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V ATI)LETON, OK EC. OK, MONDAY, AUGUST 2H, 1905.
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VOL. 18.
NO. 5447
RUSSIA SURE 10
RESENT
SCHEME
Will Not Consent to Any of
Japan's Subterfuge Plans to
Get Hold of Indemnity.
WITTB DEN IKS IN TOTO
ALL SCCn POSSIBILITY.
Cornell of Japanese Ministers Baa Ad
Journcd Wholesale Massacre of
Jews In Russia Cliarartcrlzed by
Brutal and Cowardly Measures Old
People and Children, Maimed, Sick,
Halt and Itllnd Shot In the Back
Without Even Pretense Made of
Rentxtanee on Thrtr Part Jewish
Aggressions Are Provoked.
No Hope for Agreement.
Portsmouth. Aug. 28. The
crisis In tho peace negotiations
is not past. Many messages have
passed between the envoys and
their governments, but the an
nouncement Is made that noth-
Ing has been received that' can
chango the situation. Both sides
are standing firm. The spokes
men fur Wltte and Komura say
there Is no hope for peace. A
dispatch from Toklo says the
public still remains uninformed
regarding the latest develop
ments at Portsmouth, but seems
convinced It Is useless to hope
for peace. The financial mar
ket reflected this sentlmont to
day and declined sharply. Shares
of exchange Itself have declined
20 yen.
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Portsmouth, Aug. 28 Wltte this
morning -was asked about the report
sent out to the effoct the president
bad been authorized by Japan to
waive all questions of Indemnity and
offer to sell Saghalicn at a redemption
price to be fixed by a mixed commls
slon composed of representatives of
neutral European powers. Ho said
"That Is merely an Incorrect version
of what I explained a few days ego,
It's an attempt of Japan to get In
demnltv under another name. Russia
will resent It.".
ConcoMslmui by Japan.
Portsmouth, Aug. 28. The Japan
ese envoys have reselved a cable from
Toklo which says the council of sUitc
la In favor of milking concessions to
Russia. A new proposition will be
submitted at tomorrow's meeting.
Toklo. Aug. 18. The council of
ministers adjourned this afternoon.
WIhiIcmiiIo MonHHcrc of .low.
Warsaw, Russian Poland, Aug 28
(Special) Another massacre of Jews
marked by atrocities worthy of sav
ages has occurred in Rlnllstnk, about
60 miles southwest rf Grodno. Little
Is known outside of Russia of this
slaughter, while even tn Russia itself
few people know of Its horrors. The
official report minimizes It as usual
merely stating thai a parly of Jews
at Blalstok threw a bomb which kill
ed some soldiers, whereupon the
troops fired In self-defence, and that
"during the scuffle" 40 Jews were
killed and 180 wounded.
But reports from a correspondent
say trustworthy eye-witnesses draw a
sanguinary plcturo. Blalstok Hen near
the Junction of the St Petersburg
Warsaw and Koenlgsburg-Odessa
roll mad ft. and many troops are quar
tered there. Tho town has 6B,99
Inhabitants, three-quarters of them
Jews. Some Jewish worklngmen
were arrested there three weeks ago
and treated with exceptional brutality
by the soldiers and policemen, whose
officers threatened openly that they
4 land Fraud Witnesses.
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4 Portland, Aug. 28. Stephen
4 Farrell, of Portland, and John
4 Mitchell of Lincoln, were wit- 4
4 nesses In the federal court inves- 4
4 tlgatlng the land frauds of the 4
4 Sllets reservation. 4
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would crush the JcwUh populate trrjt
rA "Uarh iht .TfWN fL lPRdn '
A small gathering of Jews, possibly
Socialists, but not authorized by the!
Sociullst party to act, ordered that
the brutal treatment of their arrested
coreligionists be avenged. The per
sons picked to do this work threw a
bomb on August 12 among some sol
diers, of whom three were killed,
while a dozen worklngtnen were
wounded, some fatally. This was a
signal for a general outbreuk by the
troops against the Jews, Innocent and
guilty u like. Soldiers marched up and
down Blalstok streets, shooting Indis
criminately whoever was In sight.
They entered the houses, killing and
robbing the occupants.
Most of the killed or wounded were
shot In the back, proving that the
troops fired on fleeing crowds. Wo
men, children and old men were shot
down ruthlessly, and their corpses
were horribly mutilated.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Party Prostrated at the Summit of Mt.
Hood.
Portland, Aug. 28. While examin
ing the records left by mountain
climbers on the summit o( Mt Hood
yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. K. W. Lyon
of the Smithsonian Institute, and
Guide Mark Welgart were struck by
lightning and prostrated. They were
rescued last night by a party from
Cloud Cap Inn, In a semi-conscious
condition.
RESCUED TllltEK
Seattle Man's Remarkable Record In
Lake Washington.
Seattle, Aug. 28. Eugene Lembley
a florist, saved three companions
and himself from drowning half a
mile from the opposite shore of Lake
Washington Inst night. The party
was precipitated Into the water from
a canoe during the storm. None
could fcwlm. Lambley took all ashore
then swam three miles across the
lake to get a boat to bring the parr
back to Seattle. The feat is remark
able because the -water is ice-cold and
n heavy sea runtitng.
T PAY TAXES
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BOARD REFUSES TO TAKE
WOIU OK CAPlTAUSre.
insists on AsHrwHinjr Bank Stork, .at
Face Value, Rofuning In ItcomrnUc
the ExcmMinnsi (tainted Under
Oatli by the Owners) of Stork
Hokl tliat tlm Stockholder Own
Other Value .in txm IiuaJtatloofl,
ami tliat They do not Prove Ttanir
Dcbti are Owed In Washington.
Olymplu, Wash.. Aug 28. Stock
holders In the Olympla banks will not
be permitted by the county board of
equalization to "swear off" their taxes
on 'their stock holding The board
today sustained the assessor In fixing
a valuation of $100,000 or par on the
stock of the Capital National Bank
and !0,0n0 on the -Olympla National
Bank.
The stockholders of the former
bunk -swore to debts aggregating
f12,noo. The stockholders Include
President C. J. Lord. F. D. Heustls,
ex-otillector of custom; ol O. Simp
son, Seattle, capitalist; Thomas Bor
deaux, one of the biggest lumber
men In the southwest; Leopold F.
Schmidt, .owner of breweries In Turn
water, Helllngham and Salem, Ore.,
and abont 12 other stockholders, all
of whom allege debts In excess of the
par value at their stock and demand
ed an offset therefor which Is per
mitted by law.
The ruling of the board was on, the
ground that there was no showing
that the bank stock was the only
credit of the atockhtitders, nor ithat
the depts were owing to residents of
this state.
The board also sustained the asses
sor In fixing valuations of eight of the
franchises owned by public service
companies, which Is an Innovation In
this county. The Weyerhauscr Tim
ber company, whoso holdings In this
county were taxed last year on a val
uation of $760,000, secured a reduc
tion of about $126,000.
E. H. Ripley, president of the Santa
Fe said upon the witness stand that
the paying of rebates la a common
thing and that all railroads do It.
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sawn DARKNESS IS
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RESULT DF
Most Serious Casualty the Injury of a Man Who is Paralyzed
by the Falling of a Tree Across His Body.
Much Damage to Trees, Fruit, Grain, Windows and Light Iropcrty Storm
Rages Over All of the Central Districts of the Inland Rnipire, and for
tho Time Being Brings Mnrli Consternation Telephone and Telegraph
Service Out of Commission for Some Hour, and Lights Were Out In
Several Tonus Timber Broken a nil Tree Torn Vp In the Mountains
Storm Wax Hvcve on the IlONcrvatliHi All Trains Delayed.
The worst wind and dust storm
that has ever been known In Eastern
Oregon passed over this section yes
terday afternoon, striking Pendleton
at 4 o'clock. Shortly before that time
It began to darken In the west, and a
wind began to blow. However, the
i . .
hinin rttnrm struck so sumteniy mat
but few knew of Its existence until It
was on them. With almost the first
shoeV it turned pitch dark, and noth-
Ing could be seen for -m vernl minutes. , Known Umatillas, were driving home
Then when It did grow lighter the j W4J(J rr,,m the COOTCh In a buggy, and
sorm was seen to be continuing al- th darkness m, team missed a
most unabnted. For ?0 or 30 minutes hlKh bridge over a slough near John
the wind blew ro hard and the dust
tilled tho air so that It was Impossible
to see more than the width of a street.
At 5 o'clock, an hour after the storm
'first commenced, W had not yet entire
ly subsided.
Quite a number of people and a
number of buggrts and other ries
were on Main srrect at the time tho
storm began. Wncn It was seen ap
proaching men connected with hot-s
or offices rushed to lower windows
and raise awnings. In some instancesj
this was done Just In time to avoid i
the first shock. When the Intense'
darkness ceased those who had teams
In the streets begun to unhitch them,
and the horses were tied to posts in
the streets. Kfforts were then direct
ed to preventing damage to windows
by awnings thai hud been torn loose
j from their waslenlngs. Employes of
stores and others, among whom were
j Marshal Coffman and Officer Stevens
! worked at this until their hands be
I came raw. However, many windows
were broken, anyway. The large
' glass window nn the furnishing goods
side of Alexander's store was broken
by a loose bar of Iron: both J&des of
the front of Sullivan A Bond's store
were brokeYi In, and the windows filled
with dust. Awnings large and small
all along both Main and Ciuirt streets
were destroyed, and numerous small
windows were hroken.
Great Damage to Trees.
In the residence portions of town
most of the dnmnge consisted of
broken trees. In many cases trees of
considerable shw we're blown down or
broken off, and large limbs were torn
from others. A large eottonwood,
which stood with Its base Imbedded
In tho concrete sidewalk adjoining the
W. S. Byers residence, was uprooted.
faring up the walk. Another, which
stood beside It, was broken off about
half wuy to the top. After the storm
the trees In front of the residence of
Or. C. J. Smith on Lewis street, looked
as though they hnd been struck by a
tornado, several of 'them having been
blown down or torn by the wind. The
same scene was presented at other
planes along that street. In front of
the residence of Mm, Lenna Thomp
son, on Water street, a large tree was
broken off and fell across the street.
Similar damnge to the abovo was
done all over the city, as the storm
completely envoloped every part of It,
and was evidently of about the same
severity. A portion of the wall sur
rounding tho reservoir was blown
down by the wind.
Trains Delayed.
No. 2, the enstbound passenger
train, was struck by tho storm while,
standing at Arlington. The same
darkness occurred there as here, ac
cording to the passengers and train
men. Tho train then followed the
storm eastward and was In the wind
and dust almost until It reached Pen
dleton. At Echo the storm Is said to
have been particularly bad. The train
arrived here at 7 o'clock.
No. 7, the Walla Walla Pendleton
train met the storm as It was coming
up the canyon from Blue Mountain
station, JUBt the other side of Weston.
However, the wind wa high thero,
from the top of one ridge to the top
of the opposite ridge, and passed over
DUST
STORM
the train. However, 10 minutes' time
was lost as a. result of the blow.
Severe on HcHcrvaUon.
The ntrm was very severe on the
Umatilla' reservation. Church at the
Presbytrrlan mission has Just been
dismissed when the darkness came on
and ,, of the indiaI,K ,.h0 had at-
tended church crept back and remain
ed la the building until It subsided.
Amos Pond and wife, the well
Crow's place o the reservation, and
the occupants were thrown Into the
slough, sustaivilng severe bruises and
scratches, none of which will lie seri
ous, howevec
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Cornelisen of
the mission church, were Just prepar
ing to come to the city when the storm
came up, and were forced to wait un
til this rr-Tntng to come In.
No durai:gc was done, however, ..o
standing grain, and while mar.y fences
and sheds were blown down, no seri-I
ous dancigc to any mher property It!
reported.
Wire Out of Coiiimiioii.
To aetl to tho disorder last evening
the electric light and telephone wires
were disabled. However, the former .
was repaired shortly and the lights
were turned on by nightfall, though j
the service was interrupted frequently
during the evening. However, the '
'phone wires were torn down to such
an extent that the line could not bej
used at all during the evening. This
momtng linemen were kept busy dur-!
Ing the forenoon repairing the breaks
and straightening out the places where I
the wires became crossed.
The long distance connection has
been off with Heppner and Arlington, :
owing to a break between Umatilla
and the latter place. Also, communi
cation with Union county has been
suspended owing to a break In the
line between Walla Walla and La
Oranrle. Also, the Western Union
wires connecting Heppner, Arlington
and other small places have been
down during the dny, though the main
line wan not Interrupted.
From Here to WaTta Walla.
Telephone communication this
morning with the places In this coun
ty north of here and with Walla Walla
show that the storm was practically
the same there as here, though later
in arriving.
According to Colonel Boyd at Athe
na, the storm reached there shortly
nfter 4 o'clock and utter darkness pre
vailed for a short time, while the
main storm passed over. Within the
town of Athena but little damage was
done, and none In the business portion
of the town. However, some trees
were blown down and many limbs
torn off. Reports from the farmers
adjoining tho town are to the effect
that tho standing grain was Injured
somewhat by the storm, but not seri
ously. As there was but little, grain
left uncut the financial loss In that
section will be light.
Captain Isaacs, postmaster and
mayor of Helix, stated this morning
that the storm reached thero about
4:30 p. in., and was the worst that he
had seen In 30 years' residence In this
county. Darkness prevailed there s
here, and the wind and dust continued
for nearly an hour, though It was se
vere for only 16 or 20 minutes. One
windmill and one tree In Helix were
Mown down and no other fnss occur
red there. Reports from farmers In
that vicinity state that the loss to the
standing grain was light, and thresh
ers are working again today as usual.
The storm struck Walla Walla a
half hour or so later than it did her?,
and from accounts received this morn
ing from that place was about the
same a here. However, but little loss
occurred there on the business streets.
as few awnings wore down. No store
windows were broken. However, the
light and telephone wires were dlsl
bled, though the former were repaired
so that light was supplied there dur
ing the evening, as here. Considerable
damage to the orchards In the vlclnlly
of Wallu Walla has been reports'!.
Much fruit on tne trees was blown
off a. id lost, and heavy damage vp.s
donr to the 'j-eca by the wind.
Injured by Falling Tree.
One serious accident as a result of
the storm has so far been reported.
The victim Is William Hurley, a flag
man In the O. R. & N. construction
gang that hus been working near
Bingham Springs station. When the
storm struck yesterday, Hurley, who
Is 0 years of age, was sitting In hlB
tent near the station, and during the
blow a tree fell across the canvas, :
striking the old man. He was picked
up by members of the crew and sentj
down on a speclul last evening. On.
arriving here he was taken - to the
hospital and there cared for by Dr.
C. J. Smith.
On examination the old gentleman j
was found to have been Injured on the
head and back, being paralyzed from
the wlust up. His condition Is regard
ed as very serious considering his age.
His home is in Portland.
In Uie Mountains.
Other accounts received from the
mountains cast of here, show that the
storm struck there with probably as
much severity as here. This morning
District Attorney and Mrs. Phelps re
turned from Hilgard, where they were
visiting yesterday, and they state that
tho storm struck heavily at that place.
Also the same darkness prevailed
there as here.
Walter Markhum and It. U Has
brouek were hunting grouse near
Huron, when the storm came on.
When It struck, trees were torn up of
broken off, and large limbs were
: "tripped from others. To avoid being
hit by these the two men run to an
open hillside und lay thuro until the
i wind subsided.
While there they saw
manv grouse - me from the timber,
! brtnB frightened out by the fulling
treebutthe two men did not do any
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THE SECRETARY
STATISTICIAN HOLMES
THREATENS A BIG FIGHT.
Return Voluntarily to Washington
and Give a Heavy Koiiil Defense
Will Claim Tliat the Iicnta of Cot
ton Statistic!) Could Not Have Oc
curred Without the Connivance of
the Secretary of Agriculture, and
Further That tho lWinilunt Holmes
K Not Guilty ao Ctiargcd.
Washington. Aug. tn. KJwin S.
Holmes, Jr., former a.ssociatu statisti
cian of the department of agriculture,
surrendered to a United States mar
shal this morning In response to an In
dictment charging conspiracy In con
nection with the premature publica
tion of government crop reports.
District Attorney Reach In th.
mornlngwent before Justice Staf
ford and Holmes' bond was fixed at
$10,000, with the understanding thut
when the former associate statistician
presented himself the bond would be
executed before the clerk of tho court.
Mr. Holmes arrived in tho city this
morning, accompanied by Mr. Lester,
his attorney, nnd Immediately the de
fense 0f Mr. Holmes was prepared.
It looks as though one of the big
I o'nts would go to show that the leak
could not have occurred without the
knowledge of the secretary of agricul
ture himself. In a statement given
out here tonight, for instance. It Is
stated explicitly that tho cotton re
I oris were prepared by four iersons,
"one of whom was the secretary of
agriculture himself."
Mr. Lester, for Holmes, denies that
the latter gave wuy any information.
He also says It is strange that a man
would have confessed Instead of con
t nulng In a business which mado hl:n
or netted him so many thousands uf
dollars.
Cue of the strange things In tho de
velopments today Is that when Mr.
Holmes was first attacked he came
home to Wellington and the authori
ties, It was claimed, were notified. He
was not arrested, however. He went
wert and returned voluntarily.
MAY
INVOLVE
T
ON THE STAND
While Awaiting Her Arrival
the Attorneys Indulge in
Abuse and Recrimination.
TAGGF.HT SPECI FICALLY
DENIES CERTAIN CHARGES.
Mm. Taggart was Brought op a Total
Abstainer, But Acquired the Beer
Drinking Habit at Plattabnrg De
nicrt She Ever Received Any Gen
tlemen fullers Except as the Most
Platonic of Friend Slie Paid tfae
Expenses of Society Affairs From
Her Own Resources She Believed
faiiilMilgning In tlie Philippines Af
fected Capt. Taggart'a Mind.
Wooster, Aug. 28. Mrs. Taggart
entered court this morning prepared
to take the stand. While awaiting
her the attorneys of the opponent
engaged In a controversy. Wertx and
Smyser called each other liars. The
I court threatened to punish them for
contempt of court and order was re
stored. Taggart was recalled to the stand
and denied he had sat on a sofa In a
compromising position with another
officer's wife, and said he never
quarreled with an officer.
Mrs. Taggart testified: "I am (t
years old, was born and raised in
Chicago. Am an adopted daughter of
Mrs. Culver. Mrs. Culver was a total
nbitalner and I was brought up that
way. I met and loved Taggart wtien
he was stationed at Fort Sheridan.
Am sure he loved me. was sick af
ter our marriage and soon joined my
husband at Plattsburg barracks,
where my mother furnished a house.
First drank beer at Plattsburg. The
captain had it in the house. Was
I nuppy mere, juuvea 10 r on -j nomas
and met captain Hither, he waa ao
enlisted man. He and a friend, an of
ficer's son. were permitted to call
In citizen's clothes. After he waa
commissioned he became a friend of
my husband. The captain and I lov
ed company. Our home was a gath
ering place for young folks. We
went everywhere we were Invited
und I paid much of the expenses my
self. Thut was never a subject of
conversation between us. The cap
tuln was ambitlouB and I tried to
make him advantages."
Mrs. Taggart said when she Joined
her husband In the Philippines after
a long separation she found him p.
changed man. She believed the
hardships of the tropical campaign
hud injured his mind. She said he
was so jealous he magnified Innocent
huppenlngs into terrible offences.
The witness said she treated Billy
Taggart as would any brother or a
sister of her husband's. She accus
cij Orovllle gossip of poisoning the
captain's mind with unfounded sus
picions. ,
VALUABLE COMPLIMENT.
From the State University to a Pen
dleton Teacher. y
Miss Clara G. Hall has received a
letter from Prof. Albert Sweetzer of
the University of Oregon, which com
mends the botanical exhibit of her
class in the Pendleton High school
very highly. The letter requests the
loan or donation of tho exhibit for the
use of the state department of biology.
This exhibit is the best high school
exhibit of botanical specimens In the
Lewis and Clark exposition, both In
the number of specimens and manner
of mounting.
Arkaiuu QuarnntlncN.
Little Rock. Ark., Aug. 28. The
governor this morning Issued a proc
lamation forbidding freight, passen
gers and baggage trains and boats en
tering the state from Louisiana.
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4 Will Investigate Bremerton.
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4 Seattle. Aug. 28. A special
4 dispatch from Washington states
4 that Secretary Bonaparte will
4 make a thorough Investigation
4 of the alleged graft at the Puget
4 Sound navy yard at Bremerton.
MRS
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