'v r57 'f', YEVlNlNBEDrnSS WEATHER FORECAST. i'0Ut L flr t time, go Tonight nnd Wednesday, fair, cooler tonight with light frost: . store iu ier to an advertisement. I warmer Wednesday. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OUEGON, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1904. NrO. 8044. )L. IT- DAlLYEVENINBEDlTIONl GOOD T REASON and Nevada Wool Sells -rl ik rA , I opt fetter man u uiu i-a fear. WOOL GROWERS MUST LIVE UP TO AGREEMENT. i for Eastern Mills Will Try to organize Pool-Old Buyers Here New Ones Coming Wool Bet- and Cleaner This Year Than Ur within the observation and tlence of J. H. Owlnn has there a more auspicious tlmo than the Int for the realization of top s (or wool. He adds, "And never fit been more necessary man now the woolgrowers hang togotuor in un to the strict letter of f&dlL'a uuja wfc,.-w..v..v, -.. prices that are within sight are realized. GERMAN EXHIBIT DEDICATED. Fifty-Five Entries for the Airship Contest Thus Far. St. Louis, May 10. Germany's sec tion of tho palace of fine arts was dedicated this afternoon when a re ception wns held by the commission ers in honor of General Lewald. Fair wont her still continues. Work was begun this morning on tho building for tho aerial exhibit. Twolvo acres have been allotcd and 55 er.tries for tho airship contest have been mado thus far. U. S. Officer Assassinated. Monterey, Cal., May 10. Regimen tal Sergeant Major E. A. Henry, of tho 15th U. S. Infantry, stationed at Camp Ord, was fatally shot about midnight. ' Officers are now hunting for the assassin, who Is said to be a member of Company A, 9th colored cavalry, who was heard to stato the other evening that ho would kill tho victim If he mot him. The assailant fired upon him from a dark alley. Later Private Rice has been arrest ed for shooting Major Henry. Condemn Eating Houses. Los Angeles, May 10. Dr. Edward Hammond, a Tennessee colored ed ucator, offered a resolution In the Methodist conference this morning, condemning tho attltudo of several hotels and restaurants who refused to servo meals to colored delegates, was unanimously passed. Bookbinders Strike. Chicago, May 10. Eight hundred ' liorL-rlriHrre afrimt- tnrlnv frit rninc. urges tho supremo Importance. ... n . . . R ' PBmon"t Tho strike has threatened to spread to other branches of the printing trades. T POWERS L IN SEA EIGHT AT VLADIVOSTOK Russia and Japan Each Yield Up Three Splendid Vessels in a Fierce Battle. Russia's Port Arthur and Vladivostok Fleets Form a Junction Alter Heavy Loss Three Japanese Cruisers Sunk in the Fight Russia Loses Two More Cruisers and a Torpedo Boat Destroyer Poles Making Ready to Strike for Liberty, Causes Alarm at St. Petersburg Russian Land Forces Routed. St. Petersburg, May 10. O diplo matic rumor this evening has It that the Vladivostok and Port Arthur nnnndrnnR have effected Innetiirfi after a desperate battle In which tho Japanese lost three cruisers and tho Russians two cruisers and a- torpedo ooai destroyer. fcyalty to the agreement, which 1b lie loyalty to themselves as inai- ils and to their ehlefest business rests, and reiterates that all In- (lions point to a strong marnot. : is no correspondence wuatever een the present situation with mresence of advance buyers try- I to buy wool in advanco of sales i, and the situation of three years (when a mob of buyers bulled the ket with promises that had no Illation wuatever aside from the fey and uncertain one of an effort the part of speculators on a gl- lie sale to corner the entire 1 output of the United States. slump In prices following that ply visitation of advanco buyers the simplest result of a collapBo i corner. ils year every buyer comes with acking of actual, healthy, normal bud, Indicated by such evidence the following from the Boston nercial Bulletin: Bn the West, however, notably )u i and Wyoming, where tho buyers mostly gathered, operations In I new clip have been fairly largo this early in the season. Boston Bers have been operating every- m. in Utah St. Lou s buyoru been prominent. Anywhere 12ft to 14 cents Is the range of kes, with little bought ut less than and a good dual at as high as Grease tirlcea are ftillv as hlch (last year, and higher In somo in- wees. The shrinkage is ureator lear than last, variously estl- lied from 1 to 3 per cent. Tho jaw scoured cost In JJoston Is woll to half a dollar." EWoll from last year's crop In East Oregon has been Hold in Phlln- tm within the past week for 17 Promoter Arrested. London, May 10. E. T. Pooler, a promoter with a meteoric career, was arrested today together with Henry J. Lawson. They are connect od with tho Pooler Company, who are charged with conspiracy to defraud. Bread Famine Probable. Berlin, May 10. Mho bakers have declared a general strike and a bread famine Is Imminent. LOUT SNUBS THE VATICAN POPE TAKES EXCEPTIONS AND MAKES A PROTEST, Asks That Loubet Use His Power and Authority to Restore the Church's Prestige In France. Paris, May 10. The Petrle today published tho text of the pope's let tor to Loubet In which his holiness takes exceptions to tho preslaonfs neglect to visit the Vatican during his trip to Rome. It Is an energetic and dignified protest ngalnst Lou- ll. and this Is a good Indication ' bet's neglect to the pontiff as t prices tlil. venr will i.ii hlifli " aavlces troni tho East are pJrmatory of the claim that, tho I" of the Eastern manufacturing ) want advanco sales simply are practically baro tho prj want advanco sales simply bo- 5 me mum must soon havo the nd they want to tltsnririml-ze ! PCOl SO thfW f-nt, tr..t It rinnt-w,t. P'l tho old buyers are coming Into u or are already hero, and aT new ones aro hci-lnnlntr to 05 OntO tho ftrmttwl ol-,,.,.!.. M Utah and Nevada salea so lar i " instance record a, salo for less St lear's lll-irnu u.-lilln mnnv K Te leen ma,1e fr halt a cent rre (for tho .!.,., in.. i r"thermore, a" wo wore In tho EaJ -?fu,ear' aro ln tho Pool this F With Dnn .... . , At -..v BAi-uimuii, mm UIO S in hmUCU larKOr m(!muer8nl " t.vium. in goous, uccnusu I US flew mnr.il,,,..,. ...i... ' i. .i ajt ,an.(1 snm of them aro tel0?"1' W toaLiy In tho un It 0 1110 W0Hl 18 uottor u was a year ago. bolng clean "a "I a mor itnifo.. oi..i - Mitt. u. ..I DVUI11U. Jurv r t i HI. I i"H Sl", Ind.. May 10 Thn (in. k Th .Wa.s comlloted this morn PtabSh S m"thur f James and tUtea th.t V apl was court- She hUna n'T ?fonlanl8 will take r tin, ,or lhe 'lefenso at the prop- Jf y 10 Tho susiion n, Crawford & Co. was hw tM."L tlle. Consolidated Ex- oomLri".?6'. no. firm haB t u Z, " cities. No state- --no pumic, Oil.. "h lection Un" May 10--Tho rla- The lnoVftH. burno(1 0r000. "e 1088 will amount to "Christ's vicar on earth." Continu ing, his holiness tleplores the antl clerlenl movement In Europe and ex presses his hope that the church's prestige he .restored. Tho letter con cludes with exhortation to Loubet as a "Dear son In Christ" to use his power, .his authority and personal magnanimity to maintain concordant Integrally. Powder Mill Explosion. Troy, N. V., May 10. Hy an explo sion In Schnghtlscoeko powder mill this morning. Superintendent Joseph WuU und Chauncoy Crandall were killed, For Ten and a Half. A. S. LeGrow, of Walla Walla, Is In town today. Mr. LeOrow, who onco lived ln Umatilla county, has extensive sheep Interests hero and In Washington. Ho yesterday sold to Carsteu Bros., of Tacoma, through tho agency of 13, II. Clark, between ,40,000 "and 00,000 pounds of wool for lOVfc cents per pound. Boy Injured. V Lostor Stltes, the 14-year-oid step son of J. C. Pondergast, of this place, was sovoroly klckeu on tho loft kneo by a horso a fow days ago. The limb was not brokon, but It was so badly bruised that it has been entlroly helpless since, aud tho youngster la about on crutches. Tho accident took place at Vansyele., Bridge Specifications. Tho county court Is at work today on tho specifications for tho now No- lln river lylrtgo, wimcii is to uo its iooi wide and tho control span 120 feet long, oxcludlng tho approaches, which aro to bo CO foot In longth each. John Burke, who shot Solver Lar son, in n Soattlo drug atoro, two months aco. was sontoncod to 14 yonrs In the ponltontlary Monday. Japanese Version. London. Mav 10. A Toklo disnatch says that Is 1b reported there Admi ral Urlus fleet fought a battle with the Vladivostok squadron and a Rus sian cruiser was sunk. Epidemics Prevalent. SL Petersburg, May 10. To offset the reports of epidemics at Mukden, tho authorities state that while small pox and typhus are epidemic In Man churia and dlsentery Inevitable, where there are large bodies of men crowded together, there Is nothing alarming In the situation. Reports Unconfirmed. SL Petersburg, May 10. A Mukden seml-offlclal dispatch denies that Dalny was captured by the Japanese. The admiralty Tejects the report that the cruiser Rurlk was destroyed. Kuropatkln's plant, are kept close se-crcL Japs Route Russians. Shanhnikwnn, May 10. The first Japanese corns overlook tho fleeing Russians 20 miles south of Lla Yang yesterday and a severe engagement followed. The Japanese dragged their gunB up apparently Insurmount able hills. The Russians continued their Tetreat north. A division of the flrst cotps Is approaching NIu Chwang. whose evacuation Is con firmed by a number of women who have just arrived. Poles Planning for Liberty. Berlin, May 10. During a debate in tt, Pniinliin diet today on oiinros- slon of the Poles of Eastern Prussian provinces. Minister of tne interior Hammersteln defending the govern ment's repressive policy. Ho assert ed that the Poles throughout tho world .are secretly working to ro-es-tahliBh the ancient kingdom of Pol and. Poles of Chicago, ho said are ....... .llllltiir nrtH of ofllcers and regiments of picked men Intended vo form the neueieus army iu nuui Poland from tho triple yoke of Ger many, Kussia and Austria. Russian Reserves Called. St. Petersburg, May JO. Tho Im perial Ukase today calls out the re serves ln six provinces to complete the Klcff and Moscow drafts. Sharkey and Gallagher. Utlca, N. Y., May 10. Arrange ments havo been completed for tho fwrcstllng bout at tho state nnnory tonight between Tom Sharkey, the" pugilist, and Dennis Gallagher of this city. Both men have boon train ing faithfully since the match wns made and an Interesting bout Is ex pected to be tho result. Port Arthur Land Free. St. Petersburg, May 10. A dispatch today reports that Port Arthur Is again free on tho land side, tho Jap anese having been repulsed In an en counter 20 kilometers from the railway. Cossacks Reconnoltering. Seoul, May 10. A party of Cos sacks have arrived at Song Chlnea, south of Pamkyono province, and nre believed to be reconnoltering In an ticipation of a Japanese advance on Vladivostok. It Is probably the same force reported to havo crossed the Yalu above Wlju on May 5. Prisoners at Toklo. I,ondon, May 10. Tho Central News correspondent of Toklo, sends the report that Koreans In the Rus sian employ, havo cut the Japanese military telegraph lino north of the Pank Yong province. In Korea. The 300 Russians captured at the Yalu river havo arrived at Toklo. Attempt to Destroy Fortress. Berlin, May 10. Tho lkal Anzel- ger BayB that during an attempt to destroy the entire fortress or Kron. stadt, tho enemy was frustrated. Ad mlral BIrlloff confirmed the report, It Is not stated whether tho plotters were Japanese emissaries or revolu tlonlsts. For Different Conduct. St. Petersburg, May 10. Kuropat- kin has sent a long telegram explain ing the situation at tho front ana de claring his plans for tho conduct of the war which are entirely different from thoso of Viceroy Alexlcff. Cotton a Contraband. St. Petersburg, May 10. An Impe rial order today declares cotton a contraband of war. General Huber has been appointed commissary-general of the Russian army ln Manchuria. For Japanese Loan. New York, May 10. Tho official proposition for tho now Japanese loan wus made public this afternoon by American bankers who are to con duct lhe floating of It here. Thu total amount Issued Is S0,000,O0J at C per cent, secured by the flrst charge on customs receipts'. Sub scriptions will be opened simultane ously In New York and London. ADAMS EXPRESS WRECKED. Carried a Half Million In Bullion and Was Thought to Have Been Wreck ed for Purpose of Robbery. Port Chester. N. Y May 10. En gineer Kecnan and Fireman Howe, of Boston, were killed and several of the train" crew were Injured In n wreck of tho Adams Express train, which runs between New York and Hartford, early this morning. The train wns composed of six ex press enrs and carried $500,000 worth of bullion which wns being shipped to Philadelphia, which caus ed the report that robbers had wreck ed the train. It was purely acciden tal, however, due to too high n speed over a switch. Fourth Indiana District. Rising Sun, Ind.. May 10. Lincoln Dixon, of North Vernon, Is the only candidate for the congressional nom ination before the Fourth district democratic convention In session hero today and he will probably bo named by acclamation. Tho district Is overwhelmingly democratic and his election Is assured, OBJECTIONS TO ARE Mi Walla Walla Citizens Would Not Buy Property Near a Plant, OWNING THEIR HOMES, MUST MAKE BEST OF IT NOW. Judge J. A. Taylor Caused the Gar Plant to Close Down Until Wind Changed, Because of Suffocating Odors Blowing Over his Home In Other Cities Property Is Cheaper Near Gas Plants Property Owners In Walla Walla Reticent Because Did Not Wish to Condemn Their Own Homes. American Suicides in Paris. Paris, May 10. Harold T, Clarke of San Frnnclsco, son of the Into Jeremiah Clarke, suicided hero this morning by blowing off tho top of his head. Ho had Just arrived from Monte Carlo. His mother and sister nre unable to give any clue to tho cause. Clarke was 31 years old. Congressman Townsend Renominated Monroe, Mich,, May 10. Republi cans of the Second congreslsonnl district of Michigan met In conven tion hero today and renominated Congressman Charles E. Townsend. FINAL REPORT OF RECEIVER C. TAYLOR RELEASED FROM P08ITION OF TRUSTEE, B, H. Kennedy, representing tho property owners, nnd Wnlter Wolla and J. M, Ferguson, representing tho city council, who spent yestordny In Walla Walla, roturnod hiBt ovonlng after having mado a thorough can vass of tho gas plant situation In that city. Judge J. A. Taylor, tho principal property owner In tho vicinity of 'tho Wnlln Wnlla gas plant wns out of the city, ami thn committee did not get to sco htm, hut Joo Ell has re ceived a letter from him, In which he given his views on tho location of a gas plant In a residence district,, nnd also of tho nnnoynnco of tho odor of tho plant to tho residents liv ing near n plant. With tho exception of tho property of Judgo Tuylor, the houses In the vicinity of tho Wnlla Walla plant aro of nn Inferior grade, nnd do not com pare to tho elegant residences In tho vicinity of tho proposed slto of tho gas plant In Pendleton, nnd all tho residents were ready to say that they would not buy property near such nn Institution, under any cir cumstances. But oh they now own their property In Walla Walln In that vicinity, thoy must mnko tho best of It and to condemn their own property by enlarging on thu objec tionable features of tho gas plant, thoy could hardly ho expected to do. Every porson Interviewed on the subject said unhesitatingly that thoy would not buy property In tho vlcln- Reports Sales of Realty Amounting to $606.90 Expenditures $75 Presents Bills for attorney's and ny of tho plant If thoy were locating Receiver's Fees for S3S0. In Walla Walla again, But thoso . who own smnll homes there depend j on roomers nnd hoarders for a living T. C. Taylor this morning filed his and they worn reticent In speaking report as receiver of tho estatn of C. of tho offenslvo odors of tho plant, . Wade, and his re,K,r, of tho sales t'SeeZr" of realty belonging to Hint estate.; , u ,ut,(ir , ,,,,, KUi of thH All of tho transactions of tho Intter , city, Judgo J. A. Taylor, the prlncl. havo been detailed In tho East Oro- pal property owner In tho vicinity of gonlan as thn sales took place, and!11';; n Vl. Hays: , , , , , ,. 1 Wo aro located southwest of tho the report offers nothing now for tho K(( vml )0 w1(, m()Ht n,wayB renders of this paper. blows the gas uway from us, hut As receiver Mr. Taylor mukeH eer-Honio time ago when they wore mak- tain enumerations u follows: Keli.'K f""' "" wiiiu blow mo bihoko i m-..i I I if . .. I ruury nir. .iyiur i.tmve.i mi... unnnv,nv i im1,i , ,,111,1i Matlock and Taylor, trustees, cash T)l0 KaH plant was slopped until tho amounting to (&85.90; February 3 ho wind changed to blow the smell the received from tho sale of harness, other way 120, and $1 ei8h which was coiiiiiiIh ! You will nollro In other cltlos slon due C. B. Wudo an appraiser or I 'hat residence property Im not as n loan to tho E. H. & L. AsHoclatlon. j valuable nroiiuil gas worl nx In Total, fC0G.H0. 0,,1ir Portions of the city." His disbursements from tho I amount given wen; as follows: Cash The Next Graft, to Joo Bailey as salary as custodlun Portland U gelling ready for tho and watchman of the Foster much, next graft on tho Mliito. Mayor Wll $7fi, leaving a halanro of 1531.90. 'Hams propones to luivo the ntulo buy Tho document also ItrorjximjoH n I ttio exposition grounds, receipt for all property, real ami per-1 0w nice It would be to have tho sonal, which has como Into his hands I tftnto buy nnd pay for u public park. during tne incumneney or ins reeoiv- for thu city of Portland. over our house and tho smell was WHEAT INJURED. Must Restool to Make a Crop, and Cannot Be Depended Upon. There Is considerable uneasiness, beyond Question well grounded, lest the late severe cold spell Injured tho winter wheat. In fact, It Is known to be Injured, but Just how much cannot bo told at this time. Many fields, or rather parts of fields, which were a bright nnd vigorous green Just before the last cold snap, are now of a more or less dingy, sickly yellow. The greater part of the effects of the freeze was felt on the lowest ground In tho various fields affected. In many Instances tho yellow, sick ly effects follow tho bottoms and sides of the hollows. In somo cases tho entire field, provided It lay quite low. was hurt In an almost equal de gree. In many cases not only Is the blade damaged, but tho stalks so so veroly so that If wheat Is grown there It must come from a complete restoollng, and tho season Is too late for any dependence to bo put in any such chances. Dismissed From Army. Washington. May 10. Lieutenant Fredorlck Mills, of tho seventh in fantry, has been dismissed from the nnny. The president pp.u " Bontonco of tho court-rhartlal, Ho Is charged with duplicating pay ac- couius. Left for St. Louis. Mrs. L. G. Frazler loft this evening for a visit to her old homo ln Kansas and tho SI J-ouls fnlr NO LOCATION MADE. Government Has Not Made Location for Reservoir. John T. WhlStler left this morning ior ticno to supervise tho work of preliminary surveying and sinking of test, noies in the Butter creek dis trict Referring to the perennial re- vuuipinK or wio report that "the gov eminent nas actually concluded to build a reservoir on Butter creek," Mr, Whistler saldr "Pleniin nnn mn as saying that thp government has done nothing of the kind. No Jiving man Knows wnere Jn Umatilla, Mor row or Malheur counties tho govern ment will build reservoirs: or wtieth er. In fact. It will 'build anv at nil All tho work dono up to the present time ana me work that is in pro gress, now Is strictly and only prp llmlnary. and In tho Tintnr of Invnn, tlgatlons. Further, bo far as anybody yet knows. It will nover get past tbo experimental stage. In other words, if there will ever be government Ir rigation works in Umatilla, Morrow or Malheur counties, no one as yet knows. Letters Not Contraband, London, May 10. Postmaster-General Stanloy, In the house of com mons today said that ordinary postal letters wero not contraband of war, but possibly dispatches between the governments of belllgeront states nnd Its accredited representatives may be so treated. No general rule of In ternational law bad been established giving Immunity to mall ships. Tho statement is duo to Russia stopping the British liner Osiris near Brlndl-si. ershlii and trusteeship, It coueliideH with his bill for serving bh receiver and with Carter & Haley's hill us at torneys, Tho former Is for lino, I lie latter for 250. Boiler for Pump Station. Tho new 80-horso jwer boiler for tho water works Is expected to arrive on or nbout Juno 1 and will bo In stalled as soon thereafter as prnctl cable. It Is of thn make of Crane & Co., of Kowanee, III,, and Is SxIU feet In sl.o. The old boiler, which It will supplant, Is of 30-horsu power Tho now pump house which will bo built around the new holler Is in lie 40x40 feet, and of brick. Deputies Report, All of tho deputy assessors havo made their roturnn except C. F. Weiss, W. H. Gould, W. II. Ross, J. B. Walden, Ralph Stanfield, J. W. Sturdovant and J. S. Cherry, hut all tbeBO gentlemen aro known to hnvo their returns either nearly complet ed, or entirely so, hut not to have reached town with them yet. The strike of tho sawmill hands at Couer d'AIono City, continues, with no Immediate indication of n settlement. Scarcely havo they got through Im posing tho highest taxes over levied on the people of this statu for tho fair, when it Is buy iu a park. Tho shy shrinking violet nature of IIicho gentlemen from Multnomah will yet carry them to heaven on n. lluiiiu of fire. But they will never die from want of gall, or brass, or ussuruiice that tho rest of tho state uro a lot of suckers. Halem Journal. Will Not Make the Flnlit. Tho Pralrlo City County Sent s sedation, after having secured more than thu ruiiulslto number of Quali fied petitioners praying that tho court inako an order to submit tho proposition of removal of tho county seat from Canyon City to Prairie City, have dlscoverud legal Impedi ments and dropped the matter for at least two yeara. Prulrlo City Miner. New Wool n Warehouse. There Iu now In tho Furnish ware house about 120,000 pounds of new wool, and many thousand mora pounds are expeted In tho linmodl- ato future. In fact, by Thursday, wool will bo unloaded oyery hour In tho day until tho first snlostfny,. which U tho 23d. i