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VOLUME IV
LA GRANDE UNION COUNTY. OREGON MONDAY. APRIL 10. 1905
NUMBER 133
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NAVAL
BATTLE
RUMORS
.v ( By 8orlppaNsws Association)
Lbndun, April 10. A dispatoh to
Lloyd's from Singapore says that tbe
steamer "Gregory Abcst'" had jmt ar
rived there, and reports that they
pabed the Rutaian fleet rt 1 a. m. to
day, anchored twenty milea northeast
of JUanki, one of tbe Anomba Islands.
There la no confirmation of the report
10 Keutere tuat Admiral Kojeatvenaky
was not with the squadron.
MOKE VESSEL8 SKiHTEO
' Batavia, Island of Java. April 10
A Komian eqaardon hit been sighted
near tyuntoksl, la exported to- arrive
here today. Nothing hat been seen
hereof. the Japanese - squadron The
Dutch East Indiea aqaadron la now at
Tujo , I aland, near Singapore.
IN CLOSES PKOXIMlTlf
By Scrlpps News Association
Singapore, April 10 The Jtritiah
ateamer-"Radnorshlre," which arriv
ed today, report that they sighted the
Russian lialjla, aqaadron, at one forty
five yesterday 'afternoon, five milea
from Pulodamar, one of the Anamba
groupe of islands lying fart he rest
aontheaat, and prootsding toward
Polumenti. Radnorshire also aaw four
war ahips, apparently Japanese, off
Cape 8t James, Frenob Coohtn China,
on April 7th. The Anamba islands
are in the China Sea, -about one hun
dred and fifty miles northeast of Sing
a pore t
NOT RUSSIAN VESSELS
Batavia, Apiil 10 The fleet sighted
( ff Muntok proved to be a Dotcb
squadron wbioh left it former anch
orage under secret orders and is now
steaming north .
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RdMOR OF NAVAL BATTLE ,
Hongt Kong China April lOIt la
reported here that two sections, of
rival I leets clashed near Singapore thts
morning, and that Admiral Togo lost
five vessels The ramor orginated in
a dispatch wbioh waa reseived by the
Russian Consul, The Hong Kt:ig
pilots, who have gone to navigato the
Ruesian Vessels throngh tbe eliuits
have been offered hgh pay. '
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SPECIAL OFFERING
IN MEN'S SUITS
$6
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neat, invisible
$7
CA - For regular $10 values, ill wool suits, good
eOU weight, neat invisible stripe patterns, in all
Sizes
Boys' Knee Pants, Special -
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PREPARES FOR
INAUGURATION
v (By Hcrlppe Newa Association)
.; (Jhioago, April 10. Judge Edward
P .bonneT cleared hla docket thta
morning, "preparatory to hla Inaugura
tion aa mayor of Chicago tonight. The
mayor, when Installed, will have a
bare majority of tur alder me a to
anpport him In hla plana for the muni
cipal ownership of the street railways,
bat it la believed that this number la
sufficient to enable him to pass any
reasonable measure . broking In that
direction. The attitude' of the council
is favorable' toward allowing Mayor
Dunne io make a fair test of tbe public
ownert hip of the traction lines.
To Enforce Neutrality
By Soripps'Newa Association ' ;
Manilla April 10 Tbe orueier
Baleigb, torpedo boat destroyers Barry
and Cbauncy, and the supply ship
General Alvada have been dispatched
to p-trol tbe west toast of Palawan
island and enloroe neutrality In case
of a naval fight off the Philippines
Three other destroyers .are preparing
to sail.
Sues for Millions
..
New York, April 10 Mrs. E Raw lea
Reader, the diplomat whose connection
wl'h Han Dominican affairs became
known recently, Is about to bring soil
for $6,000,0 K) against James B Hoggin
and a number of Wall street firms who
were identified with tbe Daggin mine
syndicate. Mrs. Reader claims that
the money la due ber and her hue! and
from tbe sale of copper mines to the
syndicate Some of the pro perl Us she
ctaima her husband owned, while
others were simply held by option.
Alaskan Court
' (By Scrlpps News Association)
Fairbanks Alaska April 10-The
Spring term of the Diatriot court open
ed today In order to consider a small
number of civil and criminal caeea.
It haa been decided not te call a grand
jury to investigate the misconduct or
ofljoials until tbe opening up of navi
gation. Tbe spring clean up here
amounts to fully four million dollars
and may reach filve million.
MAMMOTH SHOE
FOR FO U R DAYS
Commencing Wednesday morning we will jl(ce our ENTIRE
STOCK OF SHOES on sale at ipeciaHy reduced prices. This
does not mean at few pair of odds and ends, but embraces our en
tire stock of shoes without any exception, IncMently let us men
tion tbe fact that our shoes made by the Peters shoe company
received the highest award at the St. Louis exposition. " '
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Rm?mber every pair of ihoes in; the Hcuseat
Reduced Prices for Four Days, Commencing
Wednesday Morning. V V
values in good heavy weight,
plaid patterns
25c
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CHICAGO
STRIKE
MOTS
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I By Sorlpps New Aaroolatlon
. Chloago April lO-.Tbe atUmpta this
morning to move freight -from the
houses of Montgomery Ward A Co to
tbe railway booses was marked with'
renewed rioting, Tbe onion teamsters
defied tbe blg eeoorta of polloe, and
blocked the path of the wagons at
very ooroer,- Clubs were used by
the polios to clear passages, and the
defiant teamsters were thrown Into the
patrol wagons. Mlaelea were
toor'?
tbe non-nnton drivers, . in some, eases
inflicting sever injuries. A thousand
express drivers may join the strikers
at any moment. The employers As
sociation threatens to obtain petit-
Ion for Injunction, In oase the express
drivers strike, on the sroundi that 1
interferes wtih inlerstatetrafflo.
FPFTOff T HANDLER'S STRIKE
. Chioago April .10 Five hundred
Illinois Cenlral freight handlers went
out on a atrika this afternoon, ,. in
sympathy with the teamsters. Riot
ing continues down town in the street
and many am sis Isvs been made.
Death List 10,000
(By Scrlpps News Association)
Lahore, April 10 It is estimated
that the death list, as a resuli of the
recent earthquake, will reach ten
thousand A. dispatch from Simla
says that a voloano is in eruption in
tbe bills of fiaahabr State.
Injunction Affirmed
(8peouUto the Observer)
Chicago, Apt II 10 The mandate of
the Supreme 'ourtof the United
States, efflrmlngV the Injunction of
Judge Groascnp against ths packers,
was plans 1 on file her today for : the
first time. This aotion of Assistant
Attornoy Pagin Is taken- to Indicate
that it la the intention of the. Govern
nent to augment any action of the
Grand Jury againat the packers by
citing offenders tor contempt of court
Su
SALfc
BAD THING FOR
WEARY WILLIES
New York April 10-Tcst a man n.av
never be tired again If he baa the price
of fatigue antitoxin, la the deduction
of a German scientist. But more re
markable perhaps 1 the fact that a
number of the foremost medical men
f New York agree that the annlhlla-
llatlon of fatigue by serum baa an
attnal basis I scientific truth.
: In the Muenchener Medioinieohe
Wocberblatte, a reooguised medical
journal, De Wolfgang Weiohardt de-
aciibea hla eiDerln.anta In eraatlna an
antitoxlne to the poison of fatigue or
exhaustion. ' II drew a guinea pig by
a atring across a rough earpet until It
gavs up resistance and became totally
iUWIIHHi tin IUB, H1IMU, WM
I obtained from the exhausted, animal
and Inoculated into others. It waa in
j acted ; Into a human subject with a
very perceptible gain In his- strength.
Rider Haggard Talks
Amity Colo. April 10 H U der
Haggard, who is here as an enfoy of
tbe British governmenteonducting an
inspection ol tbV8ltatioo Army col
oniea in Amrica said today:
"I see not hingbut revolution and
ruin in tbiafoountry' if you do not curb
your gigantio trusts'.' Prioes have been
levited to the prohibitive point for
all exoept tbe eery richest, which will
cause trouble unless a remedy is quick
ly and thoroughly applied .
"Why, the bacon we eat in Amity,
eosts mors in Colorado wbere it ia
made than it do s in, England. ;
II believe the ooIonliatloiLol city
people on large traota of land will
solve the problem of high prioes.
"The pot r people who live in your
big cities and those in Colorado get
what we consider in England a good
wage, but the cost of living is so bigh
here that they have no conveniences,
comfort or money. The poorer class.
ss of people in England do not make
as much money as in this country,
but they live better,"
John D. Offers More
i
By Scrlpps News Asaooiation ,
Boston, April 10 It was announced
at the headquarters of the American
Baptlat Missionary Union that John D
Rockefeller bad off a ed the board
aecond one hundred thousand dollars,
the same to bs used for mission build
Ings in foreign countries.
Attempt to Kill
Uy Scrlpps News Association J
St. Petersburg, April 10. Nine shots
were fired at tbe Governor of tbe prison
at Llbau last night. . The Governor
was not hurt in any manner, and the
assailants escaped oapturs.
Extradition Granted
riorippa News Association
Cincinnati!, O , April 10. The ei
tradition of J Morgan 8ml th and wife
was granted this afternoon The two
prisoners wilt leave for New York to
night In ovstody of officers. , :
No Trace of Murderer
. By 8crippsNews Association
San Francisco April 10 Delecln
laft tbia morning for Eureka, Califor
nia, for which point it ia believed that
the murdsrsr, Pietro. Tortuiori, who
killed and mutilated Biaggio Vilardr
sailed Friday, The mufderer baa a
sur, ana, ii he went to . eureka, can
easily elude pursuit by taking to the
great forests of oorthern California.
THEORY EXPLODED !:
(Later) This afternoon the theory
of the murderer fleeing to Eureka was
exploded, when It was discovered by
the police that tbe myaterioos Itallana
who bad taken paasags for the Eoreka
were two Inoffensive citltens of- this
city. .
Makes Assignment
(By Scrlpps News Association )
Brockton Mass. April .10 The shoo
firm of E R Grover and Company at
whose fact ry tbe disastrous explosion
oooured on March 20th resulting In a
loss of fifty sight lives, and a quarter
of a million dollars damage to proper
ty, - voluntarily assigned today
for tbe benefit of their creditors
BEGINS
WORK
ON OIL
. By Scrlpps News Association
Toprka Kan April 10 Commie-
sioner of Corporations, Gi fluid, who
-raided here at midnight with three
assistants to commence te Investi
gation of the Standard O.l Co. in
Kansas, rays that be will , make
Topeka headquarters for three days,
and will then go to Texas, Oklahoma
Colorado, and California oil fields. It
is said that the hearing ; will not be
public Commissioner Garfield eecka
to secure every avaiUble fact regard
tng the oil Industry, not only . in
Kansas, but over the whole, country.
The Commissioner spent part of the
morning in oouferenoe with Governor
Uoch.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hansen Jr
spent Sunday at Telooaeet, the gueets
of Mr. II An sen's parent a -
Come and See
Ten Days
Millinery
sill
Now
THE RAINBOW STORE
ATTEND
Auction
At 2:30 and 7:30 Daily, , . -
Four Prizes Given away at Each Sale '
Goods at Auction
Diamonds Watches,
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H. W.:
A. L LOWENSTEIN.
PRESIDENT
AFTER WOLVES
Scrlpps Nsws Association
Lawton, O T. April 10. A cowboy
from Pasture Riser brings the repoit
that a wind atorm last night wrecked
some of the tents of the-President's
oamp, but did no damage If the
program waa carried out, the - Preei
dect arose early this morning, and, led
by John Abernatby and several swift
trailers, started on the first of five
days of daily wolf chas s. The bunt
ing grounds are big tracts some die'
tanceoutof Frederick on the Com
roanobe and Kiowa reservationa.
Trials Set For June
. Uy Scrlpps News Association '
neieus apnt iv federal Judge '
Hunt today eet for trial, on June 6th.
the easel againat B M Cobban and
fifty three others, indicted for perjury
and subornation of perjury in conneo-
tion with land frauds. It Is alleged
that Cobban induced the ind'oted per
one to take op landa and turn ; them '
over to bim for Senator Clark, and be
transferred them to the latter. ' The ,
Government has sued Sens tor Clark
to recover the landt.
the Spring Styles
HEWITTS
Prices .-between Sales
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