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VOLUME IV
LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. OREGON MONDAY, JANUARY 30. 1905
NUMBER 87
N1NG-OBS
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m UNKNOWN PERSON WRECKS
GOVERNOR'S HOUSE WITH BOMB
(Soripps Newt Association) ' .
Qt P.tHknM T OA ft J - -
kuloo was thrown at the reeldencs of
the Governor General of St Petertbarg
ay and the .honse was fjpraetlcally
r - u.oiisnea, uicktiy tor tie . uov-
snor General,' be was "absent from
home at the time.
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STATE OF BEIGE AT WARSAW
- Soripps News Association
St. Petersburg,. Jan. 30. A minor
teteof eelge was today declared in
W array, where the aitnatlon became
most serious yesterday, . ' -
WILL INVESTIGATE
' " (By Scripps Newa Association)
baseador Hardioge, following the of
ficial protest to the. Russian Govern
ment has dispatohed to Major Lapior
the British Military attaohed at War
saw to make a thorough investigation
ol the attack on the British Consul by
tbe Cossacks. .
MOB SETS PRISONERS FREE
81 Petersburg Jan 30 It is report
ed here that a mob burst open the
prUons at Smipberoff, Crimea
Reval, setting all ol the political
sonars in these strongholds liee.
WARSAW FEARS AGITATORS
(By Soripps News Association)
Moat the shops are closed here to
day and tbe strikers are remaining
quiet, bnt the authorities are fearal
that the Socialist agitators are In
clined to farther disorder
and i the British Government with inciting
pri-1 revolution at Libaa and Petal have
led to additional representations by
the British Ambassador. The strike Is
apparently ended and most of the fac
tories In tbe city started np today Se
veral of the larger factoriea have not
fully opened owing to tbe formalities
of registering thousands of employees.
MANY RETURN TO WORK
By Soripps News Association
8t Petersburg, Jan. 30. One hun
dred and ten thousand men returned
to work at tbe oapitol today. Nine of
the largest factories have resumed
work today. Moscow and Poland are
tbe only districts remaining dsngeroos
at the present time.
MANY KILLED AND WOUNDED
By Scrlpp News Association
Warsaw, Jan 30 It is estimated
that one hundred end sixty workmen
wets killed and wounded in the riot
ing wbloh occared here on Saturday
and Bunday. Today all the shops sxs
closed and buslojss is at a standstill.
. BRITISH INCITE REVOLT
The appearance of plaoards obarging
HARR1MAM AGAIN
WINS DECISION
f Soripps Nsws Association)
Washington, Jan 30 The Supreme.
Court has granted the petition of
Harriman and Pierce of the Oregon
abort Line and Equitable Trust Com
pany for a writ of certiorari, piovid
ing for a review and determination of
the tecords in the suit in equity which
was decided on Janua-y 3rd against
them and in favor of the Northern
becurities Co. V- - ,
(By 8oripps Nsws Association)
New York Jan 30 A . seven , piin t
fill in the Northern Securities this
morning oocurred aod die
counted the effect of the Supreme
Court decision favorable to the Harri
man interests. Wben news of tbe de-
ois'on came tbe stock suffered no fur
ther loss The decision unsettled the
whole msrket as a prologue to , tbe
Morgan, Hill and Harriman fight.
The effect of the decision of the
Supreme Court throve upon the Issue
again the question as to whether the
acquisition of stock by the Northern
Hecuritles Company is legal or not
although the purpose of co-operation
is declared so illegal as to make it
necessary for a? dissolution of the
Northern Securities company in case
the decisions oomlifg support the con
tention of Harriman In the writ of
certiorari, anJ the "company will be
forced to return the original stock to
the orginal owners
KILLED
ROBBED
BURNED
By 8cripps News Association
Albany Ore Jao 30 Edwin Stone
agent of tbe Corvallis and Eastern
railroad company was robbed and
set on fire In his room at a hotel in
Newport last 8unday and died ' this
morning without having regained his
consciousness . A tramp has been ar
rested on suspioion.
MORE WITNESSES
IN LAND FRAUDS
By Scripps News Association
Portland, Jan. SO VlMam Piper
and J W Newklrk, cashier of the First
National Bant, of Portland, were wit
nesses before the Federal Grand Jury
this morning in the lend fraud inves
tigation. .
Wins In Good Race
(By Scripps News Association)
Ormoude, Jan. 30 Mr. H. W.
Fletcher, with his eighty horse power
Diedrioh, won the great one hundred
mile race today. The time was one
hour, twenty two minutes and thirty
eight seconds, being four minutes a
head of his nearest competitor.
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The
An nual
Clearance
S a 1 e
"Will be Continued.
' With Still
Greater Bargain Opportunities
Many of the seasonable goods ou sale for tbe past two weeks in fairly good
assortment
MUST BE CLEARED UP WITHOUT FAIL
Also several new line added
INTER-STATE
DIVORCE LAWS
By Bcripps News Association
Washington, Jan 30. The President
today sent to the U 8 Congress
message asking that ' steps sboull be
taken to secure a uniform divorce law,
by co-operation between the states,
and advising a collection of statistics
of the different states by the directors,
oftbeeensas.
GREAT LOSSES IN
LAST ENGAGEMENT
Wants .
Habeas
Corpus
By Soripps News Association. .
: London, Jan 80 Tbe correspon
dent of the news reports that tbe
casualties in the fighting whioh oc
curred between the Russians and Jap
anese at Chen Cbiebpeo, Belkoutai.
south of Mukden, last . week, wer
Japanese killed and wounded 3 000,
and Russians kills! and wounded ten
thcussnd . .'.
0FNERAL8 WOUNDED
81 Petersburg Jan 30 Central
Grippenberg bas reported to tbs Rot
s!an Government that ' tbs Russians
bavs occupied San Tal Tae and that
in the engagement, General Met
obenko and Kroodroviteh were wound
ed.
ATTACTINQ ARM? RETIREH
--By 8crlpps News Association
Tokio, Jan 30 The mala foros of
the army of Kuropatkin which attaok
sd Chen Chelchpai and Leattako, has
retired to the northwest.
EXTRADITION LAWS
By 8oripps News Association
Washington. Jan 30. Senator Pat
terson of Colorado asked the Supreme
Court today for permission to file an
application for a writ of habei corpus
for Thomas Hhepbard, Chas. Miller of
Denver, Colo , election judges now in
Jail on the charge of contempt for dis
obeying the injunction of the state
Supreme Court, and argued that the
prisoners were held without due pro
oess of law. ;
Last Chance
Gone
Washington, Jan. 30. The applica
tion for a writ of certiorari in the case
of Maohen Lorenx Diller and 8rmuel
A Goff, convicted of post office frauds,
and sentenced to two years imprison
ment and ten thousand dollars fine,
was denied this morning by tbe Su
preme Court. This deprives the de
fendants of their last chance to escape
punishment and they have been sent
to Maundsville, v Va., to the penitentiary,
Will Inspect Mint
Moscow Ida, Jan 30-Judge Warren
Trultt left Itoday for Philadelphia to
meet the newly appointed commission
for inspection of the United States
mint on February 8. Tbe commission
will Inspect tbe mint t Philadelphia
after which Judge Trultt will go to
Wasnlngton D O for a few days snd
from thsro will return to Mosoow.
Beef Trust
Beaten
(Bcrlpps News Association)
Washington Jau 30 Tbe Supieme
Court today entered a decision adverse
to Swift and Co. and tbe other com
panies of the beef trust in their ap
peal from the injunction of the Feder
al Court of tbe northern distriot of
Illinois, restraining the illegal combi
nation to restrict competition to'' tbe
purchase of livestock and the safe of
dressed beef. The sweeping injuootion
is affirmed with certain minor modi
fications in order to make it ; confirm
to the bill ol the Attorney General
The decision or tbe court was unani
mous
OFFEN8F8 JUSIFf PROCEEDING
Jnstioe Holmes delivered the opinion
of tbs Court, and in the opinion ad
mitted that some of the charges were
less epeolflo than desirable but said
that sufficient had been shown to
prove oontinous offenses, and
offenses of such naturs as to justify
tbs proceedings.
PYTPMrtPn
By Bcripps Nsws Association
Washington Jan 30. The Senate
today passed a bill extending the' Ex
tradition laws to tbs Philippines
ON REGULATION
OF CAR LINES
(By Scripps Nsws Association)
.Washington Jan SO EM Fergusou
of Duluth Minn., today testified in be
half cf legislature regulating' private
cu liner, before tbs Senate Commit
tie on Inter-Stats Commerce. H
raid that toeing charges on Michigan
fruit increased from twelve dollars in
1892 to forty-five dollars. He also de
clared that Armour had made twantv
five million dollars a year on traffio
ohargee atoned
Ex Chief Justice Killed
By Soripps News Association
Paris Jaa 30 -It is announced that
the etrarger, who was run over and
killed by an automobile in the place
Delta Concorde, has been Indentifled
as ex cblef Justice Kelley of the la
ternatlonal Court of Appeals at Cairo
and lately a resident of London.
Kelley was appointed Minister toOalro
and Austria by ' Cleveland, but was
rejected by both countries owing to
his Catholic connections' , -
. The next attraction
Opera House will be
Waifs", February 7th.
at Steward's
"Two Little
Witness Testifies in
North Sea Case
( By fc'crlpps News Association )
Paris, Jan. 80. In ths session of
the International t.'ommlsslon today,
two witnesses hsve testified, namely.
Captain Johnson and .mate . Stromberg
of the. steamer Albermauer, both of
whom are Swedes. These witnesses
testiflad that, a few hours before the
firing upon tbe British trawlers, their
boat wu attacked by a strange warship
wbloh fired many shots st ths boat,
f but without Serious damage, and that
ths wsrshlp then disappeared. Hugh
O'Belrnam, the British agent, said
that the strange vessel aa the Bus
elan trausport, Kamsohatka; whioh
mistook ths Swedish craft for a tor
pedo boat O'Bieraian declared that
ths Kamsohatka notified Rojentvsnsky
that they had been attacked by a tor-'
pedo boat which led to ths North Sea
incident .
TO THE PUBLIC:
The rash of Holiday trade is orer and business
in general has got baok td its normal condition, I
wish to inform all my patrons, and those not my
patrons but who are liable to be, that I am now la a
: position to talci oare of all wtcU, clook aud jewelry
repairing with dispatch. I have secured all the neoes- , .
sary help in all the latest tools aid mtterials known
to the. trade, as well as the bast warlcuaaa that money , . '
can procure. . ; . - '
All repair work is under my personal superyii
lon and I guarantee each and every piece of work done
to be finished in first class workmanlike manner, end
to give (with proper attention) perfect satisfaction.'
All work sent by mail Or express will receive the same
careful attention as if delivered in personr and to be
promptly returned in first class condition.
Thanking my patrons for their past liberal
patronage and assuring them of my utmost ability to
give them perfeot satisfaction in the future. I remain
as ever. J. EL PEAKS,
NextNewlln's Drugstore. La Grande's Leadinc Jeweler
Dynamite A Church
- ( By 8crl pps Nsws Association
Seattle Wash, Tbe First Presby
terian church was wrecked this morn
ing by dynamite. The cause is not
known at the recent, nor is there any
Information leading to the Identity of
the person or persons who committed
the crime "" '
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