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4j E EVENING V im VOUIMEIV LA GRANDE. UNION CX)UNTY. OREGON TUESDAY. JANUARY 3. 1905 NUMBER 64 LA ". j - - 1 V. I i r i iir ' t i r yt f i f : ii it ' r !: -:' vl. - PORT Brave to the Last, but Was Fort Arthur bM surrendered. , Ex haostel b mantbs of almost oonstsnt fighting, decimated by disease and casualties, and hopelessly sealed io liarncky "rsre, the ge lent gurrism La yMdrd to lit gal-am bwiegtr and tbe and ia now writtan of tne of tha most Oram atie war Incidents, of modern slues. ; - : ' At nine o'elock Sunday nfght Gen eral Ngl, commanding the Japanese army oi invasion. rciv- d from Geo i rat 8 im unit saying that he found .oit;.er resistance uelee and asking for a meeting toarrabge tei mi of eapitultion . Tb note was simple and direct and tba Japanese general Immediately named commissioners to confer with representatives of tbe NEW FURNITURE EXCHANGED FOR OLD GOODS If you want anything in our line you need not pay any cash aa we will take your old furniture or any thing jou may bare of value and let you have any thing we have. We alio hove a fine lot of good, dry , wood, for which we will take all furniture or anything you may have. . . Just'Phone us 1681 The La Grande Pawnbrokers Corner a nd Adams Remember we still buy and sell alQ kinds ml 1C91 a! Second Hand Goodsjs j jt j rhOQC 1581 T I am closing out all my BOYS' SHIRTS CiPS AND TJNJ3ER W EAR Have a big assortment of ' ', V- i , , -: Vs.; s - , Boys' Sweaters ; ;: All at Cost A. V. ANDR EWS J Gents' Furnisherland Tailor. TURKESTAN ALFALFA The Dry Land AlfalfaGrows without Irrigation ' - ' ' v Brome Grass, Bed Clover, Alfalfa and all kinds of Garden Seed in bulk. Seed Wheat, Balled Barley Oats, Etc. The only seed house in Union county. JEFFERSON AVE ARTHUR CAPITULATES Saw Further Resistance Useless. Russian commander. They met at noon Sfinday to arrange tbe' condi tions of snrreoder. Tbe natuie of the setm agreed opnn is not yet. known, but dipatchra from Tokio indicate that they will be of tbe most ma ca oimooa character. t Tbe emperor f of Japan himself luruugu tu iwm v. lizp"" has given to tbe public bis expression that General ' 8rw?l bas rendered "cmmepdable enrvioe to bis country In tb mitfsf of diffioultW and tbai it ia his with that "military bonora ba shown him." . A dispatch from Tokio quotes mili tary opinion as belief log the entire gsr.ison will be allowed to march out under arms and may be seat to Bos COST OLIVER PHONE I57L sia on prole. " - - - J4P1NESB APFEEOIATION ' Late dispatches from Japan have shown that the gallant defense . ol 8toeseland his men has ooabere been given a finer appreciation than ia tbe Und of his toes, and it is mora than likely thai Japan will embraoe the opportunity to show her magna nimity aad admiration of the gallan try of the Port Artboi defenders by l owing them all tbe hoaora wbioh war permits a victorious army to be stow opon the vanquished. The siege and the defense of the Russian stronghold in the far east bavebetn marked by braver), gallan try trd desperation unequalled io modern arelfere anJ hardly eioeeded n mi'itary history. , The rtory of theoperatioi a arrand Port i rthur is one of repealed fight ing both by land and sea, of the not desperati and thrilling character. Iso latfd instances ol heroism inat woumi have set tbe world ringing under lea nvrwhi'lming oiroumstsnoes have dwarfed by tbe generally magnificent eoudnct of both forces. By tea there bar been torped biat dashea of enperb recklessness and big ships bava ploughed through mine fields with heroio disregard to give battle or in wild efforts to escape. By land tbe Japanese have bnrled themselves against positions declared to be impregnable. Toey have faced and scaled rooky heights crowned with batteries and orowned with de fenders, suffering losses that military experts say would have appalled any European army. IN THE DOOMED FORTRESS In tba doomed fortress its people have lived nnder a devasssting rain of shell and shrapnel. . On sosnty ra tions, besirged on every side, knowina tbai nope ol jiucoor or escape was vain, the garrison has fought with a stubbornness that has evoked the sd miration of the world. They met the untiring assaults of the Japanese with grim valor that won even tbe praise of their foe, and tbe fighting has been waged with a relentlessness that often refused trnoes to bury tbe dead and colleot tba wounded. Over corpse fill ed tranohes men have fought band to band with ould steel and clubbed guns and at abort rang have burled at eaob other band grenades filled with high explosives. . AT AWFUL COST Tbe whole story is one of undaunt ed courage and sublime bravery. Wbat Port Arthur bas cost in human life and in money, no estimate of even approximate correctness can be made. The losses bava been appall ing. It bas been reported in some engagements leading up to the cap ture cf SOS-Meter bill the attacking force lost as high as 40 per oeot of tbe force engaged, while the garrison's losses of which no word has come. must have been frigLtful. DESTRUCTION OF FLEET Tne defense of tbe position which fell to her as an heritage after tbe Chinese-Japanese war, bas oost Rus sia practically her entire fleet in those waeera. Her ships lie from Port Ar mor's inner basin to Cbomulpo, in Korea, and along tna Shang Hung peninsula, battered bulks of one prond vessels, ignominiousiy'dismantl (dare interred in neutral Chinese harbors . Save the three or four cru isers and soma lesser craft that lie ia ice bound refuge ot Vladivostok not a warship now flies the Russian oross ia the waters of the northern orient. And Japan , to 7, dm bad ner losses in tbe long drrwn ont operations. Mines have strrck from Admiral To go's fleet liat many fine ships and smaller vessels sines tbe morning of February 8 when ha bnrled bis fleet at tbe Ruasiab ehipa in Port Arthur's roadstead. BEGINNING OF 8IEGE The siege of Port Arthur properly dates from May 27 when after engag infi tba first army landed by tba Jap anese at Pitsswo Stoeeeei waa forced baek from tba sack of tba Kwantong peninsula. Tbe Japanese landing waa begun on May ft and tbe Russian commander elected to giva battle at bis northernmost lino of defenses. Tba engagement wsa severe oaa and tbe Ruasiana were driven back to tbe first of tba position. A few daya lat ter on May 80 the Japanese oooupied Dalny and on June 14-18, General duke! berg, advanoiug to the relief tl the Port Artliur army waa defeated by General Oka at tba battles of Wa faqB.an and tba Telissu. With Togo's ships lying like watch dogs around Port Arthur 'a . aeaward side and Nogi advanoiog alowly but relentlessly by lsnd, tbe famous stronghold- waa under ai go and from then until General 8toessel , on New Year's day, soodht terms of ' capitula tion, the operations have been mark ed by almost ot-aseleaa fighting, bom bardments by tbe fleet alternating with desperate attacks by land or as saults by tbe combined naval and military foroea. ' When Stoessel and tbe remnant ol bia devoted garrison march out of Port Arthur the flg of the rising sun will once more flat from tbe rampatl ol the position Japan won when she first sent her new fl et to give battle ! rfrnve China from the sets. Oil On Waters The ateamer Northwestern pounded to pieces on a reef off the Virginia eoaat, and 80,000 gallons of Texaa pe troleum went into the sea. It was a tank steamer and all the tanks ware ornabad in Russian Generals Killed 8t Peteiaburg, Jan 8 Mestsges from Sit ssl filed at Che Foo today confirm the reports cf tbe death ol Major Generals Kondratenko and Fock and General Smyrnoff, tbe lat ter commander of tbe Port Artbnr fortress. Rossland Mine The minea of Rossland, B O , during 1904 yielded 813,325 tons of ore, valued at 84,400,013 60. The total ton urge of the oamp ainca it was first opened. 11 years ago, baa been 2,030493, valued at $30,216,354. Agahst Trust All tbe heavy buslnpsa firms of Cln clnt.atl have united in . a complaint against the coal trust to tbe United States attorney general and demand ing its investigation, alleging a com bination to raise prioea. Inaugurated J an 3 Joseph Toole waa yesterday Inaugurated as governor of Montana for tbe third time. To Charities Bishop Phelan, recently deoeased at PitUbnrg, left an estate ol 8500,000 all willed to Blohop Canevin, trust, to ba expendej at bis discration for charit able purpoaes Cold In Russia St Petersburg Jan 8 The Intensely cold weather which prevails in the center of Russia has oaused a tempor ary suspension of the mobilization and movement of troopa. Today the temperature is 40 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit. Northwest News Seven of Roseburg's 18 saloons olosed at midnight Dee 81., They were in Deer creek preoinot wbiob went dry ,' while tbe remainder of the city went wet. Additional teachers and apparatus and an inereased curriculum for tba 8umpter schools caused a levy, of 20 mills to be votes there at a recent special meeting ior school purposes. From tbe villiage of Oakland, Dou glas county waa last week shipped to Ban Fran boo 8800 pounds of dressed chickens, turkeys and geese. Tbe poultry industry of that vioinity ia great. During 1904 there were in Seattle bank clearances to tba amount of 1222,117,319,24, building permits ag gregatibg $7,778,923; real estate tran sfers to tbe amount of 819,485,895 and there waa spent on street Improvo- meata $1,613,335. Got Chamberlain baa pardoned Frank James a young Englishman sentenced to five years Imprisonment last October' for assault with a deadly weapon in Portland, James is dying ot consumption and ean hardly sur vive return to England a journey whiob ba will undertake at once. MURDERS WIFE AND SUICIDES Kansas City, Jan 8 After attempt ing tbe life of bis wife, Mrs Lixi'. Olaaaon and in the belief that be bad suooeeded in bis efforts to kill her, George Gleason, a livjryman of 8t. Joseph, Mo. leaned tar out ot the se eond story window of his mother-in-law's homo here today and ; out his throat with a raior from ear to ear in sight of seversl hundred persons wbo bad been attracted by Mrs Gleason's screams. There was bo witness to first part of the tragedy exottpt tbe jrouog woman wbo la now dying in the oity hospital. 1 : " ' Conductor's Installation La Gmnde'division ot tba Order of Railway Oondnctora has just In stalled tneioMowiug wulooia i tLc cz:r.I"; year, D A Stewart, master. Al Andrews, secretary treaanrer, and IT O Grady, delegate to the grand' lodge wbioh masts In Portland daring tbe Lewie and Clark fair The -division la one of the moat active In the West and now has a membership of about 60. Joe Ruokman la chairman ot the committee for the ensuing' year.' vw. Installation of Officers The Knlghta Pit bias had their in stallation last evening and tba follow, lng offlcera were Inatallad. O C, WiB Sargent V O George B Harmon; Prelate, N Aecles ; M W H Herron; K of R 8, ft Pattiaon; M ofF"'"" TuTm. I" 7t John Krawley; M or E, R L. LIn.olo; t TL?' G, Henry Henson; Trustee, E E Roin Ig District Deputy V S Ivanboe, in stalling offloar. Conspiracy The agents of the Cudahy, Swift, Hammond bve been arrested by ' or ders of the attorney general ot that atate charged with conspiracy In fixing the prioea of prepared meat produota. TO f THE PUBLIC: The rash of Holiday trade is over and business in general has got back to its normal condition, I wish to inform all my patrons, and those not my patrons buffrho areliable to be hat" "am now in j" ) position to take care ol all a'ch, clock and jewelry repairing with dispatch. I have, secured .al the neces-, sary help in alt the latest ' tools and' materials ' known -tu the trade, as well as the best workmen that money , can procure. .-: - '""y All repair work is under my personal supervia- " i ion and I guarantee each and every piece of work done ? v to be finished in first class workmanlike manner; and to give (with roper attention) perfect satisfaction. All work tent by mail or express will receive (he same . careful atentiou as if delivered in person, and to be promptly returned in first class condition.'? I ) l i Thankipg my patrons for their, .past liberal i patronage and assuring them give them perfect satisfaction in the future. I remain ' as ever. ' J. II. PEARE, ' t Next to NewllnVDrug Store. w 4 4 4 4 4i tttrftttVttv'ttTff 4tTtTVTVTt4 . , ,,, : ....... .v ' .. v . V, l mmmmmmrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmammmmmmmmm -'S ; rrr. .-t. . - s '. 1 .... .. K ... . , fy ...i; j Coughs are warnings of something amiss' in throat ' or lungs. Don't mind the congh, mind the cause, Use a remedy that will go to tbe source : of trouble and cure that Such a remedy ia our f 1' ?, (' t : ; ? :. ( 1 . White Pine Cough Balsam It cures promptly and thoroughly because it cures in the right manner. Relieves irritation, heals inflamed sur faces, loosens the cough, and soothes and strengthens while it cures. A splendid remedy for children because it is so good to cure and so good to take. Price 25 and 4i 60 cents;- ".'M,"7.". - THE NEWLIN DRUG CO 4 LK GRANDE PATRICK DUNN ' KILLED Grant'e Pass, pre., Jan. t. Patrick Dunn, an aged atorckeaper on Grant'a . Pass, Oresoent City stage road, bas been found brutally muidared t In . the place of business, where ba bad ap parently lain for two days. His bead waa crushed to a pulp From tbe ap pearances of the place two man evi dently committed the crime which waa donbtlesa for the purpose of robbery. It la known Donn bad accumulated a considerable sum from tbe proflta of hia business and uad little faith In' banka. ' " ;T J"' -" t Industrial School IdaLo'snew Industrial aohool etSt Anthony waa formally opened yesterday for tba reception of those1 committed : to Ita cart q far as la known there have been no commitments but It is : expected , there will oa abont 15 aa toon aa the ooarta understand ithat tba aohool I, open. - Cornucopia Mine Baker City, Ore., Jan. 8. Superin tendent Smith of the Oaeen of the West mine, at Cornaoopla, annouiicea that between 850,000 and 178,000 will during de velopment and equipment. A milling plant for amalgamation and concentra tion baa already been ordered for ear ly spring delivery. Tbla, in addition to the 10 stamp mill now in operation will snfflcs for some time. , Kuropatkin is III St Petersburg Jan 3 General Knro patkin ia ill at Shahka river head quarters. of my utmost ability to La Grande'a Lesdlnt Jeweler 5a ' a . rT - r a a OREGON i . - ! : I ... .' ' m : :J t : i i I 1 ' i hit 'if Si!: V. . "J I. M4fl f -, is -t .'..'af. ..J ;1 llllli4444tt4Hliftlt