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ggsiini DAILY EVENING EDITION " " " . . " i. n1noolfl fvfl 1 WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight ami Wednesday fair, cooler tonight. f .e columns bring rc 1' ,nd the exceptions are I "", that they hardly prove 4 tie rale- J PEiSTDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JLVltCJl 1001. NO. 5008. Eff CROWDS SI BQTKIN TRIAL Incriminating Testimony Ad duced Against the Fat, Fair and Forty Defendant. HER and her chirography POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. I Her paramour, Husband of One of the Murdered Women, Admits His Questionable Conduct and Rela tions With Mrs. Botkin, and Is One cf the State's Best Witnesses De fense Scores by Proving His Gen eral Bad Character and Poor Morals. San Francisco, Cal., March 29. Interest In the Botkin case is In creasing as the trial proceeds. At 6 tils morning a great crowd or men tad women filled the corridors lead bs to the court room and stood In line over four hours before the doors opened. The most Important witness this nomine was Policeman John Sey- Eoir, who testified that he searched tie rooms vacated by the prisoner son liter suspicion attached to her. h a effort to find arsenic, or other fcaiinatlng evidence, but failed Visit was pointed out to him that liter the search the seal belonging to tie candy box sent to Dover had tta found under the lounge, ho ad- Bitted he had not looked under the lounge. William Raynaud, of the CaBpcr drr goods store, where Mrs. Botkin purchased the handkerchiefs which she Is accused of having sent in the box containing poisoned candy, iden tified the handwriting on a number of money orders as that of the prisoner. ARRIVED FROM GERMANY. Will Be Tried at San Francisco for Embezzlement. New York, March 28. Edward T. Masterson, wanted in San Francisco to answer a charge of embezzlement of $100,000 preferred by the Conti nental Building and Loan Associa tion, arrived from Germany this morning on the steamer Von Moltko. Ho was arrested at Kiel some time ago. LAWYER SUICIDES. Murder Also Indicated Police Noti fied in Advance. St. Louis, March 29. Attorney Louts Mayor, aged 6S, once worth $500,000, notified the lollce by let ter this morning that he Intended to suicide. Tho officers found Meyer and wife dead at home. A pet at was also killed by cyanide. Parker Indorsed. Oneida, N. Y March 29. The Madison county democratic conven tion met today and chose delegates to tho stato convention at Albany. A resolution was unanimously adopt ed indorsing the candidacy of Judge Parker for the presidency. Surveyor of Customs. Washington, March 28. The pres ident has nominated J. J. Greenwald of Utah,, to be surveyor of customs at Salt Lake. More Damaging Testimony. San Francisco, March 29. John Dunning was on the stand this morning. He admitted that during January and March, 1898, when not at work, he spent most of his time win Mrs. Botkin. He said he told Botkin his wife liked candy, and identified a number of anony mous letters received by his wife in infer, uel, as having. In hia opln ion, been written by Mrs. Botkin. Dunning Still on Stand. San Francisco, March 29. Dun ning was put through another grill ing in the Botkin case this after noon. He was recalled to the stand at request of the defense and was asked If he did not have a number ot other female acquaintances in ;d dltlon to Mrs. Botkin, especially Mrs. Kate Corbally. Jw Sdinl"ei1 he kne- Mrs. Cor-, SI V'..vln8 at the same htel where une cad BnaHmt. w i ,-"'"""". mm once iuuk. IL . :i Pa!aee batns ' company Mr. """P'0 denied that t . . I,5r wore a costume that was not a reculatlon Whin,, cult ui I ,nd.t00k ,,er t0 the theater and r sited her in her rooms. He with Z. orba"y s young son lived wn her. but vn. . .i i .u nii ... .." L 1,10 ume. ho ae- .ai :ro Mr,el.all .. tin 7 lcn t0 send Mrs. Dun ning Lack to Dnvflr TV.I numw ,"Z.. b:M l siraignten -- uib accounts here. Union County Pioneer Dies. , McCIure Z arch 29.-Charl9s of u! T ?' the 0,deft Pioneers hl. hom' dled 'at nlBht .it TRIAL OF THE BENNETT WILL QUESTION OF PROBATING SEALED LETTER AS A WILL Bryan Takes the Position That the Letter Contained a Gift Outright, and That Its Contents Should Not Be Subjected to the Process of Probating Jury Readily Selected. New Haven, Conn., March 29. Tho trial of the appeal of William J. Bryan from the decision requiring the probating of a sealed letter giving him $50,000 of the estate of Phllo Bennett, was begun before Judge Gager, of tho superior court, at 10 this morning. Beside Bryan sat Charles Town, Henry Newton and Harrison Hewitt, his counsel. Mrs. Grace Bennett, the' widow, sat among the score of witnesses, and" there were many women spectators. The Jury waB readily selected, when the cleric of the probate court produced the will and sealed letter and Identified them. Tho counsal for Mrs. Bennett objected to the In troductlon of a sealed letter. Recess till 1 p. m. CHINESE MAKING TROUBLE AS RETALIATORY MEASURE Gen. Ma Snubs Gen. Kuropatkin at MukdenGreat Distress in Jewish Centers in European Russia. New Military System Proposed for China, Admitted by St. Petersburg to Be Modern and Effective Attempt to Blow Up a Troop Train on the Trans-Siberian Railroad Famine In Sight In Some Russian Prov inces Russian Securities Suffer a Decline at Home. St. Petersburg, March 29. Reports taches and correspondents to follow are received that Chinese, instigat- military operations, ed by Japanese, have murdered n Russian civil engineer and several workmen on the railway near Chi ans, China. From Harbin comes the news that the Chinese government In retalia tion for the declaration of martial law at Niu Chwang, has stopped all vessels taking fruit from Chinese ports to Niu Chwang on tho ground that it is contraband. Ma Snubbed Kuropatkin Rome, March 29. The Agenzla At the Japanese legation there is no confirmation of the report from Seoul that 50 Japanese and 100 Cos sacks were wounded In n skirmish at Anju. BAKER COUNTY POLITICS. Dr. E. B. McDanlel for Representa tive and George Jett for Assessor. Baker City, March 29. A careful Interview of loading democrats In the city reveals the fact that It Is the general opinion that Dr. E. B. Mc Danlel will make an Ideal represen tative In the leglslnturo from this county, and that ho should bo nomi nated In tho forthcoming conven tion. If hc Is nominated It Is said that ho can easily bo elected. It has not yet been doveloped that Micro Is any opposition In tho democratic rankR to McDanlel as representative. In Sumpter there Is but ono Idea, McDanlel for representative and Jett for assessor. Tho Sumpter demo crats say they aro not looking for honors this year and will unlto with Baker City on nny ticket put up. The committee meeting this nftor noon will dccldo tho time and place of holding tho prlmnrleH and tho county convention and then every body will go to work on a first-class slate and bo propnred to put it through when tho time comes. Incompetent Colonels. Berlin, March 29. Der Tag states that General Kuropatkin has sent back to Russia from Hnrbln, Colo nels Tschiscl and Monajeff, declar ing them Incompetent. New Military System for China, St. Petersburg, March 29. The czar has ordered 100 bottles of wine Libera reports that a portion of the j from his private cellar sent to tho Vladivostok squadron has arrived ut Nlkolalewsk, Siberia, at the mouth of the Amur river. A Russian army corps has left Harbin for Chang Chun. One of the first nets of Gen. Kuropatkin on his arrival at Mukden was to try to In terview Gen. Ma, commanding the Chinese troops. Ma refused to see him. Trouble With the Jews. Warsaw, March 29. The Moscow, Kicff and Iver pawnshops aro crowd ed and charitable Institutions overcrowded. A prominent Jew named Engleu ardt, writing to the Novestl, repudll ates the statement that some Jews are favorably Inclined toward Japan. The governor of Odessa announces a two months' sentenco for an offi cial named Newman for Inciting a mob against the Jews. Port Arthur wounded Todny's papers comment at length on the alleged recommendation of the director of martial customs to the Chinese government for It to create a trained army by levying n universal land tax, ns in Europe. The Novoe Vremya says tho part Is very simple, and If China Is able to create an army Inside of 20 or SO months the war will last. The financial situation In many Russian cities is becoming alarming, the rise in the price of food causing much distress. Washington Experiment Station. Walla Walla, March 29. During the past week arrangements hnvo been completed for tho establish ment of n government experiment station nt Rltzvllle, tho project to bo under the supervision of tho United States agricultural department, and to be conducted In connection with tho stnto agricultural collego nt Pullman. WILL EXECUTE Attempt to Blow Up Troop Train. SL Petersburg, March 29. A re port is circulated this afternoon that an Ineffectual attempt was made to blow up a troop train near Tatarls kyn, Siberia. Correspondents Turned Down. 1 nnrtnn Mnrnh ?9 Thp KYphancO by telegraph from Paris, learns that I tho Japanese between Anju and Japan has decided again to forbid :t-1 Chongju. Russian Securities Declined. London. March 29. Russian Im perial fours declined half today on Seoul reports of Russian defeat by IMPROVEMENTS PROMINENT .MINNESOTA EDUCATOR IS COMING, Other Improvements and Extensions of Facilities Planned for the Near Future: New Furniture and Oth Equipment, and a New Location Made Necessary by Present Bust ness and Prospects. INQUIRING NT COLLISION President's Brothcr-in-Law is Not Accused of Being an Export Navigator. THE INQUIRY WILL BE DROPPED AT THIS POINT. Incident Illustrates Difficulty of Maneuvering Complicated Battle ships Question of Authority Be tween Secretary of Interior and the Statutes Relating to the Diet rich Impeachment Case the Ques tion Is One of Procedure Code. CHINAMEN IN LAW SUIT. i taZ . " e'V with cancer of tockman ,,i ""'Knier, Packer and the far. ,Z ?Vwlth c a numw "nlch ne " Buffered old tlm of. He was an throughout if. . ?'a8 wel1 known "snout the Inland Empire. 'naurrectlon Postponed staWhi9;006"11 Sara" argents havl 'K6 Jlaeedonlan In- rebemav.0u..docId?d not to raise ' 'or the ZnPrlne- Tno dolay Wwers a ,UI?8e .. f Giving the Proposed reforms. y carry out ni.i. Chlcaoo Rraln 97M!Ei My wheat Pened 9o ' 08cd 95! Pld July ed &' lSed M5 new Ju y closed E174 a July corn Dnles the Report. Rome, elvsj the nan-, 29,CardlnaI " denies "Sf? 60CT0nr of Elot Valnst t?rcport that a h ben .. the Pope's lf0 ft no nTered- Th"'e ATTACKS THE GOVERNMENT. Partisan Fight Between Liberals and Conservatives. London. March 29. In the house of commons Campbell, of Banner- man, the new liberal leader, attack ed tho government for lack or cone slon, and declining to resign, though It Is obvious tho ministry no longer remained in the confidence of he country. Pw;mler Balfour defended tho government, saying it would not resign so long as It retained thecon-Science- of the house of commons, California Rains. Sacramento, March 29. There nro showers throughout the vancy to day and rain in the mountains. Tho river Is at 24.3 and rising slowly. The tributaries are rising fost. Tho threatened leveo break of yesterday has been made safe. Got Two Years. Baker City. March 29. WHliam Schull, who robbed tho Palmer Jew elry store of about $200 worth of knives and razors, two wuckb uro, was sentenced to two years ln the penitentiary by Judge fcakln, last evening. STOCKBUYER'S MOVEMENTS General Markets Full of Montana Cattle and Are Dull. J. fi. ixinercan has returned from a trip to Idaho, where he has been uuying came ior iuo ' ...mw Comnanv. of Seattle. wane awuj- ho has also been through Montana, whero he has bought a largo num ber of otock for tho Seattle urm. Thr. mnrkfit. according to Mr, Lon- organ, is very dull, and has been filled with Montana cattle. He is not, therefore looking for cattle in this part of the country, though he would nlnlf nn a. few if they wero of an extra choice grade. The prices that nro quoted are tne sarao mm hnvn liopn tn nffpet for somo time, and there Is no immediate prospect of change. Mr. Lonergan Is looking lor a sheop, and will send them i nut housn in n nhnrr time, after which ho will again tako tho road for a trip through the interior ui u state. Peculiar Oath Taking by the Wit nesses In the Case. Tho civil case of Ah Quo, Geo Gaw. Hawk Can and Yeo Chow (do ing business under the firm name of Wuh Ylng Chung,) against Ung See Chow, was tried In tlie court or Jus tice of the Peace Fitz Gerald this afternoon. The case Is ono in whl.'h the plnintiffH seek to recover $100.05 alleged to be duo for goods render ed and money loaned. James A. Fee Is attorney for the plaintiff, and Charles Carter for the defendant. The case has been on the docket for somo time, but the Chinamen could not got things Just right for the trial until today, when the case was set and tried. The witnesses were all sworn in the Chinese fash Ion. Each side furnished chickens which were entrusted to the care of Deputy Sheriff J. A Maljloy nn as eacli witness .n. ... .- out in tho back yard to where Joo was holding tho sack, borrowed one Hank. The amount of tho check was $1S and with this money tho profes sor and his wife went to La Orando. The check was cashed at tho Ex change saloon, nnd when present id at the bank was declared to bo worthless. Tho officers wero noti fied and the man was located at tho Iji Grande hotel. Sheriff Taylor loft this morning and will return with his prisoner this evening. Le Conte Is nn accomplished musi cian and appeared once in this cHy at a Presbyterian musloale given some time ago. He Is a French do scent and Is supK)sed to bo of noble birth. BEAR CREEK UP. High Water Making Trouble In Pllo Rock Country Word comes that Bear creek 1h on n ramnaee as tho result of the rains, Thomas Edwards, who lias a largo place on tho creek near Pilot Rock spent most of lust night in remov ing things to a place of safely, onu of the chickens and cut Its iiaa on. )arfie Jart o Mlf I))aco )g ml,or Ho then returneu 10 iu u , ., i water, and presumably told the iro n oui tho cose as Me unnersiuuu A Bloodbound Oath. Thic a,-i nt Kacriflclng the chick on possesses the same solemnity to a a the tak nK of an ththoAmeHcan. By this shed- ding of tho bloon oi ui Chinaman stands bouna ui r," . ,ui i his test mony, and i ,i.,.i,t fhnt iieriunr can be told by the appearance of tho blood of the slain fowl. Many of tho Chinamen who have been born ln this country do not oiiw trnnw- the history m u.v. or what it in fact represents, but they are all of the belief that to vio late it Is to stand in tho disfavor f tho dlety. LE CONTE IN TROUBLE. Pianist, Collected Cash on a Suppos edly Forged Check. D,rccni ITnnrv La Conte, who has been in this city for somo time looking for a class in music, is now In the hands of the city marshal at t - n.on.in i.oinir held until Sherirr u. -- .- , , .1,.. Taylor can bring turn duck iu city on a charge of forgery. Lo Conto left town the other day after n stay of some days, and be fore leaving trlod to pawn somo of hut was unablo to do nn th! dav of his departure ho passed a chock indorsed by hlms 'If anu some oiuer puoic, um. jin,tu. -Ing to bo drawn by a man named Ferris on tuo i'euaioion bviub J. A. Owens, another ranchman n that vicinity, was unablo to get ou of his houso this morning when ho awoke. During tho night tho creek had risen around Ills dwelling until it was on a little Island in tho mid die of the torrent. It Is not thought that tho water yet high enough to more than wash off the lower corners of a fow alfalfa fields, but should It rlso to a much greater height it will cause much loss. FITTING UP THE NEW BANK. Will Be Done In Time to Handle This Year's Business. W. O. Thompson, of Lowiston, is In the city on a business visit. Mr, Thompson will be tho cashier of tho new bank which Is soon to bo start' ed in tho Judd building, and is hero to award tho contracts for fitting up tho bank's rooms. It is intimated that It will cost about $5,000 to fur nish the bank, counting ln tho vault. uiiu iuib win wku ui iuai a uiuiuu. It will be nearly two months before tho doors of the bank open for buB lucss. The plans for tho arrangoment of tho bank will reach the city this evening and tho contracts will be awarded soon, so that the work can bo started and the business opened as early as possible. At best a hero ouly lives in der minds of der people, und der people change dalr minds efery day. Professor E. M. Churchill, North Ynklmn, will arrive In l'e dleton in a few days, and will lie associated with Professor E. Kay Jones In the Modern School of Com nierce. It Is the intention of the imimtgo nient to branch out In the near f turo. Tho school will bo moved a more prominent locution In tho city, and a great deal of Improve' ment will bo put Into It in llio wn of cnulnmontH and furnishings, Now office and bunking furniture will ho Installed, new typewiltln machines will he bought, new desk and, In fuel, nearly everything will lie renewed nnd repaired. Negotiations nro being curried o for a location near tho center town, which will bo fixed up perma nently as a homo for tno .college, an It will thou bn placed on a sound uu progressive basis. Professor Churchill Ih n man o liluli educution. and has hcen con nected with business colleges for number of years. For the past yonr he ins been In Norm Ynkinia anu was formerly from Mlnnesotn, whuro he held u responsible position In largo business college. Moyer Still a Prisoner. Tollurldo. Col., March 29 Prosl Hon of Miners, Is still a prisoner In Jail. No effort Is being made to n3 cure bondsmen. Attorney Murphy, of Denver, arrived last night to do fend Moyer. Ho wns Immediately waited upon by a number of men and warned to leave tho district. Murphy appealed to (loneri-.l Bell for protection and is now uHcortud by u squad of soldiers. Flvo deported unionists who at tempted to return to Tollurldo, wero arrested by tho military at Oplilr Iop and thrown into tno lumpen. Heavy Railroad Loans, Now York. March 29. It Is cur rently stated that two loans of $5 000,000 and $7,000,000, havo boon mode by well known railroad mag nates, tho collateral for which Is Union Pacific stock. Tho purposo :s not divulged. CLOSING LENTEN 8ERVICE8. Catholic Church Will Hold Special Lenten Services on Thursday, Frl day and Saturday. Sncclal services commemorating the close of tho Lenten season will bo held at tho Catholic church on Thursday. Friday and Saturday. Special services will bo neia, uo- i? nnlnir at 8 a. in. on Tliursaay in commemoration of Holy Thursday, the day preceding tho crucifixion of tho Savior; tho Passion of tho Savior will bo celobratod on FTiday, begin ning at 8 a. m., and on Saturday the service of blessing tho Pascal Can dles and tho Easter water will begin at 7 a. m,, and high mass will be celobratod .at 8 a. m. AH the serv ices will be conducted by Father Van der Velden, of this parish. Washington, March 29, Tho sec retary of tho navy today approved the recommendation of tho court ot Inquiry In the matter of tho recent collision of tho battleship Illinois and Missouri, nnd theru will bo no further proceedings. The court finds Hint Captain Brad ford, of the Illinois, acted with consummate seamanship, but doos not find that Captain Cowles, thn president's lirothur-ttt-lnw, displayed the proper slgnalH to avoid a collis ion. In view of the fact, however, that the Missouri Is n now ship and. her officers nnd crew wore unaccus tomed to her meclinnlsm, tho court and Ail in I ml Dewey recommended no further nctlon. Question of Jurisdiction. Washington, March 29. Tho sec retary of the Interior Informed the sonatu today In reply to a recent resolution of Inquiry Into his reason for a pension order. Tho secrotnry holds Ills order wnn clearly within exeeutlvu authority nnd In conform ity with tho existing law and tho methods heretofore prevailing. In tho house today tho service pension order prompted Bourko Cocliinu, iloniocrnt of Now York, to Introduce a resolution directing tho coiiimllteu ou Judiciary to report on tho secretary's authority to lasuo an executive order. Relating to Impeachment Cases. Washington, March 29. Hoar, chairman of the Judlclnry, has re cured unanimous consuut of tho sen ate to nil during the sessions, Jt has under consideration tho Dietrich case and a resolution :! reeling It to report whether the sun ato can try liiipoiiehinont proceed ings In the same maniior as the Eng lish house of lords, nnd a bill pro hibiting tho sale between status and territories, or shipment tu or from n foreign country of snlmon fish ri tended for food was taken up. Hold-up Artist Caught, linker City. March 29. W. J. Pow ers, uceused of holding up the Wright roHtuurunt In this city lust week, has been nrrested in Reno, Nov., and Sheriff Drown will bring him buck this wook to stnnd trial. Diphtheria at La Grande, m Grande. March 29. Tho C-year- old son of E. L. Hckley, editor of tho Iji (Iriindu Chronic o, has a severo case or diphtheria, and the homo Is now quarantined. Sentence Postponed, St. Iritis. March 29. Sonntor Bur- Ion appeared in court this morning, but was instructed to report Wed nesday for sontence. ORANGE WAR. Truce During Rushing of Ammuni tion to the Front, Thn nraniro war la Still grumbling, but tho shots aro fow nnd far be tween for tho reason that tho am munition bus all bean used up and liMuilllllos aro Hiisnendoil until mora arrives from tho arsenals at Port in, i nnn rlrm has ordered 1C0 cases at a figure which will muko It possible for tho management to sell at 10 cents for Just as long as tho firm wishes to handle tho fruit, and as long as tho people want tho ,.nU nihnr houses havo also got lurgo shipments on tho rond, and In day or so mo city win uo uni u orango peel. a man mltould onoinles Is der same relation to dls earth as a cbplly-UsU is der ocean, Drunk and Drowned. Berlin, March 29, deneral Lettow Porboclc, tbo well known military writer, while rldlug on a towpath near Old enburg today, fell into tho ca nal and was drowned. Ho was under Influence of liquor, o