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DECREASE.
IN IMMIGRATION
c Who Did Come arc of a Much Higher
Standard of Intelligence and
.' Education.
VYisniogton, Dae. 6. Frank P 8ar
Y snt, commissioner of tamlgation, lu
' hia anoaal report rels&sed (or poblica
( tlon yesterday Sayi then baa bean a
deolded decrease in Immigration In Ibe
v put fiscal year and that the Immigrants
coming are of a dsaiaeaiy nigner tima-
dardof Intelligenre and physical abill
The report aays that In the year last
W: i oIobmI 812.870 MPsaaa arrinut In tk
'1 i '' United States, of whom 649400 were
:yA ualea and 263.770 females, an Inoraasa
' 4 In females, as oom pared witb lae
4 '! year of 19,870 and a decrease of males
i-'f- of 64,048. Of the total number, 8,063
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i Holiday
iFaets
The chances are that if everybody
knew the exact facts about our Holi
day line, how carefully selected and
how fair in price, we would noUhave
half enough to go around. -
We have teen fortunate in-being
able to buy our holiday stock close,
the selling will be just as close. We
want you to see our line before asssrt
ments are broken. In the start we
will have a
elsewhere; these are apt to be the
goods you want.
Jfake sure ofthemby buying early
Fair prices wiU last to the end.
Best assortment will not.
Ready for
WEDNESDAY
THE NEWLIN DRUG CO
LA GRANDE - OREGON
cooaaocQBSf aaoao
IN
oo aid read bat no write 168,009 oontd
neither read nor write, and It la pre
sumed $he remainder, 040,013, could
both read and write; 95,678 brought
with them 150 or mora each, and 601,
630 brought each less than 150. The
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bv these 812J70 alleos was 120,894,383,
or $4,778,870 mora than waa broogbt by
the 857,048 arrivals the year preceding.
"It Is interesting," says Mr. Sar
gent, as bearing on tbe attampta on
tbe part of tba eontraotora ta this
ooaotry to evad tha alien labor law,
to note that despite the diminution of
emigration nere was an Increase of Al
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'a the nam her ejected as Alien octraot
laborers. Tnls la a much larger nam
bar tbM cm ever before bee a refused
admission to the United 8taee In an
one fiscal year.
Islands Of Guam
That oar readers snay not forgot
that tba United States owns a litUs
island away out in tba Paoifio Ooaaa
tbs folio Log paragraph from tbe 8eo
retary of tbe U 8 navy is published. . .
By the president's older of Decem
ber 23 1838 the iflsni of Guam was
plaoed under tbe control of the navy
department and the secrstary of tbe
nary was instructed to "take euch
steps as may be neooMary to eetablUh
the auloority of tbe United . States
and give lithe aeoessary proteotloa
ed government.
Since tbe issuance of this order the
affairs o tbe island have been admin
i tared by a naval governor. Funds
to meet tbe insular expenses being
necessary the president February 1
I?00 4riff o!" duties
and taxes be levied oollooted and the
proceeds expended tot administrative
purposes in tbe Island but tbe revenue
thus derivsd are meager and uncer
tain. Officers of the navy who have
bean on duty in Guam report that its
inhabitants are law abiding, orderly
and worthy and urge that the nation
at government should have.' done
more this isolstsd island than It has
done." . '
Officers Elected
The Degree of Bonor held Its annual
election of officers last evening and the
following were elected for the ensuing
Tear. .
Chief of Bonor Fanny Cowen
Lady of Bonor Bertha Anderson
Chief of Ceremonies Lily Grand?
Recorder Lizzie Ellsworth
Financier Jean Grant
Usher Mrs. Li ley
I W ManeU Ball
O V7 Kentnrlah Price
Rioeiver lira. II C Myers
Values High
Colfax, Wash., Dec. 6 Joseph Canutt
charged with alienating the affections
of Mrs A L Be ward, whose hnsband
aaite $35,000 damages, answered the
complaint Saturday, denying" all
charges. The case is now ready for
trial and will come up in the January
term of court. .
No Snow
The thermometer went Jowo tu
seven degrees below sero at Ksmela
If st Saturday night a lower ' tempera
ture than was reached at any time last
winter. There is little snow yet and
the ground is frozen several inches
dsep. t
Usually at this time of the year
several feet of snow bas fallen at the
summit, but this season tbe fall has
amounted to but 10 incites altogether
and njne of that has remained on the
ground.
Many Victims
8 8 McClure proprietor and editor
of McClure's Msgtsine has made a
compilation showing that tbe Boer
war ooet 22,000 British lives and that
during the past three years there
have teen 81,396 murders in the
United 8tatesaud SI ,847 persons kill
ed on the railroads in tbe United
States during the same period.
Meet January
The four republican presides tal
electors chosen at the November
election, wu' meet at Salem the sec
ond Monday in January and east their
ballots lor v president of tbe United
8tates. Act of eongrets of February
9, 1887, provides that electors meet
on the second Monday io January.
The result of te vote of tbe electors
iw . a. m
win men no iorwaraea to tbe secre
tary of state at Washington D 0
where all the votes front the several
states will be canvassed.
Second Trial
New York, Deo.ftA pedal panel of
200 talesmen have been summoned for
a eeoond trial of Nan Patterson, wno
is charged with the murler of Caesar
Toung, which begins today. It Is ex
pected that tbe present trial will at
tract even more wide spread attention
Uuntbefirat,
The Advent Season
The Eplsoopal rnd Roman Catholic
Qhuiches divide the EooJeaiaetical
if ear Into seasons, and the four weeks
preceding Christmas are called tbe
Advent season, having referenoe to tbe
coming of oar Saviour when be was
born at ethiebem about 1904 years
ago and to his coming to Judge tbe
living and ibe dead at the sod of the
world. Daring ' the present Advent
Season tbs rector ot fet Peter's Epis
copal Church tha Rev Upton H Gtbba
is considering in hia Sunday morning
sermons, what . theologians call - the
Four Last Things, Death the Jadg
meat. Bell, And Herven, enbjebts ot
flrvt importance; He J baa hitherto
preached on Death and the Judgement
and on .next . 8nnday morning tbe
subject of bis sermon will be "Bell"
and bis subject on Sunday morning,
tbe 18th lntt will be "Beavea". .
There is notblog sensational in his
preaching his ssmona being in ac
oordance with tfi declarations of scrip
tore and tne tea hlng of the hlatorio
Church. A general invitation Is ex
8t Peter's Chureh at all timea
Panama Quieted
Oo Deo, 8 Secretary of war W H
Talt on part of tbe United 8tates and
Manuel Amador president of the Re
public oi Panama signed articles eon
uerotng the occupation aod control
by the United States of the eanal
sons through Panama - in whloh the
Panama canal is located to be con
structed and operated by the . Doited
States. . ."r '.
' This is an important paper and
both nation will be largely benefited
by it as it settled in advanoe a multi
tude ot questions that if net - provided
(or in advance would cause muoh fa
ture friction and unpleasant contro
versy. -
Tbe articles bear the impress of
secretary Tafta broad mind and pains
taking attention to details and taken
as a whole they' may justly be ..styled
most remarkable in that they are
tased upon right and justice aod not
upon the superior power of tbe United
States or any advantage the position
of Panama may give it.
B W Dwlght came . over yesterday
from his farm on Cather ne creek five
milea above Union, witb a load of pro
dace.
SPECIAL VALUES
Men's Suits and Overcoats
Rearultir 6B8 Knrsey Cloth Overcoat,
- "Velvet Collar
Regular
a
New
Hats
Styles in Men's
.Jast Received. Latest shapes
aod colors in the famous
STAR HAT.
$2.50 and
$3.25, $3.50,
Men's Underwear at
$1.25 Extra heavy natural gray
wool nnderwear . .
$5.00
THE
PROSPEROUS
0; R. & N. CO.
Reflects the General Prosperity of the Wealthy
Section it Traverses--La Grande the
i Central Point I ,
It is estimated that orders for 6000
csrs whiob cannot be filled bave been
received by tbe OR AN system.
Never in tbe history ot the road bas
there been such btavy shipments of
freight both local aod foreign. Every
5T??'.W In oaa. loadaare being
ruebed ovr tbe line and tbe empties
hurtled back moie rapidly than ever
before.' ' 7
Tbe enormous asssaat of . Oriental
freight going east, tbe unusual ' ship-
ments ot Oregon wheat and flour to
the east and tbs rtvival of tbe lumber
t;ade on the Bound all add to tbe
congested traffic Double yard erews
are working at ; Umatilla to bandle
tbe immense freight business at the
junction of the Washington aod Ore
gon divisions and at every terminal
along the line, trains are mads op and
hurried on as nsver before. Nineteen
Married 18 Years"
V aahington Deo 6 Sunday was the
eigbteentb wedding anniversary of
President and Mra Roosevelt. They
were the recipients of congratulatory
messages and letters from all parte ot
tbe country. The anniversary was
quietly celebrated by a famil y dlnne
party.
Poultry Show
Corvallls, Or, Deo 6-Woik waa be
gun this morning on the Corvallls
opera house, preparing for tbe big
poultry show that opens Thursday for
three days.
i2.5o Blue Kersey Overcoat,
With "Silk Velvet collar
Men's
want
$3.00
Boys' Reefer Overcoat $2-78
Underprices
Men's Shirts
$1.25 Dress
soft bosoms,
$1.00
Boys' Suit Special
freight erews ' are working out La
Grands SO engine crews on tbe moun
tain division are battling with tbe
unending soooestion of trains and
helper forces have been ' lnoreased to
hurry the traffle over tbe mountains. ;
Tbs OR &N is not alone rushed
with tne heavy traffle but all tne
other transcontinental liues are en-
joyiog the same immense business
heretofore it bas been possible for
western roads to borrow almost any '
number ot oars lor the fall rush from
the Rio Grande, ; the Union Paoifio
the 1 j Grange Western and .other
roads having Jrg numbers of care
but tbis is out ot the question tiiis
ys-r. Fveiy road In the country baa
tried to borrow of every . other road
and still the orders for ears pile up
along tbe line. East Oregonlan. . .
Election frauds
Denver Col. Deo 6 Four ' or five
eleolbn offioiajs in ward 6 Obaiged
with oontenipt bave been found guilt
and were sentenced by ths tdprems
court today. Frank Krake license
inbpeotor is charged witb aiding in
tbe frauds sad was sentenced to one
year in jail. : Fay and O'Malla judge
and clerk were senteneed to - six
months' imprisonment and $50 fine.
Kafsky the judge was sentenoed . to
three months tn jail ane 2o0 fine.
Only 870 to raise for the Exhibit
hall. A committee could raise this in
a few hours,
$500
$1000
and Boys' Winter
eTanC plaSQ corduroy and fancy
VsuUy cloth caps, in shaps to suit tvery
25c to $ J 5O
at sharp price Reductions
Shirts, in stiff and Q af p
special . . 3 O
at $3.95
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