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j amp jp--m. rEVEN!NGEDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION oot your friends to se- WEATHER F0RECA8T. Tonight Increasing cloudiness; warmer Tuesday; showers. . job for vml. I ' Vmi wnum Lp to nave " 'pendent, and advertise. 1 U PENDLTSTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OUEGON, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1004. NO. 6040. 17. 0. L "ear m, you' n 4 a t. . ' Shirt, fc ;'tton ef , "' lint i ' pr ' the n by M -u the,, o look M It ll y. We ' ttock neiti M5, n CANVASS Nil COUNT! linisterial Alliance Has L. I nnnl Hntmn II I opaign in naim. "I. T. D.7s BPEAK IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL LOCALITIES. Reorganization Mr. Warner I Chosen President and Mr. Nuys Secretary The County J ivlded Into Districts Which 1 Be Thoroughly Campaigned Meeting In the Country Will Tuesday Evening, May 17, on Kay Creek. Ministerial Alliance of Pen- which has been disorganized ome months, was resurrected nornlng at a meeting of the Iters representing tho different .nations, which was held In the of the Men's Resort, on Court i meeting was called to order at (clock, and Hov. Robert Warner, e Methodist church, was elected Went of the alliance; no v. N. H. Us, tnc unrisuan 'minister, was led vice-president; Rev. W. L. Nuys, of tho Presbyterian th, secretary, and Hov. G. W. iy, treasurer. e Immediate causo for tho re nlzatlon of the alliance was to the campaign for local option, Ih will bo one of the Issues at 1 coming election, and with this tin view, committees were ap- to take charge of tho dlffer- tlons of tho county. County Campaign. lev. Robert Warner and Rev. m. ploward will push the campaign Irrlgon, Umatilla, Echo, Foster along Butter creek. lev. 0. V. Rlgby and other help Se selected by him will have jrge of the work In Uklah, Alba, pas Prairie and the Potts coun- 1 Rev. 0. L. Hall, tho pastor of the ptist church, will have charge of pms, Helix, Juniper and nolnts th of there. Revs. Robert Warner and Van lys were appointed as committee printing and advertisement. The church men of the city are lited on tho local ontion law. and Bl do everything ln their nowor to It It on tho statute books of tho ptc. They aro organizing all over i country, ana expect to carry tho Fcllons with a rush and with ease. Meeting on McKay. Revs. G. V. Rlgby, Jonathan Ed-1 pros ana M. V. Howard will leave me morning for McKay creek, re, tomorrow evonlnir thnv will N a local ontion rnllv nt thn Inlted rirethrcn church about eight "es from Pondlntnn. nt whlrli tliov I1" attempt to convlnco tho resl- pots or the valuo of the law and of P KOOd results whlrll will fnllnw It. Ewy precinct In tho county will iaited and tho meaning of tho 'drivers at the time, n big poker I option law will Do put before! name In which several hundred dol V" Iieonlp Snnnliom ...111 l.o fought in from tho outside and it Is poped that the work of the alliance fill bring good results, anil tlmt tho I1 will bo passed whon It comes fure tne people In June. KAISER IS ORTHODOX. serman Emperor Also Declares He Is a Protestant. "etz, Mav ir,A ,i.it,.nn,i E ot a church today the kaiser I(.k5rlmed hls belef I" ie gospel of ll-nrlst. and ut- i Wilt. tll. " WUHVUIBUUUH wii i op Braun, said: "I uphold im v tolorancG and as a protos dmi i the noinan Catholics In my niM 1,1s sha11 feo1 they possess nb olute liberty of conscience." No Conference of Nations. OeneTa, Switzerland, May ltl.-ln oequence of tho war between Rus-hi- . Japan tho l0rrt council natlo? P0ne1 'ndeflnltoly.tho Inter- . luna' Confernnr-n ,.,m.,,..i , InipBti... -VIUIH.-U summoneu r-LWayto revise the Ge: v. auiuiltUflUII I . enova lie th . . Uh tlle vlew of -n-P" k -ne treatmont of wonniio.i mon Strike Ended. ,, 5ra,nce' May 10. Tho dock unier strike ended today. Co'-ed Consul Appointed. -The nlri5t.0,n' D' C- y 1C ored ,B' Peterson, col- the nSn a' 1,0 18 0110 ot York A,PJl0.,QrB of the Now a SdZft 18 37 old and B-aduato of JohnB Hopk, CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. James McDonald Being Tried for Murder of Miss Schaffer. Dedford, Ind., May 1C James McDonald was placed on trial this morning for the alleged murder of Miss Sarah Schaffer, a teacher In the high school, In January last. Two days will bo occupied In securing a Jury. Tho murder was one of tho most mysterious. The woman's body was found In a carriage shed near the residence, with the head crushed by a stone. Whatever evidence may be adduced against McDonald Is purely circumstantial. HEREROS HORROR. Torture and Murder German Settlers In Southwest Africa. Berlin, May lfi. A dispatch today reports a massacre of Germans by the Hureros of German Southwest Africa. Three colonists wore killed at Okombahe and three Gorman women and one child at Amelb, and flvo other whites In tho Kariblb dis trict. Tho blacks burned their vic tims and then danced on their graves. WANT A MONOPOLY. Gambling Company Want Concession In the Canal Zone. Havana, May 1C. The company controlling Jalalla, a Cuban gambP Ing scheme, will In a few days dls- patch an agent to Washington to see i ,.dii.i . n. mnnnnni.. , ' h - dong" the Panama lr(llltfl TWO IN HELD UP EVENT PULLED OFF WITH USUAL FORMALITIES. Perpetrators Believed to Be Local Hard Cases and Capture Consider ed Probable Made a Light Haul Compared With Risks Taken Clipped an Ear With a Bullet. HILGARD Hilgard May 1G (Special ) Two GraemB Stewart, late candidate foriowskl, minster of foreign affairs, In masked robbers held up Gus Holver-1 mayor of Chicago, and Congressman ;a speech to tho delegations from son's saloon here Saturday night, se-:neves- , , , , , Buila Pest today, expressed tho bo- curing abott $75 from the till be-1 Tlle Lowden and Dcneen delegates lief that the Russo-Japanese war will sides several chucks and time checks from Chicago are as far apart as,be localized. cn the Grand Ronde Lumber Com- Genesis from Revelations. A great As to the extended notions of con l'fny which had been deposited by mttny of tne '"'Iw108 are weary orttraband of war now held by tho bol log d'rlvers during the evening. tlle deadlock, and liable to vote any jUgorents, it Is tlmo tho powers Thero wore seven men ln the sa.wnJ' to settle affairs. agreed to a check to bo put to this loon when the robbers entered at ' Senator Hopkins Is ; of the opln on 0vl1. bo front door, und commanded the he convention will not last much, Ho warned Turkey against the sul crowd to put up their hands. All onger. The 25th ballot will be ta.'dual . of ptay,n5 ll)to the hurriedly obeved tho order and the i Iten shortly after i n ciock. , hands of those who aro incapable of hurriedly obeyed tho order, and the proprietor started to walk around the bar to open the till whon one of the I robbors fired two shots from bis pis '...1 ...... ..i,. oi-n.-i,,.. Tni.n Thniniimin ! llshtl- at tho top of the oar, making) ia Bmall skin mark only. i When tho shots wero fired several) men homing up ineir uunus ui uiu rear of the room oarieu oui un open ,. .1 ...l.nti tt.n pnlilmra lmrrlfirl ly plundered tho till and disappeared, leaving no trace. They wero not mounted and seem ed porfoctly familiar with the place, and it Is thought they wero local toughs, who will bo apprehended soon. Tho town was full of log lars changed miuun, mi win, jimi broken up ut the saloon. VISITING THE VAN DRANS; They Have Guests From'Albany Who Will Go to Washington. m i w Piinlni: nnil Kim .nr. mm ', ' . ,yf A IlinnV II I'f I lit CUeRIS i or 1 Mr and Mrs Caspar Van Dran for alsent the followlim oiomiinjeutlon to few days. Mr. Cuslck Is u baukor of,. I. C. Dieshler. state sbuep inspector Aiimnv and Is traveling over this ! lor Idaho, regarding the condition of part of tho country with his son. who has just recoveruu iium u eratlon In a Portland hospital. Thn nnrtv Will visit 111 Poildlotoil for a few days, nnd will then go to Spokane and otbm- VashliiB(on nittna nnil will perhaps visit ut Hot Lako for u few weeks beforo rotuin- Ing to their Albany noiue. TWO BANKS FAIL. One a Private Institution, the Other a National Bank. Mncon, Go., May 1C.-I. C. Plant's Sons' bank, nnd tho First National Hank closed thulr doors this morn ing, pending tho arrival of oxamlii ors, and no otllcial statement Is The Plants Is a private institution, founded In 1843 by tho rathor of R. II. Plant. nn The two failures nggrogato $1,000, 000. Viceroy Arrives. - ...winii Mav 1C Lord Curon, viceroy of India, arrived this after noon und immediately was granted an nuilleiico with the king. Death of a Scientist. n.,-ia Mnv 16. Entlennu Jules Mnrey, 'the well Known physiologist. Is dead, AGREEMENT T YET All Factions Wide Apart in the Springfield Republican Convention. NUMEROUS DARK HORSES FOR THE NOMINATIONS. Delegates Are Wearying of the Dead lock and May Break at Any Hour Chicago Delegation Hopelessly Split Governor Yates Declares Cannon and Others Have Ap proached Him With a Disreputa ble Trade for the Mexican Mission Yates Losing Ground. Springfield. 111., May 10. Governor Yates today created a sensation bv confirming a story printed In a local IMinni lltnt tin l.n.l I.,. tt l. . ,n ,r 7" 0(1 ln tnc Interest of the "congres- 1 n"; MthB T' .Hopkins and Cullom, with an offer ui uie .Mexican ministership with a salary of $18,000. If he would throw the nomination to Lowden. Both Cannon and Hopkins deny the alleg ed meeting occurred. Deadlock Continues. Springfield, 111., May 16. Mr. Can non called the convention to order at 2. Despite a downpour of rain, a big crowd was present. The 25th ballot was not different from Its pre decessors and there Is no outward sign of a break. Siirlnirfield. 111.. Mnv 1C On tho, surface of the republican situation ! here this morning, It did not look any more probablo that a nomination lor 'governor would be made by the Istate convention this afternoon than at' any time last week Several dark horses are mentioned Including Federal Judge Grosscup, Yates Is Losing Ground. , The 2Cth ballot brought Cannon 1. Yates lost t and Lowden 5. The Yates men are holding a conference, j Beaten Insane. Sni, ,.,a., jy ji;. a. j. uregory. ia traveling Hyestock agent for tho Denver & Rio Grande, was brought hero today hopelessly Insane us the result of a bi'iitlng by Denver thugs. Route the Pretender. Tangier. May 1C The I'orros ,f throne havr. been routed with heavy ! to. the i III.. Ilfirriiiiin n cnsuiillles. SHEEP SCAB IN IDAHO. Vigorous Efforts Being Made to Eradicate It. Salt Lake. .May Hi. I.owull Clarko, acting axfti' In charge of ttlo bureau lof miiinal Industry In this city, under . . . t ....i,...u., 1 lie iiejiaruiii'iii ui nuiii iuim lire, has tlin (lurks in that state: "In reply to your communication of the 11th Insiaut In retard to tho dlpplUK of sheep 111 your statu, will say that this office Is very well pleaded with the manner in which you are taking hold of this scab question in Idaho. "It is the desire of this office to assist you all we can I have In structed Dr. Halloy. of Rawlins, Wyo,. to report to you In Shosliono on Mny Hi. Ho is an experienced man, and I trust will be of valuable assistance to you" BRITT-CORBETT. Will Fight December 21 for Feather weight Championship. Knw York. Mny 1C Jimmy Brltt and Young Corbett wero matched to day for a 20-roiiiii miucn ior mo featherweight onampioiisuii', ivuubhi- ber 31. at the Sn franoisco iiuu, which gave the largest purso to get tho fight. Tho details wii bo arrang ed Soptembor 15. when the managers meet to sign. iidrnd railroad laborers havo Just arrived at Vancouver, H. icmisas City, having paid employment agents of Kansas City $10 each for permanent railroad Jobs that they find do not exist SIGH 220,000 MEN OPPOSE JAPS Russians Are Collecting an Immense Army in North ern Manchuria. RUSSIANS NOW OWN THAT PORT ARTHUR IS CUT OFF. Railroad Is Out of Commission and No Telegrams From That Point Japanese Lose a Boat From a Sub marine Mine at Kerr Bay, Near Dalny They Effect a Landing at That Point Fifty Miles of Rus sian Railroad Destroyed by the Japs. St. Petersburg, May lfi. Humors today, credited to n reliable source, have It that Kuropatkln will retreat from Llaoyang to Harbin with 120. 000 men, there to wait 100,000 rein forcements from Kharkoff and Mos cow before an engagement with the enemy. Kuropatkln hns asked for the telegraphic and field equipment necessary for tho operation. Port Arthur Cut Off. Nlu Chwang, May 1C Russian au thorities hero admit the railway to Port Arthur has practically ceased working and no telegrams for threo days. Word was received today that tho Jap dispatch boat MIyako struck a mine was destroyed In Kg Bay Sunday, with eight casualties. The natives hero havo rumors of heavy fighting Sunday between Jan- anese and Russian forces at Lla Yang. Tho Russo-Chlnese bank was re moved today to tho building occu pied by the French consulate. - Austrian Warns Turkey. Vienna, May 1C. Count Glouch- reforms and who would make her undergo more drastl,o experiences than she Is now having. Japs Lose a Cruiser. Washington. Mny 1C According ,to a ToIi)o ,)spatch to tho Japanese legation It was tho cruiser Mlyaka sunk by a mine in Kerr Hay. Tho 'dispatch reads: "Admiral Kataoka reports on May 1-1, the fourth torpedo boat flotilla continued its sea-swooping opera ,tlons under cover of the .fleet. Tho enemy constructed temporary uat- tones on mo promontory uuiwran Kerr Hay and Tallen Wn. and plac; ed six field guns besides a hastily constructed fort. With ono company of soldiers thoy stubbornly resisted our attack. "The flotilla, defying the enemy's lire, carried out operations and de stroyed five mines laid by the one my. Unfortunutoly, ono exploded anil sunk our cruiser MIyako. In this accident six men wer wounded, be sides two killed during tho fight." Russians Plunder British. lindon. May 10. A Central News dispatch from Toklo says travelers from Seoul report that several hund red Russians attacked and plunder ed Hrllish gold miners at Kunsanpy, In Northern Korea Several wero taken to prison. Japs Destroy Railroad. St. Petersburg. May 10. Official advices today say the Japaneso havo destroyed 50 miles of railroad north of Kinchou. Fears Capture by Japs. St. Petersburg, May 16. Prlnco Khllkov. minister of railways, has decided not to go to Vladivostok. Ho fears capture by tho Japs en route COMMITTEE AT WORK. Trades and Labor Council Not Meet ing With Encouragement. A committee of tho Trades and La bor Council was busy canvassing tho city tills afternoon to decido whether or not the council would lako charge of tho Fourth of July colobratlon, und tho matter will bo decided defi nitely this evening. At the latest reports tho commit tee was not meeting with tho en couragement that was hoped for In tho beginning, nnd it is uountrui as to whether tho celebration will be undertaken by the labor people. TROUBLE EXPECTED. Governor Peabody Refuses to Take Step to Insure the Peace. Denver, Mny IP. Intense Interest Is manifested In tho city election to morrow, tho first under tho now charter. Predictions aro mndo of bloodshed, especially In tho lower wards. The election Is for n full set of county ami flty officers for four years. During that period many val uable public franchises will come up for renowal. Republican leaders mv accusing Governor Peabody of treachery to the party In refusing to call out tho militia to prevent trouble. Tho dem ocrats control tho pollcend tho ma chine. FRENCH SCANDAL. Alleged That Traitors Would Sell Government Secrets. Paris, Mny Ui. Tho Mtitln prints the first of n series of articles by n London correspondent dealing with nn alleged plot to roveal tho plans of French fortifications, which the pa pers sny may approach tho Dreyfus affair In proportions. Three men went to London with papers to be sold. Two were do sorters, who wero out of funds, wrote the Matin. Examination of the papers held by him, It Is suld, revealed genuineness. Offending Royalty. Berlin, Mny lfi. The Homo corre spondent of Koelnlscho Zeltung lenrns that I lie popo has offended tho German, Austrlnu and Prussian em perors by expressing too much sym pathy toward tho Poles. RUSSIAN EDITOR DELEGATE AT WORLD'S PRESS ASSOCIATION. Russian Populace In General Knows Not of the Present War Declares the Trouble Can Only End In Rus tla!s, Supremacy In Manchuria and Korea. St. Louis, May 1C Prlnco Onkli tomsky, editor of tho St. Petersburg Wcldomostl, hero to represent Rus sia In the press congress, discussing the Russo-Japaneso war, declared the present wnr Is not popular In tils country becnuso few people outsldo of the government circles, army, nnvy and residents of larger cities know thero Is war. Nows of Hussluu reverses will sooner or later reach the general populace, when tho wur will become popular. Russia will scud millions of troops Into tho field, when tho necessity arlsoB. Talk of peace is Idle. Thero will bo none until Rus sia asserts her supremacy In tho territory nt stake, BANKRUPTCY CA8E. One a Farmer, the Other Proprietor of a Local Dairy. Judge I'ltz Gerald Is busy today with two cases In bankruptcy sent to him as referee by tho United States court at Portland. Ono case Is on petition of Alfred It. Simpson, who represents that lie is not able to meet tho demands of his creditors, and asks that ho bo adjudged a bankrupt by the courts and his creditors given mi oqultiiblo division of whut ho owns. His assets aro ulaceil nt nothing, and his liabilities ' aro ustlinuted to bo about $2,371. Ho Is a furmur llv- ng In tho vicinity of Pendleton. Tho DISCUSSES first meeting of his creditors iiasM- wuuor. been set for .May 31. Tho second'easo Is that of Udwln Wooddy and Juno Wooddy, his wife, ..,i.. . i.,.,. i....n iinlmr n nnrtnomlilii business under tho namo of the "Mc Kay Creek Dairy." Tho totul part- i.i.. ,i,.i, ta nt n.n. tvimimnv urn placed at $1,116.60 and tho Individual debts of Udwln Wooddy at $1,987 Pat Kino holds a nolo against Jauu Wooddy for $100. Tho couplo havo personal proper ty lo tho valuo or fs.iio, which tnoy claim lo hold under the exemption ... il... uttil,, Unit tlinrn nrn'ortv ill Its vicinity radically no assets to bo drawn up- on In tho settlement of tho suit. Tho first meeting of tho creditors of tho company has been sot for May 31. 8CARE TOO SOON. May Freeze Not Necessarily Dlsas trous to Wheat. Georgo I). Peeblor, of Meacham, was in town today. Mr. Peobler lias lived at Meacham six years. Prior in L'olnir thero ho lived In Stage imiIMi 20 years, and has 1,80(1 acres of wheat out thero this yoar, which is In fine condition. Mr- Poebler is Inclined to bellovo that much of tho scare about tho re sults of the freeze Is uncalled for. Twolvo year's ago ho had wheat make a uood crop which froze to the ground on May 12 after Jointing and standing to a man's thigh UNITED STATES T Decision in Ono Case Affects Property Rights in Umatilla County, MRS. PHILOMME 8MITH , KEEPS HER ALLOTMENT. Decision Affects Others on the Reser vation Wm. Turner, Anarchist, Must Remain Away From the United States Order of Lower Court Affirmed Local Option Law of Ohio Sustained, a Decision Which Is of Immediate Interest to Oregonlans Cow Stables- Must Go. Washington, May lfi, The su preme court today nlllrmod n decis ion by I ho circuit court of nppealH of tlio ninth circuit In tho enso of Hy Ru Tso Milken, appellant, vs. Phllommo Smith. Tho decision confirms tho allot ments of land In tho Umntllln reser vation to Mrs, Smith, n full-blond Indlnn, wlfu of n white man, anil confirms generally patents of that character. Turner Must Stay Away. The Biipremo court held thnt Wm. Turner, the. Hrltlsh anarchist, to bo fully excluded from this country by tho secretnry of commerco, nnd thu order of tho court below was nlllrm ed. The power of congress to legis late for tho exclusion of anarchists Is fully sustained. Turner's speeches nro hold to bo lndlctmentB to uho force against tho prevailing government, nnd Turner himself to ho n man dangerous to tho public. Turner Is out on ball and recently returned to Knglnnd. Tho opinion Is by Kullor, chief Justice. Sustains Local Option Law. The supremo court also uphold tho constitutionality of n St. Louis ordi nance providing no ono shnll keop n cow stnhlo within the city limits, without a permit by tho municipal assembly. Tho court oIbo declared tho local option law of Ohio to bo constltu tloual. Chicago Grain. Chicago, May lfi. Mny wheat opened 91 V4. closed 'J3; old July opened kv,, closed 80; now July opened 8 1 t, cloHed 85. July com oponed 47, closed 18. GA8 PLANT8 DANQEROU8. Two Unprejudiced Men Write of Their Evil Effects In Residence Districts. Joseph ICII has received tho fol lowing letters from friends who have lived In thu vicinity of gas plants In different parts of tho country, and who speak from experience, without iimltifllfn. j Thu fl,.Ht uttr ..,,. from J, Weber, of Portland, who says: ortind, May 1 1.- Joseph Kll, , Dear Hlr: In reply to your letter of the 5lh lust., would say that I would do all In my power to keep the gas plant away from residence property, 'as It Is bound to decronso ltn value, I "Tho odor from It Is a constant j source of annoyance, liosldutt the Ks tanks are dangerous I would not give by 20 per cent as much for homo property oner n gas puuii una iyu j located in Its vicinity Yours truly, The second letter collies (Him II.V vld Cumpbell, chief ongliiour of tho iiro uopnrinmiii m uiu m ij- land, who has wldo exiKirlsnce with Jgas plants und euumw of fire In cities. Ho says: "Portland. May 11. Joneph Ml, ! Dear Sir: In uimwer to yoiirw of tho 6th regarding gus plants, will uy get them Just us far uh powllile from tho heart of the city, tor (be follow ing reasons; "1.) A gus plant In any city de creases tho value of resldimi'o prop- "(2.) If I" " mu""". Hire of tho bub. tho great .inutility stored Is a haitaid which must 1m handled with the utmost euro. Wo havo had two gas plant llroa rucemly caused by tho accumulation of gases under thu buildings. Very truly, David, Campbell, chief engineer" Run Down a 6chooner. Now York, May 10. Tho Ward Unor Seneca, today brought In 18 shipwrecked fishermen from tho schooner Ploldas, run down and sunk by tho Wnnl liner Mora Gas tlq, Now York for Ilnvnnu, Saturday night off Alisoconi Light. SUPREME 0 i 4