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DAILY EVENING EDITION J WEATHER FORECAST. er ..-... is not too Trmlght showers; probably fnlr. Sunday 1 Mffet, 0 ttt fell - 501vc It yon. 18 Olf Tlca PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL , 1004. NO. 5021. ers 3 n Ue i croj U. ml same white Hons j iSST INTOJHE BftY i c, noil Jl.li cor ) nor. 1 ..j rri nf a Noted lifornia Jurisi aim Kan of Eureka, Indent judge TAKES WATER ROUTE iDMOuraged Over Result ot With San Francisco ,iB.r. Which Accused Him of wcy With the Actress Lotta. L Was Pending In Supreme From a Judgment for $15,- Agalnst the Examiner. La, Cal., April 16. The body lise J. Turner, wen kuuu liioiit the state, was touno borelng floating in mo nay. Lmnnosed to have committed le early this morning. bis been In litigation who iuu I Francisco Examiner sixteen 1 .wnimi nf nn aliened scan Li,h ,ho ncirpss Lotta. and ..had Eraent for $15,000 pending in the "na rtllirt. Inter's sulc.Je created surprise, h to J. C, Bates, the attorney hi couducted Ms suit against rT.mlner Ho Vnpw Turner had despondent a long time, and expected he would kin nim- I; suit against the Examiner out of the statement that Tur ns mired un in the case with , when, as a matter of fact, It I tsoUier man. riier'a despondency is supposed Hnp tn thp unnrpmp rnnrl'fi I; is handing down the decision. WOMAN WILL HANG. Convicted of Poisoning Her Husband In Pennsylvania, ni.iio.tnlnhln. Anrll 16. Mrs. Cath erine Dansie, accused of the murder nr vr- hiishand. William D. Dansie. by pniKnn, was today found guilty in l.e first degree, mo penalty oemg anging. To secure $3,000 life Insur ance was the alleged motive. The prosecution charged that the woman secured arsenic In the form of pow ders from George Hoescy. EXPLOSION IN DYE WORKS. One Killed, One Fatally Hurt, Others Were Injured. New York. April 16. By an ex plosion of a cylinder tn the dye U.V.W-R nf William Mclste. at Wil liamsburg this morning, Simon Trot ter was killed. One girl was tatauy ininrnrl nnrt spvpn others burned. The nanlc followlnc caused many to jump from windows. Chicago Grain, r-hlrnen. Anrll lfi. May wheat opened 92, closed 92; old July opened 88, closed SS-J4; new July nnpned 87. closed SG-4. July com opened 50H, closed 49. CROOKS INDICTED. fuller Wanted in All Parts of the Country. p. Anrll lfi Alhprt R. rtnll torious crook, arrested last fall snvpr nn fln nnnrntln, tnhlo In npiui, ana wno escaped to Phil- i a monta later, was today i for robbing a mall pouch in SO- li AnHI 1 lift te wonnH trt aj charges, all over the country. W " vwvu unci U OUUDUUUU treat tor liberty in Tacoma a i ago, ana is now In the Tacoma INSANE MURDERER. I" Hit Wife Near Winchester, Va., I with a Shotoun. Winchester, Va., April 10. While f moauc ioub), josepn Palaver, aged 50, killed his wife KHilAt1tMi. . .... . r meir ueauuiul home PC ttUfiS Smith nf K. m w of on old Virginia family. 'Pewater used a Hhotinin nmn. P je gone to the scene. Copen f" la ell armed, Louis Pesant Hanged. Chicago. April 16. Louis Pesant, murderer of Mrs. MarV Snllka. a neighbor, was hanged this morning without Incident. BRYAN REHl BATTLESHIP SEBASTOPDL ALSO SUNK AT PORT ARTHUR Dispatches State That Another Vessel, Name and Dimen sions Unknown, Met the Same Fate. Russia Will Send Five Submarines Overland to the Pacific Chinese Resume Hostilities Toward Russia, and Organized Bandits Annoy Her In Manchuria Japs and Russians Massing Along the Yalu Jap Spies Detected Trying to Blow Up Bridges In Manchuria. SWIMMING EVENTS. Unusual and Interesting Athletics at Milwaukee. Xlllu.nobnn wis.. Anrll lfi. The open Amateur Athletic union swim mtng championships take place to night in the Milwaukee AthletJc club tank, and the lnrgo number and high class of the entries has caused keen Interest to bo taken in the contests. The program of events is us fol lows: Forty yards, Central Associ ation Amateur Athletic union cham pionship, CO yards, Centrnl Associa tion Athletic union championship. and swimming for distance unuer wnter. There will nlso bo several relay races for tennis of six men each. London. April 16. A dispatch from St. Petersburg reports that the battleship ' Sebastopol and another Russian vessel have been blown up at Port Arthur. Five Submarines. St. Petersburg, April 16. The shipbuilding yards on the Baltic and Neva have been ordered to finish within five months five submarine boats of the Holland type, for ship ment overland to Port Arthur. EXECUTOR FAVORABLE LiCISION BY THE PROBATE COURT. Question of His Retention In the Management of the Estate WIN Go to the Supreme Court Proba bly Desperate Attempts to Get Rid of His Services. St. TORPEDOES TOO DANGEROUS "wwwili Be Made to w Peace Congress. W .!'" 10' ount Apony, ,,',.Ue national section of lib- ha at st 1 , all0Dal Deacu con L t,ls a plan to regulate "oj aa be nir f,.i,. .i. j 10 tall0nt vessels. KILLED BY OFFICERS. 1 " Supposed to Be Redding win Monnn" Ctod,.C,?Allrl1 "--The man KrtayVue' w'th i:er8 hero L &8 not POI? Vr 1 t f1 Mean 11 ' :, a roi- of tt55.la be"eved to be !?wM'ta! robbers. '"WPta T his'ckeL New Haven, April 16. By a decls- ion of the probate court this morn ing. Judge Cleveland sustained a de murrer to the application for the re moval of Bryan as executor of the will of the late Phllo Bennett, there by defeating the application lor re moval, so far as the probate court Is concerned. It Is probable, however, an appeal will be taken to the superior court. The decision maintains that Bry an's appeal In the case Is not incon sistent with his duties as executor. WHEAT MARKET DULL. Mills Have 15,000 Barrels Flour on Hand to Meet a Light Demand. Byers' mill is running chiefly be cause It has nothing else to do, and not because anything more than the local demand for flour is caning ior Its services. The wheat market is duller than ever, though the mills will pay 68 cents for the best grade, while It can be bought for 64c or 65c, or per haps less from tho barns iu the country. The extreme dullness in the mar ket is laid up against the small Ori ental demand mostly, and it is prob able that there will not be a great change for some time to come. The war has put a blanket on the ship ping business, and tho Insurance companies havo put a tuck In the blanket. None of the shippers can afford to ship with the present ratos, for it would take all the edge off the market. The mills, there fore, havo on hand at the present time about 15,000 barrels of flour, for which it has no immediate and pressing demand. Chinese Making Trouble, st Petersburg. Anrll 16. A tele gram from Port Arthur states that three Jap warships were damaged In the bombardment of tnat piaco Friday. A Pekln correspondent of the ua zette says the renewed military ac tivity In China is causing fears that n Virpnnh nf npntralltv is beine plan ned. Chinese troops are being hast ily armed and sent to tne ironuer of Manchuria. General Ma Yungeun Vino hppn nnnnintpn commander-in- chief of the northern army, which has arrived on the Manchurlan fron tier. The Chunchuses are growing braver, constantly attacking the us slan troops In Manchuria and caus Ing considerable losses. Massing on the Yalu. London, April 16. A report has rcnnhpit hprp that 20.000 Russian troops are massing on the right bank r.r tho Vnln rlvpr. and the Jan forces on the left bank are being lncreaseu FLOODS OF 1894. 'O. R. & N. Conductor Relates Inci dents of the Last Big Flood In Eastern Oregon. "Tho biggest flood since 1894," Is the way Frank Coykendall, the we;i known O. It. & N. conductor, express ed It last night to the East Ore- gonlan I witt Tn.i ' "l"l iu. Thn nun. I K"iuu. WW w' ,lth Botfalo BUI and! "During the flood of 1894 " contln "ratal aft!Mt 8how- arrived thlse(l Mr- Coykendall, "I was on a r.ji.. a"er a inrm.. :' .,.-!. i numi Hvpr canvon. re- Isilli.. . "er stOrmv v . nSSJ Mich., April 16- con- dty at;;' w connection with Is morn- 011 Refinery Fire. WSrAtbe"rTmR- April slUtor in tl,!xploslon of an SS."" was , iter, "0rtlon ot ff low yed, with ft tank" 'ofTnneo,, 37'0- work train In Burnt river canyon, re pairing bridges and track for sev eral weeks, and the water is uuw higher than it was at that time. "Wo wpro nn nn Island In the can yon at that time, the track bolng washed out on both slues ot our train. It was impossible . to get coal to tho engine, so wo burned ties, cord wood, fenco rails, and lumber that could be conveneu uuu fuol. Wo worked 24 hours per day, the engine crews changing off and working 12-hour shifts. "At that time tho bridges wero all woodon structures and went out Ilko fish traps, with tho terrlblo flood that swept everything before It. The steel bridges now In place ovor Burnt river will not bo shakon by any kind of a flood. They aro Uulli to stay." A Bottlomeut of tho strike of tho miners at tho nod Lodge district, In Montana, Is now In sight. Selected New Flagship. T nnrlnn Anrll 1fi. The Central News correspondent at Port Arthur telegraphs that Admiral Aiexien una tvnnafoiTPil his flair to the hattlcshll) Sehastonol. and assumed command of the Russian fleet. New Definition of "Spy." Wi.Ehlnptnn. Anrll 1C. The state department has received a note from ht. nnsKlnn embassador -O the ef fect that all newspaper men in tne ?nnp of m llltarv onerations in the East caught using wireless tele graphy apparatus will hereafter be treated as snles by the Russian gov o.-nvinnt Tho nmhnsRnilnr's note constituted the principal topic at the cabinet meeting toony. a numuur rtf onrrocnnnitpntR nf Rnclifih and American papers are using the wire less. Jap Mine Did the Business. Tnliln Anrll If,. A rODOrt from Togo regarding Wednesday's attack on Port Arthur says that Tuesday night the Japs sunk a mine at mici nicht. and at 8 o'clock in the morn lm rlrpw tht Russian vessels out about 15 miles from the port. The Petronvlovsk struck one of these mines and went to the bottom. Came Up From Rear. London, April 16. A report that Togo will attempt to capture Port Arthur liv direct assault. Is not be lieved by war experts here, who think that the next move will be to land an army division In the rear of Port Arthur and march upon it- Japanese Spies Arrested. St. Petersburg. April 16. Two Tnnnnncp nfflrprs lliseulscd aS TlbC inn lama hnvn hpen arrested while trying to blow up a bridge over tne Nonnl river in wancnuna. SOCIALIST CONVENTION. Members of the Party in Umatilla County Will Meet Next Saturday. The socialists of Umatilla county will hold a county convention at the court house on Saturday, April 2o, for the purpose of nominating a ticket for the coming election. The meeting place has been chang ed from Milarkey ball to the court house for the reason that It Is evi dent that the hall will not hold the delegates that will attend. The so cialists expect to carry one or two precincts In this county at the com ing election, but decline to namo the precincts, in order to offset any especially hard campaigning the other parties may do In thoso strong precincts, If they knew which ones to make the fight in. The vote has Increased over 100 per cent In Umatilla county In tho past two years, according to the list of members now on the club rolls CONDITIONS IN MORROW. B. F. Swaggart Says That County Is Worst Overstocked District In Or egon. B F. Swaggart, the well known resident of Heppner, has written a letter to the Heppner Gazette, on tho stock situation In Morrow county, In which he gives somo Interest ng facts and makes some interesting prophecies In regard to that county. He says: "Morrow county is the worst over stocked country I know of. In fact, Morrow county is In tho greater part entirely destroyed for stock and It Is now a certainty that all tho stock that can be kept In the country north of Heppner will have to bo In the future kept In the pastures. "I saw the state of Washington phnnup from a stock country to farminc country. also Umat.iia niintv olvpn nn for the same nur pose. Now I see the greater part of Morrow county making the same change. This change Is permanent. "This land will in the future bo successfully farmed and Is now more i-'ilimitlo ttr fnrmlnc than fnr stock- raising, and we will see the lands lying north from Heppner to the u liiirililn rlvor. ST, miles In width worth $25 per acre In the next three years." TEN CENTS ON THE DOLLAR Estimate Made on the Total Yield ings of the Wade Estate. T. C. Taylor, Irusteo of tho Wade natntu tina Hlptt Ma rpnnrt of thn sale ot the personal property with neieree in uanKrupicy ruz uermu. Willi llin ovppnllon of tho blooded cattle, which aro not yet In tho list, thn nnrsnnnl uronortv amounts to $14,608.75. The blooded stock, after the cost of dipping ami feeding has been taken out. will bring between $3,000 and ' $4,000 and tho total amount of tho personal nronerty will reach from $2,000 to $3,000 abovo tho appraised valuation, which was $15,493.90. Judcn KHz Gerald will soon de clare the first dividend, which, In his opinion, will be about 5 per cent. The real property will bo put up for sale at tho court bouse on April 1t fi n,U..-.U it m nnit wlipn thin has been sold and tho expenses de ducted, mo seronu ana nnai uivi (lend will be declared, which It Is thought will be about as largo as tho ono realized from tho personal list, kii thn tntnl nHtntn will nav In tho neighborhood of 10 cents on tho dol lar after all claims are presented. There have been claims for $235,000 presented and approved. HIGH ITER STOPS 0. H. & N. TRAFFIC Tinker f'ltv Anrll 16. (Special.) I Freight traffic Is badly congested at Baker Uiy. Apm j i I Hlln.in anl Iji firando. The tie-up on the east euu ot , of t0(Tav. annuitod and the O. R. & N. system, between una city , firgt tra,n wj8t w, bo ()no on tJl(J and Huutingtou Is now complote. t(me of No. B, tonight, arriving at . 1 DnnHlnlnn t IM-Of. fi m Tlw. uimnnrts went irom uuuci uii,uvUivivU w ' ' . . . i .... ,l,(o mnrn. 1 llv BU'l'n it' wpatherbv. this morn ing' and It Is now impossible to transfer the mail across the weak ened structure. Trains No. 2, of last night and No. 6. of this morning, aro consolidated In- nnniln(!t(ir NHSO. IU JJMllwu All (Ik. nfflclnls nf iha flvatom are cow at the scene of tho washout aud the repairs aro under tho direct su pervision of K. E. Calvin, general manager, who arrived from Portland tM mnrnliif Tho river is still at a hign stage Snr"boUCcomple lo'n of repa.! ! and repairs to the bridge are almost awUMU'b .. . itl 1.1,, ,,,,,l,,r Jlio urnannt r-ondl- and all wcat-uounu iruiuo wo i.Uu,....,.m.v up indefinitely at iiuihwbiuu, uuo. WILL BE (NO MDRE NVESTIEfl IONS Administration is Afraid it Will Dig Out More Snakes Than it Can Kill. Diphtheria at La Grande, i n nrnn.ln Anrll 1(1. The 17-yenr- niii Hnin-litor nf Conductor Jnko (lul ling of tho O. H. & JN.. is very in with illiihtlierin. It Is the only enso in the city at this time. Francis Joseph in Poor Health. Itorlln. Anrll 10. Tho Tngt'hlntt today published alarming Informa tion regarding tho condition of tho health of Emperor Francis Joseph. Valuable Plant Burned. U'tmnllni W Vn. ,,m'.l lfi. FlTO this morning destroyed the $200,000 plant of the Gnll Company, at Wells- burg. CITY WILL WORK THE HOBOES HOW NEW POLICY WILL BE PUT INTO EXECUTION AT ONCE That Is, As Soon As the City Has Any Involuntary Boarders on Hand The Jail Is Now Empty, But the Weather Gives Rise to Antici pations. t,o rltv Inll Is emnty. For tho second time since Marshal Carney assumed tho proprietorship of the city hotel he Is without boarders, and what makes the situation sen ua Is that this Is the tlmo when ho wanted a goodly number ot husky men under bis care. Toir.r nipRnn. thu man who ped it.,u uital?pv. and thn star boarder. was turned loose UiIb morning after a five days' visit, leaving tne city Jail empty and cold, lieioro leav in,. i,in tunu (ivercomo with cfatl tude for tho kind treatment ho has received at the hands or tno ianu lord, and cleaned the hostelry out until It shone. Once before, Just after tho city ,..nu rl(mpl tiv thn edict of tho pros. ccuting attorney In February, tho inii wnc omntlpil of Its tenants and remained unoccupied for a whole u.',,i Tim rltv council and tho mar shal do not want this to happen again at this tlmo, strange to say, fnr u imii Iippii nlanned to noxt Mon day turn tho contents of tho Jail out nn thn RtrnetH under tho watchful care of tho street commltteo and make a crusade against tho debris that has been collecting for nonm time. The street commltteo and its ba talllon of earnest laborers will first make an onslaught on tho rocks and tho rough places of Main and Court streetB. All of the loose gravel will bo raked up und hauled away, and all the Inequalities left by the sower construction will bo smoothed down until the streets are In as good con dition as It Is possible for them to bo put. When thoHO streels aro fin ished tho commltteo will work on tho outside districts. For these reasons It Is hoped that tho Jail will not bo empty long, and that the good weather will tompt somo of the floating populutlon to seek an Involuntary haven In tho city's detention purlorB. C. P. 8TRAIN'8 BOOK. First Edition Has Been Exhausted and Second Edition Now on the Market. Tho first edition of C. I. Strain's pimplilft on assessment In this county has beon exhausted, so great luirf Ixen tho demand for Information on that subject and tho second edi tion Issued from the East Oregonian press, is now on tho market. These books havo found n ready sale In Washington, whore tho ques tion of railroad assessment Is now being discussed by tho people and tho press. Every assessor In Oregon and Washington has beon furnished with a copy, and tho precedent sot by Umatilla county In tho matter of raising railroad assessments, has been thoroughly studied by officials all over the Northwest. Presidential Electors. Tho republican stoto convention elected tho following prominent members of tho party as presiden tial electors; Judge James A. Feo, of this city; J N. Hart, of Polk coun ty; Orant Dlmick. of Clacknmas county, and A C Hough, of Joso-pblne. ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE BY SENATOR BEVERIDGE. He Speaks for the Administration, and Is on the Committee on Post offices Extensive Surveys Or dered to Govern River and Harbor Appropriations for the Northwest Will Be No Report of the Nego tiations Between Panama and the United States. WuRlilnctnn. Anrll 10. There will be no further congressional Investi gation of tho postulllco department, is tho oinnhatlc statement made by Ilovcridge, of Indiana, who Is a mem ber of the commltteo on postoillccs. Northwest Streams and Harbors. .....!. i., a ni-ii in The rlvur IVUBllllifelU", ---- - and harbor bill being considered by tho RPiiuto commltteo on conmiercu Is not completed. Surveys to ascertain mu cum. ui deepening canals, etc., wore author i.n.i fnr Salmon river. Idaho; Tongue's Hay, and Astoria harbor, Oregon; Everett iinruor, wiiu" river, Star Hock, In Bolllngham ttnv iin romovol. South Hond har bor, Wlllnpa harbor and Chehalla river, Washington. Defeated by Party Vote. Washington, April 10. By a voto of 38 to 17, the Benate dofoated a resolution by Morgan calling on tho attorney-general to report on nego tiations In progress between tbl government and tho now Panama canal company. MISS THOMPSON IN DEMAND. Manager of the "Huskln' Bee" Goes to Walla Walla and Lewliton. MIbb Clara IuIbu Thompson, who has been ho highly successful In staging tho "HiiBkln' Heo" here, for thu benefit of mo Sncajuwoa tnonu iiioit fund, loaves Monday morning for Walla Walla, where sho will put the same production on In the dear future. Immediately aftor the performance nt Walla Wula Miss Thompson gooa to LewlHton, where sho will also pro sent tho "HiiBkln' Heo" for tho ben efit of tho Carnegie library at that placo. undur tho ausplcoH of tho cit izens' club. Thu "HiiBkln' Heo" waB ono of tho best entertainments over given In this city by local talent, and Its largo patronage and tho Kinuiy oxpreH slons on Its successful rendition, will go with Miss Thompson, as a pleasant memory of Pendleton. Farmers Busy Seeding. Seeding Ih In progress in every corner of thu county, although tho foothill rnnchoi-B are Just getting started on Hprlng work, and will not havo their barley In until tho last of tho month. Around Alto the bulk of the sowing Is dono. In thn holt around Dayton nnd on Whetstone Hollow barley Is from a quarter to a third In, while tho proportion sown lessens as tho mountains are nearod. Farmers Bay that barley might better go In under present coiidltlona nnd inuko rapid progress than have been howh threo woekH ago to Ilo unsprouted In tho ground waiting for warm weather. Heeding conditions are now Ideal, tho ground Is filled with moisture, the atmosphere Ih al most hot In tho daytlmo nnd every thing looks conducive to swift prog ress. Dayton Courier-Press. The Walla Walla River Raging. A report was received nt tho coun ty auditor's office this afternoon that tho county bridge at Lowden was budly damaged this morning by tho high water, ond It was feared tho entire bridge would bo carried away unless tho dnmago wub repaired at once. Tho Walla Walla river Is re ported to bo very high and In Homo places Is overflowing tho banks. Walla Walla Statesman, Explosion War Vessel. Paris, April 10. Hy an ex plosion tilts morning of pro jectiles In tho maguzlno of tho cruiser Forbln, flva mem bers ot the crow woro Injur ed. Kortunatoly, tho other explosives aboard tho vessel did not bocomo Ignltod. Later It Is now known that five mon woro Hilled.