OAllY EVEN iNG EDITION DAIiy EVENING EDITION Money makes the mare go, and Kast Gregonlan advei Using mukes business come. WEATHER FORECAST. Tonlsht and Thursday, showers. VOL. 18. TEXDLETOX, OH Eft OX, WUIVNESD. 2SDAY, M ' J? : -!, 1 ;().. NO. 5319 r PUBLIC OPINION NEA RUNMHO Business Men Almotl With out Division Favor Celebrat ing the Fourth of luly. THE EXPOSITION' Will, HAVE NO EFFECT UPON IT. All Relieve In the Advisability of Mak ing; an Early Beginning; of Prrpa ratiuns, and of ThuroiigliiiCHK In Muklng Thorn To Celebrate Is a Duty the Town Owex to ItH People and to llK' People Who Make This a Trading, Social and Educational (iiut Hut One lUitincss Man Is Adv Shall Pendleton celebrate the Fourth of July this year? Now that the date Is but three months off the matter Is being discussed among lo cal residents, and it is felt that the subject should be decided before many weeks. Other towns are now getting In the field, and are making preparations for the holiday. What bearing will the Lewis and Clark fair have ou the subject of a local celsbratlon? Will It make one unnecessary or all the more desirable? The latter Idea was advanced by one who took the stand that In view of the fair no celebration will likely be held at Portland, and consequently -one should by all means be held here. To ascertain the general trend of public sentiment on the subject a number of men were seen at random this morning. Leon Cohen expressed the senti ment of many when he said: "I rinn'f u-hv-th PATthinil fnir sbnillft i f .in f .tu In nnv wnu T"Wi i.' A hintn to hibernate all year simply because the fair Is to be held there? I believe we should hold a celebration, and the time is now ripe to begin preparations. We have gone two years without ob serving the Fourth and we should not let the matter go this year." R. Alexander believes that a cele bration should be held, and that It should be a good one, so as to be in teresting to those who attend. "We should make arrangements to enter tain the people and also accommo date them," said he, "and to do the latter we must provide some place where people mny rest, for at present there Is not a public sesit In the city." Mr. Alexander believes that while some may go to Portland for the day, that need not Interfere in any way 'with a local celebration, and that the latter should be held. The above sentiments were also en dorsed by Fred Walte, who added that the city had gone long enough with out a Fourth of July celebration. "Lee Teutsch was also found to be 'heartily In favor of the Idea, and stat ed that he regarded It aa a duty -of the city to appropriately observe the day. Aside from any business con siderations It Is a good thing. In his opinion, and should be taken up re gardless of the financial side, for tthere are many people here and In he surrounding country who are de pending upon the city In the matter, and who will be disappointed If no celebration Is held. L. G. Frazler regards the lime as ripe for an observance of the Fourth this year, as it has now been two years since a celebration was held. Those who o to Portland on that day In bis Judgment will have to undergo many discomforts. H. IE. Bickers regards the celebra tion of the Fourth In the light of a public duty, and something thst should be done every year. B. F. Nicholas said that he believed the proposition a good one and that It should be carried out, and that It would be of considerable benefit In directly. George Darveau believes that the people like a holiday and that they will be disappointed If the Fourth Is not observed here this year. A. C. Koeppen was the only man seen who voiced a word of dissent. In his view it would be very expensive to arrange a celebration on the only lines that one should be held, and that the results would hardly be worth the expense. W. C. Kennedy considers that the Fourth should be celebrated, and that the social side of the affair is Woolen Mills Burn. Albany, Or., March 29. The, Albany woolen mills were de- stroyed by fire this morning. The flames started In the dry- Ing room and were carried by the main drive belt through the mill In a few seconds, spreading so rapidly that the operatives barely escnped with their lives. The loss Is $75,000. mure Important than the financial. Munager Cnoley, if the bail team, would like to see a celebration here, UK It would mean considerable to the team financially. Should Pendleton observe tjie day one or two games will be arranged for the date. Walla Walla has 'already asked for gumea on that day. but haa not yet made any preparations for a celebration as far as In known here. However, if a V'iinf "iinimt be secured with them on th.it day one can la? arranged with a team from some of the East t:-; '( n t'i;o. towns. NUMBER STILL AUK MISSING. IVKtli List at Brockton Now Readies Fifty-Eight Brockton. Mass., March 29. T.e inquest over the victims of the ex plosion of the boiler in the Grower shoe factory began today. A number it persons are still missing. Andrew Itundell, one of the Injured employes, died today, making 'a total death list of 58. GRAIN MARKETS. Quotations From XII Points Handling Umatilla Produce. Chicago, March 29. May wheat opened ut $1.12 and closed thesame. Corn opened at 8 and closed at 47. Oats closed at 29. Portland Walla Walla wheat, 86; bluestem, 94; valley, 87. San Francisco Cash wheat, $1.65. Liverpool May wheat, 6s r?4d. Willing to Meet Hart. New York. March 29. Jim (Jeffries, the heavyweight- champion, thia morn ing declured his willingness to meet Marvin Hart Si the public desires him to fight the 'Louisville pugiHst. He says he Is glad Hart won, as. It places the", negro out of the running. "I will retire from the ring this year. When I do retire It will be forever." (ieriiiann War With Natives. Uerlln, Man 29. An official dis patch from Windhook, German South west Africa, today announced ithat 11 men of Kerchner's detachment were killed and 25 wounded In a fight with Insurgent natives March 10 and 11, at Knsis and Gelbants. $10,000 BONDS ARMOUR EMPLOYE MUST APPEARS AS A WITNESS. Claimed That He Had Overtures Made to Iflm by the General Su perintendent of the Arraonr Com pany Newispatier Men as .Well as Everybody E1W Aro .Warned Against Being Found In the .Vicin ity of the Jury .Room. Chicago, March it. Assistant At torney General Pagen announced to day the government has decided to place John E. Shields, an Armour employe of Brooklyn, under a heavy bond to appear as a witness in any trials growing out of the grand Jury Investigation of the beef trust. Shields has furnished bonds for (10,000 to appear at the Jury trials. Thomas J. Conners, general super intendent for Armour, who was ar rested yesterday, was charged with making overtimes to Shields, who was brought here by the government as a witness. Newspaper men are today warned away from the vicinity of the grand Jury under penalty of arrest. BUS SUNDAY SCHOOL WOKKEK8 The Meet to Do Normal Work and Transact ftaHincHH. Florence. S. C, March 29. This was another busy and Interesting day for. the South Carolina Sunday School association In annual meeting here. The forenoon session was opened with a devotional service conducted by Rev. John G. Beckwlth. Follow ing the presentation of several com mittee reports the convention listened to a paper by Mrs. Mary Foster Bry ner, on "Teaching Through the Eye," and an address by Rev. C. E. Burts, who took as his subject, "The Par ent and the Child In the Sunday School." The afternoon was devoted almost entirely to the reports of the several officers, all of which tended to show that the past year was one of great activity for the Sunday schools of the state and that there has been a grati fying Increase In the number and membership of the Sunday schools.. Snow at Weston. The train crew on the O. R. & N. mixed train from Walla Walla, re ported a severe storm along the line today, with three Inches of new, snow at Weston. The fruit trees are In bloom and the gardens are well ad vanced In places and the contrast presented Is very marked. Near Forsythe, Mont., William Mc Clure shot and killed W. H. Aughey, presumably by accident, but mystery surrounds the episode. MS REQUIRED CJOVEUNOK CHAMBERLAIN'S Kalem Mnrch 29. (Special.) pointed th' following to positions Wallace, ' ria, member of the Bundy, i.( uedford, -state board of Ashland, H. C. Kinney, of Grant's ford, regents of Ashland Normal Ill IS llfiSKllIffl IN THE HON MARKET Eager Takers of Opportunities to Add to Japan's War Fund. Scheme of Reform for Poland. Report of tOne-Slded Peace Proposals Being Informally Made by Russia DraKttn Measures! Taken In Russia to Compel Conscripts) to Go to Hie Hront, and the Government Persists In ItH Half Fruitless Efforts to Support the War Properly Practically No Change Reported la the Alignment of Forces at the Front Thirty Ruasian Warship Beaded Eastward in Indian Ocean. London, March 29. The entire is sue of $75,000,000 of the Japanese loan was oversubscribed by noon to day. Great crowds besieged the banks in an effort to secure a part of the loan. Oversubscribed in America. New York, March 29. Kuhn. & Loeb announced this afternoon that the t75.000.000 new Japanese loan allotted to America has been over subscribed. Chicago Stands Pat. Chicago, March 29. Fifteen million of the new Japanese loan was taken here today. Forcing Patriotism. St. Petersburg, March 29. The government is taking a firm stand against the recalcitrant soldiers who refuse to go to war. At Platogorsk 40 soldiers were tried by court-martial. Two ringleaders were shot and 38 given 18 years penal servitude in chains. 7Tlirec New Corps. London, March 29. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from St. Peters burg says : the best authorities state that three army corps, one consisting of grenadiers, will be mobilized. Scheme of Reforms. St. Petersburg, March 29. The em peror today issued a rescript address ed to M. Maxlmovitch, governor gen eral of Poland, ordering him to elab orate a scheme of reforms necessary for the prosperity of Poland, but law fully and firmly suppress the pres ent disturbances. Irourlng for War. St. Petersburg. March 29. A prom inent diplomat said today: "The government Is now for pence, but continues to prepare for war." A commission under the presidency of Grand Duke Nicholalevitch, is care fully reviewing the situation in ref 122 FINAL HOMESTEAD PHOOFS, Statistics of Land Office Business) lu Umatilla County. Assessor Strain has Just received the list of homestead proofs that have been made In this county during the past year. The record was secured fro mthe land office at La Grande, and shows that between March 1, 1904. and March 1, 1905, there have been 122 final proofs made nnd ac cepted. An Interesting story is told by a comparison of the number of proofs that were made last year with those of the two preceding ones. In 1903 there were 175 proofs, and in 1904 the number was 160. The drop from this last number to 122 for the past year shows a, decrease of 25 per cent which Is significant of the fact that homestead -proofs are not now made with the same ease that they were a few years ago. During the past year considerable land on the reservation has also been secured by parties to whom patents hvae not yet been Issued. These transfers, the assessor will also se STOLEN GOODS PROBLEM YET UNSETTLED Huston, March 29. The report of the sub-committee made yesterduy to the prudential committee of the American board of foreign missions of the Congregational church regard ing the gift of $100,000 by Rockefel ler, was made public today. It is an nounced the prudential committee will hold Its final action in abeyance for two 'weeks pending consideration APWMXTEIS. Oovernor Chamberlain today ap- on different stale boards: R. R. barbers examiners' board; Dr. 8. dental examiners; F. H. Carter, Pass, and V. I. Vawter, of Med- school. erence to the prosecution of the war, and expects to make a complete re port to the emperor In 10 days. Appointed Aide de Causro. St. Petersburg, March 29. Vlce Admlral Doubassoff, who acted aa a commissioner for Russia on the Inter national commission In the North Sea incident, has been appointed aide de camp general to the emperor. Rustdan Warships Going Eastward. . Durban, Natal, March 2B. The steamer Dart arrived today from Ran goon, reported having passed March 19,. 30 warships and 14 colliers steamlrttt eastward, 250 miles north east of ' Madagascar. More Peace Talk. St. Petersburg. March 29. It la authoritatively stated that Russia has Indirectly made known to Japan neg ative conditions upon which peace may be concluded, namely: no ces sion of territory and no Indemnity, leaving Japan to determine whether negotiations can be begun on that basis. It is understood no reply from Japan has yet reached the Russian government. Another report . has It that Japan Intimated a demand for $800,000,000 Indemnity. No Change In PotstlonM. St. Petersburg, March 29. Chief of Staff Karkevltch reports today there Is no change in the position of the armies at the front. Russian sharpshooters on March 26 were In conflict with a force of Japanese in fantry and cavalry at Hhouan Chlllne. General Llnevitch has Inspected the second army and found the troops In excellent spirits. Japan Is Warned. Washington. March 29. It Is stat ed here that Japan has received ur gent warning from a neutral power to beware of ail mediation from any government and insist upon direct ne gotiations with St. Petersburg. cure from the La Grande office, and the land will be assessed to the hold ers, regardless of the fact that pat ents have not yet arrived. SUIT FOR PERSONAL DAMAGES. Founded. onLeg Broken by an Over- turned Implement. Action to recover' $840 " damages from Fred Weber was commenced in the circuit court today by Henry Harper, Winters & Collier being his attorneys. The claim Is for a broken leg that was sustained by the little son of Mr. Harper on March 1. At that time the boy was playing In the street near Weber's Implement store on Court street, nnd an Implement of some kind fell on him, breaking his leg. The claim is made that inas much as the boy was hurt while play ing In the street, Mr. Weber Is liable for damages. Increasing War Armament Rome, March 29. The ministry has ugreed to demand of the minister of war to vote 20,000,000 lire to com plete Italy's military armaments. of the protests. In advising the ac ceptance of the gift the sub-committee says: "Our responsibility begins with the reception of the gift. Before the gift Is received the responsibility is not ours, but Is that of the donor In his own conscience." The report ends with the statement that the com mittee has no right to decline the gift. A It All ISO IS PENSION ROM Expense of OpcrnlliHi I Home by the t'oniiuiny. Philadelphia, Pa., March 29. The Pennsylvania railroad's pension de partment shows that during the five years of Its operation there has been authorized to be paid In pension al lowances to the retired employes of the company the sum of $1,614,087.69. This expenditure does not include the expense of operation of the depart ment, which is borne by the com pany. During the five years' application of the pension plan 2418 employed have been retired as pensioners from the active service of the company, of which number 700 have died. Of the total number retired 568 were between the age of 65 and 69 years, of whom 439 were retired on their own request, with the approval of the employing officer. JAIL BREAK WAS FRUSTRATED. Prisoner's Wife Formulate Plan for His Escape. Los Angeles, March 29. Perfected plans for a general Jail delivery and release of prisoners from the second floor of the county Jail, were dis covered this morning. Mrs. C. K. Schmidt, wife of the wealthy Long Beach contractor, under sentence of seven years for burglary, smuggled files and sawa Into the Jail for her husband and other prisoners in the plot. ' This morning the woman appealed for an extension of 10 days stay for her husband, but soon after the plot was discovered and he will now be sent at once. Alleged Highwayman Arrested. San Francisco, March 29. John Zimmerman, one of the men accus ed of holding up the bank messen ger near Oakland last week, and rob bing them of $10,000, was arrested here this morning . Bald Is Troubled. Washington, March 29. The state department has received a cablegram from Minister Powell to the effect that the situation In Haiti is serious. the revolutionary spirit growing. A warship will probably be detailed for Immediate service. .. ..... ....... TAKES A HEADER DOWN NEW YORK'S SUBWAY. Several Laborers Said to Have Lost Ttvtr Uvea Train Ran Into Bulkhead Behind Which Was Stored Dynamite The Timbering of the Tunnel Is On Fire and tbe Police Reserves and Fire Depart ment Ordered to the Scene. New York, March 29. A runaway subway construction train crashed into a bulkhead at the bottom of the shaft in 168th street today. It is feared that several laborers lost their lives in the explosion which followed. The shock of the explosion was felt nearly a mile. The police reserves and two com panies of firemen hurried to the scene. Two firemen were overcome by smoke while attempting to run a second train through the tunnel to the bottom of the shaft. It is said a quantity of dynamite behind the bulkhead, was exploded by the concussion and the timbering caught fire. SPIRITUALISTS CELEBRATE. Fifty-seventh Anniversary of the American Society Is) ObHerved. At the celebration of the 57th an niversary of the birth of modern spiritualism, held in Artisan's hall yesterday, members of the First Splrt- ual society of this city declared that spiritualism had had a great deal to do with the wonderful progress of civilization In the past half century, says the Oregon Dally Journal. It is their belief that such inven tions as the telephone, telegraph and the discovery of radium are due j largely to spiritualism. They also claimed the honor of fathering the emancipation of women, as It was In their societies as mediums that wo men were first allowed to take part Services began at 11 o'clock and continued intermittently all day. In the morning the theme for discussion was "The Communion Between Mor tals and Spirits Brings .Progress." At noon over 200 people had luncheon in the hall. The Children's Progres sive lyceum, the Pioneer society and the Ladies' Building Fund Aid soci ety met in the afternoon. It was announced that subscriptions amounting to $700 had been secured to a building fund, and that the members were very hopeful of rais ing $50,000 with which to erect a temple. J. H. McMilien stated that he would donate a suitable building site, and prominent citlxens have promised material support. In the evening John Milton Hodeon lectur ed on "Why Be a Spiritualist?" CONSTRUCTION TRAIN RUNAWAY T BEEN RECEIVED Sweeping Changes Already Effected in the Personnel of the Canal Commission. THINGS WILL BE DOING ON THE DITCH PRESENTLY. No Sinecure IJst Will Exist in the Management of die Great Enter prisePresident of the (lover leaf System Will Be Prenident of the Reorganized Commission, Having Executive Supervision of the Entire Work The Government Haa Bought All Outstanding Stock In the Panama Railroad. Washington, March 29. Admiral Walker, chairman, and the other members of the Isthmian canal com mission sent In tbelr resignations to the president this afternoon. It. la understood the resignations were for mally requested by the president The resignation of Governor General Davis, who is on the canal, waa re quested by cable. Railroader for President Washington, March 29. The pres ident has decided to appoint Theo dore P. Shonts, president of the Clo verleaf railroad, chairman of the re organiced Panama canal commission. Shonts is now In Havana, but Is ex pected to return Saturday. He has already tentatively agreed to serve. Shonts will have general charge of tbe railroad and steamship company. and executive supervision of the en tire canal work. Buys Up Outstanding Stock. Washington, March 19. The gov ernment has today completed the purchase of all the outstanding stock in the Panama railroad. The purchase was effected through William Nelson Cromwell, of New York, actln aa agent for the government Hay's Health Improving. Gibraltar, March, 29. Secretary of State Hay, who waa reported serious ly III when he left New York, arrived this morning by the White Star liner Cretic, after a pleasant voyage. Bay's condition Is much better and Improv ing every day. He will start on a tour of the town at 10 this morning. At his own request no official reception will be tendered him. American Consul Sprague escorted Hay in his trip about town. From, Gibraltar he will go to Naples, leav ing at noon for the latter city. Revolution in San Domingo. Cape Haytien, Hayti, March 29. Advices received by courier from Monte Chrlsti, on the southern coast of the Republic of San Domingo, to day announced that General Barba, with a number of Domingan exiles, has landed at Monte Chrlsti and that the inhabitants have risen against President Morales, reproaching him with being the cause of the present difficulties with foreign countries. It is added that the district of Monte Christl Is ready to begin a revolution in favor of ex-President Jlrolnex and is only awaiting the sign to take arms. Provisional Receivers. Washington, March 29. Secretary Taft was in consultation with the president this morning regarding the appointment of Americans as receiv ers of customs for San Domingo. Five or six will be appointed, one for each principal port. E. O. Rhodes of Baltimore will probably be receiver at San Domingo city, with general su pervision over all the receivers. POLITICAL BOSS ARRESTED. Charged With Wrecking a Riverside Bank. Los Angeles, March 29. Tom Hayes, the former political boss at Riverside, who lavishly entertained Roosevelt the time of the president's visit, was placed on trial this morn ing, charged with wrecking the Or ange Growers' National Bank of Riv erside, of which he was cashier. Two indictments were consolidated. The charge Is misappropriation of money and falsifying reports to the comp troller of the currency. Aged Woman Murdered. Ottawa, Kan., March 29. Mrs. Caroline Jobes, aged 72 years, was attacked at the Sem- pie Sanitarium here during the night by some unknown person o and perhaps fatally wounded. Her tkull was fractured with an ax and her body was hor- rlbly mutilated. There Is no clew, other than tracks sur- rounding the building. RESIGNA