m uu ; hleh wind which blow the birds DOXt woek wl" ""'d a vaty of 8ur s ralEht tin In ho air when they Icftl0"1 who wl" tal0 up tho KV''n' straigiit up in uio u r wnon moy itu . .. . eounlry tho trap, making tho chances very difficult to take. It in reported that all of tho party ment work in tho Kcho country, whero it was droppod last fall. Mr, Davjsi Js irom tha state, of Mnlno and has been In tho service of tho rocla- . l : ZioT de aJtmeiU or ..Jo '" wamea iruui .igiu to im umuuu, i ,,,,. fnr "nmn timo Ho will havo that Conductor Brown brought them " " ""c ,lt0nZ J in from that point. Heavy Snowfall. Tho head end of passenger train No, 1 looked llko an aged man with long whlto whiskers this morning, when It pulled into mo Binuon, cov ered with snow. There has boon a heavy fall through tho mountains, whllo it baa been raining ncro. Whistler will return from Washing ton to tako charge of tho work In this section for tho year. An offlco building was recontly finished In New York which has 20 stories, but enumerates 21 because 13 was "skipped" lu tho numbering. Tho samo thing was done In num bering the rooms of tho different floors,