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PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, El? I DAY, MAUCII 4, 1904.
NO. 1987.
VOL. 17.
VICE-PRESIDENT
C. W. FAIRBANKS
Indiana's Senior Senator Has
Promised to Be Roosevelt's
Running Mate,
CONVENTION'S WORK
HAS BEEN MAPPED OUT.
Wallers From the Country" Will Get
?fi3roflether at chlcafl0 and Ratfy
SsjSithe Politicians' Judgment Amer
ican Navy Said to Be Third In
Tonnage of the Navies of the
World Germans Are Fighting the
Dollivcr Bill.
Washington, March 4. Roosevelt
has suggested, and Senator Fair
banks, of Indiana has agreed to ac
cept tho vice-presidential nomination
on the republican ticket If tendered
him. ThlB comes from closo and
llielong personal friends of tho sen
ator, who are known to have advis
ed him against what Is considered
to bo a vital concession on tho sena
tor's part. They have bowed to tho
wishes of the president, as has Mr.
Fairbanks.
Promotions In the Navy.
"Washington, March 4. The presi
dent has nominated Captain Chas.
A. Converse chief of the bureau of
ordinance of the" navy to the rank
of rear -admiral, and Captain Henry
Manney chief of the buroau of equip
ment to the rank of roar admiral.
Arizona Secretary Resigns.
Washington, March 4. Isaac
Stoddard, secretary of Arizona, has
resigned to go into effect April 1.
His successor Is not yet elected. He
recently had difficulty with tho ter
ritorial legislature In tho matter of
fees.
TRAINS SNOWBOUND.
Tied Up In Central Montana for the
Past Two Weeks.
Butte, Mont., March 4. Throe
' Central Montana railway trains car
rying freight and passengers, have
been lost somewhere In the snow
drifts between Lombard and Lewis
ton for tho past two weeks. Gangs
of workmen havo been laboring day
and night to rescue the missing
trains, but the last reports say they
are unsuccessful. The crew of one
of tho trains reached Varlotown and
secured provisions. It Is believed
tho other crows and passongers
reached nearby ranches.
LUNATIC ARRESTED.
He Threatens to Do Damage to Los
Angeles Railroad People.
Los Angeles, March 4. Joseph
Stark, an alleged lunatic. Is detained
at tho county hospital pending an In
vestigation into his sanity. The po.
Hco charge he plotted to blow up
the shops of the Los Angeles Hall
way Company, to kill Henry Hunt
ington and his son Howard. Ho has
n prlnvnncn ne-nin nt the tfuntfnetons
bocause ho was struck by a car at
Los Angeles and Injured.
PRAIRIE FIRES.
Twenty Lives Lost In Southwestern
Oklahoma.
Fprt Worth, March 4. Dispatches
today say tho prairie fire and wind
fitora In Oklahoma are greater than
.first reported. At least 20 lives are
ithwestern Oklahoma, mo
mod many houses at Ho
rn and Lawtori. Tho fire
wplng the prairie, causing
3SSOS to livestock.
Educators Meet In Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa., March 4. School
superintendents and principals of
Western Pennsylvania and Eastern
Ohio, comprising the organization
known as tho Round Table, began
their annual mooting in Pittsburg to
day. The sessions, which are to con
tlnno two days, began this afternoon
at the Colonial hotel. Ohio's now
school code was one of the princi
pal subjects dlscussod during the af
ternoon. Drank Wood Alcohol.
New London, Conn., March
4. Wprd comes from Fort
Terry, Plum Island station,
that throe momboru of H
company, United States' in
fantry, are doad and two dy
ing as a result of drinking '
wood alcohol stolen from tho
fort barber shop.
MINING RADIUM.
Pitchblende Found In Colorado Mine
in Moderate Quantities.
Georgetown, Col., March 4. At the
Wood mlno In Leavenworth gulch
drifting has boon fairly gotten under
way at a depth of 210 feet, and both
drifts are oclng extended.
The oast level 1 sbclng driven to
get. under the bunch of pitchblende
which they cut throngh In sinking
tho shaft, about 20 feet, from tho
present depth. Tho west level shows
a very nice streak of this mineral
and they are hoisting some of the
best grade pitchblende which was
ever produced by any mlno in tho
world, a good per contage of the ore
carrying 80 per cent mineral.
These ores are being carefully
cobbed and sacked and an early
shipment will be made. Tho lessees
aro also taking out some very fair
looking milling ores which show a
better average of mineral than previ
ous lots.
FOR HIGHER VALUATIONS.
Washington Counties Will Pool Their
Interests In Order to Raise Rail-
road Values.
Dayton, Wash., March 4. An effort
is being made by Washington coun
ties to form a pool for the purpose
of raising tho value of railroad prop
erty In the entire state.
A communication has been sent
.out to all tho county -assessors, ask
ing their co-operation In making a
uniform valuation for all tho coun
ties In which the railroad property Is
similarly situated, and In which the
earning capacity Is equal.
As It Is now, each county has a
different value, .with the result that
each county must fight the railroads
Individually, with the result that
none of them havo a rate In keeping
with the actual values of tho prop
erty. A taxpayers' league has just been
organized In Columbia county for the
purpose of making a radical raise
in the value of tho railroad property.
STATE MEETING
SEVENTY DELEGATES AS
SEMBLED IN CONVENTION
Many Visitors From Different Por
tions of the State B. F. Ramp
Chairman of the Convention
Many Southern and Western Coun
ties Will Nominate Full Tickets-
La Grande Now Has City Ticket
Portland, March 4. The socialist
state convention, which has been in
session hero for tho past two days
Is one of the most enthusiastic state
moetings ever held by that party In
Oregon.
Seventy delegates have been pres
ent bcsldoj a large number of visit
ing socliillfts from every part of the
state.
B. F. Ramp was chosen chairman
of tho convention and Stato Secre
tary W. S. Richards, secretary. Com
wittecM on resolution plpfforni auJ
crdar of business were appointsd
and tho business of tho convention
was transacted with vigor.
Many counties Including Coos, Cur
ry, Clackamas, Marlon, and Jackson
are going to nominate full county
tickets, and La Grande has nominat
ed a full city ticket for the coming
ciun'clpal election.
Umatilla county had no represen
tctlvo in tho convention.
Tho following state officers were
nominated :
Associate Justice, C. C. Michael
son, of Prinevllle; dairy and food
commissioner, N, Rasmusen, of Port
land; congressman, first district, B,
F. Ramp, Salem; congressman for
second district, George R. Cook, of
Portland.
DRIVING OUT THE VAG8.
Baker City Tires of the Floating
Population Which Is Attracted
There by Open Gambling.
Baker City, March 4. From three
to 10 vagabonds are ordered out of
the city every day by tho chief of
police. The presence of suspicious
characters has alarmed tho people,
until they are determined that there
shall be no repetition of tho recent
bold hold-ups, under the glare of tho
electric lights.
Tho recont closing of the open
gamos in Pendleton brought a largo
supply of fresh transients to town,
and although the games are running
opon here, as they havo always run,
the police force Is thinning out tho
suspects.
Chicago Wheat.
Chicago, March 4, May wheat
oponed 87 and closod the same; old
July oponed 93 Mi. closod 92. July
corn opened Gl, closed 02.
Walderssee Worse.
Hanover, March, 4. Field Marshal
Waldorsee'e condition Is -worse.
T
RUSSIAN
ARMY
RESERVES
Every Evidence That the Slav
the Real ThingAll
Decisive and Desperate Move at Port Arthur on the Part of the
slans Will Be Made Soon Japanese Are Landing Troops
Chemulpo St. Petersburg Paper Predicts Complications With Amer
. ca Political Arrests In Poland Made an Agency for Conscripting for
Russian Army Russians Stand in With China in Manchuria.
St. Petersburg, March 4. The re
serve subalterns and first-class re
serve men of European Russia have
been summoned to their colors. A
similar order Issues for tho naval re
servo. Each arm is to undergo six
weeks training.
A Vladivostok dispatch says all is
quiet there, with no signs of Jap
anese warships, but tho inhabitants
continue to leave.
Decisive Russian Move Coming. '
Paris, March 4. St. Petersburg
advices say a decisive move of the
Port Arthur Russian squadron Is an
ticipated, now that Admiral Maka
roff has arrived.
The torpedo boats will be brought
Into play.
Reports from Korea confirm ad
vices that the Japanese have ceas
ed debarking troops at Chemulpo,
but are landing soldiers at Chinne
mulpo, where the harbor is free from
Ice.
Russians Rushing Repairs.
London, March 4, The Central
News correspondent at Port Arthur
says the Japanese fleet has not been
sighted since February 25.
Workmen are rushing repairs on
the battleships Ritvlzan and Czaro
vltch and cruiser Pallada. All tho
other damaged vessels are now
ready for sea.
It Is reported Kuropatkin's head
quarters will be at Llao Yang, Man
churia. Tho weather is now mild, suggest
ing an early spring.
All Quiet in Manchuria.
St. Petersburg, March 4. Word
received from Northern Manchuria,
states that all is extremely quiet
there, and no signs of Chinese un
rest. The Russian officers aro keep
ing tho Chinese In close touch with
the events of the war.
Political
Vienna, March
Arrests.
4. The
Arbeiter
IS IT A MOODY MOVE?
Williamson Republicans Question
Mstlves of the New Club.
Some of the old republicans are
trying to find out why they wero
not irivlted to 'Join tho Young Men's
Republican Club, and see in tho
omission a cloud in the Williamson
sky.
It Is said that thoso who were the
fathers of tho movement would pawn
their -coats for a Moody boom, and
that this Is tho first step toward so
curing a Moody delegation to tho
convention on April 13.
Tho members of tho club, or some
of them, deny this imputation and
say that they aro a free ianco or
ganization; that the strings havo all
been cut close to the apron, and that
they forgot the old men of mo party
bocause It was well known that theso
old men bad been bent by the winds,
and that their leaning was known;
but they do not say that they would
havo been omitted If they had leaned
the other way.
m iaci. u is mo opinion ui Vuer
is a strong following in this part of
ine country, wmcu ls ur)U6 . binding, making an order to that of
ly and earnestly for tho organization fec ' "
or me Aiooay wrces anu iuai mey ,
expoct to send a solid delegation to
the convention n Portland. I
It is claimed that Moody will need
11.11.. nnoiflpn nnW tf
vu """. ' , , ,
inu uiBuwi, iui uu io iu wu i
graces of Father Simon. But In any
event, tho tlrao Is growing short,
and a few days will develop the
truth. The permanent organization
of tho republican club will doubtless
throw a new light on tne courso or
events, and from that time on the
,
people can see more clearly tho alms
of tho party leaders.
RAILROADING A PLEASURE.
Train Crew Out Forty-One Hours
Without Taking Off Their Shoes.
Conductor Grady arrived in La
Grande on freight train No. 22 this
morning says the La Grando Chron
icle. This was the train which was
stalled on tho out-trip on account of
snow in tho mountains, delaying tho
passenger train.
Mr. Qrady was out 41 hours on the
round trip, which is nearly twice as
long as Is usually required. Conduc
tor Qrady and his head brakoman,
AND
I
ARE CAEEED OUT
Realizes That He is Up Against
Quiet at Vladivostok.
Rus-
Near
Zeitung asserts that 300 political ar
rests have been made at Lodz, Pol
and. Tho prisoners were given tho
alternative of imprisonment or en
listment as volunteers In the Rus
sian army.
Drawing the Line at the Yalu.
Seoul, March 4. Tho Russian
forces at Anju are compelling tho
Koreans to supply them with rice
jnd fuel.
The Russians are fortifying An
tung heavily, with tho apparent In
tention of preventing the Japanese
,from crossing the Yalu.
Grumbling at America.
St. Petersburg, March 4. Tho
nowspaper Svlet, discussing tho
seudlng of American consuls to
Manchuria says the American atti
tude In requesting Chlncso exequnt
ers will cause unpleasantness with
Russia, and adds, "It Is now statod
America has promised to give Japan
aslstane& with her ships."
Trouble at Seoul.
Seoul, March 4. The residenco
of
the Korean secretary of foreign af
fairs was blown up Wednesday,
Five suspects were arrested who bo
long to a guild which objects to an
alliance of Korea with Japan.
Priests Are Warned.
Tokio, March 4. Buddhist and
Slilutb priests havo been warned by
the government against any oxblbl-
tlon of hatred against Individual
Russians.
Received Order Against Jews.
Kleff, March 4. An ordor was Is
sued several days ago that tho faml
lies of Jewish doctors who have
gone to the front must live within
tho "pale," has been rescinded and
tho immediate members of such fam
tiles will be permitted to stay at
Klshencff.
W. J. Rowo, shoveled out fivo extra
cars at Spring Spur and wero six
hours In making the dlstanco of two
miles from that place to Kumela.
The snow was about threo feet deop
and was wet and heavy.
Tho rotary cleared tho track yes
terday and tho Hanger lias been at
work on tho mountains today,
COUNTY COURT.
Wild Horse Road Petition Will
Laid Over, Owing to Error.
Be
Tho county court met this morning
and audited a few moro bills,
The petition of H. D. Crownor and
others for the vacation of part of tho
present road to tho westward of the
city, near tho railroad tracks, and
opening of a new one in tho placo of
tho part vacated, was granted, and
J. W. Klmbrel, Jerry Barnhart and
A. Zeuske appointed as a board of
surveyors and viewers and ordered
to meet March 24 to go over tho
road.
The court also canvassed tho voto
tho eeciloa of tll0 offlCer8, and found
that th(J cIectJon waa loga, and
TJl)s afternoon the court mado
tbeJr ,ar tf, of ,n8poctlon to
f to look th
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auggestions in tho estimation of the
superintendent necessary.
Consideration of the Wild Horse
road will como up Monday next, pro
vlded the court decides to remain in
session that long. Owing to a mis
take in tho petition it is necessary
for the court to hold over, or throw
ji uui. oi court lor iuo subbiuu. l
wa8 8tatcd , petUon that the
it out of court for the session. It
date of hearing would be on tho
first Monday, when tho first Wed
nesday was meant, for which reason
the question cannot bo considered
until that date, and as practically
all of tho business of tho session has
boon transacted, there Is a possi
bility that tho petition will lay over.
Kansas Sheriffs Meet.
Topeka, Kas., March 4. Tho Kan
sas State Sheriff's Association met
in adjourned annual session here to
day with nearly every county of tue
state represented. The principal
business before tho meeting is the
election of officers.
N
OPTICAL TRUST.
Will Be Organized at Chicago In a
Short Time. ,
Chicago, III,, March 4. Opticians
from nil over tho country will meet !
In this city early In the coming week i
to organize nn optical trust, which
will control all tho patented nppll-,
tho trnde. '
Tho promoters of tho movement HpflH nf thp Mnrmnn P.rtlirnk
cludo lending optical firms of Cin.,nUtU 01 IVIOrillOM UnUfCh
Include
clnuatl, Now York, Philadelphia, Hal
tliiisrc, Chicago, Boston nnd St.
Louts. Each of tho Interested con
cerns owns valuablo patents outright
and stnto rights to others. Tho
prosecution of Infringement cases .
has hecomo a -costly matter, nnd the
proposition to vest tho control of i
theso valuable patents In a corpora
tion Is due to this fact.
STUBBLE FIELD HEIRS LOSE.
Judge Brents, of Walla Walla, Dis
misses Their Case Against the Ad
ministrators of the Estate.
Walla Walla, March 4. Judgo
Brents today dismissed tho enso of
Henry Whlto nnd Mary McIIroy,
heirs of tho lato Joseph Stubbloilcld,
against tho trustees of tho estato
and tho Stuhblcflcld homo will now
be pushed to completion.
The heirs had sued for a division
of tho property and sought to re
strain tho trustees from oxpondlng
tho money set aside lu tho Stubble
field will, for an orphans' home.
Moufflard-Sartoris.
Washington, March I. Captain
Algernon Snrtorls, grandson of Pres
ident Grant, hns snlled for Franco to
marry tho famous Pnrls beauty, Jar
mnlno Cecllo Moufflard, aged 22,
godchild of tho late Comto BoParls.
Volcanoes In Eruption.
Pnrls, March 4. Madagascar ad
vices stato that tho Great Comoro
Island craters havo been In contin
uous eruption for two weeks, with
much loss of llfo to nntlves,
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WEIGHTED DOWN FOR
THIRTY-SIX HOURS.
Horrible Incident of the Hotel Darl
ington Disaster Fifteen Now
Known to Be Dead Peculiar Phe
nomena Developed by Collapse,
Now York, March 4. At 2 this
morning workmen In removing tho
body of Alexander Johnson, an Iron
worker, from tho wrecked Hote
Darlington, uncovered Charles
Lasok, a plasterer, who was alive.
with an immense beam ncross his
chest. Ho had lain 3G hours under
tons of debris. The man died us ho
reached tho door of tho hospital.
Tho known dend are IB, nnd 1
boillcs havo been removed. A pecul
lar thing noted is tho npparont ovl
denco of hout, In some cases of nctu
al llame, doveloped by tho friction o
Iron benms ugnlnst each othor dur
ing tho collnpso. In ninny places
tho paint was scorched nnd blister
ed, and a few of tho oxtrcmely In
frequent pieces of wood utilized dur
ing tho construction, such as tern
porary braces and hanging scaffold
lng, wero actually Ignited by tho
heat generated In the manner do
scribed.
HEAVY SNOWS.
Idaho Mountains Have Heaviest Fa
In Many Years.
Lowiston, March 4. Honoris re
ceived in tho city yesterday indlcato
that an exceptionally heavy snow
sUirm has prevailed ovor tho higher
altitudes of tho .ontlro Clearwater
basin. Thoso reports occaslonod con
siderable speculation relative to tho
possibilities of floods in tho rivors,
but it is not goherally belloved that
tho conditions of tho streams will be
materially affoctod by tho recent
storm.
Tho deepest snow in yoars now
covers the ranges In this section.
Starbuck Not a Town,
Walla Walla, March 4. At an elec
tlon Just held for tho purposo of In
corporating tho town of Starbuck,
the incorporation was defeated by a
voto of CO to 3D.
COMMITTEE MEETING.
Set April 13 as Date for Second Dis
trict Convention.
Thomas Thompson returned this
morning from a visit of several days
to Portland, whore ho has been at
tending tho meeting of the republi
can committeemen of the second
congressional district. The dato for
tho congressional convention was
not for April 13, ono day in advance
of tho state convention, which will
be held in Portland on April 14.
Umatilla county will be entitled to
1G delegates in tho congressional
convention, which will bo composed
of 184 delegates.
UNDER
E
PRES. SMITH
TESTIFYING
Continues His Uninspire
Revelations.
ACKNOWLEDGES
HIS
POLYGAMOUS LIFE.
All Must Admire Him as a Truth
Teller, However Much They May
Execrate His Religion and Prac
ticesInsists That Polygamy Is a
Divine Injunction Interesting
Testimony in Regard to Position
of the Church Toward Women.
Washington, March 4. At the
opening oi tho Smoot hearing this
morning President Smith was ques
tioned by Hoar nB to whether womon
had ecclesiastic authority In tho
.Mormon church.
Ho replied that while as voters
women nro given recognition with
men, the priestly authority Is do
nlod thorn. Thoy nro not ellglblo to
election to offices ns president, apos
tles, counsellors or to any of tho
general officoB of tho church.
Upon tho ncceptnnco or rejection
of revolutions, tho voto of any wo
man member In the church Is Just
as powurful as tho voto of tho wit
ness himself.
Reudlng from a copy of thq Salt
I-ako Doseret News of Juno 23,1 1903,
reporting n speech mado by Presi
dent Smith In which ha said the
principle of plural marrlngo was re
vealed from God, nnd nuyono who
denied t ho divine origin oi that doc
trine might us well deny other
truths, Attorney Tnylor UBked as to
Its correctness. Smith said It was
correct so far us he could recall.
Smith Is a Polygamlst.
Washington, March 4. President
Smith, continuing his testimony,
said: "From 18'JO till today thore
bus nover been a plural marriage
performed with tho consent, knowl
edge or connivance of tho church.
As for myself, I was placed In this
position: I had a plural family. My
first wife wus married to mo ovor 40
years ago, my last ono over 20 yoars
ngo. By all theso wlvos I had chil
dren. I preferred to talio my
chaiirox with tho law ratlior than
nhundoti my wives and children. I
havo cohubltntcd with them since,
hut not openly. I havo visited thorn,
knowing my responsibility and my
liability to tho law.
"Hut slnco tho admission of tho
Htnlo people havo rather condonod
my offense ngulnst tho luw. No ono
over hns called me to account, and
If thoy had I was there lo answer and
pny the penalty of the law.
"I havo never dlsoboyod tho law
ngalnst plural uinrrlnges, but have
boon hnjdlng my wives us wives, and
havo had 11 children by thom slnco
is;io."
Tho witness admitted ho was nc
coinpanled by a plural wlfo to the
St. UmiH fair dedication, also to a
reception to President Roosevelt at
Halt Lake.
Mr. Taylor doveloped from the
witness that Apostle Teusdalo,
John Taylor, II. W. Morrill, Hobor J.
Grant anil John Honry Smith were
polygamlats and nro now supporting
more than ono wife.
"As head of tho church I could not
condemn thom as I havo tho same
practice mysolf," said Prosldont
Smith.
PERUVIAN EARTHQUAKE8.
Most Severe Seismic 8h&llng Up In
Quarter of a Century.
Lima. Poru, March 4. Karthquako
shocks, tho worst reported in years,
Thursday in tho Interior, did great
damago. No figures on losses as
yet.
Shocks rocommoncea tins morn
ingmost sovero in a quartor of a
century.
Returned From Wedding Trip.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Rolffo httVO re-
turnod from a trip to tho noma of
Mr. Rolffo In Newburyport, moss,,
where thoy wont sevoral weoks ago
on their wedding trip. Mr. and Mrs,
Rolffo will mnko their futuor home
In this city, bo bolng tho engineer in
chnrgo of tho improvomont work of
tho W. & C. R.
Strlko at Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, March 4. la
borers on tho Paco electric
railway havo gone on strike.
Several hundred are out, re
fusing to submit to a cut in
wages from $1.75 to (1.40.
Tho contractors threaten to
put foreigners on the Job.
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