Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1904)
DAILY EVENING EDITION sSS7c classified columns ET daL ,1 nrnucopla of op- WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight and Saturday fair, cool cr tonight with light frost; warm cr Saturday. L... a vorii""- ... , I u nities- Y S" M to ir. c no 0Pl'0 ,,7,r"d7 ;Terlook those j-j i PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FlilDAY, MAY G, 1904. NO. 5041. ,'OL. '7' NT CUT THE TRIBUNE BILL ill Only Allow Sixty-five Per Cent of the Morning (Paper's Demands. en thai amount has CONDITIONS TIED TO IT. Li Renresentatlve Intimates That ihe County Will Have to Stand a Lit for the Recovery of the Bal- -County Judge Thinks That he Amount Allowed Is Too Much -Reformation of Methods of Get- Itlng the County's Job Printing Done. The county court has at last gone i against the printing bugaboo, and as sliced the Tribuno's bill foipub- thing tho delinquent tax list down om $616 to $400, and this under fradltlons named by tho court. The final offer was made by Judge aes A. Fee, tho attorney sent up the editor of tho Tribune to rep- sent his Interests. IThe nronositlon of tho court Is at the Tribune bo offered $400 for le full amount of tho work done by le paper to dato, instead of tho $010 i demanded by tho bill, in ntiuiuon this the court demands that tho fctlon Instituted In which Dodd rays for damages amounting to $100 Eeged to bo due for tho non-observ-ce of the printing contract entered Ito by tho county bo dropped and fcc county be receipted for tho work jone in full. In other words, tho Bunty asks that the $400 offered bo iken by tho paper as payment In full ir Its services to date. This action was not taken with ie unanimous voto of the court, for wlge Hartman holds that the Tri une Is not entitled to moro than BOO for what It has done, and thinks hat such an amount would bo liberal i the point of extravagance He Is )t In favor of paying more than hat sum, but owing to tho majority tote of the court made tho offer noted. The conclusions of the court were (tated to Mr. Fee, who was of the pinion that the paper would not ac cept the amount tendered, but would Irlng an action at law to onforco tho jment of the full bill, together kith the added damages of $100 ask- for In the separate complaint. It was further decided by tho court Ihat In the future all of tho printing pewea by tho county would be, by direct orders of the court, given ' me paper or company ihaving tho ntract for tho countv nrlntlncr. In Ihe past the officials needing blanks fw other material not kept in stock "ie county olllcial paper, or which raw pot bo printed by it, wore fore I to send to Portland nnd to other wnpanles for tholr work. Tho on- IJre work will now be dono by tho pe company. ; ihe court was occupied during a Pt part Of thn dav with listnnlnir f" the remonstrance of residents noar W road No. 501, leading from ua walla to Milton. Tho road M OVer a hpnvv lilll nrwl n nnll. I ton was filed to lmvo It put around o point of the hill. Tho mon '"rough whoso fields tho now road uma go have remnnntrntprt nnd thn "er is now in tho hands of tho "on. CLAIM INSANITY. Mrs. Powell Gives Her Account of the Murder. Dover, Del., May G. Tho state rest ed this morning In the trial of Mrs. Mary Ann Powell for the murder of Estello Albln, Fobruary 9. Tho' latter had been adopted lhto tho family, and the attorney for the defenso claimed her and Mr. Powell's nllcged Immoral acts drove Mrs. Powell' to tho verge of insanity. Mrs. Powell went on tho stand to day and detailed tho crime. She said Estello camo into tho garret, where Bho (defendant) was placing catsup bottles. Etsello seized her by tho throat. Mrs. Powoll pulled a knife from her pocket and a desperate struggle followed, during which she cut Estolle's throat. MYSTERIOUS SKELETON. Beside It Lay Cash and Bank Deposit Receipts at Seattle. VancouVor, B. C, May C. A skele ton was found In an old cabin on tho outskirts of tho city. Beside tho re mains was picked up what was thought to bo a roll of refuse paper, black with dirt. This was soaked In water, separated and turned out to Ii3 $200 In United States bills and sev eral savings bank deposit receipts on tho Pugot Sound National Bank of Seattle. When the almost obliterated name on these receipts can bo deciphered the skeleton's Identity will be known. Kansas K. of P. Rally. Topeka. Kas., May G. Tho annual grand rally of tho Knights of Pythias of Kansas began In Topeka today and many hotels and other buildings In tho down town district aro gay with flags and K. of P. emblems In honor of tho visitors. Nearly every largo city in tho state Is represented. Dur ing today and tomorrow at least 1,000 candidates will receive tne page rank SURPLUS DISAPPEARED General Government is Con fronted With a Real Though Temporary Deficit. CUSTOMS RECEIPTS FALLEN OFF GREATLY. Deficit Will Grow Jntll June 30, End of the Fiscal Year Witness In Ty ner Case Confesses In His Testi mony Emergency Duty In the Philippines Sustained by Supreme Court Cash Is Ready for the Gov ernment's Exhibit at Lewis and Clark Fair. POR T ARTHUR IS 50 LATER Japs Landed on Both Sides of Narrow Peninsula in Rear of Port Arthur. JAPS GAIN IMPORTANT POSITION IN INTERIOR. News Confirmed by Advices Receiv ed at Washington Russians Will Have to Act on Aggressive to Save Port Arthur Jap Mounted Scouts Win a Skirmish In the Interior Russian Soldiers Fire on Other Rus sian Soldiers by Mistake. GHAMPOUX DROPS TO INSTANT DEATH WIFE MURDERER HANCED -AT WALLA WALLA PEN Maintained Stolid Indifference to the Last Would Not Talk of His Crime, Whloh Was'a Very Brutal One Execution -a Success Wit nessed .by 40 .People Last Words of Condemned Man: "God Bless You." FOUNDRY IN OPERATION. IMll" 4 Zlegler Have a Small Force A . ... . . "ion ai worK. ler . 7 ,ry "rm 01 May & ZleR- Rbh. J, lms ""weeded tho firm of a m'n ,Ve & C(""Pany. Is working forco of m at the plant In TW !epalr amI foundry work. Uh 5. wlU bo remodeled to a cor- qXem.5?0 or,lor t0 mcot tno r la a?h 8 ,of the "ow business, and win h Ylmo 11 larer fol'co of mou Plojed Pw l0,wor' tllan I8 now em ner of .i, 5Inys. the senior part- teodent .1""' wl" l,ct as auperln "4ent of the pinnt. Sca"ia From Transvaal. G. In tho T . "'"don, Jlav the mnL ,oceloy- a conserva call TA. an adjournment to taproner tr' ? to cruo1 aml "Tea fm reatment ot the no ;rLcmPlyed In tho Witt. Win.,-"2? ln 'ho Transvaal. 1 ,lre opposiH,;rCh!U ftml th0 " ! m,. Tp.!l(lt'n to the eovorn. ' Caanbel. V h0 oxcPtlon of Wod to ,u0 ' il w"8 10' oa wo question : 28 Walla Walla, May 6, 5:30 a. m. (Special.) James Champoux, wife murderer and the nerviest man over executed in "Washington, was hanged at 5:05 this morning. ttIr nock was broken Instantly and honrt action ceasod at 5:17. The dnninrR sav ho did not feel tho Kllchtcst naln. his doath was so sud don. His Tiody was cut down at 5:22, all slcns of life having disappeared Thn execution was a success from start to finish, not tho slightest hitch occurring In any of tho arrange ments. About 40 persons witnessed Mm nvncutlon. all prison officials ex cept Colin V. Dyment, of the Spokes mnn.nnvinw. I. II. Harris, of tho Wnlln Walla Union, and one or two other representatives ot tho press, nhnninoux maintained his stolid i.wiifrnroncn to tho last. He has ro fused to talk about his crlmo during his Incarceration. Ho muruorea nis wlfo in Seattle, by driving tho blado of his Unite through nor orain, aim lma Rhnwii no sign of remorse. Tho only words he tittered before the (Iron toll were: "Cod bloss you." EAGLES INCORPORATE. Expect to Begin and Complete Their Building Next Fall. At-HMna of hicornoratlon were filed this morning by' A. C. Kooppen n w. nihson nnd W. S. Wolls, trus tecs of the Pendleton Aorlo of Eagles by which tho aerlo was mcorporaiuu In ordor that It ho able to own and manage real estate. The uerle secured an option some time ago on tho proporty now occu pied by tho old Whoolor lodging houso on Court stroot, with the in tontlon ot building a lodge hall cm the site In the near future. The nri of the nlaco was set at $0,500, and this amount has now all been subscribed, olthor by advance dues or by life membership, and tho op tion will ho laKon up "" ....( timn nntl the last ot the month, and the tltlo sottlcd on tho now corporation. Work on tho construction of tho hall will be begun in tho fall, and it is tho hope ot tho ordor to got Into tho now homo by tho first ot next . ...... I.nltifv fnrinlllnr. year. J'lnuB are nun b cd by tho nrcuiiouiB- Warships Coming to Portland. I Portland, May O.-Flvo Unl pd Slates warships, tho Wyoming, ino t,..i.,,. .i Knni .lonos and two others,' will bo In Portland during the tlmo of tho Summer FJesta and Fourth of July celebration this year Washington. May 6. The treas ury surplus of $54,000,000 beginning the fiscal year disappeared today and from now until the end of tho fiscal year the deficit will trow. The Panama and World's Fair payments and a decrease of $21,000,000 In cus toms receipts for the year ending tho 30th of June next, are responsible for the threatened shortage. Hayes Morgan Confesses. Washington, D. C, May C. A sur prise was sprung on the government in the Tyner case this morning when Hayes Morgan, formerly "fraud order clcrli In the postomco department testified that ho himself was the author of some letters complained oi wherein Tyner Is charged with favor ing get-rlch-qulck schemes. He said the practice of the legal branch of the postofllce had always been to give concerns against whom charges of fraud had 1-een made chance to reform. He had so inform cd the Inspectors who had interview- e'l him previous to the Indictment of Tyr.er, but strange to say ho was not called to testify beiore tne srr.nu jury. Cash for Portland Exhibit. Washincton. May 6. Satisfactory nvldnnce has been presented to the treasury department by the directors of the Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland to tho effect that they have complied with the law and they will have $000,000 in cash orders issued In preparation to carry out the plans for the government exniDji. Duty Cannot Be Remitted. Washington, May 6. The court of claims today decided tne ouues coi 1fntirl on coods from the United States at Manila and other Philippine points during the insurrection, anu which wcro levied uy executive proc lamation for the support or tne mm tary government, although not by warrant of any general statute were intlrlv nroner and cancot bo remit ted to the llrms and Individuals who nnirt iiinm. Tho decision Involves millions. New Consul at Dawson. wnnhlncton. May C. Leo Uerhols, consul nt Threo Rivers. Quebec, has I.Aoti nnnnin ted consul at Dawson City, vice Dent, resigned. JURIES DISCHARGED. . . . . M I Fair Trial Not Possible ior mccubcu Miners. n.irnv fiol.. May C. District Judgo Rinvena today ordered tho dischargo of all grand and potlt jurors sum- mu.i r,r tun imnenuiuK iuw ui court at Telluride, on tho ground that fair trials could not bo secured t .Ma time In San Miguel county, owing to the exeK.ng conuitious. The district is under martial law h thn f-ltlzens' Alllanco Is dictator. Thirty exiled miners here have been trlwl on various cuarfiUB mu"".. against them by residents of Tellu rldo. Strike Not Called Off. nnur Mav G. Continued reports of fatalities como in irom me aionu .i.i.vn mi-inn. Four deaths aro reported today, threo from lightning. Crops are suffering badly. Tho Denver coal miners' striko In district 15, hns not been called off, as roported. according to National Or- ganlzer Evans. Steamship Company Quits. Portland. May 6. Tho China Com mercial Steamship company uua withdrawn its steamers irom iu Portland-Oriental service General Manager J. V. C. Conuort yestt-r losod his office nero irnu mi i night for Sallnu Cruis. Lack of busi ness was tho causo. Tho unina com mercial Is engaged principally In transporting Chinese coollos to Mox- lco. Tho wlso preacher will not try to exhaust a good text In one sermon. , St. Petersburg, May G. Tho Jap anese troops landing at Pltzewo havo cut tho land communications with Port Arthur. Story of the Landing. Toklo, May G. General Hosoya, detailing the landing of Jnpancso troops on Lla Tung pcninsuln, In his official report, says tho seventh di vision, with torpedo boats and two transports, arrived off Lai Tung tho morning of May 5; bombarded a number of tho enemy's patrols and landed a party of sailors who waded ashore a thousand yards and took possession of a range of hills, plant ing the flag without a shot. Threo gunboats were employed to distract the enemy's attention, killing sev eral. Tho flr6t fleet of transports, seeing the flag on tho hill, began landing at 8 o'clock last night, the troops wodlng ashore until piers were erected. Japs Gain Important Position. London, May 6. Dispatches this afternoon announce that the Japan ese have occupied tho hills on tho road to Feng Hlang Cheng without firing a shot. Surrounding Port Arthur. London, May 6. The Central News correspondent at St. Petersburg re ports that tho Japanese have landed at two points in tho vicinity of Port Arthur- at Plschewo nnd Port Ad ams. The two places aro on oppo site sides of Kwang Tung peninsula, and the forces landed aro only 20 miles apart. Object of Movement. London, May 6. The apparent ob ject ot the Japancso In landing on Lla Tung peninsula, Is to duplicate tho move of General Shatter at San tiago and attack Port Arthur with heavy forces from the rear. Port Adams is on a narrow Inlet on tho west coast of the peninsula, and Pitzesewo is on tho cast coast. A lino between them forms tho base of a triangle of which -ort Arthur is the apex. Movements Confirmed. Washington, May G. The state de partment Is officially advised of tho landing of Japanese 45 miles north east of Port Arthur. trie Hill, when summoned to surren der drew his revolver nnd died flgnt ing. A Jnpanese officer suicided by disemboweling, declaring he would rather die than go home dUgrnced. Japanese Victory. Washington, May G. The Jnpancso legation hns n Toklo dispatch saying General Kurokl reports that May 3 mounted scouts, nfter n severe hnnd-to-hand fight near Feng Huang Cheng drove back tho Ilusslnns. Tho enp Hired officers sny the only lxdles which retrrnted In order Mny 1 were flvo or six Infantry battalions nnd two artillery companies. Two hund red more Ilusslnns killed nnd wound ed were found left on tho field. Japs Buy Steamers. Indon. May G. Tho Cnnndlan Pa cific steamships Tartar nnd Athenian hnvo been sold to Japan. BASEBALL RECORD. Scores of the Great League Games Played Yesterday. Pacific National League, llolse, .Mny 5. Spokane, 3; Ilolse, Salt Lake, May G. IiUo, 12. -nuttc,- 10; Salt American League. Detroit. May G. Cleveland, 5 trolt, 3. New York. Mny 5. Washington, 9 New York, 4. Boston, Mny 5. Philadelphia, Boston, 3. Do- 0; National League. Boston, Mny 5. New Boston, 5. Cincinnati, May 5. St. Cincinnati, 3. York, 10; Louis, 0; Pacific Coast League. San Frnncisco, May 5. Us los, 10; San Francisco, 2. An go- ARID HOMESTEADS ARE IN DEMAND FIFTY SETTLERS FILE LAST WEEK AT THE DALLES. Activity of John T. Whistler's Sur veying Crews Cauies Newcomers to Think Government Irrigation Is Near Morrow County Land Goes With a Rush Settlers Evidently Mean Business. Mikado and Togo. Constantinople, May 6 According to tho news service which tho Mlko do has ordered sent the sultan. Ad mlral Togo attonded a meeting of tho war council at Toklo Thursday leaving tho Port Arthur fleet aboard a 35-knot destroyer which carried him to Nagasaki, where a special train took him to Toklo. At tho meeting of tho war council ho as sured tho authorities that tho Rus sian fleet is unablo to Interforo with tho landing on Lla Tung peninsula. It was then decided that transports bo sent to secure such landing. To go Immediately returned to tbo fleet Russian Kill Russians. London, May G, A Itouter's Toklo dispatch says a report Js received from General Kurokl stating that In tho retreat Sunday a largo body of Russians mistook a smaller body of tholr countrymen for Japancso and attacked them with great fury, 180 being killed and wounded. ' Battleship Floated. St. Petersburg, May C. Admiral Bozobrazoff departed today for Fort Arthur. Tho battleship Orel was relented today and taken lo Cronstadt. Transport Sighted. Port Arthur, Mny C. A Japanese transport under convoy of a big fleet Is said to have been sighted off Port Arthur today. Japanese Heroism. Port Arthur, May G. Dispatches detail tho heroism of tbo Japs man ning the blockading ships. A Japan cso sailor who came ashoro on Klec l Within tho pnst week, about 60 homestead entries have been filed nt The Dalles land office on the Bchn Irrigation reservation, lying In ...or row counly. Tho activity of the Hpr veylng crews under John T. Whistler hns caused many residents lo be lieve that, actual work will begin on the government Irrigation project within a short time. I). B, Foster, who Is In tne city from Tho Dalles today, snys that the homesteaders are mostly new poopln, having just arrived from the cast und seem lo ho actual settlers. They file on the land and Immediately se cure work In the vicinity, where they can live upon or be near their new homos. In many Instnnres they file on four contiguous iuurtcr m-ctHuiH, showing that they menu business mid will co-operate In fencing und culti vating tho land. This Is the first rush of settlors on the trout In Morrow county, tho greatest activity horetoforo being In tho Umatilla county district subject to entry nt La Grande. The surveying parlies are now at work about 10 miles west of Helm on the Morrow county portion of the reservation. Legal Degree for Colored Woman Ujulsvlllo, Ky May C. Tho first colored woman lawyer In Kentucky will receive her degree nt tho com mencement of tho Central Iiw School of tho Colored Stale University next week. Sho is Mrs. Salllo J. H. White, wife of Albert H. While, a local law yer and politician. Mrs, Whllo has chosen "CIvlJ Hlghls" as tho subject for her commencement oration. COMPLAIN OF THE ACCOMMODATIONS Los Angeles City Council Did Not Live Up to Their Promises. BISHOP MERRILL HANDS IN HIS RESIGNATION. Has Been In the Ministry Fifty-nine Years Big Fight Is Com,lng Fri day Over Proposition to Redlttrlct the Conferences Every Delegate, Lay and Clerical, Has Arrived and Is Present Proposition to Adopt a New System of Revival Work. Los Angeles, May 6, The principal subject of discussion nt this morn ing's session of tho Methodist con ference Is Hazard's pnvllllon, lis poor seating capacity and acoustic proper ties. Prominent Methodists sny tho Uis Angeles city council promised If tho conference ho secured for this city tho now convention hnll would bo ready. A convention hnll com mittee was appointed, but never ac complished anything. The morning wns devoted to ro- ports and presentation of resolutions. Bishop Cyrus I). Fobs presided. Bishop Merrill Resigned. Urn Angeles, Mny G. Bishop Mor rill, senior member of tho episcopacy, resigned nt tho morning session. Ho was given tho Chautauminn snluto. Tho bishop Is 7! yen old and has been In tho ministry G9 years. Tho first big dobato ot tho gcnoral conferonco will bo Frldny forenoon on tho resolution recommending tho re-districting of tho annual confer ences. Drs. J. M. Buckley nnd T. II. Noilly will bo the principal speakers. Every Delegate Present. Los Angoles, Cnl., Mny G. Tho sec ond day of tho Methodist conforenco opened nt 10 a. m. with ttio buglo cnlls of Kvangollst Boll. Bishop II. W. Warren presided. Tho last of tho belated delegates from tho Snntn Fo wrock arrived at daybreak. Every delegate, lay and clerical, was In his seat at tho busl iichh session. Tho organization of mo committees- of tho church wns roported at 8:30 nnd 0:15 a. m. J. A. Pntton was elected chairman of tho book commit tee, ono of Importance In connection with tho meeting or tho conrorenco. Kvnngellsm Is tho Uoynoto of tho 1901 conforonco, and rlvnlry Is ac knowledged to exist between tho P-t'fcbylerlnn and Methodist bodloB In Die evnngellstle movements, A plan hi on foot III the conferonco to adopt ihe revival method nccepted by tho j;i neral Presbytorlnn nssemhly Inst year ut Its annunl session In Los An geled to create n general revival IiiimI nml appoint the most able mom bfru of the clergy ns Itinerant ovun-gellsls. FRANK FRAZIER RETURN6. Has Had an Unlucky V. Inter With His Sheep on Snake River, Frank Fruzlor returned last night from Huntington, where ho has boon for Homo time looking nfter his band of sheep on Hnako river, 20 miles bo- low Huntington. Ho has boon unfortunnto with his sheep during tho paBt winter, owing to tho mismanagement of nttcndnnlH nnd lost nulio heavily. Grass is ex cellent nt this tlmo and his sheep aro In good condition lo shear, hut tho per cent of lainbH will bo light all over tho Snake river district, owing lo the sovero weather In March. Many poor sheep died from stick ing In Ihe gumbo mud on tho foot hills, during tho wot wcnlher. thoy being too poor to wado through tho heavy clay to dry ground. FINISHING TWO HARVE8TER8.. Others of the Rlgby-Clove Will Be Completed This Summer. W. T Ulgby and J,. Clovo aro at work with ii small forco of men at finishing two or the Itlgby-Clovo com bined harvesters which huvo been on llio ways during tho winter. It Is ivtpecled lo put nut at lentil two ot the machines at the time tho hnrvost opens, and It good speed Is mado with the work on those! others ot tho ma chines now under course of construc tion nt tho foundry will he finished, Messrs. Hlghy and Clove havo not as yet decided what thoy will do wllh their ImulncHH In the future, but it Is probable that they will mako some arrangements whereby thoy will- he able to manufacture tholr harvesters In Portland. Chicago Grain. Chicago. Mny 0 May whoat opened closed 91: old July opened 87. closed same; now July onuned 8511. closed SC-ft. July corn opuneil I87A. closed 4814. Graft at Butte. Iliitto. Mont., May G . Tho grand Jury at noon returned 21 i rut) hills In tho district court against Commissioner A. D. Clark, Assessor Dun Drown, Coroner Michael Kgitn, Pat Holland nnd Architect M. D. Kern, who liullt tho county hospital, mill W. V. Mnthows. The defendants aro accused of profiting financially In tho ciiunly'fl business. All wcro arrested and released on ball.