DAILY EVENING EDITION
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WEATHER FORECAST.
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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. "'
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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.