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DAILY EVENING EDITION
WEATHER FORECAST.
Tonight, rntii; cooler Fri
day, probably fair.
PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OUEGON, TIIURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1004.
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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."
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