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1.V . wmm. yaKrN. for thi cause-to J ) a ' m mMLJr 2 Ton,sU and 7i 8 -ol fJdverti.tna FIRST. You J T ' uAM l111 t Tain or snow, colder. . . $J J "iBfcg Cek furth'r' AmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmammmmBtM C mbmhhmmmm1 fUj PElTDIiETOy, THMATTLIiA COTOTY, OKEGOK, TUESDAY, MAKCH 1, 1904. NO- 4985. -M ? i (SraSa rri'PBDSPFCTUS FOB II IIH LnWftllvan ut n I Mil I JMMVU LAI LU I LU I U as." " - - -w.TjBm!siRnini at 'Frisco. - -Bir jn i a... n i ir-iff nniinT v iiflJ'n n n 1 1 rnfTfll tarch 1-Th KP. ....rnUTri II Col'tax. March l.-Farmers owning-! I. N Y I. HUH I I HI. SHI MllUII-ni I ll1WWiiWslrwoignt, xou.b ltfUKigBm 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 III I III! I I I VI nnmna n nrwinnrative telenhone lines UUUI1II UUUIII in .iniiiinim ! i ill Hi ii in i ii inn mi in rciBin-jir-, uKBKaK. iuul-miil.k iiiiiiiiikiiin i i Situation M,ore Critical Than Ever in the Districts Along the Lower River Course, LEVEES BREAKING RIGHT AND LEFT NEAR STOCKTON Vast Tracts of Reclaimed Lands Under Water and Thousands of Head of Livestock Drowned Is land Tracts In Great Danger Up per Sacramento Is Falllnp Towns Protected by Levees Are Danger ously Situated Back Water Floods Large Territory. Stockton, March 1 The flood from the Sacramento river which yester day swept south across the wide reclaimed strip of country to Moke lumne river, is now flowing west to the San Joaquin river, breaking '11 Jovees in its path. Today it flooded the Brack tract of 6.000 acres, Staten Island, of 1,000 acres, Sargent tract of G.OOO acres, and now seriously threatens Bouldln Island. Much stock has been drowned. Surviving cattle are being removed by steamers from the top of levees. Sacramento Falling. Sacramento, March 1. The Sacra mento is falling at this point. Water from the Edwards break Is receding steadily. The greatest height was attained during the night. A message from Courland at noon says Grant and Merrltt islands are all right and perfectly safe. Tho Lisbon district on' the Yolo side iB safe, and the rivor is falling there. Backwater in Yolo county is falling slowly. Water at Rio Vista is reported an inch higher than the flood of 1902, but the town Is safe. It could not stand a high wind, however, without great danger. - No fear whatever of this city's levees, as there Is more than a six-foot margin and all sound. Several levees up tho river on the Sutter side havo brake. The levee back of Walnut Grove broke at 2 this morning and a large area is flooded. Trains are running slowly across t.n trnnlr in Yolo basin. but the water Is receding from tho track and all is safe again. ' SMOOT INVESTIGATION. Postponed on Account of the Ab- sence of Counsel. ' Washington! March 1. Because of tho absence of A. S. Worthlngton, principal counBel for the defense, and tho non-arrival of witnesses from .Utah, tho Smoot investigation, which was to have begun this morning has been postponed until 10 tomorrow. The chairman of tho state commit tee on elections nnnounccd a desire that committee meetings be hold dally. Former Secrotary of the Treas ury Carlisle and ex-Congrcsaman Tay lor iOf Ohio, aro present representing the Protestants Waldorman VanCott of .BaltLake is the only representative- for 'Mr. Smoot on hand. Sevoral .women are here representing roform organizations. O. R. & N. PAYS IT8 TAXES. Takes Advantage of 3 Per Cent Re bate In Baker City. Baker City, March 1. Tho O. R. & N. 'Railroad Company was first bo fore Tax Collector Lachner .this rooming. It paid tho first taxes and orflbablr tho largest individual tax n A mil it amount of tax due by tno it was izy.izY.uo, nut tno - 'mount paid was .$19,053.2. it iuvmi anvamaco or mo jaw ing three per cent discount to paving their taxes on or Dowe eh IB. J ... ' f". .Montana Pioneer fnnf.. March 1. While nn 'vnm Helena to his homo in nn hi, . . . Meaeher county yestonlay morning. XeB IOW1S, .one ui lue wuhuio woolgrowers In tho stato, was stricken with heart dlsraso and died within a lew minuiu, Vandlne an Epileptic. -Chicago, March 1. Epilep tic experts gave evidence to day la the car barnors' trial, waklBK an .attempt to show that Vandino Is afflicted with ibat dlseaso and la morally lr-sponsible. Maf Cor ing hife'. Davo Su 11th round Corbott left mark 'while, on llvnn roeoived a nnlv thn morclllil actio' r?.ntii. In atnntitllir fll a nnf the New Yorkur from having TiljjJWje beaten into a pulp. " SOLDIERS GO TO PHILIPPINES. Transport Sherman Set Sail Today Carrying Large Number Troops. San Francisco, Cal., March 1. The army transport Sherman, which sail ed today for the Philippines, carries an unusually 1 -bp number of troops. Besides a 1b mher of casual offi cers, the , rngor8 include the Twolfth infai. -m Fort Douglas, Utah; Whipple barracks, Arizona; Fort Duchesne. Utah, and Fort Bliss, Texas, and 400 cavalry recruits and 100 Infantry recruits. LION KILLS A HORSE. Brute Has a Car to Himself at San Jose. San Jobc March 1. The big Hon known as Hannibal, got loose in a car this morning and killed a borae, devouring the liver and heart. The llou is now free in a car at the depot and has tho railroad men terrorizoJ. Tho car is a frail cattle car and should the beast try, he could break the door open and escape. Must Dress With Decorum. Paris, March 1. An Imperial irado has been published at Constantino ple, says a private letter received in Pnrls. In which married Turkish wo men are commanded to discard all nt11lnnt nrnampntfl Rliph Ho nprklnCQB and .bangles when appearing in pub lie. Thcv must he dressed with Je- corum. and in accordance with the Mncaiilmnn lnu' ilia nrrilnnnce SaVS In default of which the husbands of women bo offending will be visited with punishment. IN OCEAN FIRE CAPTAIN OF 'THE QUEEN MAKES FINAL REPORT, Two Lifeboats Capsize, Drowning Ten Passenaers Three Walters Burn to Death If Passengers Had Remained on Board None Would Have Been Drowned. Pnrt Townsend. March 1. It is now definitely known that 14 persons lost their lives in me lire wnicn nnrtlv rnnRiimnrf the steamer QllDCU nlmnt 40 miles off the Oregon coast. onnoalte Tillamook hock, on &aiur day. A complote list of the passengers and crew has now been given by Captain Cousins, which shows that three members of his crew were hiirnml in rinnth on hoard. 10 Iiassen gers were drowned by the capsizing of two lllowmts, ana one passenger, a Mrs. Adams, of San Francisco, diod from exposure after having been res cued from the water. Th mpmhnrs of tho crew wno word burnod to death wore waitera, named ai. uummcr. n. uougias anu A. Raymond. The passengers drowned were ns follows: Miss Maude Stelner, D. E. Nowberrr. H Buckley. A. Nelson. J D. Donnelly, P. Nuhn and M. Fiynn. Flrn hrnkn out in the steward's quarters and the entire aft portion of the vessel was burnea away, xno cargo was saved. Unit thA nAflftnnffftra romalneri nn the vessel, Instead of going into the lifeboats, mere wouia nave oeen no loss of llfo by drowning. WAR IN CITY JAIL. Plain Drunks Indulge In a Fight With Frills and Thrills. The city Jail was the scene of bloodshed last night and peace has not as yet beon declared. John Wahtzo, Jim Bennett and Harry Mc TYnnalri were all idobriated and hilar inns, and wore locked un together on 'the charge of being drunk on .tho tsreots. After bolnc left to thorn anlvou Wntitvn finri TlnnnntK hnth -r.nntr.r1 thn flnmu hnri1. nn,l fin ft rpftlllt had a quarrel over tho matter of pre cedence, waiuzu was mo uonur man. and presented Bennott with rn unrecognizable face in return for his claim to the beat bca. Today Judge Fit Gerald took a hnnri and eavo tho winner 17 days. and Bennett second money In the sum of three days. McDonald, who umpired the battle, also got throe luHight. Mv&mb&mm .iiiiiiii 11111 n i 11 i uini lli mmgBmmimwmmm wwimi-s-a.-.. tcrlMMMlIXKnd FOURTEEN DEAD Japanese Are Making a Heavy hold, While the Defense Grows Weaker Chinese Marauders Are Harrying the Students In Russian Universities, Many of Whom Are Japanese Sym pathizersIce Railway Across Lake Baikal Is In Operation Three Russian Warships and One. Tra nsport Frozen In at Vladivostok Chinese Are Reinforcing on Gulf of Pechill. vinnnn 'MarRh 1. A terrlflc bom bardment of Port Arthur 1)- the Ja anese continues today. It is believ ed tho Japanese will capture .Fori Ai-thtir hornrn thn llnv is Over. The reply from the Russian gunB is not so vigorous or neavy as uunng yes terday's bombardment. Ice Railroad Open. St. Pntprnhiirir. March 1. Irkutsk advices say the first complete train of 25 cars crossed Lake Baikal on tho ice railroad this morning, super intended by Prince kmikoh. Russian Fleet Frozen In. a letter from Vladivostok. Febru ary 17, says' COO Chinese brigands are terrorizing the district of Ninguta, Manchuria. Thn j.-nrshltiR then In Vladivostok horbor were the RosBla, Grpnmobol, Rurlk and the transport Moskova, ill frozen in hard. A Tnnnnnnn linrher shot a Russian officer dead, then announced hlmsolf as captain of the Japanese general staff, and not used to tauing msuiis. Russians Cruising Off Azores. London, March 1. A private tele gram this evening states a Russian warship was sighted cruising off ".he Azores watching for contrabands. Chinese Reinforcing. PnUn Mnrrh l. Chinese troops r.t Lalchu on the Gulf of Pechill, oppo site Port Arthur, are uewg reiniorc- n.l r.nnnrnl Yiilanshikal. with 10.000 men. is near Yong Pink Fit. Pechill nrovince. not far from the Man phurlan borders, while General 'Ma has 15,000 fresh troops arriving To tho province. Reported Repulse of Japanese. Emden. Prussia. March 1. News is received here that the Japanese attacked Port Arthur today and were repulsed with heavy losses. Bulgaria With Russia, andn ninrnh 1. Klnir Ferdinand is ,inii no intimating in private con versation that Bulgaria should be an ally of Russia, as sne was me urn garlun's liberator. Blocked In the Canal. Pnrt Said. March 1. Five Russian tir.ntd hnvn arrived from Su ez, reporting the Russian cruiser Au rora blocked in tho canal. Manchurlan Marauders. St. Petersburg, March 1. Port Ar thur advices state the Manchurlan railway has suffered considerably 'y , v. n onnttntinrl nntfi of marauders. Two hundred twenty locomotives and a number of cars nave ueen aisaoieu. Suppressing Chinese Papers. London, March 1. The Central CONGRE88 AND TRU8TS. Investigate Railways and the Beef Trust TO.ahint-tnn March 1. Cowherd. II t.Ul... - - democrat of Missouri, introduced a resolution In the nouse airecung me committee on commerce to investi gate charges by shippers of live stock that are not lainy ireaiea Dy the railways of the West. Tho committee on interstate and foreign commerce ordered a favora ble report on the resolution of Sec retary Martin to ask the department of commerce to Investigate whether tho boef trust Is violating the injunc tion resting against it. HOR8E THIEF E8CAPE8. Carries Out a Nervy and Unusual Scheme. Sacramento, March 1. W. O.' So well, confined In tho Ja.l at Grjdley, charged with horse stealing, burned bis way out through tho roof last night with a lighted candle. He stood on a choir and wet the roof so it would not burn too fast Snowstorm In New York. New York, March 1. Tho sevorost rr Vi rt onnann tins fttnllml all trains .between Utica and Oneida, where the fall is throo to five feet Bombardment of the Strong Russians in Manchuria Rioting by News says Tien Tsin Chinese papers have been ordered oy tne uninese military to cease publishing reports of Russian cruelties, fearing the in- finnnrn nf tne noouiar mind against the Russian. The proprietors of the Pekin Times refused to comply. Japs Headed Russians Off. St. Petersburg, March 1. Word is received today that the Japanese have occupied the Korean town of Ichloyang, north of Ping Yang, and are fortifying the town walls. A Russian detachment was reported m the nelchhorhood yesterday, nnd it was expected would occupy the place. Persecuting the Jews. Berlin. March 1. Russian dis. patches today state the Russian nrnsitt Ir RMmnlntlnrr anti-Semitism among the people, accusing the Jews of purcnasing norses for japan ana widespread jew nailing and n slaughts are expected. Sailed for Japan. London, March 1. The Japanese steamer Sabo Maru sailed for Japan last night, after a delay of several days on account of the reported presence of a Russian cruiser in the English channel. Deporting Americans From Korea. Washington, March 1. Minister Alien, at Seoul, Korea, cables the state department that pursuant .o arrangements with the Japanese minister, returning Japanese trans ports will bring Americans from Ping Yang. The Americans in Seoul and vicinity have already been sent to the Philippines. Allen says Russian scouts in reaching Ping Yang Sunday noon, were pursued by Japanese." On to Manchuria. PnrlR. Mnrrh 1. Allthnrltatlve To- kio advices say the Japanese general Rtntf lnff Tnnnn tnflflV fnr Phnmnlnn. indicating that all troops necessary lor a rorwaru movement are lanaeo in Korea. They expect Russians to put up a stiff front against an ad vance. Frost-Bitten Russians. London, March 1. The Reuter's Cologne correspondent says Russian officials confirm the reports of tbous- nnrlR nr nncqlnn RnlfllnrR hnlnt- npr. manently unfitted for service as the result of being frost-bitten. Pro-Japanese Students. Berlin, March 1. The Tageblatt reports riots among the students ' f the universities of Odessa. Kleff and Kharoff as the result of different opinions of the war. Sanguinary con flicts occurred, with the pro-Japanese in the larger number. The aijthori ties are passive. DOG TAX AND DOG-GONED TAX Marshal Carney Is Swift in Collec tion of Both. Tint wr en tho tax on docs and the tax on heads, Marshal Carney is a busy man those days. Tnis morning he put four men on duty as special police, and up till noon they had miinn im n Inrpn nnmhnr nf hnmn less dogs and had collected 26 licen ses fmm thnsn who do not wish to seo their pets go to the block of the executioner. It will be an easy thing for anyone wlsnine to nave a aog to get one, fnr thnrn In a laren nnd varied as sortment in the pen at tho corner of Webb and Cottonwood, and from this nnnnrtmnnt a nerann rftn have ftlfi choice on payment of the price of ransom. The poll tax is an6thcr thing of the same kind. The marshal Is rnnnrilnir nn the men who are not II rensn.l to run loose with no cost to the community and each Is paying his J2 ns he is captured. The only hard tlilnp- about it Is the caDturins: but In spite of this the officer hasa largo pocKeuui ui muuvj o uo it- sult of his days worn. Plans havo been approved by the secretary of nerlculturo for the con struction of three new laboratory buildlnes for the department In Washington, at a cost of 1.C00,000. Northern Pacific Has Ordered the Mutual Telephone Lines Cut Where Thtjv Cross the Tracks. nnifax Mnrrh 1. Farmers owning"; dozens of co-operative telephone lines throughout Eastern Washington, are nn the warnnth. because the North ern Pacific roadmasters havo ordered the wires of these telephone lines cut. wherever they cross the tracks of the company. t The country in this vicinity is cov ered with a network of these farm ers' lines and while they are elevated on very high poles wherever they cross the railroad tracks, the com pany has demanded the removal of nil thn Tvlrna from its rlcht. of way along tho county roads, and has par ticularly .ordered every line cut "where It crosses the right or way. rnere nrnmlnna Art hn Rnmnthlnf? BenSa- tional doing in the co-operative 'tele phone business ncre. Diphtheria at La Grande. La Grande. March 1. The 8-year- old son of W. S. Berkeley died yes terday evening with diphtheria and another child in the same family is dangerously m witn the disease, sev eral other cases are reported In the suburbs, but all are In a mild form. Truck Drivers Strike. Kansas City, March 1. Over three hundred union truck drivers struck this morning for the closed shop, as the principal contention. Seventy policemen, hired by the Employers' Association, are on duty. Harper Operated On. Chicago, March 1. President Har per, of the University of Chicago, was successfully operated upon this morning for appendicitis. Kaiser Is Going South. Berlin, March 1. The kaiser leaves Bremerhaven March 12 for a trip to southern Europe to regain his health. Vannovskl Dead. fit Pptprshnrir. March 1. Former Minister of War Vannovskl died last nlgbt. BY THE WOODMEN MANY NEW MEMBERS BEING BROUGHT INTO THE ORDER An Open Meeting and Celebration to Be Held April 8, at Which Notsd Speakers Will Be Present Will Be Followed by a Banquet All the Committees Are Hustling. The Woodmen of the World are bavins a great campaign for new members, and a great many are be Ing brought into the fold. The cam naicn committee, consisting of J. h Lowrey. J. P. Walker. W. B. Hale, 7 xxo rirnt-n nnfl A ZpllRlfA havn hnnn hard at work, and have provided for an open meeting to be held on tne evening of April 8, at the court bouse, to which the public will be invited. Noted speakers have been invited to be present and talk on the order and its beneuts, ana u. v. Pnntipr nf Pnrtlnnd. thn hari banker of the order, will be present, as will W. U. Hawiey or tsaiem, u, ivuepni and A. D. Stlllman. all head officers in the order. At the close of tho meeting on that evening there will be a banquet flvnn ir thn nnw mnmhnrs anil the vlaltlne nfflrnrs nf thn nrrtnr hv the local lodge, which will be elaborate. A good program is oemg prepared ior this nvnnt. alan nnrl it Is pTn.(til that it will surpass anything of tho kind attempted in tne city mis year, WEIDERT FARM 80LD. Ben Stanton Purchases One of the Best Wheat Farms in the Vansycte District Mrs. Julia A. Weidert has sold to Ben Stanton her valuable wheat farm. rnnHlntlntr of 290 acres near Vansycle Canyon, the consideration lmlnf S7!M npr acre, or 110.800 There are 270 acres of this land in .nitlvntlnn nnH It Is rnnsfrtftred bv Umatilla county poople to be one of the best wheat farms in mat aisinci. There were many buyers for mis ,1 urn Tnssln Hlowart of Milton. Offer Ing Mrs. Weidert $35 an acre for It, and other farmers oaenng prices nearly as high as that offered by the fortunate 'purchaser. Mrs. Weidert, it 1b said, will now purchase a farm in the vicinity of Walla Walla, where she will make lier future homo. Brother of Pies Armstrona. IS. Armstrong, a brother of Plea3 ant Armstrong, who was recently hanged. at Baker City, was fined $10 at Athena yesterday, for striking William Wells with a beer bottle. In the struggle a plate glass window was broken and Armstrong was finod CAMPAIGN i& ior tnat. Tomorrow Will Open an Un usually Busy and Impor tant Session. LONG LIST OF BILLS WILL BE CONSIDERED. One of the Most Important Will Be the Bill for Printing the Delin quent Tax List The Wild Horse Cut-off Also Demands Action, and That Part of the Session Devoted to That Issue Will Be Extremely Interesting It Has Good' Pros pects. Thn mnntv court will convene to morrow morning at 9 o'clock for the regular March term, wnicn mis ume will be an especially busy anu im portant one. At this time will come up for set tlement the bills for the past two months, but a very few of wnich aro now in the hands of the clerk. They are, however, coming in at a rapid rate, and inside of two days will be ready lor tne commissiuut:r ovuuu. The bill for printing the delinquent tax list will come up this week also, and be settled, and it is expected ihot enmn Intterestlnc action will Vo taken by the court when it comes to this item. The Wild Horse Cut-Off. Berlin thn most imDortant thing to come before the court at this ses sion is the petition of W. H. Harrah and others for the cut-off to tho Wild Horse road. This road has attracted great deal of attention mrougnou that part of the county affected uy nnd creat interest s manifested by the farmers in the c- tlon of the court. It Is thought that the court win take favorable action on tne peti tion, provided it is shown that the road will not be excessive in cusu t h mut is too heavy tho county will hesitate before pledging itself to build It, uui even u iuu be paid is high and the men who wish the road will promise to bear enough of tho burden to mako It rea sonable for tho county governmeai, it is almost a certainty mat uw will cive their consent, tor me new road would bo a great advantage to the farmers. Those who are working ror me road think that it could bo built ai llttlo expense, claiming that the patt where the expense will bo the great est will nearly pay for itself in the rock that can bo sold to the builders of this city. And this aside, the farmers who will be benefited by tho change will be wining vo tuu- trlbute enough to build around the bluff, even if the county were not to stand a cent of tho cost. There are one or two roan por tions to be acted upon, and a few minor matters to come ueiore iuo session this time, but nothing ft great importance to the county. 8CHOOL CENSUS. Nlnetv-Three MorcXEnrolled This ' w Year Than Last ot.n1 fMnrtr HalloV has completed - - his annual census of this school dis trict and from his figures it is suowh that the district has increased 93 children between the ages of i and 20 years. Last year there were children in the district wno wuru w. school age, and this year the number is placed at 1.61C by Mr. Halley, who will file bis report with the county superintendent tomorrow. Tho increase in numbers Is caused in part by the growth of those who were last year too young to be en rolled, and by the Incoming of fam ilies from the outside, but It is also lessened by the same number. There have ben a great many who havo outgrown the age of the public school, and have gone to other schools, and a number-of famlllss have moved out of the district Taking into consideration the off setting effect of both of these condi tions, tho increase In this year's cen sus will lust about show the actual Increase in the school population of the district during the year past. Africans In Revolt. Berlin, March 1. German West African advices are that native troops Jn .the Cross and Nasanog rivers region bave revolted and killed four Ger mans and burned their factories. 1 J-. si days. deep. I'm Miwimwwra' MM