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DAILY EVENINGEDITION rris "half the tat- J WEATHER FORECAST. 1 , lite a pooA general, j U"", .much attention to Tonight nnil Tuesdny. show- I ors. warmer tonight j PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OTtEGON, MONDAY, AlMtlL i!5, 1904. NO. 603 J . nnrMFMfZFn T mM 1 RANGISCO AIRSHIP FLIES 5 llivcmiuii - .j ju.. Faco anH An- f MAuamont. ru in 1 1 1 1 j i l 1 1 1 w 1 1 COMPLETE CIRCLES. Did Not Understand the i u chin nr fta He Lost Control of It Descent and Alighting Were .... r...i inH the Inventor . . L. U..l.n!rM U3C Tnax ic iiictiiomoHi i DimtpLohl ItlUPfl. HUNGARIAN RIOTS. Serious Trouble Results From Strike of Railway Employes. Vienna, April 25. The Hungarian parliament was prorogued by royal decree this morning. In order to ob tain a free hand for Count Tlsza, the premier. In dealing with the strik ing railway men. During the rioting at Eloed Sun day, a peasant knocked the sword from the hand of n captain. The hussars and corporal promptly clove the peasant's head. BIGAMOUS MINISTER. OFFENDS IHE CHAUVINISTS The Gusher in the White House Chair Slops Over About Minister Steinburg, IS CALLED DOWN BY GERMAN NEWSPAPER, Handsome Iowa Preacher Gets Four Years In the Penitentiary. Sigourney. Iowa. April 25. In pro nouncing sentence against Hev. I. B. j Taylor, who pleaded guilty to big- : my. the court said he Imposed four There Are other Germans Stelnburg, Who Is Now Under Sus picion of Playing to the American years, only one less than the max! mum, because he felt that one in the ministerial calling should be held to a stricter account than others. Tay lor laughed, and remarked: "Glad it is over." He is a handsome young evangelist. SECRET BALLOT TODAY. Result Expected to Be a Strike Or der in San Francisco. San Francisco. April 23. A secret ballot is being taken today by thei OV,,7 "V. UtlCL'L 111 .,1111 3 I 1111,11 Ull lilt; I.U111 promise offer made by the United hlm Z7bel o ' he Na on "'J.5;8 ,n,ro8E?n-10 n,e"? al Zeltuns. who cables that the pre". w,. Mnp.i iuf Ident a""ted a quarter of an hour It will be rejected ed, which would lines in the city T'l i io Voi,i AmbadVr s,ta Hn'ir! Zv ,ract,ca,,y "eup a" I flattering." says tue Zcitung. "noos- S CITY IS F IN ID D ED SUBURBAN TOWNS ARE IN GREAT JEOPARDY. he famous aeronaut, made nii Hsicuaiuu 11,10 ujuiuiub i dlrctble airsmp, rising io of 1.500 feet and making a of complete circles with and grace of a gull. beinc in the air about 10 he stopped the engine and i "jrentlv unable to start it I tU 1 m. lA.ir nie from thp cltv. i previous public announce- aeronautic engineer named first making an anchored as- Immediately after the start began the rise with eonsid- and then instructed the .vvvo iu i.a.1 uu. lltru the machine shot upward i ivwu boo soon reacnen a f .Art . "6.uc uurjeu periecuy, en- UbU DlUkMll'U lilC the balloon continuing to 1 If NMnhnl m LIL.a - a v u UblUl HI i At this juncture Baldwin miioon drifted and dlsan- "- LilC 0J UL11 W til tl . . -uumu o niA'illlltr swamn Baldwin wan bruised. '1 right and Tint linrtnrt: rwH - vmLci; UUU h snow- P wiled on an even keel v uihu'. eien Hiinr inn - rllmfi lip stein.J .. I U' hi pli avvnttt fir a uifV thrniieh thft ,au"JK DeinK made ' l,UIMJ,nn Honit? ui mrm iuur iu ciqiji I nn;i ivn 111 liiriMiii, u "iiui'ivi - uux. ToiMirsioie for tho - ruriutrniAi. 4 1 - VI 1 u v. Gallery to the Possible Neglect of His Government's Interests Roos evelt Wasted Fifteen Minutes Precious Time in Fulsome Flat, tery. Berlin, April 25. President Tloos- Chauvinists by an Interview with even's testimonial offends the dig' nity of the German empire, and ere I ates the Impression that Stelnburg .is stTlvIng to gain the American government's approbation Instead of 1 resolutely protecting the interests of the fatherland." Kaw River Has Raised Eighteen Feet In Twenty-Four Hours Steel and Pile Bridges Going Out, and Dam. age Amounting a Hundred Thous and Dollars Already Done Much Apprehension. MORMON SCHOOLS. BRIGANDS ARE nuni Chinese Outlaws Are Operat ing Along the Manchurian Frontier. TWENTY EUROPEANS LOST THEIR LIVES. Russian Court-martial Proves thy Utter Incompetence of Slav Naval Commanders, Who Sink Each Other's Ships and Desert the Drowning Crews Port Arthur Is Now Considered Impregnable Cossacks In the Rear of Japanese Forces. They Kansas City, Mo., April 25. Heavy rains during the past 2t hours have caused a rapid rise of the Kaw rivir, which at 10 this morning stood 18 feet and is rising rapidly. The Following the collapse of the Ar-gftitine-Armourdale foot bridge on Twelfth street, the steel bridge and belt line pile bridge went out. The apprehension is that the low. lands will again be flooded like a year ago. AWiut $100,000 damage Is already done. There Is especial danger to life and property from the threatened ' collapse of buildings weakened by the flood of last year, Rank High In Effective, Vlsl ble Results. ' Washington, April 25. The cross' examination of Judge Powers was resumed this morning. Questioned as to Mormon interests in education' al affairs, the witness said the Mor mon schools ranked well among the highest establishments of the kind In the country, and gave a list of many prominent persons in science. the drama and music who are grad uates of Utah schools. undw all ordinary conditions, but they cannot stand the destructive hlralii ot another Hood, and are be ing already abandoned. 1 " br,ys hauled Hip fcTOnnri n.,.1 .. ..... STORY OF INGRATITUDE. Canada's Agent in Japan. Ottawa, Ont., April 25. Alexander Macl.can, the newly appointed tradq commissioner to the Dominion to Japan, leaves Ottawa today en route to his post. He has engaged passage to sail from Vancouver next Monday. F. V. Martin Suicided. San Juan, April 25. Fred V. .Mar tin, commissioner of immigration of Porto Rico, suicided today on account of ill health. GROCERYMEN AT WAR. Walla Walla Firm Refuses to Join Association and Is Boycotted. Walla Walla, April 25. A merry war among tho local retail grocery men Is threatened If the Schwabach er company does not join the Gro cers' Association. There are about 30 retail groceries In Walla Walla and they all belong to the assocla- St. Petersburg. April 25. Tho Novoe Vremya today quotes tho Shunt Yang Shibo of Pekln ns stat ing that anti-foreign agitation in Northern China is growing and be ing carried on actively by brigands. Seven persons have been killed near Tien Tsln. Trouble has also occurred at Lonanfu, in Shansl prov ince, and at Sundcfu, in Pechllll province, and several other places. A French merchant and Slgnor Po ma, an Italian engineer, have been killed. desperate fight is reported In the disturbed district, In which iu Europeans nre said to have been massacred. Tho authorities have telegraphed to Pekln for reinforce ments to suppress the brigands. DENIES THE INTERVIEW. Davenport Says He Didn't Say What Spokesman-Review Says He Did. Pullman, Wash., April 25. Homer Davenport, the artist, emphatically denies an alleged Interview sent out from Spoknno by the Spokesman Review in which he was quoted as comparing Hearst's boom to n blis ter on a man's hand. UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Judge George Decides About the Plumbers' Law. Portland, April 25. In the caso of Plumber Claussenlus, who was ar rested for violation of the state plutmtlng law of 1S93, State Circuit Court Judge Cieorgo this morning de clared tho law uucouscitutlonal. Under its provisions no man could engage in plumbing in Oregon. Plot to Assassinate. Berlin, April 25. Tho Tngeblnlt has a (ode dispatch from Homo re porting an attempt to nssassinnto President l.oubet. A plot wns dis covered and frustrated. Similar code messages have reached promi nent financiers on tho II011r.se. KANSAS TEXAS STORM Identical in Time, and Appar ently Parts of One General Disturbance, SEVERAL KILLED IN THE SOUTHERN STORM. Russian Ships Fight Duel. St. Petersburg, April 25. The na val court-martial of the captain of the cruiser Boyarln which was par tially destroyed by a mine near Port Arthur February 13, has brought sen sational facts to light. The testimony showed the day before It stmck the mine, the Boya rln engaged In a duel in a fog with another ship off Dalny and both were damage. The fight stopped when the discovery was made that the Boyarln's opponent was the mine transport Yenlsscl, which later was sunk by a mine. On discovering tho error the Boyarln withdrew without attempting To save the crew of tho Yenlssei, When the Boyarln struck the mlno her crew landed and tho ship drift ed to sea and was lost. Chinese Commlslsoner. Washington. April 25. Prince Tsee, a nephew of the Chinese em peror, and commissioner to the St. Louis exposition, wns received by the president this afternoon. 1 Long List of Wounded and Great Destruction to Property The Texas Cyclone Lapped Over Into The Indian Territory Six Resi dences Destroyed In McPherson, Knn and General and Extensive Destruction In the Country for Miles. President and Governor Confer. Washington. April 25. The presl dent nnd (lovernor Odell, of York, conferred this morning. Now BOY KILLED RESISTING ARREST SHERIFF OF BENTON COUN TY FORCED TO SHOOT. Drunken Boy Shoots Two Officers and Takes Several Shots at Sher iff Burnett Before Being1 Killed Victim Was But 18 Years of Age, But Started Out to Shoot Up the Town An Accessory Arrested. W practically wrecked I Train of Circumstances Which lied lion with tho exception of the Schwa- m .nor desire to ln a?lne Another ascen- " oe in a week. "" in CUSTonv ueiendant. to William Poorhouse. William Flint Cllt rixU In th iTjiiiimii. mm niiijciu; u. Flint Dying In thei , . . ,,, , ,, ,ho soclatlon, and as an extreme moas tailor ure H Is proposed by the association In Bear of Japanese. London, April 25. A neuter dis patch fTom "Liasfn reports that sev eral regiments of Cossacks have oc cupied tho town of Shenktchen (probably Sungchu) In the rear of the Japanese troops concentrated on tho Yalu. The object Is to cut off detachments going from Oensan to to operato for a Junction with iho Japanese at Ping Yang. Denies the Report. St. Petersburg, April 25. General Pflug, chief of staff at Port Arthur, denies the report that the Japanese have croshed the Yalu. an old-time In the ontaomerv r,. Tlrln. ... ' IT 8 zoning for 'o U held .V aller J- J Dl,lrlthere n he re- 'e of k,.i '""ioy on ua "V,vw whiskey f ? ?de:r federal , aviIIS Siven whiskey to (h Person of the . '" Jrl Eu" 1V,0? ' "Wo . uiueu to Mt rneTwJ if,.-. ' 1 rpfftnt '"'"'a. u i. v v vai 1 'Uh either f ,1 im infrJ.. sworn I1" the VlZ?'8 and Mont testif. Vl?se8 had .. of this place, died at tho county hos pital yesterday morning after an ex tended illness, the direct cause or his death being dilation of tho heart, due to asthma. Mr. Flint was 78 years or age. and had been a resident of Pendloton for tho past 22 years, He had been engaged in tailoring most of tho time, hut about a year ago sold his to compel them to come In, by insti tilting a boycott on them among the wholesale grocers. The Schwabacher people assert that If the wholesalers of tho coast refuse to sell them goods, they will order from the east and that under no circumstances will they Join tho association. If thoy cannot but goods in St. Louis, Omaha or Chicago, they Port Arthur Impregnable. Port Arthur. Apll 25. Tho de. fenses have been so strengthened it Is now considered the city Is im pregnable. Tho bands play dally Portland, April 25. A special to tho Sunday Journal from Corvnllls says: Chester Keaily, nn 18-yenr-old boy, is dead, shot through tho head; James Dunn, ox-chlcf of police of this elty. Is fatally wounded hy a pistol shot through tho abdomen, and David A. Osbiirn, ox-shorlff of Benton county Is dangerously wound ed, ns the result of a street light following tho attempted arrest of young Keady for drunkenness Sun day morning nt 1 o'clock. Keady wuk drunk and started out to shoot up the town, when Ostium, who Is night watchman, remonstrat ed. Keudy drew his gun on Osliurn and told him to halt, as Osborn ap proached to arrest hlm. Tho olllcer advanced to place Keady under nr.J rest, wnen tno young terror snot mm through the neck. Osliurn was disabled and carried off the street by bystanders und Sheriff Burnett was then sunt for. He arrived on tho scene Just as Kea dy wiH flourishing his gun mid boast ing that no olllcer could arrest hlm. Burnett coolly walked up to the des perado and laid his hiind on his shoulder, when Keady llred two shots at hlm, both of thuiii missing the sheriff, but one of them lodging in the abdomen of James Dunn, who1 was standing near. Fort Worth, Texas, April 25. Seven killed and 10 to 50 wounded, Is tho latest record of tho cyclone In Northeastern Texas nnd Southern Indian Territory Sunday evening. Many were injured at Mount Vernon and WliiiiHboi'o. At Snpulpa six were killed. Cyclone In Kansas. McPherson, Kan., April 25. A se vere cyclone, struck McPherson yes I cnlay afternoon, demolishing six residences and causing moro or loss other damage to property. Three persons were Injured, one suriously. Much damagu wns dono In tho coun ty north of hero. Beyond McPherson tho cyclono followed tho ground, taking tho patn of nn old water cirtirse. Tho cyclono passed four miles enst of Sallua, wrecking telephone nnd telegraph poles and farm property. KffortB madn to follow tho course of tho storm by telephone weru made but ull tho wires are down. GEORGE PHILLIPS DEAD. Passed Away From Effects of Can cer of the Stomach. ficorgu Phillips, it tinner who has been In Pendleton for some I lino, died nt the county hospital this morning after an extended Illness with cancer of tho stomach, Mr. Phillips Is well known here, having Installed tho heating plant nt tho high school building. He was , also the proprietor of 11 small tin shop on Cottonwood street. Tho deceased wub about 50 years of age, and has been In poor health for some time, hut It was not known that ho was In 11 serious condition until recently. Mo has no relatives In this part of tho country, though ft is thought that hu hns 11 wlfo and family In California, and tho author ities have telegraphed (o them for instructions uhout tho funeral. Tho body hits been brouglil to tho under taking parlors of Baker & Folrom, nnd will be kept there until Instruc tions huvo boon received from tho relatives. 8PECIAL TRAIN. property here and lost the money it j will buy them In Now York In car lots. r v.. ViS?'1' "Islrfct olng to T- anfl lett at 1,., , "Mhington 'tu1 catea by eMSttonLtre an1 either 10 the circuit H Ulur to the Tuesday een Milton brought in a Bhort ilmo. As far as Is known, the deceased had no relatives In this country, and his funeral was conducted this morn ing at 11 o'clock from tho undertak ing parlors of Baker & Kolsom, by Hev. Robert Warner, of the Metho dlst church. It is related that Mr. Flint lived for many years In this city at tho home of a widow who had several children. Belne an old man tho boarder became deeply interested In the wolfaro of tho children, and edu cated thera. Later the family left Pendloton, but about a year ago came back and while here persuad ed tho old man to soil his property here and go with them to Spokane or Seattle. One of the girls had married a gambler, and tho two porsuaded tho old man to use his money In backing a "21" game which was to be run ! the gambler. For a while the game paid dividends, and then sud denly Flint was told that all au been lost in a game, and that he was penniless. I He was 111 at the time and wasf mpioyed Rent to Pendleton by those who had taken his money and to whom hr had been a beuofactor, that Ik nilH'' dlo In tho poorhouse. PRESBYTERY CLOSES. Rev. Robert DWen Chosen Modera tor. Rev. J. R. N. Bell Clerical Commissioner. Tho meeting of tho Eastern Ore gon Presbytery closed Sunday night at Baker City, after an interesting business session. Ilov. Itobert Diven, of this city, was chosen moderator for the ensu Ing year, Hev. J. B. N. Bell, of Baker City, clerical commissioner, anu Judgo Ilobert Bakln, of Union, lay commissioner to tho general assera bly of tho Presbyterian church which meets at Buffalo Jn May. Log Drive Delayed. Tho monster log drive of the Orand itonde Lumber Company, from the hemlwaterb of the Orand Itonde river. Is delayed somewhat, and will not r-aih Perry for at least two weeks yet It Is now about 20 nubs from Firry where 50 men are in worMng It down tne Grai'd Itond- TJk drive consists of 2h HMfiooo in of pine logs cut In iV f vU niiy '( H arKy Prairie and Cnwp Carson ' and children gambol about tho streets. Tho confidence of tho peo As Keady was attempting lo break jiiu ib iiuii.-u. 1110 entrance to 1 away irom 1110 sueriu, wuri 111s gun tho harbor remains open. BREAKFAST FOOD WHEAT. Twenty Thousand Bushels to Atchi son and New York. E. W. McComas has bought 20,000 bushels of wheat that has been hold In tho Blakley warehouse at East land, and It Is being shipped East for a breakfast food company. Fifteen thousand bushels of tno grain has been sent to Atchison, Kan,, where It will be converted In to some kind of a Sunny Jim mix ture warranted to enthuso a man with Jlfo with no effort on tho part of tbo system. Tho other D.000 bushels Is being shipped loday to New York City. This cleans up all of tho wheat In tho Eastland ware house, pointing at the sheriff's face, Slier Iff Burnett shot hlm through tho head, killing him Instantly. Dunn is fatally injured, the shot entering the abdomen near the navel mid ranged downward. Keatly was the son of George II. Keady, head of tho printing depart mciit of tho State Agricultural Col lege. Burt Tiirnoy, uged 22, Is under arrest as an accessory to the (Time of Keudy OUT IN A WEEK. Traveling Man Operated on forAp penaicitis. E. W. Mlolko, the best looking representative of (he BIuko-McFaull Paper Company In the Northwest, Is In town. Mr. Mlolko has just been released from the hospital at Port laud, where he submitted to an op eration for appendicitis Owing to his robust constitution and great dt sire to be 011 tin road again, he remained at the hospital but a week after having been operated upon but U now in his usual health, STATESMAN IS HOLD. Walla Walla's Afternoon Paper Passes Into the .lands of P. C. Holland, of the Pacific Paper Co. P. C. Holland, the well known und popular representative of the Pad lie Paper Company, of Portland, has purchased tho Walla Walla States man, and assumed control today. .Mr. Holland has been on the roud To Milton and Return Tomorrow for One Dollar and Ten Cents. Integrity mid Eureka lodges of I he I O. O. F will run it special truln to Milton tomorrow for tho ucuom limitation of those who wish to at tend tho KCtli celiigratlon of tha founding of tho order. It Is oxpucted that 200 persons will take advantage of tho 11.10 round trip faro and miiko tho jour ney to Milton whether or not thuy expect to attend tho cnlobrutlou. The train will leave Puutlloton ut 8 o'clock In the morning mid will leave Milton foi tho return trip at 5 o'clock In tho afternoon. CHARGED WITH LARCENY. Plaintiff and Defendant Are Both Recent Comers to This Place, Upon u warrant charging hlm with tho larceny of somo clothes from tho lodging house occupied by William Peterson, Jnsso Orlllln was arrested Saturday night and placed In the county Jail to await tho action, of tho circuit court. Orllllth is a laboring man ami has been In town for some time, while tho complaining witness was nuo of tho foremen who had chnrgo (if tho work on tho sower construction hero last year, and who Is now doing con necting work In Pendloton between tn (ho NnrlliueHt for lminv Years and Iiiih nmdo a host of friends tho private wowor linos and thu wain ... . . 1 1 ,. ....... I uviitmii. among all classes of business men, and enjoys a very wide acquaintance with conditions and affairs in tho Inland Empire. Tho munugors now In charge of Iho several departments of tho Statesman will be retained Tho politics of tho paper will rt main democratic and the local ik we features will ho extended Mr Ho) luud will not take charge himself for some time, hut will remain with system. Grand Monde Sheep Shearers. Leo Young, a veteran Hluiup shoar er of llllgurd, who has sheared in (Iraiid Hondo valley points for tho past 15 years, arrived this morning to work nt the Barnhart ranch 011 J. 10. Smllh'H sheep. Only 2 I'.Oll voters have roulstored the Pacific Paper people in his prrs In ClnckamiiH county out of total ent capacity lVoUi of 5.000