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A, OKA MM HQ OBSERVE VOLUME !Y LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 3. 1904 NUMBER 33 I It Ti ivi It i. r s- 1 If : ;- ii 1 JAPANESE MAKE STEADY PROGRESS or. . The tremendous noise It b lieved j CIRCUIT COURT number of siege gun of Urge oliber. all of wblch teemed to be In dm yes terday. Bamora of a Uok by Japan ese st various dates Lave beec. current the past two eeeke tad the impression prevails tbat yeeterdey's heavy b m bardmeot of the aeiomption of the of fensive ny the Japaoete. , Capture and Hold Askasaka Hill in Front of ort Arthur Cruiser. Bayan Aground in Harbor. Fort copied Akesaka hill fronting on Arthur yesterday. The Russian armored eroiaer Bayan v s it raportea to do aground. Tokio, Deo 8 Japanese troopa oo, Japaneee occupied an entire for' at noon and subsequently ont foroet alter dislodgiog the enemy occopied the eminence north of- Boern Koo and two emioenoee north of Ban Honiara" Unktlaa Dm 8 Cannonading in gnat volume waa beard around Pouti loff hill and railway yesterdey . morn ing. It eon tinned tbrcnghtont the day sal evidently owing to the trem endous noise reached itt Leight from 3 to 8 o'olosk in the afternoon. It waa unlike anything of the', kind h'ard heretofore exoept at Port Arth V W. alto cod firm t the report of the disable ment of the Bote an batiletbipa Bet vbwn and Poltava. 8eveuty-nine thott took effect in the vessels. The re port continue: "Owing to the plunging fi-e from 203 meter bill the enemy baa with drawn front Akaaaka bill. Dcembr Midnight Assassin " Helena, Mont., Dec 8. While John Sedrick waa ! returning bome at mid night last night In company wi h John Locbnic, he waa shot and killed near the Braund house, in Butte. When near Silver bow miseaa unknown man auddenly atepped from behind the dump and fired point blank at Sedrick, the ball striking him in the neck and producing almost instant death. It is not thought tbat robbery waa the motive for the murder. Officer are of the opinion that the sts&ssin was either mistaken in bla man or elae bad a grudge againat Sedrick and killed bim in revenge. Laobnlok la an old man, ana owuig w ui .utw ment be could not describe the murderer. ' '. ' AT BAKER The attention of the Circuit Court was taken up this morning in secur ing a jury to try the cast of the BUte va. Jaa. Hail elarged with horsesteal ing. The case wbl probably be con cluded tbie evening. Other matte' t occupy ng tie atten tion of the Court were aa follows: M K Young va Moae Fuchs adminis trator of ihe estate of Thos. McEwen. Judgment on verdl.t for plaintiff. Allle Chalmers va Geo Beattie re ceiver degree on demurrer. Stvte va Henry Wilson, defendant pleads not guilty. - . ' State a John Livingston pleads to morrow. " - State ts Geo. Shields, defendant, pleads not gillty. SENTENCE PUT OFF IN LAND GASES aODQDDaaODODDODODQaBODDDDDDDBDQIt Few Holiday 4 ft : 'Facts , 4 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 not have half enough to go around. We have been 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 variety of goods not sold elsewhere; these are , apt to be , the goods you want. Make sure of themby buying early Fair prices will last to the end. , Best assortment will not. m a 41 4) 4 Ready for Inspection WEDNESDAY MORNING 4) . ' m 4 ' 4) 4 at THE NEWLIN DRUG CO LA GRANDE OREGON 4 4 4 4 4 ' 4 4 4 4 4 ';4 4 ' 4 4 ? 4 4 4 4 ' 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 i 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ' 4 4 ; 4 . 4 4 4 4 4 4 Doing at the Capitol Blockade Runners !i sr""1-. 8 Frank I of 8bangbai who arrived today on the steamship Siberia says tbs blockade runners are making fortunes carrying supplies of food from Buanghai to the Buasians at Port Arthur. One steam ship ran in 8000 rifles and 85 head of cattle on October last and cleared two hundred and eighty tboussnd dollars. Washington, Deo.8. The house was in session only . 15 minutes- today Bingham of Pennsylvania, offered the legislative, executive and - judicial ap propriation bill carrying 828,838,709, which be will call up for consideration tomorrow. Adjourned at 12 :16. NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. Washington, IXo. 8. Tbs.senate In executive session today confirmed ell four osblnet nominations and those of Postmaster Wiloox at New York and Indian Commissioner Leupp. CUT DOWN REPRESENTATION - Piatt of New York introduced in the senate a bill providing that alter March 3,. 1907, the representation of the bouse be SC7 Instead of 330, ebe reduotion to be made in 10 aoutbern states. The senate retched an agreement to rote on the Philippine franchise bill Friday, December 16. ' . Adjourned at 3:15, TO OPEN THE COLUMBIA The Defendants in the Land Fraud Cases to be Sentenced ahdvWill take ; : ' Appeals. Brif respite will be given to the majority of the convicted conspirators whose guilt wos established yesterday afternoon by the verdi. t of the Jury in the land-fraud case in the United 8tates district court. Next Tupadsy 8. A. D. Puter, Horaoe O McKloley, Kmma U wuwu uu , .. z must ssnin aDDear in court to face a second charge of conspiring to defraud j tence, as his plea of guilty baa depriv the government of its publio lands. Over three of these four Puter, Few Cattle Fed Echo Ore. Deo. 8 Five hundred head of cattle are being ted in the im mediate vicinity of Eoho This ia a very . small number compared . with what are usually wintered . at this place and la occasioned by the ex tremely low prloee paid Tor beef As large herds are herded upon small el falfa fields, the pasturage afforded is eaten close, and bay. feeding begins about the 1st of November. Smoot Investigation . Bait Lake Deo 8-Six witnesses in the Bmoot investigation which opens at Washington Monday bave been eub poened and wilt leave tomorrow. To day two professors of the Brlgbam Young university at Provo, where serv ed wl'b subpoenas. It is expected tbey are to testify as to polgamyjbeing taught in Mormon schools. It is said twenty witnesses cannot be located by be United States marshal. part In the conspiracy was much more apparent. Dan J Tarpley, who waa Included in the verdict of guilty rendered yester day, is not a - defendant in the next case. Frank H Walgamot, who pleaded guilty laat Saturday, is also not a p. t th Moond tndiotmeot. .For ' Waigamot nothing remains but sen- - ed bim of all chance of appeal. .The other defendants in the first ease will MaKlnlev and Emma Wston hanga ' appeal to the United - mates circuit tt ihos a tt,a inn!rtion obtained i court of aDDeala wbloh sits in Ban in the caae whloh ended yeaterday Marie Ware was acquitted in that trial, but in tl.e pomlng oate the ohargea a gainat her are much more ipeoiflu aad the Indictment iddlottes that bar Franolsoo. Probably not more tnsn four or five months w ll elapse before that tribunal passes upon the appeal. Oregon JonrnaL CHADW1CKCASE m BE SENSATIONAL To Be. a Colossal Affair and Will Implicate "Five Prominent New York 7 . Men. New York, Deo, 8 -One of the pro minent men from Ohio who are here in connection with Mrs Chadwiok's case said today: "In a day or two a revelation will be made that will show this to be the most colossal afalr of the century. Five prominent New York men whose names have not yet been mentioned will be Involved as deeply as Mrs Chadwick. A number of wealthy and prominent western men will also be dragged into the case and numerous prosecutions will , follow. The facta will be made publio through the grand jury's Investigation whioh begins at Eiyria, Ohio tomorrow. ' The h jpe of many years of an open Colombia river seems about to be realized next May and steamers will be running from Lewiston, Idaho, and pwsitly Aaotin toCtlilo and their car goes wheeled over the i'ortage railway at Celilo to be . loaded on waiting steamers for Portlao J or Astoria. The Portland Journal cf Deo. 7 gives out the following: "Acoordlng to Captain Cochran, con traots for the oonatruotion of two steamers to be operated on the upper Columbia river will b; let February I. They will ply between Celilo and Lewiston, the head of navigation on the Snake river, and will probably connect with the steamer Telephone, whlob will run between Celilo and Portland, thus forming a continuous transportation line between tbia city and Lewiston. It is said tbat the lice 111 be established Immediately upon completion of the portage road at Ceillo. ' "Captain James Shaver, of the Shav er Transportation oompauy, was In formed laat evening that the new boats will b rushed to eompletton. The will be light- draught, 160 feet long and 24 feet across the beam. The en gines and,boilers for the new - craft have been purchased." The law under wblch the contract for building the seven miles of rail road around the obstruction to navi gation of the Columbia at Celilo re quire It to be completed by May 1, 1905. . . SPECIAL VALUES Men's Suits and Overcoats Rearular SB8 Kersey Cloth Overcoat, Velvet Collar ' ' $5 00 Regular $i2.5o With Blue Kersey Overcoat, Silk Velvet collar SIOOO Nr and Mrs Samael Traeedale of La Grande, Or., who had been here vis iting their son, Hod, left for bom this afternoon. Capitol Hews. New Hats Styles in Men's Jast Received. Latest shapes and colors in the famous STAR HAT. $2.50 and $3.00 Men's arid Boys' Winter iu plash, corduroy ; and fanoy cloth caps, in shaps 10 suit every ' want'' -.i' 25c to $150 Caps !l $3.25, $3.50, Boys' Reefer Overcoat $2-78 Men's Underwear at Underprices I SWt A ,h,rP p" "'"' ' r: $1.00,1 $5.00 Boys' Suit Special at $39 5 JwBaWwesJfKBWwwaaww dqqqbqobdoi aBoeBaooanDDaaoaaaaav