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DAILY EVENINGEDITION nttnn1nr book l 'lThaVc other books Wat- i" MchanRC try a 9. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAHCII 31, 1904. NO. flOlU. fQWMM ij k iummtr wanner j "e to r 300 the the s J Not f BUSINESS IF IMPORTANCE L Council Held a Session last Night ot interest anu Concern to Taxpayers. Ltels and expressmen PRECIPITATE A NEW ISSUE. 9--Ph!l retinal ebratejj ot Mil o. diejl at u 'its. w. draal Sections to Building In Jane Street ly' a -Plumbing Ordinance Will Be inres- mended to Increase Its Efficiency ; J-East End Hose House May Be RDAT I Enlarged Relating to Cesspools "P fl . j .i.u.r: inri Electricity ,ano vuiw - Franchise for Twenty.five Years. sell Mi 'M t Pendleton Is the Beat ol war. For lie past few days u nas oeen iuu racers, and now It Is the hotel men rco arc uubuic. i. ... - n -ihe council last night the entire ajtel proprietorsmp 01 me uij, uuu hrao number of the hackmcn were resent to state their cases to the council. 'Bus Privileges. rA mnma tlmn nnat thn 'hns nf the Hotel Bickers has been standing on tile property ot we u. k. a: n., ana, K being deemed dangerous by the i8Ejmy, was oruerea to muve. ir. fitters, considering mat ne nan tue JiUt hnitcp In thp. nltv. and that 'ti loose had driven the first 'bus ft) ti rtpnnL whprp it had had the tnf nla-A nrtnmi hlc mnn tn tnlro (A first nnfiltlnn npnrpst thp dermt- Iten the trouble began. The other hotel men wanted their old posi tions. Things werp Rtrntzhtpnpd out tn a certain extent when the express men butted In. They claimed that as they paid licenses to the city they were enti tled to the hpst nnsitlnns. anrl tnnk the places formerly occupied by the "buses. A clash took place at 'he train last night, and the city mar shal threw the hacks out and put the 'buses In, and all appeared at the council meetlnfc to havp a hnart. to-heart talk with the city fathers. air. uicKers put the thing on a busi- looting by offering $100 a year for the position recently occupied by his 'bus, and the council passed It UP tO the Btrppt Mmmlttna ii-1ttMi will award the plum, Wants to Build In the Street. A petition was presented to the council signed by a number of the e,Dt?,.of the west end, asking k iiji W Sewe" be restrained from bui Wing a house In Jano street. The matter was discussed and referred o the street committee. The street LT u wl(h 0ll,er8 b-ing north and south between the tracks of the that nlVnd the - & N- ln a t w. 5 ,own- was closed as wh nTgffare.on Jnuo 29' 192' w I r n,rahlfic lvcn tfae tC S T or Uv f e streets, mrt.mm so 8 block. rouna ,0 find a crossing. Plumbing Ordinance. ..The Jong inokf.,1 tn, oiaance wa u. , abont Lu lniroduced and required the counrn ' ""fl0 ww llt"e Wc ent bal ,U- CUt Ut- and 11 was for a 1 t in ,oru'nanco commit will m..1 fixln' anil u'e coun "ay ln "P11" session Frl- irTra com- nel that thV i. Tbcre la CTe:lt n as Lf,,law 80 lnto cect ns he nllK"!' ' " ? eat deal of "Oltary, anS '',w .De,ne df e is not 1 when th r1" have 10 ctane- An! Houe Enlarged. anl asked ih.f'V ?Dd' was Pent elar"c7 to aL h8e hoUSO be thTaSpJt.? 601,118 placo suca a rlail ?i. lD the ibsence of mpany aJ . raerab(ira of the th dty hi onCO,,npJ!"ed t0 come to T"e matter me.eUne n8ht8- '"mmittee. referred to the fire RS9,:S CeMp" a"d Vault. Is seuer "er or those who had Dut ,llth"'t ffln1!- aud Pr,yy vaults nhJect Ho Ia8tructIona on the 3tt 11 such DiarLrdered ,0 BOe ?!ned or aL, . 08 wero either wing them to be filled .. r c wrt? Advert- the cWc Ji !d P- F' Ces. of to the Cno fadn, .of Salon. 10 eure ,. uncM' They wished ncn In hLC,K,?eratlon of the Slit?" 5 SnS'V Unibr of their "L.fora "Pedal ' ,'""'r' ne matter was inferred to J. R. Dickson, who will present it to the next meeting of the Commercial Association. GUis and Electricity Franchise. An ordinance was introduced giv ing to the Northwestern Gas and Electric Company a franchise for a period of 25 years. The company offers to furnish gas at a rate of 12 per 1,000 cubic feet for fuel pur poses, $2.25 for fuel and light, and $2.50 for light alone. In return for the franchise tbe company offers to pay into the tronciirv pnrh nf thp second five years of the contract $200; $300 ln each year m tne tnira nve; iuu during the fourth five, and $500 during tho last five years of ihe franchise. The ordinance was re ferred to tho ordinance committee for consideration. MEXICO'S NEW TARIFF. High Protection Policy Goes Into Ef. feet Today. City of Mexico, March SI. During the last week or so the custom nnnspc nf Mpxlcn have had the busi est period of their existence owing to the rush of Importers to get their goods through before the new tarirr lnxvK hprnmfi effective tomorrow. Thn new schedule is desicned to protect growing manufactures of tho republic, and the imports trom me United States are expected to drop off considerably owing to tho In creased duties. For Instance, the duty has been raised on machinery, dry goods, vehicles, clothing, iron. telegraph poles, belting, rallroaa rails, structural Iron and steel, bot tlpR nnd mirrors. Steel rails, hither to free, will pay a duty of $10 per metric ton, and leather belting will pay 50 cents per kilogram, against nnn ppnt fnrmerlv. Other commodi ties on which a prohibitive tariff has been placed are Virginia louacco and fencing wire. ORGANIZATION OF GRQGERYIUIEN PRINCIPAL OBJECT ECONOMY IN BUYING Selling Prices Will Be Agreed to Only as to a Few Staples The Officers 'Were Selected From Dlff erent Points Throughout the Coun ty Every Dealer In the County Expected to Join. Representatives of the grocery firms of the entire county met last night In the office ot Halloy & Low ell and perfected a grocers organ! zatlon. Men from Weston, Athena, Milton and Echo were at the meet ing last night, besides the Pendleton representation, and a permanent or ganization was effected. J. B. Des pain was elected president, Charles Kohrman vice-president, D. P. Smythe secretary, and Sim Cully, u Weston, treasurer. A committee was appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws Cor tho organization, which will be sent to the different parties throughout the county, who have signified tbiir Intention of Joining tno oruer, lor their signatures. The nurooses of the order are mil tual advantage and profit. They will do their buying on a largo scale and will thus be able to secure discounts which a single buyer could not get, On baking powder, lor instance, by ordering a 60-barrel shipment the company will allow a 17 per cent discount. ThiB will not of necessity bo of any advantage to the consum er. though It may be. The prices 'i the buyer will not be regulated ly the association unless In a few cases and on staple goods. MELLMAN IS BLUFFING. Electric Road Promoter Is Making a Play to Sell His Water Rights to Electric Light Company. "Mailman will never build his eleo trie road from Pendleton to Dayton," said a prominent business man from Milton to the East Oregonlan today. "He is Just running a bluff, In hopes of selling his water rights on tiro Tukanon and the Walla Walla rivers to the Northwestern Gas & Electric Company of Walla Walla and Pendleton. This company ls now making arrangements for the instal lation of one of the biggest and most complete electric light and power plants in the Nortnwest on the Walla Walla river, and Mellman hopes by making a stir in his elec tric road scheme at mis time, to force the Northwestern people to buy his water rights, or pay him a bojius to shut up. z'No; there is no prospect of rid ing in electric cars from Milton to Pendleton this fall." The Pullman Company has decid ed to rebuild all old cars and make all new ones severely simple in fur nishings and style, to do away with tho accumulation of dust and mi crobes. All medical authorities have declared against the present style. SIX WERE KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION Extensive Fireworks Factory Destroyed Near Scranton. Pennsylvania. THIRTY-ONE WERE MORE OR LESS BADLY INJURED. Dangerous and Threatening Fire Is Now Raging Cause of Fire Prob ably Friction, of Machinery Near ly All the Victims, Both K i Mot and Injured, Are Girls Immense Quantities of Explosives and Other Property In Danger. Scranton, Pa., March SI. Twenty five girls lost their lives this morn ing by an explosion and fire In Dix son's squib factory, at Perceburg, four miles from this city. Two bodies were found two blocks from the scene and dozens of girls were badly wounded. List of Fatalities. Scranton, Pa., March 31. Six per sons were killed and five Injured, some fatally, ln the terrific explosion ln the Dickson Squ i Company's factory at Priceburg at 11 this morn ing. Five of tho dead are girls', the other a boy. All the bodies were removed from the ruins, -which afterwards took fire. The dead are Laura Matthews, Bessie Lewis, Lizzie Malion. Lizzie Bray, Mary Callahan. The cause rf the explosion is unknown, but is '-e-lieved to have been ignition of tix plosives from friction. At this hour, 1:30, the fire depart ment and a large force of volun teers Is engaged in preventing a spread of the flames to the storage cellars and towers of tho workB, where 18 tons of powder, 12 tons of dynamite and upwards of 9ft tons of manufactured products are kepL Should their efforts not bo success ful, the entire town of Priceburg and much valuable railroad property is in danger. Later Thirty-one persons, most of whom were girls, were more or less injured. CLEVELAND TRUST ASSIGNS. Cause, a Defalcation for an Un known Amount. Cleveland, O., March 31. The federal Trust Company assigned this morning. It has deposits amounting to $800,000. An assign ment was decided because Secretary-Treasurer Clewell Is out of thJ city and the officers are unable to locate him or understand his absence. Due to Defalcation. Cleveland, March 31. It has been ascertained that toe missing official of tho Federal Trust Company is a defaulter, but tho amount is not given. GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT. Everett Buckingham Will Succeed E. E. Calvin on the Oregon Short Line. Salt Lake, March 31. It Is official ly announced as effective tomorrow, that Everett Buckingham, superin tendent of transportation of tho Union Pacific, has been appointed general superintendent of the Ore gon Short IJne, succeeding E. J3. Calvin, and the offlco of assistant manager will be abolished. Habeas Corpus for Marx. Chicago, March 31. Judge Cby tiauB this morning Issued a writ of habeas corpua returnable Monday, In the case of Marx, tho carbarner. His counsel allege error in sentenc ing the bandits, as the date conflicts with the statutes, being two days over the time allowed, and also er rors in the clerk's records. A big legal fight is on. Thn PnttlnL'tll Advertising Agency which recently failed in Boston, has been declared legally bankrupt. LI oi,nittf u nnoooo: assets. $250,000. The firm was founded In 1848. RUSSIAN RS T AMERICA Trying to Develop an Entente Cordiale Between Russia and England. POLITICAL PRISONERS REFUSE TO ENTER ARMY. Were Offered Pardons as the Price of Voluntary Enlistments Small pox Rages In Irkutsk Province Russians Fled Precipitately From Chong Ju Immense Quantities of English Coal Going to Japan Dis cipline at Port Arthur. FEAST Or PASSOVER. Jewish Easter Is Now In Effect Methods of Observance. New York, March 31. Sundown this evening mnrks tho beginning of tho Feast of tho Passover. It Is the Jewish Easter, according to the He brew chronology, and Is observed iv all branches ot tho faith, the reform ed fiectlon abbreviating tho season of unlenvend bread to seven ilnys, nnd being less strict ns to the fill Ailment of tho ancient traditions. Tho Initial services of the feast aro In tho homes of the worshipers, r.f ter n season In tho synagogue. Serv ices are held In tho synagogues tho first two nnd tho Inst two days of tho feast. The method varies accenting to tho beliefs of each congregation. Tho unleavened bread Is nindo f.f flour nnd water nnd usually In tho form of thin wafers. It was the old custom In Jerusalem to bake Iho mntzoth In tho sun. There 1 no rule as to meats or vegetables, but nothing of liquors, snve wine, Is permitted. St. Petersburg, March 31. Tho Novosti today graphically describes Port Arthur as n placo markedly changed. Trains from tho city aro tilled with fugitives and the military are almost the only persons left at the port, which resembles a city of the dead. General Stoesscl has ordered all shops to remain open during ;ho bombardment. The newspapers of Russia con tinue to praise England nnd attack America,, taking statc'mcnts of wit, nesses of tho Chemulpo battle as a tcxL The British captain threaten ed to fire If the Japanese pursued the sinking Russian vessels for tho purpose of destroying them In tho Inner harbor. Tho American ship Vlcksburg alone refused to act the humane part due from a commander of sound mind and morals. Kansas Socialists. Wichita, Kas., March 31. Tho so cialists of Kansas assembled In con vention hero today with dolegntCH present from many parts of tho state. Tho convention will nomi nate a full slnto ticket nnd pcrfost plnns for wnglng nn active enm-pnlgn. Chicago Grain. Chicago, March 31. May wheal opened 80, closed 85; old July opened 89, closed 89V4; now July opened 8S, closed July corn opened 53 V4, closed tno same. Do Not Want Clemency. Berlin, March 31. The Vossischo Zeltung reports that the offer of mo czar to pardon any political prison er who would volunteer, has not boan accepted In a single Instance. Trust Company Failure. Boston, March 31. Tho United Trust Company closed its doors this morning, Capital, $100,000; depos its, $1,500,000. it Is n state Institution. Smallpox at Irkutsk. London, March 31. An eastern correspondent of the Gazette, reports an Increase of smallpox epiuemlc in the province of Irkutsk. Thirty per cent of the population of Matchao Is Infected. Russians Fled Hastily. A correspondent of tho Central News at Rome telegraphs that Seoul advices state that General MIseh enka, the Russian commander in tho Chong Ju fight, narrowly escaped capture by the Japanese. Tho Rus sians ion many suiiros ami rules uc- hind in their flight. English Coal to Japan. I.lvprnnnl Mnrnh 31 It In rf.iuii't. cd that nn English firm Is sending JdU.uuo tons of coal, ostensibly to 'Jiilna, but really to Japan, at 23 shillings per ton. Shoot to Kill. St. Petersburg, March 31. aimer al Stocssel, commander at Port Ar thur, lias ordered sentinels to shoot to kill all unauthorized persons np proachlng tho fortifications and Mat terles. Admiral Makaroff's reply to con gratulations by tho commander of tho Black Sea fleet, states that Lieu tenant Krlnlske, commander of the torpedo boat destroyer Stllnl, Is hu real hero'to ho honored for repellng the Japanese attack. Tho Ico breaker Krmnck has ur rived lit Kronlstadt. Troops for Canada. Halifax, March 31. Tho military authorities are expecting that 10 regiments of tho lino will next month be stationed In Canada In tho event of certain developments 'n tho Far East. New District Attorney. Washington, March 31. It lias been decided to appoint Cyrl Baxter of Omaha, United States district at torney of Nebraska, vlco Summers. Francis B, Wright, who misappro priated $30,000 of tho funds of tjio bank of which ho was cashier at Dundeo, 111., hag been sent to the penitentiary for flvo years. It will bo noted that It was funds of tho bank which he stolo; not tho funds of scattered outsiders. PROHIBITION CONVENTION NOMINATES Portland, March 31. The state nrohlbltlon convention which has been in session here for two days, nominated the following state and congressional ticket last night: .Tnstlce of tho supremo court, O. J. Bright, of Sherman county; dairy and food commissioner, Ira W, Ber ry, Milton; representative to con gress from the first district, R. W. Kelsay, of Yamhill county; second district, H. W. Stone, of Multnomuh; Joint senator Multnomah, Columbia and Washington counties, F. Me Kercber, Multnomah. Presidential electors: T. H. Ames, Multnomah; W. P. Elmore, Linn; Leslie Butler, Wasco; and T. S. Mc Danlel,t Multnomah, AMENDED DILL IN CRAVE PERIL LEWIS AND CLARK FAIR APPROPRIATION NOT SURE ous E ABLAZE AT NOON Fire Started, Probably by a Candle, in the Attic of the Peoples Warehouse. GREATEST DAMAGE DONE WAS BY SMOKE AND WATER. Attic Was Undergoing Repairs to Make It Suitable for the Storage of New Goods, and Some Work, man's Carelessness Is Responsible Extent of Damage Cannot Be Told at This Time, as There Wat an Immense Amount of Goods on Hand Insurance, $-15,000. Bill Has Been Cut Down, Amended Squeezed Out and Buffeted Owing to Lack of Harmony Between Between President and Oregon Delegation Will Now Come Up for Passage on Monday Under Suspension. Owing to tilt) lark of Influence ot the Oregon delegation in congress the Lewis and Clark lair 1)111 lias been cut down, squeezed out, amend oil. postponed and buffeted through ('-ingress, until thoro aro now grave iloiililti about i' paaK.ug oven In iIh pii'M'tit amended form, carry Ing but $ inn (.ill) Instead of over $1,000 000, as presented In lint senate. It will now eomo up for Html con slilorutioii In the house on Monday, having been laid uvitr from Wediies dny on account of a light attend unco at tho session. Under tho rules It will eoniu np for hearing under suspension, when It will bo necoa snry to muster a two-thlrils major ity to pass It. A m:i.cIuI from Wushlngtini says tnat tl.c general disagreement ami frlctien between the Oregon ileliigu tlcu mid the president Is working a gal lift tho hill, us against all other k'f."Flutloii Intended to help Oregon. There has been little headway made for any Oregon legislation In the house dining I Ills session of eon Kress, owing to the election of Mr. Williamson, who Is a new membor and out of touch with tho legislation 1'iut .'ins been under progress for the part foil i years. LOG DRIVE STOPPED. Perry Lumber Company Forced to Postpone Spring Drive on Account of Low Water. While tho creeks ami river In Umatilla county are full to over flowing, tho water In Grand Hondo river is so low that tho Perry Lum ber Company has been forced to postjiouo their annual log drive 'in til a few warm days In tho high mountains, starts the snow to melting. A largo forco of men hud been sunt to Starkoy Prairie and Camp Carson, to begin tho monster drlvo, about 20,000,000 feet of logs having been banked out, but tho entlro crow Is Idle, waiting for a rise In tho river, before It will carry any portion of the drive. , . i To California on a Visit, John F. Hill, of Helix, has sold his farm to his son, II. T. Hill, and will leave ln a short timo for South ern California, where he will visiL On his return he will como by the way of Spokane and Seattle. The farm will be managed In the future by the son. It vas a poor automobubblo dot doau'd vork both vays, ' An alarm of lire was turned In from the Peoples Wurehoiibo this afternoon at about 12:30 and when the department readied the scene It was discovered that tho little was ablaze. A Hue of hoso was run ln;o tho upper story and after n deter mined struggle the tire was con quered, but not until an Immense amount of damage had been done. Ah much of thu stock as could be, was covered with oilcloths and can vas, but the greater part of tho goods stored In the front part of tho building will bo badly damaged by smoke aud water. Probable Origin a Candle. The origin of tho lire Is not dull nltely known, but Is supposed to have been caused by n candle loft by olio of the employes whllo nt work In tho at tie. For sovornl days tho men luivo been at work putting n ffoorlng on the rafters of the attic In onler Hint largo amount of nur pliiH stock could lie stored awny un til It wob needed In the storo rooms below, As much of tho work ps could be, was done after night tn or der that electric light could bo used, hut owing to the necessity for room tho men hnvo been at work during (he daytime, using candles to light them In their work. It Ib supposed that a cnmllo was left burning whon tho workmen quit nt noon. Discovery of Fire, Ed Ebon discovered tho flro dur ing the noon hour, when smoke I o gun to Isuiio through ' tho celling t ono corner of the room, lie Imme diately gave the alarm and by .ho time thu llioiiien arrived tho smoke was Issuing from between tho brl.-KB of the upper story. Tho wator used ran through thn celling lu streams, drenching and ruining everything in Its path. A number of the clerks from the other stores, mid citizens, did till In their power to cover tho expoued stock ami remove every thing possible to a plucu of safety. Extent of Damage Unknown. Mr. Cohen cannot at this time ca tlmuto Ids loss. Thu stock was in voiced on March 8, aud at that time there was $57,000 worth of goods en tho shelves. (Since that time nut a day lias passed hut that u lar,;o quantity of now goods has been -o-celved nnd stored away. Thu goods which wero ordered by Mr. Cohun and Mrs. Clarke on their Kusturu trips lias been coining for several days, and a largo part of It Is In the Htoro. How much Is damaged Is tot at this timo known, hut ut IuuhC halt of tho stock will ho damaged to some extent, either by smoke or water. Tho stock was Insured for $15,000. TRAINLOAD OF TOBACCO. Durham, N. C, Ships First 8olld Tralnload In History of Business. For thu first timo In thu history of tho tobacco business a shipment has been made In one order, to ono concern, of a solid train of manufac tured smoking tobacco. On March 1, tho Norfolk & West, em railroad started from Durham, N. C, a train consisting of 30 cars, all loaded with "Duko'H Mixture," tho entlro lot of tobacco l.elng a purchase made by i..essrs. Hpraguo, Warner & Co., Wholosalu grocors, of Chicago, Illinois. Durham, whoro this tobacco is manufactured, Is tho famo'iB tobacco town situated In tho golden tobacco belt of North Carolina. "Duko's Mixture" was named many years ago for Mr. J. B. Duke, the famous tobacco man, and Its enormous growth has mude it his net. and the greatest care Is exercisodin its manufacture, )T This shipment contains 2.880.000 single packages of tobacco, and would furnish each mole adult in the United States with flvo smokes each, or one package to eac,h of the soldiers of the 'starding armies t tho Uulted States, England. France. Germany, Italy, Austria and Russia. l ma train has gone direct from Durham, N. C, to Chicago, III., and has attracted much attention en route.