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DAILY EVENING EDITION I I n nnn. WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight nntl Friday showers. Iiii never convniv." i t 1 store Is important itB"'r maUe your adverwa- Li:..ni. PENDLETON", UMATILLA COUNTY, OKEGON, THURSDAY, APHlIi iil, 1904. NO. 6028. STPDWEO THE QUESTIUN L flnrf Unexpected Oppo- ition to the Deal Proposed ome Time Ago. llNANCE again in HANDS OF COMMITTEE. ..a Poll Tax Problems Again Lhed Over, But Little Progress MjdeTest Case Will Be r...nj.h3nd Dealers rAimtlt o."- lilk at Occupation Tax The Ten- Irloln District Forces a New and Inexpected and Important Issue. L council hold a "gahfest" at I city hall last evening, m ... i n..timnn(ii worn llt- E every s" - j vrv little liuslness clone. Ivor Matlock had not returned , Pnrtianil. and In his absence Endlman Dickson presided over cession. Gas Franchise Problem. he committee In whoso bosom i gas franchise nas been siooping so long aroused the Infant last Itt and brougnt u oui lor mu iu Ertlnn of the city fathers, but they used to look upon its face and or- red It put back into Its cranio un iiich a time as the mayor had turned and they could dotermlno ether or not It Bhould bo allowed I live or be killed. me franchise business soeniB to slow. Some of the councilman lougM that they were putting tho bditions to the company pretty and that It should nay more r the right to come in and chargo t of the air with the fumes or a ligenerating plant, while othors ought that they wero giving the ectrlc light company a cinch on the lining business by granting it the bnchlse as it is now written. IThe committee reported that the i3on they were asking to havo the finance considered at this time las that the company wanted to how something about its chances, It had an option on somo lots near Be present power station and would we to cIobb the deal If it wurc go- Is to put In the gas plant. Right ire Judge Fitz Gerald balked. Hu V not want a gas plant in 1i!h front pro. or any placo near it. Thu coal poke was bad enouch at the nres- P time, without audlnc all of tho aping fumes from a gas plant to F-e loan tne atmimnhnrn nlrnmlv f to carry. He thoucht that tho fJCpmy tnou d tin nnkn,l tn l.nllrt Itu tlant the hill, so that the surplus could blow ovor. It was decid- iMtto send the ordinance back committee with instructions low all of thn xasalne it as much as desired borons " orougnt up again. Doo and Poll Tax. I The council thon inm,,,i in th.. I5 wd poll tax question, and had w over that, with some a lnilU' Tho marshal report- he las lin nirnliiut n lint-,1 ot n.i.. urn no wuy I Hn. V "iuur or pon taxes 1 0o8 taxes, hut i. i, .... from ill fcw f,u u"n KUMUll Eh k .b?.oul(l Pay him. ihoso hw4 thT..!?0. now plaining PJorlty o7 . uone 80 wnon 1110 lot, , ad Si lb? ?en ln th0 city hart fdtice tL . Ior BOmo "dp an' he eh, lZ matter was roforred to V W . Z7 ana 11 waB decided khtt v te8.1 cases an'l And out he B, "v" u aono. Accordingly, Cto n J ! h'P o( tho attor- aHog,nrt" , . " l lno outstnnd- Fun utxes. ... . CUMtlon T,w Fl.le BSll3!? then stated 7 taPMed bv T "ect U, llcon llllwc uoon ,i 0 rocent llcn8o or ko had ferond-lmncl deal pay. xJJ mt)l"ed and would ?? & ,sWay t0 convince atJ?1''- .... :., I , 7 - , lll0 v. cry stables was present and made a speech. He stated tnat ne woum liko to have one of the rules of tho city changed a little. Tho Inhabi tants of tho redllght district now and then desired to ride about the country ln cabs, and according to tho ruling made had to get out ot the city limits before they could get in to tho cabs. No cabman is allowed to call for them or deliver them at the end of tho trip, and he asked to have tho matter changed. The city attorney pondered over the matter and was of tho conclu sion that since there was no redllght district there could be no inhabi tants thereof; and since there was no Inhabitants, tho cabmen could not haul them; but ,that they could haul nny resident of the city who would pay his or her fare. If the said passengers became disorderly, they could be fined or Imprisoned. It was up to tho cabmen, therefore, to haul anybody they wished. Re corder Fitz Gerald stated that ho had made tho ruling for tho good of tho city, but that the council could Interfere li It wanted to. The coun cil did not make any definite state ment, and the cabmen will nave to take tho risk. Tho council then adjourned. Diphtheria at Baker City. Itahor City. Anrll 21. No further cases of diphtheria havo been re ported the last day or so. mere are now five well developed cases, but none of them are dangerous. About 20 children wore exposed to one of tho cases before It was quar antined. Anti-toxin is oeing ireeiy used as a preventative, and It Is thought by the healtn board mat no further cases will develop. PES IbATNG T SENATOR 5M00T Ex-President of the Mormon Church Gives Interesting Testimony. THE WITNESS WAS ONCE ELECTED TO CONGRESS. AMERICANS GREAT DANGER Russians Are Making it Very Uncomfortable for Them in Manchuria. Fourth Term for Esch. annrtn wIh Anrll 21. Concress- man John J. Esch -was renominated for a fourth term today by tho re- .Mii.iirnna nf the Seventh district. Thero was no opposition to his can didacy. PROHIBITIONISTS KNOCKED OUT THEIR NOMINATIONS FOR CONGRESS ARE INVALID, Conventions -Should Have Been Hold In Each District to Make Proper Returns to Secretary of State Too Late Now to File Certificates of Nomination For Whom Will They Vote? Salom, April 21. Attorney General Crawford holds ln an opinion handed to tho socrotnry of state that tho nominations made by tne prohibition party for congress In the two dis tricts and other district offlcers are Invalid, because the law provides that tho assembly of electors must bo residents of tho district for which tho nominations nre made, and the certificates do not show that such Is tho case. w Just what effect this will havo on ii, nnnrTOMalnnnl election cannot easily bo foretold, as there are abo'utJ 2,000 voters of that party in imscB ii li. is not known Jwhoro tho votes will bo cast, j'.lf Eat all. WlUIll incur Iiuumii:u rauuynyy placed on tho ticket, JP?iV Thero are also about 2,OOOgiJrohfc liition votes In tho second congrai); sional district, the exact vote in 1902, uolng 1,057. It Is now tho agfan Izlng question in both congressional districts to know which way the pro hibitionist vote will fall, ln tho ab sence of n prohibition candidatA. Admits He Is a Polygamlst and Jus tifies Polygamy as Being an Ordi nance of God The Church's Chief Counsellor Performed the Plural Marriage Ceremonies With Full Knowledge of the Circumstances Is Defiant and Aggressive in His Defense of Polygamy. Washington, April 21. Brigham V.ol'CTts. one mI the seven flrt pres idents of the Mormon church and who was elected to congress, but prevented taking his seat, was the first witness this morning at the re sumption of the Smoot Inquiry by the Benate committee. Ho said he was married three times: First In 187". second in 1880; third In 1800. By the second wife. Cella Dibble, who was his first plural wife, he' bad eight children, nnmn nf whom were born since hiB election to congress in 1898. J AVas married to tne tniru wno-iuy Daniel H. Wells, counsellor to fhe apostles at Salt Lake. There ynere no witnesses, nor was either of ;bls nravimm wivnti nrpftpnt. Wells made too objection to his marriage to Mrs. Shlpp, hlB third wire, weuner nau the other two wives; however, they did not know of it, at the time, and did not learn ofMtMor ,two or three years. He concealed' his' last marriage chiefly for the purpose of relieving them of embarrassment. "Of course we knew the marriage was Illegal." This third wlfo was formerly the wife of Dr. Shlpp. ' He admittedVtUatfWells knew ho l. .. i , ...I?aJP 'MA nrttlnn wnt3 tflk. cn "by the authorities of the church against him for,' hiB marriage of the third wife, i' Aaked thqreasons which led mm to con;:act'this"marrIage when he fcnew It was against the law, he said that from boyhood he had been taught the rightfulness of plural marriages and believed It a law of God, preferred to man's .law. He believes, polygamy was and Ib a di vine institution. He admitted living ln rclygamous cohabitation "ln de flancpi'oflb'oth the laws of God and man.ftfaiithe cross-examination word- ;$$RETURN TO WORK. Lithographers' Strike Ends in Mutu- HSjj&. al Concessions. & York. April 21. -Tho 10.000 jJitfaqgraphtTH of the country, on Ifstrike since March 15, returned to ;w6rk this morning, tne resuu oi au A0reemeni emoracinK muoi both sides. FOUR AMERICANS ARE DETAINED AT MUKDEN. Russians Hang an Englishman as a Spy Renewed Persecutions of the jews Togo Will Try to Push, the Cork In at Port Arthur Plot Dis. covered to Blow Up Unfinished1 Russian War Vessels in Baltic i Navy-yards Will Send Baltic i Fleet to Far East. UTAH STORM. Lose .Some rlfldi 8we" Society Aff.,., i -85S?BL8pr April 21. ?,fa w Mtteu c,l,h . filed Vea,lor' this 1 SSL Md wL""3.?:cora- 2?. V " banker o T VMn,nK Of Loadv lin Lucln Cut-off Liable to Trestle. Omlnn Anrll 21. A torrlflfl ) SHOW storm Is raging, and heavy 'losses of shorn sheep are reported, 'unis'siai ed that ono and a half milftXpt tho Southern Pacific cut-oft across 1 tho lako Is affected, over a nair4(a miio of trestle being out of pJnce; A trains aro sent over tho rild'routo. HOPE FOR SETTLEMENT. . J. ''I ' ' More Liberal Policy Toward Hungar ian Striking Railroaders? Vienna, April 21. Th. ! thousand ali.lln.o nirncloil VngUtrdUV, liaVO boen released and nmneFity,inroposed for all, whllo the pronioiuouinKuiuoi. i-nii.wa.. hniiiinf nAnAtlnes has boon roscindod. It la hoped, a sottlo- II1UI1U Will UU UllUUtvti i, -L- , Hays Is Indicted.': Los Angolorf, April', j.21,. H. T. Hays, tho Itlveraldo baifik cnBhler, has boon Indicted byJho fodoral grand Jury on flvo 'TjouiUsT' for em bozzlomont and ball fljcedot ?30,00Q. Blew a Bank Clav filtv. Ind.. Amrll 21. Tho Farmers' and Morchant" hank was blown at 2 this mornlnii by robbers who secured $5,281. Tho building was almost domollahod. -rioi i p.. I . Tucker. url,l,, MriKS Anrll 21. The case of Charles L. Tucker, accused of the murder of Mabel Pago at Wlcstou, was called this morning, at tended by a great rush of people, -rim fnthtr of the murdered girl told of finding tho body. Berlin, April 21. The Frankfurter Zeltung prints a dispatch' from its Manchuria correspondent, reporting that bitter anti-American feeling is prevalent there,' endangering the lives of those' who failed to flee be fore the 'hostilities were thoroughly under way. Four Americans are detained at Mukden under chargo of espionage ln behalf'of the Japanese. An.EngliBhman arrested at Port Arthur, ' charged with being a spy, has been hanged at Mukden. The persecution of Jews Is also vigorous. Still Bottling Up Port Arthur. Dnme. Anrll 21. A Cheo Foo tel egram this morning states that Togo has a special boat prepared anu win make anotner attempt to oome i-ori Arthur harbor tonight. 7,000 IDLE IN TORONTO. Loss Will Reach $12,000,000, With Insurance Estimated at $8,360,000. Tnrnnln nut.. Anrll 21. TllO tOtnl loss by tho fire which destroyed the wholesale district of Toronto last night, will, according to tho most conservative estimate, reach $12,000,- 000, tho total Insurance, $S,3GO,000. Tho area swept by tne nre omwae cd H acres and from 5,000 to 7,000 people aro thrown out of cmpio)- mcnt. Tho -ltv round late this niter- noon placed all public buildings and the exposition grounds at tho dispo sal of tho fire sufferers; It amended the fire regulations to allow tho con struction of temporary structures and appointed 'committee to wnlt on the lcglslaturo nnd secure an oi- der that' nil wires in uu uusmess nart of-the. city bo placed under ground. "' - MOTHER JONES IN PESTHOUSE. Italian ' Strikers In Utah Breaking Out In a Fresh Place. Salt lke. April 21. The Italian strikers encamped in tho vicinity of Castle Gate coal mines all winter. after rescuing Mo.ner Jones from tne smallnox Quarantine, attempted lo tear down the pesthouso and drive off tho armed guard. Tho state board of health hero wired ordering the arrest of all con cerned, including Mother Jones, nnd instituting a forcible quarantine. Sunk After Collision. H..rlln Anrll 21. The Swedish ot.mmHhln DrlpH sank after a colli sion with another vessel In the llnltlc off Swinemund todny. Tho crow oi 1C drowned. I MANIPULATING Plot to Blow Up. St. Petersburg, April 21. A re ported plot has been discovered for blowing up of warships now building in Russia. Infernal machines aro said to havo been found ln the ship building yards near tho cruisers Al maz and Jemtshug, whllo Jap spies are reported to have been taken ln custody near the battleship Borodl-nod. Baltic Fleet to Far East. St. Petersburg, April 21. Admiral Skrlydloff has definitely determined to .send tho Baltic fleet to the Far Bast. RIOTING IN DENVER. More Federation of Miners' Officers In Trouble. Denver, April 21. Tho arrival of the train bearing President Moyer, of the Miners' Federation this after noon, escorted by militia, was the occasion for a small-sized riot. As Secretary Haywood, of the Federation, approached Moyer, Cap' tain Wells made a move to strike him. Haywood knocked Wells down. Haywood was attacked by guards, knocked down and beaten, arrested and taken to tho Oxford hotel wltn Moyer, There Haywood was knock' ed down by two soldiers, and while down was bayoneted and clubbed until unconscious. A riot call was turned In, but the soldiers refused to surrender Hay wood and held him on a charge of deserting the flag. The habeas corpus case of Moyer will be heard in tho supremo court this afternoon. DEMOCRATS OPPOSED TO INSTRUCTIONS The delegates returning from tho H,ml.frBtlp state convention roport tho meeting one of the most spirited and Interesting ever held In tne ........ ...i t, tii.. sham contest over the Instruction of tho national delegates for W. Itearsi ior i.-o- . WUIlo tho contest at no time ap proached a bitter fight, it was tho occasion for about three hours of gonulno democratic oratory, of the , tii fnHt. as tho lead- ers of the stato were present to taho sides in tho matter. Tho opposition to tho resolution Indorsing Hearst for the presidency was not opposition to Hearst, but It was opposition to the undemocratic policy' of instructing delegates and inking hands against doing tho prop er thing for the best interests of tho party when the national convention 'SIn0lfact, It Is believed that a ma jority of the -delegates to tho stato convention wero in favor of Hearst for president, nt this time, but they rofusod to bo bound, preferring to romnin free to act for tho best In terosts ot the party It s argued i... ii,nu nminftnd to the adoption of tho HenrBt resolution that circum stances may change between now and tho meeting of tho national con vention which would mako Hearst Instructions extremely embarrass ing. Umatilla county had a strong can didate tor national delogate in tho person of Mayor W. F. Matlock, and but for a mistake of the deiega. tlon from Jackson county, ho would havo been elected a delegate to tho convention at St. Umis. As It was, his brothor, J, D. Mat lock, an alderman of Kugone, was also a candidate, and the Jackson county delegation cast Its ballot for J. D., instead of W. F, Matlock, as it intondea, and elected Matlock from Eugene instead of Matlock from Pendleton. As It is, W. F. Mat lock Is an alternato dolegato and may attend tho national convention after all. Tho name of John R. iJithrop, for merly editor of tho Knst Oregonlan, was mentioned In connection with ! tho congressional nomination from 'the second district. J. K. Simmons, tho man who received this nomlna , tlon, is woll known as a thorough, n rt I vp. abln man. and is thought to 'bo the strongest candidate aftor T G Hailey, whoso refusal to run was j deeply lamented Employers Win. Kansas City. Mo April 21. The truck drivers' strike of soveral weeks duration, has been declared off, the employers winning. DQLIVER ON THE TRUSTS INFORMATION WANTED ABOUT CORPORATIONS, The Iowa Man Believes the Era of Speculative Trusts Is Nearly a an End, and That They Will Be Supplanted by Legitimately Com petlng Small Concerns Case of Dying Natural Deaths. Washington, April 21. The housu has agreed to tho conference on tno agricultural appropriation, anu toon up tho conference report ot tne nn viil rmrnhii inllon bill. In the senate Dolllvcr discussed resolution introduced by Hill, calling on tho secretary of for Information relatlvo to Incorporations other than trusts since 1800. He described tno decay of "Ji.eculntlvo trusts and predicted hnt ihn aimllcatlon of universal natural lin'S, including the competi tion of Independent companies, would eventually drive tho Inst of them out of business. MERGER STOCK Northern Securities Stock holders Engineer a Dimin ishing Stunt. COMPANY IS LEGALLY DEAD, YET VERY LIVE. 4 Stockholders Arbitrarily, Handle Im mense Holdings Which the Harrl man Interests Clafm Do Not Be long to Them, and Do It Under Protest Protestants Ask for Value Received, and Are Turned Down Hearing to Restrain Will Be Heard in United States Circuit Court. iiiiliiiknii. N. .1.. Anrll 21. A spec Ini iiiPi.ilm- nf the stockholders ot the Northern Securities Company to votu a proposed reduction of stock by II!) per cent and to dlstrlhuto tho nssets on a pro rata basis, mot nt 11 o'clock. The ih-Ht Herniation was tho tiling ot a protest by tho Oregon Short Lino and Union l'nclllc nuerosis, il notice that tho sharos of capital stock of tho Northern Pa cific delivered by iinrriman anu Pierce to tho Northern Securities In 1901, consisting or 37,000,000 com mon and 11,000,000 preferred, nnd common stock Into which said pre ferred had been converted, bolong iO tho Oregon Short Lino: that tho So curltles Company Is simply Its cus todian. Tho protostantB claim they aro en titled to return to them certificates for said stock upon the surrender by them of 82,000,000 Block In tho Northern Securities, nnd payment of $8,000,000 cash received by them on such delivery of tho said Northorn Pacific stock to tho Northern Securi ties. Notice Ib further given thnt tho Securities hns no right to distribute tho Northorn Pacific stock pro ratn among tho stockholders of tho Northern Securities. Judge Kirk Patrick's restraining order is cited. Pierce nnd Judge Lovott after reading tho protest, left tho mooting, flrHt holding nn unlimited conversa tion with Hill. They shook hands all round nnd laughed hoartlly, as though a good story had boon told. A voto wns then ta,cn on tho plan for distribution of tho morgor Blocks. It was ndoptod unanimously. Thero wero voted 2,011,810 sharoB In favor of the resolution. It provides that the capital slock ho reduced from tho .1,054.000 shares now outstanding to 29,510, Tho court order obtained by Har rlman, while not interfering with tho meeting or adoption ot tho plan, win roMtraln Its execution until mo Trenton court has decided tho case. Polygamous Postmasters. Washington, April 21. The senate todny adopted a resolution by Du bois calling upon the postmasler genornl to ascertain whotber the Mormon postmasters of Idaho aro living in polygamy. WILL HANG TOMORROW. End of the Three Chicago Carbarn Robbers and Murderers. Chicago, April 21. Tho governor this morning alflrracd tho recommen dation of tho stato board of pardons against Interfering with the sonten co of death Imposed on Cnrbarner Vondlno, and all threo bandits will bo hanged tomorrow morning. Nel dermelcr alone and Marx and Van dine together. Threo guards are with each of tho men and two doctors reinforce Nel dermeler's, Ono guard lies on his bed, others sit by hlra on each side. Ho Is not pormltted to put his hands under tho covers. The wound he Inflicted In tho attempt nt sulfide is still open. The bandit smiles with pleused vanity when tho guards compliment him on his shrewdness. A prlcjst was with Neldormoler three hours this morning without apparently convincing tho condemn ed man. Vandlne, aftor tho reception of a telegram from his mother nt Springfield, notifying him of her failure to securo gubernatorial clem ency, called for a priest. Scores of ovnngollsls visit tho Jail and offer prayers and bring (lowers. Sentenced to Penitentiary. inillananolls. Ind.. Anrll 21- Pres ident Broerick, of tho Klkhart bank, was sentenced to 10 years in tho penitentiary nnd Cashier Collins to six, for wrecking it INSTRUCTS FOR PARKER. His Greatest Strength Came From Republican Counties. New York, April 21. Tho Instruc tions for Parker in the Now York slate convention, forced by tho Hill Ilelmont machine, represents only threo-tenths of the ilcinooratlo voto of (ho stale. Tiunnmny and tho democratic counties representing seven-tenths of I lie democratic voto of the state, protested against tho Instructions ami refused to mako tho voto on the Instructions unanimous. Much Indignation Is expressed throughout tho city nnd state. Connecticut s suro, and iearst is cortaln to got four and perhaps all, of tho New Knghind stalos. Tho platform In Now York shows tho Ilelmont nnd trust Influence. It Is unsatisfactory to all democrats, and Is a laughing stoc k for tho regu lar domocrats, Tho nlno counties against Instruc tion gavo at tliu last election a dem ocratic plurullty of 33,1-19. Tho 46 counties for Instruction gavo a re publican plurality or 91,013. Issue of Paper Money, St. PotorBbiirg, April 21. A now Issuo of $15,00,000 of paper curron cy against tho rrno gold In tho stato bank, has boen made. Miners Entombed. . Homo, April 21.- Ono hund- red miners wero overwhelmed by an uvalancho in tho com- muno of Progolalo today. Tweiity-fivo imerwunls oscap- ed, but tho remainder aro hurled beyond iiopo of rescue alivo, Tho mine shart Is fill- cd solidly with Ice and snow. which foil from a high cliff and crushed In pieces tho stir- faco structures.