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DAILY EVENINBEDIT10H BAIIY EVENING EDITION Those who read newspaper ads and that means the people who buy things are looking for bus iness news as eagerly as for general news. WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight nnd Friday rain or snqw; high southerly winds. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OBEGQKgmUKSDAV, MAKOII 3, 1904. NO. 4087. VOL. 17. CITY COUNCIL ITT IftST NIGHT v. -J Jf i HsHV SM M T - ? sum "PendietonWHI Have a Gas Plant if a Franchise and Patronage Are Assured. DAMAGE CLAIM AND SUIT TO RECOVER COSTS FILED Issue With the Drug Stores on the Liquor Question Went to a Finish Druggists and Saloonkeepers Countered Wheeler Building Problem Referred to a Committee Time Limit Drawn on Music in Saloons Receipts and Balances for Month of February. The question that now confronts tne City is "gas or no gas, ana iuv trap was sprung- last night by Dr. "Vlm-nnt nt thn noimnll meetlnir. The doctor appeared "before the members at the request of a great many or me people, he said, who had asked him about the Bign on the front of his office. He represented tho North western Gas Sc. Electric people, and his company was composed of more gas men than electric men. There are many who wish to be able to have' gas stoves during the hot sea son, and tho rest of the year, and he could not furnish It unless there was a plant. The company would put In a plant costing from $25,000 to $30,000 would havo it running inside Of 18 months, would estab Jtah' a "maximum rate, and would do the xfeht thing If the council would Stro them a chance by granting a fcsaichlBe. The matter was referred to the street committee, with in structions to take as long to report as desired, since the question was one that needed a lot of consideration- A A Tho recorder's report was read ana filed, as was that of the city treasur er and the other officers. Tho old claim of the firm of Carney &' Kennedy for damage done to a couple of their cabs by reason of the holes left In the streots by the sewer construction, and which claim had been turned down at the first meet ing last month, was brought forward tectlng wring of the law firm of Bal-' i..r r. innrvinrt. il was asked that the bill bo referred to the commit tee on claims, and the petitioners he allowed to appear before the com mitiua und state their case. This was dono by the council. Suit to Recover Costs. A communication was sent in by William Ileeves, asking Cecity to reimbursed hlra In the sum ot $143,50 which he claimed to be due by rea son of having bought a couple of horses at a salo of Impounded stock. Shortly after having made the pur- n,,mr minnared on tne .inmnmlnri the return of the horses, which was refusod. A, suit was brought which was lost by, Mr. Reeves on the ground of lnsuffi-, clent advertising on the part of the city The costs of the suit amount-1 .d to the sum asKea ior, auu ... to the sum asked for, and Mr. Reeves asked tnrougn uis w , ior i iw. . - . . tVio Annnrn committee J, UD iuuvw Llauor licenses were issued to J E. HUBsel & Co.. and to J. P. Moder nach. Pay for Special Policeman. A warrant was ordered drawn for 117.50 to pay for the services of a special policeman during the time poputy Schocr was sick and off duty. The matter provoked discussion, wmo of the council thinking that the UnTo lost should be .taken from the vacation granted to Mr. Scheer. but Twa" finely decided that the pollc man could not help being should therefore not be punished. Drug Stores and Saloons. .Ph.. rtm- store question came up -t the meeting last evening, and was Tonerally discussed. It was Stat S M one it the druggists bad told n. councilman that he sold on an forego o? three barrels of whisky "S h, and that If he was com poUod to take out a license he would do a regular whisky business, and Attempted Wife Murder. Los Angeles, Cal.. March 3. Tho closing argumonU wero heard today in the case of Colonel Griffith. Ho to prominent club man and po 1 tlclan. and shot his wife In the oyo. fowlne Uor d0? al Hit she tried to poison Urn and was untrue to him. His Sofensa la insanity, as he drank nearly a quart of wills ky dally. would run a wagon over the city. On the other hand It was said that the onlnnn mnn hurt nrnmlttnri tn fihllt UP their bars and soil whisky by the oot- ue instead 01 mo urinK, ana tuus us rjinn thn llnntiRn, If thn matter was not attended to by the council. The recorder was finally instructed to no tify an or tno drug stores in tno city that ttinv mnet nlthnr fcnll whlskV only on' proscription, or tako out a retail license. The condition of the Wheeler building was reported by the fire chief, and tlie matter was reierreu to the flro committee with power to art. A sower llcenso was Issued to Louis La Rone, he having filed the necessary bond with tne treasurer. A resolution was Introduced and passed authorizing the grading of Webb street from one end to the othor, and fixing thq grade. The cost of the work will be assessed to the property owners, and held as a lien against the property. Time Limit on Music. The question of music In saloons was referred to the ordinance com mitttee with Instructions to draft an ordinance limiting the time that music could be played In any of the places to 10 o'clock p. m. I Receipts and Balances. Thn treasurer's renort for Febru ary shows there was on the first of the month a balance of $6,533.50. The city received fronv, licenses, $965.55; from the levee sinking fund, by interest on the C. H. Carter note, $52.50: Irom the cemetery fund, $85; and from fines, $334.50; making a total receipt of $1,437.55 for the month. There wore $1,198.50 paid In war rants, leaving a balance on hand for this month of $6,772.35, which was apportioned among the different funds, the general fund now hold ing $3,231.84; the called warrant fund, $14.37; the levee sinking fund, $2,980.14. and the general sinking fund, $54C. It was decided to call In $2,000 of the sewer warrants, Interest on which was to cease March 3. Clay Makes a Loan. A loan of $3,000 was made to John H. Ferguson from the levee sinking fund. Thn cltv recorder reported that the books were all out of balance, and that they should be gone over hv nn exnert and a new set opened from the first of this year. Ft W. Hendley had checked them, back for two years, and found that the mis. takes ante-dated that time. The bal ances had been switched to the wrong side and while the finances wore all right, the books were wrong. The matter was referred to the finance committee with power to act, and it Is probable that the work will be done as suggested. O. R. & N. WILL DISPENSE WITH THEM HEREAFTER. Milder Winters and Decreased Snow fall Has Led to This Action Heavier Engines and Occasional Use of the Rotary All That Is Needed In Future. All the snowsheds that havo done gorvico on the La Grande-Hunting- dlviBion 0f the O. R. & N. havo wn rfimoved within the past year, owing to the continued, decrease (ln the severity or tne winters iu udv Oregon and tho lessened need for such expenses. When these sheds were built 20 years ago, the road, through Pyle canyon was blockaded every winter by snowstorms. The sheds wero built to protect tho worst points and It has been noticed by tho track de partment for the past 10 years that tho snowfall, winds and drifts wore less and less severe each year, until the sheds havo become useless and have been removed, During the winter Just past, no trouble has been occasioned at the points at which tno snea though it Jias been the worst winter in five years on tne n. if thn nnnwfall wero as heavy now as when the sheds were built, tho rotary snowplow could be used to clear tne iracss uu vv timn thoso stieds were erected the rotary was unknown. The heavior engines m also "wade" through heavier snow . i.i.. intnrrnrnnco than the form- Wliuvu, ....... - - or class of small engines In use. Spanish Marines Desert. Madrid. March S.-Ono hundred blue jackets deserted the Spanish warship Pelayo at Ferrol. on account of tho discipline of Commander Ma cy. They wore captured and severe punishment Inflicted. Dreyfus Case Again. Paris. March 3. Tho court of cas sation today began consideration of Captain Dreyfus' appoal for a revis ion trial. mmwm no ! LONGER NEEDED LATEST PHASES OF EASTERN WAR State of Hurried Preparations by Both Combatants for Spring Campaign. WATER BEING SCARCE, PORT ARTHUR SUFFERS. Country Population More Anxious Than the Townspeople of Russia, to Enlist Siberian Railway Being Kept Open by Great Efforts, and Extensive Improvements Being Made Upon it Japanese Diet Will Be Convened Soon for Ten Days' Session. St. Petersburg. March 3. Unusual energy Is exerted on the part of tho authorities for the prevention of a Siberian railway blockade. Twentv new sidings have been built, and they hope to clear the line and keep 11 trains going in each di rection daily. fmm tho Siberian rural districts are reported more anxious to go to the front wan me towns men. Japanese Diet Session. Tokio, March 3. An extraordinary nnocinn f t h o Tnnanesn diet Is sum moned for the 18th. It is not ex pected to be In session more than 10 days. The customs will not bo . . . i oolt orwl toucneu, nut. new mxco nn Missouri. y silk are likely. Insane Shooter. . , vvtr William O'Brien, a discharged sol Suffer for water. frQm gt E1Izabetn Insano aBy. St. Petersburg, March 3. A rort )umi Mft morning shot Robert Man Arthur dispatch states that mnaui- n,ng an( Artnur wicker, war oc tants are suffering from a serious partment dorks, tho latter seriously, shortness In the water supply , The man came to tno adjutant- brought overland. Owing .jo ine,.Btr- vnm rold the water freezes anu i,rct linfnre Its arrival. The con UUIBV.B uciuiv " ' denser in the town is Insufficient to supply the needs of the garrison and Inhabitants. Baltimore & Ohio Wreck. Cumberland, Mu., March W, Republican Filibuster. Baltimore ft Ohio express was J wrecked at RoBburB l tee on postofflces was hold today, ing. , rremal"CKtQbabrv fa "ny but was forced to adjourn. The re and the engineer Probably fatally w momberB are charged with hurt. No passengers ore nJ"( eavlng tho room to break tho The engine, two eJer ilsa-ler1eetl ,naU 1 arum. to prevent if possible the and baggage cars were derailed. ,op(lo of a resolution providing . " IT! I tnr nn ovlmilfillvil investigation Of 11tll Dm M M r -JJ 1 : ITV jail. ,i i iinwii 5 Mavor Wll- V f M I UMMW 1 U 1 U tin u , liams has recommended the expen (1.it.re of $1,000 by the city In clean ing up the old city Jail, and has also recommended that tho present site of tho city Jail be sold and the pro ceeds bo applied to tho purchase of a new building. Plague In California. a. Tho secre- tary of the state board of health, o. nnt I noil this morning of the death of a whlto woman from plague on a ranch in tuuvra w county. MAIL TO TANANA. Contracts for Carrying Mall From Valder to Tanana Will Be Let. Assistant Postmaster Colkett at Seattle, has received notice from the office of tho second assistant post master general, stating that sealed proposals will be received by that of fice up to May 24 for carrying tho malls from Valdez to Tanana. The malls go by way of Fairbanks and Chena, and a time allowance of 20 days for the trip will bo gtvon. The contract will be for a term from October to May. 1506. The service is to be twice each month from October to May. Tim riintancn from Valdez to Tan ana by this route is about 620 miles. TTnitnri stated Senator Bard, of California, refuses to be a candidate for re-election. WALLA WALLA WILL Walla Walla, March 3. A special from Washington to the Union today says: "Senator Ankeny has won his fight for the permanent retention of Fort Walla Walla. Tho poBt. which was recommend od abandoned by General Funston, and ordered abandoned by Secretary Iloot and tu'e general Btaff of which Lieutenant General Young was tho hoad, Is now on the list of posts for VARIQK NEWS GOVERNMENT OF Immediate Measures Taken to Raije the Panama banal Purchase Money, f PARTLY BY ASSESSMENT UPON BANK CIRCULATION. Republican Members Senate Postof flee Committee Filibuster Against Further Investigation of Postal Department Frauds Insane Sol dier Shoots Two War Department Clerks Official Denial That Cleve land Ever Entertained a Colored Man. . Woehlnc-fnn ' Mnmh 3 Thn trnns ury authorities jaro preparing a call Antnfln nil nfltlnnnl hfllilm nf thn country to payiln 20 per cent by .March 25. Thefsum required Is $20,- 000.000. which, together with $20 000,000 from tho, treasury itself, will bo devoted to payment for Panama canal property anu cuncusoiuua. Warships Collide. Admiral Baker cables from Guan tanamo to Pensacola tho Missouri's ntnarltii, (rear nVrnmn rilRfihlnd nnd she collided with the Illinois, dam-no-lnir thn lattor's port nronoller. but doing slight injury to herself. The Illinois was ordered to New York. Captain Cowles, the president's brother-in-law, Isf in command of tho ... , seneral.B 0fnCn-'and asked for papers . - rnr,rrilVtn tho record ant Tin urou nf.f.jl It tn thn rnrnrn ana pension office and cut loose with n pistol. Manning's wound penetrat ed the stomach, while Wicker was shot In the left arm. O'nrlen was disarmed by other clerks and arrest ed. " tho postofilce department. Grover Denies It. In tho house Webb, democrat of North Carolina, Interrupted the reading of the District or coiumuia appropriation bill today to present to the houso a denial from Orovcr Cleveland that he had, wlillo presi dent, entertained a negro at lunch eon. Tho letter said tho charge i a fabrication wit of whole cloth. Thp charge was made on tho floor by Scott, republican from Kansas, sov-o.-ul dayB ago, in defending Roose velt for his action In entertaining Booker T. Washington. ROUGH HOUSE IN THE CAPITOL. Irate "Showmelans" Propose to Fight It Out, Washington, March 3. Tho "Show Me" stato was much In ovidenco In thn hmiRn cloak rooms this morning, when Itepresentatlves Cochran and Hunt of Missouri, nearly camo to blows during a discussion of tho gu bernatorial candidacy of Circuit At torney Joe Folk. Hunt Is anti-Folk, and oxpreBBed contempt for his colleague, who comes from outsldo tho St. Louis limits. Cochran hotly stated that only fraud could defeat Folk, where upon Hunt started to show Cochran. Champ Clark broke In and literally lifted Cochran from his feet and car ried him out of tho danger zone. Hunt then announced he could lick tho whole Missouri delegation, but hostilities gradually ceased. RETAIN THE FORT .eimr.nent retention, and will, as soon as practicable, be rebuilt. "For several weeks Senator Anke ny has been having conferences with Secretary Taft and Lieutenant Gen eral Chaffee and the matter finally terminated this morning in an agree ment on the part of -tho war depart ment to take the post off the list for abandonment and place It on the permanent list for tho purpose stat ed. Tho quartermaster general was notified by the chief of staff to pre pare plana for the reconstruction of the post for four companies. MAY MEET IN DENVER. U. B. of R. E. May Hold Coming Session In Colorado, Tlmivrr. March .1. Donvnr mnv bo selected as tho place for tho noxt ! convention ot tho United Brother hood of Hallway Employes, which begins Its sessions May 9. A refer- nntlnm vntn nn thn nlnnn nf mnnttnff Is now being held. Chicago, Sacramento and Ogdon . tlon. Tho headquarters of tho or- irnnlsntlnn la nt Rnn KYnnclnro. nnil It has a membership ot about 75,000. me Amalgamated assembly adopt ed a resolution yesterilny Inviting tho body to meet hero and pledging tho support of organized "labor of Denver to local No". 21 of Railway Employes In mnklng tho convention a success. OLD SOLDIERS MUST WAIT. Supreme Court Decides That the Secretary of State Must Not Audit Claims After Fund Is Exhausted. Salem, March 3. Tho supremo court yesterday evening decided that the old soldiers of tho Indian wnrrt nf Orwrmi will nnt hn nhln tn get their pay until another legisla ture meets nnu appropriates ior tne purpose, tho present fund being ex hausted. Those who are still unpaid cannot get their pay by presenting claims Those who are still unpaid cannot to tho secretary of stnto, as ho can-, not audit tho account, because- hey belong to a separate fund, which Is not now in existence- to meet tho claims. STRIKE TROUBLES. Western Union- Demands Protection for the Messengers. m 1. o n-i. txr . Union Telegraph Company will Beck enforcement of tho federal injunc- tlon against striking messengers, on account of assaults by boyB and men on non-union messengers. Ono of iiiq latter was siasncu across ma face this morning and kicked beaten by a crowd of strikers. AMERICAN CARDINAL. and Pope Says It Will Be a Sure Thing Next Year. Home, March 3. Tho pope Inform - od an Intimate friend today there will not bo timo nt tho first consts- ior "' i'i"""1 lean cardinal, but noU .year he will mnuo such an nppolntracnt. n77, A' . m, Killed In a Coal Pit. Brestau, March 3. Eight, men per- lslied in a coal pit owned by Prince Tlnnnnrrmirlt III GInlwItzC. ill Silesia today, by tno Ignition of coal dust. THIRTEEN WORKMEN KNOWN TO BE KILLED. Sixteen Others Are In Hospitals Foreman Is Under Arrest and the, Contractors Cannot Be Found Heavy Suits for Damages by Rela tives, Friends and Property Own. ers. DARLINGTON FATALITIES Now York, March 3,-Thn-o hund- from Ul0 Wu!la Walla rod men worked uil night In thn (.ommercttj Association In proctir ruins of the Hotel. Darlington. j g the advuncomunt of all Irrigation At 10 this morning five bodies nnd propositions for tho good of the been revered and tho rescuers re- Wa"a W. Uta port eight moro lu sight. Ono is cut '., cieuiuy in iwu. Tho list of dead will not oxcouu 13, and 16 wounded aro In hospitals. Thn '.nnufrurtlnn foreman Is under arreBt, and none of tho contractors arreBt, and none of the contractors can be found. Open threats of vlo- lenco aganat tho contractors aro made by surviving workmen and rel- atlves of tho killed and Injured mon. Suits for damages aggregating $60,000 havo already boon begun !in0t Thn nwnnr and contractors, on account of the ueain anu injunuo iiat nmi n milt for tG.000 by thu own era' of tho Patterson apartmont house adjoining. Two More Bodies. Two moro bodies had been taken from tho ruins at noon. One to Frank Durwalter, a plumber. Other Identl - flcations aro Farroll Frank, Fredor - Unrroll nntl T-'lln RtaiTS. SOVOr- al arrests are expected for alleged violation of tho building laws. Killed Hit Cousin. Bloomfleld, Mo., March 3. Whllo playing with a shotgun, Johnle Tyn ne accidentally shot and killed his cousin, Mabel Miller. 10 years of ago, while playing sheriff. Seattle to 8pend 700,000. Tho Seattle city council will spend 700,000 during the year 1904 on street Improvements and extensions. Private property owners will be taxed almost an equal amount on Im provements, also. 'SENATOR SMOOT Mur.QTr.HTnN ii i n ii j I II I UW I I Wl I I w PrOSidCIlt Smith Continues His Testimony Before the Senate Committee. RULE8 MORMON CHURCH NOW OPP08E POLYGAMY. Has Been the Church's Policy Since Woodruff Manifesto of 1890 Plu ral Marriages Ceased Then, But Not Cohabitation With Plural Wives Sealed Before That Year Polygamy Repudiated by Many Mormons and Practiced by Three or Four Per Cent. Washington, March 3. Ilecause It probable that tho o n. .,.,,., SmIth would examination touch up- ,,, I)orB01lnl at(nlrn, his polyga , marrlaR0H to nvo wivos, and , , fam , 4, cMMron, Interest It nnil his family ot 42 children, Interest In tho lnvoBtlgatlon Into tho Smoot caso Increased this morning. Tho scnato conimltteo room was filled with 'wltiuissos, counsol, newspaper men nnd spectators. Chairman Burrows announced that , In view of the chnrgu that the 12 nnnnllnn nt whom Rninot Is one. con- nlvo nt nnd todch polygamy, tho committee docided It would Inquire Into thn teachings and prnctlcea of tho npostles slnco September 2C, 1890, tho dato ot tho Woodruff man- iiud.. When Smith took tho stand Aitor- noy Taylor asked whotlior to tako a plural wlfo would bo a violation of tho rules of tho church. Ho roplled it uinlfd- that cohabitation with a plural wlfo Is contrary to tho rnlos I ot tno churc1'. B wul1 as the law of ,l'n','kln ormsfllon of tho rommlUeo t() milke a statomcnt, gmlUl BnUl. ,n rcBani t0 tho status of polyganilsts at tho timo ot mo wun,fosfo, u was understood they would "abstain 'from-assoclatlon-with tliolr famllloa. Ho thinks tho rulo wnf) observed, but at the timo of tho passage of tho enabling act for tho admlBslon of Utah as a stato, tho ,lu p,,ulclnn moiln was that PlU- I ra mnrrluges sliouli'l coaso, as thoro was no prohibition ngalnst conauito tlon witli plurnl wivos who had boon nuuriod before that time. Mr. Smith Bald thoro Is a rovola tlon In thu Book of Mormon on pin rn 1 miirrlm-nn. Not moro than three or four pur cent of the members ot thu Mormon chureh over entered Into plural marrlngo. Many thousands novor accepted tho revelation, novor Ibolloved In tho doctrlno, novortho I Iohb, thoy uro memberB of the church i and in good fellowship. IRRIGATION COMMITTEE NAMED r.nmmerdnl Association Will Work Walla In Conjunction With Walla. Presldunt J. A. Borlo, of tho Com mercial Association this oftornoon appointed Dr. C. J. Smith, T. O. Halloy and C. C. Berkeley as tho i inn tt wnrir in cuuiuiiv.viun The Stubblefleld Home. C. M. lladcr, of Wulia Walla, one of tho trustees of tho Joseph Stub- w .u -"- y - homo xm blofiu M estate left lor n. ''' T.nf, ro tho county court. Tho "UK"10"0 V proKr0ss, bled ol d I estate to sU In prog T and holra of tho aoa.il pniiauiurui are contesting his will. D.turncfi From McMlnnville. Mrs. K. D. Chanoy has roturnod from a visit with friends and rela I ' ,i Z rnmal'na of the little tives In McMinnvine. wuoro ... ""'VJ wag ruu oVcr by tho wagon , rMCil BOmo timo ago. .0" lno "u" 1 I Republican Split, Norfolk, Va., March 3.- Tho second district Virginia republican convention today split, and two sets of dele gates will go to Chicago. Tho ono sent by tho fedoral fac tion will bo all white, the other whites and blacks alike. The stato convention tomor row promises a Bpllt also. The llly-whltcs aro supposed to be acting under Instructions di rect from tho administration.