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I 1 i i-tl- I 3 MtMRFniTimj! miLYEYENIIIGEDITION 3 . j-piB Cn vrfvnvut. 17 and the way - to et aivertlM In the East -M t WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight and Friday fair. PEXDLETOX, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEJiRUARY 10, 1005. NO. 5284. 1 BANK ROBBERS ON TRIAL. MUST PASS 1 1 i L Roosevelt Will Call irfra Session of Con- fit Does Not. COMMITTEE J8 1B01T EQUALLY SPUI. of Patesute at This Semtoa Conuiilfdun Will Be Abol- Guwnuiieiit of Zone and Wwot of lanat tuitniswu. n Ljeni House Stand on Its MrUeges Special InveMi- ol Standard Oil Coming, jpoa. Feb. 18. "If the sen- ut pan the Townee nd rate nation, the president will tin extra session of con tall to wrestle with the saa the announcement say by TownBend, After a tthe president on the sub-continued: uate committee on Interstate to about equally divided on :.r. but If we can get It re ts the whole body.lt will pass, doubt." i Eoue tiovenuuent Bill, jxton, Feb. it. The Mann government bill, giving- the tt absolute power In the canal r. two years from March 4, be house today. The bill ss the present commission and eei the president to appoint fe ai he desires. It also pro r the purchase of the bonds Imama railroad. Manas ob its Special lUirliOt. kinrton. Feb. it. The house tenl bad io the senate wlth- kldtntlot. the agricultural ap- filos bill ju amended by the the (round of the atnend- bolbhinf the drawback -on foisted the constitutional fe hosse to oriirinate all Itfilatlon. Fomr Suspects . Are Arrested oa Charge of Looting the Lebanon Bank Recently. Portland. Feb. ItJ. A. Crossly, Mr. and Mrs. Kit Donne and A. D. Hendryx. suspected of robbing the Lebanon hank,- are now on trial at Albany, for the crime, . having been taken from this city last evening by Sheriff R. L. White, of Linn county. Crossly and Dunne are charged with being leaders In the robbery, while Mrs. Dunne is only accessory to the crime. GRAIN MARKETS. Quotations From AD Points Handling Umatilla Products. Chicago. Feb. It May wheat soared toward the $1.20 mark last evening, and today quieted down to a more steady basis. May closed today 11.1 Ik and July wheat at $1.024. Barley at 45. Flax, 1.17.- San Francisco Cash wheat. I1.BS. Liverpool May wheat, ts 11 'Ad. WHEAT MARKET . VERY NERVOUS CHICAGO 'f CHANGE HAS A PANIC THREATENED. John W. Gates Reverses Expectations About Hbi Course and Makes an Unavailing Attempt to Bear the Market Options Advanced Precipi tately Nearly 11 Cents Heavy Bay ing and Selling on the Side, Chicago, Feb. It. The wheat mar ket Is nervous this morning In appre hension of a 'crash- that may send many shorts to the wall. May options advanced at the opening from 11.10 7, to SI. 21) on expectation that John W. Gates would force the market up by heavy buying. Instead of buying. Gates unloaded heavily, reducing his holdings to 14,000,001) bushels It Is rumored private settlements are be ing made by the longa lTnder heavy selling the market broke to 111914, later rallying to 11.19. WILL DEPOSE ALEXANDER. New York. Feb. It The board of directors of the Equitable' Life Insurance society met at I and adjourned for an hour when It Is expected the committee appointed to report a plan for settling differences in regard to the management will be ready to report. The general opinion among those present Is that the Hyde faction will win out and after deposing President Alexander, will announce some plan to give the policy holders voice In the affairs of the com pany. Later When the board adjourned It was announced that all the old directors would be elects! and that everything Is harmoni ous. The mutualisatlon plan will be carried out with some modifications. RUSSIANS MEET WITH REPEATED All the Aggressive Movements of the Slavs Come to Naught. Japanese Bombard With Heavy Guns. ESTABLISHING PARCELS POST. United States And European CooiHriea Making Terms. New York, Feb. It Second Assis tant Postmaster General Shellenberg er arrived from Europe today, where he went on postal matters. He said he haa succeeded In establishing a parcels post system and made a ten tative agreement with Great Britain tor a sea post system to Include the White Star, American and Cunard lines. GASOLINE SULPHUR FIRES ADDITIONS TO SPANISH NAVY. Spain W ill Blow In" for Sixty-eight War Vetwela, Madrid. Feb. It. The minister of marine has prepared a scheme' for the construction of eight Ironclads, 10 first-class cruisers and (0 smaller vessels, at a cost of half a billion pe aetas. It la understood that work on the new vessels will be divided be tween Spanish, Englla hand Italian contractors. Cannon Brought From Port Arthur iTsed to Besiege Mukden Japanese Capture a British Blockade R miner Third Baltic Squadron Sails From Libau Rnxdan File Complaint Abewt Treatment of Nnn-Com-baotnts, Wounded and Sick Important Russian Military and Minister ial Changes Stoeasrl Greatly Emmuered. Tokio, Feb. It. Oyama reports that Japanese artillery bombarded CJhleo Sunmupactzac February 14, and set fire to the village. The en emy replied with a counter bombard ment. That night Russian Infantry attacked Waitao mountain, and again the following morning, but were re pulsed. Russian cavalry were active In the .direction of Chltaitau February 14. along the right bank of the Hun, but retreated northward when attacked, sustaining some losses. STRUCK BY NO. 2 AT Port Arthur arrived today. Conva lescent soldiers to the number of 2500 will begin arriving here February 20. Local Russians are indignant, saying they have no means of caring for the refugees. The Japanese say they lack the means of transport to take invalids to Shanghai. ACCIDENT TO IRVING Cl'KTISS OF THAT PIACE. Hurt About the Head and Arms, But Injuries Not Likely to Prove Fatal Brought to Pendleton by the Train Which Struck Him, and Is at St. Anthony's Hospital Under tlte Cure of Relatives and a Physician. Resuming Work In lxxlx District. Lodx, Feb. It Work was today resumed In 280 factories In this district. Blockade Runner CapUired. Bombarding Putlloff Hill. j ToW(j Feb The BrUgh gteam. Mukden. Feb. It Using eight- er Apo0i 8 Scotchman, bound for Inch guns brought from Port Arthur, j Vladivostok, haa been captured by the the Japanese began the bombardment , Japanese off Hokkaido, of Putlloff hill, continuing today, j The guns carry 250-pound projectiles. IK OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER. r" .siur-' .i-nitfHf.i. Feb. is.The presi F tnernuan sent the Sun I)o limocol ts .the senate with a ! stating his .reasons f"l Into Ihe agreement. baring In Kiiiuot ranr Pfon. Feb. is. The s-uate r Oh privilege and t ..lis F meeting Saturday morning r Purpose of annnirierinfr evl- hearing arguments In the It Is not hellvied I lie t 1ll be able to complete F this session. seatigate Standard CHI. fon. Feb. It. The preal- M ordered a special Investl- Standard Oil company. P" of corporations of the p1 of commerce and lubor, '""r reference to the com- PM operations la Kansas. Wtaws a call at the White Representative Campbell. twho procured yesterday y the house of the reso- pidlnsr for an Investigation. P ChhM Bill Acre Tat I1011. Feb.. It. The house eontetenoe report oat the 'Jim HtH which MrHM f tnowlag m claims.' lrrMirimr an Exhibit for the Exposi tion at Portland. George F. Coan, official photog rapher for the Oregon state educa tional display for the Lewis and Clark fair, arrived here this morning and will start at ance upon his work In this county. Tomorrow Mr. Coan will ; go to Pilot Rook, and from there ta I'matilla. His itinerary will include ull the towns of the county aud some of the private schools. The normal ! school will be taken with the other schools of the sanioty. Mr. Coan is working under the au thority of the state commission, but will. derive his pay from the sale of pictures to individuals; he is to re ceive nothing for his work for the fair display. Views of the Interior of school rooms showing pupils at work, groups of pupils In the open air and views of buildings will be made. The Pendleton schools wlrt not be taken until lalcr on In the sea son. . EAK OOTfTEMPIATEfl. r Jcsne of Mor DesperMe 1 11 M IX Feb, It Folaont prkv claim ta have Ihform- soother bnatik as content ' most disparate crlml " the bbj peattentlary. J are made subtle beyond that It Is fcetteved. the convicts art planning Therms and JreasmlU In Every precaatloi Is o frustrate the plan. ritoesael Embittered. Paris, Feb. 16. Correspondents of I French papers aboard the steamer xoiay, I Australian, carrying General Stoessel l and others, survivors of Port Arthur, reports bluer feeling among the offi I cers. . One says: "Stoessel cannot pardon the navy's ifallure to tuccor him. while the navy j fully returns the hatred." Admiral i Lockinsky declares he will denounce Stoessel, 8krydroff and Alexleft be ' fore the court-martial. He says he does not intend to allow himself to j lie made a scapegoaft of like Admiral I Ouktomaky. Lockinsky refers to Ad j nilral Stark as a "bed chamber adml iral," not acquainted with bis duties, land seasick whenever afloat ' Third Squadron Sails. London, Feb. 16. A report from I St. Petersburg states that the third Pacific squadron sailed from Libau Irving C.urtlss, nephew of O. K. & N. Agent C. J. Curtlss, of Umatilla, was struck by the engine of the east-bound passenger train, No. 1, at at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon while the train was passing Umatilla, and was hurled from the truck. When pUked up the young mnn. wus un conscious, and wus found to be badly hurt about the head and arms. He was placed on the switch engine sta tioned at Umatilla which set out to overtake the passenger train that the young man might be transferred to it und brought here. Orders were wired ahead for No. 2 to await the ku iich engine at Echo, which was ' British Submarine Wrecked by Two Explosions With Loss of Life. LIEITENANT KILLED AND FIFTEEN WERE INJl'REU.' First Explosion Caused Death and at Second Overtook a liesruing Party Koine of the Injured Expected ss Die Twenty-nine Persons More or Leo Hurt By Explosions and Cost sequent Fires In Brooklyn Bulphnr Works Many Narrow Escapes From Death. Queenstown, England, Feb. It. An. explosion this morning on the Brit ish submarine boat A-6, la reported, which caused the death of six of the crew. After the first explosion res cue party went aboard, when a sec ond explosion Injured the rescuers. Dead and injured are shockingly mutilated and several were removed to the hospital. The explosion orig inated while the officers were filling Ihe gusollne tanks. Eleven rescuers were bringing up the dead and Injured when the sec ond occurred. The total casualties are 10. The submarine la now afire. Three are dead one la Lieutenant Skinner, In charge of the boat. Fif teen are Injured, several probably fa tally. All but two of the crew were blown from the boat by the first ex-' plosion. done. 1 The Injured boy reached here at 6:15 on the delayed east-hound train and was met at the depot by Or. Mo. Faul aiid HMHlHtatitH whn eonvevpil St. Petersburg. Feb. 16 It Is re-jhlln lo 8t, Alltholiyi! hospital. On jiuneu ja. uw nas resigneo as presi- Ule ,,., with youllg Curtim wwre ,)U dent of the committee of ministers on j uncle and aulU, Un examlnutlon at account of differences with Minister i,h hn.nit.t th. rtontnr Mra,,..nr.,i Explosion of Chemicals. " New York, Feb. It. An explosion of chemicals today In the plant of the Mrooklyn Sulphur works, resulted in the serious Injury of six men, two probably fatally. Later Eighteen workmen were In jured and 10 firemen and a police man who was removed Injured by I being overcome by the fumes of sul phur. The explosion wus dde to a spark M. Wltte Hetdgned. In the sulphur In the grinding mill. A second explosion followed anu in a moment the whole building wus In flames. Many workmen were rescued by ladders and others Jumped. Loss, . $30,000. of Agriculture Yermoloff. KasHlans File Complaints. Ht. Petersburg, Feb. It. The Rus sian consul at Pekin complains that standard Oil In Baker County. It is reported from private source that the big Iron Dyke mine and Northwest railroad on Snake river, has passed back into the control of Charles M. Reed and Mis. Florence Shatto, and through them the proper ty has been, or will be In a short time, conveyed to the Standard Oil company through H. H. Rogers, one of Its officers. The same report states that Kogera has secured control of Stuck Exdiange Failure, ' New fork, Feb. It. The failure of Elllngwood a: Cunningham, members of the Stack Exchange, Js announced this morning. Jt Is reported the firm was caught short with a long line oT l.'nion. Paclfif..,,,.., , , . r , , Shot and Killed Himself. Los ' Angeles, Feb. U Morris Rothschild, a Chicago . racing man, suicided this taornlng at tXm Hotel Lexington,, by shooting himself throagh the t head. Ill . health was the cause. the Japanese are compelling the j the big Bearles mine In the Cornu Kussians to leave Port Arthur with-1 oopla district and that Standard Oil out their property and that many sick i will hereafter predominate the Inter and wounded were detained and died j eats of the mining camps to the east as a result of the unsanitary town. ' 0f Baker City, covering especially the The cxar has made a protest through 1 gold and copper producers and the France. ' transportation scheme down Snake river. Baker City Democrat. the boy not seriously hurt, and that there was no danger of his Injuries being fatal, although the wounds on the head and arms are painful. Curtlss Is 19 years old and lives at Umatilla, where he works as day call boy. Feb" " cony i .J" pen.f here today. Vw- of North Platte. livJ th occasion when ? Colonel Cody a , "Man's Mood tablets. 'W hlm thly sick, T,I she did not cars k,? led hlm. Mrs. V laarrelaome dispo- lMlh . . .,- . . Z0 at the North N07 Th witness ad lib drunk very it' h to Qtutrrel- rsebl. 'a - I To Attend 'Fafketiberg FasaaaL A. D. StiJInaan. head manager of the Woodmen of Oie World, and Mrs. C c. Vaa OrsdalL .grand guardian of the Women of Woodcraft, leave ffiis evening far Denver, where they will attend the funeral of Head Censail Falkenberg, of the Woodmen of the World, which will te held at that place on Sunday morning. Hlch-Prteed Oresjoa Sheep. hihMt nrice ever obtained at this market for Western bred lambs was secured by C. A. tsuciuey or Grass Valley. Ore. There were til lambs In the lot that . averaged tl ekM, wf fed tin ecreenlnss IawUKV - at St. Paul and were brought to mar ket by John James, wno is air. sues . Th,r, were 1160 head In the shipment, including 421 year ling wethers tnat soiu aoi- - . t m at tS. Mr. James says that the high pries of wool Is operating to prevent many sheep go ing on second feed as those who have the sheep are not anxious vo in .i hirh Drioes. Wool Mar kets and Sheep (Chicago). A fool and hi wife are soon part- HusHaaa 'Transport Goes North, j Copenhagen, Feb. It. The Rus sian transport St. Petersburg passed ( through the Great Belt this morn ing, steaming north. Two Danish torpedo tioata have keen ordered to police the .Great Belt daring the pas- New Cathedral at Baker City. The enterprising citlxens of this community are certainly pleased to learn that this coming spring a cathe dral will be built on First and Church streets, where an Imposing building, Pg.lr the Russia third squad- j - the Right Rev Bishop O'R.ll- w - Iv Nmlttmn itM to prent. will unfloubt. ron' edly enhance the prestige and Import- . ance of our Eastern Oregon melrop Iniportsart Ctiangee Kumorea. , t,Mktr city Democrat Petersburg, reo. as ivu.uu.. St. of ministerial and military changes Include reports that War Minister Sakharoff will be sent to relieve Ku ropatkln. and M. Bulygaa, minister of the Interior, snay retire far .General Trspoft tiKOUOE PEEBLEII AT IIOMK. rniutillu County ClUsen llax Served for 45 Days on Federal Grand Jury Glad to Return Home, George Peebler, who hus been a member of the famous federal grand Jury In Portland for the past 45 days, has returned home having been dis missed until April 1. Mr. Peebler is glad to be released from the strenuous duties of the grand Jury and while there were many unpleasant phases 1 ftf Ihu nark hit haa m.thlnir lh highest praise for Francis J. Heney and W. J. Burns, who have had charge of the Investigations and pros ecutions In the land fraud cases. Mr. Peebler Is surprised at the mass. of evidence brought before the grand Jury, and wonders at the shrewd skill of Ihe prosecutor who brought to light and presented it In a plain, relisble form, which could be understood snd appreciated. The Jury was composed of taxpay ers from widely separated parts of the state, and Mr. Peebler resents the sc. Foar AsphyrlstfcTS Cleveland, Fern, tt. Charles Heller and wife and George Nolan and wife ,.uwtIM1 m.d(, by many for po"""' were found dead In their home In !.,. lh., H.n Influenced the Central avenue today, asphyxiated by ,ri(.inber, , brini1n, many Of th WAS SHORT COUNCIL MEETING Little IKhhs Excep Discus Ownership of Ground. ' The meeting of the city council last night was short, and with the ex ceptlon of the discussion over the strip of land adjoining the Main street bridge, was devoid of Interest. Applications for liquor licenses were read from Morgan av iiogard and Paul Hemllgard. Upon motion these were ordered granted upon the pay ment of the license fees. After a report from the marshal showing the present condition of the scarlet fever epidemic and the quar antine measures that were helng used, the council adjourned. Three Cars of Sheep Shipped. The remainder of the ltugg Broth ers sheep, recently purchased by James Wright, of North Yakima, will be shipped out over th W. C. R. tomorrow, to Seattle. This shipment will consist of three cars. The first shipment of the Rugg sheep consist ed of 10 oars and waa consigned to Chicago. coal gas. Non-com bstanu at Chefs. oh.fna. Feb. M. One hundred and seventeen non-combatants Kendrlck, Idaho, will rot on a tl. tot waterworks and sewerage bond from proposition soon. 1 RRIGATION BILL MAY BECOME A LAW The following meesag was receiv ed today from Jndge & A. Lowell, who as now la Salem In th interest of the Irrigation bill before the legisla ture: "Salem, Fb. II. T. G. Hal ley, Pendleton: "The Pierce district Irrigation bill haa been killed and the irrigation act will pass today. -a. A. LOWELL." This means that the Pierce bill In corporating the Little Walla Walla Irrigation district has bean defeated,' and that the substitute tor the Col bill, which has been one defeated, ha been resurrected and will pass. Judge Lowell carried a st ranee from ths residents of th Ir rigation district against th Incorpo ration, and has been successful in preventing th passage of ths bill sjalnst th wishes of th residents of th district. . --Ths substitute for th .Cole bill which Judge Lowell hopes will pass today, is a. remodeled bill, submitted by th committee on Irrigation, pro viding that th reclame Uoa service may acquire water rtaThts ander gov ernment Irrigation schemes, snd Is said to be acceptable to the govern ment engineers, and also satisfactory to the majority of th member of the legislator. , li.'llutments. All that Mr. Heney aid i wus to Dresent th vldence, the Jury inn wer Judges of It and acted upon the menu of th vtdenc. H b- 1 lleves Mr. Heney to be a conscientious, lean gentleman, who is doing a plain . duty, as instructed and guided by th i president and th ntlonwy general of I ihe United States. To Walla' Walla to Debate. Tonight th three debater from ' i... fTnlvarslty. of Forest Orov. will reach hers on their way to Walla Walla, where they will debate tomor row with a team from Whitman Col lege. Ths Pacific University team Is composed of i. W. Pbllbrooh, w. v. ghlvely and A J. Trl beaux. The lat ter Is a brother of Mrs. A. J. Owens, of this city. May Start Paper ss La Grande. It is reported that Carl Ro, pres ent proprietor of th Baker City Herald, will begin th publication of a dally paper In La Grand in a short time. He will bring a portion of the equipment of th Herald to Ls Grand. To Attend Bandar School Convention. Rev. O. L. Hall and Mrs. 8. A. Low ell left on th noon train for Echo, to attend th district Sunday School convention, to be held at that place this afternoon and tonight. Mrs, Lowell will return home on ths vn Ina train and Rev. Hall will remain over tonight, snd address th night session of th convention. Harlan Nominated for Mayor. Chicago, Fsb. It John Maynard Harlaa was nominated for mayor by th republican convention this afternoon. I Confession by I loch. Chicago, Fsb. it. Police In spector Shlppy Introduced a signed statement made by Hocb February II, In which be ad mitted b had married 11 dif ferent women, seven of whom died shortly after their mar riage, and admitted th drug found among his possession! In New Tork was arsenic, which he said he bought to kill him self with. . Hocb gave a list of 11 wives, with dates of mar riage. He married them In Chi cago. St Louis, Cincinnati and Wheeling. Inquest adjourned until Tuesday. t ' -i. . ' i 1 1
