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r . FOAIIY EVENING EDITION OAILY EVENING EDITION Look nbout you and soo tlio sue- ! cessfnl mcrcuantB. They nre all ' men who advertise. It you would he successful, follow the example WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight niid Thursday fair, cool er tonight. they set. VOL. 17. PENDLETON, OltEGON, WEDNESDAY, SEl'TI-MBEU 7, 1004. NO. 5140. Till DEFENDS ASSESSMENT through no revenue offices and there- j foro pay no taxes. I "In conclusion I assert that all of I the reasons which I had for making ; the 1003 assessment, and all the rea-' I sons which you had for sustaining that assessment, remain unchanged." STOKERS REFUSE OFFERS OF PEACE MIMIC BATTLE PROGRESSES. RUSSIANS DESERT THEIR WOUNDED FOR KILLING QUAIL. Contends That 0. R. & N. Property is Valued at Its Earning Capacity, Should not be compared TO W. & C. R. VALUES. Maneuvers of the Forces Will End at 3 O'clock Today. Gainesville, Sept. 7. Undaunted by his failure yesterday to dislodge the brown army from Thoroughfare Gap, General Grant resumed the offensive and renewed the fight vigorously. Fresh troops arived this morning. Al though Bell suffered heavily In yes terday's engagement, so excellent was the disposition of his forces that he was able to hold his own. Grant Is supposed to have been re inforced during the night by the ar- ix Agent J. W. Morrow Holds That f fres" ,roPs rom Fairfax f a i Court House. ie Value of the Road Should Be 1 when the battle was resumed to- i .1 . . . ... "easured by the Business Original. ' u'es constructively outnum bered thp browns nearly twn to nrin Ing in the County Says the O. R. Fresh divisions, however, are on the N. Pays More Than Its Propor- wa-v to reinforce the browns. The blues will bp ohllced to ho rpmlv in lion of School Tax Strain Makes meet ti,ese new reinforcements and iomparison of the Earnings of the take Thoroughfare Gap at 3 o'clock liiirs uii?ruuuu, wiiuu uiu cumiici will end. Referendum Vote to Continue the Strike is Nearly Unanimous. ALLIED TRADES HOLD OFF FOR ARBITRATION. toads. Vote at Kansas City is 1551 to 120 Against Peace Vote In Detail at Chicago Will Be About 4800 to 2800 for Continuance of the Strike No Provision In Peace Terms for Un skilled Workmen Is the Cause of Continue War Result Is a Surprise to All. Soldiers Are Dying From Hun ger and Thirst Along the Line of Retreat. Three Walla Walla Sportsmen Arrest-1 ed for Violation of Law. ' Walln Walla, Sept. 7. A warrant i was sworn out in Justice Huffman's court this morning by Game Inspector , Frank Morse for Clem Mnsterson. F H. .Morris nnd A. McMillan for shoot- Ing mid having in their possession two quail. OPTION L PETITION FILED KUROPATKIN DIRECTS I betweon Yellow Hawk and Garrison OPERATIONS AT MUKDEN. I creeks. I The three men named were In the i hack and will have to answer for vio Despite the Terrible Conflagration I kuion of the law. . WUilll NIC Ml'l'UHUUH JI1CI1UII1I 111 II1U l itiiusou nny nun suuo line iiisuicis ami nre a great temptation to hunters. On August 2fi. n week npo Saturday MlUnn nnH rTPPWntPr Pro about 0. o'clock In the evening. Mr. 11 IIIOII dllU ntLWdlU iTU- cincts Ask for a Vote on die Liquor Question. PETITION FILED WITH 160 NAMES THIS MORNING. Morse was called up on the telephone by a man who would not give his name and told that there were some persons out' shooting quail two and n half miles south of town. He Immediately .started out and met a hack on the lower Milton road bis argument before the county t today In the matter of the peti- for reduction oi the assessment R it N company property. Tax J w Morrow, of the railroad. red that the road was obliged iy an uniair percentage or local ji -ax and that a great deal of mil' property in the county was in making out the rolls, t-a ui of railroad propery." r V rr w, "should be measured r nt of traffic originating junty " v.'tr-on petition asking a re n $12,000 a mile to $55(10 Morrow contends that the (iff ween the O. R. & X. and Jiat of the W. & C. great " io the tax agent Asses s rain said : ij'cn'ian that the W. & C. - 1 r.s much for purposes of . i) ' taxation as the O. It. - lit i ounty Is a self evl- Mrs. John Mlnto Dead. Salem, Sept. 7. Mrs. Mary Ann Mlnto, wife of John Mlnto, one of Or 1 egon's most widely known pioneers died at her home In this city yester day evening, aged 73. She had been ill but a few days with pneumonia. She was a pioneer of 1S45. NEW DEMOCRATIC Chicago, Sept. 7. A referendum vote of the striking butchers favors a continuance of the struggle accord ing to the best information obtainable prior to the official announcement of the vote. At noon, at the grounds, but 20 per cent of the strikers had voted. It is believed Donnelly will call for another vote. Hundreds fail ed to vote on account of lack of facilities. Count of Vote Not Complete, II" HI PARTY IH JERSEY Ma Can't Enter Manchuria, iilrmingham, Sept. 7. The Post to day reports that in consequence Ruscian communications, the Drills At noon the count Is not ready to I nnd French governments have mad be given out. Two hours more will Started by the Russians at Liao Yang, the Japanese Captured Vast Stores of Provisions and Ammuni tion Part of Russian Retreat Along Wagon Road to Mukden Cut Off by Japanese Kuroki's Movements i Are Not Known. Insane Man Murders Family. South Dayton, N. Y.. Sept. 7. Mlelinely Michzek, shot his wife nnd two children nnd then himself. He was Insane. Michstok's children will die. but his wlfo will probably recover. First Movement of Local Option Forces Toward Testing Public Sen timent In Umatilla County Law Requires Petitions to Contain 10 Per Cent of Vote of Any County or Sub-division Freewater Contains Two Saloons Milton Dry for 17 Years. ICome. Sept 7. A Yen Tal corres pondent to Secolo. reports that the Russian army under Knropatkln Is abandoning Its wounded owing to lack of ambulances. Many of the Injured nre dying of hunger and thirst. An epidemic of disease is feared. Congressman Welsse Renamed. Foil du 1 no. Wis., Sept. 7. The democratic eongressliyial convention for the Sixth district met here today and renominated Congressman Cluis. 11 Welsse of Sheboygan Falls. There was no opposition BACKERS SUPPOSED TO BE ANTI-REGULAR Hearst Sympathizers Suspected Complicity in Movement, Which Is Essentially In the Interests of Dis harmony and Anti-Parker Carry ing Out Threats of Liberal Wing Made After St. Louis Convention. probably be required. As estimated by those in a position to be acquaint ed with the details of the vote, it will go about 4800 to 2800 In favor of con tinuing the strike. The absence of any provision for the unskilled workmen in the terms agreed to between Donnelly and the .packers, is said to be the chief bar of'rier to a settlement. Over 200 strik- ers applied for work at the various plants today. Peace Propositoln Lost. "The peace pro.josltion has been lost by a good majority,' nelly. strong representations to Cltlnn against permitting General Ma's troops to enter Manchuria. General Ma has 50,000 troops and such a move ment would create the most serious irlternal situation developed in years. is THREE FOOTPADS MEET DISASTER wonh what It will ac on; It sometimes '.". aid sometimes lehs mi. 1 1,.. market, owing to lr-n1-. whl'h enter into with rnr pvbk tlmf he New J Oni, Sept. mw doi-s a vastly greater 7, rd. If the proposition is r ior nine, tnan me w. """" " ' , . ."I not resubmitted the fight v. show us that this " '"""J lu ' tinue to the end" i ... has over existed. The lhe significance of the movement In .,. " '.... e4 ii iew .Jersey to lorm a new democrat-' w vu"""u onmc. Japs Harrass Retreating Army. Mujjden. Sept. 7. That part of the Russian army whl'-h is coining to Mukden by the waKon road. Is In dan ger of being cut off. All day and night. Monday, the Japanese in the hills tm the east of the roud shelled the Russian troops. The Japanese Raid TVin-! attacked a large force of Russian in- The strike will -continue. No ! fa"'ry wnIch 1,8,1 lake" ' ll-' 1I11b CHICAGO DOCTOR CHARGED THEM IN AUTOMOBILE , unions win go hack to work until a ..,. lhB ,. flnal course of action is mapped out it thP hoarimmr. by tne er"ational officers and cou will con- It I,' country and ( h -i,e two roads occti- "' party, io be Known as ttie Peoples urr .....ii om-nlnn fnr th Democratic Party. According to a At 2:30 the Allied Trades Council issued the following vote of the or ganizations on the strike, taken on Mie proposition to declare the strike off: Out of 28,000 on strike, 2405 voted to return, while 26,587 voted to continue the strike until a fair prop osition, emuracinif arbitration, can dispatch from Atlantic City, the pro A. X is now earning al- motein of the momeni are to meet in. - as much, mile for convention there today for the pur V & C R with every fs(k ot choosing a state ticket and a future gain. What in- presidential electors. i n ,iuii hi ir. nav nut Those who profess to know the de- V & C. R. as for the lallH ot tllt' ulan ha' 1116 men uumu ue hcuieu. a matter of fact, the ,lu party are those who labored for! In tormor justify only William R. Hearst in the democratic Vote to Continue Strike. 'm" M.lrd the price of the latter. ""e convention ot iew Jersey aud Kansas City, Sept. 7. Tho strikers krbl'rpn t lasslllcatlon of rail- who bolted the regular party then ! voted 1551 to 12 to continue the BjMhlcli places two properties of,11"" hold a independent convention, strike. Tboy are awaitluu ordej-s k-..- , ' ... ..... Dum.nll,. ,l,u.. iaon..,l ,. n.n.ilfaatn I.. If. r, 11.. mm a 1, vauir inio a common Class, ui 1 ,,u.' hit., c-w h nmunooiu m unui yujua-nj. iiihiu uie iev uoist?i- which they toou tne lenders ot the tlons from the ranks. regular wing of ihn party bitterly to task and Intimated that democratic i will Not Obey Donnelly, harmony, In so tar as Now Jorsey 1 Cincinnati. Sent. 7. A muss ..(. was concerned, was a iiiing oi tne ox whIU- protecting the retreat. The main Russian army Is pushing northward In evacuating Mukden. Kuropatkln at Mukden. Sr. Petersburg. 8ept. 7 It is an nounced that nearly all the Russian troops retreating from Llao Yank have arrived at Mukden or the Imme diate vicinity. Kuropatl.iu has arriv ed and is directing in person the op erations there. Vast Storos Were Captured. Toklo, Sept. 7 Official sIUmico re garding Kuroki's Sunday continues. oi them equally. Is an unwar- Mlfraud JiaRcon'ontion that this com tawtspays a heavy school tax in innillstrlcts Is a mere Incident arfinefhod of assessment which ' tremoiy distant nnure. Jbavfjno possible legal hearing In I !hs. It frequently happens In j - - JJfVejrtern country that railroads Uule' nearly the sole wealth of ! Scores owtr!cts but this fact does not twice In trvlnir to uet nwnv Iron, tlin movements since 1 aK)e machine, which darted here and It is reiKirted thai 1 th,.i- .,11,.,. ti, tlimru u.tiii um luinu- the Japanese, not wlthstandiiiK tlio lapidit)'. ravages of the fire, captured vast ac ; p,.. ntapalrlcU is one of tlio inosl cumulations of stores and timmunl- ,.x)0,t atitomolillsts In C'hicuHo nnd tion at Ylno ang. ll8 n,la.,iip U n vm-y hiiimP affair . . . . 'with lilgli iKiwer engine, Klvlng It Accepts the Bomb Route. 'wonderful Ktieed ami nullity and the The liquor Issue will ho voted on In Milton and Freewater at tho coming regular election. A petition bearing the names of 1C0 of the 614 registered voters, of tho precincts embraced within the two towns, was filed with the county clerk tills morn ing. Hut 10 per cent of tho total num ber of registered voters la required to call such an election. A section of the law reads: "Whenever n petition Ihereforo signed by not less than 10 per rent of the registered voters of nny coun ty In tin- state, or HUb-dlvlslon of any county, or precinct of a county, shall be riled with the county clerk of such county the enmity court shall order an election to lie held at the tlmo mi'iitliiued In such petition, nnd In lhe entlie district mentioned. In such petition, to determine whether tho '.ale of Intoxicating liquors shall bo prohibited In such county or suhdlvls Despite the Three Guns Pointed at ( lop of such county or lu such pro Hie Head, Dr. Fitzpatrick Ran Down ' clnct." and Crippled Three Midnight Rob-1 I'',,l,ln "' circulated short- , 1 ui a 11 1 1 o 1 l.v throughout the county. The regis- bers In His Agile Machine-Robbero L ewtun (,r , vonnty txt , so Suddenly Surprised They Lost the lust regular election nninlwod , Their Heads and Ran. ' 4271. To bring the matter of local , option to a vote throughout the conn- ' Ity, I2S signers of the petitions are re- I Chicago. Sept. 7. Attacked early 1 quired. this morning by throe armed footpads The Milion-Kreewater petition waa I Or. Gilbert Fltspatriek charged them filed this morning by (!. V. Itlgby, of I with his automobile In which ho was .this city. Freewater has two biiIoouh , returning home from a midnight call, at Hie present linin, hut Mlllon linn 1 One after another he ran them j been a "dry" town for 17 years. Tho down, wounding each In turn, despite 1 O. R. N. company's trucks la tho the revolvers pointed at his bead. boundary line between the two cltlos. Surprised lit the unexpected inanou-' vers of the auto, the injured rohberi I TEMPLARS IN DRILL. lui'jicd and r.in. One of the robbers was run over ( From Showing Made in Parade, Chi- emiit them from nnv share i.;J.i,r;1; ;;;i At ami trancisco JtruL, """' Portland, 0; Oakland, 2. BASEBALL RECORD. of the Great League Games Played Yesterday, At San Francisco First game Ing of the butchers and workmen or 1 jHr Cincinnati and Covington nnd Now-1 Si Petersburg, Sept. 7. It Is re ported that Prince Svlalopobl hits been selected to succeed tho lalo M. Von Plehve as' minister of tho Inter- port, Ky., will he held this evening I to consider tho Chicago strike situa- vTtta l..by rVt San Francisco Second game Oakland, 3; Portland, 0. At Los Angeles Los Angeles, 0; San Francisco, 5, At Tacoma First gamo Seattle, 7: Tacoma, 0. At Tacoma Second gamo Seattle, 0; Tacoma, 4, At Spokane Spokane, 6; Salt Lake, 2. At Butte Butte, 2; Boise, 9, Seven innings. American. At Cleveland First ngor traffic: in other v1"' """" ity of Pendleton alone , " '"vomuu ac:onu nisneu tins company a' ; . h J200.000 and Is requir-1 uoaion nrst gamo wasiunt,'- e city 7 mills upon $Cl,-lo' t; iioHton, o. sessment in 1803; this i , TT . Kame v. as u- f only $423.70. , "- ?: VOBi""' s' em to pay us for state. I ow lurK . 1 Sam Philadol- 1 and city tho sum of ' J.: .,or'' .f ild thoy be required to i pay, they would have ; per cent of $50,000, or itself. It might nfford 1 j appeal to equity: out. wnen r that city taxation Is so ' rne by licenses and fines. I tjtfoderal taxation Is levied n imported goons ana iquors and tobaccos, this at r, of Pendleton has about 22 ping, an annual tax of $400 the city of Pendleton con quarter of the entire pop llio coonty, and furnishes quarter of the company's tion, and decide whether to Donnelly's general strike order. obey Battle Center Goes North. St. Petersburg, Scipt. 7. No furth-1 attack on Hit! thugs whh so Hiuldeii , and furious that they lost Ihcdr heads mid stumbled over each other lu I dodging the sputtering machine. It Is the form record of an auto i being used as a defense against, foot pads. It Is er 'lKJtliiK of Importance Is expected VERMONT SAFELY REPUBLICAN. cago Will Win, San Francisco, Sept. 7. Tlu day la Intensely hot and the Knight Tem plar ill liters suffered greatly. Tho con I est started soon after 10 o'clock, hut it was announced lust night that the drill would not he finished until late this iifleriioou. On the showing mmle In the pnradu St. Iluriuird. of Chicago, was plcacd by a majority of the spectators to win. Improbable th.ey will obey the call. south of Mukdon. Robbed Fellow Passengers. New York, Sept. 7. Digenaro, a passenger on tho Hohenzollern, of the North German Lloyd line, which ar rived today, was arrested, In his trunk box was found a largo amount of silver and Jewelry stolen from the ship's passengers on the voyage. It Is estimated that 40,000 hop-pick ers will be employed In Oregon this year. Will Democratic Nomination. I Indications Are That the State Carry by 33,000 Plurality, Now Havon, Conn., Sopt. 7. Judge Burlington, VI., Sept. 7. Practical- A. Henton, of Robbertson City, was h' complete returns received this nominated for governor by tho dein- j morning Indicate that Vermont Is re oeratu state convention today on the publican by 33,000 plurality. With first ballot. only 11 towns to hear from, the total vote Is, Bell, 17,810; Porter, 14.171). 15,000 Employes Benefited. This shows a rolmbllciin plurality of Altona, Pa.. Sept. 7 Fifteen thous-, 32'(i:!7- 'r'' missing towns will bring and employes were benefited today , " 10 "v,'r 3W. The complexion of by placing tho Pennsylvania shops on I ,,llf It-'Kislature is practically uiichang full time pay. which Indicates that Senator Pjoc- ! tor will be ro-olin'toil. Chicago Wll Get Conclave. Han Francisco, Sept. 7. All tho competitors, save Chicago, for tho 11107 conclave, are practically out of tho race. The Illinois delegation haa assurances of enough voles to glvo Chicago the prize on the first ballot. TOURISTS KILLED. Trains Collide In Switzerland With Fatal Results Three Dead, Paris, Sept. 7 Word was received tills morning that there are threo klled and 30 Injured In a collision be. tweeu a tourists' anil another train In Switzerland. Many of the Injured aro Kugllsh tonrlHls en route to Chnnv oiinlx, Upper Savoy. game St. gamo St. Inclo Sam. But slnco liiron. ties, fuol, cars and to practically all of knufacture, they pass At Now York Philadolnhfn 7- isTrm- York, 2. At Dotrolt First 5; Dotrolt, 2. gamo Chicago. FRANKLIN'S POISONING IS A MYSTERY treasury Broke. Bliss , Sopt. 7. The by wont broko this suspended pay- rarrants, there bo on hand. Sever- thousand dollars in awaiting payment ire roaplng a har- luntlng them. 4; Detroit, C National. At Now York First game Boston, 1; New York, C. At New York Second game Bos ton. 3: Now York, 4. At Philadelphia First game Brook lyn. 4; Philadelphia, 4. At Philadelphia Second gamo Philadelphia, 2; Brooklyn, 3. At Pittsburg First game Cincin nati, 5; Pittsburg, 3. I Republican Plurality Increases. All but five, counties are heard from The roturns give IMf 47,71!), I Potter H;,42!. Tho live missing counties lu JU00 gave a republican j plurality of 2!l4. John R. Franklin, who was taken. Ing on the cause of Franklin's death.' from Baker & Garrison's saloon yes- The inquest was held before Justice j D'nwerat.c Losses Severe. .nr,in offnri mm mn- of t)l0 1cac0 Thomas i. ltz Gerald. Burlington, Vt., Sept. 7-. The ilomu torday afternoon suffering from mor- Frankn di(j(1 ut 9.30 0,cJof,k ,aHLcra.s lose their five. seat. In the sen phine poisoning, is dead. The coro-1 xlfgllt at Hattlo .Harston's resort. He I "to and 10 members In tho hoiuo. nor's jury this atVrnoon brought in a ' was 52 years of ago and leaves two ! verdict to tho effect that tho drug sons and two daughters. Ho was well Wreck Kills Three. was auminisiorou uy a porson or per-1 Known in j'ondioton, where ho had Chungren Falls, O., Sept. 7. A No light has boon resided for a number of years. Ho freight train on tho Wheeling & Lake was a frequent offender boforo tho 1 Krlo tsruck a wagon near hero and police court, and had boon out of Jail was ditched. James McKay, Henry but a few days. Tho arrangements I Porter and It. A. (Jiegor weie killed, for the funeral have not yet boon; Two brakemen are In the wreck, sup. mauo, posed to be dead. The Jurymen who Inquired Into tho ! . cause or his death are: John Arm-, Chicago Wheat Market, strong, L. O. Rothrock, Joseph Dunn. I Chicago, Sopt. 7. Old September J. N. Gulllgord, M. K, Jacobs and ' ber wheat opened at fj.074 and clos Charles Horsoman. I d at Sl.OCtt. New wiiwit muni JOHN SHIELDS DEAD. sons unknown. At Dotrolt Socond gamo Chicago, thrown on tho poisoning of Franklin Ho is known to have been a heavy drinker, but it is not thought tho man committed suicide. The theory Is that Franklin was not feeling well and someone recommended morphine as a remedy. Dr. R. 13. Rlngo and Dr. W. G. Cole, who attended tho dying man, both stated that from half a grain to a grain of tho drug Is sufficient to pro duco death. No autopsy was consld- Owner of Oakland Racing Stables Is Victim of Heart Dliease. Chicago, Sept. 7.-John Shields, of Oakland, Cal., owner of a racing sin bl, and well known In sporting clr cIoh, died suddenly of heart disease early this morning at Hotel Warnor. Shields arose at I o'clock to get Ills medicine and as his room male was pieparlng It, ho dropped dead. Three Marines Killed. Splthond, ICiigland, Sopt. 7. Threa marines wera killed In a 8 Wlilo slon oa hoard the gnnhoat Comet, today. A dramatic scene was enacted whon at $1.04V4 and closed an eighth low Father Trlvolll was called to absolve or Pom unu mt: eenis niic .nr.n ered necessary bv tho nhvslelnns. the dvlntr man. Onr nt ilie women In o,i o qii o...i i,.,...i , j At Pittsburg Second game Pitts- both declaring that tho case was ono the house when she caught sight of I burg. 1 : Cincinnati. 0. of morphine the crucifix In the hands of tho priest. " Local Market Firmer. , At St Louis- First gamo Chicago. Tho only other witnesses before the i droned on her knnaa nnd imnn to Th in,.ni ,!,., ,.,,,,.1,,. . . 3 Jllll8 h ! In1ue8t wt,ro otIs Franklin, son of whisper a prayer, but the thoughts of 1 on a little firmer appearance today A f Kt I S.llfC t-l .1.1 rrn ... r 1 1,1. ., .. 1 , nt , 1". . I . . . I. 1 . ... . , . ... I.. ' - ..wnu ,iu m- i iiiv tiuuujibuu uiiii uutLriHS riLieKier. i iier hist iu rn worn inn mufri nnn wirn I rvn on ah nr. i.rii,i-r..i r i..v. .-.t iiitoir lumimoiiy nuu no direct, oear a screum sue Bwooneu on tne Iioor I tit) cents and bluestem 73 to 7.1 c rago, 4, St Louis, 2. 'lit Turkish Rebels Win. Berlin. Sept. 7 The Tag- blatt 1 eports that revolution ary Armenians, under the noted b-ader Andrlnak have faptnii'l Van TtirMMi tnxips vvi-',i fcii Hi v 1 mi possession ff the f'i Tr revolution ary 'trrs-r- l ave thrown .lie S 1 an '"io a r.ae of hvp'trl cat e.' cnont