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lYEVENINBEDjljON DAILY EVENING EDITION K-rTIti,.V in the one EThe ntonVhomes, and I., at goes Into c . ra of the WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight ami Thursday occa sional light rain or snow. fr"1 by that's why the eve Sypa St" t "turns t adveru'- PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OTCEGON, WEDS ES DAY, MAHCH S), 1004. NY). 1091. VOL IT. FAVORED SiOT FIR TIE SENATE (president Smith, Recalled, Gives Some Interesting Testimony. president brigham young ACADEMY A POLYGAMIST. t Is the Duty of Bishops to Investl- gate the Moral Character of All Of ficial Members of the Church "Revelations Do Not Come'at Will, But As the Spirit Moves," Which is Smith's Experience "Sealing for Eternity" Is Recognized. Washington. March 9. President Smith was called to the witness stand again thlB morning ana questioned labout an Interview In tho Deserot News of December 3, 1902, In which lie was quoted as uuvocaung uiu fetation of Smoot to the senate. He admitted the accuracy of tho report. JEiaminea as to uuiijuiiuu uiougu, Jr, president of tho faculty of Brig- foam loung Acauemy, au uummuu Clongh was a polygamlst, but said he loia ioi Know uis wives, nrnuui is u trustee in the academy. k Asked whether ho had Beon tho LttatAinftnlt nuhllahnri thnf- Alirnlinm cannon naa married Gillian namnn lis late as 1898, Smith said ho had bald no attention to that charge, bo- Fause It had como from newspapers iclonsly bitter toward the church. "Sealing for Eternity." From the Rnmn nnnrno ht linrl anpn statement that Cannon claimed i De entitled to talco Lillian, Hamlin I a Dlural wife hnrnnnn rihn hnrl leen betrothed to his dead brother. I He has Rnpn tho Htntnmnnt rtrtntnri Ihat Apostle George Teasdalo took a iurai who since 1890. As head of e church he had felt called upon o investigate it i tlm hii.v ., l.inh. OPS to investlcate tho mnrnl nhnrnn. per of the official members of tho fcnurch. Dubois askpri u-linllim- T M1I TI.. h, . ...i.. iillllUM tv Vv a chlld named Cannon, and r- sue ciaimeu for that child ft share of the Cannon estato. "Could not nro It w .,. Bald "'" iuu witness The Chalrmnn nelrnJ l un if fctnrnltv" "tU " OBU11I1E lor. W. 1 vlnE mortals. "Had heard r- .usiaoces. Whether h v-.i .... , Intinn .1. i "-""veu any rovo- E: "wu sustained bv tho hurch. Smith oou .i... .. hcelve reV; , r '.ul". ma.n. c0.u" benatnr iin-i- ,.. . . tiled hi. .... hc" now 110 recon li?Js.ltateon' "at It Is not sun- ivoidd';; ' ( "! church B890 with .hi, 1 .7 marriages sinco tracers 8tlMefact, hat 80mo ths0 pmcers still are living wUh plural The rpnlv ........ Inly that ,m. . WB llavo fo"- ""I Eft0'111, but tho state In Utah mrC "g, ??nltIons Eursulnc h 1B83 jnat'iy us In arTtl,00"80. 'lid in re- fot belle ZZ "'arnaEes, and I do N0 Emperor" for him. h:"" De Not Want Fred- Wa m " . !- B at W"hington. lonal. eVaT,r' .Marcn 9-DurlnK tho (mate Sent. n uay- uui ln th0 urnoso nDhl ?acon "enounced tho I stati.fi SLD. government to erect inted by th tho Grcnt' nr- I" nation-. capUa ' m,,oror Bt "a thoucht ti, ' Ised and th vmvT0T 's action ill by the Jnoua0contanco tho e.l that such lmsty- Ho rt his country! V f 11,0 1)001,10 s, tho aged I ,iinrLo.rd AuKU8t'" Is deadf dlp,nmat "nd states- Monday, 1 amt!F. Q"oe. i iiiuvuio girl. BARRETT TO PANAMA. Oregon Man Succeeds to the Isthmus Mission. "Washington, March 9. Tho presi dent has decided to appoint John Barrott of Oregon to bo minister to Panama vice Buchanan, resigned. He will be succeeded as minister to Ar gentine by Arthur Beaupre of Illi nois, now minister to Colombia. Beau pre will bo succeeded by W. W. Rus sel, of tho District of Columbia, now In charge at Panama. Barrett was formerly minister to Slam. City Has No Authority. Kansas City, March 9. Tho su premo court has decided the city as no authority to regulato tele- phono tolls, the company being a creature of tho state. Fifteen Hundred Homeless. Wllkesbarre, Pa., March 9. Three bridges were swept away and 1,500 homeless people havo fled to tho mountains at Bloomsburg. Robert Taber Dead. Saranac Lake, N. Y., March 9. Robert Taber, actor and divorced husband of Julia Marlowe, died last night. Prince and Princess. Toklo, March 9. It is announced that Prince and Princess Arizugawa win represent the mikado at the St. Louis expdsltion. Shipping Bill Passes Senate. Washington, March 9. The senate has passed the Philippine shipping bill. CITY HALL TO BE A COURT LA GRANDE WILL GIVE UNION COUNTY A NEW BUILDING. Bonds to Be Voted at Coming Elec tion Will Be .for the Purpose of Building a Court House for La Grande, to Be Presented to the People, If the County Seat is Re moved to That City. Ia Grande, March 9. Whilo the city will vote on $25,000 bonds, for the ostensible purposo of building a city hall at the coming election, the real purptse Is to build a hall suita ble for a court house, to be presented to the county, In case tho county seat Is moved from Union to La Grande. Tho main objection to the removal of tbo county seat has been that tho cost of a new court house would be a heavy load on tho taxpayers, and to avoid this objection In the coming county-seat removal campaign, this city proposes to presont to tho coinr ty a now building suitable In every way for a court house. If the county seat Is not removed to this city, the hall will servo as a city hall. It will bo built in a sub stanlal manner to cost at least $25,- 000 and will be a much more Impos ing building than tho present coun ty court house at Union. 1 L AND NO T TO FLANK POUT ARTHUR Bombarding Outlying Points in That Vicinity as a Blind. Reported Destruction of a Russian Squadron. The Authorities at Washington Deny That Russia Has Refused to Al low American Attaches to Join Her Army Turkey Orders Two More Battleships American Builders Russians Capture a, Telegraph Station In Korea, and Are Resisted by Korean Soldiers Czar Falls Heir the Throne of a German Province, But Renounces it. ' to Washington, March 9. The navy department has Chee Foo advices which state that a largo Japanese land force has arrived at Fung Wang Chang and Tahin. These points are so located, It Is believed tho Japan Japanese squadron met Russian cruisers In the vicinity of Polsset bay and gave battle, tho result of which Is not made known. Tho purposo of tho Japanese ships ln proceeding to Vladivostok waB not FRENCH STEAMER WRECKED. LYNCHED SPRINGFIELD Foundered and Sunk In Storm In In dian Ocean. Paris, March 9. Official details havo been received of tho loss of th 1 French steamship Cambodge, near Rangoon, India, February 17, for Kuropo, off tho coast of Cochin Chi na. It Is believed 100 persons perish-1 ed In a terrlfflc storm. A scries of hugo waves broke over tho ship, Sormgl f0 FftV(Ml MlirHorS in which finally sank In eight motors of MU' 'u LIUVLII IVIUIUUb III water. Help was sent from Saigon. SEATTLE REPUBLICAN. Tw Years in Clark County, Ohio. Largest Party Majority In the History of the City. ' Seattle, March 9. The republicans THE VICTIM SHOT AND have carried tho city by' a majority of 4,000, tho largest In tho history of the city, nilllnger, bond of tho tick et, Is elected by 1,200, being slashed by antl-corporntlon republicans. Blew Up a Bridge. Vienna, March 9. Itnllnn work men, with dynamite, today blow up a bridge over tho rlvor llegns, In Hun gary, killing tho Clerman engineer, Llncbach, and two others, and injur ing four. KILLED A POLICEMAN. Negro Dive Afterward Destroyed and a General Cleaning Out of Negroes and Their Places of Business Is Threatened The Mllltla Has Been Ordered Out and Serious Trouble Is In Sight Judge Mower Declares the Lynchers Will Be Prosecuted. ese are on tne missian Ilanit, anil no uomoaru tno town, out to locate i the naval attacks at Port Arthur and jReltzcnsteln's ships, which aro Tallen Wnn were merely a diversion thought to havo left tho harbor. Tho to distract attention. 'Japanese squadron Is sufficiently strong to divide, one portion guard Did Not. Snub America. !'nE the harbor, tho other seeking ino Berlin statement that permission has been refused to havo American mili tary attaches with the army. Bombarding Forts Near Port Arthur. Toklo, March 9. Japanese war ships Tuesday evening bombarded Fort Tallen Wan on Korean bay. Later they proceeded to Port Arthur and bombarded the fortresses there. Capture Telegraph Station. Seoul, March 9. A small party of Russians seized the Korean telegraph station at Yung Won today. A re ported fight occurred between Kore ans and Russians on the Korean side of the Tumen river. Japs Seize Contraband Meat. Nagasaki, March 9. The govern ment lias seized 2,100 barrels of meat on the steamer Coptic, Just from San Francisco. Tho meat was consigned to Port Arthur. Renounces Succession. Berlin, March 9. The czar has re nounced the succession to tho ducal throne of Oldenburg, to which he is entitled in the event of tho death of the males of the present dynasty. In calculable complications would en- Elder Statesmen Convene. Toltlo, March 9. Tho older states men meet tomorrow to discuss the ways and means of prosecuting tho war. Triple Stores Burned. Scranton, Pa., March it. Fire last nicht destroyed tho trlnlo stores of Springfield, O., March 9. Richard Goldsmith Buznar, and dnmnged two Dixon, a negro, who fatally Bhot Po other buildings, lxiss, $200,000. Ilccmnii Charles Collins yostorday. . wan taken from tho county Jail at Strike In Chicago. this placo last night by a mob of 800 Chicago, March 9. Fivo thousand non and shot to death In tho Jail workers ynnl. Later tho body was hung to Increased a telegraph polo nt thu corner of painters and 800 cement struck this morning for pay and n closed shop. WOULD E THE LAND F OUT America Badly Snubbed. Berlin, March 9. Tho Lokal An zelger asserts that Russia has re fused permission to America to send military attaches with tho Russian forces In tho field, whilo free permis sion to continental powers is given. Probably Vague Rumor. London, March 9. No verification is yet received of tho Toklo dispatch stating that tho Vladivostok squadron sno should ho become the sovereign bas been destroyed or captured. It Mam street anil Fountain avunuo, and tho mob spent half nn hour rid dling thu body with bullets from sev eral hundred revolvers. Collins was Bhot by Dixon Sunday morning whilo tho lattor was In his room ln a hotel removing his bag gage. He aad decided to quit tho place, and fcnrlng trouble with Anna Corbln, a woman with whom ho was acquainted, Dixon asked Collins to go to tho hotel with him. Whilo In his room Dixon nud Miss Corbln quarreled, and Dixon Is said to havo shot hur In tho breast. Tho police man then attempted to arrest Dixon, when tho latter fired Into tho officer's First Report to Congress Contains a l"ly Inlllctlng fatal wounds. , . , . . ... . Aftor the shooting tho mob visited Plea for Repeal and Strict Revls- , binatlon ,vo and boarding Ion of Objectionable Laws Tim- house wich was tho scuno of tho ber and Stone Act, Desert Land Act murder of Collins, and burnod It. Tho and Commutation Clause Should Inmates had lied beforo tho mob nno reacneti tnu place. Mllltla Ordered Out. With tho arrival of soldiers this Washington, March 9. Tho great- morning order prevailed. Tho streets jPUBLIC LAND COMMISSION MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS. be Revised. CHICAGO WHEAT PIT. " Big Slump Due to Heavy Liquidation and Longs Are Big Losers. Chicago, March 9. May wheat, 921; old July, 89, 89; now July, 88'., 88. July corn opened at 51; closod at 49. May corn 54V4 to 55. Tho slump was duo to tho Ilqulda tlon of a number of millionaires and longs, who aro said to bo big losers. WADE CATTLE 8ALE. indicate In Souls. Nlu MarchVTll0 KlBln r-- 8ay8 a syndicate .7 I'l' Ittl of 21 nnn IP" Bt St T r.,',l . nas s r.7 "'" ior tho 1 "t city Z,ne lrls P during f?L ,mmornl ur. Mil- . c "u uvnnai. or .!, ". line , " u indicate nro Famous Herd of Thoroughbreds to Be Sold in This City Next Saturday. Tho famous herd of C. B. Wado thoroughbred cattle, consisting of about 100 head of roglstorea snort horns and Hcrefords, will be sold at tho O. K. feed yard, In this city, next Saturdny. by W. T. RIgby. This hord of cattle holds more premiums tnan a,ny other herd of stock In the Northwest, and has fur nished more prlzo winners than any othor herd over raised In Oregon. This will be nn elegant opportunl ty to securo some of this stock for Umatilla county and Eastern Orogon herds, and this oalo will bo attendpd by many of tho leading stockmen of tho county, on account of tho promt nonce of the stock to bo sold. REGISTERING SLOWLY. Twenty-Five per Cent of the Voters Are Now on tho Books. Tho roirlfltriitlnn Is progressing slowly but surely. At this tlmo South Milton Is m tho lead, with a total registration of 158. Umatilla, Wil bur and Bingham Springs nro the lowest In the list, with ouo votor each. To dnto a total of 1,234 votors havo registered out of a voting population of 5,000. Tho books cioso on May 15. of a federal state of the German em pire. Sultan Ordered Two Cruisers. Constantinople, Mnrch 9. The sul- .on Imo rinMrinil tn nriler two cruisers 'of the latest improved typo from tho 'Cramns. Naval Battle Reported. London, March 9. A Toklo dls patch reiterates the belief that a is thought mor. NO OBSTACLE TO TRANSFER. Canal Litigation Brought by Colom bia In French Courts. Paris, March 9. Tho case of tho Republic of Colombia against tho Panama Canal Company, (ln which the former seeks to prohibit tho Pan ama Canal Company from ceding its property rights to tho United States government) camo up for hearing ln tho French courts today. It Is freely admitted that Colom uin'a nnlv nlilect in pressing tho liti gation is to retain tho ownership of nut alm ntftir mnrlit Inwnnl I lw rormtil tin urn ft I rn 1 1 if (latum! ml tlila mnrn. to be another vague ru-()f lu timber an.i stone act ami tho Ing, tho ruins along tho railroad l,lnnrt Innil Inw linn tilHt tipnn mtliln. frnrl; linlni- tin. nnlv rmiiliitlnr nt 'in tho recommendation of tho public last night's stirring scenes, Through- Engagement In Progress. (land commission, appointed by Pros- out the series of mob acts not a per- Washington1, March 9. Tho com- Unt Roosevelt, to report on land son wuh scratched except tho victim mander or tho gunboat Helena at Jaw abuses. of lynch law, Richard Dixon. Yalnkow reports this afternoon an I Ths colnin,gBon cl)nB8t8 ,,f w. A. engagement is taking placo at Hmg jU(.nan8( commissioner or tho gen-' More Trouble Threatened. Wang Chang, and the Japaneso havo , ,um, 0lcn; 01ffor(, i.m(.lot, for. Sprlnglleld, March 9. "Look out, landed at "uslian. , ester, and F. H. Nowoll, chief of tho for tonight other dives surely will go I reclamation service, and Its recom- tho way of tho Lovee," Is a reinnrk -- - - -- inundation to congress Is that tho heard on all sides today, noon Kdward Hoch, a county auditor timber and stono act, tho desort Of 5,000 negroes In tho city fow of Marlon was named for governor, land law nnd tho commutation clause nro seen, Many havo loft tho city, Thomas' Murdock who selected of tho homestead law bo ropeuleil or tho balanco havo barricaded their Hoch, was stricken blind during the strictly revised to prevent rrnuils in Mouses. nnv tmuMllitfi manner. In,!.-.,- night Hearing Postponed. any possible manner. Iiii'i;c Mower this morning suld a It recommends that agricultural cpoclul grand Jury will bo called lia lands bo taken within forest reserves mediately to prosecute tho lynchors. with recard to tho natural bound- I no Jiiugo tunes tno riot na a per- ing TVuTlZi E' c'agS '"ICS neural - w. I. on the verge of inus ui' .ilium.,, i, ,,wktit,n muv - tillable land, regardless or tho sec- Hvde and Benson, set for this morn Ing, has been postponed until March 22. Infernal Machine Found. San Francisco. March 9. What is machine rnmlhlin TTlaV nroflt in the distrlbu tinn of the money uald by the United K.o.na tn tlm French company. In any event it is not believed that the outcome of the case will interfere in any way with tho transfer of tho concession of tho United States. HEYBURN IN DISFAVOR. was found on tho beach near Young " " . Corbett's training quarters this morn- n'rcaH ing. TIIU puneo uiu ii.vi;nnftii.h. i .tlon lines and comers. I If a body of tillable Inml Huh along a crock bottom, In a forest reserve, tho homesteader should bo allowed to tuko tho land, In any shape lo In clude all thu ulow-Iand upon tho to CONSIDERS IT ROBBERY. Dalles Times-Mountaineer Horrified at Cost of County Printing Here. Tho Dalles Tlmes-Mountalnoer, '.'"" ' t .1... TT..,f,l.1,i r.,.n nl l' oxcludo all proper for- , ' " ili lirii.llllK "... "I litunvHwi v'i Army Bill Passed. Washington, March 9. Tho sen ate passed tho army appropriation bill without any material modlflca-tlous. was womXn ROBBED? Spokane Citizen Attacks His Ceme tery Bill for That City. "Senator W. B. Hoyburn of Idaho, lloo introduced a bill in the senate of tho United States to set apart a park and graveyard on tho odgo of Coeur d'Aleno lake which, If passed, will bring such a pestilence to tho city of Spokane as will depopulate It" said Dr. D. C. Nowman, former health officer of Snokane, reports tho Spokane Lally Press. Tim Rnnknnn river haB a direct outlet from the lake, and if the citi zens of Spokane do not make a roar against tho passing or tno bill, tho city will bo in an unhealthy condi tion from the time tho first body Is laid In tho cemetery. r nnmint understand how Sonator Hoyburn could havo tho hardihood, .. ... , l Cnnlrnnn RO lv" " : o bl R. the train, as it seems Impossible to i,:' "U w n.n tannin nr this : believe that such a bold robbory H?v aTo comne led to use tho water could be committed ln daylight with which comes from the Coeur d'Aleno." Wallowa Woman Claims to Have Been Robbed of $40 While Trans ferring at Pendleton. Mrs. Harriot Powers of Wallowa, claims to havo been robbed of her satchel containing $40, whilo pass ing through this city, a few days ago. Her small grandson was wnn ner, and ho was carrying a satchol con taining the money, and in transfer ring from ono train to another in tho evening, It is claimed that some ono took the satchol from tho boy, and that It was not missed until after tho train had left tho depot and was wen nn thn mountain No roport was over made to tho doIIco or such a robbery, and It very so I llkoly the satchel was lost or loft on out discovery. SUGGE8T8 FISH SCREENS. ' '.' county paper would stir up If It woro ... . i . o ifi .... lt..l. Trie Inv utttn m.h. screens required by law for ' irrlgnt- 1cnon()i" ,rll0 IllKhcHt ,irico rharged In this county during years Is $1.50 an Inc.i," thn past 10 PAYING TAXES. POLITICIAN STRICKEN BLIND. Deepest Snow In Years. J, C. Oldham, bookkeeper nt Fletch er's sawmill, 12 miles from Woston, Athr. Nnmlnitrr! Governor Of 'u i" jvn.uua u.i uuiouun uoiv. Man Who Nominated uovernor ui Athmm Pmna that Kansas Meets With Strange Mo-.thoro ls ijoeper snow in tho moun fortune. tains now than ho has soon ln 13 Wichita. Kns., March 9. Tho ro- years. Tho roads aro almost Impas- mibllcan stato convention met nnd liable, aftor tho foothills nro roachod, organlzod ttila morning. This aftor- and ho looks for very high water. Trlhuiio, says: j "In Umatilla county tho nowspo nors charge $2,00 an Inch for advor- D Using tlollnquont tax solos. Tho A. W. Nye Answers Numerous Re- TrJlmno , iumoton last week pro quests for Information on Suitable suutcd a bill for 237 Inches or tax Fish Protection. alo publications, amounting to $C1C- ... . . .. .... . 20, A. W. Nye, uopuiy nsn ami guim , ,,oriiofH nest a Wasco warden huh ri:..-iv.ju iiniiiin onirics concerning the manner Ing ditches and mill races, and thcro Is a general incluiat.on uniting an tho rarmers to comply with tho law. Owing to tho ract that a small wlro screen will 1111 up with mud and trasli, ami ciioko up mo mini, mr. t h t Q t Adtfantaoe of the Nyo suggests, In unswer to tho niim- ur erous Inquiries that a screen ho Rebato uause. mudo or iron rods, from one-quarter Tho shoriff'B ofllco Is crowded theso to flvu-olghths of an Inch In diameter, days from tho tlmo It is open until according to tho slzo of tho stream, It Is closed with thoso who aro wait- and sot ubout a quarter of nn Inch Ing In lino to pay thoir taxes boforo apart, placed In a regular frame, ; March 15, when tno ronaio nause am! set nt an angle of about 45 de-.gocs out of effect. Tho oDlco turnod grees in tho stream, with tho lower over to tho troasuror today $13,528. end or tho rramo pointing up stream, 68. Tho sheriff has now turned In to to allow tho trash ln tho stream to the treasurer a total of $30,200. bp cast up higher on tho rnime, and not choke up tho passago for tho, stream. This trash can then ho eas- ily removed with a pitchfork. Mr. Nyo suggests tins as n suua- Rear-End Collision. bio and safe screen, nnd one which will provont most of tho small flsh from passing, and at tho same tlmo It will not choke up tho irrigating ditches and cause tho wntor to overflow. Tho Intention of tho law is to pro tect tho fish Industry, and yet not Intorforo with irrigation In tho least. All Industries must bo guarded by the law, and this kind or n screen. ho thinks, will answer tho best pur pose of any in uso, Jefferson City, Mo., March 9. Iu a rear-eud collision in a tunnel four railos oast'ot hero on tho Missouri Pacific this morning, Brakeinnn Wyant Novlns and Conductor Schu machor were killed. Severat wore lnjurod. A haW-drunk switchman caused tho wreck , by getting his signals confused.