DAILY EVENING EDITION
DAILY EVENINBED1T10N
WEATHER FORECAST.
Tonight and Friday threatening
with possibly thunderstorms.
A flash of Information to the
people of Pendleton ta advertising
to the E. CI.
VOL. 18.
PENDLETON, OKEfiON, TIIUHNDAY, AIT(UTST 24, 1905.
NO. 5441
AGAINST
MPT. TAGBART
Ex-Congressman's Daughter
Declares He Was Irritable
and Peevish to His Wife,
mo WAS POM) OK LIQFOlt
HIT NKVHt SEKN DIU'NK.
She TrNtiricd dial Mr TaggHrti Al
ways iiIiicUmI Herself as a a
iy of Refinement Mr. Taggurt
will Take tho Wltncm Stand Sut
nla) Trwllinony l Uie. Effect
that the Captain Prank Iow In Urn
Tropic and tliat II In Deportment
wltli the Filipino Servant waft not
Discreet Taggart Jlcat 111 Wife
and Tore Hit Clothe) Off.
Woostor, O.. Auff. 24. The deposi
tion of MIsb Anna Merry was read In
the Taggart case thin morning. She
described Taggart as "Irritable and
peeviHh, but devoted." . Miss Berry's
father, an ex-congressman, now a
Judge, tout I fled by deposition that
"Captain Taggart is fond of liquor,
but I never saw him drunk. I en
tertained Mrs. Taggart at my home at
Newport. Ky. She always conducted
herself as a Indy of refinement."
Mrs. Taggart Is expected to tostlfy
Saturday.
Mrs. Emma Lytic, for nine years :
nurse or cook In the Taggart house-!
hold, testified that much liquor was
kept In the house. Not much, she
said, at Manila, but she declared the
captain drank lots In the tropics.
Mrs. Lytle, a typical oid Southern
"mammy," said that in Manila Tag
gart was cross at his wife. She
thought it was on account of the Fili
pino servant, Augustlna. The captain
and Augustlna were very Intimate.
She saw them sit very close together
In tho hnll. She never saw Mrs. Tag
gart drink or smoke at night. Mrs.
Taggart came home late with Lieu
tenant Fortesque. and Captain Tag
gart grabbed her and shouted bad
words at her. struck her and pulled
her hair and toro her clothes off. The
captain was harsh at many other
times.
The nurse testified that she saw thi
captain summon Augustlna from her
bed on the transport en route from
manlla by poking her In the side with
a cane. On cros., examination she
said she had not actually seen Tag
gart, but said th'i cane looked like
his and she supposed Taggart must
be at the other end.
Lytle said: "One night In Manila
was so hot the captain told us to sleep
on the floor of the dfufng-room, be
cause that was the coolcHt place in
the house. Augustlna slept there. At
midnight t peeked and saw tho cap
tain crawl under the dining-room
table. Then Augustlnu got a pillow
and went under the table, too. Every
day or two I would see them slipping
round on tiptoes, locking doors.
EDWARDS WILL HE TRIED.
Charged with AshuiiII villi Inutit to '
Kill HarwtxKl.
San Francisco Clarence Edwards,
acting .city editor of the Chronicle,
who shot at C. H. llarwood, a re
porter, was arranged before Judge
Morgan this morning on a charge of
assault to commit murder. The trial
Is set for August 30. llarwood was In
court, seemingly no worse for tho
encounter of Sunday evening. He
cemed determined to prosecute. Ed
wards' ball was fixed at 12000.
SENTENCED TO SAN QUENTIN.
California Highwayman tieta Forty
Five Years.
Martinez, Cal Aug. 24. John
Zimmerman, tho lone highwayman
who held up two messengers of tho
Central Bank of Oakland, near Stage,
hist March, and robbod them of 110,
000, was today sentenced to a term of
45 years at San Quentln. Tho Judge
denied the motion for a new trial, A
10 days' stay of execution was asked
for and granted. The defendant's
counsel will go before tho supreme
court on a writ of probable cause.
They say light rays cure leprosy.
Light rnj-s also conquer graft, Mem
phis News-Sclmltar.
SGOB
ABSORBED IIY STANDARD.
San Fraiiclwo Gas and Electric Com
pany Yields to the OiHipin.
San Francisco, Aug. 24. Upon un
questioned authority It can be stated
that the Standard Oil enmpuny has
absorbed the Kan Francisco Oils &
Electric. Tho transfer of the local
gas combine to tho leviathan trust
operated by John D. Rockefeller has
actually tuken place and within h very
few dnys a complete reorganization
will bo effected nt headquarters on
Post street.
That soino Important development
concerning tho gas combine whs In
the air wus noticed In business circles
during the past three weeks. In that
period the stock jumped from 157 to
$77 a share, and without apparent
cause, seeing thai the combine was
threatened with serious opposition
from its new rival, the San Francisco
Coke & Guh company. Large pur
chases of gas stock were recorded on
the stock sale lints every day and the
unwise publicly marveled greatly
thereat
ItlHTOX VXDEK KIRK AC A IX.
Kansas Senator Accused of Poring nn
Ills Portion.
Washington, Aug. 24 The officials
of the departments of Justice and in
terior, who arc Investigating the
Chlck.iha school warrant cases, last
night made public portions of a rec
ord unearthed which It Is alleged. Im
plicate Senator J. It. ilurton of Kan
sas, with pressing claims before the
government, while holding the posi
tion of senator In contravention of the
law. The Post says:
"In all, 26 Chlckaaha warrants ag-
grogatlng the sum of $14,000 have
been paid to Ilurton, or his brother,
Seth T. Ilurton, who u is alleged
formed a partnership since March,
1901,
office
when Hurton took the oath of
Nino IK-ad at Hutu-.
mine, ug. ii. uertna Knutn,
aged IS. Is dead, making the ninth '
victim of Sunday night's street car
collision. Oerty Shea is not expect-
ed to survive her injuries. j
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P
L
ENT
M AIUXTKE OK LIVELY
sknsion ok congress.
Much Money Haa Item Squandered
on tho (11 mil Nome Think It the
Victim of M l-ananagenient, Otlieri
Confident it Immense Appropria
tions Arc KelliK Stolen From Fav
ored Contractors Said to be Hciie
flriarica or ltrt Dlihnrwinc Officials
Nlrarairuu Ieoplo are Active.
Washington, Aug. 24. Charges are
more and more openly made that In
volve the Panama canal munagcrs
and a congressional investigation Is
considered almost a certainty. Wal
lace will be a star witness. He knows
more about the canal than anybody
else. He has not told yet, but there
Is little doubt that he would tell if
nP na" In' "Pl'oriunuy to tell to a
friendly audience.
It Is insisted that all the money
spent on the cunal thus far has been
wasted and the commission admits
It. by stopping all excavation In or
der to turn Its attention to sanitation
and preparing quarters for workers.
Enemies of the canal or enemies of
the commission demand to know
what assurance there is that the
waste of millions will not be multl
pdled In the future If present meth
ods continue. Between friends who
think It Is the victim of mismanage
ment and enemies who want to kill
tho canal thoro will bo lively times
nt the coming congressional session.
Determined effort will be made to
kill the entire project, to convince
congress that the Panama route Is a
mistake and to move the whole en
terprise to Nicaragua. Some In favor
of changing to Nicaragua are sincere,
others use Nicaragua as an argument
for the sake of killing the cnnol.
Worse things than mismanagement
are charged. It Is alleged that the
canal Is being made the national
goose for laying golden eggs for fav
ored contractors, that supplies are
bought without reference to needs,
but with a view to the desires of
contractors who furnish them at
good profit. I
nlllA
HA
MISMANAGED
REED WIMj
1'ortlund, Aug. 24. The county court today sustained the will of
the lute Amanda W. Heed, who died at Pasadena, bequcatning $1,-
non.OOO to the Reed Institute nt Portland Tho heirs .contested on
the ground that Mrs. Heed was a resident of California, tho laws of
which limit the amount of benevolent bequests. The court holds she
was a resident of Oregon ond tho estate should be administered
here.
MUST HE SfflLIEN ID
LIBERAL REIMBURSEMENT
Public Opinion in Japan Will
the Original Demands
RuskIh Never, Never Will.
London, Aug. 24 A Iteuter
telegram from St. Petersburg
says Count Lomsdorff has au
thorized the statement that Rus
sia under no circumstances will
pay Indemnity, directly or Indi
rectly, nor make any conces
sions of territory whatever.
"This decision Is absolutely
final. It is not a question of
amount, Russia adhering to the
principle. This la not a war in
which she can consent to indem
nity. It would be contrary to
the national Interests of Russia,
and would be entirely out of
accord with the present military
position of the adversaries.
"The foreign office wiil make
a statement tomorrow conccrn-
I ing the visit of Meyer. The im
pression prevails the conference
with the czar has left the Ports
mouth crisis unsolved.
IiiImiiicno Arc Obdurate.
Portsmouth. Aug. 24. Ishlkwa. ed
itor of the Hochl Shlmbun at Tokyo,
in answer to tui" inquiry has received
cablegram from his paper to the
effect that Japan will not view with
favor any modification of that por
tion of the peace demands that In-
elude the sale of any part of Sag-!
hallen. or waiving of the claim for
the reimbursement of war expenses,
the reply says.
"Saghalien Is of vital necessity to
the Japanese people und cannot be
divided. Forty-five years ago Russia
proposed to divide the Island, Japan
would not consent, declaring th
whole belonged to Japan. The pro
posed Indemnity of $ 1,000, 000.000
would not meet (he cost of the war.
I do not like the attitude of the Rus
sians. If llusxla maintains the pres.
ent utlltude it Is doubtful If there can
be peace. We must fight for a last
ing peace.
The Shlmbun is the organ of Count
Okumu, former prime minister, and
the expression Is regarded as Oku
nia's. Wltte Would Suve. His Face.
It Is understood Wltte wants Ja
pan to wipe out unconditionally the
demands for Indemnity or reimburse
ment. Then Russia could point to
a victory of diplomacy and feel she
had not surrendered a principle.
Then Japan could later bring up the
Items of the cost of the war, and
care of prisoners and under the dlf-
La Grande, Ore., Aug. 24. (Special
to the East Oregonlan.) As tho re
sult of an early morning fire hero to
day properly to tho value of 116,000
was destroyed, and tho flro depart
ment was kept busy for two hours be
fore the flames could bo brought un
der control.
The flro started about B o'clock
tills morning in a largo frame ware
house owned by A. V. Oliver A Co.,
situated near the rullrnnd track, and
tho building, with practically all of its
contents, was destroyed. Tho build
ing was valued at $6000, and was in
sured for but half that amount
From the wooden warehouse the
fire spread to two large corrugated
Iron warehouses nearby, and both
were destroyed with tholr contonts. In
GRANDE WAREHOUSE
si stained.
Not Tolerate Modification of
Made at Portsmouth.
ft-rent rireumstances stand more of a
ehame of reaching an agreement.
I,ii.vlii off a Day.
Portsmouth, Auk. 24. The Japan
ese and Russian envoys ure resting.
Wltte and Rosen in the beautiful
weather went by automobile to Mag
nolia, the summer home of the Rus
sian embassador. The Japanese re
mained ul the hotel today and go to
morrow to Manchester, N. H., to vis
It the factories, which Komura is anx
ious to see. It is generally conceded
the latest terms submitted by the
Japanese can be accepted by Russia
as a basis for negotiations.
Meyer's lcKrts to Roosevelt
Washington, Aug. 24 Ambussador
Meyer's report of a three-hour con
feivnce 'vlth the czar has been for
warded to the preMdcrit. The de-
I partment this morning authorized the
follow ing:
"Meyer has been acting under In
structions direct from the president
In the manipulation of the St. Peters-
b
rg end of an effort to bring about
peace at the Portsmouth conference."
St. Petersburg In Hoiicful.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 24. The for
eign office announces the outlook for
peace brighter. Meyer Is making
dally visits to consult the czar.
liopulsrtl the Japanese.
St. Petersburg. Aug. 24. Llnevlleh
reports fighting near Ruiloun Chou,
und repulsed the Japanese after
struggle, and also repulsed attacks at
three places.
Twenty-Two Soldiers Killed.
St. Petersburg. Aug. 24. Twenty
two soldiers and one trainman were
Instantly killed by a wreck on the SI
tierian railroad today.
SPOKANE HUSHED OFT.
Refuxtl Admittance to Pacific cast
lta.Hcball 1 4-ai; ue.
Portland. Aug. 23. Officials of the
Pacific Coast Baseball league heard
today the application of Spokane for
admittance. It was refused. The
magnates will this afternoon ratify
an agreement between Portland, Seat
tle. Tacoma and California cities for
another three years.
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Quotations From the Greatest Wheat
Market In the Cnlted States.
Chicago, Aug. 24. September wheat
closed at 80 1-8 today; corn at 54 3-4,
and oats at 28 7-8.
one of these were two cars of cement
and ono of lime that had just been
unloaded from the cars.
Three box ears loaded with sugar,
which were standing on a sidetrack,
were also completely destroyed with
their freight. Ono of the carloads be
longed to th': Sugar Beet factory of
La Grande, while Mason, Ehrnmn &
Co., and Allen & Lewis of Portland,
each owned one of the other two.
All three of the warehouses were
large buildings, and had thero been a
wind blowing It would hnvo boen dif
ficult to have prevented It spreading
over a considerable portion of the
city. As to how tho flro became start
ed Is not now known, but It Is thought
to have been set by incondlnrlos, or
by a passing locomotive.
CONFLAGRATION
NEW STREET CAR SYSTEM.
Halls anil Tie Arrive for Walla Walla
Line.
Walla Walla, Aug. 24. (Special.)
Several carloads of steel rails and
ties for the new street railway system
of the Walla Walla Valley Traction
company will arrive at the W. & C. R.
freight depot Friday.
The shipment wus made yesterday
by President I. W. Anderson, who has
been in Seattle the past week closing
contracts for a large supply of rails
and ties, enough to complete the sys
tem within the business districts.
That actual construction work on
Walla Walla's new cur system will be I
commenced before August comes to a
close was uu'horltallvelp announced
today by an official of the company.
YELLOW FEVER IN MICHIGAN.
Twelve Xe I'nsoi l(cKrtcd in New
Orleans.
New Orleans, August 24. At noon
12 new cues and three deaths were
reported.
Yellow Fever In Michigan. i -Detroit.
Mich., Aug. 24. Yellow j t'c-thtnd. Aug. 24. Immigration,
fever hos been discovered In Ottawa j c. ni!!at011 ttnd their relation to the
county, near Grand Rapids. Godfrey irrigation development of the west Is
Llmburg. a lineman who left New Or-JUle s8Ue of the closing of the gen
leans a week ago, Is the patient : erill meenK of the National Irriga-
MANY COMPETITORS.
I William K. Curtis.
Nearly Seven Hundred Rejiortod 011 .
I Report of committees will be fol
tho Firing Line. 1 , , . , . ...
, lowed by the election of officers and
Sea Girt, N. J.. Aug. 24. Six hull- j ,.,,,., llf tlle c.harmen of sections.
dred and fifty-seven competitors re- Tonlgh, the delegates will be given
ported at the firing lino at the mill-, re.fPUoti by the commercial clubs.
tary shooting tournament today. The A .... JanM,. H, whn WM
conditions required the entry of at
least 30. No one expected such large
Interest.
Not Afraid of Open Trail.
Portland, Aug. 24. Contrary to the
example of Dr. Charles M. Sheldon
of Tupc'to, iir.-J Dr. Joslah Strong of
New York, who refused to conduct
religious exercises at the fair while
the Trail was open on Sunday, Dr. A.
S. Draper of New York has consent,
ed to preach !n the auditorium next
Sunday. This will be the first re
ligious service on the grounds since
the opening of the Trail on Sundays.
T
LOCAL X1A)XY WATCHING
PORTSMOFTH COMTRENCE.
Pendleton Jupanenv say that ,lauin
will Gain more by Whipping litis
tin to a Finish than by Submitting
to a Compromise Treaty Celebra
tion Is 111 lYofcrcss at Garden street
Mission us the lrosiiects
Become more Dubious.
for Peaoe
The Pendleton Japanese colony,
consisting of about 25 people is In
hopes that the peace negotiations;
will be called off and that the Jap-
anese army In Manchuria w ill attack
Llnevitch at once, ami because the)
prospects of peace are grow ing more i
doubtful every day. a celebration has(
been In progress at the Japanese mis-
slon on Garden street for three days.!
The members of the Pendleton
colony tnniK tne Japanese govern-1
ment will secure better results by
whipping Russia to a finish, than by
suspending the war and making a
compromise peace treaty. They ar
gue that the war is about over and
PENDLETON
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that one more bold stroke In Man-I...
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to the army.
For this reason they hope that the
negotiations will be broken off at
Portsmouth and that activity will
again be seen at front.
For three successive nights, us the
peace prospects have grown more
douhtfuf, banquets und speeches have
been the order at the Japanese home
and as the prospects become more
dubious, the celebration will become
more enthusiastic.
The dispatches In the East Oregon
lan concerning the peace negotiations
are eagerly read every evening after
the Japanese section hands finish
their day's work and thus the finger
of the. local colony Is kent closelv
upon the pulse of the situation.
Mrs. Hanna Very 111.
Cleveland, O, Aug. H. Mrs. Han
na, widow of tho senator, has been
very 111 at Bar Harbor, Me., but Is re
ported better.
E
IS
OF
Immigration and Colonization
Discussed as Affecting Rec
lamation Projects.
DDK ESS W AS M ADE ON
IRRIGATION IN INDIA,
Tho li'ilxnllon Congress will be En
tertains! tonight by Portland's
Various Commercial Bodies A Pa
lter by fume .?. Hill was Read in
Which Ho Inveighs Against the Op
IMirtunliles Afforded by tlie Pres
ent Land Laws for Swindling, and
He Denounce) Die Lumber and Oat
tlo Barons' Avariciousnen.
j lion congress today.
! Address. "Irmlrgation in India," by
prevented by his wife's illness from
attending, was read. In which the
lumber' and cattle barons were de
nounced and declared congress should
amend the land laws, "now employed
solely to Increase the holdings of dis
honest men." He cited land fraud
exposure showing the result of pres
ent laws. 1'
Next Mix'l at Itolse.
Portland. 3:20 p. m. (Special.)
Hoist; is chosen as the place for the
next meeting of the irrigation con
gress. (
WILL ASSESS SHEEP.
I Of 12.1.000 Head, Chelan Has Rat STS
! Listed.
Wenatchee. Wash.. Aug. 24. Th
records of the county assessor have
been gone over to Increase the valua
tion of property, and the pages reveal
the fact that the sheep industry needs
looking into also.
It is a matter of record that taxes
are paid on but 378 head of sheep,
while It is estimated that fully 125.
000 head ure grazed in the county
more than six months of the year.
At this writing the foothills of the
Cascades are fairly alive with sheep.
It is but fair and Just that Chelan
county should have at tho very least
I
taxes on half this number. The sheep
are taxed at an average of 12 each
and the county tax last year was ap
proximately 35 mills. At this rate $4,
375 should have been patd Into tha
1 county treasury from this source.
The county officials say this mat
ter shall have their attention.
Tuft Party at Tacloltan.
Tactolian. Aug. 24. Tnft and party
were received here at iu this morn
ing and were taken to ride on the
coast guard cutters. Governor Curry
of S.imar, Introduced a delegation of
j r,00 native children from his prov-
luce.
Murder and Suicide.
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National Guard, this afternoon mur
dered Maud Robinson, aged 23 al
most severing her head. He used
the same razor to cut his own throat
from ear to ear. Jealousy.
Family was Killed,
liakersfield, Calif., Aug. 24. The
entire family of A. M. McRae was
killed by a dynamite explosion nt a
mine In Toltgate canyon. Anialie dis
trict, this morning.
Old Mull Hnngetl Himself.
Sacramento, Aug. 24. S. J. Jack
son, aged 73, a prominent merchant
and pioneer, hanged himself In the
basement of his store this morning.
No cause Is assigned.
Will Review Hocli Case.
Chicago. Aug. 24. The supreme
court today granted a writ of super
cedeus for the Hoch case to bo review
ed by the supreme court. A decision
will not be reached before October.
HOT