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"1 EfENINGJDI!l DAILY EVENIN6ED1TI0N ""twtltor advertises mF? K Inn VOlirSBlf WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight ntul Wednesday show ers; cooler UinlRht. ml Z . at the Price 1?.Mm to sell it PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 31," 1904. NO. BOOS. REBUKE THE OREGONIAN. rrn IRIPTITllTr ttu waiiiuiL - i r J an"- . it . t r,Jr o llnl ncvnTFD TO PRACTICAL LEARNING." Based Upon Manual Train- Portland Churches Resent .the Attack on Rev. Edgar P. Hill. Portland, May 31. The Morning Oregonlnn has heon soundly rebuked by 10 Portland churches for hinting that the presence of Rev. Edgar P. Hill, of the First Presbyterian church, of that city, was not wanted In the city, because of his stand against po litical and municipal corruption now found In Portland. , Ten churches and the ministerial association of Portland Tinve passed resolutions of Indignation against the Oregonlan, and almost every Portland pulpit thundered Its rebuke against Its cowardly attack on a high-minded, self-sacrificing man. Following Is part of a sermon preached nt the First Christian church by Rev. Mulkcy yesterday: "This paper does not ask Erlckson, Blazler or the Portland Club to leave tho city. To ask these public bene- With Departments of Scl-. factors and promoters of morals to . .. . shut un shon and leave town would . ... A ! Mile, . i - --- 1.) and L ICraiurc n ..i-w pi - Be corcver " ..,... t Provided for in the ho a crime, tho unpardonable sin. rank injustice. But on the contrary, It hints In unmistakable terms that Biich men as Dr. Hill, Dr. House and .. -u...-ue nnrl Charlta- ' fho rest, of lis nrenrhprs must 'ahnt it 91 Tho ii-Ill nf Mm. Rd was filed In the probate . l t.in. nnn fine nf , tho pntirfl amount goes to ii. (..eHttitlm.c nlntrnhPR am! ... .(.. -.11 ohntl l, nll. . n j lnitlti(n nf T jjnrnlni- " to we prowuuuu ui jnuutiuui i I....Un mnmml tt-nltl. ilso a department of science, literature, rue senooi geis . a 1 1 ..n Ann ill S.1VB I SO tllllt DHL IlllU.UUU W very plain and substantial, me miscellaneous uequesis Mn fnr Ihp Thrniinn Pnlvtech. - n .1. - r. i up or leave neither." town. Hut we will do METHODISTS WATER BOUND. Inconveniences of Travel In "Drouthy Kansas." Qucumo, Kan., May 111. A group of Methodists returning from the gen eral conference have been stranded here for two days, enduring many vi cissitudes on account of the floods. The towns people are providing food and clothing and meals are being served by means of boats. One death has occurred among the passengers, a consumptive. JflPS IN POSSESSION OF THE CITY if FOOT OF DALNY Russians Left in Too Great a Hurry to Destroy Immense Quantities of Valuable Stores. Victors Found Quays, Warehouses and Other Structures All Ready for Their Occupancy and Use Japanese Captured Seventy Cannon In Good Working Order, But Lose Several Vessels Off Port Arthur Japanese' Protect Chinese at Dalny Russians Assume the Aggressive In Central Manchuria, and Order Submarines From American Firm. Tokio, Mny 31. Cleneral Oku, com mander of the army operating against Port Arthur, reports that the Japan ese occupied Dalny on Monday. Over 100 warehouses and barracks, besides the telegraph ofllcea and rail way station were found uninjured. Over 200 railway cars are still usable, but all the small railway bridges in the neighborhood had been destroyed. All docks and piers except the great pier, which was sunk, remain unin jured. Some steam launches are also sunk at the mouth of the docks. of Hit Rank and Dignity. war 3i. xne Morgan Post reservedly that Secretary of i:r rwnnr r nfrrnntoii iznrmnn trfflr A'llltlnfv In nn n t, n.nlt n t . una in a room wnere Admiral uiu a numDer of reporters SO nrespnt. ins Mae il cnnnfi nt. THREE DEAD. MURDER AND SUICIDE. His Landlady Rejected His Suit, Which Resulted In "Emotional In sanity." Pittsburg. Pa., May 31. Irving Wise, a well known mechanical engi neer, this morning shot and killed Katie Craff, a hoarding house owner, and then suicided. It is presumed the Craff woman rejected his suit. DECOR IN BRINGS ORROW Jfoot bridge collapses AT SALIDA, COLORADO. Of UClosInn In h tcul!r.L Cat Smelter. liar Pal Mnir i im. ire nntr tfonrt Pfnmw Tini- Bmfield and Henry Hawkins. an rnnv itii lw.f-.. ..uu. . . w UblUUOv ilUTl, PROVED AN ALIBI. Throws People Into the Swift and Treacherous Arkansas Several Are Drowned and More Are Missing Disaster Took Place During Cere mony of Throwing Flowers Into the Stream In Honor of Naval Heroes. Japs Protect Chinese. Chee Foo, May 31. Dalny refugees, mostly Chinese, state that the Japan ese arrived there shortly after the evacuation by the Russians. Bandits had attacked the place, burning and pillaging many buildings. The arrival of the Japanese afforded protection to the Chinese. Japanese gunboat No. 3, according to reports today, was damaged by shells from Port Arthur forts Monday. It was reconnolterlng near the shore and drew the fire from the forts. One petty officer was killed and three In jured, and one gun was badly damaged. Captured Guns Serviceable. Home, May 31. A Toklo dispatch states that nearly all the guns cap tured by the Japanese at Klnchow are In excellent condition. Two thousand wounded Japanese have been embark ed at Klnchow for Japan. Starvation Imminent. St. Petersburg, May 31. Dispatches from l.lao Yang state that there Is ex treme scarcity of the necessaries of life there. The women and children have been ordered away from Llao Yang and Mukdn. Sallda, Col., May 31. By the col lapse of a footbrldgo over the Arkan sas river at noon Decoration Day. three persons were drowned and half a dozen arc missing. Thousands of people had gathered on the river front to throw (lowers Into tho river In honor of the naval dead. Tho river Is only 20 feet wide, Mwrr.pt to Fasten Guilt of . - . i-.u-uu mm murder. ". Cl, May 31.-Driscoll, suspect of the Copley hold- "as proven on nl lil. m Altnvliio . , wo luuniiiiE uiier aprv tl. ... ... ... . ...wi.uvo UUUUVU Ue RnQno.l i j . .. till a, ""w, " u't very deep and swift. . - 'J " " Tho known dead are: Mrs. Warren , .. I Thompson, wlfo of a large furniture .. " ",c "ecora. i dealer: Hazel Lvons. C-year-oId daugh ter or Mr. and Mrs. Cliarios j,yons. The body of a boy was seen floating down tho river three miles east. The Lyons body was recovered. Among the missing are Nora Anderson, aged 13. i liinv vi ti w In. -i - -v iiiiuio iiicr noon fa fAiii- . 7" "sucoL rpmrrt All .nfin . VVii nu manv rinnnin , n Warhiw Off Tai aiay 11 TV. . .1 W. I I II im TT1 DPI tn M -4iCL I H And r-il- . .v. vinencan ves- a wc PPie are profoundly Chicago Grain m amu; oia July w'iS?1? 86i new July Closed snmn T..i ....It w -vu 1 I "J . Mny BUrn.rf - . .. - iu ucain. rnlij . " r"0 at Luancn TCl!n many deaths. Art tftlcism. K Yn,t, trlor V . corato uncle h.,: 7" (UOKAn V... " Mtae hu .U1 owner of l'CTr:lur.cr ordered - hivoduu in iu?. laid on .X": urivhi . - -. out to rm ..; Japs Lose Some Boats. .Mukden, May 31. The report reach ed here today that tho Japanese lost ono gunboat and two torpedo boats in mi attack on Port Arthur yesterday In an nttempt to block tho harbor. Searchlights on tho shoro discover ed the approach of the Japanese. After the Japanese gunboats and two torpedo boats had been lost the mer chantmen which Intended to block tho harbor withdrew. Russia Buys Submarines. Ilotlln. May 31. The Vosslscho Celtung stntcs that Russia has order ed 10 submarines from the Holland company, Boston. Buttlnsky Kaiser. Berlin, May 31. It has developed that the mcssago the kaiser recently sent to Kuropatkln by a special cour ier, was lengthy and expressed views us to the prohablo development of the war. It criticized the wenk points of the Russians nnd gave advico to Ku ropatkln. Tho letter was addressed as coming from ono soldier to another. The kaiser's act Is taken hero as an indiscretion which may ho Inter preted as a breach of neutrality, put ting the government In a different k-sltlon. POISON ON THE RANGE. Resulting In the Death of Nine Cows and Fifty Sheep. Canyon City. Mny 31 C. P. John son, who returned this week from tho country near Spanish "(lulcli, informs the Blue Mountain Knglo that recent ly somo ikjIsoiuhI salt was put out near tho liead of Bridge creek nt Ca leb, which resulted In tho death of nlno cows boloiiKlug to iSlgfrtt Bros., and CO head of sheep the property of Butler Bros. It Is supposed that the poison wns put out for Butler Bros", sheep, slnco It wns found on their bed ground but not iiiilll after n number of the ani mals had eaten it. INSPECTED THE POST. Secretary Taft on Duty at Leaven worth. Kort Leavenworth, May 31. Secre tary Tuft rovlowed tho garrison and Inspected tho post this morning, then hoarded tho trolley for Knnsns City, whero ho will participate In an auto mobile parade and probably make n speech at convention hnll, leaving for Washington tonight. THE "GREEN-EYED." Pennsylvania Man Kills His Wife, But Falls on Himself. Carlisle, I'n., May 31. David Pnhr, nged 10, shot and probably fatally wounded his wlfo this morning, nnd failed to kill himself. He was arrest ed. Jealousy wnB the provocation, Baker County Pioneer. Baker City. May 31. M. S. Warren, ono of tho first pioneers of Kastcru Oregon, died nt Wlngvlllo last even ing uged (H. Ho was a captain In (icnernl Price's army In Missouri during tho war and settled In Baker county nt tho close of tho "strife. Ho lived at Union for 30 years, but has been at Wlngvlllo with Ills children for several years past. Alabama Tragedy. Anulston, Ala., May 31. II. K. Horn bucklo killed himself and seriously wounded I-enono Dnlton, his alleged wife, last night. Jealousy wns tho cause. Japs Enforce Blockade. London, May 31. Tho government announces the receipt of a declara Hon from Toklo of tho complete blockade since May 26 of Lino Tung, and the coast of PItsowo and Pulan Tien, which will continue to bo en forced. Russians on the Aggressive. Tien Tsln, May 31. It is reported that four Siberian regiments left Tas cliao, 20 miles south of Nlu Chwang, for Klnchow Monday. It Is believed those will be followed by an entire dl vision In an effort to relieve Port Ar thur. LECTURE ON JAPAN. Will Be Delivered by President of Co lumbla College. Hov. James Main Dixon, president of Columbia college, Milton, will de liver un address on "Missions In Ja pan," tomorrow evening at 8, ut the M. E. church. Soutn. Prof. Dixon has been in the field a number of years, and speaks tho language, and delivers a most enter talnlng lecture. POPE IS ILL. Pontiff the Victim of Heat and Worry But Will Not Rest. Rome. May 31. The heat, confine ment and worry of tho past few days havo visibly affected the pope. Dr. Lapponl advises a suspension of all audiences for the present, but tho Dontiff declines. Today he rocoivca tho American Collego students. FAMILY TROUBLE. Andrew Messer Murdered His Wife and Baby and Then Himself. Cambridge. O.. May 31. Androw Messor, agod 24, shot and killed his 17-year-old wife and child, 1 year old, this morning, and then suicided. Fam ily trouble is given as the cause. Failure on Cotton Exchange. Now York. May 31, The suspen sion of S. Munn, Son & Co., one of tho oldest cotton firms, was announc ed on tho Cotton Exchange this morning. DEGREE OF HONOR. District Convention of a Strong Or der With Membership of Ladles Only. The ladies of the Degree of Honor held their first Bemi-annual district convention In this city last night and this afternoon. Kepresentatlves were In attendance from all the lodges or the county, delegates being sent from Magnolia lodge No. 31, of Pendleton, Violet No. 48, of Vton, Clover Leaf No. 35 of Athena, Prosperity No. 90 of Helix, and the Birch Creek lodgo of Pilot Hock. The convention opened last night with Mrs. Margaret E. Herren, of Portland, having tho meeting In charge. A clash of six candidates were Initiated Into the degree work of the lodge During the evening somo very em enabling papers were read having to do with the work of the order, and .veial musical num bers were gneu Itefreshments wero served and a general social tlmo was had. , , The business meeting of tho con vention was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock, at which timo the placo for holding the next convention was de i,u,i ,,,,ii nnil nlans laid for tho fu ture conventions. The work of this convention was more for organiza tion than otherwise, this being the first convention held in the county. It Is tho Intention of the ladles of Umatilla county to hold conventions at different places In the county each six months from now on. They will bo educational in effect, and Intended to build up tho membership In this county. Mrs. Herren left this evening for John Day In the Interest of the order. time. He writes his father that ho will write a full description of Hono lulu as soon as ho Is permitted to land. Admiral Glass Is In charge of the Pacific squadron, and tho Commercial Advertiser of Honolulu gives tho names of all tho officers and men on board tho different boats. Heiin Is yoeraan on fho Bennington. DEATH OF MRS. TEMPLETON. Well Known and Highly Respected Native of the County. Mrs. Hose Templeten, tho wlfo of It. C. Templcton, of tho Meadows near Echo, died this morning at the homo of Jerry Barnhart after a short illness of heart trouble. Mrs. Templcton has been In poor health for some time, and was In the city at, tho homo of Mr. Barnhart, who Is a brother-in-law, undergoing treatment. 8ho has lived In till county all her life, being at tho tlmo of her death 42 years of ago. Her huBband, II. C. Templcton, Is ono of tne prominent farmers of tho Mead ows. The deceased leaves seven children, all of whom aro now living. Tho funeral will be hold tomorrow afternoon, from tho rcsldonce of Mr, Barnhart, tho exact tlmo not having been as yet determined. THORN HOLLOW POTLATCH. A. G. RENN IN HONOLULU. Attended by Large Concourse of Indi ans and Some Whites. Quito a number of Pendleton poo pie attended the "potJatch" or me morial feast given at Thorn Hollow yesterday by tho Indians Jn memory of James Joshua, tho well known In dian who committed suicide some tlmg ago. Tho feast was very Inter esting to the visitors, many strange Son of Councilman B. F. Renn Now on ; rites being observed. Ono old chief Board the Gunboat Bennington. 1 1)0 ,,ect,aged ,ndan) ma(lo an ajjre8s Pniinoiitnnn ii. v. Ileiiu has Just ro-1 commemorating tho Jlfo and works celved a letter from his son, A. G. ; of tho deceased Indian which was rtonn mm Honolulu, whero tho very touching, and caused tho entlro young man Is now stationed for a few assemblage of Indians to shed tears. i ,i Amrtrtpnn elinboat Amofif)- thriftn whit nttpmleri wnm weui.s ou ouani wi! "" " . I v. ; v; . Bennington, in the Pacific squadron. Mr. and Mrs, T. C. Taylor. Mr. and Ti.r. oMiindmn now comprises the Mrs, Leon Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. cruiser Now York, the gunboat Ben- j Marshall, Messrs. Fred Judd, Albert nincton and will be Joined at Hono- Cohen, Frank Llghtor, J, A. Borlo, lull hv tho Marblebead and the Petrel Thomas Thompson, Norval Jonos, W, and after a few weeks In tho Honolu- I). Foster, W. L. Shlverlck and J. W. lu waters will proceed to tho Aleutian Wilson. Islands and theuco to rusei ouuuu. , ;',. ... Mr Renn enlisted in tuo navy m i. J- jucvuhuju wou iuu v-ujiiu ui- n mm ami lias been over a cycle annual race at Hilton, N, J. greater part of the world since that Time. 1:18:4, ' WESTON READY 0 PIONEERS PREPARATIONS FOR THREE DAYS' EVENT BEING MADE. George C, Browned of Oregon City, Will Deliver the Annual Address on Thursday Forenoon Rev. Andreas Bard Will Deliver Memorial Ad dress on Friday Forenoon Baseball and Old Fiddlers' Contest Among the Amusements, Weston, Oro., May 31. Weston Is busy with preparations for tho Pio neers' picnic, Juno 2, 3, and I. Tho town Is now at Its prettiest, nnd will bo beautified further with evergreen trcus from the mountains nearby. Car penters aro busy ut work constructing a largo pavilion. In a centrul part of town, which will bo used ror tun oxer clses. This will bo decorated In club oralo fashion. Tho program of exercises eucli day will bo of a varied nnd Interesting na ture. Thursday forenoon tho niinual address will bo delivered by Hon. (Jeo. C. Hrownell of Oregon City, who will muko his first speech to an Eastern Oregon audience on thin occasion. In the afternoon the old fiddlers' contest will be tho principal event. The memorial uddruss Friday fore noon will bo delivered by llnv. An dreas Bard of Wullu Walla, ouu of tho most popular pulpit orators In tho In land Empire. Speeches will ho mado Saturday Political Day by ahlu champions of tho democratic, republican and prohi bition parlies, and tno candidates will make their final ante-olcctlou bow to mi august public. Die homo team will Play baseball with tho PendlcUm Wonders Thurs day nnd Friday afternoons, and with Adams Saturday afternoon. Tho pro gram of sports will also Include it wide vucluty of oxcltlng and amusing con tests for liberal purses. SHE SWALLOWED I CHLOROFORM Ida Raymond Trios a Short Route Out of Life and Its "Fitful Fevers." CONSUMED TWO OUNCES OF THE DEADLY OPIATE. The End of Her First Spree, Which Was the Miserable Ending of a Quarrel With Her Paramour, a Traveling Doctor The Latter Has Disappeared A Corps of Physicians Think It Is Barely Poslble That the Victim's Life May Be Saved. A HUGE GRAFT, Ida ltuyinoiid, a young woman who has been living at tho Paltico Boom ing house on Main street for tho past three weeks, attempted to commit suicide thlB morning n short tlmo be fore noon by drinking tho contents of a two-ounco bottlo of chloroform. She was caught In Ihc net by J. H. Williams, proprietor of thu houso, who knockud the hottlo from her linnds, but not until she had swallowed tho greater pnrt of the Until It contained. A couple of doctors wero Immedi ately Humiiionod, and when they ar rived found the woman singing and dancing In tho middle of tho room. Almost as soon ns they had reached the room, ho waver, shu wns takon sick and quickly passed Into uncon sciousness, from which It has bo far been Impossible to rouse her. ' Companion of Dr. Shattuck. Miss Raymond Is a young woman about 27 years of ago. slight In build nnd weighing iiIkjiiI 100 pounds. Sho In .of dnrk complexion, nnd prepos sessing In face and form. Sho ciimo here In company with "Prof." F. F. Shattuck, a traveling doctor whoso chief weapons of offenso and dufonso against the ravages of disease Is elec tricity, uppllod In varlouB forms and ways. Arriving In the city tho couple wont to tho Palace lodging houso on Main street, where they engaged rooms and whero they havo beon living to gether since. A few dayH ago thoy had a violent quarrel and tho profes sor left the city, going presumably to Athena, where he Intended to romaln for n time. Before leaving II Is nnld he told his companion that ho had decided not to have unythlng nioro to do with her, and that their rela tions would have to end. Thu woman, though she hnd novor done so befoie, began to drink, and for sovernl days linn been continually under tho llillueiicu of liquor. Night hoforo Inst she went to one of tho drug stores anil bought a hottlo of chloroform. Lust night sho eamq to tho Bamo place and bought n second bottlo. Luler In the evunlng shn was nrrostcil ami put lu the city Jail for drunken and disorderly conduct, at which time sho gavo tho namo or Jano Doe. This morning sho was fined $fi by tho city recorder and went to her room. Hho was still under tho Influence of liquor unit tho proprietor of tho house kept n watch on her, ns her remarks and actions had mado him suspicious that she might at tempt to harm horsolf, Took the Poison at 11 a. m. About 1 1 o'clock, going lo her room, ho saw tint woman In tho ai t of swal lowing the contents of n small bottlo, and rushing to her, snatched II awny, but too Iatu. Dr. Hhuttucli, the man at the lof tiun of l lie tumble, ciimo lo Pendleton from North Yakima, and has traveled over tho out tru Northwest, thu woman accompanying him during the larger purl of tho tlmo. Sho Is prtMiimed to bo from Portland, though nothing Is known of either of Ilium, us thuy wie not In tho habit of talking about themsolvus. At tho tlmo of going to priMW MM Knymond's condition Is unchanged Tho physicians think that thwo Is n very slight cii.uico of nor recovery, hut It is so slim that her doiilli Is ox peclod at any (lino. What A. G. Stlmmell Says of St. Louis and the Fair. A. O. Stlmmell, a prominent mining man of Spokane, was In tho city for u short visit this morning while on his way home, Ho is now returning from a visit through tho East und ut tho St. Ixiuls fair. Ha Is much disgusted with tho way the fair is being managed, and says that tho visiting pcoplo aru grafted In ovcry way possible Tho majority of those who havo so far visited tho fair aro discontented with tlie ac commodations and tho conduct of tho exposition, and say that tho present slato of affairs will work to tho det riment of tho latter part of tho fair, Mr. Stlmmell Is ono of tho promi nent officials of tho Spokano Fair As Depths of Misery. Chicago, May 31. Crazed by rheumatic pains, Ouatuv Jtol burg, 72 yours of ago, has on doavornd to umputnto his left foot to relieve himself af pain. As IIio old man sat on tho floor In his homo urn began his operation, his wife, who is helpless from paralysis, look ed on from her chair within a fow feet of him. Her ncreumB attracted two pollcomoii, who rushed Into tho houso and took tho luilfu from Ilollnirg. Ho hnd sovored an arlory, nnd by tho tlmo ho arrived at tho county hospital wns so weak It Is thought ho cannot survive.