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MIHBEDITWH DAILY EVENING EDITION " .lmr advertises roil comy'j ,, vmlraeif WEATHER FORECAST. Tnnlpht nllil WMnnnnilnv fair . rt,cI? tv at lo Price JftSiE '5 to sol. r light frost tonight. PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OliEGON, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1004. NO. 6056. SUCCESS If SALES DAYS tl Onnnrrll Fn IffllS IVIOIB Olliiifa'J Itched With Participants L Ever Before. ! AVERAGED SOME HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR. Mni Thousand Pounds of Sold Yesterday, Realizing I fjoo More Than the Same Lt Brought Last Year Not a Li left In the Warehouses r, Represented Every Portion (United States Next Sales In luton June 10. lulue ol tno wooigrowers as- b to the sheepmen or tno I, tnd the merit In the sales fis proven yesterday whon a 1 of the wool of the county fct id for sale. Before tho day lied about 600,000 pounds of this diD had beou sold at prices Ir, on an average, from 1 to 1 ttllher than last, year, Ivoolmen now all concede that lies day Is a good thing for fower, and there will be a much proportion of men who will heir wool next year Instead of I It before the open dates, at t Hies. n we 20 men horo yesterday, (eating the most prominent wool I houses In tho united States, II wanted wool and wore will I live all that they could afford Each buyer wanted to buy fcme to buy, and was willing to J Hit his particular house could I to give. It was not a prlvato I; In some out of the way place. me buyer had all tho ad van BJ the grower none, but It was i business proposition of "You tie money and you get tho The result was that every i w wool in tho Pendleton ware- I as sold before night, and all i igures. . Owlnn, the secretary of the rows Association, has linen ! hard for the Dast two or I months to persuade the wool their fleeces until thn nles, and has mpt with mm. Now the 8heenmn fcatiifled, and next year a much rrae win be Hated for tho dates I OKI. I M.V.. .. r -601 unci! or trip rinv wna for the clip of Douglas Bolts, of wno sold h i 37.7118 nnnnilH Lftmu, Farnswnrth t. p. w cents a pound. MJt of sales mado during tho 7 am in addition to those jesieraay, is P 4 CamDlinii m i , uh"i hi'uu rJril.: ' Urwn & Adams, i". "fc cents. r ,r." uros'. 21 hags, 5.442 kit ula' wnitmBii, Fnrns' i luayer, or Boston. p Warner, m 11 n-t III,.. . lo 11U1IIIU 9- Snn Francisco. i i. r., 100 "lmK. 27,331 Henry ScnleB, 49 bags, 17,233 pounds, 13; Brown & Adams. J, E. Smith Livestock Company, 160,000 pounds, tied at 14 by Brown & Adams and Livingston, Also 82,000 pounds, 13.; by Whitman, Farns worth & Thayer. SITUATION UNCHANGED. Santa Fe Is Importing Scab Strike Breakers From the East, Washington, May 24. The Interna tional Association or Machinists headquarters today reported the San ta Fe strike situation unchanged with tho road Importing men from Phila delphia nnd other Eastern cities, most of whom, It Is cllamed, know little about tho trade CONTRABAND OPIUM. Two Thousand Pounds, Worth Eleven Dollars Per Pound. Seattle, May 24. Government offi cials nnd local rrollco seized 2000 pounds of contraband opium this morning, ono of tho biggest hauls ever made In Seattle. Threo arrests were made Saturday. Ono 'confessed where It wns hidden, later. Its value Is $11 per pound. PORTO RICAN LEGISLATURE. Will Negotiate a Loan From the United States. San Juan, Porto Itlco, Mny 24. Tho Insular legislature adjourned today, but Immediately reopened for tho first extraordinary session called to nego tiate a loan of $5,000,000 from tho United States. HEARST'S IB ON GOAL TRUST Interstate Commerce Commis sion Reluctantly Resumes the Investigation. IJAPS SUSTAIN ! HEW LOSSES CONTRACTS PRODUCED ARE INCRIMINATING. Coal Trust's and Railroad Companies' Private Records Disclose That a System of Rebates to Favored Rail roads Existed With Differing Per centages of Benefits Defense Ob jecting to Every Step of the Pro ceedingsLight on a Gigantic Swindle. Reports Confirm Great Rus sian Victory at Port Arthur or Feng Huang Cheng. REPORT OF CAPTURE OF THREE JAP CRUISERS. General Statement Is Made of an Overwhelming Japanese Defeat, But Uncertainty as to the Place Cholera Said to Be Devastating Jap anese Army In Manchuria Rus sians Drive Japanese Out of Anju, and Massacre Seven Japanese Bat' tallons. 13 HI' y.1 ""fin. I, ,1,11 iph eman Broa- Boston. . ..unman, f'arnsworth & r!&Sa'l3,"W. 32 bags, 10,018 r. "ft- Brown x. a,i, 0.606 pounds, ""'"nan, Karnsworlh & n K9' 17-313 Pounds. C?4 Brothers. Tloston. I ft Wyatt. 51 i ii Hm. """ ji.isb Lfiflnm.... . . . ---,.M.aH, iir, hnllu on AAA l Koshlana Bros.' V' m p.. Wrnor. 18,492 Mosa Vn.baBB' 39,267 pounds, '.UVvVags, 18.535 Rin" War Threatens. r U ,C- "i&y 24. -Ranco MuZV Hills- C Company. Sena- 1'teainpnr i . nlry aga nt ti.A co' claim tho " thp lpany threaten,, i S ltu and talo no.. GHLOE STAWFIELD S CONTEST 8IX HIGH SCHOOL ORATIONS GIVEN LAST NIGHT. All Showed Much Training and Natur- ' al Ability Bertha Alexander Not In the Contest Program Will Be Com pleted Tonight Eastern Oregon Contest at La Grande Next Satur day Night. New York, May 24. The Interstate London, May 24. Tho Central commerce commission today resumed News correspondent at St. Petersburg investigation of the complaint by . Vlegraplis tlint tho Ued Cross hns a Hearst against the Reading and other report of a Japanese defeat. Tho cas railroads carrying coal to the sea- ( ualtles are tho same as those given board from the anthracite regions. , In the Bourse report of a Port Arthur Under the supreme court's decision 1 fight current yesterday 15,000 Japs Six of the 13 graduating orations of the high school class were delivered to a largo audience nt Assembly hall last night. All tho orations were good from every standpoint, each showed tire less training, originality, polish and grace of thought and delivery. Miss Cbloe Stuntleld was awardod tho contest nnd will represent Pen dleton high school at the high school oratorical contest at La Grando on Saturday evening, May 28. Her ora tlon was entitled the "One Man Fa ble," and was delivered with much natural grace of expression, and sho will represent the school In a fitting manner at the Eastern Oregon con test. Miss Bortha Alexander delivered her graduating oration but declined to enter the contest. Tho names of tho class members who took part In tho contest, nnd tho subjects of their orations aro as fol lows: Chloo Stanflold, "A One Mun Fable." Myrtle Dizney, "Tho Power of a No- bio life." Bertha Alexander, "Tho Civilizing Influence of Lltorature." Will Wyrlck, "Example, Not Pro- copt." Fred Hartmnn, "The United States to the World." Doll McCarty. "The Labor Union Thwarting Its Own Aim." Those who will deliver their ora tions tonight nro Nell Jay, Boy Alex ander, Ed Jay. Fred Vincent, Ivy Kim broil nnd So Williams. A solect musical program wns ren dered In connection with tho graduat ing orations. Tho Judges wore Rev. W. H. Bleakney, Rov. W. L. Van Nuys and Bert Huffman. Tho pro gram tonight will begin nt 8 o'clock. and frlonrts of tho schools are Invited to attend. the commission will demand the pro ductlon of contracts refused to tho commission last year. President Baer produced tho con tracts with tho Temple company con Jointly with those with the Jersey Central, Lackawanna, Erie, Susque hanna and Reading railroads. Tho counsel read from each the percenta ges of rebate tonnage to be accorded the several coal carrying companies, ranging from 29 to 4, the former be ing the Reading rebate and the latter the Susquehanna. Asked to produce tho contract of April 10, 1899, between the trunk lines and tho Temple company, Baer's counsel objected, saying it was not called for, but on examination of the subpoenas he said he would produce the latter. Replying to Commissioner Prouty, Baer said the Delaware & Hudson, Pennsylvania & New York and On tario & Western were not In the agreement with Temple. Tho Penn sylvania did not own any lines reach ing the mines. Baer said ho was not any more pre' pared to statu now than last and 3000 Ruslans, The Central News report places tho fight at Feng Hu ang Cheng. Cholera Among the Japs, 1-ondon, May 24. Tho Central News correspondent at St. Petersburg wires that advices from Lla Yang state that cholera has broken out at Feng Huang Cheng, and hundreds of Japan ese are dying dally. After Cossack Raiders. Seoul, May 24. A forco of Japan ese has been dispatched from Qensan, on the east coast, to disperse the Cos sack raiders. In Northern Korea. Japanese Lose Three Cruisers. St. Petersburg, Mny 24. Admiral Ty Denis reports tho capture of threo Japanese cruisers by tho Vladivostok squadron. Infantry and Cavalry fight. Toklo, May 21. Kuroki reports that May 21 ono section of Infantry year encountered the enemy's cavalry, 200 what the Increase In the cost of min- strong, eight miles east of Kuantlen. Ing caused by the strlko- was. I no enemy lied In a norttioasteriy ui i rectlon. leaving 20 dead. No Japan' FRANCE AND ROME DISAGREE. "se casualties. PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY. Takes Pronounced Stand Against Marrying Divorcees. Buffalo, May 24. Tho special com mittee on marrlngo and divorce of tho Presbyterian general assembly, re ported this morning, recommending that all ministers bo enjoined to re fuse to perform the marriage cere mony In tho cases of divorced persons, except on grounds recognized na scriptural In tho stnndnrds of tho church. It further recommended that refus als by ministers of other churches to perform tho marrlngo ceremony, bo recognized ns valid nnd binding up on tho Presbyterian mlnlstery, nnd obligating refusal upon their part when the parties npply to them for the mnrrlage ceremony after falling to secure It elsewhere. Tho eommltteo Is working with committees of 13 other denominations, all of which form tho Inter-Church Conference on mnrrlago and divorce. Message From Synod of Asia. Buffalo, Mny 21. The most Imitort ant of the nintters discussed nt this morning's session of tho Presbyterians wns nn overture from tho synod of Asia asking relcnso from Its relations with tho assembly, that It may ho made ono with tho synod of India al ready existing. Referred to tho com mittee on foreign missions. National Bank Failure. Cape May, N. J.. May 21. Tho First National Bank closed this morning. Deposits, $50,000. SG THE BISHOPRIC REFUSED TO ACCEPT IT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES. Conferences Elected Four Missionary Bishops, Among Them a Negro Harris Elected Bishop to Japan Balloting for Editors of Church Pub lications Is In Progress Adjourn Friday. Trouble Results in Recalling the French Ambassador. Rome. May 24. - Cardinal MerrI Del Drove Out the Japanese. Mukdpn, Mny 24. The town of An ju In Korpn, wns nttarked and dQ' val, papai secretary. Is quoted as say- Ktroyeil May 1C by the Russians. Tho ing the holy sec is confident a satis factorv solution of the French situ atlon wjll be arrived at, but should tho French chamber Indorse the gov ernment's nntl-olcrlcallsni tho pope mny submit the whole affair to the Judgment of the Huropean powers. French Minister Recalled, Paris. May 24. After tho meeting ; of the council of ministers today a i noto was Issued olllclally, announcing tho recall of the French ambassador to tho Vatican. Indians Murdered. Tacoma, May 21.--Andiw Price and wife, Puyallup ludlaris, wero ruur dored yesterday by Price's fnther, near Everett. The Indians nan an been drinking and the old man was sloonlnit within 2" feet of his murder ed relatives when arrested. The only wllnosH to the (rime was tne moiner of the murdered man. who Is over 100 years old. stores and retired In good order. Massacred Seven Battalions. St. Petersburg, May 24. Russian correspondents at Lloyang telegraph that according to Chlneso reports a forco of Russians under General Fok surprised and massacred soven Japan ese battalions near Klnchau. Tho Japs aro reported leaving Feng Huang Cheng and moving northward. SERIOUS SITUATION. British May Be Compelled to Abandon Advanced Position. Unidon, May 24. Tho gravity of the Tibetan situation Is causing un easiness In the cabinet. It Is believ ed Colonel Young will be forced to retire from his position near flyantzo soon, which will not only bo a blow to British prestige, but will arouso the frontier tribes for tho reconquost of tho whole Himalayan hinterland, ELECTRIC ROAD NOW ASSURED Hoinrich Melmann's Famous Pendleton-Dayton Scheme is Now on Its Feet. will ask Walla walla for a new franchise. By Its Terms the System la to Be In Operation Within Two Years, With Light, Railway and Power Two Mil lion Dollars Is Needed for the Com pletion of the Project, and the Money Is In Sight Company Con trols a 10,000 Horse Water Power Between Dayton and Pomeroy. Los Angeles, Mny 21. Another sen sation was sprung In tho Methodist conference yesterday. Dr. James R. Day, chancellor of Syr acuse, (N. Y.) university, resigned tho bishopric to which ho wns elect ed Saturday, Day's election was duo to tho published story that ho had knocked down Professor Hnnlle, of San Bcrnnrdlno, Cnl., during nn argu ment on higher criticism. Tho story turned tho tide In favor of Day, who was Immediately elected. Day this morning mndo a request that his res ignation ho accepted becnuso of thn sensational Incidents connected with his olectlon. Tho resignation was ac cepted. Day's act established his honor, nnd ho Is beyond doubt the most popular man In tho conference. Tho election of another bishop Is mado necessary. Four Bishops Chosen. Returns on tho ballot on threo mis sionary bishops was announced this morning as follows: Rov. J. II. Scott, to Africa, first col ored man so honored; Rov. W. F. Oldham: J. P. Robinson, to Southern Asia. Morrlam C. Harris, former su perintendent of tho Pacific Coast Jnpanoso mission work, waB elected missionary bishop to Japan on tno first ballot. VESSEL WAS TOPHEAVY. Not Belieyed That the Corwln Has Been Wrecked. Seattle. May 24. The only founda tion for tho report that tho steamer Corwln from Seattle for Capo Nomo has been wrecked off Vancouver Island, Is tho fact that the vessel put Into Kotshlknn to readjust hor cargo, which was topheavy. Sho left Ketch- knn Mny 21 In good condition. EXHIBITS FOR LEWIS AND CLARK FAIR Ballotnlg on Editors. Iis Angelos, May 21 Inability to transact business for want of a quo' rum In tho Motnoiiist coniornnco threatened after Friday. Many dnlo- .gates Hie asking for lonvo of nlmonco to see Southern California attractions, Balloting fur editors of church perl odlcals Is progressing todny. BOISE PLANT BURN8, Station a Suspended Publication. Baker Cltv. May 24. Tho Baker City Herald Is again In a logal tnngle and tho Monday odltlon was Issued in tho form of a dodgor CxO Inches, be cnuso of tho offices being locked and tho presses tlod up by tho creditors of tho old Herald company. Thoro Is a strong effort on tho part of uauor City people to contlnuo tho paper undor tho management of L. Bush Llvermoro as editor. Dominion Liner Afloat. Quoboc. May 24. Tho Dominion liner Vancouvor, Is ashoro on Mntano Bank No danger Is anticipated. "Now Is the tini- to begm gathoring shipment, after being collected hero. ...u,i.. t,..i r'lnrit fair." All kinds of growing grain, alfal UA ..U. . .. - f(t( cIoverj vegotabos fru,t8 ghoul(J said ox-Mayor 1. C. Halley, to tuo U0 soIectC(l wll,0 nt ,10r 1)08t gtaBU8 East Oregonlan today. and preserved for tho Umatilla coun- "Whiid tlm best crone of wheat, at- Hy collection. Our best foot should fnifn fruit nnd wool ever enjoyed by be put forward at tblH exposition. Umatilla county are growing and bo- "Homeseekers who will certainly in? hnrvnstad this year, tho people I gco and udmlro the products of Ore should take especial pride In selecting gon next year, should bo struck with ii, o hnat Hiincimens for exhibition. the peculiarly wide and diversified In "It will bo too lato to get certain I terests represented from this county, ktnria nt Armis and fruit after this I and especially by the oxcelfenco of crop Is out of the way. That exhibit tho products shown should be selected at leisure, and It , "By co-operation and general Inter- oi,n,ii,i .nvor pverv field of Industry In est tho exhibit can bo collected with tliia rinintv fully, and be a fair ropre-, little exponso and Is a matter of prldo Bontntlon of tho products of Umatilla and should not bo forgotten. county "I will furnish laud freo to nuyono "If wo wait until the last moment to who will ralso some experimental begin mnklng the selections, tho ex- crops for exhibit. Tho moro varied hlblt will boar evidence of having boon tho products we show tho better for collected hurriedly and will necessar- the state. People will bo present at Ilv bo incomplete. The best of every- the J.owls and Clark exposition who thine crown this year should bo saved will bo In search of every Imaglna- bnr f for the oxliiblt. hie kind of land and surroundings. "Everv farmer and stockman should Nothing shown nt that fair Will bo. take osnoclal pnde in this muttor. It amiss. Every exhibit wjll attract some should not be nocobsary for a com- particular class or condition of poo- mit ee to be appointed, excopt to pie to the wonderful resources of; classy mui prepare the exhibit for Imatllla county" tho tho Electric Light and Power Total Loss. Boise, May 21. The plant of Highland Power Company, on Bolso river, 20 miles abovo (ho city was swept away yesioruuy auoriioon Tho loss Is about $160,000. Tho river had been dammed with a crib da tn. and the power house stood under tho river bank, CO feet below tho dam. This plant was used for pump. Ing water for placer mining, and was to be convorted Into an electric plant when tho placer ground had been ox liaustcd. Tho homo ofllco of I he com pnny Is In Now Hampshire. Sarafolf In Macedonia. Sofia, May 21. Sarafoff, tho Mace donian leader, has crossed tho fron tier Into Mncodonla. It Is believed It presages the renewal of tho insurrec tionary movement. Roosevelt In Massachusetts. Gorton. Mass.. May 21. Tho presi dent arrived this morning to attond tho commencement of the school hero, whore a son attends. Lynch Re-elected, Indianapolis, May 24 -Lynch was re-elected president of the Typograph leal Union by a majority of 7.000. Hoinrich Melmann, of San Francis co, wus n guest nt tne Hotel St. Ueorge Inst night whllo on his way to Walla Walla, where ho will appear before tho city council this evening to ask for tho renewal of thu electric light, railway and power frnnchlso which he holds In that place. Mr. Mclimiun Is the prime mover In tho electric motor schema which Is to bnud Dayton and Pemlleton to gether In n short timo. Ho sees that' Fiich a lino would not only be of un told bcucllt to thu people In general, but would bo of great profit to tho owners of tno property, nnd so no has been working steadily on tho proiKisltlon for u long time. Tho fran chise which hnd been secured for tho railway lino In Wnlla Walla will ox plro In July, and for that reason Mr. Melmann Is making tho trip to tho Onrden City this evening. Ho hns a draft of another frnnchlso, which Is practically a counterpart of tho ono now on tho books nt Walla Walla. In Operation In Two Years. By its provisions ho Is granted the rluht to construct n rnllway along tho principal Btroots of tho city, and to maintain nnd operate a streot rnllway, pledging hlmsolf to hnvo tho plant In operation Insldo of two yenrs from tho date of tho piiBsngo of tho ordi nance urnntlnc tho privilege. Ho al so will nsk for n ronownl of his light ing nnd iiowcr franchise. Mr. Melmann oxplnlns tho dolny In thn commencement of tho Dayton Pondloton project by saying that monev of Into has been hard to got. nnd It will tnko $2,000,000 to put tho scheme on Its feet. This Is a presi dential year, and until tho election ie out of tho way and thliigH havo Bot tled down to tho usual run ugaln, It will ho hard to start anything so big. Ho now hnB Eastern capital hack of tho enterprise, however, nnd vlll ho able to float bin bonds readily whon tho time comes. First-class Water Power. Mr. Melnmnn ;ob success In his plans on account of tho water power rights which tho company hns secur ed In tho Two Canyon country ho tweon Dayton and Pninerny. Hero tho company has a water right In Its own natno which will yield 100.000 horsn power. Tho stream bus a fall of 450 feet In ono milo at tho point whom tho power sln'lon Is In he located. This unrivaled power facility ban led tho Eastern men lo lake hold of tho proposition, wlileh will In Um ensure Its Miircess. The company now linn contracts for 4 200 homo po'.vor, to he glvori to Iho ii'miinfnctiirlnu nlnnlH nlo'iit Hit Uno between this city and Ptylon. and havn contracts ilrnwn which will Blvo It the prlvllene of ppM" In nowsr as soon as the itatlon In In munition. As soon an the bond ar flontPd, and the details are strlhteiio1 out. tho first iliadeful of earth will ho turned In the conitrurllon of the road and It is the boue of the projector tn havo tho illrt flylnic In a eompnra tlvojy short spaco of time. Chicago Grain, nt.hiii'o. May 24. May wheat opened 95, closed 9614: old July opou od 88. closed 87; new July open ed 87. elose.l 8014. July com opened 48. closed 47-y. Deep Laid Plot, Canton, O., May 21.The po lice onrly this mnrnlntc nrrfst ed Rlrhnrd Quldlev, Harry Plorco and Tlney Lnbelle. bus plcloned In connection with Hie murder nt ueorim j.-. tutwr, the merenaiir inneu nuiuruuy night, and whose common law wife, Grace Dortoff, )ina huon under survulllnnco ns a bus iect. It Is hellqvort liy mniiy that a plot to obtain Tnylor'8 lfn Insurance and proporty an tedates Iho intimnto relations of Taylor and tho Dortoff woman.