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oht J DAILY EVENING EDITION -xZsssS:7: - n.lfnrllRRS WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight and Tnesdny fair; warmer Tuesday. R V the 1-rico 'Z7ne to -II PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 'JO, 1904. NO. C07J. CE8. Wis, Me lit t 20c SEE fJ RIP IS FERING .... r t Indent wno opu.u L in Russian Prison ! Reports. L sUpPtY IS RE LISHED FROM CHINA. 1Lad Battle Says Russian Appalling Japanese Over 1500 Russian Soldiers Meld. Rumor That Ten L Transports Were Sunk by L Fleet - Also Reported Lvostok Fleet Eluded Japs Ejind Slipped Into Port Ar- Lrbor. (polls, June 20. Hpctor Fill . .....Inn. if tlin KtWVH. from Chee Foo to- fltr spending five days in a ,iCm I was released and t i Chinese Junk and sent to fce. Stories ol starvation at liinr tnn5il lv the JanancBo L i. stores of auiiulles uro Er arrivln? at the besieged rktna.p nnrtR. Iipanese b.ockado Is lneffoc- Ee garrison consists oi oo lmt and 60.000 troons and !i o( both soldiers and civil good. The damaged battle re all been repaired, tho liar uce cleared of obstructions. Fnew forts are being con tid In my opinion tho place t Imminent danger of. falling hands of tho Japanese The ! attack by lanu anu aca i tie 8th, was easily ronuls- ' wis tho first correspondent 1 the place since it was Russians Get Busy. , June 20.-Firing was hoard it Shlmosekt and it is surruiB- I the Russian fleet has reap- I la the Korean straits. Rutilan Gain Ground. June 20. Six thniinnnil pi have occupied Tsalmakt, Eof Sluhen. alfln In r-nnfllflnrnlilo l Halhola, near Tachlco. luulan Losses Appalling. p. June 20. General Oku re- tilt after thn lintttn nf Tnllaun Ipwwe burled 1516 Russians loew on the battlefield. Tho I ire not yet finished. Tho na N the Ilusslans burled, burn- Minea on many other dead. -u taaumiies wero nppau- Ulolral Kamimura this morn- I LQ Official mnaanirn nvnniuDDa I thlt ha fnllnr! in fr " iiiiuviaiuuu uiui "tans have reached Vladlvo- pt Plain Gun Practice. r- JM 20,-The Cheo Foo FIB italoo .t. t iv ult "iuur was to ngo of tho guns. Tho BWU n.nlla.1 .L . . i - iu mo Ilro um, mo r suns have the greatest Bjd for JapSl If True. "W, Juno 20 nrm,. n,ll. I,u.,'?le!s tolegrapb to Tion I Imir f ni . i t. l-a- L JS last n'eht- outwitting "PUese. nnr nir iho trir, n, i destroyed 10 transports. GOING TO TACOMA. M0lle Will Flnl.k u.. e-t-. Training a a Nurse. St. l v, '" ury soon ror Ta- .2S',.,,5l!!! ent0F at. Jo- or ii ,e coml"etlon oi & nuStt6 ,n 8Cl0nUflC rliherrwr,facoma 800 wl r;"'",r.e,e to by tho aiMMv,. uV.-'Hu, as naving POLICE COURT. ' PUJn Drunk., But One Was r. H.t. ?Urt this momlnir Tnnnn lhewt ' Indlan' was fln0(l "u was reiens- ilch n l.e wan. was nnod li.mitted to tho city Jail b( 7 R. U Polk'a new dlroc SMUGGLED BOER FUNDS. Accusers of Davis Say He Was In trusted With $40 000 By Boer Gov ernment. New York, June 20. General Sam uel Pearson, formerly of the Boer array, and Cornolli's Vanderhought, arrested a month ago charged with writing threatening letters to former Assistant Secretary of the Interior Davis, who had been out on ball, were discharged thlB morning owing to tho inability of the complainant to appear. Tho case is now dismissed The de fendants declared that Davis was afraid to sumblt to a cross-examination as to the disposition of $40,000 intrusted to him by tho Boer government. Dr. C. W. Lewis, Lecturer, Dead. Greoloy. Col., Juno 20. Dr. Charles WHInrd Lowls president of the Uni versity of Wyoming, died last night of pneumonia aftei a week's illness. Ho wns n lecture- of national repu- I tation. mm T M WIL L MAKE TARIFF THE CHIEF ISSUE Twelve Years for Rape. Walla Walla, June 20. Hcnjnmln Wiseman, sentenced to tho peniten tiary for 12 yeas fo rape on tho per son of his 12-year-old nleco has been denied a new trial nnd was taken to tho penitentiary Saturday evening. He has been In tho county Jail for four months awaiting the outcomo cf the trial and his motion for nn appeal. Joe Cannon Emphatically Spurns the Vice-Presidential Nomination. Hot Fight Over Tariff Revision Is Promised Governor Cummins Says Tariff Should Not Be so High Philippine Plank Will Promise Future Automny on Good Conduct of the Natives Cannon Roasts Sherman, of New York, Who Is Preparing to Spring a Cannon Boom. CHARITY lid F LEVI Z. ' LEITER NOT A CENT LEFT TO ANY PUBLIC PURPOSE. Estate of $30,000,000 Not Divided, But Left In Trust With the Fami ly The Widow and Son Are Exec utors Without Bond Lady Curzon Gets a Pittance of $700,000 Trus tees Will Look After Investments of Special Fund of $1,000,000. Washington, June 20. The will of the Into Levi Z. Loiter was Died for probata this morning, tho widow and ron being named executors without bond. No charitable or public bequestB voro made of the entire estate, val ued at $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 Is tied down for at least this genera tion of Leltors. The widow receives through llfu a third of the not Incomo of tho estate In lieu of a dowry. Trustees aro named to control tho investment and distribution of the income from n fund of $1,000,000, set aside by a pre vious settlement. Soven hundred thoiibnii.-l dollars are loft for the benefit of the wlfo of Lord Curzon, viceroy of India. Chicago, June 20. Upsides the vice presidency and tho national chair manship, the platform is beginning to arouse Interesting gossip among the politicians, Serrotnry Shaw this morning said: "In my Judgment the tariff will come first, and declaration on that subject will practically follow the one of four years ngo. "There has been no change of con ditions and utterances of the party will be reiterated. The "Iowa idea" has been shelved by Iowa Itself, and although there will be no declaration to the effect that there will be no re vIhIcih nf tho tariff schedule, neither I will there bo any promise of revision I In tho near future, or later. "Of course the platform will con , sldcr the trust question. Tho admin istration's policy will be approved, but there will be no declaration call ing on rongresB for riotous action. "There will probably be a demand that the tariff be removed from artl cle.s on which there Is no competition in trade, but I don't think It will go further than that." Chicago Wheat. Chicago, Juno 20. Ju'y wheat opened 85, closed 8Gi: new July opened 84, close? 84. July corn opened 47, closed the same. NEW HOTHOUSES. S. H. Forshaw Preparing Hie Building for Immense Trade. S. H. Forshaw will this season make extensive additions to tho equipment of his ctabllshmenl at tho corner of Star and Court streets 10 blocks west of Main atroet. First ho will build n chrysanthemum houso 20x30 feet which will bo exclusively used during tho summer and fall and until during the first week In January for tho propagation and perfection of every imaginable variety of chrysan themums Later on tho building, which is movable, will be used for a propagating houso to proparo strictly spring and bummer products for flowering and transplanting Ho will also build this season a pormanont hothouso, and possibly two. Tho first to bo MilR will bo Nix 28 feet; the second 18x50, or possi bly 18x75 feet. The two buildings last named will bo In evory sense permanent, boing fitted with furnaces and warmed by br'ck hoiizontal flues. The entire cost of tho th'eo buildings will bo at least $1400. PRIZE FOR GREEK SCHOLARS. New York Clergyman Will Seek to Encourage High Proficiency at the Pendleton Academy. Ilov. W. H. nieakney, principal of Pondloton Academy has received no tice from nov. Robert Mackenzie, of Rutgers Presbyterian church, of ltut gora. N. Y.. that he would offer a prize of $20 for the boat Greek schol ar at Pendleton Academy, for the coming year. Mr. Bloaknoy hopes to add to this onough to mako a first and second prize for Greek in tho academic grade next year. Swanson Recovering. Albert Swanson, tho bridge carpen ter who was badly injuiod by a fall from tho high bridge In tho Meacham neighborhood, Is doing romarkabljr woll considering the extent and son miBiiOBB of his injuries. His mind Is clear, and his hurtB aro mending un expectedly fast. Mrs. C. B. Wade Returns, Mrs, C. B. Wade arrived on tho early morning Portland train from Hawaii. Sho iB in good health, but Mr. Wado, who is in Ilonolulu. Is by no moans onjoylng good hoalth, but la yet vory fall. She is a guest of her son Guy while in the city. A Fight In Sight. Chicago, June 20. Secretary Shaw's address Bays there will be a Philippine plank promising some sort of autonomy to the Fillipinos. but that conditions will be attacked, demand ing high standards of civilization from the brown men before this step is taken. He also declared that the financial planks of past platforms will be ap proved. Governor Cummins, of Iowa, was Bent to the convention as delegate at large by the "Stand Pat" conven tion. He says there has been a change in sentiment since tho adop tion of that convention's platform. He says: "We believe the tariff should not be so high as to permit home producerh to sell goods at n profit that may be called unreasonably large." 'Porto Rlcans Want to Be Citizens. Chicago, June 20.-The party ad mits need of tariff revision. Other bubjets the platform will touch con cern tho relations of this govern ment with foreign countries the ad ministration's connection with tho construction of the Pauamu canal, settlement of tl' coat strike, rela tions of labor and capital and to Porto Hlcan and Cubau policies. The chief mission of tho Porto Klco delegation Is to secure a plank in fa vor of extending to tho Islanders roc ognitlon as citizens and looking to ul timate statehood. Plan to Name Cannon. Chicago, June 10. Without doubt. Cannon is tin most interesting per sonality bore. Around him centers tho most gossip nnd on him aro based hopes that sometime may ' appen to lift the convention out of the rut of dryness. , . But the llllnolsan is emphatic In opiKJsitkm to the idea. There Is a well detlned story afloat to tho effect that certain West Mr glnlan, Missouri and Pennsylvania delegates aro preparing to launch a presidential boom for tho speaker and that they propose in a psychological SAN FRANCISCO'S POPULATION. Bay City Now Contain Nearly Half a Million. San Francisco has a population of more than 400,000 and tho truo figure t i.c.itom.1 in tin ven closo to tho half million mark. Tho city directory for juu. . - . . . .1 nniTiriO AY ly Issued, contains iuu re clusive of tho business firms, of 187,- IUU peouiu. in" .,w.-., 1900 contained 130,71(5 names, tho filiation for that year as nn by tho United States census being 342, 782. Based upon tho Increaso of names In the directory, the popula tion of San Francisco at the present tlmo Is in excess of 4C0.00U. Tho California Promotion Commit- " . .. . i-n. fliMim n a eon- too regards mo u o -,-,-- sorvatlvo one, and It may bo taken as nimv I rimeon that too conservnuvo iu. -f tho directory contains very few names of rosidcntB who have come to San Francisco wuhu Indications, uio s''-" ' been exceedingly rapid. Apartment houses, hotols and pri vate homes onough to accommodate moment to put a number of bands on tho streets at heads of processions of dolegntes. bearing Cannon banners. It la needless to Bay tho plan has not tho support of either Penrose or Scott nnd is a usual thing at every convention, like tho talk to nominate Roosevelt instead of McKlnley at Philadelphia four years ago and simi lar talk of nominating Hill instead of Bryan at Kansas City. Cannon Says Nay. Cannon sent for Congressman Slier mnn, of New York, this morning nnd for 10 minutes there was a lively ses- elnn In ITllfll. .Tn'ft rfinlTl. Hi! tolll Sherman he underrtood Sherman was moving a special New ork detega tinn Hint u-na mnsnlrinc a stamncdo in the convention to run Cannon for vice-president, "t wnnt this blank nonsenso stop mill nmnhotlcallv said Cannon. "1 u-nuiii nnt nrvnrit Iho vlco-nresldcncy If It were studed with diamonds and presented on a platter of Bond gold, shormnn said nftorwardB that Uncle Joe gave him tho worst cooking ho ever got In hlB life. For Control of Illinois. "Oom" Shelby Cullom and Gover nor Yates, of Illinois, are at it ham mer and tongs today for control of tho .state delegation and ultimate seats in tho session. This afternoon tho delegation will select chairman and Senator Cullom declares he will have it. Yates says nay. Tho vote will bo close. THIRTY F OF FIRE ERLS VICTIMS Burned by Bursting Tank. Kansas City. Juno 20. In nn explo sion of nn ammonia tank on tho sec ond floor of' tho Block Preserving Compary, this morning, caused a par tial collapse of the structure1, viola Baker and Martha Flstcr probably fa tally burned. Three others badly hurt. Actor Sullivan Off the Stage. New York, Juno 20. -John T. Sul livan, actor, divorced two weeks ago from Hoso Coghlan, died of heart dis ease today, nged 12. u G ORES BY SHOOTERS PRACTICE EVENT YESTER- DAY WELL ATTENDED. Fred Walte and J. M. Spence Make Average of 87 .Per Cent at the Range on Sunday Prellmlnarlei for Tournament Now Complete Wlncheiter Arms People Will Have a Tent and Camp Chairs for Com fort of Shooters Remington and Winchester Men Now In Town. Total Number of Bodice Re covered From the Slocum Disaster is 702. CORONER'S INQUEST RE VEALS GROSS CARELESSNE88. LaFollette Wins a Point. Chicago, Juno 20. At a mooting of tho national committee this morning ways and means to provent the Wis consin fight from being brought into the convention were dipcussed. It was definitely decided by Governor LaFollette to bring his contest be fore the convention if he can obtain a minority report from the commit teo on credentials. Such a ruling by the credentials committee, however is not looked for. A vice-presidential boom for Secre tary of War Taft was started this afternoon by Charles Emery Smith and ex-Governor Crane, of Massachu-hets. For Vice-President. Chicago, Juno 20. Former Secre tary of tho Navy John D. Long, today said his personal choico for vlco-pres-Idont is John Hay "Just think of such a ticket Roosevelt and Hay it would sweep tho country," ho said. The Minnesota delegates talk of pre senting tho namo of Governor Van Sant foi vice-president. At a dele gation meeting this evening the mat ter was formally considered. It is expected that Iowa will second tho nomination, Pennsylvania has a good support for Fairbanks. The Ghost of Polygamy. Chicago, Juno 1r In an effort to keep polygamy out of tho platform, tho Utah delegation aro declaring that u mention of 'hat subject Is lia ble to loso tho s'.ato to th republi cans. "We'll have a bi5 fight on our hands under tho best conditions," said J. H. Anderson, chairman of the delega tion. "I know there Is a general im pression here that the s'.ato is safely republican, but It Is all wrong. There Is no occasion to discuss polygamy In this convention." probably not less than 200,000 or 250, 000 persons have been erected since the 1900 census was taken, and yet tho city seems to have no more va cant houses and apartments than It hod four or five years ago. The Light Cure. Tho light cures of Finson and oth- itrn .nll fni til.m l,1nid aa lilmri nf fhn ordinary color absorbs tho violet rays ana limits tno curativo action to mo surface of tho body. In the novel ex periments of Dr. Robert Odler, of Ge neva, tho purpose has been to over come the difficulty by artificial color ation. Metheylene blue, with cocaine to make effect lasting was triod by Dr. Odler, and rabblta Injected with tho solution acquired a bluo color which remalne'd" for hours. Tho tis sues and evon tho bones became so permeable to the light of an arct lamp that a photographic plate behind tho animal was impressed In 20 seconds. Testing tho light treatment on ani mals colored blue, an lmroonse furun do of tho bone of a dog was cured in three sittings of half an hour each, and other results wore had that in dicate that tho new flold in thera peutics will provo an Important one. The practice shoot at tho range yesterday resulted In somo Interest ing events, two marksmen scoring 87 per cent, nnd several others doing nearly as woll. Thcro was a largo turnout, Indicating increasing interest in tho coming tournament. Tho scores mado yesterday aro as follows: Howe, 150 targets, 129 lilt, per cent, 8G; Ayres, 7G targets, 4C hit, CI per cent; Thompson, 75 targets, 50 hit, GO per cent; tsewoii, on largeis GG hit. 77 ner cent: Brolllor, 170 tar gets, 105 hit, Gl por cent: Stlllman, 170 targets, 145 lilt, 85 per cent; Walto, 170 targets, 149 hit, 87 por cent; Spence, 1G4 targets, 143 nil, por cent: C. 11. White, 18G targets, 147 hit, 79 por cent. Tho visitors from abroad to tho tournament aro expected to begin to arrive tomorrow evening anu wou nesdav morning In considerable num hers, nnd to bo hero en masso by Wednesday evening. There aro now two gentlemen pros nut from dlstnnt points: W. H. Soav or. of San Francisco, representing tho Winchester Arms company, nnu Frank Howo, representing tho Rem ltii?tnn Arms Company. Tho Win chester peoplo will havo a tent on tho grounds, equipped with camp chairs nnd other paraphernalia necessary to mnko all comers comrortame. Americans to Be Released.. Washington, Juno 20. Ileal Admi ral Chad wick cables from Tangier that PordlcarlB and Varley will prob ably bo released tomorrow. Barker's Squadron at Tangier. Gibraltar, June 20. Barker's squad ron arrived from Lisbon taday on roulo to Tangier. WHEN OREGON WAS DE8PI8ED. Scathing Words of the Courier-Journal Sixty Years Ago, l (' IfnnlTiniin second vlco-liresl dent of tho Fidelity Trust Company of Seattle, in auuressing uio meeuiiB of the Stale Bankers' Association nt Wnitn Will In yesterday. Kavo some comparison of tho Oregon country of CO years ago and touay. Ho made some fitting and pretty comments on the soliloquy on death by William Cullen Jiryant, in which Bryant pictures tho valloy of tho Co lumbia as the Incarnation of desola- HUM. II.. 1un minimi frrim tho IyiUlBVlllO. (Ky.) Courier-Journal of 1842, wbero thai paper condemned tno acquisition of Oregon in no measurou wurn, uir i.inu i Ma trrrllnrv "of all tho CO till tries on tho faco of the earth one of tho least favored by heaven. It Is tho mero rlddlngs of creation. "It Is almost as barren as Sahara and us unhealthy as tho Campagna of Italy. Russia has her Siberia and Kngland her Botany Bay, and If tho United States snouju over ncou I ,.,l,lr,h In l.nnluli her roKUOS and scoundrels, tho utility of such a region as Oregon couiu uo w strated." a ,.i.i,i ,.n!rnut Imtweon tho Oro gon and tho Walla Walla valley of tho present day and tho picture as uruwn i... rViiirnr..Tnllrnn1 was then given by Mr Kauffman, whoso roply showod blm to bo somuwiiuK m terateur and a scholar. Ho conclud ed with a poem touching on tho ox plolts of Marcus Whitman, Russian correspondents say tho Japancso havo horribly mutilated tho bodies of wounded Russians In seyor al lato sKirmiehes. Tho powers will Investigate Jhe charge Deck Hand Says No Fire Drill Wat Held During the Eighteen Days of His Employment Mate Had Never Been Examined by Govern ment Officials Bodies Found Float ing Everywhere Over 600 Victims Are Now Identified. Now York, Juno 20. Soven bodies, three women, three girls and a boy, victims of tho Slocuin disaster, woro picked up on Hast river nnd Ijong Island Bound huforu 9 o'clock this morning, 037 bodies having been re ceived to date. Bodies aro coming nshoro ovory hour nt different places. Five hund red nnd Bovonty-llvo of tho hodloa recovered bnvu boen Identified. Thirty funoralH took place this morn ing. Tin, r,iiir fund tn dnto amounts to $35,0011. Of this, $15,000 has been ox ponded for the fniioriiU nnd $10,000 disbursed for temporary relief. Tho roller conimllteu proposes ruin ing nn additional fund of $12G,000 to bo used for tno enro or orpnnim mm aged persons. The coroner's inquest, to determ ine the responsibility for the accident began today. Over 200 witnessed have been summoned and tho exhib its Includo tho decuyed llto preserv ers, canvas hoso, water valves, and Btandplpes. Total Bodies Recovered Now 702. Now York, Juno 2. At 4 o'clock 72 bodies had boon recovered for tho day. The total recovered Is now 702. Gross Carelessness Is Found. Joseph Cokoly, a dock hand, sworo that during 18 days ho had boon on tho stoamor, ho nover Baw a fire drill. First Mate Flanagan admlttod that ho never had been examined by tho government oIllclalH nnd was not a licensed mate, but had been chiof mate of tho stentm r fo- two yoars. Now York, Juno 20. Additional imlftv brlnir tbo total this afternoon to ti55. Tho miss ing list contains 300 mimes- yot. President Barnaby Testifies. Trmmi if Y.. Juno 20. Tho big armory was packed at nnon when tho Slocum Inquest mnrieii. ''"""J , " n...,,,i. mnaiiiiint nf tbo Knlrker- bockor Steumbont Compnny, was the first wltni'HH. llo iohuih'u as i mo equipment of tho vessel. Tho Innur nnco compnny hnd considered the boat an excellent risk and hnd given tho company a lower figure. The church paid 3f'() for the nw of Iho boat for tho excursion. FAMILY ROW IN COURT. Judge FIU Gerald Called Upon to Administer 6ome Fatherly Advice. A family row wan aired in Justice of tho Pi'ueo Fllz Gerald's court this morning Philip Gray, n young man 17 years of ugo, vus ummod of as sault and battery upon the rerson of Mrs. Adelaide Jonos. Defendant and roiiiplulaliiK witness aro both residents of thu ensl end, as aro a do.eii or inoro near relatives of both parties, who nrn ulso relatod, and all Implicate' In tho row. Tho wholo affair turned out to be a badly complicated family row, nud lie Judgo found it Impossible to sort the truth, If thero was any. from tbo mass of contradictions and untruths which beset It, and was forced to say so. Eventually ho d'nchurKcd Uio de fendant and roasted tho untlro ca boodle" for their presumption on. ob vlous unfairness, lie could And no preponderance of tBtlmoiiy and noth ing to rontrovcrt a reasonable doubt us to tho doftndar.t'H guilt. Ho concluded his admonitions with a comprehensive threat to cut every body conncerned under bonds to keep tho peaco, Is Mars Inhabited? Thn visibility of 85 "canals" on The visi i Miy ' Pnrpvai I1W. Mars is iniceii .TK ei, for different Period J drawings. Tno . -v--rry seem to follow tho water, which , 1 s slim ' ,,, t rolv locked be oven i u !.- - - ,im. un In tbo polar snowcapa In winter Up III . . .nnlllnir of and to no ruiuunvu - ... .i to,, nt iho summer sols- The wat7r after Its release 1 1 t havo a remarkably steady flow toward tho equator pt 63 miles ner day. Tho spherical form of the Shtnet Indicates a condition of fluid equilibrium, ana mis in nsoii is u I. I... otMinv nvlilnnrn that tbo water channels ore artificial.