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l- Milt ftf Id. be fc PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OTtEGON, SATURDAY, MATtClt 12, 1904. NO. 4094. i B m. J mm- A fc Mf8HK ' Tonight ami Sunday light rain I 1 mm0t0M J-V m rtg0tMOfKfm' or snow; warmer tonight. 1 . " " " - (vol. I flflf SS OF THE HE CMTLE SALE ome Very Fine, Registered and Guaranteed Animais Going Cheap. k FEW CASES OF MILD SCAB ARE AMONG THEM. b Will Be Dippea m .".. jnce with Government Law, ana Will Be Ready for Shipment in Wout Two Weeks-Finest Collec lion o, Blooded Herefords and Shorthorns Ever Gotten Together .... p... i let of Sales to Date. Bessie 3. $150, Moore; Mary Dalrym plo, $175, McDonald; Hlllcrcst Hero, $1,000, J. H. Glide. Sacramento; Mar quis, $190, J. H. Hagcr o Heppner; The Bird, $150, Moore; Verbal, $195, J. W. Foley. unrnfnrrts "nrlcht Hone. $305. A. J. Splawn, North Yakima; Song Bird, $350, T. Uate; uapnee, sou, j. a. Wood; Bonnlo Maid, $135, E. E. Bal Uzoro, Pendleton; uiara nesioa, i&u, A. J. Splawn. Hllcrest Hero, the Shorthorn bull bought "by J. H. Glide of Sacramento, is a. 4-ycar-old. and one ot tho fin est In tho West. Elgltha, bought by Frank Brown T.ndd for 1275. was formerly sold "by Urown to Wade for $1,000. Tho Herefords aro not soiling as well as was thought would be brought at tho first of tho sale. To Report Upon the Guilt of One-third of the Member ship of That Body I .... nf the Wade cattle nt the IOC MIL . nc vx Yard today Is a great Item of interest to the majority of tho i. Tho vnrrts nave oeen uiruut- id an day with crowdB of visitors tia aie garnered to uo o.c ud lid on the animals as they are I inmjit out. TDe saies na.e uu m to tie expectation oi uo uuti j iv. .tnct nnd while nrlccs are tcA Ut were originally given lor I (Hie tittle, in many caBes it is mi I i.i... u k Viniwri fnr under nres i i r, . L VWWU W . .- J . 1 -traditions in the market. it vesterdav after- mmi thit Iks herd was afflicted with the niajt. or scab, and that tho sale vnnM h hotit nn this morning, but lie oinien announced when the sale owned tiit the officer of the govern- Best buresu of animal Industry had Inspected the stock and found them to be Infected In some caBes with icsb, but that the sale would not be beld up tr reason of the discovery, ud that all cattle In the band would be dipped according to the require nente of the government before be in; shipped. The law requires that all animals opposed to be affected with the tangc, or scab, shall be dipped twice In 1 tirpsprlheit snlntlnn liefnrn helnc transported on any railroad. It will take about two weeks for the stock . io w flipped, and allowed time lor me vxxm inspection. The stockmen In attendance are well pleased with tho no.tlnn nf the government officers, as they them selves cannot afford to mingle any Infected animals with their herds. If the law had been enforced a couple of years ago. Oregon stock would nave been today free from any con tagious diseases. It Is the freely expressed opinion . - . iub saie irom uu Jiarts of me country, that the hand now on sale is the best collection of blooded cattle ever seen In the West Every one of the original stock has been bought, regardless of expense, and represents, therefore, tho best blood that could be brought together, fn? ?mU,8 catUe are In tho list, tl !MCa ves show a eood points as the old stock. nnT(hne(.ca"'e wWch have been sold hp to the time of going to press, aro: HUNTINGTON-LEWISTON ROAD. Charles M. Reed Said to be Backing the Proposition Is Reputed to be Bankrupt. Tlnlrni- HUv Mllrp.h 12. It IS aU- thorltatlvely stated here that M. O. Reed, who has ben at the head of tno Huntlngton-Lowiston Snake river winri in nnt nlilfi to build the road and that Charles M. Reed who was to furnish tho capital is a bankrupt and therefore is not able to raise me It is given out that the Erie, the Pennsylvania and tno O. it. 4i w. are jointly interested In tho project, and will endeavor to get any right of way concessions held by the Reeds. New Catholic Cathedral. Syracuse, N. Y., March 12. The new CathoKc cathedral of the Im maculate Conception will be dedi cnterl tnmnrrow with much pomp and ceromony. The Papal Delegate Archbishop Falconio, Bishop Burke of Albany and a number of other distinguished prelates arrived today to take part in tne ceremonies. GAR BARNERS WILL ALL HANG DEATH PENALTY FOR THREE DESPERADOES. Sentence Received In Stolid Silenc Neld5meyer Was Smiling and Con' temptuous Verdict Meets the Ap nroval of Practically the Entire Population. HOUSE COMMITTEE W1L LI NVESTIGRT E NEW DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL IS APPOINTED. He Has Been Active In Working Up Evidence In Prior Postal Fraud Swindles Present Investigation Is to Determine the Guilt or Inno cence of Over One Hundred .Sixty Representatives Who Are Accused of Various Grafts. Washlncton. D. C. March 12. Tho speaker announced the following committee to Investigate tho Bristow nhnrp-nK - McCall of Mass., chairman; Hltt of Illinois; uurton or unio; jueicaii oi r-i .1. I ' 1 . T 1 frvn.n,. iaiuurmu, ruiiuuijuaiis. .lcui'i uiuii, nf Vo lorisw Ttarflett nr Oenrela: TMnrinrrlenn nf Alnrmmn. flpmnrrats. None named on the committee are mentioned in the Bristow report. The chairman savs he will call a commit tee meetlnc today to organize to pursue the inquiry without delay. Nominations by President. Tho nrfRldpnt has Kent the follow tne- nominations to the senate: Robert M. Richardson, postmaster at Sacramento: Charles E. Robb, of Vermont, to be assistant attorney general. Robb is now assistant at torney general in the postoffice de nartment and active In the invest! gatlon of postal frauds. Passed Pension Bills. Tho. hntiKn this mornlne nassed 25C pension bills, and made Salt Lake a port or delivery. , EXPOSITION STAMPS. SiU. I- . .. wb, in ueiau. Orceon v,Z T. QQ' 300' Eastcn Own l?PerlmeDt Statl0; Latenl' "n, $250, same hnvo,. t.i. WW J H S-Yak,ma' en Sen m vbank Queen, n ML"CD.?a d' Walla Walla; Ro- Pearl ism u"ae: Crimson $0 'a ";AP.I; vely Lady. nubr VXk 8.am.! buyer; Fashion's la- VIolM n alcwonald, Walla Wal- Brooker NoriT v.i i 6"1' t Von Yakima: Son Rnn. I 111 d 1Mb" CTate 'oro; Moon nSnnpto Moore- Ech: ows Lawn .m11 Pa8hlon Mead- Priment station. a8.ter? 0reEOn Ex Donald Utiv :. Utenl 2- 235, Mc ry Dalr, ,20' Jess Moore; Mary dm M- F- Gone, Pomeroy; Va"ien, m F2' St. John; Dolly 8toUon gSS? 0reEon Experiment Vlok? n R8e' 160- C 8. t Of'" to Surrender. Aa,M.U.12-Th0 r n M .aered t0 our ontoe tallan govornr. ltt hanii0(Jltlon ' not bo- nhlnon Mnrnli 1". Tim lurv re turned a 'verdict of. guilty and fixed th nonnitv nf death for Marx. Van- Dino and Neldemeycr, the car barn ers. The defendants received the ver dict in stolid slienco. Neldemeyer smiled sarcastically. VanDIne's mother gasped, but did not faint. Mrs. Neldemeyer apparently did not real ize the situation. The lawyers mado the usual motion for now trial. The prisoners, surrounded by 20 officers, filed from the room, VanDinc leading erect and with disdainful smile on his lips. The Jurors wero overwhelmed by a vast crowd with congratulations. PACKING HOUSES COMING. Monte B. Gwlnn of Boise, Enthusias ts Over Prospects of Stockmen's Plants, . iAn. rt nwlnn. Koi'retarv of tho Idaho Woolgrowors" Association and a director of tho Independent Pack ing Company, who visited his brother. J. H. Gwlnn In thlH city, several davB this week, sava of tho prospects ot the Independent Packing Com pany, to tho Oregon Dally Journal; "Within CO days wo expect uj ou m a position to state just what, whero and when we will bogin operations," said Monte II. Gwlnn of Boise, secre tary of the Idaho Woolgrowers- At- .nnUHnn nnH linn Of tllO PrOmOlCrS of tho Independent packing concern. Mr. Owlnn, nccompanieu ui . SUsunonberg of Caldwell, a promi nent banker, arrived in Portland last night. Ho will bo !u Portland two or throe days. Continuing In regard 10 mo pair ing house. Mr. Gwlnn said: "Every .ono is busily at work with his coat off and there is no doubt but that wo will make the proposition m Ti,t a snnn nc wo seo where wo aro and show the people wo can do tho business, tho money win iu Tho Independent Packing Company cannot help but bo a success. Kansas City Is looked upon as tho base of operations, and it is pro sumod that tho Missouri town will ho tho site of the main packing Plant. Mr. a winn, in speaking of Portland s chances of securing one of tho brancii packing houses, said: ... , 'Personally, I favor Portland, and will give It all the support I can, but Juat what will he dono depends largely upon circumstances.' volunteer spy, la said to have disclosed to the Japaneso govornmont, accurate plana Four Hundred Million Will Be Issued May 1 Washington, D. C, March 12. Tho Bureau of Printing and Engrav ing Is working overtime Just now on the new stamps to be issued in com' mpmnratlnn of the Louisiana Pur chase Exposition. Though the stamps will not be placed on sale he fnm Mnv 1 ponsldcrablo time Is re quired to turn them out as tho total number will amount to almost 4U0, rinn nnn. Tlmsn who have seen advauco proofs of tho stamps declare them to be superior from an artistic sianu ,iiit tn nlMipr thn fihlcaco or Buffa lo exposition Isbugs. The series is tn tnrliirto a one-cent stamp, with a portrait of Robert R. Livingston; PORT ARTHUR IS AGAIN ONDEH FIRE Property Damaged, Lives Lost and Persons Wounded Dur ing Bombardment. BELIEVED A JAPANESE CRUISER WAS CRIPPLED. Russians Burned the Korean Side of WIJu and Are Evacuating the Place and Fleeing Northward on Account of Japanese Advances Northward Siberian Railway In Bad Shape, and Famine Threatens In .Some Provinces. St Putprshnrir. March 12. Dnrlnc Thursday's bomuaroment or rori Ar tlmr snvc .i illsimtrh this afternoon thn npur town sustained tho createst damage. A lawyer named Sldorskl, a woman and several Chinamen wero killed, and several Chinese wnnniloil. ripn Stnpsnl and staff were sprinkled with Bhell splinters, but received no injury. A JaD ronclad was struck uy a Russian shell, and seen to slowly draw nut of ranee, r.rlnnled. nnrlnt thn bombardment a sncu burst eight yards from tho house of Pnlnnnl llsrnn TTVank. lnturlniT his wife and decapitating his daughter, both of whom wero in tne nouse. OPPOSED TO CLEVELAND. Formidable Opposition In Now Jer sey, His Home State. Camden. N. J.. March 12. Tho movement started In this stato to nrnvnnt thn frlnmla of nx.Prosldcnt Cleveland from controlling tho Now Jersey delegation to tno democratic natlonnl convention will gntnw ncau way at a dinner to bo given hero to night nnd which will ho attended by a number of nutl-Clovoland men from Washington, Philadelphia and other cities. DnnrnEnn tnttvn Pnphrnn nf M1r- Bourl, who recently made a vehement nnnrh ncnlnst thn nv-nrnsldont In tho house has accepted nn invitation to deliver an nuurcss at tno dinner. Mr. Cochran, It Is expected, will re llnrnto thn HnntlmnntR exnres8Cd In his recent address on tho floor of tho house, In tho courso of which ho said that ho would rather voto for Unnlipn Wnohlllirtnil thntl flir (IrOVCT Cleveland, and than rather than voto for Washington ho would go to Jail. JAPANESE DIET. Will Be Expected to Appropriate 70,000,000 Yen. Toklo. March 12. Owing to tho unanimity with which all parties ami classes nro sumiorunc tho gov eminent In Its conduct of tho wnr tho nrocram prepared by tho mikado and his ndvlsors will be carried thrniipli without a hitch hv tho O.ot which meets in spocinl session to mnrrnw It Is not believed tho session will Inot mnrn thntl tun llavS. TllO Drill clpal business will bo to mnko tho necpRsarv arrangements for tho pro nosed loan of 70.UOU.UUU yen. i no nmnunt will lw. rntnpil tmrtlv hv In creaslnlg tho Incomo nnd land taxes. by Increasing tho duties on spirits nnd tobacco and by creating certain new taxes. CRITGH LOW BEING -El Russians on the Run. Roniil. Marph 12. It Is reported here that the Russians set fire to Wl.Tn nn thn Korp.m sldo of the Ya- lu, and retreated across the river into Manchuria. A complete Russian evac uation Is proceeding, duo to tho Jap anese advances to the northward. Railroad In Bad Shape. St. Petersburg, March 12. The chief Inspector of tho Trans-Siberian railway reports the lino In bad con dition. Trackmen aro neglecting their duties, snow 13 piling and land slides threaten. Other reports revert to tho fact that famine threatens Tomsklklta, Vervhollckskl and all Intermediate villages on account of tho stoppage of ordinary traffic to allow the trans portation of troops. Food at theso places has reached prohibitive prices. Fleet Disappeared. London, March 12. A Port Arthur Central News wire last evening states that tho Japaneso squadron, which disappeared after tho bom bardment .and torpedo fight of tho 10th, had not yet returned yestor- ,1nv mnrnlnir Thn RllBHlan SQUadron portrait of Robert H. Livinpion - - returnInf, , tho two-cent, wan a poiara... ui e - . . Bchtni, tho Inffnrsnnr throe-Cent. with a POr trait of James Monroe; five-cent, with a portrait of William McKln ley. and ten-cent, with small map outlining the territory Of the Ixnils- lana Purchase. THREE DROWNED. Vast Areas Inundated by California High Water. Stockton. Cal.. March 12. An aged white man nnd two Japaneso aro known to have been drowned Friday In tho storm flooded district. Tho galo raised Immense waves on tho 50,000 acres of inundated re clamation, which is completely sub merged. Tho coroner left In a launch for tho flooded country to day. Many rescue parties are out in boats and will not return before night Terrific Prairie Fires. Ft. Worth, Texas, March 12.-Ter rltfic pralrlo fires aro raging In the Indian Territory, north of Vlnlta. Tho country is completely swept of farm houses and barns. Loss Is heavy. Murder and Suicide. Now York, March 12. Lizzie Oray was. found dead In bod this morning with her skull crushed. Robert J. Gray, her husband, was asphyxiated. Tho police believo it was murder and suicido. Chicago Grain. Chicago. March 12. May wheat opened 90, closed 9C; old July opened 91, closed 93; new opened 90, closed 91. July corn opened 61, closed Cl. Profits Falling Off. Now York, March 12. A reduction of profits of nearly CC per cent la shown In tho annual statement of the United States Steel Corporation, which waB made public today. Oklahoma Fire. Frederick, Okla.. March 12.- Four- rtf P hST Md DalnV teen buWss houses burned ,ast afternoon without sighting tho cue my. Deporting Japanese. St. Petersburg, March 12. All the Jap residents along tho Trans-Siberian railroad, and thoso living at Blag ovenstchensk, have been removed to Irkutsk, as tho authorities fear they might injure tho railway. Jap Soldiers Going North. Seoul, March 12. Tho city Is al most deserted by tho Japanese sol diers, who bavo gone north. Tho streets are patrolled by Korean sol diers, while tho foreign legations continue to be guarded by marines. Tho funeral of tho lato dowager empress will take placo Monday. American Minister Allen has gono to China on a Japaneso transport. Russian Rejoinder. St. Petersburg, March 12. The offi cial rejoinder is made to the Japan ese disclaimer of a violation of Kore an neutrality. It says the latter ar gument Is valueless, as Korea in January promulgated her neutrality In thn nnvnra thnrpfnrfi. no state of war can give the Japaneso the rigbt to violate tier neutrality. Japan's contention of self-defense In her attack on the Russian ships at Chemulpo Feb. 9 . false, because of Korea's neutrality proclamation, Tannn'a tAnlnl nf Intprfproncn With I Russian telegrams over the Danish cable is termed raise, ana an instance cited wherein Boron de Rosen at To klo, did not receive a message for three days. ( 8uit for Divorce. A suit tor dlroroe was filed this morning In tho office of the county cierK by liarney v. ttnerry against his wife, Laura B. Sherry. Toe plaintiff alleges that he and the de- who falls at everything else marries Id wen. PROPATRIA IS PROBABLY LOST WEALTHY PARI8IANS WERi: THE PASSENGERS Last Seen Off tho Newfoundland Banks, With Heavy Fogs Prevail Inn It is Probable She Went Down In Collision With Fishing Boat or Ice. GROSS MED Ex-Attorney-General Insisted That There is No Bitterness in His War on Smoot, CONDITIONS ARE NO WORSE THERE THAN PRIOR TO 1890. Crltchlow Thinks Unlawful Cohabita tion Is Worse Than Legalized Po Igamy, But It It Not So Regarded by Antl.Mormon Legislation His Only Opposition to Smoot Arose From the Latter's Subserviency to His Church. Halifax, March 32. It Is generally believed the steamer Propatrln, from St. Plerro to Martinique, has gono down. A few weeks ago tho steumor struck bottom. Tomorary repairs wero made, but probably not sum clpnl. to stand un Ico Jnm. Tho Ponatrla had, besides her crow, CO passengers, many of them wealthy Parisians going home. 'I no captain and crow of tho French ca bio steamer Pouvler Qunrtlor, weru also aboard. A Gloucester fishing schoonor, Tho Hack Bay Bosun, 0C0 tons, was last sighted nearly on tho southern Liver pool route tho day before tho Pro patrla was last scon, and llko tho latter has not slnco boon Been. Ex perienced coast and banks navigators lncllno to tho belief that thoro has been a.dlsaHtrouH collision In tho fogs, or that both havo been down by tho samo Ico field. Washington, March 12. Br. Mary Walker waR first to reach tho sonato commlttco room this morning to hear tho testimony In tho Smoot caso. Vnncot for tho dofunso, resuming tho examination, of ex-Attorney Gouoral Crltchlow, asked whether ho oxpoct cd to recolvo pay for his sorvlcos In preparing a caso against Smoot, and received a nogntlvo roply. Mr. Crltchlow added ho did not bo llovo It was fair to say his opposition to tlio Mormon cnurcn nan uio bubhi est bltternosB In IL Ho admitted ho know of no general conditions oxlst- lug In Utah today not iuuy uiscioseu to congress prior to tho passngo of tho act admitting Utnh as a stato. Examined as to which ho held to bo tho moro serious offonso, Utah polgamy or unlawful cohabitation, Crltchlow gave tho opinion that among pooplo generally unlnwful co. habitation was moro serious. It was shown, bowovcr, thnt In all laws paHsed In Utah polygamy was tho moro soveroly punished. DlHcusBlng Smoot's candidacy for the Bennto ho said ho himself was n member of tho convention that choso Smoot nnd movod iib a rnnttor of courtesy to mnkn tho nomination. unaiilniouB after having fought It. Admitted tunt If Smoot wero a non Mormon, or thought a member of tho church, if ho wero not at ono with ItH general authorities, ho would bo thoroughly accoptahlo to tho wit ness an a senator. Ah to tho cm trol of my church over Srnoot'H actions, Smoot, bolng a member of thu highest council, would bo so Imbued with a doslro for bar mony that If It decided to do cortnln things ho would havo to do It or got out of tin. npofltlnato. Tho witness declared thero wub a resorvo forco maintained by the church, which would uitnblu It to affect political olectlous as It pleased. run Senator Clark Recovering. New Yorak, March 12. Convales cent from a recent oporation, Sena tor Clark of Montana, returned today from Bermuda on tho Bteamer Trinidad. PREPARING FOR BEET CROP. Land Is Being Plowed and Experts Will Plant First Seed. Echo Is going to glvo tho sugar beet a thorough tost this year, Tho sugar company Is now preparing land on tho farms of C. It. Lislo, 8. I, LIbIo and O. D. Toel, for experi mental crops and will uso every ef fort to try tho plants on the dlfforont kinds of soli in that vicinity. Tho recent storms havo some what hindered the work of prepara tion, but plowing Is now being dono, nnri w. R nramwnll. field sunerinten dent of the sugar company will sup erintend the planting when tho time comes, and tho crop will bo .watched nnd cultivated in the most scrupu lously careful manner, in order to o curo tho best results from the oxper Jment. Prominent La Grande Woman. La Grando, March 12. Mrs. N. IC. West, wlfo of Lii Grande's binding merchant, died after, a lingering III nosB, at 0 o'clock last night. Hho was a natlvo of Snlom, and canio to this city four yearn ,ugo. How Radium Is Secured. Tho news comes from Paris that the operation of extracting radium mm tho ores has been considerably fondant were married on June 3, 1897, shortened. The preliminary process, ... .. - . . f I If. I . . , I. ma.Alnl in Ri fn .i.ia .Hv atnti n DocrT. on o n Tin ntiufni-i rMiui un i .1 ii luam iw. w IU I i RUU CMIUW (,M - ' .. I . J I ...... f . I tIT human treatment as tne cause oi i ooruturjr uuura-iuu", the action. His attorney is Dan P, Smythe. occupies ono month, whereas It has previous ly taken three months. It Is estimat ed that up to tho present about iw ItJU Ui U,' VV " ---tons of ore have been used to pro a - Ann flf.Vi nf on mmpK nf uce about one-fifth of an ounco of radium. IDAHO IRRIGATION LAW. State Commission Gradually Remov. Ing the Old Tangles. Tho" mornhers of thu stuto board of Irrigation continued tholr labors yes terday, Bays tho DoIko Btatosman. ItoportB from tho various soctlons show nu Increasing tendoncy among water users to tako full advantage ot tho law In roapoct to tho distribu tion of water and a clearer under standing of tho provisions of tho act. In connection with present litiga tion It should bo romomhorod that tho litigation over wator rights now going on In different parts of tho stato Is not by any means caused by tho operat'on of tho present law but Is tho rosult of complications arising from long yenrs of a luck nf a sys tem of ascertaining urid recording wator rights. In fact, much or thu friction, so far arising In Iho operation of tho law bus been, tho commissioners havo found, lu tho coustructlon and appli cation of uecroes of tho courts which. In TTiiinv pases havo bocu vaguo and Bomotlmcs conflicting. Theso mat ters however, aro being gradna..y straightened out. The "Green-Eyed Monster. Buda Pest, March 12. Count Csaky, rotated to Kubo Ilk, tho violinist, by marriage, and who is secretary to tho Bulgarian minister of the In terior, shot bis wlfo and a commercial traveler Friday evening. Both wero injured and aro In a serious condition. They deny being acquainted with each other. fortifications'. " 7