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PEKDLETQy, UMATILLA COUNTY, OTtEGON", THURSDAY, JULY LS, 1904. SniT Ml nnill M 1 flTrn nr mm i nn i nnin i-rrn nw ini WL-nuapwii mmiDitH Ul WAh, AooAoomA i tu Hi JtW DIUUC9I IICLU HLpUHT i ... Ehows aiiaiifaiMin.B. 'HI ASSAILANT DEALS REFUSE II PEACE Resolved Itself loog Pull for Su- IjOK FOR A Le OF UNION MEN. I strike Breakers lm- jiltago Meats Jump up Kansas City Packers L Advertisements fr Men , 3e Supplied Omaha Strike Began Don- p flints Cannot Be 0 pel- art Skilled Help Which i Return to Work Until mil With tliu refusal i to further negotiate) rs, the situation at the Isrnisg resolved Itself In- lire made by the pack- ! (impede will probably 11 lew days, while Don- kkb Impossible to profit- it tie packing enterprises l.telp now out, to re i settlement Is reached, liisorder uls morning. dJreakers Imported. Mj 28. Imported strike morning aggregated u? large crowds flockea Ictruces and despite an k police against picketing, i teep a close watch. (took another lean this ntents. Ifc'et at Omaha. 1 (as quietest since It Sheriff Power swore in IS 10 be armed only with non-union men are be 'K tut no largo bodies. Picard Eureka Flat Farm Large Yield. Walla Walla, July 28. ne returns from tho harvest on Eureka flat have commenced to reach tho city, John Wehb, who Is farming tho big Picard ranch, was In tho city today and ho reports the biggest yield yet. He says that on ICO acres ho liar vested 1900 sacks of first-class blue' stom wheat, 1100 sack's of choice bar ley and in addition took off 21 loads of hay. This would be 4000 bushels of wheat and 22.00 bushels of barley, not counting me liny. No More Swimming In, Town. walla Walla, July 28. The boys and young men who have been trying 10 Keep rooi uy bathing and swim ming In Mill creek within the city limits, will have to hunt another place lor that purpose. The council last night passed an ordinance nro- hlbltlng swimming or bathing In tHo waters of Mill creek within tho boundaries of tho city and making the penalty a fine of $10 and costs for any one convicted of a violation of .tho ordinance. Famous Horse Sold. Great Falls, July 28. Ben C. Walk er, of the firm of Walker & Anderson, today purchased one of the finest blooded stallions In Montana, Hal En ilgn, from U. C. McFall, paying $3000 for (lie an I me I The stallion has 'been In Great Fnlls for the past five years, Mi". McFall buying him when he was 1 year old In Tennessee for $1000. Hal Ensign is a half brother to Hal Poin ter and Star Pointer, tho famous pacers. Kim TO MS OPPRESSOR that Britain tuok the strongest nos slble exception to tho course, of tho i i uussinn government, lie said: "I will not say In general ns to I the principle, but with regard to this particular Incident, that Great Britain I has earnestly protested against the sinking of the Knight Commander nt, contrary to tho accepted "practices of nations." First Reports Received Say the Minister and His Coachman Were Blown lntor Atoms. Acute Stage Has Passed. London, July 28. Balfour nnnounc ed In tho houso of commons that tho acute stage of tho Bed Sea Incidents had passed, nnd that the Russian volunteer vessels would bo with drawn. HAINEY KILLED BY PISTOL SHOT Over Twenty People Injured by Fore of the Explosion, Which Shattered Three Stories of Large Hotel Assassin Came Out of Restaurant as Minister Was Passing, and Threw Bomb Under His Horses' Feet German Papers Justify the Deed Plchve's Last Official Act Was to Oppress the Jews Czar Is Shocked. MINISTER PLEHVE ASSASSINATED. St. Petersburg, July 28. Baron Plehve, minister of war and In terior, was assassinated In the street at 10 o'clock last night, by an unknown Jew, who threw a bomb under the coach In which the minister was driving. The body of the minister was horribly mu tilated, his coachman killed and. the team and coach blown into atoms. The Jew refuses to give his name. ing at Kansas City. J, July 28. The packers ivinurew their ndver 'telp, claiming to bo 9 further svmmitliv wltii lis Mpected. Hhlnnnnt rMd that the mnrknt I 111 probably bo normal rt Fight at St. Paul. liljr 28.Th.o picket lluo ""s morning with some "finer was arrested. Hr Return to Work. W 28. At noon 700 llvn. Ier .turned to work. twlr symnathv limi '"duo good had been .wtaer Idleness, The "toed U the first step "Pt'd Murder. 'neat excltoment In the .""en tt Ltthlinnlnn attempted to assas 1 "ara, a promlnont l Is belinvml h o .Russian offalr. Hn .With n Vnlfo ,"ure any damairn 0 Whf.n u, .,i. ?. silver .neaP to Maail riot occurred. .2. overturn the 'fae to the rosoiin wrests. HUNTERS. r Bun Reservation 9Mol"d.rer. VrV Ju,y 28. Wll Oltt BOldlnr nf W first prize, ) great Rnnnhiirl Joins'. An im- fe lucky man. wcnt t0 Rolens "". me third AERIAL ENGINES NOT I.0W BARRED PROHIBITION OF HAGUE COURT EXPIRES TOMORROW. Torpedoes May Be Droppeo From Bal loons and Flying machines and aeri al War Horrors May Be Added to the Land and Sea Species Specu lation is Rife as to Whether Either Japan or Russia W-il take Advan tage of the Situation. f-1 of Dakota gity, M, Dolson,,Qf rrotr Wheel, cnnin had W 4ncHne afternoon,' ,oia, Idst urpwi ,lner the from' London, July 28. Tno iirohlbltlon imposed by Thoj Hague conference upon the dlschargo of aerial torpedoes from abllaons or flying machines will expire by limitation tomorrow. English military nnd naval experts aro now speculating on the possibility of either of the belllgor.ents In tho Far East embracing the opportunity to add new terrors to the' warfare iu Manchuria. It Is known that both the besiegers and the besieged at Port Arthur are supplied with observation balloons which might easily be converted Into engines of deadly destruction. It was with tho greatest difficulty that tho powers represented at The Hague conference, through their mili tary dolcgates, managed to reach an agroment upon rules governing war, and this particular section was bitter ly fought over, although It is one of the few which the British and United States govornmonts accepted without reservation. To make eaBier the reaching of an agreement as to the uso of aerial war ships it wob determined that the rule should b.e tried for a period of five years, aud It Ib this period which ex pires tomorrow and leaves the fighting nations free to use aerial torpedoes, flying machines and dirigible balloons without violation of the rul.es or war. Details of the Assassination. London, July 2a. Accounts of th.e assassination of Plehve vary. Ren ter's correspondent at St. Petersburg Bays the minister's carriage was passing in front of the Hotel Devar sovic, near the terminus of tho War saw railway, when a man suddenly rushed out of the restaurant and hurled a bomb, the minster and coachman being instantly killed, the cnrrlage and horses were shattered to atoms. Plehve was terribly mutilated. The bomb-thrower, despite the con fusion, was surrounded and arrested. Another r.eport has It that two per sons were arrested and that Plehve was approaching the statlop In a car riage when a motor car dashed up1 with two persons. One was an of ficial with the uniform of the minis ters of ways and communications, the other wore a morning dress. As the motor passed the carriage, 1 one of the occupants threw a bomb In t front of the horses. The minister and coachman were so mutilated that fragments of their bodies had to be collected and car ried to the minister's residence In a enshmere net. Several bystanders were olutlonlsts here arc jubilant. It is acscrtod that a widespread revolu tionary plot Is on foot, the most for midable since the assassination of Alexander. The black list includes all the governors of provinces and ministers. The czar was not included, ns h.e Is regarded as weak but amiable. Now, he, too, has been added to the list. Meets at Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo. Mich., July 28. The eleventh annual convention of th.e Michigan state association of sheriffs, chiefs of police and prosecuting at torneys began In Kalamazoo today nnd will remain In session until tho end of the week. Bay Olty, Saginaw, De troit, Jackson. Grand Rapids, Battle Creek and other cities of the stato are represented. Tho business sessions of the meeting will be, devoted to dis cussion of various matters relating to the apprehension nnd prosecution of criminals. In Honor of Dundonald. Montreal, tue., July 28. Tho Cale donian Society has made elaborate ar rangements for a reception nnd ban quet to be given tonight in honor of. lord Dundonald tho deposed comman-der-inchlef of the military forces In Canada. Lord Dundonald will Ball for England tumorrow morning. Plehve a Jew Oppressor. Berlin, July 28. Prominent Jews here state that Plehve's last adminis tration net was tho suppression of four Hebrew newspapers published nt St. Petersburg, throwing out 300 Jews with 1200 dependents, ordering them all expelled from the city and convoyed back to tho Pale or Jewish quarter while a deputation of Jews knelt befor.e Plehvo and besought mercy vainly, it is said. ELECTRIC PLANT Well Known Pendleton Man Dies After Six Hours of Terrible Suffering. MEETS DEATH BY ACCIDENT AT LEHMAN SPRINGS. George Hoverson and William John son Only Witnesses to Accident, Say a Large Pistol Dropped to the Floor, and Was Discharged, Ball Striking Arthur Hainey in Abdo men, From Which He Died Six Hours Later Deceased Well Known Here Leaven Wife Three Small Children. and BEING RUSHED POLES ALL UP FROM SITE TO WALLA WALLA. Official Version of the Murder. St. Petersburg, July 28. The offi cial version of the assassination says tnat the minister was alone In his carriage when the bomb thrown by an assassin who came from the hotel. The minister was thrown to the pave ment and 20 persons were lnlured. in- Injurod, but none were killed, eluding tho assassin. A post mortem Tho Identity of the arrested occU' pants of the motor Is not made known. Murder and Suicide. Bucharest, July 28, Prof. Leganta, a Macedonian, todoy shot Pror. rap aplg, during an altercation, and after ward suicided. Hanged for Killing Two. Mumfordvllle. Ky July 28. Custer Gardnor, whlto, was hanged for tho murd.er of S. D. Osborn ana uavia us born, his son, last November. Hanged for Forty Cents. Uniontown, Pa., July 28. John Jackson, colored, was hanged today for the murder of a nogro nnmeu Kenny, In a quarrel over .40 cents, Chicago Grain. Chicago. July 28. Old July wheat ononed 1)8. closed 05; new Jiny oponed 07, closed 979i. July corn opened 40V6, closod Frank Oucllolmo. tho Italian mur derer of Portland, has socurod a stay of execution and will not hang on August 16, as sentenced. Gaurascla, tho father- of tho girl klllod by Gug- Ilelmo, has vowed that ho will not put his beard until Gugllelmo Is hanged. Two Bombs Were Thrown London, July 28. The Centra! News' St. Petersburg correspondent asserts that two bombs were thrown, one from the motor car, the other from the restaurant. Twenty people were wounded by broken glass. Threo floors of the building adjoining the hotel wore smashed to atoms. This report lias It that the coachman was not killed, but seriously wounded. Czar Overcome by Shock. Berlin, July 28. A St. Petersburg code dispatch statos that tho czar, on receiving the news, sank into a cltilr aud was overcome by tne shock. ThM nollcn dosross Proof that the assas sination Is tho result of a conspiracy by the revolutionary party, Had Been Marked as a Victim. Berlin, July 28, M. Wltte, presi dent of the Husslan council of min isters, who Is here negotiating a com merclal treaty with the Germans was horror-stricken over the Plehve as sassination. "Its appalling, but not surprising," he said. "The revolutionists had long marked Plehve as a victim. Every Hussion minister accepts the risks of assassination as part of his official duties. Of course the crime will not produce any political re fnrm hut nn the contrary, more rlHri ronreasion of subversive ele ments is Inevitable." A bodyguard of detectives Is now with Wltte. France Is Horror-struck. Paris, July 28. The president has tnwrnim,i thn czar expressing his norannni mniinlcnccs and the general horror of France ov.er tho crime. For eign Minister Delcasse called on the Russian embassy and had a private Interview with the, Russian embassa dor today. Assassin Was a Jew. London, July 28, A Router's St. Petersburg tolegram says rienvee assailant Is a Jew wno reniBos io give his name, Revolutionists Are Jubilant Genovn, July 28 -Tho Russian rev examination revealed no wounds on Plehve's body itself, but his lower jaw was broken. Death Is attributed to the Bhock. Between 200 and 300 Men Now at Work on Various Parts of the Mon ster Plant Six Miles of Barrel Flume Being Constructed Com pany Will Bring 700 Horse Power to Pendleton Electric Force Will Be 23,000 Volts. ' Newspapers Justify the Act. Berlin, July 28. Unconventional newspapers Justify tho Plehve assas sination. Tho Tageblatt character izes the deed as "the execution of a criminal guilty of crimes against humanity." News at Washington. Wushlngton, July 28. The state de partment today received dispatches from the embassy at St. Petersburg Informing It of Plehve's assassination, with added comment that there Is no disturbance. Russia Explains Disaster. St. Petersburg, July 28. Russians now declare that it was hunger, and not the Japanese, wich forced them from their positions on the Yalu. The Yuzhahya Rossiya publishes a dis patch from Its war correspondent, In which the following passage occurs "tor eight days during and after the Yalu battle our men did not once taste bread. Instead, they were given flour, which they mixed with water, and some .even without water. In spite of this entlro absenco of proper food, the soldiers proved their amaz lng enduranco by constructing heavy earthworks on their line of retreat, Russia Will Meet England's Demands. London, July 28. It Is officially stated that Lansdowne 1ms received satisfactory assurance from nusslo that full satisfaction will be given Engjand In the matter of the steamer ivnignt uommanaer, sunk by the l(us slans. Russians Lose 10,000. Ixjndon, July 28 The Evening Star's correspondent at Tien Tsiu reports that Kuropatkin was wounded In the shoulder during tho battle of Taschlkao, and another general klll od. The Russian losses were 10,000. England Opposed to Russia's Course. London, July 28. Referring to the passago of the Dardanelles by the volunteer fleet as' commercial vessels and the subsequent transformation Into belligerents, the premier satu The electric company now Iuib be tween 200 nnd 300 men at work scat tered along the line of operations from Wnlla Walla to a iolnt between Weston- and Athena, and cannot got all the men It wants. Tho active working force would bo greatly in creased If the men could be had. The poles arc all up from tho situ of the power house to Walla Walla, and the polo gang Is working between Weston and Athena, coming; In tnla direction. Active operations are In progress at sotting poles, building the Hlx-mllo barrel flume from the point of diver sion of the water from the Walla Walla, (between 11 nnd 12 miles above Slllton to the site of tho iowcr house, whjch Is about half way to Milton from the diversion,) nt grad ing the right of way and at gottlng ready the mass of material at vari ous points for tho further operations. Materials pol.es, wire. Insulators, cross arms, staves, pins, etc Is nr- i riving In carload lots every day, and tho intention is. If workmen enough can bo secured, lo have tho entlro plant In operation by the last of Oc tober, or the first of November. Tho company will handle 23,000 volts of electricity from tho start, wiih a capacity far beyond that, sub ject to later demands, and will enter Pendleton with 700-horse power. Fireman Killed, Five Injured. Dixon, III., July 28. Fireman Frame, of a Chicago & Eastern III! iiols paResnger train, was killed and five Injured when tho train went through a switch this afternoon, Corbett and O'Brien Matched. New York, July 28. Corbett and Jack O Brlen are matched for a si' round go at Philadelphia, In Septcm her. Supreme Court Library. Tho members of tho Idaho supremo court library commission are engaged in installing the books In tho new II brary bunding at Lowlston, which has Just been completed, Fully 1000 volumes have been received, and It it expected that 11500 more will have been received before the term of court In October. City Building at Clarkston. Work on the new city ha'll and Jail has been started at Clarkston, Idaho, aud when completed will cost about $2-000. Tho main city hall will he 20x22 feet In size and the jail 18x22 feet. The building will be of brick and will bo completed for occupancy In about 30 days. Through what nppenrs (o have boon the accidental dlschargo 'of n revol ver, Arthur Hnlnoy, n liveryman at Lehman Springs, Is dead. The accident took place nt about 8 o'clock last night and Hnlnoy died six hours later, before n physician could reach Mm. Dr. T. M, Henderson, county cor roner, is this afternoon conducting an Inquest at tho scene of tho trag edy. Tho remnliiR of tho dead man are expected to arrive In Pendleton Into tilts evening. From the statements mndo by two Hllgnnl men, William Johnson and Georgo Hoverson, who, wore with. Hainey nt 'tho tlmo or tho shooting, the accident was occasioned by tho dropping of n largo revolver, John son and Hoverson went to the stable kept by Hainey to see nbout tholr team. Ono of the men carried a re volver In a holster. In stooping over thu weapon fell to the floor nnd wa discharged. The liullot struck Hainey in tho ab domen, ranging upward. Tho wound ed man was at once couvoyod to his homo nnd medical aid was summon ed from Pendleton by long dlstanco phone. Lohmnn Springs Is C2 miles south of this city. Walter Holnoy, n brother of tho wounded man, nnd Dr. I). J, McFnul left at once for the summer resort, but the victim of the shooting was dead beforo they reach ed his bedside, Doputy Sheriff Dion Taylor, who was in tho vicinity of the springs, placed Johnson and Hoverson, under arrest. Sheriff T. D. Taylor depart ed for tho sceno of the tragedy at 11 o'clock last night. Coroner Hen derson leu this city tills morning ut 3 o'clock. The ItiquoBt was begun this afternoon, It was first reported that Johnson and Hoverson wero Intoxicated nt thn time of the shooting nnd details of the affair were conflicting. Advi ces received by tho siierlft'u office this afternoon lire lo thu effect that tho trugedy was purely accidental. . Tho two Hllgard men arrived nt Lehman Springs early In tho eve ning and pdaced their team In Hal ney's stable. After dinner thoy re turned to the barn and It wuh then that tho stableman was shot. John hoii and Hoverson, It Is Bald, admit they had been drinking during thu afternoon, but declare they were so ber when thoy wont to tho stablo tho lUHt time. It Is customnry for persons In tho mountains to go armed, and tho fact that the men carried revolvers, It Is thought, will have no special hearing on tho verdict of tho coronor'H Jury. Arthur Halnoy was 31 years of age. Two years ago ho came to P6ndleton from Iown and engaged In tho ex press business with his brothor, Wal ter Hainey. During tho summer ho hud been conducting tho livery stablo at Lehman Springs, jio leaves a widow and three small children, Halnoy was a member In good stand ing or Tiltullla Camp No. C390, Mod ern Woodmen of America, and was Insured In that order to the extent of $2000, Arrangements for tho funeral have not been announced. It Is thought the remains will bo Interred at this plnco. , Must Pay State Tax Money, County Treasurer Hastings ut Lew. Iston, received ngtlflcatlon from State Treasurer CPffln demanding the lmme- ' dluto payment to th.e sttao of $8090,2), the amount of delinquent taxes due from Nos? Perce county to the Btato for year 1885, Treasurer Coffin write tha( unless payment, of this amount. fs' at once made tho matter will be put In tho hands of t)io attorney g"oueral and suit for enforced payment will be commenced. mem VKi:lr .Vt.