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PENDLETOX, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AP1UL
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JAP PATROL OF
COCHIN
CHI
Designed to Prevent Russians
From Codling and Provis
ioning in the Far East,
MIC6SIA -MAS 43 SHIPS IN
VOTERS OF THE CHINA SEA
Definitely Known That Rojeatvensky
Did Not Divide Hla Fleet In Which
Are Seven First-class Battleships
St. PeterHbunc Authorities Do Not
Behave a Battle Has Taken Place,
or That One Is Immlnent-ermas
-Collier Refused Clearance Papers
Prom an English to a French Fort
- Court-martial Ordered.
Saigon, April 12. The French
cruiser Descartes and live torpedo
'boats are keeping clone watch near
cape St. Jacques. It Is stated the
gunboats Acheron and Styx will leave
Saigon to protect the neutrality of
French waters. Japanese warships
are cruising along the coast of Co
chin China, to prevent the -Russians
.from provisioning or securing coal at
French ports.
Fleet of 48 Rmwian Vessels.
London, April 12. A dispatch to
Lloyds from Singapore sets at rest
the reports that Rojestvensky divid
ed his fleet Lloyds asserts the fleet
which passed Singapore Saturday con
sisted of seven battleships, .two ar
mored cruisers, five unarmored
cruisers, three converted cruisers,
seven destroyers. IT steamers, ono
hospital ship and one tug.
Will Courtnwrttal Outktomskl.
St Petersburg, April 12. The de
mand of Rear Admiral Prince Outk
tomskl, for a courtmarttal. Is granted.
The court will cons'st of four ad
mirals, with Admiral Dlkoff, 'as pres
ident Refused Clearance Papers.
.Singapore, April 12. The German
collier Hindoo, with a cargo of Car
diff coal, has been refused clearance
papers for Saigon unless the com
mander agrees to deliver the cargo
through the British consul here.
Battle Not Imminent.
St. Petersburg, April 12. The
probability of a general battle .be
tween the Russian and Japanese
ifleets Is not regarded as Imminent,
hence the reports of an engagement
today are discredited by the admiral
ty. It Is contended the first news .of
the battle will come from Singapore,
not from Bntavia.
MUX .INCREASE FORCE AT ONCE
Japanese; and Chinese Diggers far the
Panama Canul.
Washington, April 12. A meeting
of Secretary Taft with the executive
committee of the isthmian canal com
mission itoday decided to employ Im
mediately for work on the canal 2000
Chinese and 2000 Japanese laborers.
Should the experiment prove success
ful, practically all the work will be
deae -by these two classes.
Arrangements are completed for
the re-organlzatlon of the directorate
of the Panama, railroad, which will
take plaoe next week.
6PBECHJLES LOSES DECISION.
Resisted Suit in Interest of American
Tourists.
Vienna, April It.- The olvll court
today decided that Rudplph Spreck
les, the San Francisco millionaire,
must pay the 2000 te asked by Dr.
Edgar Gans, the Austrian physician,
for treating fipreckles lor appendici
tis. Spreckles objected to the bill as
exorbitant, and made a test case as
champion of all tourists.
Insane) From Worry.
Chicago, April 12. Driven to In
sanity by Impending death of her
husband. Injured in a railroad acci
dent, Mrs. Ralph Hill this afternoon
shot him twice near the heart, then
drank a bottle of carbolic acid. Both
will probably die.
Victims Nearly All Poor.
St. Joseph, Mo., April 12.
A warrant has been Issued for
the arrest of Henry Breunln
ger, president of the American
Mercantile company, a "get rich
quick" concern which has col
lapsed here. Secretary Miles
and Manager Nordeau have dis
appeared. Two thousand peo
ple here, nearly all working
people, have lost $30,000 by the
failure.
SHERIFF SHOT AND MIXED.
Mississippi thitlaws Undertake Res
ale of a Prisoner.
Sena'tobla, Miss., April 12. Sheriff
Hoag was shot and killed early this
morning by a mob of masked men
which entered the Jail to release a
prisoner. 1
In his ante-mortem statement,
Sheriff Hoag said that six men were
In the !party, all heavily armed. They
demanded the release of Jim White,
white man, from Tate county, charg
ed with murder. When he refused,
they opened fire on him. The Jail
guards prevented the rescue of Whit,
but the mob escaped. Bloodhounds
will be put on. the trail, with a pros
pect of lynching if the right men are
caiptured.
Ixnta's Mother Is Dead.
New York, April 12. Mrs. Hary
Auji Crnbtree, mother of "Lotta, the
famous actress, died here today. ;Mrs.
Crabtree was her daughter's manager
from the time she appeared en the
stage In California during the fifties,
to the end of her stage career of 40
years.
. Change of Venue for Hech.
Chicago, April 12. Johann Hoch,
the alleged bigamist charged with
wife murder, was today granted a
change of venue from Judge (Tulley's
court to Judge Kerrsten's court. The
trial Is set for April IS.
Standard Loses a Onttnrct.
Lincoln, Neb., April 12. The In
dependent Oil company has captured
the oil contract for all state Institu
tions. The Standard has hitherto en
joyed the exclusive monopoly of this
business.
GREAT EVIDENCE
F
GRAND JURY MARIXG
i:-TTU.".j, 'PROGRESS
Documents Exliibit
"Exact Prices
Secured for tlie Finished Products
as IVr Trust Agreement Five Em
ployes Were Questioned Tills Morn.
lug Transcript of Hvidenoo to
Irove Packers' Violation of Re
straining Injunction Is Being .Made.
Chicago, April 12. Evidence that
packers sold casings at a minimum
price of 40 cents per set In pursuance
with an agreement to regulate the
price of by-products, Is said to have
been found In the trunks seized by
government officers enguged In the
beef Investigation.
Five employes of packers were
questioned by the federal -Brand Jury
this morning. Transcripts of their
evidence Is being mude ilo submit to
Judge Grosscup to ascertain If the
Injunction restraining the packers
from combining has been ..violated.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKETS.
Quotations Furnished by itlie Clark
Grain Commission Company, 119
East Court Street.
Chicago, April 12. May wheat
opened at $1.16 and closed at
$1.15. Corn, 48 and oats at 30.
The mnrket continues uneventful and
quiet. Crop prospects In the wheat
countries of the world are now fa
vorable to a heavy yield.
Accept Rockefeller's Donation.
Boston, April 12. A sub-committee
of the Prudential committee of
the American board of foreign mis
sions report favoring the acceptance
of the Rockefeller gift of $100,000 to
the CongregatlonaJ church and says:
"We welcome the effort to awaken
the public conscience to the necessity
of higher ethical standards in ac
quiring wealth, but those protesting
advocate means to accomplish this
which are not only unwise but ethi
cally wrong.
"The committee suggests It has no
right to refuse a gift from a church
member until that member is pub
licly tried, either by the church or
courts. It says, "To prevent any man
from doing good is a wrong way In
which to condemn him for doing evil."
Delivering the Goods.
Mrs. A. Polly returned from Spo
kane yesterday where she has been
with Mrs. Joseph Rossi, who Is seri
ously afflicted with rheumatism.
Mrs. Polly" states that they have re
ceived several letters and telegrams
from Mr. Rossi and Mr. Polly since
their arrival In Italy, the Inst mes
sage having been received from Mil
an. The arrangements for the turn
ing over of the vast fortune are now
being completed and Mr. Rossi ex
pects to be able to return to America
In the next few weeks. Lewlston
Tribune.
New no ward Residence.
Howard & Swingle are now mak
ing plans for a six-room, two-story
residence to be erected for A. J.
Howard The building Is to be on
Washington street, and will cost In
the neighborhood of $2000.
N
NHS
MURDEIt AT BELLINGHAM. ,
Bellingham, Wash., April 12.
of his head, and a skewer driven
and Into the floor, F. B. Dames,
murdered In his sleeping room this morning. Appearances are
that he was struck by an unknown assailant and dragged from his
bed. The police have no clue. The clothes were rifled, and proba
bly robbery was added to murder.
ITEISTERS REMAIN LOYAL
TO 11 GARMENT IB
All Negotiations for Settlement
Anti-Union Merger is Planned.
Employers' Association and AU Other
bor Villi Amalgamate for n Finish light With Organized Isbor
Great Demonstration Arranged Against the) Teamsters'' Union Strike
Breakers Are Officially Protected by Order of the Mayor Dunne
Favors Permanent and Compulsory Arbitration.
Chicago, April 12. One hundred
extra policemen were detailed this
morning to guard the wagons of the
Montgomery, Ward company. This is
the answer of Mayor Dunne to the ap
peal of the strike leaders, in which
they complained of the officiousness
of the police in protecting non-union
drivers. Coal team owners today, de
livered fuel to the Montgomery, Ward
company, despite warning that union
strikers would be ordered against
them.
Detectives have been employed to
watch express wagon drivers and get
evideace on which to base a petition
In the federal court to enjoin interfer
ence with fnterstate commerce.-
Fuvors Compulsory Arbitration.
Mayor Dunne will Initiate the steps
to obtain the appointment In Chicago
of a permanent board of arbitration
to decide all disputes between labor
and capital. He declared today he
favored such a board and would use
his Influence to secure the passage of
MUSICAL UNION IS PROPOSED.
Many of the City's Best Museums
Are Interested.
It has been thought by some of our
musicians that a musical organization
could be formed among them and
maintained as permanent. Several
new musicians have recently located
here and the question has again been
discussed with a decided result In
favor of organizing a musical union
comprising all the singers of the city,
both ladles and gentlemen.
This movement Is cosmopolitan In
that all cities of any note keep up
such a society which not only ad
vances the musical Interests of those
participating, but often takes up en
terprises of public Interest such as
FULL REPORT OF
At the 'meeting of the council to
night a report will be submitted by
the water commission showing a
comparative statement of the receipts
and expenses of the system for the
past four years. The statement Is to
January L 3906.
Receipts.
Gross water receipts, 1901. $11,490;
1902. $13,498.38; 1903, $16,239.80;
1904, $16,812.80; total receipts in four
years, $57.04:2ifr8.
Disbursements.
1901 Operating expenses, $570.24;
line repairs, $43.82; labor, $1224.20;
fjuel, $1496.99; Interest on bonds,
$2262.80. Total expenses,' $5688.05.
Profit for the year, $5902.25.
1902 Total expenses for year,
$7480.85. Profit lor the year, $6.
067.68. 1903 Total expenses, $8161.97.
Profit for the year. $7077.63.
1904 Total expenses for the year,
$10,626.06. Profit for the year,
$6187.74.
DEFENDANTS ALL MAKE COMMON CAUSE
Portland, April 12. Charles A.
Watson, Coe D. Bernard and Clarence
B. Znrhery, indicted for perjury by
the federal grand Jury In connection
with land frauds, were arrulgned to
day in the federal district court and
filed a plea of abatement on the same
grounds as Mitchell. This plea makes
It evident that all the Indicted parties
are making common cause, as the
same attorneys appear In each case
so far, with the same defense. All
the pleas will be argued Friday.
Suspend Issuance of Deeds.
Salem, Or., April 12. The state
With a hatchet burled In the top
full length through his temples
owner of a meat market, was found
of the Strike Are Called Off.
Interests at Enmity With Union La
a law making arbitration compulsory.
War t the Bitter End.
All negotiations for a settlement of
the teamsters' strike were declared
off at nooa. After the failure of the
employers and labor men to come to
an agreement the union leaders re
fused to arbitrate the teamsters'
strike alone and Insisted that any
settlement must Include the garment
workers.
Following the failure of the confer
ence, a gigantic merger of all busi
ness interests of the city is to be
effected for the purpose of presenting
a soHd alliance against trades union-
V:m. - v ....
- An attempt wfii be made to force
the several associations -of teamsters
to Ignore the International Brother
hood of Teamsters. Also a plan to
make a demonstration on down town
streets with a mammoth caravan
manned by non-union drivers and
loaded with merchandise for Mont
gomery. Ward 4 Oo.
building suitable places for assem
bly. A society of this sort would have
a bright future In Pendleton, and it
is hoped, will meet wKh deserved ap
proval and encouragement.
Among those interested are Messrs.
G. M. Mosher, C. E. Troutman, C. A.
Hill. W. A. Crank, Dr. D. C. McNabb,
A. J. Owen, John Wilson, A. W. Lun
dell, M. A. Rader; Misses Anna Deal,
Mytellne Fraker and Ruby Whltte
more, who are enthusiastically Inter
ested In this movement, and will ar
range for more extended notices in
Saturday's papers.
John Trelonr, one of the best
known mining men of Butte, fell over
n 10-foot embankment while drunk,
broke his neck and was found dead.
ITER COMMISSION
The following amounts were paid
for extensions and betterment: 1902,
$6024.02; 1903, $5355.98; 1904, $6.
606.(3. Five per cent to the sinking fund.
$2862.
Net earned on securities paid off.
$130.22.
Cash in sinking fund, $2093.82.
Warrants, $888.40.
The live assets are as follows: Cash
In general fund, J?S41.23; cash In
sinking fund, $2093.82; securities,
$SS8.40; 'supplies, meters, etc.. $600;
wood on hand. $2900. Total, $9023.45.
The amount of wood used to oper
ate the plant has been as follows:
1902. 577 cords; 1903, 700 cords;
1904, 895 cords; 1905, (estimated)
960 cords.
The report show that there, are
now f&l users of water in the city.
The board of water commissioners
Is constituted as follows: W. H. Jones,
chairman; Frank B. Clopton, clerk;
C. H. Carter, Leon Cohen and W. J.
Furnish.
land board today suspended Issuance
of deeds by the state for school lands
purchased until the Investigation by
the grand Jury is completed. It In
volves 1.000,000 acres. Attorney
General Crawford has the right to
cancel all certificates based upon
fraudulent applications.
Thurston Will ITelp Defend.
Washington, April 12. Ex-Senator
John M. Thurston, of Nebraska, has
been retained as chief counsel for
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, In his
trial on Indictments for alleged land
frauds.
'AILED Ti IDENTIFY.
Foreshadows Collup-e of Case Against
Nan Patterson.
New York, April 12. Simon Stern,
the pawnbroker who Is alleged to
have sold the pistol with which Cae
sar Young was killed, was this morn
ing taken to the office of Assistant
District Attorney Rand for the pur
pose of identifying J. Morgan Smith
as the man to whom the pistol was
sold. The prosecution now claims
thei case is complete.
It is stated this afternoon that
Pawnbroker Stern failed to Identify
Smith as the man who bought the
pistol.
Smith spent the night at police
headquarters, and his wife at the Mer
cer street station. Both were ar
raigned before Judge Foster this
morning on indictments charging
conspiracy.
On the plea of Attorney Lumber
ger, counsel for the Smiths, that he
had not had time to prepare, the
hearing was adjourned until Friday.
The question of bail also went over
until Friday. The Smiths remained
in the Tombs.
Woodman Clerk Is Short.
Spokane, April 12. George H.
Koontz, clerk of Spokane camp,
Woodmen of the World, Is $821 short
In his accounts. Koontz Is a council
man and has been a prominent can
didate for some appointment by Gov
ernor Mead, the exact position not
having been decided upon.
King George Appointed Admiral.
Athens, April 12. Emperor Wil
liam sailed from Corfu this morning.
Before leaving, the kaiser appointed
King George of Greece admiral In
the German navy.
PLANS FOR THE
COMPLETED, BUT NOT
, i I OFFICIALLY sfXTPTJ-jr.
Provision Made for Separate Dressing
and Bathing Apartments for Gen
tlemen and Ladies, With Fort?
Lockers Main Room Fifty Feet
Square With a Gallery, Approached
From Both Coort and Main Streets
Will Have Steel Trass Roof.
Plans for the Commercial associa
tion gymnasium are now made and
are in the office of Howard & Swin
gle, though they have not yet been
definitely accepted.
According to the plans there is to
be a main room, 60x49, and two
dressing rooms on the east side. Each
of these rooms Is to be 8x24 feet, and
will be fitted out with about 40 lock
ers each. One of these rooms will be
for men and one for ladles. The
men's room will be fitted with three
shower baths.
Above the dressing rooms on the
east side of the room will be a gallery
8x49 feet, which will be fitted with
three rows of seats.
Around the other three sides of the
room will be suspended a running
track about seven feet from the floor,
and this will connect with the gallery
on the east side.
The upper part of the room will be
all open, and there will be a steel
truss roof.
The entrance to the gymnasium will
be at the center of the east side of
the room, and may be reached by go
ing up the Court street stairs, or by
passing through the club rooms.
Attachment Suit
Attachment proceedings were com
menced today by John H. Hagen
against Z. Houser and L B. Reeder
to collect $128.45 and costs. In the
complaint It Is alleged that on Decem
ber 23, 1901, a note was given by the
defendants to the plaintiff for the
sum of $700 and that a balance of
$128.45 Is still due. Forty dollars at
torneys' fees is asked for.
Visitors From California.
C. M. Pierce and Robert Kilgore,
former residents of this county, ar
rived last night from Los Angeles,
where they now reside. Mr. Pierce
left this morning for Weston and will
return this evening. They will re
main here but a few days and then
return to California,
Work Begun on Foundation.
Work on the foundation of the
Eagles' building on Court street was
started today by Contractor E. A.
Johnson. It will require about three
weeks in which to complete the work.
At the completion the contract for
the erection of the superstructure will
be let.
Divorce Granted.
A decree of divorce was granted
today by Judge Ellis to John T. Mc
Alexander from-Julia E. McAlexan
der. The ground upon which the
separation was secured was desertion.
Thursday Afternoon Club.
There will be no meeting of the
Thursday Afternoon club until Thurs
day, April 27, when It will meet with
Mrs. T. C. Taylor.
EW
C M SI M
STATE HAS ONLY
JURISDICTION
Liquor Question, So Far as it
Concerns Indians, h No
Longer a Federal One.
DECISION BY SUPREME
COURT SETTLES ISSlTfc"
Tlie Decision Is Reinforced by Ke
riew of the Eubject by Judge Low
ell, Who Is Authority for the i
That the Decision by no Means .
solves Others From RewponsibirJ
as a State Law Passed in 1M 1
Serves the Same Ends as the W
eral Prohibitory Statute Reiatisr
to Indians.
An opinion handed down a few v
days ago by the supreme court of ttss)
United States declaring the citizen
ship of Indians, who have been al
lotted land In severalty and, there
fore, deciding that It Is not a ertoaw
to sell such Indians Intoxicating HVra--ors,
has been a source of dlscuiiifu
upon the streets of Pendleton for thai -past
24 hours and Is a subject of vi
tal Interest to the people of this
county. Regarding the same, Judg
Stephen A. Lowell gave to the East '
Oregonian his views as follows-.
"The complete decision of the eosn-t '
Is not given in the press dispatches
and will not reach the Pacific
states for several days I do not
prehend, ' however, that its contents)
will be hew, and I am sure they ars
not unexpected. Most lawyers havst
it lieu the serve view for a leng ttass.
xme oiAiiion .now comes. -fiowvwir.
from the court of last resort, and is
final.
"Judge Brewer's opinion must m
be accepted as giving the saloons li
cense to deal with these people as
they may please. Its effect is only -to
take Jurisdiction In such cases from -the
federal courts, tout It does no
and cannot limit the power of th
states to enact and enforce laws res
ulatlng liquor traffic among Indians.
"And probably the conditions wfB
be Improved, because county and mo
nlclpal officials will feel a direct re-
sponslblllty.
"As Is well known, In recent year
there have been no . local deputy
United States marshals, and It has
been somewhat difficult to enforos
the federal statutes In consequence-
"There can be no question abou
the right of the state, notwithstanding;
the fact that Indians may be' citizens,
to prohibit the sale of Intoxicating:
liquors to them In the same manner
as such sale is prohibited In the casw
of minors and habitual drunkards..
Covered by State lav.
"It may not be generally known.
but the fact exists, that there has
been a law upon the statute books of
Oregon since 1864, which covers this
very question, and I am of the opin
ion that the state and county auth
orities can proceed thereunder, and
the various courts enforce the same.
The statute referred to Is as follow:
" 'If any person shall, without ther
authority of the United States or
some authorized officer thereof, selL
barter or give to any Indian or half
breed who lives and associates with
Indians, any firearms or ammunition
therefor whatever, or any splritona.
malt or vinous liquor, such persos
upon conviction thereof shall b
punished by imprisonment in the
county Jail noj less than two month
or more than six months, or by f!n
not less than one, or more than five:
hundred dollars.'
"I would regard It the duty of th
city council to enact ordinances alone
this same line,' and I doubt not that
when the next legislature convenes
the law will be elaborated anA
strengthened, but for the present I
consider It as ample for the prohibi
tion of sale of Intoxicating liquors to
Indians."
Burned to Death.
Grand Rapids, Mich., April It.
As the result of a fire early this
morning In a boarding house and sa
loon at Broadway and Ellsabeth
streets. May Herrlck, aged 8, Is deadL
and Mrs. Charles Herrlck, the child's
mother, Is fatally Injured. Five oth
ers were seriously injured.
Race War in Kaiiros.
Coffeyvllle, Kan., April 13
following a brutal assault on
Mrs. John Griffith by a negro
yesterday afternoon, a race war
Is threatened. The streets are
s lined with armed whites and ne-
groes. One hundred deputleo
are sworn in to preserve order.
The mayor has ordered all ne-
groes disarmed by tonight by
force If necessary.