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DAILY EVEN INU EDITION volir difficulty IB W too j WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight nnd Thursday partly cloudy and occasionally threat ening; cooler. Lfl, proboWy so.vo u 10 com;! T 'arm,! ! PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON", WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1004. NO. 6021. u IS NOT F lad Politics to Ferret Out Any More Postal Frauds, Ac cording to Roosevelt. Hill CALL A HALT ON HUNTING FOR THIEVES. Important Witnesses Against Apostle Smoot Have Disappeared ana Cannot Be Found-Thls Will Crip ple the Investigation About to Be Resumed A Drunken Juror Causes Delay In Trial of Man Who Swindled District of Columbia. u'Mhinctnn. iril 13. It Is learn ed tlits afternoon that the president Is not In sympathy with the plan of senate leaders to have a postofflco Investigation this summer, and that he Is endeavoring to dissuade them from such a course, believing It ould be futile, as well as impolitic. The president has said as much to Alilrlch. who was summoned from the conference. Mormon Witnesses Disappear. Six of the 12 Mormon witnesses for whom summons have been issued by the senate committee on privileges and elections to appear to testify In the Smoot case, have disappeared. All efforts to find them have been in vain. Chairman Burrows haB sent word to President Smith that it is very unfortunate for the church that these people havo gone into hiding. Bishop Grant, one of these, is known to be In Europe. Calvin Cobb Subpoenaed. Salt Lake City, Utah, April 13. Calvin Cobb, proprietor of tho Idaho Statesman, is among those subpoo naed for which papers arrived today. He is expected to testify regarding alleged church interference In poli tics In Idaho. Word is received hore that Senator Burrows asks Smoot to use his Influence for tho appearance of the missing witnesses, Apostles Taylor, Grant and Tanner, and Lilli an Hamlin, at the investigation next week, according to the promise mado by President Smith. Drunken D. C. Juror. Owing to the charge of drunken ness made this morning against omi of the Jurors, the trial of J. M. A. Watson, the alleged embezzler of $73,000 from the ollleo of the district auditor, is postponed. Justice Prltch ard dismissed tho Jury and ordered another panel, und held Juror Orison in contempt. General Deficiency Bill. Tbe general deficiency appropria "on Mil. the last of tho supply bills, " reported to the houso today. It tarries t0.50O,OOO. T Evade the Eddy Tax Law. Baker City, April 13. The Black "eni Hilling Company owning tho "M Black Butte group ot mines In nt county, has pulled out or Oro- fi ,'Ja ordur t0 ovn(le Payment ot no Eddy tax and has been re-lncor-wated unucr laws of the state of nrn . Tlle tor,nnl trnnsfer of tho si?t 01 tho company, which ccn- s,u i of two groups of patented ? art 173 acres f li. was S, " Grt county last week. A wmnLWa.8 a!so ,88ued t0 e new wmpany to the Black Butte group. n(r, CJ!r Barns Burned, ot thJ S .N- Y" Al,r" "--THO barns Ine '"'Rational Hallway, cover Loss inbmned thls morning. ffttdK. lnBUrca- c- miTVl'' a cllIcG old.up n Wiesen, 1 self-defense. Gl8antlc Strike Probeble. SSSi Blon' pr" 13.-Tho . P Stably bn a FryBtom- wl" -May 1 n a"1"""! before lata of tW!1118 ,0 th0 omc- " elation lulornatlonal Asso- "o-lgos ar, ri, ,Th0 Principal In thV'VY .but "nanlmous ''resident oSv0" , to E0 out' for th ur .Connul w' loavo ' range deu 81 th!8 weolt to - officers An8 WltU th0 al "on s 1 , Say,a tlle nB8c!a, ' J Edition" 1tnh0Ua,it financial Prepared fV nlstory, nnd : "KoV to s co,,tInt5o,, : ft ft - AH 1ST IGATtON HORUISER AND70 ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. Premier of Spain Was Stabbed at Madrid. rtnr.nlnnn. Rnnln. Anrll 13. Pre mier Maura narrowly -escaped death at the hands of nn assassin today. Tho premier was leaving tho palace of the consul general when ho was met by an assailant, flourishing n dagger. Maura threw up his arm In time to save his body, but received a severe slash. Tho would-be assas sin was captured. Maura s wound is not serious, ino premier had just returned from a service for tho repose of the soul of nimmi Isnlinlla. nnd was entering the palaco when Joaquin Miguel Arto, nged 19, approached nnu strucit at tho premier with a dagger concealed In a handkerchief. Arto was Imme diately Imprisoned. COLON BEACHED. Old Mall Ship Will Be a Total Loss on. Pt. Remedios. Panama, April 13. Tho steamer Colon from San Francisco to Pana ma, Is nshoro at Point Itcmedlos, on tho nnnd nf Rnlvndnr. All aboard are safe. Tho vessel is believed to be a total loss. She 'vas afterward floated and beached at Acajutla. The Colon had been on the Panama run for many years. WAR IN TIBET. English Will Use Indian Troops Over the Frontier. London. Anrll 13. hen tho com mons resembled Premier Balfour announced that the action of the TlbetaiiB has mado It necessary for him to ask the house to sanction the employment of Indian troops beyond the frontier of Tibet. The budget will be introduced next Tuesday. Died Insane. Madrid, April 13. General Toral, who commanded the Spanish land forces at Santiago de Cuba, when tho latter surrendered to the Americans, died in an Insane asylum at Leganes this morning. He brooded over his capitulation until his mind gave way. T MARTIAL LAW AND CIVIL PROCESS IN CONFLICT. j Military Refuse to Produce President I Moyer, of the Federation of Miners In Answer to a Writ of Habeas ' Corpus Actual Civil War Is Prob 1 able in Colorado. i Ouray, Col., April 13. A writ ot, nirnn nnnni in nrrpsr lionorut uuii. I commanding the troops In San Mig uel county, and Captain Wells, for contempt of court In not producing President Moyer's body In Judge Stevens' court here yesterday, was I Issued this morning. Sheriff Corbett I Is undoeldod when ho will go to Tel lurlde to attempt to get service on Bell and Wolls. Genoral Bell this morning declared with great anger that if any forco was attempted by Sheriff Corbett to take either him or Wells out of San Miguel county, that there would bo plenty of work for the coroner to do. , Bell a'lso stated that a warrant would be sworn out against Judgo Stovens, but refused to say what the nnturo of tho charge would bo. Tho threat to arrest Judge Stovens Is taken as a retaliation, and Is gen erally ridiculed by tho conservative element. I . PRELIMNIARY HEARING. Mrs. Botkln Charged With Commit ting Another Murder. i San Francisco, Cal., April 13. Tho preliminary hearing of Mrs. Bot kin on the charge of murdering Mrs. Deano, was again postponed this I morning. The attorney for the do I fonso urged a continuance on tho ! i-rnnnii that ho wished time to pro- , paro a motion for a now trial in tho j Dunning case. This motion will bo argued Satur 1 dav. Tho court set tho preliminary hearing for Thursday. Tug Sank. Manistee, Mich., April 13. The tug Frank Can field, sank oft Point Sable last night. Captain Smith and Engi neer Kopfn, and Helper Justman woro downed, Henry Davis Is a misor ot Winstod, Conn. He had certificates of deposit for $12,000 in gold, hut bocamo sus plclons of the banks nnd drew It out for tho solo purpose ot counting It. Tho banks closed before he flnlshod ........ii.... .....i itmt nlirht tho ontiro CONFLIC AUTHORITIES ! I UHlll lllfv "H1 ...' ci 'hoard whb sloien. RUSSIA LOSES FIRST-CUSS TT Went Down With Seven Hundred Men and Admiral Maka roff St. Petersburg Stunned by the News. Two Other Russian Warships Were Damaged at the Same Time Japan ese Cross the Yalu and Spread Out Over the Adjacent Country, But Have a Scouting Force of Fifty At nlhilated It is Believed In Semi official Sources at St. Petersburg That War With England Over the Tibet Imbroglio Is Probable. OFFICIAL NOTICE. St. Petersburg, April 13. . Vice Admiral Grigorowltch sends the following official account of tne loss of the Pe tropavlovsk: The Petropavlovsk struck a mine at the entrance of the harbor today. The mine, ex ploded and the vessel was overturned. The squadron was near Golden Mountain at the time. The Japanese were ap proaching port. Vice Admi ral Makaroff is apparently dead. Grand Duke Cyril, Captain Yakovleff and five of ficers and 32 sailors escaped but more than 600 men were drowned. A number of bodies have already been recovered. 700 Dead, Including Makaroff. ljinrinn Anrll is. From St. Pet ersburg it is now announced that 700 are dead, including vice Aamirai Makaroff, as a result of the sinking of the battleship Petroplalovsk by contact with a mine. The battleship was returning from a cruise. Hoist by Their Own Petard. St. Petersburg, April 13. Grand Duke Vladlmer, father of Grand Duke Cyril, received a dispatch from Grand Duke Boris stating that Cyril's wound is slight. No mention is mado in tho telegram of tho loss of the crow. The cause of the disaster Is reported to be contact with a Rus sian mine, not a Jap torpedo. Russian Battleship Destroyed. Berlin, April 13. From St. Peters burg today a semi official telegram received here states that the Rus sian battleship Petropavlovsk has boon sunk off Port Arthur. Four ot ficers, including the Grand Duko Cyril, tho czar's cousin, were wound ed. Another private message from Port Arthur adds that two other ships wero seriously damaged. The Pe tropavlovsk was reported destroyed by a torpedo. All auoard are said to havo been lost with tho exception ot four officers, Including Grand Duko Cyril, and they were wounded. Reported Capture of Makaroff. London, April 13. A rumor origi nating in Paris, has it that Admiral Marakoff, commanalng tho Russian sea forces at Port Arthur, has been captured by Japs, but it is not con firmed. St. Petersburg Stunned. St. Petersburg, April 13. The capi tal Is stunned by tho reported disas ter to tho battleship Petropavlosk and the death oi Makaroff. While tho officials of tho department keep silence, adding greatly to the uncer tainty as to Just what has happened at Port Arthur, confirmation of tho fearful catastropho comes through sources of high standing. As tho news percolates slowly tho people gather in knots and discuss flt in whispers. Funeral of Commander Hlrose. Toklo, April 13. Tho last rites over tho body of Commander Hlrose, wlw was killed March 27 in tho sec ond attempt to bottle Port Arthur, tniinv. Thrones of neonlo 'uncovered as the cortego passed. The coffin was borne on a gun carnage, with a full military and naval guard. Tho medals of the dead hero wero carried on a silken pollow, Probable Capture of Makaroff, London, April 13. In naval circles It Is pointed out there Is consldera bl possibility lu the reported cap ture of Admiral Makaroff at Port Ar thur. Rocont reports stated that Makaroff has been making sorties from tho port in smnll boats, doing scout duty It is a possibility that tho Japs allowed the ndmlral to grow over-confident and havr intercoptpd him Makaroff being the hero of the ESTRDYED PWMSK hour at Port Arthur, his capture, if confirmed, Is a sad blow to Russia Fight at Mouth of Yalu. Toklo. April 13. Tho official ao count of the skirmish between two small bodies of Japs and Russians, April 10, on the banus of the Valu, was received today. It states thai a lieutenant nnd fivo mnrlncs were sent in a Korean nsn lng boat to reconnoiter about the mouth of the river. They sighted seven Russian cavalrymen on a Chinese lunk and attacked them The Russians wero reinforced, but were finally driven back, losing ono J killed and two wounded. The Japs suffered no losses. The report apparently concern the same fight noted in Kuropatkin's statement, with the difference that the latter stated the Jap boats sunk and all aboard were lost. Japs Scouts Annihilated. St. Petersburg. April 13. An offlc lal dispatch confirms Kouropatkins renort of the Samallnd annihilation of 50 Jap scouts, nnd .adds details of .the Japanebe movements. Tho Japs had been entering Mancnuria oppo site Chahedlsl. disguised as Koreans, .nnd spreading along the river as far las Pomnhonha. I in Uie secunu umpuiuu naaniuiur jskl reports that tho night of tho Ilia a suspicious looKing ooai approach ed the mouth of the river Laohoe. I After severnl shots were fired It put I . .... I .-1. , . I .) At . , l. OUl IIH IlKIilB ttliu IVUIUU, nil: uv- ginnlng of tho cannonade seven junks put out from tho right bank of tho river, but when nred at retired More Russian Losses. Toklo, April 13. A WIJu dispatch ttates that a company of Russian troops attempted to cross tho Yalu west of town this morning. A com pnny of Jups drovo them bnck Twenty Russlnns arc known to havo been killed. They belonged to tho 12th regiment of sharpshooters. Sev eral other Russian parties havo been repulsed in attempts to cross tho river. Russians Confident. Ix)ndon, April lo. Iabourchoro In tho newspaper Tn. h, today quotes a Russian friend ns stating tho impres sion In Russia Is that tho war with Japan will bo ended tho coming Hum mer. This friend is further quoted as saying a fight with Kngland over Tibet is not considered an linposui blllty. Fleeing ' From Conscript. Berlin, April 13. Fivo hundred Poles, fleeing from Russian conscript, have arrived at Posen. Battle in Progress. St. Petersburg, April 13. The lat est official dispatches state that a battle still continues off Port Arthur. After an All-Day Battle. St. Petersburg, April 13. An offic lal dispatch this evening states that tho Japanese fleet, after a battle with Russian forts and ships all day, has retired and Is now stationed at 1.4a tischan, to tho south of Port Arthur. Makaroff s Loss an Awful Blow. London. April 13. Tho loss of Ma karoff is a blow that can hardly bo o.,t, united. Ho was the very heart of tho Russian aggression at Port Ar thur. Up to tho tinio of IiIh assum ing direction, tho Russian warships crouched nnd shivering under tho guns of Port Arthur waiting tor a renewal of the Japanese Intermittent attacks, and when they came, splut tered back In u blind wuy. In place of this, Makaroff actually ass imed the offensive. TJie night of March 10 ho sont six torpedo boats to sea to look for Jap anese warships. These mot tho en emy and maintained a bot fight, each side losing a torpedo boat. Observ ing his torpedo boat foundering, Ma karoff wont out with two cruisers to fuco tho entire Japanese fleet, hut was too lato to bo of assistance Such action waa a perfect Index of his work of infusing now life Into tho dry bones of the port, i OFF PORT ARTHUR AFTER FRANCHISES. James Galloway Interviews Milton and Freewater Councils. Utalln Walla. Anrll 13. James Gal- lowny returned this morning from MlMnn nml Freowntor whore ho had been In the Interest of the proposed electric lino. u wnnt m-nr tho mcinoHi'd routo and Inst night appeared before tho citv councils of both Milton nnu Freewater with a request for n fran chise. 't wna nKHin-eil hv the council of both thoso places that thoro would be no trouble In securing a franchise fur tne nronosed electric roan," sain Mr. Galloway todny. "Tho farmers along tno proposed routo are very enthusiastic over the ..rr.n,.ultlfll mill I llll llllt lUltlcllUltO any difficulty In securing n complete right or wny lr i can secure mo mm chlses from Walla Walla, Milton and Freewater. ' WENT OVEU THE CLIFF. Automobile Had Occupants, and No body Was, Killed. Walla Wulla, April 13. Drawn over a 100-foot precipice In nn auto mobile which had becomo unmnnnge able, M. D. Wardlow, manager of tho Cash Cycle Company, and Miss Bos- sle York, of Walla Wnlln had n mir aculous cscnpo from trnglc denth yesterday afternoon whiio touring tho upper Mill creek country In Mr. Wardlow'g nuto. As n result oi their fenrful fnll Miss York Is suffer ing from a dislocation nnd fracture of tho lower condyle. Mr. Wardlow is stiff, soro and bruised about tho body, while the nutomobilo Is badly wrecked by coming In contact witn tho rocks In an old channel ot Mill creek. Pope Was Tired Out. Rome, April 13. Tho popo shows the results of tho fatlguo of yester day's mass, manifesting considerable agitation In tho morning. Exposition Hall Collapses. Philadelphia, April 13. Imposition hnll collapsed this afternoon, burying several workmen. Three woro badly hurt. PROTEST BT MR. HAILEY PROVOKED AT NEGLIGENCE IRRIGATION COMMI88ION. The Sight of Florida Tomatoes at the Pendleton Depot Excites Him to Wrath He Clamors for Suggest ions for Incorporation In the Pro posed Irrigation Law. T. fi. Halloy wnntH the Irrigation j commission to hurry up nnd hand lu ithulr Ideas. Slnco tho mooting held ; In Portland somo tlmo ago, at which , It was decided that all the members should look over tho different laws land make their suggestions and nn ' notations, und after which nil should I bo Immled to Mr. Halloy for drafting Into ii law. hut ono of tho cnrntnls- jnlon has seemed to tako any Interest In the mntter and Mr. uniioy is no coining Impatient. Mn wiih nt tho trnln IhtH inornliiu' on ills way to his ranch, when & largo consignment of tomntoos from Florldu woro being transferred from tho oast-bound to tho Spokuno branch. "h lu ii nhnnin." Ktild thn man In whose rare is reposing tho fiituro Ir- I ligation laws of iiio Htnio, "it is n j shame that all of theso things havo to bo shipped in. Iok nt thoso to matoes, brought 3,500 miles, ovory ono or which con id no duplicated in this county at this tlmo, If thoro was water on tho land, All of UiIh freight ..r.kiil.l l.n onvAl im rnimitmnr nml tho peoplo of Umatilla county would got tho price of tho tomntoos. "Thoro Is a carload of cream, also,' r'n n 1 1 ti i ii.il Mr. Ifnllnv. "If wo had irrigation wo would havo all kinds of cream, and Pendleton would ship it out, or hotter still, would havo n crenmory hero to handlo It, Instoad of seeing It pass through from an othor point, to outsldo consumers, "And," finished Mr, Hnlloy, as ho climbed on tho train runchward bound, "Pendloton should havo a packing plant to tako caro of tho rapidly Increasing drovos of lino hogs and herds of beef cattlo that aro to bo found In tho county." Chicago Grain. (lilt Anrll 13. May wheat opened 92&, closed 03; old July opened 87, closed 88; new July opened 5v closed 87. July corn opened and closed at 60. Mrs Edward King, of Now York, has kIvcii $100,000 for the erection of an Kplscopnl chapel on Cathedral Heights, lu that city. L-l 1R MAN FIGHT IN COURT Mutual Accusations of Trying to Rob Each Other and the Stockholders. THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND CITIZEN STOCKHOLDERS. Counsel Very Solicitous About the Rights of the People One Crowd Accuses the Other of Bulldozing to Effect a Robbery, the Other Claim the "33,000 Stockholders" Are a Myth and Dummy Open Accusa tlon by Counsel That the Northern Securities Company Still Exists. St, Paul, April 13. Tho HUl-Hurrl-man enso Is lu the hnnds of tho .r cult court Judges for decision. Tho arguments ended this morning. Todny's session was hitter. Tho counsol for Hill accused Hnrrltnnn ot seeking delay In tao decision of tho case, so tho people will bo scared into disposing of their stock at n low, n..,,rn I,, linrrimmi. Tim rniiiiHcl In sisted that tho rights of 33,000 citi zen stockholders should bo preserved and not allow tho Hnrrlmati crowd, that falBo face of tho Union Pacific, to bo taken off, Guthrlo, for Harrlmnu attached tho most stress to tho claim that tho books of tho merger company should bo Investigated, to show whro th slock has gone, Intimating that much r it,.. iMii.MiirL'mi Rtoclc Is owned by dummies; that Hill and Morgan havo been proparing for months to outwit tho court. Ho created a sensation by charg ing tho Hill-Morgan Interest) with buying a largo amount of Groat Northern nml Northern Pacific for tho Securities Company, Kllhu Root declared this accusation false. FUNERAL OF COLONEL BOYD. Under Auspices of Masons and Large Attendance. Tho funorul of tho Into Colonel VS. I). Boyd was held this nfternoon at 2:30 o'clock. At that tlmo tho re mains wero homo by tho pallbearers (T. C. Taylor, George Hartman, J. V. Robinson, A. W. Nyo, W. D. Hans ford and Charles Carter, selected by the Masons to act In that capacity,) from Masonic hall, whero they had benn guarded during tho night, and woro taken to tho Church of tho Re deemer. Tho Masons and Kit Carson post of tho (1. A. R. prccodod tho bourse to tho church. Tho largo auditorium of tho church was filled with tho friends of Colonol Boyd, who hud gathered to puy their last respects to their old friend and follow citizen, and who listened with deep rovoronco to tho Impressive cor emony of tho church and tho sermon, as conducted and spolitm by Rev An dreas Bard, or Wjillu Wnlln. At tho conclusion of tho coromony at tho church tho remains wero taken ' 111 cnurgu ujr iiiu muouuo, n nvwww jpunled them to tho grave, whero thoy woro Interred uccordlng to the rites ! of tho order. Tho procession was one of tho lnrg est over booh tn tho city, friends nnd ucquulnlaiices from tho entire conn Ity having assembled to pay their last debt to tho departed. Marrlaae License. A marriage llcenso wuh iHHtieil this morning to Guy Wyrlck and Miss Iva Younger, both of this city. Aa both of tho young peoplo aro under ago, tho consent of tho puronts wus neces sary boforo tho Issuanco of tho per mit could ho granted. Both of tho parties aro well known In Pendleton, being mombors of tho graduating cIubh at tho high school. Persecuted In His Name. Berlin, April 13. Fifty Jow- Ish families, nuinborltig WO persons, who lied from Uim- pulnnkn, Bulgaria, as a result or tho nntl-Semlto outbreak, havo sought refuge nt AVldln. Driven out, thoy wandered to Kalufiit. Roumaiilu. Thoro thoy were again ordered away, nnd uro now bivouacking on tho Roumanian bank ot the Dan- tibo, lu a pltlahlo state, bnr- doting on famlno. All theso uiuortuiintas rogard America ns tho only land whoro rollg- loiia liberty and civil rights nre possible for them.