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IINGEDIT1 DAILYEVENINGEDITION d Set ...Kiln cross WEATHER FORECAST. lie Lsr sua Tonight fair with Unlit frost. Sundny fulr and warmer. VEER. PENDLETON, U3EATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, A PHIL a, 1904. Off NO. C030. , Sets G THAT ' IN T -r THi BOff AC- Pride oust mi IDT LEGAL n it epilation oi me ,aw Separately. Lection is ndered necessary. quoted nbovc, and gives to the state, land board the preferential right to J buy any bonds issued by any school rfuirlrt: furtnor nrovldlnc that the 'honds as issued shall not bear less! I than 5 per cent Interest. This Is in OppOSlUUIl Ul 11". nwilM Ul mi: board, which desires to put out long time bonds at low Interest. These arc the principal stumbling blocks over which the board has fal ' Ion and it seems now that It will. L i0 OmiSSionS I n , in order to legalize a bond issue, be He 1 , compelled to first call a special and I legal school meeting at which it shall be decided whether or not the I bonds shall be local or general, after j which the notices may be posted and i the election proceeded with as be fore. If this Is a fact it will require 10 days' notice to, call the school meet ing, and then 20 days posted notice for the election, throwing the dep th tmn a '"l'p ovor a month from now. I lit Law im" " The board is considering what Is of the Legislature best to do. ln:orporated In the &ep- roslplintjon of c. s Jackson was ac. of School Laws and ccpted after having been in the HEARST AFTER THE COAL TRUST He is a Thorn in the Side of the Second Greatest Mo nopoly on Earth. APPEARS BEFORE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. hands of the board for some time, tlooked-Quest.on of Lo Co,)en wag appolmed to Lnn Subscription to the 1st Be Decided by the LIST cl fill out the unexpired term, which will be until the general election in June. MAILS DELAYED, His Coming Is a Signal for Every Republican Member to Be Present and on Guard Against the Great Editor's Wily Assaults His Reso lution for Investigation Defeated He Charges Attorney-General Knox With Wilful Neglect. JAPANESE LOSE A GREAT BATTLE Reported Through Russian Sources That They Lost 7,000 Men on the Yalu. SOMEBODY BLUNDERED IN PORT ARTHUR FIGHT. Washington IE fci board Is up against a 5if law The people oi Save not voted any recent election at which hczis was authorized is j strike I no effect ana a new ana l-.lon will be necessary to defec's Such were the I of the board at the meet- la afternoon at 4 o'clock. Intricate Laws, of the great state of Ore- i tangled skein of yarn. to a certain and a den ad Is all complete when the direction or the one strand cannot be told lamination of a few inches Is;. It takes an expert to ft knots, and the board r.te the bond election ques- lent expert examination be- Ir the recent election. be a great many technical- ! observed, and it takes all books to show all of the board, In calling the elec ted the provisions as laid School Laws, and finu l fallen down because all of tslons were not stated in At the last session of liture a change was made tinner of calling elections Busies, and this late amend-. rot noted in the School therefore was not observ April 23. William Labor Troubles Cause Widespread ! Randolph Hearst appeared before I uie nouse commiuee on judiciary ' today to attack the anthracite coal - "A,u I trust. He spoke at length, but fail Inconvenience. Constantinople. April Russian Account Confirms the Claim That the Petropavlovsk Was Blown Up by a Japanese Submarine Wn rinuin In h Mirtef nt a fi.n. ' ,ISe. I Even then eral Engagement Other Russain Boats Were Injured, and the Bal ance Fled to Inner Harbor. BIG LOG AT ST. LOUIS. Special Correspondent Tells of Or egon Timber Exhibit. St Ixmls, April 23. One of the most attractive cards In the out door exhibit of the Forestry display nt the St. Louis fair. Is the big spruce log wjilch will represent Ore gon there. It is n veritable monster and thousands of people dally are at tracted by Its enormous she. It Is by far the largest log on the grounds and old-timers ennnot remember when they have seen anything nearly so large. It towers above the other out-door exhibits and can be seen for n long distance. Gonernt Superintendent Wehrung thought that he had n white elephnnt on his hands, ns there seemed to be no feasible means of unloading the Jog nn. getting it into position, but nfter carefully looking over the ground, he decided to hnve a launching, nnd accordingly ways were prepared and jncks brought in- 10 MILLIONS OR IDAHO DESERT Government to Reclaim 200, 000 Acres by Pumping Water From Snake River. TRACT TO BE RECLAIMED IS EAST OF HUNTINGTON. It wns no easy mntter to move the huge- monster which weighed 60,000 pounds. Quito a crowd of spectators had gathered to witness the sight, nnd they were not disappointed, for tho log seemed alive and went tumbling and rolling Paris. April 23. A dispatch from I llown tm "B slope like a young St. Petersburg states tho Japanese nlU'r honi'- brought up losses In the reported engagement ntlwlthln a. fow foel (,f lls Io,'B resting Yalu river numbered 7,000. The in formation Is contained In a private mails have arrived since Thursday. ( eil to mpress the republican com-1 messago from Port Arthur, which Is P SON , ',um ,u l,,u """sury mlttee. who are attending in full ; force to prevent any more "snap" 1 actions. I The Hearst resolutions of inquiry ! were voted down by the republicans I and were then referred to a snb-com-I tnlttee. Hearst contended that Attorney-General Knox failed to take action, "nor has he permitted any other officials In his department to." Hearst submitted correspondence on the subject with the president, the attorney-general and District At torney Burnett. The Hearst resolution was defeat ed on the ground that the matters provided therein are already covered by the Williams resolution for an in quiry now before the house. Bill of Complaint. Mr. Hearst today followed his tes timony by filing with the attorney general a bill of complaint against the anthracite roads mining compa nies, alleging violation of the Sher man anti-trust law. and praying the United States to take action to re strain them from further violation. Mr. Hearst goes fully Into the his tory of the alleged combination AT FACTORY FIRE I WALLS TOPPLE OVER AND DO GREAT DESTRUCTION. Twenty People Injured and Fire Ap paratus Crushed General Panic Among Spectators and Throughout the City Fire Started by Burning Tank of Naphtha. act Terms of Law. to the act passed at the , found on Daee 331 nf il Laws of Oregon for 1903. L-l-., . . " iiirea in section 1 that: i w legal voters, present "jallj called school meeting, -orue tne directors of mirh Wirt to make a loan, bor- J or reiund any existing cess created by a vote of or by the directors, in Fe of any statute nnrt Mi therefor, tbey shall de &X and by a majority of Wen present, whether the Mthorized to be Issued. Ptlated and eold accord J( Frerlslons nf i,.ii te US9 of Bell tlPPf JP- rrt. ffi Code or the provls- --.uioq oi said sec- 5 lit Urni chli .i 11 Wd under ko i7 fusion so selected by 11 totem." rtjJoa e of thf or..i., lilies ln 8Ub8tance that , Zl authorized to debt hv i... hilt T "Jiy vote -w uyt in PTr Cu-J F. e taxabiB 1." 01 the dlatrlnt 1 1. . wane In hlori, r W. This r,;" " ".l l0' lie . pro .Jto Purcso of all of WUlOn 31. nf ,u F He eleV,.' TL B?.cuon I, the boZ u 11 was 10 Newark, N. J., April 23. Two fire men and two citizens were killed and 20 Injured by an explosion In the factories of the Weiner Company &. Cassady, hardware manufacturers, this morning. The dead are: Jacob Bleyhle, Patrick Donahue, William Crane and Leo Ross. Origin was a tank of naphtha tak ing fire. Fourteen engines and four truck companies were massed in front of the building when tho explosion oc curred. Falling walls, burning men and crushed machines filled the street, and a general panic ensued among the bystanders and through out the business part of town. The loss to the building is $50,000, while the city sustains a loss of at least $9,000 to ruined machinery. said to further confirm the rumor of a battle in that region "Somebody Blundered." St. Petersburg, April 23. Viceroy Alexleff's full report on the loss of the Petropavlovsk and destroyer StrashnI on April 11, v.-as published today. He says the mistake of both offi cers of the StrashnI, who mistook the Japanese destroyers for Itusslan ships, led to the grader disaster of the loss of the battleship. The cruiser Diana, when It was seen that the StrashnI was at the mercy of the enemy, went to nor relief, but too late. The vessel sank. The Diana picked up five survivors. The Japanese deotroyers withdrew, but n half dozen cruisers appeared nnd attacked the u.ana. It was then that Makaroff Btarted to rescue the Diana after a short fusllado at 10. 000 yards, a squadron of Japanese battleships appeared and the Rus sians retired. Two Explosions Under Petropavlovsk "At 9:43," the report continues, which he states was tor the purpose '"ar explosion under the right side of of stiflinc pomnetition and avers It, me J'ciropaviovsK. nnri a second un to be a device of the holding compa- place, whero It wng placed on a cra dle to be the pet of nil tlmhermeii. LAYTON WISDOM. Secretary of Interior Sets ABlde $2, 600,000 for Government Project Will Be the First Pumping Plant Attempted Under the National Ir rigation Act Water Will Be 30 to 40 Feet Out of Snake Rlver Soil Is Rich, Sandy and Productive Minidoka the Center of the Dis trict U the Gateway to Southern Idaho, TRA ny which 1b illegal. English Baseball Fans. London, April 23. Forty thousand football enthusiasts today witnessed der her bridge. A column of smoke was seen to arise from tho battle ship. He mast, funnel, bridge and turret were thrown up, and tho bat tleship keeled over on her starboard side. The ship was surrounded by INALLTHINGS YET MANY OF THE YOUNG CHAFE UNDER CONTROL. Are Prone to Revolt at Polygamy, Which Is Unpopular With Them The secretary of tho Interior yes terday set aside the sum of $2,('.00,0()0 for the purpose of constructing uu irrigation project nt Minidoka, Idaho, for the reclamation of 200,000 acres Mil arid land In the heart of tho I Snake river desert. Tim project will consist of mon ster pumps to lift the water out of Snake river at a point about 20 miles east of Mlnldoku, with canals and ditches covering the entlro body of land to h( reclaimed. Tho lund lo be reclaimed lies la a vast seml-elreulur tract, north nnd east of Minidoka, and Is compara tively level, with Jutting lava cliffs and rocky ridges running through It and a Source of Trouble Worst I iroin east to west, parullol with the Feature of the Mormon Church Is ' river course. The soli Is sandy, IU Unamerlcan Meddlesomeneas. , rlch I,ml ,u'ul and produces abund- ' autly under Irrigation. At places in this desert some small Washington, April 23. Resuming HI"" llllV1' I'"" reclulmed by springs his testimony in tho Smoot case, found among the lava cliffs, and Judge Powers wns asked how tho win. re wuler can bo secured the soil younger Mormons regard the prac- produces anything planted, tice of polygamy. He said they are raising the water from Snako opposed to It, and belluvo if the river n distance or 30 to 40 feet, by church attempted to re-establish It) nieans of pumps, and delivering It would meet with trouble from that , ,nt" 'ron pipes 10 feet In dlamoter element Tho younger pwiple are also rest ive under church control. Some sub which will bo extended for several hundred feet from tho pumps to tha level of tho plain, to u luulu canal, mil Madltw ,u.lhl.ni .iint.. t... It (u Huutf-M Mint nt limul tr.n nni it, some under protest, and some not acres of desert land can bo covered lit all. , by this project. The laud lies fa- Tho worst feature of tho Mormon I vornulo to Inexpensive irrigation as the final match of the Manchester nnu ln tw" mlnut('s Bunk- bow church, continued tho witness, was I thuro are no deep channels to build BORE FALSE WITNESS. TJetectlve Agency in Trouble at Lon don, England. London, April 23. Henry Slater, head of the largest private detective agency in England, and four assist ants w.ero arrested charged with pro- curing false evidence to permit woman client to obtain a divorce. City Club and Dolton Wandorers. Standing room in the Crystal Palace is at a premium. Chicago Grain. Chicago, April 23 - May wheat opened closed old July opened 85, closed S4Vj. new July opened 84, closed S33). July orn opened 47. closed 47. RESERVE WILL OPEN. r-', aitof -ui-. P lor if. noee shall h teak. :uo- This sub. r w not 7h. i B,on as t hr i"rl. ,n Issue mv l, i ' man . . ww r the n,.....orelen capital. . Bond I.., Nearly Half Million Acres In the Rosebud Agency. Washington, D. C, April 23. The president this morning signed the bill opening for sale 416,000 acres of land In the Rosebud agency In South Dakota. Trouh,,. Tt strikw11 eary April t dJiT'os raliwav mn went. Zl' hy tho env. i u? iJ anv tl 00 8UP "Hed ui. af thouaan,! .n' lonT. In manyo ! Will Manage Large Properties. Denver, Col., April 23. Lafayette Hanchett, a well known mining r of Idaho Springs, has been appoint. ed general manager of all the mining property and mills of the reduction works owned by Samuel V. New. nouse, the millionaire mine owner in Colorado, Utah, Montana and Cat lfornta, with headquarters at Salt Lake, Utah. He will receive a salary of $25,000 per year. GOING TO ATHENA. Pendleton Marksmen Accept Invlta tlon Tendered Them. The Athena Rod and Gun Club has sent an invitation to the members of uie Pendleton Sportsmen's Associa tion to attend tho shoot given by them tomorrow at the Athena grounds, and quite a number will tako advantage of tho Invitation to enjoy tho hospitality of tho Athena sportsmen. U is expected that several crack shots from Walla Walla will he in attendance sIbo, as well as sonio from other clubs ln the nearby towns. Among thoso who will attend from hero are Dr. T. H. Whjte, William In gram, James Sponco, Sam Thorn p- Hon, D, C. Clark. Charles J. Fergu- Bon, c C. Borkeloy and II J man Gernfl to Italy. Paris, April 23. President Ujubut started for Rome today id vlflt lin king of Italy. WRECK AT ECHO. first.' Alexleff tells of the rescue of seven officers, Including Cyril and 73 j seamen. Probleda's Narrow Escape. Tt was while nearlug tho harbor that the battleship Probinda npnrly met a like fnle. A mine exploded under her starboard Bide. The ship listed, but entered the harbor. So mention Is made of damage. Intimations that the Japanese laid the fatal mines is given. Alexleff says the night preceding the sortie lights and ships were seen In tho dlstunce. The viceroy says tile morale of tho crews remain despite the 111 success attending the Pacific fleet. not polygamy, but tho unamerlcan I'ut few ravines to cross In domination exercised by the hlernr chy over Its people and that forces obedience to tho word of tho church leaders as though It were (Jod him self speaking, nnd also the power of the church to control commerce und business. CHANGES HANDS. O. R. & N. Freight Train Goes In the Ditch at West Switch With Disas. trous Results. An extra eaht boutid freight train j Petition Being Circulated to Prevent AGAINST GAS PLANT. was wrecked last night at 3 a. m., at the flour mill switch just west of the yards at Echo, derailing four carloads of lumber and tearing up considerable track The east-bound pat-senger train was delayed about seven hours, reaching here at noon and the west bound trains were de!ai at jcno until 11 o'clock A wrecker was brought from J.a Grande and the derailed cars were moved and a track built around tbem to allow the passenger trains to pass. The damage was ery slight, as the train was not moving at a high rate of speed at the nine of tho accident Foreman Rounds went down on the wrecker to assist In clearing tho track BALFOUR-GUTHRIE NOTES SOLD Last of the Personal Property of the Wade Estate. T. C. Taylor, as tnutne of the Wade ostato. sold this afternoon In accordance with the direction of the United State court, the Jiairour- Guthrle notes and tho certlflcatoa of the Pacific Realty Company, as ad vertised. Tho nrooerty was bid ln as a whole by tho First National Hank for $21,000. and by Jame If. Raley. sep arately for $18,000. The returns will be itent to the court at Portland, and If the vale Is confirmed the bank will undoubtedly gain possession of the notes and stock. This winds up the sale of the personal property of Still-' the estate The real property win J lie sold In a wcrk from now Plant From Being Located In Resi dence Section of the City. A petition Is now being circulated asking the city council lo refuse, to permit the gas plant now In contem plation, to be located near tho elec tric light station, in the residence portion (jf the Pity. Mr6. Cooper Buys the St. George Restaurant. Mrs. Cora Cooper, formerly pro prietress of tho Btrahon lodging house, has purchased the business of the St. Georgo restaurant of II. Mul ligan, who has been conducting it for several months. Mrs. Cooper will take chargo on tho first of May, and will open tho Place under her management by giving a special Sunday olnner. Shu will run tho rostnurant with tho In tention of making It tho first-class eating place of tho city, and she has had largo experience In the bus nuns reaching the fnrtherest limit of tho tract. Tho It act lies north of tho Short Line railroad, add would all be tributary to Minidoka, Mlnldoku Is tho gateway to a largo district in Southern Idaho, It Is ICS Milieu lust of Huntington, und U ilio point from which tho principal stago lines start southward Into Albion Goose creek, Salmon river und other thickly settled portions of the statu south of Snako river. It enjoys a large travel, as much of tho busi ness of Southern Idaho must pasB through this place to Ilolso City and other principal Idaho towns. This will be tho first pumping plant Installed by tho government, all the other government Irrigation projects being either rusurvolr or dum piojocts. FUNERAL OF FRANK BEAL. REV. ANDERSON ARRIVED, I Will Special Train for Odd Fellows. Tho O. R. A N. has granted tho request of Pendleton Odd Follows to furnish a special train from this city to Milton on Tuesday. April 26 on tho occasion of tho joint celebra tion of tho Milton and Pendleton lodges thcro on that day. The train will Jeavo here at 8:30 a. in.. and returning will leave Milton at C p. ra. Tho exercises will ho held In the forenoon. Preach Tomorrow at Methodist Churches. Both Mrs. W. H. Kelsay Goes South. Mrs. W. II. Kelsay ond her daugh tor, Mrs. C. H, Lyman, havo gone on an extended visit to tho southern states and tho St. IjuIh fair. They will visit all the principal southern cities, especially in Tennessee and jwniucKy, ana expect to bo gono about tnreo months. Mr. Kolsay and unver expect lo join them at St Louis about July 1. Dairy Cows Sold, Fifty head of dairy cattle, tho property of Kdwln Wooddy wero sold at public sale this afternoon at tho Dutch Henry food yard, by Sheriff Taylor. Tho cattle brought $1,040, and were bid in by R IJ Stewart, of Athi.ua, Rev. Anderson naB arrived and will preach at the M. K. Church South at 11 a, m. and at tho Thomp boii Btrcot M. 12. church ut 7:30 in. Heglnnlng with tho Monday bctv Ices these churches will hold joint services in tho M. K. Church South building throughout tho remainder of next week, and as much longer as Mr. Anderson remains In town, or uie revival is continued. Ernest Younger to San Francisco. Krnest Younger will leavo this evening for Han Francisco to attend the convention of tho National Ore cers' Association, which moots In thut city during tho coining week. Mr. Younger Is delegate from tho uh soclatlon hero, and will bo gone for n couple of weeks. Fraternal 8urprloe Party. Tho members of Umatilla Tout No. 27, of tho Knights of tho Maccabuos surprised tho ladles of Juno Illvo No, 10, while at their mooting last night. Tho visitors brought refreshments with them and turned tho sosslon of tho lodge Into a social, Tho surprise wus complete and acceptable Conducted by Rev, Rlgby at Athena This Afternoon. Rev. (J W. Rlgby left this morn ing for Athenn, where ho wiib called to conduct tho funeral of Frank Ileal, a young man who formerly ru slded In this city, hut for some time huso been In tho butcher busi ness In Milton. Mr. Heal has boon a sufferer with dropsy, the result of Inflammatory rheumatism. Ho wur a popular young man of good busi ness nttulnmont8. Tho funeral was hold In Athnnn this afternoon, tho burial being made In tho Athena cemetery. Kramer-Thrasher. James M. Krumnr and Miss Fran- klo Thrasher, of this city, wero mar rlod at tho residence of Mrs. Stella Ross, this morning, Rov. M. V. How ard officiating. They will reside on llluff street, For Popular Government. llorlln, April 23. Tho Frankfurter Zellung reports that the Russian council of ministers, consisting of old und conservative, statesmen, have demanded u limited form of popular govornmcint for Russia, mid Minster Interior Plohv Is said to havo ngrood to tholr demands to a degree. 5H