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VOLUME III
LACRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 12 1904.
; NUMBER 163
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TH E J APS STILL BUSY
RUSSIA FEARS NEXT AT- f
TEMPT WILL BE TO CUT
OFF VIADIVOSTOCK.
YELLOW MEN NOW
OCCUPY HAIPING
Opinion Prevails That Russia Intends Restoring
Niu Chwang; Aiso the District - :
- . East.
Ohee Foo, May 12 Others of
steatti rt arriving from Niu Chwang
diaoredit the story of ilia destruction
b Russians of tbeir fliet at Port
Arthur. Wbeu the officers passed
Port Arthur Wednesday night the;
eiw searchlights Dishing from the
ships and for. There were no lign
of the Japanese Q-.et in the vicinity.
The offioars further sttid there were
oot to exooed 1000 Russian soldiers at
Niu Chwang and vicinity. There aie
only nix lignt field guns in the forts,
all tbe big gune having been taken to
Lio Yang. The opinion prevailed
at Niu Chwang that Russian intends
restoring Niu Chwang also the dis
trict eastward to Tasicbo. Russian
troop, it is understood, will remain
nn'il Oliiiv-'so troops arrive. This i
to imvent looting by Brigands. .
HAITI IS
Washington, May 1'' Mini iter l
ger, of Hay ti. this afternoon commu
nicated the following fUtemenl to
tbe Associated Frees:
"According to a telegram just re
ceived there is no trouble in Huyti.
There is net evrn auy !ear of an op
rising. The c.uutry ia perfectly
q iiet "
Malheur Gets $2,000,000
Washington, May 12 Secretary of
the Interior Hitchonclc has apportion
ed $2,000,000 for tbe MRlhpur iiriga
tion project, c.ntempla'ing the re
clamation of 75,000 acres of land in
tbe vicinity of Vale and Ontario, Or.
Chief Engineer Newell (ays tbe con
struction work will begin as soon as
the private landowners and prospec
tive irrigation projectors form associa
tions complying with tbe require
ments of tbe irrigation act. Measure
ments of tbe Msllieur river flow de
monstrate to the reolaimants that the
eemce there has abundant water Co
irrigate all lands in tbe projects con
templated. -
Ptaiiet, Siberia, May 12 A Jap
anese boat rcade iti appearance in the
roadstead two days agj and suspicious
light have been seen, Eveiy thing is
quiet here, but all is in readiness to
meet any landing of tbe enemy whose
probable purpose is lbs cu tting off. of
Vladivostock.
8t. Petersburg, Hay 12 Saner al
Sakaroboff sent a dispatch to ilio
general stiff today oommuuioating
the report of General Ztsmlitoh dated j
May 10th as follows. "Troops which
appeared to be a division of the Jep
anese guard have been advanoing : for
the last two days 1 from Fei.g Wang
Chen g westerly in tbe direotion ' of
Hniobeng.. It ia reported a Japanese
foroe consisting of about a division of
infantry intended to marobon Bainia-
dza with forty guns sod 1500 cavalry.
From reports received from the River
Dalsaw it may be oonoluded the Jap
anese army is concentrated in three
groups, two southern groups being on
the lower aeo'.i. n of the River Tayene
f Hondoubana, on the left bank of
ili river, at Dayao, and at Douamyo,
iu tbe same locality, and the north
ern group opposite Hah iliua on tie
road from Feng '.Vang Cheng to tfaii
dn, 11 to Id inilea from Feug Wsn-r
Cheng. ' ' ' .
It is difficult t obtain in'ormatiun
from luoal Chinese. - fn "in case we
diaoovere.1 tbe Oninoi Had warned
tbe Japanese troops of h jmUincaUn,
wbiob bad been arranged by me Cos
sack?." HAIPIN3 OCCUPIED
Shanghai, May 12 t is reported
from Pekin the Japioeae on Monday
occupied Haiping 16 Tiiles below Ta
biobao and they exp?oteJ to occupy
Niu Chwang Friday. ", '
RUSSIA BUItiDINQ FORTS
London, May 12 Tbe Morning
Post's Shanghai correspondent says
the kusiians are building forts at
Mao Tien Ling pas and extensive en
treooiuneais ou t de Liao Yang.
J. RUSSIAN ERROR S
London, May II Tbe Mail's cor
respondent at the Japanese bsadquara
rere in describing le battle on tbe
Yala testifies the Russian position
there if properly held ought to bare
been impregnable, even with tbe sac
rifice of 10,000 men. '
BAKER TRACK
TEAM-
The Baker Oity High Sobool track
team left last night for Walla Walla
accompanied by Prof. J A Obnrobill
and Miss Ode Psyton, who will repre
sent Baker Oity in tbe declamation
contest between the schools of the
Inland Empire and bar sister Miss
Alma Payton. '; !,. ,
SIX MEN
KILLED
Carbonsdule, 111, May 12 In an
explosion today in the Big Muddy
Coal and Iron Company's mine in
Herrirf, five men were killed outright
five serionsly injured end twenty
others slightly bnrt.
ST. LOUIS
STRIKE
Rochester Unions Pass
Resolutions extending
Aid to the St; Louis
Unions.
Mrs. Caroline Houston
. Caroline Houston, who died In
this oily Hay 6, 1904 was bora in
Indiana August 13, 1840. Bhe was
one ot tbe early settlers of western
Kanauaud bore the distinction of
being tbe first white woman to settle
in Sloe oonnty ot that state where she
with her husband stood p'oket guard
from 189S to. 1870. From Kansas
they went to Colorado where they re
sided a number of yterr. She has re
sided in this oity about six years dar
ing wbloh time she bee made ' host
of (riendi who deeply sympathise witb
the breaved family at tbil time : ol
their sad loss. She was the mother ot
eight onildren, four of whom are (till
living and were at her bed sir!e at the
time ot ber death. Her suivlvlng
aons are as follows: J ossee, Earnest,
Elmore and Frank. -'
Tonight
Don't fall to come and hear Rev J O
Vanaaodt preach at the Salvation Army
hall this evening at 8 o'olock.
He is a very interesting speaker and
ia not afraid to declare tbe wtole troth.
Tbe three services which he has held
here this week have iucreased in inter
est every evening. Everobody is wel
come.. .....;!
FOR RENT 3 room house for house
keeping apply to Mrs S O Zuber. 5 Htf.
WASHINGTON REPUB- ;
LICAN CONVENTION
.ri
Names Full Ticket: and Commends National Ad
ministration andjlnstructs Delegation
r ; :: V: or Roosevelt." '
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Tacoma May It Tbe republican state
convention 1 adiourned tonight lifter
nominating tho following tioketi
For congress, Will E Bumphrey, of
King; Wesley L Jones, of Yakima;
Francis W Coshmau, of fleroe; For
governor, Albert B Meid, of Whatcom
Lieut. GovChaa E Coon, of Jefferson j
secretary of state, Samuel H Nichols,
of Snobomlsb; treasurer, George Q
Lady Minstrels ,
The date tor the Lady's Hinlstrels,
blob is to bi glvjn by Prof 'and Mrs
W A Simpson nnier the auspioee of
the La Grande Cornet Band baa been
postponed one month. June 17 and
18tb on aocount of the first , date
ooming the week of commencement.
MiiU, of Thurctonj aupitor, " O W.
Clausen, of Kitsap; attorney-general,
John D Aitkin, of .Chelan ; land ram
mlnloner, E W Ross, of Cowll ti ; super-
intendent ol inatruotlou, K B Bryan,
of Ohehalls; Justice o( the f-oprarpe
court, Mark A Fullerton, ot Whitman
and Frank Rudkln, of Yakiln.;
" The platform commends ti : nationol
administration aud instructs the dele
gates to vote for Roosevelt. . ? V '
Murdered for 30 cents.
- Cbioago, May 12. tiuarrelinfr., over, a
30-cent jackpot in a penny-ante poker
game, Harry Simmons, a circus areo
naut, has shot U B Wickman, a waiter
through the heart,, killing him instant
ly. " Simmons surrendered' . c . i). t
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Clothing Prices
SMASHED
Monday morning, May lfl, wB inaugnrate, for one
eek, the mnsl f xtPtifive Price-Smashing Clothing
; f ( 11;
IV-ev-r ot ''not! d in (lie middle of the
i-s-n"" . No one mi', nor ode or two lines of suits,
u LINE OF N'KV'S S
UITS AT REDUCED
I Hlf'KS. for one wpi k The many choice lines and
i, ii p'i t? ( ir n'lwi I "fore our buyer this ttcason,
irnvi (1 'n Firm c llii'l h :i leault our clotliing tablrg
ar diirlv c-oiiiinir under the weight. Thev .if" "Imieo
Tli'j' ii'B'lie welch Tlicy are clioice They are
Ex'rHoril'nflrv vn'nes, hul too maoy Ibat'a it. A9
, l.-'tTL'LV crllu A 'n nnnilnpn r,,it,in
a resil1', t nt- fcii'V is il .wn. li"menioer2 r, r.n i ouio n. i nnuvijnu rjvivjc
. ri,! t.ri M ' :i'"Hg lliP neiglibora, ton.
$25 0" Suit- t ir
22 50 "
20 00 "
18 on "
10 t,D "
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10 00
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.... 15 25
.... 13!)0
Sim &mi
15 00 suits lor $13 25
12 60 ' 10 95
10 00 " ..'. 8 95
6 00 lo 8 00 suiU for 5 00
10 CO lo 12 00 eoats & ves's 7 50
7 50 to 9 50 " " 6 00
And many intermediate prices equally
low which spa- e will Dot permit making
mention of her. See them.
Rochester, May 12 A resolution
extending aid to tbe St. Louis unions
in tbe strike that tb-oatens (be expo
sition in that oity was unanimously
adopted today by the convention of
hotel and restaurant employees of tbe
International Allianoe and tbe Bar
tenders International League. It is
believed tbe slnke will start next
week, and every hotel and restaurant
in St Louis will be tied np.
This Ends
The Case
Paris, May 12 The suit of the R-
puVio to Columbia against tbe Pana
ma Canal Company in connection
with shares of stook was further ad
journed tiday. The litigation is
practically suapended owing t i tn
transfer of tbe canal lo the Uniied
Btates and tbe hquidation of tbe can
al oompany.
Hih Class
Merchandise
: The Special values shown by us, are offered "chiefly for'
educational purposes. We wish to cultivate the acquaintance
and mat fast friends of still greater numbers of particular
women. We wish to demonstrate to them that we are carrying a
line of merchandise whioh grade by grade, quality for quality is
unsurpassed in the city. , You are invited to inspeot our goods.
Chicago Store
Murphy Bros. Props. '"
Postoffice Robbed
Forest Grove, Or: May 12. The post-
office was robbed during last night,
Ahont f 1000 In atamps were taken, and
$200 in nio'iev anil a nunherof roister
ed letters were en, lied ami rilled of
their contents. -
About 2 o'clock this morning a dull
explosion wnkencd many t-itizens living
in the vicinity of the postoflli e. Lazily
wondering what had happened, the hall
roused sleepers turne.l ovor and slept.
There is no night wstcenian employed
by the city, and it waa 6 ;30 'o'clock be
fore the burglary was (discovered.
. Investigation showed that entrance
had been insde bv a window. Two
holes had been drilled in the safe and
the combination broken by a charge- of
nitroglycerine. From the neatness and
thoroughness ot the j',b It is evident
that it is the work of esperts. The
robbers used a sledgehammer and crow.
bar stollcn from Cornelius. Thee
were left Iwniil- tbe wrecked safe.
TheKsfl'e K latch will be entertained
by Miss Margrate Kirk to morrow
after noon at ner home.
TRUST OUR SOAPS
It is diflicalt to judge the purity of toilet soapsi . .. .
and too often an agreeable odor determines tbe
choice. If all soaps were as , innooont as tbeir
fragi-ance is pleasing, there would be more
. .... smoothe skins and clear complexions and loss s
roughness, pimples and blotches.
We can make you safe in your soap buying.
The toilet soaps e handle-are those made by '
reputable firms. We have pure and safe soaps
ut whatever price you wish to pay. . ... . - , r . .
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