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X DAILY EVENING EDITION WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight, rntii; cooler Fri day, probably fair. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OUEGON, TIIURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1004. NO. 4)J. VOL. 17 rrH I 1 cot vs v iYHWAxxj ... fU. that .ona M ,iil J Lt0S want. Try one. .tfrffl Hfcl " GIT! COUNCIL DDES BUSINESS Webb Street Controversy Left to Decision by the Street Committee. AN ISSUE WITH SEVERAL CONFLICTING INTERESTS. improvement of Willow Street Pass ed Up as Being Too Expensive City and Water Commission Buys a Lot to Protect the Intake Dis cussion of Storage Station for Ex plosives and Inflammables Devel ops Some Interesting Facts. . I In the absence of Mayor Matlock, nho had gone to Portland for a few days on business, Alderman Dickson presided at the council meeting Inst night. The street committee, to whom the matter of tho Improvement . at Willow street had been loft, ropoped against tho Improvement of ttio street at this time, and the council sustained them. At tho last meet Ins: of the council Bomo of tho resi dents of the street had asked for a pade to be established and author ttj given for the enforcement of the wkor grading and putting side on a portion of tho street. It us thought that owing to tho na ture cl the street it would bo too eipeislre. Pre and Con About Webb Street. A liquor license was Issued to Joo Hoch, and then the council took up consideration of the remonstrance against the improvement of Webb street. As S8 stated yesterday, a remon strance had been filed signed by 54 residents of the street protesting against the grading and improve ment of the Btreet at this time. The matter was discussed by all of tho council, The petitioners claim that they are unable to now bear the added expense of the grading, when they also have the sewer Improvement to pay for. One thing at a time was all that thoy could pay for. Bomo i l lesldents are those who bonsnt their homes on tho Install ment plan and had to mako tho pay ments tor them regularly. Thoy arc thus saddled with an extra expense tor the sewer, and cannot stand tho street work. It was also argued by them that 'iey not get as much bonoflt from the street as tho merchants and th?8 ,n,,e"' and that. therefore, hey should not be asked to bear all !J M,',nso of Krai"K. Tlioso countr'v 1!? ("", "10 Clty "om tho countrj to trade use the street more men Clse' nml thu business, Ue im U' ,mrve3t- Therefore, bdoairt r;'Vement' slnco thu Btrt!t should be borne by a city tax. not tax ml" ,h0 "tl,or more than . ''"l'rovomcnts charter ml,to' a-'cor'ng to Its the clttaJM1 by tllp co,mcl that of a cos or thn Mtt?urotod i,,ua he nrohPrtl f 11,0 work- Jlt of Brawl 50 U ? J100 ,0 wade and oxnendit Z t ',L0"e average Owl- ,'v, r' 520. 'snera th . 'arg0 number of, fed to tho 'c"'u"alraneo was rofer vwtlgation nn i mneo for in decision t0 U wlU 1)0 loft tho Councilman nn ,,., ..... p;'r Com between To repair! a,'n?rt ""'I .the lato as to mat- B in Hucn a el Coraml 1 to the power to act The rliv a Lot. lth the "B in coillunctlnn .' .7 In hloViTconm ssl". bought HU1 . OI inn rocnr-imHn Da half by th i, r eo'nmIssio ear the nnL'u0 cUv- Tho lot is Mlr f the cltv?n0,and 11 waa the wn the ,ro anii commission to ervethoSf. ty 'n. lor to con- ,the outhouses and barns on the property being near the intake pipo and the receiving well. Relating to Oil and Explosives. W. It. Withoo asked to speak on the subject of oil and explosives. Ho stated that the Standard Oil Co. has a house near the dopot In which was stored 22,000 gallons of illumi nating, lubricating and fuel ollThe house was close to the track, was built of wook and had a shingle root and was there fore vey dangerous to the safety of the public. At various places in the city there is stored vast quantities of black powder, dynamite and other power ful explosives. iJist summer there had beon stored in the Byers' ware house, by a commission firm, at one time, 10,000 pounds of black powder and dynamite, and when complaint was made tho oxploslves had been taken to Pointers' barn in the west end, and kept for six weeks before being shipped. Ho thought that an ordinanco should bo made to govern the handling of oxploslves and In ilammablo oils. The question was re ferred to tho Are committee, and an ordinance will be provided. The council then adjourned. NOT GOOD IN GERMANY. Degree of D. of D. S. Will Not Be Honored In That Country. Berlin, March 17. The supreme court of appeals has decided that tho degree, of doctor of dental surg ery from American colleges cannot bo recognized In Germany on the grounds that dental schools are pri vate institutions, not supervised by the government. PRIZES FOR RECRUITING SOLID SILVER SERVICES FOR WOODCRAFT WORKERS. Offer Is Confined to the Pacific Jur isdiction Trophies Consist of Gold .Watches, Silverware and Miscellan Certain Results Sure of Reward. Major Bean8ulclde8i C'hlsl0,1;-' 17 Plano for hlm"n V "lay 'o .beyt, Ma tnr' ?d wll" BliQ Chle' of h0 JV' ." Bet. aftment oT nmlssary, ,i0l fining at . 1,ra'n this '""antly 7, " e'r hotel, dymg alth- Mali'"?, beon Imrt June i wa to have sailed Mrs. Carrie Van Orsdall has re ceded at the office of the grand guardian the solid silver service and chocolate set which aro to bo given as prizes on June 30, to those mem bers who recruit a certain specified number of new members in the con test now on among tho circles of tho Women of Woodcraft In the Pacific Jurisdiction. Tho Pacitlc Jurisdiction comprises tho states of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Nevada. The three first prizes consist of a flno solid gold ladles' watch, which will bo given to each member who secures 75 now members to tho or- dor between January 1 and Juno 30; an elegant silver service which will bo given to each securing 60 names In the same length of tlmo; and silver chocolate set for 45 members Besides theso, thero are a numbor of other prlzos winch will bo givou at tho samo tlmo, tor different num bers of members gained. The good thing about tho prizes is that evory person In tho Jurisdiction who secures the stated number of members will bo presonted with tho prize offered. Thero will be as many prizes as there aro persons who fulfill the conditions of the con test. GERMAN THE STANDS PIT WITH INTERESTS OF 1 Will Hold the Rebellious Poles in Check While the Troops Reserved as a Home Guard Go to the Front. Russia Will Fortify the Baltic Sea Another Russian Torpedo Beat Ac cidentally Blown Up Japanese Populace Are Overconfident Ad miral Togo Again Threatens Port Arthur- Russian Fleet In Far East Said to Be Fully Prepared When the War Broke Out. Lemberg, March 17. Die Newspa per states that well informed circles in Warsaw declare the kaiser has written tho czar, that Russia may safely withdraw her troops from tho Polish frontier for use In the East ern war, as Germany Is ready to keep watch over the loyalty of the Poles. Russia Fortifying. Berlin, March 17. Die Lokal An zeiger reports that Russia Is making extensive additions to her fortifica tions along the Baltic Sea. Torpedo Destroyer Blown Up. London, March 17. Renter's Port; Arthur correspondent reportB that tho Russian torpedo boat destroyer Skori was blown up by a floating mine, and only four of the crew were saved. The Skorl was a sister boat of tho Stereguschtchl, sunk by the Jap tor pedo boat Thursday last oft Port Arthur. The two vessels were among tho largest In the Russian destroyer fleet. Jap People Are Over-Confident London, March 17. The St. James Gtzette's Toklo correspondent, via Shanghai to escapo the censor, states hat since the receipt of the news of the Japanese victories, the public has become over-confident. -regarding tho was ,i8 already over. The officials, however, remain calm and alert. Rutblans Were Prepared. St. Petersburg, March 1 7. Admir al Stackelburg, just from Vladivos tok, denies that the Russian squad rons In the Knr East wen1 not pre pared for the outbreak. The war had been foreseen for a long time and the ships nt Port Arthur and Vladivostok were in a perfect state of readiness. Shadowing Port Arthur. Paris, March 17. Tho Echo do Paris at St. Petersburg states a re port has reached there from Port Arthur to tho effect that Togo's squadron was again sighted Wednes day morning. Headquarters Moved. St. Petersburg, March 17. Llao Yang, 10 miles west of Mukden, on the railroad, has been selected as Kuropatkin's headquarters, Instead of Mukden. Tho point commands several roads. However, Kuropatkln will live on the railway train, mov ing his quarters to suit the needs of the hour and point of attack by tho Japanese. Kuropatkln Is now nt Omsk, trav eling at the rate of 500 miles a day to the front. Everything is side tracked to permit his onward rush. No Land Fighting Soon. Pekln, March 17. The Japanese authorities here stato that land en gagements of any magnitude aro not llkoly before another month. Killing of Thieves. Seoul, March 17. Marquis Ito, with a letter of condolence from tho Mikado on the death of the dowager empress, arrived today. Sixteen men, mostly thieves, wero executed Monday and Tuesday. CHILD BURNED TO DEATH. Will Not Consider Wage. Thero is a light on between tho nubllshors and printers of Spring' fiold, Mass., which promises to be long and bitter. Tho Springfield printing offices havo declined to con skier the wage scale recently adopted by tho Tvnocranhical Union. The union has voted to uso its ontlro re sources to bring the employors to terms. The union asks for more wagfes, shorter jiours, timo and a half for holidays, double tlmo ror bun days, a limit to tho numbor of ap; prentices, and tho same wages for women as for men. Tlio employers state that the demands, it insisted upon, will mean idleness for the printers nnd tho sending to other cities of work now dono In Spring-Hold. Mormon Husband a Wonder. Tho women of Omaha turned out by tho hundreds when President Josoph Smith passed through that city. Naturally thoy wero anxious to catch a gllmpso of tho man who bossed flvo wives for so many years and still iivos to boast of it. Letters of Administration. A petition wns filed in tho probato court this afternoon by J. P. KIlRoro (isking that letiorp of administration bo issued-in tho ostnte of William J- Killgoi-o. Tho petitioner is a Irothor of tho doceasod, and upon tho waiving of tho widow of tho right to ndmlnlstor. tho lottors wero ordorod tho Issue upon tho filing of iu uonu hy tho potltionor. tho ate consists of personal proporty to tUovaluo of J800. Archie Bowles, of Kennewlck, Met Horrible Death In a Campfire. Pasco, March 17. Archie, tho 4-year-old son of John Bowles, of Ken newlck, wus burned to death in a campfire on tho Columbia river, a few miles below tho town, yesterday evening. ' The family was camped on the river bank and tho mother left the littlo boy and a baby alone in the namn flip nil hour, while she accom panied her husband to where he was collecting driftwood out of the river When she returned tho baby was still asleep in the tent, and the charred remains of her littlo son lay in tho campfire. INSTRUCTED FOR ROOSEVELT. Minnesota Republicans Go on Rec ord for President. Minneapolis, March 17. The ro- niibllcans state convention auopieu i-nnliir!rinR lnLOirliiH Roosevelt n npillllli? as delegates at largo Sena nru vnlrnn and Clapp. Governor vm. Sunt Thomas Lowry and as dis trict dolegates Indorsed Wednesday's conventions. Eulogized the Duke. T iinrlntl March 17. In the house of commons Premier Balfour, tho lib eral leader, and Uamphell anu uau nnnnnn rnnserVatlVeS. BPOkO UlO glstically of the services of the Duke nt CambrldKO as cuiuuiuimvi-iu- chief. Chicago Wheat. fihlcaco. March 17. May wheat opened 95, closed 94; old July onened 91. closed 91; new July ouoned 90. closed 89. July corn opened 50, closed 50. Greeting to the Irish. Rome, March 17. Tho popo today sent St. Patrick's uay greetings iu tho Irish colleeo. saying ho will ro- member tho Irish people in his pray ers today. Cyclone In Texas. Fort Worth, Texas, March 17. A nvlnnn swont Noyland, 90 mnes northeast of hero last nlghL doing much damage. M wires aro down. SALEM LAWS LOST. Ordi-Have Some of the Most Important nances of the Capital City Disappeared. Salem, March 17. A committee investigating tho condition of tho city ordinances, finds that somo of the vital laws of the city are miss ing, and that tho government hns been conducted for some tlmo wun out warrant of actual ordinance. Unless certlfiqd copies of the ordi nances can bo found, tho council will bo compelled to pass all tho missing ordinances over again, and thero will bo a lively light In this event, as some of tho laws now In forco have bl-en passed only by small majorities. REMOVES SUMMERS. Against a Strike. Indianapolis, March 17. Counting tho minors' vote began at 10 this morning. Tho estimated result- is about throe-fifths against the strike Mrs. Miles Better. Washington, March 17. Mrs, Nol- son A. Mllos Is reported to bo somo bettor. U. S. District Attorney Accused of Persecuting Senator Dietrich. Washington. .March 17. Tho pres ident has decided to remove from office W. S. Summers, United States district attorney at Omahu, on th ground of persecution of Senator Dietrich. It is alleged Summers procured tho senator's indictment in regard to tho Hastings postofilct matter without sufficient evidence o guilt, tho witnesses falling to sub stantlnte his charges. Simon Faction .In Portland Com pletely Snowed Under In the Pri maries. Portland. March 17. Tho Mitch ell branch of the republican party carried tho primaries yesterday, by a large majority, tho Simon friction only electing 14 delegates out of 123. This practically means tho nomin ation of J. N. Williamson for con gress to succeed himself, and tho re mote probability that Senator Mitch ell will be the strongest candidate for the United States sennto In 1907. Wisconsin Republicans. Madison, Wis., March 17. Mem bers of tho republican state central committee rounded up today In re sponse to the call Of Chairman Bry ant for the purpose of discussing tho tlmo nnd place for holding tho stnte convention. It Is expected that thero will lie only one convention for tho dual purpose of nominating n stnte ticket and electing delegates to the national convention in Chicago. Tho middle of May appears to be in most favor as a time for holding tho convention. M. Kurlno Coming Here. (Jonon, March If. M. Kmlno, for merly minister of Japan nt St. Pe tersburg, sailed from Oenoa for Now York today on tho North Clemnn Lloyd steamer Irene. Ho Is en route to Japan. TOURSTS COM E WEST TO STAY NINE-TENTHS OF THEM ARE ACTUAL HOMESEEKERS. General Thomas Dead. Chicago. March 17 General Hor aco H. Thomas, aged 70. dropped d in tho office of his attornoy this morning, of heart dlseaso. He was a former speaker of tho Illinois houso, railroad appraiser and prom inent lira nil Array man, Henry T. Thurber Dead. Detroit, March 17. Henry T, Thurber, Cleveland's private secre tary during his second term, died this morning of appendicitis. Bishop Flsk Dead. Kansas City, March 17. Louis M. Fisk, Catholic bishop of tho Leaven worth diocese, died today of linen monln, aged 70. Duke of Cambridge Dead. Ijndon, Marcli 17. Tho Duko of Cambridge died at 10:30 this morn ing. Mixed His History. In tho ileuate in th csennto this week on tho proponed gift to tho United States of a statuo of Freder ick tho Great of Prussia, Senator Stowart of Novada, Is accusod of having mixed Fredorick tho Oront with Potor tho Great of Russia, That's not strange, Senators sometimes mix tholr history as they do their drinks. They Come From Everywhere and Are Going Everywhere All In tensely Interested in the West Many Have Large Families and Are 'Energetic, Industrious and Hopeful!"-.' "Where do thoy come from?" an swered an O. It. & N. conductor this morning, whon asked ubout tho starting point oi tho majority of tho homoKeckers coming to Oregon, the cliouri rato this spring. "Why. thoy come from ovcrywhor and uro going everywhere. Thero Is no special starting point, and thero Is no Hpccial destination except that all uro coming o Oregon. "They get off at every station nn aro most all homeseekers this year. There uro hut few regular sightseers among them, und very few of tho return tickets will ho used, as thoy seem to bo coming West to stay. "If I were guessing on the number that will becomo pennunont settlers I would place the proportion of uc tuul homeseekers ul nine-tenths the total number of excursionists Thoy are u thrifty, honest, cleiin Industrious, energetic lot of pcopl and iuii- gut through unking intcl llgent fMii'Htfons about the West which prove that they ure thinking and arc coming to stay. ' 'I'll morning two families from Di'H MoIiioh transferred from No. to No. X, their destination being Waverly, Wasli., whore. I hey oxpec to buy a tract of sugar beet land. U. I). (ii'Iiiimett, father of ono of the fnmllles, spent two mouths in Oregon and Washington a year ago ami sold out In Iuwa to coinu West permanently. Ho has nine chlldre ranging from 18 yeurs to six months old. anil expects to handle 100 acre of beet land without him! help. J. II Miller, of Creston, lowu, hai seven rhilili'cu and is also going to grow beets at Wnverly, where ho expects to live the reinnluilcr of hi life. TUFT DISCUSSES THE PHILIPPINES Gives the Houso Committee the Benefit of His Observa tion and Experience. JUDGES SUPREME COURT WILL BE PAID $10,000. Silver Certificates Will Be Issued for Philippine Circulation Spanish Denomination of To Modify Tonnage Tax Opposed to Government Railroads In the Islands New Register Land Office at Spokane. In the Pesos -Taft Is Building MINISTERS FIGHT 8MOOT. Boise City Ministerial Association Passes Strong Resolutions. That tho pastors of the city aro in earnest In their tight uixni Mormon ism Is proven by their passage hy tho ministerial association yesterday of a resolution demanding tho expulsion of Senator Heed Smoot of Utah from the United States senate, and call lug upon Senators Hoy burn nnd Pu bols of Idaho, to voto with that end in view. Tho action, which has been quietly talked over by the ministers of the city, was taken by the unanimous vote of tho nine members of thu pas tors alliance who wero present, en tirely without discussion. Beating Rockefeller. Chnrdon, Ohio, .a littlo town near Cloveland, has been standing by ono of Its people, tho driver of a tank wagon, for nearly two years in his resistance to tho Standard. Three dlffereut Standard tank wagons havo been bcaton out of Clmrdon, though they offerod oil at two conts less than Hosslor, tho Independent. Tho support of 'Hossler Booms to havo bo come a point of honor with tho littlo town, and tho victorious driver utters a great truth whon ho says: "A man who has his neighbors boliind him cannot bo beatou by n millionaire," Ida M Tarboll in Februory McClure's. Washington, March 17. Secretary Taft before tho houso committee on Insular affairs, discussed the Cooper bill authorizing the Philippine com missioners to Issue bonds and ap prove the suggestion that tho mux' Imtim of supreme court Justices' sal aries be fixed ut $10,000, and favor ed uniformity of measurements nec essary In tho enforcement of cola alloy mixing laws. Ho suggested au additional sect Hon amending thu coinage law so that the treiisurer may bo authoriz ed to Issue allver certificates In de nominations up to 1,000 pesos, tho largest dmiomlnatloii now being 10 pesos, equivalent to $5, lie also asked for authorization to repeal or modify tho tonnage tax on vessels coming into Manila harbor, to en courage large stenmerH to como In from other ports. Tho tax Is now on tho per capita Instead of tho cargo. Taking the railroad question, Sir. Taft said Secretary Hoot tried to In terest Van Horn, of tho Canadian Pacific, who built tho Cuban road, hut thu latter was too much occu pied in" Cuba, so government engin eers wore sent to look Into the re port thnt he submitted. His opinion wns, however, that private enter prise can mnku tho railroads much more economical than can the gov eminent, Presidential Appointments, Washington, March 17. The pres ident has nominated William F. Nichols, of Arizona, to bo secretary or Arizona, and Hal J. Colo, of Washington, to bo register of tho land office at Spokane. FIVE YEARS AT SAN QUENTIN. Bellboy Sentenced for Theft of Val uable Jewelry, San Francisco, March 17. James Wallers, a former bellboy In tho Hotel Colonial, was found guilty of stealing $10,000 worth of Jewelry from the rooms of Baron and Bar oness Van Horst, and sentenced to five years at Sim Qiiuiitlu. 1 Iu wus caught iu Minneapolis some weeks ago. Walters Is said to have been at the head of a gang of bellboys who operated all over tho country. FELL 2,000 FEET. Shattered In Pieces in Calaveras County. Stockton, March 17. Charles Veucke, u bucket lander, dropped 2,- 000 feet In the cago In tho (iwitm mine shaft, Calverus comity, last night, hy tho slipping of the cnblo on the drum. Ills remains wero found scattered ubout thu bottom of tho shaft. A dozon other miners had Just stepped from tho cago at tho ton of tho shaft when I ho acci dent happened. Oil Fields Afire. Fort Worth, Marcli 17. Klro la raging in thu oil fields on Batumi prairie, Suveral tanks oxploded, spreading tho (lames, 1iss thus far $1,000,000. Flro In Texas. San Angelo, Toxas, March 17. Firo this morning destroyed $250,000 worth of business property, Includ ing tho San Angelo hotel. Agents of tho Russian government havo Just concluded the purchaso of 5,000 tons of barley at San Fran cisco. Free Trade Victory. London, March 17. Tho election In East Dorset today resulted In a victory for L-yell, liberal froo trader, This Is takon as further proof of the hostility of tho agriculturists to cnamborlaln's preferential policy. Every by-oloctlou since tho Issuo was drawn early last fall, has resulted In a do- feat for tho tariff advocatos, and "nioro coming." i
