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1 OAILYEVENINGEDITION Readers don't overlook the ad vertisements In the E. O. Our most progressive ciUxens talk through the ads. TVEATHER FORECAST. Tonight and Friday fair. VOL. 18. PEN DLETOX, OREfiOX, TIIUItSDAY, MAHCJ XO. o20 UAILT LVLrllhu LUI I IUH 1 1 , I y . JVT - if I f f 'V.n.i. i I TF- A IV ; .. Mil 1 CAUSE OF DEATH IS DETERMINED Chemical Proof That Mrs. Stanford Took Strychnine in Carbonate of Soda. EYEBY EFFORT WILL BE . MADE TO EXPOSE CHIME. Tbe tPolsoned Drug Was In a Bottle Drought From Saa Francisco to .Honolulu Unopened There Is Talk of Suicide, But It la Discredited by ithe Victim's Intimate Friends Ac tlon by the Authorities Depends Up m Report of Chemists and the 'Finding of the -autopsy Gradual Poisoning Potdbto. Honolulu, March 2. The report of cnemlst removes the last doubt as i to the cause of .the death of Mrs. Stanford. An analysis of the contents of the bottle of carbonate of soda dis closes the presence of a large quanti ty of strychnine. According to the statement of Mian Berner, the secre tary, and May Hunt, the maid, the bottle was brought from the medicine chest at Ban Francisco and unopened until Tuesday night, when the fatal dose was taken. This proves conclu sively that the death was the result of a plot formed In California over a month ago. The fact that the poi son was In the soda which Mrs. Stan ford was accustomed to take. Indi cates It was put there by some one familiar with her habits. There Is some talk of suicide. It Is said that Mrs. Stanford brooded a great deal sir.ee Christmas and the poison was ever In her mind, and It Is thought by some she wished to hasten the end. She yearned to leave a life of loneliness and Join her hus band and son. She talked much of spirit visitation. The suicide theory is, however, utterly discredited by her friends. A death musk was taken last night, and the body embalmed for shipment to Sun Francisco. Will Probe to Bottom. San Francisco. Miirch 2. In the absence of further explicit Informa tion from Honolulu today, Montford Wilson, attorney for Mrs. Stanford, and Chief of Police Spillaine are ex tremely reticent in the matter of the tragic Inking off of Mrs. Stanford. While the former Is anxiously awaiting the arrival of further cabled news, Spillaine has concluded the hour Is nt hand to launch n rigid, painstaking Investigation of the whole affair. The police are therefore qui etly taking up the examination of the poisoning which is said to have been attempted In this city, at the Stan ford home during January, and re gardless of whatever may develop at Honolulu, the authorities here will go to the bottom of the affair. Whether Mrs. Stanford wan the victim of foul play or nut, the police department here will fortify llsclf with all the obtainable facts, wnd will even make arrests If Independent Investigations seem to warrant. In the meantime they have cabled the high sheriff at Honolulu urging an autopsy, and the chemist's report Te hurried here, and that every pre caution he tnken to surround the mys ery. Spillaine Is not prepared to express an opinion In the mutter, or to mnke public the steps taken, but says he Is abreast of the case and will run to earth the responsible parties. If the evidence shows that Mrs. Stanford was murdered. Malting for Cht-nilMfs Report. Attorney Wilson preserves a studied and careful reticence, but It Is plnln that "he Is wrought up by Information received last' night of the discovery of poison in the bicarbonate f soda and of the fact that the lungs of the dead woman betniyed symptoms of death due to poisoning. "We have formed no definite Idea .In the matter at all," said Mr. Wilson, "and It Is plain we will not be war ranted In so doing until the chem ist's report is filed. "It is well nigh unbelievable that anyone would seek to Injure Mrs. Stanford, but we are In momentary expectation of further and more definite news and until It arrives have nothing to say." Possibly Methodical Poison. Public opinion here Is Inclined to the theory of methodical poison. Mrs. Stanford's attendants are being In vestigated. That Mrs. Stanford ad ministered the poison herself Is scout ed by the police, who point out that while she was a woman of advanced years and lonesome, she was well as at all times, well balanced, and not of temperment that would permit the contemplation of suicide. When the reports of the Honolulu chemists is received It Is not unlikely the local authorities will order cer tain arrests made, and that various persons will be detained, at least un til the present Investigation Is concluded. IS 1 Strychnine Was Found. San Francisco, March 2. Chief Spillaine received the following ca blegram from the high sheriff at Honolulu this afternoon: "Mrs. Stan ford's bottle of bicarbonate of soda contained four drams arid 66 grains Btrychnlne." An examination of the organs of the body Is under way and I will cable as soon as It Is completed. Full details by malt." ADMIT GREAT L ROBBED THE 'FRISCO EXPRESS. They "Retire to Better Fortified Positions" More Rioters Killed at Moscow. Masked Men Hold Up the Messengei and Go Through the Safe, Memphis, March 2. Three masked bandits boarded the 'Frisco express eight miles south of Mammoth Springs, Ark., early this morning, compelled the express messenger to open the safe at the point of a gun, quickly secured the contents and es caped. The value of the booty Is unknown. CODICIL HELD LONG SESSION RECOMMEND TO SEAT PEABODY Partisan Vote Determines Colorado , Context. Denver, March 2. The legislative committee upon the gubernatorial contest reported to the Joint assembly of the legislature 'recommending that Peabody be seated. The vote In the committee stood 14 to 11. Keho Wosda Annex Panama. Washington, March 2. Represen tative Keho, of Kentucky, Introduced a resolution today providing for the annexation of Panama. INVESTIGATION WILL HANG FIRE TOBACCO TRUST TWILL ' BE LOOKED INTO. Instigator Cannot Persuade the At torney General .to Get Action on Hint Tills Year and the Matter Goes Over Until Next Session Appro priation Committees of the Tw Houses Are f Joining to an Agree. men. Washington, .March 2. Repreaen tative smith of Kentucky, to whom the Kehoe resolution calling for in vestigatlon of the tobacco trust, was referred by the house judiciary com mlttee, said today there will be no ac lion on the resolution this session Smith has been unable to arrange for a conference with the attorney gen eral on the subject, and says the agi tauon win be renewed In the next session. "Murderous Frenzy" Runs Riot at Baku, Where 1000 Have Been Killed in the Strike Rioting General Oku Claims to Have Gained Decided Advantages In tlie Operations Around Mukden Indications That the Terrorists Will Resume Active Operations In Western Russia Coun cil at St. Petersburg Will Soon Act Upon Proposal to Retire Kuropat-kin. St. Petersburg, March 2. Reports received from Bake Tun, Manchuria, state that a number of Japanese at tacks on the village of Kudasea on the Russian left wing have been repuls ed and the Russians maintained the position. A Russian relief column attacked the Japanese from tbe west after two passes had been occupied, but was hard pressed by the Japanese and suffered great losses. The fight Is still raging on the left wing. The Japanese made a night attack on KutaJ pass, the Russians retiring to better fortified positions. A Japanese attack on Nlzhan Pu was also repulsed. Japanese Gain Advantages. Tokio. March 2. General Oku re ports: "The Japanese left has driven back the Russians and occupied Kal- letza, on the Llo river, 40 miles west of Mukden. This gives the Japanese a most Important position and seri ously menaces Kuropatkln's commu nications along the Sin Minting road, which If held by the Japanese, will stop Russian supplies." . Getting Together. Washington, March 2. The house today sent the river and harbor bill to n conference and agreed to a con Terence report on the fortifications and general appropriation bill and the agricultural appropriation bill. Will Nut investigate. Washington, March 2. The house today defeated the Vandlver amend mom to the nuvaj appropriation bill calling for the investigation of the socalled armor plate trust. Boom In Oil Field. Chanute, Kan., March 2. As a result of recent laws - the fourth Independent refinery project was launched here to- day. The plan Is to build a $400,000 plant with a capacity of $3000 barrels per day. All the producers have resumed work, expecting high prices. GRAIN MARKETS. Quotations From' All Points Handling Umatilla Products. Chicago, March 2. May wheat is now a drug on the martlet, closing to- iay at 11.15. It started out at 11.13 this morning, but experienced a shaky market with the advances romlni "iMiHioonicany until about 11 o'clock, when it jumped to 1.15 and remain ed stationary, with little doing at the close. July wheat opened at i and closed at 99. Corn closed at 48 Oats, 31 H. Portland Walla Walla wheat, 85; bluestem, 93; valley, 87. Liverpool May wheat, 6s, 11 'id, RAILROADS FINED. First Punishment for Disobedience of Car Coupler Act. Springfield, .III., March 2. Judge Humphrey In the federal court today decided against the Southern railroad and Illinois Central, and the Wabash In the car coupling cases, fining the companies $100 each on nine counts. This Is the first decision against the railroads for violating the car coupler law. To Keep Out Japanese. Sacramento, March 2. A resolu tion calling on the president and sec retary of state to take steps to re strict Japanese Immigration, passed the assembly unanimously this morn ing. It passed the senate yesterday. Children, Fire and Powder. New Orleans, March 1. While Playing with a lighted candle around a keg of powder, the three children of Mrs. H. L, Bachnell, In Palaquemle parish, were blown In pieces today and the house wrecked. More Death Sentence. Moscow, March 2. Panic prevails In official circles as the result of the receipt of a notice of death, sentence passed on prominent officials and reactionaries by the revolutionary party. It is now fully expected the propaganda of death will be prose cuted by the revolutionists with vigor. Expel A Poet. Warsaw, March 2. The celebrated Polish poet, Andraes Nlamojevakl, has been expelled from this city and ordered to reside permanently under police supervision in a smali village near Lunglln. Appointed to Suppress Strikers. St. Petersburg. March 2. Count Verontgoff, of Kuff, has been ap pointed viceroy for the Caucasus and General Maclmovitch governor gene ral of Warsaw. Both received a free hand In subduing strike movements.' and will take up their duties Immediately. FARMERS' CORNER ON CABBAGE Apply a Well Taught Lesson by the Coal and OU Trusts. Milwaukee, March 2. Wisconsin farmers have a corner on cabbage In that state and demand 323, 32 to 35 being the ordinary price. They are believed to have a secret organization to hold thousands of tons in cold stor age all winter. COMMISSION BILL PARSES. Railroad Legislation Effected for the State of Washington. Tacoma, Wash., March 2. A dls- reached 1000. The whole population ; patch from Olympla says: The senate Is In a murderous frenzy. The Ar- j this afternoon passed by a vote of 36 menlun petroleum millionaire, Adam- j to 4 the railroad commission bill alnz, stationed himself on the roof of ; drafted by the house railroad com his residence and shot 60 Mahomme- j mlttee and enacted by the house more dans within two hours. Mahomme dans then burned his house, together with Adamlanx, his wife, six child ren and 10 servants. Lunched With tbe Vmr. St. Petersburg, March 2. General Stoessel, who arrived at the capital yesterday, had lunch with the czar today. than a week ago. Scientist Arretted. Berlin, March 2. Gregory Potanin the most eminent contemporary Rus sian scientist, has been arrested at Tomsk, on the ground of suspected sympathy with the progressive move ment among the peasants. May Recall Kuropatkin. London, March 2. A dispatch from St. Petersburg slates that a war coun cil will be held ubout March 5. to de cide whether Kuropatkin Is to be re- eal't.. More Rioters Killed. St Petersburg, March 2. It Is re ported that several rioters were killed in a collision with troops In the Mos cow district. Ex-Senator Woloott Dead. Den ver, March 2. A message an nouncing the death of former United States Senator Wolcott, who has been sojourning in Italy, waa received last night. ADDING TO THE FINANCES The Kings Confer. Birmingham, Murch. 2. The Post $1810 WAS SUBSCRIBED DURING PAST TEN DATS. These Subscriptions Were All Made by Pendleton Bnrinem Men und Cit izens The $10,000 Mark Has Xear l.vlteen Readied and the Committee Is Far From the Natural Limit to the Public Spirit of the Community. Good work is being done by those in charge of the fair subscription, and nears mat Kaiser William and King: as a result the 310.000 mark has been .uuru are exchanging most import ant letters with reference to Russian affairs. Murderous Frenzy at Baku. Uerlln, March 2. The newspaper Vorwaerts, has a dispatch from Ba ku, stating that up to February 23. the dead In the rioting there had Japanese Cavalry Raid. New Chwang, March 2. Japanese cavalry raided Sinmlntin, 30 miles west of Mukden, this afternoon and ransacked the railroad buildings and Chinese Inns. Previous to the entry into Sinmln tin the Japanese captured 15 Russian scouts. An engagement Is expected, as Cossacks are In the neighborhood. Ten thousand Japanese troops are reported three miles south of Pau-chiatun. Jap- DisliMlgiiig the Russians. Tokio, March 2. Advices at anese headquarters state the Japanese activity on the extreme right con tinues. The right wing is pressing forward, dislodging the Russians. almost reached. The following amounts have been udded to the list since the last publication: Two hundred and fifty dollars, Gus La Fontaine. One hundred dollars eacl) W. M. Pierce, Alfred Sehneiter. Goodman Thompson Co., T. Olsen and F. B. Clopton. Eighty dollars S. A. A llo way. Fifty dollars each James Camer on, George Demott, E. A. Vaughan, T. H. White, J. A. Borie. Mark Pat ton. W. O. Hust, Herbert Boylen and T. P. Kdwards. 1 Twenty dollars each John Mc- Court, Miss Ida Boyd. F. W. Schmidt, ! H. J. Bean, J. B. Perry, J. Marin, i Wlnslnw Bros., A. Wangle. . Jen dollars each J. A. Blakley, W. j E. Welch. G. E. Adams, Fred Shu ; maker, Dennis Nichols. Lot Liver- Anti-Opium Ordinance, Mod eled After the Portland Measure, Was Passed. SUPPLY BILLS PASSED TO AMOUNT OF tl7.SC Bids for Furnishing Hose and nose Cart Were Opened and Referred Considered the Matter of Widen ing the Bridge Report of the City Recorder Received, Showing Re ceipts and Expenditures Report Showing the Number and Names afs Derelicts in Making Sewer Connec tions Report of Marshal Carney. HOSE AXD HOSE CART CONTRACT more, F. E. Welch, F. S. Younger ft Son. Glenn Bushee, S. A. Newberry. Ladow. J. F. J. L. Vaughan, G. I he has divided his estate is not known I Nowlin, Shelly Jones, Sam Roberts j except to the attorney who drew the ; J. W. Prlvett and W. W. Hoch. Former at 65 Cents Per Foot, Latter, will. ' at $124. j After he came to Boise he married The Goodman-Thompson Hardware I Mrs- Jnne wod, but later was dl- Co. was awarded the contract for sup- vort'ei1 from her. There was no Issue Plying the city with 800 feet of hose,"5 lne marriage, however, but it Is at a meeting of the fire and water Benerally believed he has left her a committee this morning. considerable portion of his property. Bids were submitted by the follow- I '"' otherwise provided for her. Dur ing firms: D. S. Butler & Co., Port- J"K the lnal tvw ,la's ,,f ''Is Illness she and; W. R. Wlthee. Pendleton; A. G. I WUH eonstantly at his bedside a.imfn- Long, Portland; H. J. Stlllman, Pen-! ,K,Pr,,'K wh' comfort she could. dleton; T. C. Taylor, Pendleton, and I 1,,,i!c -'upltal News. Goodman-Thompson Co. The latter i " having made the lowest price for the j Shot Horses for Revenge, grade of hose . desired, was awarded, A special reoort to the Pl,r he contract. -Their price was 65 i that Tuesday John Bantv. of Cniv.r cents per foot for single jacket, rub- who it is said has been havlna some THE CUNNINGHAM ADDITION. bcr lined, cotton hose. The price is o. b. Pendleton, tind the hose Is to be shipped at once. The hose Is to be used on the hill In the south end of town. While the pressure In that locality Is light, a good grade of hose was secured be cause of the possibility of Its being needed In the lower portions of town, where the pressure is greater. T. T. Nelson wns given the con tract for making the hose cart. He was the only local bidder, and the price for which the cart Is to be made Is $124. Left a Family In Missouri. John Bruce Wood, the Idaho pio neer who died Friday at the hospital, It is alleged, left a family In Missouri back In the early sixties, who will now mnke a claim for a portion of his fortune. According to a letter re ceived by J. E. Roberts from a friend I.i Steelvllle, Mo., he not only deserted wife, but left with her two sons and daughter to bring up. It Is probable that there will be 8 legal contest over tho disposition of the property which, so far as Is gen- rully known, aonslsts of the Wood block, valued at about $50,000. How A New Itesldence District WIU Be Placed on the Market by the Slieep King. County Surveyor J. ". Kimbrell yesterday afternoon surveyed and platted an addition to the city of Pendleton consisting of 11 acres of land in the west end of the city. Which will hi renclin.t t,i- .... v,u,,ut,... jof Court street. The tract will he placed on the market by Charles Cun ningham, the well known sheepman. I he tract is one of the most desira- Bids for furnishing 800 feet of fir hose and a hose cart were opened at the meeting of the council last night, an opium ordinance was passed, tha widening of the Main street bridge walk discussed, b'Us were paid and the monthly reports of officers re ceived. Some half dozen bids were pre sented for furnishing the hose and two for the cart and the council table was covered with samples of varloua grades of fine hose. After the bids had been opened and read they were ordered referred to the fire and water committee with power to make the purchase. A meeting of the commit tee was then set for 10 o'clock this morning. The monthly bills for supplies and salaries of officers were read and the recorder Instructed to Issue warrant for their payment.' The bills for sup plies amounted to $467.86, of which $260 was to the Northwest ' Gas- V Electric company for lights during the month. Anti-Opium Ordinance. The opium ordinance, which wa adopted last night under suspension of the rules. Is modeled after the one now in effect in Portland, and Is very stringent. Under it parties not drug gists or physicians, who may be found with opium or any of the apparatus for smoking it in their possession are liable, as well as those cought smoking. Also, any one found supplying a person with the drug or any of the apparatus, except upon a physician's prescription, Is liable to arrest. Under the ordinance the pen alty Is fixed at a fine of from $10 to $100, or Imprisonment at the option of the recorder. The ordinance also provides for the destruction of all ap paratus discovered by the police, this to be done at the order of the re corder. The matter of widening the west walk of the Main street bridge was again discussed last night, and the street committee was instructed to. make a report upon the subject at the next meeting. There is some differ ence of opinion among the council men (is to whether the walk should be widened the entire length, or Just trouble with his father, A. Y. Bantv ' ,,lt" ,hal portion of the city for a of the same place, shot two ' work ! "?s,',,'"l'e district. The soil Is rich horses belonging to his father, one ! alul nu,lRt and no gravel is found In dying immediately, the other being'"- on the matter of sewer connections fatally wounded. The horses had' triut ""'s Just west of the rail- The report stated that an Investlga- strayed onto the farm of the sou who,'"1"' al"' east f the railroad bridge tion has been made of the section of toon tnis means of getting even with '. " "s now seedeii to I the city lying between the river and at this end. Recorder's Report. The report of the city recorder, which was read last night,' showed 109 violations of ordinances during; me month. The receipts of the of fice were as follows: Fines, $1170; sale of cemetery lots, $27.50; street liens. $24.75; refund from water com mittee, $1; total from licenses, $573.90. The report of Marshal Carney showed the expense of his office for the past month to be $320.50. The additional expense for the past month being due to the enforcement of the quarantine regulations, for which a special officer has been required. In obedience to the orders of the council given at the preceding meet I ing, the sewer Inspector, W. R. j Wlthee, last night made a report up- I nn tho nintfar nt nr. ....... nn his father. Mr. Banty had the soi arrested and the preliminary exami nation will take place before tho Jus- tlce at Prlnevllle. Madras pioneer. Poisoned One Carcass. Robert Settlemyre and James Bran-! don hold the record as champion co yote killers of this section. The other night they placed some poison on a carcass at the Island ranch, and upon visiting it next morning found 18 coyotes, 1 large eagle and 40 magpies had fallen victims to their bait. Some of the catch has been added to the Lewis and Clark collection. Burns times-Herald. alfalfa. During the last two months over 100 good overcoats some of them high priced garments have been stolen from the lobbies of Seattle hotels and restaurants. It Is believed that one expert has perpetrated all the thefts. NEXT MEETING AT ATHENA. Umatillii County Suiulay School Con vention Closed Ijotft Evening. One of the most successful Sunday school conventions ever held In the county closed lust night at Milton, after a two days' session during which an elaborate program, as pub lished In the East Oregonlan last Tuesday, was carried out In full. About 78 delegates were present during the session and the interest was highly gratifying to the members of the convention. The next meeting of the association will be held at Athena, In March, 1906. The Pendleton and Echo delegates returned home last evening and ex pressed themselves as highly pleased with the meeting and delighted with the hospitality of the people of Milton. the railroad and extending two blocks each way from Main street, and that the following property owners were found to have thus far failed to make the required sewer connections: Ed ward Swltzler, Peter West, Charles Colesworthy, Neagle Bros., M. E. church, W. S. Bowman, George Dar veau and H. M. Sloan. The report was received without discussion. Shot Himself. Boise. March 2. Fred Stock ton, an engineer Jn the office of the reclamation service, shot himself through the right tem ple at noon and died Instantly. He was a graduate of the Ore gon University at Eugene. His parents live at Sheridan, Ore. The cause Is not now known.