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LA Gl mm EVEN NO it V- LM VOLUME IV LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON SATURDAY. JANUARY I4. 1905 NUMBER 74 3 i I t ) I I - f i. 9 FIGHT OVER GOLD Two Expeditions Hunt ing for Buried Gold Have Fight New York, Jsn 14 A esbl from Costa Ktct report an enooaoter be tween a treasure bontiog , eipepition onder the management of Ltrd Fitz- mlllan, udi similar expedition nnder the direotion of Herald W S Gray, re olting in the defeat of Fitz "William part. It la stated that the enooanter occurred at the Island of Ooooso where, aocordlng ;to tradition pirates in olden times baried treasnrer which is rained from thirty to one hundred millions Tbe Gray party arrived first and claimed that bey held a oonoes slon from tbe Costa Blcan Government granting them tbe privaleg of search ing for tbe bnried treasure, in the night which ooonred between the two expeditions several of the party with Pits Williams were injured. The Costa Bloan Government baa sent a gun boat to the island in order to pre serve peace. " ! Swindler Arrested Portland, Jan HOB Griggs, wanted for alleged frauds whereby he secured thirty thousand dollars In Nome min ing swindle from many parties in various parts of .tot country, was ar rested her today. H located many claims In the Nome District and sold Interests In them. He took purchasers in an especially chartered vessel to Show them ths tninsa, bat disappear ed before their arrival. The mining claims all proved to be fictitious. Criticize the French Tokio, Jan 14 The Japanese press is sharply crltloislng the sot of Franca in permitting the Bussian Second' Pa alflc Squadron to make nse of Mada- HI V WlMMHWfl . 4tl Aeahl" today says: "It is no longer possible to overlook the non observance by the French of their neut'slity, nor ber disregard of ths obligations doe from a neutral nation " i Base Ball News. Oinoionatti, Jan. 14. Aa soon as president Hermann of tbe National Base Ball commission beard from pre aident Burt, he expressed .reat sur prise and at onoe wirad Burt that tbe draf 'ings of ths season on the Teoome club bad not been reopened at ihe lo cal meeting of the magnate. Tbie wire waa followed by a full explanation as to just what did hftppen, and wi'l doobt'eea meet. the approval oi Bmt and his oollaaguia as sou n as they 'earn about it. ' SPECIAL FOR CASH BUYERS t WE OFFER Santa Claus Laundry Soap S3 per J00 Bars , 8 Bars for 25 c I ... V- This is a first class soap. Manufactured , by N. Fairbanks & Co, Bay a supply while it lasts BAKER BROS. Cash Grocery Phone jlOl FOR SALE We bate just bought all of the goods out Vjf one of the largest rooming houses in the cityr and will sell the entire lot cheap, on easy terms. There 'is everything, you want to fit up a first riass rooming house with. Bed Room Suits Carpets Heating Stoves Bedding : Sheets Pillows ''.' Towles . Chairs Bedspreads , Now is your chanee to get everything you need cheap. The La Grande Pawnbrokers Cornet Fir and Adams Remember we still boy and eetl all' kind a ' f Second Hand Good j J j$ Phone 1581 a lS)S)oa' RETIRING! We arc closing out our entire stock of furniture absolutely at cost and will retire from busines. This is a bonifide closing out sale Come in before the stock b broken e Phone 9-1 Residence Phone 367 " 1202 Adams Ave 2 SB ANDROSS HOUSE FURNISHING3 THE GZAR PRAISES -GENERAL STOESSEL Lauds the Brave Defense of Port Arthur and Mourns the Gallant Loss 8t Fetersborg. Jan 14 The Czar to day issued an order of the day to the army in praise of tbe heroic defense of Port Arthur which was mala by Gen-! eral Stosssel and bis brers garrison. The order reada as follows : Port Arthur baa at least passed into the hands of tbe enemy after a struggle lasting eleven months, daring seven of whioh, tbe gallant garrison was en tirely isolated and without hope. Nevertheless, tney sustained the hard ships of the selge, ths privations and moral, tortares w I the at complaint, de termined that the enemy should gain nothing without paying dearly for it. With a handful of man we have with stood the enemy's furious attaoks. ' My brave soldiers and sailors, let not this sorrow dlsooarage yon. Oar enemy s brave and strong, and it is extremely diffloult to maintain a straggle at a dlatanoeot tea thousand versta, bat Russia is great and powerful. Daring ber national life of one thousand years shs hss given hard proof of ber ability to overcome even more serious dangers . After each straggle she has arisen mora powerful than evr before, and wit a fully renewed vigor. We are greatly grieved by oar I sole of saocess and oar painful losses, bnt let as not abandon eosrag. It ia la aorrowful times sncb as these that the flower of Rossis renews Itself. I am confident that the boar of victory is striking, and God 'ill blsss oar dear army and navy in the effort to crush the enemy and sustain the honor and glory of the fatherland, l , " ; 7 BUILDING SITE : IS CHOSEN Tbe Hagu', Jan 14 The . Govern ment baa cbiMi n a site for the Peace Pelaoe, wbich is to be erected by An- drew Carnegie and will be on tbe ps- r de ground near the i Bosob. The selection, however, mustbs approved by tbe states in general. .. To Investigate Character 8t Louis Jan 14 At the session to dsy tbe House appointed a committee to Investigate the connection of . the republican Senatorial candidate Med ringhaas with the state campaign fond Adolphus Bosch the noted brewer testified that, at dinner given to Senator Fairbanks, be guaranteed a part of the committee's amounting to the sum of twenty fine thousand dol lars, bat that ha exacted no pledges for favors, political or otherwise. Otto Stifel another brewer, ' corroborated the testimony of Mr Bash Ha also agreed to guarantee the dafloit. bat bad sot been called upon to mske good. : He said that be contributed two thousand dollars to the republican city campaign fand. Ask For Reasons Washington Jsn fit The house to day odopted the Hearst insolation calling on tbe President , to give the grounds for his dlsohsrgal of James 0 Keller and three other rural delivery earriars ' Dubois Bobs Up Washington,- Jsn l4 In the Senate today, Senator Fred Dubois, of Idaho, had sn amendment to the statehood bill read, denying the rigot of suffrage to bigamists and polygamlsts and those Joined In celestial marriages, or any member of any order, society or organ isation J oln'ng together in oalestial marriages. MORE LAND FRAUDS Portland Jan 14 Jndson and William Nealey, two brothers, who have been brooght here as nitnesses from Foster relative to the investigation into tbe land frauds, made complete confess ions today to Win J Bams, of the Government Secret Servioe , Tney admitted that they were employed to make fraudulent entries snd do similar work, by the conspirators. The con fession is terribly strengthening to the esse against Mitchell bete, and also implioajBS State Senator Booth, and Fredrick A Kribs, timber agent depos ed, the Easeborg official and o tiros. RUSSIAN OFFICER TAL .Tokio, Jan . 14 The bravery shown by the Japanese navy ia beyond com panion, Baid Major Geosrsl Nsdien, one of tbe paroled Baesisu officers who bss just srrived here front Port Artbar In speaking of the war and of the Japanese Navy he said in substance. Its achievements are unparalleled. With the Jspssese Navy and Ihe Russisn army, nothing in the whole world could withstand ' u. Oar sol diers sre aned nested, bnt it is not so with the Japanese. The brsvery dis played by the Japanese soldiers is unrivaled, and it is shameful to kill such splendid meu. Nadien also ex pressed his belief in an early termina tion of tbe wsr. KUROPATKIN RECALLED London, Jsn.. 14. The Rome corres pondent of the Exohange-Telegram wires that private telegrams received . her from St. Petersburg assert thst Karopatkln will probably be recalled on acoonnt of his ill health, NAVAL BASE ESTABLISHED Russian Casualties 8t. Petersburg. Jau 14. Ths Russian casualties during the paat fo'talgbt bas been 7 officers and 183 men killed forty two officers f nb 949 msn - wouo dsd, and fort) three missing. This list of casualties probrbly inoludee those in tit fighting at Kinow and New Chwang as wsll as Buabke river, where several minor sngagements hsvs been reported. " -, - Committed Suicide Milt Fleener, a young man living at Joseph, Wallowa county, committed saiolde there Wednesday by taking lsudanqtn . Hs bad been despondent over soms misfortunes and had been gambling heavily. After taking the laudanum be eeemed to recent and I started for the diotor's office, falling dead just before entering the door His brothsr oame along shortly after and found him. H leaves a mothsr and slaters in Wallowa county and Is un married, v St Petersburg, Jsn 14 A telegrem from Javaststes that a Naval base of operations has been established on tbe Island of Libuan be tba Japanese. It is also stated that tbe Biitish telegraph office on the island eeased working for twelve days in order to oonoeal the presence of tbe Jspsnese. ' ' ' Neutrality Recognized Berlin, Jsn 14 Japan bas sent a formal dispatch to the Gs neral Gov ernment expressing her eonviotion that Germany has fulfilled ber dutiee as a neutral throughout tbe entire wsr between Rossis and Jspan , and most especially during (be recent events In the war sone. 1 MORE PEOPLE TESTIFY Prince Expected Tokio, Jsn. 14. Prince Kushina and sui's are expected to arrive at Totio tonight on a steamer from ths Ststes Disasterous Fire Montreal, Jan. 14. A fir here early this morning damaged tha Royal VI caria Hospital to the extent of a hun dred and fifty thousand dollars, Receives Brave General Nagasaka, Jsn. 14. General St s ssl arrived her toda, on ths Jspansse transport Ksmamora. Governor A ra kawa wiib the chief officials of the port went aboard the transport snd received 8toeiael, his wife snd staff, who were In a short while transferred to land. General 8toessel was sttlred in a gray uniform and an overcoat. He wore his sword and slowly wended hi way up the hill to the bungalow where be will be quartered. Dosens of Russian officers sainted their lata com mander. Inquiry in the Smoot Case Continues with Despatch Washington, Jsn. 14. James Lynob. of 8alt Lake, Utah, a Democrat and a non Mormon aad a brother-in-law of Angus M Cannon, was ihs first witness In the 8moot Inquiry case today. H was questioned as to the statement of his brother-in-law that he witnesssd ths msrrlag of Abram Cannon and Lillian Hamlin on ths high seas, of ths coast of California In 1898. The witness Mid that he had investigated the statement, and that he found that Angus Cannon bad not been in Cali fornia that yeat, and .admitted that Cannon mads ths statement bat said 'Hs waa drunk at. ths. time." .' H"gh M Dougall, postmaster at Sprlngvlll Utah, ssld thst he had been expelled from tba Mormon church but It had not mad any difference to him In his business, although be fealt largely with Mormons. He ssld h took ths endowment oeremonies in 1862 snd al so the cath of vengeance ; II tsstiflsd thst the oath was to avenge the . blood of tb prophsts on ibis "generation" and not on this "nation, ' as ha been previously testified before the commit tee. He sold sine hi sx pulsion from the church he ha i served In the legislature, being e'ected in a Mormon county A A Moon, Provo, Utah, ten US ep that tb Mormon acted Inde pendently and freely in political mat ters, and that tb prsctio of polygamy is dying out. TO THE PUBLIC: 1 The rush of Holiday trade ia over and business in general has got back to its normal condition, j J wish to inform air my patron's," and those not my patrons but who are liable to be, that I am now in a position to take oare of all watob,' clock, and jewelry ; repairing with dispatch. 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