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I f ... n n n , K , San Francisco. Feb. 18. According to a local newspaper pri- , Chicago. Feb. 18. May wheat TX Tfl Fin Pi
I 7. all I 1 1 nnini Sacramento. Cal.. Feb. 18. Senate . ... a.- ... .li.nd .tt.mnt tn murder Mrs. .t 11 ion. tnrlav .ft.r . iiv.iv LRU I II ULIII L
j ima nunu
i
'jt Pacific Mail and
La Railroad Are in
ht receipts
lE OUTOK" EQUALLY.
Owns stock In the Pan
purchased by Ad-
r Uid the Government
r . .
u necessity to the Cn
L Attorney Denied
o- Anr Connection With
fjrtflc ihI Souliiern Paot-
' - v.h 1 it -1n the in-
&m, '
L the Panama railway
ik committee on mier-
today E. A. Drake,
Ljent, testified that Com-
Hanon was ine m
ltd commission who drew
isember of the executive
s that all the ranal commis
si Otneral Davis, .ac-
L. tar attending meetings.
L ordered to submit te the
Monday tbe bunks.
Lata ot the railroad show-
payments, Drake ald a
.1 the nock of the Pacific
Lmhtp company was owned
(nithero Pacific and that tne
railroad and the steamship
divided all freight receipts
r
unnuiieiit Omw KUivk.
tH Walker, chairman of the
, noil conimiiWHUi. tu an In-
loati, aaid the president
11 -aatlnciiMl the members of
LmmWoi v accept fees as di
ll! the Pituna railroad. That
id bctlttt suet hi the railroad
rAe tatlwUj of the secretary
vttb forrmment funds. The
i oo 1st utock were turned
il roremmenL
Vlios Hlth K P. 4H- 1.. 1.
I Nelmn Cn.iuwe.ll, uttoi
f :e Panama rallroud, told
kbt that in his JudKUient
I ami by the house cun
ItNUtandlng fanama rall
p a uncnnstiUiUooal.
"ii la a neveanLu to -the
si the ruiluay oatrapany
"necllon with tbe .Southern
Union Pacific
TOmlttee received a wminu-
Insi Commlasioner tirunsky.
Mating he bad attend-
wtlngj of the directors, mil
P4 to accept fees.
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 18. Senate
bill No. 8, fathered by Srator Bel
shaw and many times amended, was
passed by the senate by a vote of ti
to 1. The bill Is entitled, "An act for
the relief ot purchasers of state land
by legalizing patents heretofore issued
for such lands, and to confirm the
title of purchasers thereof."
When the bill was called Belshaw
explained that the measure was
framed to protect In -particular a
number of landholders along Bolinas
Bay. as well as any others who might
feel the weight and Injustice of the
present laws.
He pointed out that his measure
only differed from the existing law In
that It protected all patents for land
heretofore belonging to the state and
purchased under the head of salt
marsh and tide land when It was In
fact swamp and overflow land. The
few changes in the wording ot the
clause, BelBhaw claimed, could work
no wrong on any persons, but would
greatly benefit those landholders
whose patents were, through some
mistake. Incorrectly worded.
Senator Howell was tne only man
on the floor who opposed the meas
ure, and this he did vigorously. He
stated that the measure opened too
many loopholes for landholders to be
allowed and made the fight along
these lines. He cast the only dissent
ing vote against the bill. -
At the time that the bill was Intro
duced Francis J. Heney, United
States attorney for Oregon, sent a
communication to Governor Pardee,
condemning the Belshaw measure
and asking that It be defeated. On
that account, it is probable, a number
of the senators were chary about
voting for the measure, and only 21
votes were cast In favor ot It.
San Francisco. Feb. 18. According to a local newspaper pri
vate detectives are working on an alleged attempt to murder Mrs.
Jane Stanford, widow of tbe latt senator, In her home here, by.
placing poison in mineral water. Mrs. Stanford, according to the
story, drank three times of the deadly mixture, but the poison used
was In such large quantities that It served as Its own emetic It
was vomited from the stomach nd found In the water, and care
ful analysis showed sufficient poison to kill a dosen people.
Mrs. Stanford's servants are being watched.
Quotations From All Points Handling
Umatilla Products.
Chicago, Feb. 18. May wheat
(closed at 81.19 today, after a lively
;and fitful morning. During the fore
' noon It reached 81. 81. July Wheat
I opened at 81.00 H and closed the
same. Corn, 47. Oats, at 80.
San Francisco Wheat, 81.60 and
81.56. Little demand for export to
day. '
Liverpool May wheat declined
from yesterday's Quotation and clos
ed today at s 11 d.
nUSTSOWIT
IS II H ;0F REPRISALS
The Czar, Grand Duke Vladimir, General Trepoff and Other
I Notables Will Be Killed in Their Turn.
Moscow and St. Petersburg Are Flooded WMh Revolutionary Pamphlets
Three Thousand Telegraph Operators Have Walked Out In Poland,
and the Cneaslne and Spirit of Reparation Are Rampant Father
Gopon, the Strike Iieader, Said Bo h France, En Route to Rome
Polish Railroads All Tied l by tttrike.
SIT TO DEATH
TKXN NliGllO'S STOHY
IMPLICATES SIX OTHEKB.
t'lAhncil That Three Women Were
Parties to the Crime for Which He
IMed Others Taken In Custody
hikI More Being Pursued Body of
a J.yni'lii-d Mexican Found Hang
ing to a Tree III Bastrop County.
Southern Texas.
IUJXO POWKIt PLANT-
lke Comixtiiy at La Grande
N Be Ready for Hnidneaa.
complete water storage
Eastern Oregon is now
La Grande.
f"tn Lake company baa
of Its pipe line leading to
will Install a modern
Menite 10,000 horse power.
nween the city and the
miles away on top .of tbe
r"any expects to generate
M furnish La Grande witk
St a very reasonable eoat.
rt OolnmWa on lee.-
nj are still crossing the
lee, though It looks fts-
""ureaome. The river is
" about five miles below
U attain at ' Blngen. At
have been using a skiff
distance and the Ice the
Today that, however, was
and they arc hoping the
80 out tw tnmarmWd The
slcle.
to Death;
Nt Ban named Chrlstensen,
te death Friday night be-
( and Idaho Falls. Chris-
ompany wltb several oth
1 IBM A-x . . a .. . .
"rinaing aeavny ai a
t'fcelle. ti o-.
fc trnvy IV a-w. aw.sjw
r- ho uc in a wauou wltb
rRl lritlr In th. Hnttnm
ktoot Democrat
I Acquitted.
I Jfdon. Mo.. Feb. 18.
UmL"11 mornng In the
; " T. j. Watam, charg
murder of hit wlfet
( rdlct of not guilty,
yr" was accused of
w to aecure
jJJ7fno amounting to
k rrtd In his favor.
are wealthy and
Fmithvllle, Texaa Feb. 18. The
nvicro charaed with criminally as
saulting Mrs. Powell Tiffany, was
captured and shot to death by a mob.
He made a full confession, impllcat
Inn- three others, and also said that
three women were Involved In the
crime. Two of these persons were
arrested and the third Is now being
sought.-
While searching for the negro the
mob found banging to a tree the body
of the Mexican taken from the of
fleers at Dale and lynched.
The tsouble threatens to precipi
tate a race war in Bastrop county,
as the lynched negro is ihe nephew
of the famous voodoo doctor, Bowie
Teal, whose influence is almost un
bounded and personal reputation
practically blameless. It was for fear
of possible retributive revenge of the
most repulsive and frightful charac
ter that tbe .offending negro was not
burned.
A KKW FIHM OF ARCHITECTS.
X. J". Howard avad F. A. Owlngae Form
a Partnership.
This morning a partnership agree
ment was made between Architect T.
F. Howard and F. A. Swingle, and It
is their Intention ' to combine their
offlaes and their work. Within a Jew
daya Mr. Howard -will .vacate Jils
present .office In. the Judd building,
and th new firm will use the office
now occupied by Mr. Swingle. In the
La Dow building. .When the n
Eagles' building Is completed tt
tbeir Intention to secure office rooms
in that structure.
One ot the Advantages to be deiiv
ed from the partnership arrangement
will be that one of the men .will al
ways be In the city and can attend to
the business here, while the other
member Is away. Mr. Howard 1
been a resident ot Pendleton for 8t
years, and has been doing an arc hi
teotural business fw over 11 years.
His partner Is from Scranton, Pa;,
and Is a graduate of a technical
school, and has had a wide expert
enoe as builder, contractor and arc hi
tect.
Foaoders' Day al Whltaaan.
Thursday waa Founders" Day at
Whitman college, and waa celebrated
by special exercises In the morning.
Special music waa given by the col
lege choir, after which President Pen
rose gave a short talk.
Three Carloads of Hides,
Yesterday there was shlped from
Baker City to the Bissinger company
at Portland, three carloads of hides
Other shipments will follow. Baker
City Democrat '
Odessa, Feb. 18. Leaflets are be
ing circulated this morning signed,
"South Russian Section Social Demo
cratic Revolutionary Committee," an
nouncing the death ot Sergtus and
concluding: "The event marks the
beginning of a war of reprisals forced
on the people by the unbending stub
bornness and intolerably oppressive
rule of the present regime."
Vladimir Cornea Next
Paris, Feb. 18. According to reli
able Information the Russian nihilists
have selected the Grand Dnke Vladi
mir, as the next victim. Governor
General Trepoff of ' St. Petersburg
will follow. Then will come M. Po-
bledonotszeff,- procurator of the Holy
Synod. The cxar's turn will not come
until after he has signed the consti
tution, since his signature Is neeea.
sary. It Is thought tbe Russian gov
ernment will resort to liberal action
In hopes of saving the Hves of promi
nent men. .
SpTfrras One of a Quartet.
Berlin, Feb. 18. The Russian em
bassy here first received the news of
the assassination of Sergtus through
newspaper correspondents. Reports
from St. Petersburg say the 'terrorists
there had marked four persons for
execution: Serglus, the .emperor,
Trepoff and Interior Minister Boull-
gan.
Reforms Wll Oune,.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 18. It is not
generally believed the assassination
of Serglus will caase tbe csar to re
consider his proclamation of reforms
for the worklngmen. It is thought
the probable opposite effect will re
sult and a new era be hastened by
an act which is taken to Indicate the
desperate state of the minds of the
revolutionary element. '
It has transpired that Basoaneff,
assassin of M. Plehve, wrote a con
fession before his execuTJom, giving
in detail the aims of the terrorists.
which Included the assassination of
Serglus. He said: "We don't expect
to overthrow the existing system by
meana of assassinations. Our one
object is to avenge the cruel wrongs
Inflicted on the people. -I aasaaslnat
ed Plehve not because I thought to
shatter the government, but because
of his Innumerable Crimea"
Sentence of Death.
The sentence of death on Aergius
was Issued by the Moscow revolution
ists after the demonstration of De
cember 11 last year, at St. Petersburg
was put down. It read: "If our
demonstration at Moscow December
18 and It is crushed in as bloody a
manner as that of our brethren of
St. Petersburg on December 11.. the
guilt will therefore be upon the head
of Grand Dulse Serglus and General
Trepoff. and we, the committee, ha
that event have foreordained their
death."
Belongs to Secret Order. .
Moscow, Feb. 18. The assassin of
Serglus Is aald -to have confessed he
belongs to the workmen's secret de
mocracy, and added, "I accomplished
the -will of the executive."
Students Scatter Pamphlets.
Moscow, Feb. 18. Later reports
state the assassins were in a sleigh.
The force of the explosion broke all
the windows In the law courts. The
report was heard outside the city.
Within a few minutes an Immense
crowd had gathered which made a
demostratlon against a number of
students who commenced scattering
revolutionary proclamations.
STOCK . SALT IS CHEAP.
Special Price While Old Stock Is on
Hand, But New Shipments Will He
Higher.
Th. Kiat Oreaonlan Is In receipt
of inaulries from stockmen from the
lularini reirnrfllnflr the Drlces Of
took unit, and takes Dleaaure in glv
Ins; the prices In Pendleton, as o.uot
f,l today.
The old stock of salt now on hand
will be sold at 812.80 per ton. In ton
lots, but as the wholesale price has
r,iii nil new shinments will be
higher, perhaps us high as 811 per
ton. after the present supply is ex-
IhAnnteft.
I Last spring stock salt started out
at u limit 116 ner ton. owing to the ex
actions of the salt trust and the high
freight rates. About 260,000 pounds
of stock salt is used in Umatilla
county each year,' by sheepmen and
nearly all orders are tor ton tots.
ThAi'A in vorv little old stock on
band.
v Four . New Cased.
Four new cases of scarlet fever are
reported today as follows: Goodman.
608 College street; Edna and Lavene
Florence, 408 Water street and Mrs.
Leonard's child, 827 Bluff street. All
cases are of a mild form.
Propagandists Active.
St Petersburg, Feb. 18. The alarm
caused by the murder of Serglus was
Increased here today by the wide
spread scattering of revolutionary
literature among workmen, urging
them against their oppressors.
Csar Prostrated.
St Petersburg, Feb. 18. When the
news of the assassination of Sergiua
reached the czar at Tsarkoe Selo, he
was completely protrated. The Im
perial family was entertaining Prince
Frederick Leopold of Prussia at the
time. All festivities were Immediate
ly abandoned.
Terms Upon Which the War
Could Be Dropped Were
Discussed at Tsarkoe Selo.
PRINCE LEOPOLD OF
PRl'SSIA WAS THERE.-.
The Prince Immediately Left for Ber
lin All Who Attended the Confer
ence Pledged to Secrecy by, the
Csar Promised That the Riiatdana
Will Take the AggresHlve In Man
churia, and the Indications Are to
That Effect Heavy Fighting
Around Mukden Cannot Long Be
Postponed.
KANSAS AFTER
STANDARD
St. Petersburg, Feb. 18. It i
learned on good authority that at a
conference at Tsarkoe Selo yesterday,
the questions of peace and terms were
formally discussed, but no particu
lars are obtainable, as the cxar ex
acted silence ot those present
Blockade Runner Is Safe.
Seattle, Feb. 18. Cable advlcea
state that the steamer Tacoma, which
left here January 7, loaded with al
leged contraband for the Russians at
Vladivostok, arrived at Mojl the 16th,
being delayed by storms.
Will Take the Aggressive.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 18. The Rus
sians are concentrating In force In
front of Kurokl's position south of
Mukden, preparatory to starting an
offensive movement.
Funeral of Serglus.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 18. Memorial
service for Serglus was held In Staasch
cathedral today. A large congrega
tion was present, including many
grand dukes and other notable per
sonages. It Is announced the funeral
of Serglus will be held several days
hence, within the Kremlin at Mos
cow. The czar and Imperial family
will be represented by Grand Duke
Alexis. The council of the empire
will hold an extraordinary sitting to
consider the situation resulting from
the assassination of Serglus.
Serglus Can Be Spared.
Chicago, Feb. 18. Baron von
Schlippenbach, the Russian consul at
Chicago, when Informed of the grand
duke's assassination today, said:
"The assassination of the grand
duke, wille deplorable, is not of espe
cial importance. .He could be spared
as well as almost any man In Russia.
He was extremely unpoplar and ex
tremely reactionary. He stood for
and waa the embodiment of the re
actionary party, and was unpopular,
not only among the people at large,
but among the nobility."
Telegraph Operators Strike.
' Moscow, Feb. 18: The telegraph
operators of the Moacow-Risan and
Moscow-W'lndau railways, struck to
day, demanding a minimum of 820
per month and eight hours per day.
All reads are tied up. Three thous
and employes of the Southwestern
railway feeve walked out
Father Gopon la France.
Marseilles, Feb. It. Father . Go
pon. former leader of the St. Peters
burg strikers, arrived here Wednes
day from Lyons, accompanied by two
Russian students and had a lengthy
conference wtth friends her. He left
for Rome last night Tbe police
watched his movements closely.
J.YYH.VWKHK STATESMEN
FILE SPECIFIC :I1AHEK.
Clniiu Tlmi the Slumlord Oil Com
pany la In a Combination With the
Siuitu Fe Railroad to Fence Out All
Competition Both In Production
uih! Caroing, and That Tliey Are
Attempting to Manipulate the Mtt-iNlntnre.
Increased Russian Activity.
Toklo, Feb. 18. It Is reported the
Russians are showing Increased ac
tivity' on both flanks and extending
and strengthening their right evi
dently for an aggressive movement.
Washington, Feb. 18. A report by
Representative Campbell, of Kansas
was today filed with the department
of commerce and labor, relating to
the charges by Kansas oil producers
against the Htandurd Oil company.
It alleges that Ktuudard Oil endeavors
to secure a monopoly of the oil busi
ness in that state; that a conspiracy
exists between Standard Oil anil the
Santa Fe railroad to prevent other
parties handling It and purchasing
tanks, and that other railroads are In
a conspiracy with Standard oil to
prevent the legislature giving produc
ers relief.
He will submit detailed statements
to support the charges.
There were lately shipped frosi
Gray's Harbor 44 hewn sticks 70 feet
long and either 24 or 80 Inches In
diameter. With the same shipment
was another hewn stick 121 feet long
and It Inches in diameter, and said
to be flawless.
GOLD FDU'iD IN FREEWATER RIVER GRAVEL
Walla Walla. Feb. 18- (8peclal.)
It la aaid on the authority of min
ing experts that the river pebbles be
ing hauled from the Freewater fiats
to this dry, for paring purpoees, con
tain heavy traces of free gold.
At least 80 carloads of this atone
will be used In this eity this summer
In constructing the three miles of
model road between this . city and
tbe Blalock fruit farm. To what ex
tent the -rock contains geld. Is not
known Samples will be erulshed and
tested, by experts, and If that Quan
tity of geld la sufficient te warrant,
the- remainder of the rock will be
smelted. .
CONTRACT FOR CHEAMKHY. .
W. A. Morris Secures Contract to
Construct Addition to Cold Sumatra
Plant for Use of New Industry.
W. A. Morris, the well known con
tractor, has secured the contract to
build the addition to the could storage
plant, to be used by the Pendleton
Creamery, and work began on the
building today, when a portion of the
material was placed on the ground.
The addition will be 26x60 feet in
sise and will loin the cold storage
plant on the south, fronting the rail
road tracks, in the yard.
x The building will be ready for oc
cupancy by March 16, and already a
portion of the machinery has been
purchased. The plant will be one of
the most complete In Eastern Ore
gon, all the machinery being new and
of the latest model. The building will
i especially arranged for creamery
purposes.
Alex Knight, Jr., of La Grande,
who will have charge of Pendleton
creamery, is expected to arrive In
the city tonight to begin active work
of contracting cream and superin
tending the Installation of the ma
chinery, when It arrives.
Institute at Milton.
This afternoon the second local
teachers' Institute for this county was
held at Milton. Teachers were pres
ent from Milton, Freewater and
country district tributary. Superin
tendent Frank K. Welles and Prof.
B. B. Conklin are there from Pendle
inn and ar. on the oroaram. While
at Milton Superintendent Welles will
make a tour oi tne scnoois oi inai
section before returning to Pendle-
Prince Leopold Returns Home.
St Petersburg, Feb. 18. Prince
Frederlch Leopold, of Prussia, whom
it is said was the bearer of personal
representations from the kaiser to
the csar, urging the necessity for end
ing the war In the Far East, left for
Rprlln at midnight.
BltOP DIVISION DISCUSSION.
Complicated Issue Between Grant
and Baker Counties.
. I'. 8. Noyer, of Susanvllle, has re
turned to his home from Salem,
wnti r he went In the Interest of the
bill to divide Grant County. He re
ports that the matter was dropped
owirg to opposition from the resl
liciiis of the northwestern part of the
county, who want to be annexed to
Bnker county.
The dividing line between the coun
ties for a great distance Is the sum
mit of the Greenhorn mountains, and
Is very Irregular. As the mining dis
trict of this section lies on both
sides of the range many of the mines
are partly In each county, causing
more or less trouble. The whole
Greenhorn country Is naturally trib
utary to Baker and Sumpter, both
places being easily reached by rail,,
while It requires a long roundabout
trip by stage to go to Canyon City,
the county seat of Grant county.
It Is proposed now that the people
of the two sections get together and
agree upon new lines whereby the
greatest number may be accommo
dated and have maps made showing
changes, when the matter may be In
telligently presented to the next leg
islature. Baker City Herald.
A Cuban named Carricaburo, won
the long distance automobile race at
Havana. He ran 10 miles In one
hour, tt minutes and tt seconds.
K. of P. Anniversary. '
Next Monday will be the 41st an
niversary of the order of Knights of
Pythias, and In honor of the occa
sion the local lodge, Damon No. 4..
will have special work and a pro
gram for thsir meeting that night
After the work a banquet will be
served and a social time enjoyed.
New Paper at Caldwell.
The News Publishing company of
Caldwell filed articles of Incorpora
tion with the secretary of state yes
terday with a capital stock of 88000.
The directors are: O. V. Bradley, K.
W. Jones, Warren L. Fry, A. K. Steu
nenberg and John C. Rice. Boise
Capital-News.
Daring New York Robbery. ,
New Tors, Feb. 18. Within
two doors of his home at 128th
street, early this morning, Mr.
and Mrs. John Cornish were
held up and Mrs. Cornish rob
bed of a 86000 diamond brooch.
In trying to defend his wife,
Cornish, who Is a reputed mil
lionaire, was shot and seriously
wounded by the bandit, who
escaped.
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