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, 1 TODiVS NE7S TODAY -1 Tonight and Tomorrow Fair U V ILK VOLUME IX LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. CIGO:J THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1905 NUMBER 153 LA GRANDE ! ? V REPRESENTATIVE MEN VISIT OUR CITY The Northwest, Oregon, and La Grande, In particular, ia honored to day by the presence of the delegation of Chicago business men who are with oa. Theae gentlemen being intereated In lane mercantile and commercial intereata - and realizing the rapid growth the Nonhweet ia making, they naturally deiired to peraonally view thia Immense territory which ia rapid' ly acquiring annually thonsanc's of new population and ia eending train loada of her produce to the onarket centera of the world. Theae sentlemen cannot bat be im pressed with, the greatneai vof the conutry they are touring. Borne of the gentlemen represent flrma tbat commenced tbetr career when Chicago waa lees than one half the elxe of I Grande. They realize bow the west la growing and will grow. It la their commerolal territory and tbey are In tereated in ita development and when thia delegation makes Ita report to the tbe Chicago Commerolal Association, They will enlist its co-operation to aaaiat in the building up of the west. Tbe delegation waa met at tbe depot and escorted to the Commercial Club and from there were taken to the Foley House where they were given a lunch In company with a number of the baa inees men of the city. They were then driven about the oity ana sur rounding country and left at 1:30 in a apecial for Hot Lake and then to Baker City where they were entertained ua til tbe evening train overtook them. During lunch, Senator Walter Pierce delivered the address of welcome which waa responded to by Mr. Defebaogb, editor of the American Lumberman, , who outlined the objects of thia tour which la embodied in hia ppenr which he read, being written since coming to our city Bribe Plan Changed (By Scripps Newa Association) Sacramento April 27 In tbe Bank ers case this morning, attorney Smith the counsel for the defense, In hla argurrent, contended that the crgii.al plan was really a bribe for the 'elf iatora, bat that the plan waa cbangtd. TBE FORUM OK LA GRANDE "Now Illinola and Oregon clasp hands across the hllla . And mingle la a common aong the mugio of their mills; . Chicago's mighty commerce walta the pleasure of your wllla. Now Illinoia and Oregon clasp fingers o'er the land And men come closer and apeak tli " speech that each may understand And counoil fires are bullded la the forom of La Grande. Now Illinola and Oregon stand apeak lng face to face ; We find ouraelvee of common name, of common blood and race ; We find, each in the other one, aome new discovered grace. cele And it la well that thus we meet in council in La Grande Chicago buya and sells for yoa anl for the mighty land' And those who buy and those who sell ahall long united atand. The gueits were favored with several selections by the qaartatt of the Mor. mon church, which were royally re ceived and later responded to by the visitor's qnartett entitled "Chicago the Beautiful." PERSONAL OF THE DELEGATION Frank Hibbard, fourth vice-presi dent of Hibbard, Speneer, , Bartlett Co., was educated In eastern acboola, alter whloh he made a' tour of the world. In 1894 he started at the bot torn of tbe ladder, aweeplng floors and doing primary work. He went through all the departmenta of the atore, and In 1901 waa made director; in WH he became fourth . alee president-- and director, and In the latter year waa al so made a director of the Continental NatasnalBank, of Chicago. He .ia i member of the Chlcrgo Club, tbe Bad die and Cycle, Chicago Athletic and tbe Onwentsia Golf Club at Lake For rest. Ill .vin whlob oity he has a earn. mer home. , . . ' Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co , are one of the largest If not the largest wholesale hardware house in tbe United 8afee and will thia year brete their fiftieth anniversary. : WF tJypee, representing Marshall Field A Co , of Chicago, began hie career la thia well known bouse twenty five year ago. Starting aa a boy with the eoaoern. be baa worked hla way through the various divlalons ap to aales manager, tbe datiea of which Doaltlon he assumed upon the retire ment of R N Fair In January UA, The poeiUon held by Mr. HypeS la on of the greatest responsibility In an organisation like Man-hall Field A Co., they being the largest Jobbers, lov porter and retailere of dry gooda la the world, distributing annually aboat t65.000.QXX) worth of dry goods, carpets and kindred lines, which output la constantly Increaalog. The' sales of thia firm greatly exoeed those of. any other jobbing house In the world. TLey employ abott 1L0Q0 person i. ., J G Miller, who accompanies the excursion aa the representative of the Chicago Clothing Induatry, la the sen ior member of the firm of John G Miller wboae business aneeairy I dates baok to 1839. Mr Miller la a prominent laotor In Chloago business affaire, a well known clubman, and a ahrewd and general business man. Under the direction of Mr Miller, hia house haa reached and enjoye an enviable atanding ' In the i hi. ago olothlng field. . Fredluard PAmbruster is secretary and treasurer of the old ' . pioneer crockery firm of Barley & Tyreil, with which he became connected a beat twenty -five yean ago. Ha ha charge of the credits of the firm for tbe paat sixteen years, and ia conceded to be one of the most popular and aaooeaatul credit men to this trying and . Import ant branch of the orockery baslnees. The Aim of Burley Tyrrell waa started In 1833 by Arthur G Barley, when vjhicaao waa a town of. leaa than 2000 persons. Jamee B Defebaugh, editor of tbe American Lumberman, Chicago, began hla career aa a printer 'a devil . la hla native state. Pennsylvania came to Chicago in 1877, and haa been ldentifl ed with lumber journaliam alnoe 1881. The American Lumberman la a court of laat resort la mattera pertaining to the lumbar trade, and eoaoededly la the foremost trade publication ia the world. It lean effectively aggreaoive bulwark between tbe lumber trade and Ita utteranoei are Invariably -accepted aa authoritative. : a J E Hardin, of F A Hardy & 00., wholesale opticians and manu'aotur- era of that class ol goods, is an im- portanl factor to t"he oompany of dis tinguished vouritU, be being the ' gen eral secretary of the Chicago Com rneroUl Association, and bia relation ship io the trip ia eomewhat offioial, although hie position is honorary. Mr. Hardla ia aa unusually interesting character, b a saooeesfulyoung bust-1 hees man of great clerical ability, and ia an eloqoeot talker and one ol the oi atore ol the party. . 5 E U Kimbark, vice president and manager of the Paper Mills' .the "paper man" of the Commercial As sociation excursion party, ia . "of age1 la the business, having been In the wholeealo paper trade for twenty-one years starting as office boy in a Chi oago paper house at the age aizteen. tie ia an expert in paper, and ia con sidered one of the best Judges of paper In th country. ' Mr Kimbark ia a member of tbe ex ecutive ocmmlttee of the National rapar Trade Association, and Is seo- reUry of the Western Pener DaUm Association. John McCarthy, who represents the banking Intereata on the trip, ia tbe assistant cashier of tbe Continental National Bank of Chicago, a p tuition whloh be baa occupied for nearly t sro years. Hia father la an Irish nun by birth, bat haa lived in the United Statea tbe greater part of bia life. He waa for twelve years connected with the American Writing Maohine OS. with headquarters in New York City, a concern afterward connected with other interests, and waa for three years its president. For the two years pre vious to his connection . with the American Writing Machine Company he waa connected with tin Manovsr National Bank of New York. Tbe Continental National. Bank ia tbe se cond large national bank' in - Chiosgo and the eighth in sise in the whole country. It . bs deposits of about $55,000,000, a capital of 13,000.000, and jl anrplna and undivided, profit ol Franklin Mae Veagb,. representing the great grocery interests of Chicago. Iff Mao Veagb, after being graduated from Harvard University in 1805, started immediately to work with tbe firm of whioh bis father ia the senior member. In 1900 he , was made a Rumor Of Naval Battle By Scrlppe Newa Association Tatng Tan. Shanton Peninsula, April 27 A private telegram received here aaya tbat the fleet of Admiral Rojest- veasky baa effected a Junction with tbe squadron under Nebogato&V VESSELS LEAVE INNER HARBOR Saigon, April 27. All the Russian transport s, and the hospital ahlp, Orel, which were left behind, when the main aquadron of Bojestvensky left Kamrenh bay, left the Inner' bay yea terday Tbe vessels now form aa lm menaearo outalde the harbor. The torpedo boata are kept busy steaming1 In all directions, apparently waiting for the arrival of the aquadron of Aa- mlral Nebogaloff. Tbe vessels cap tured by the Russian cruisers were flying German flags, and reported that they were bound for Japan. - RUMOR OF NIVAL BATTLE London April 37 Markets are weak tbia morning on account of the re ported outilng of the Hainan cable. There la an unoon armed rumor of a great naval battle, in whioh several Japanese warships are said to have been lost. The heavy selling of in ternational securities by Paris . baa forced the prions down sharply. Murderer Located By Buripps News Association BakersOeld April 27 Pietro, the man wanted by tbe authorities of San Franotsco for the rnuruer and die menberment of Riagcio Vilardo, Is Ianpposed l& be passing ".along 'Paso ht ..... A f., I- uimft uvmw iu vivj. a larMivr I u that vicinity told the police that he had aeen a man who resembled the scouted man hiding in tbe woods. When shown the picture of the mur derer, he declared onequivooally that he was the man and offloers are used In scouring the neighborhood. " CHICAGO STRIKE GROWS ( By Peri; pa Newa i sooolatlon ) Chicago, April 27. Five bundled policemen were detailed Ibia mornine- to storm the center of tbe teamater'e strike, whloh ia expected to apread to several large housea, and may be eo eompanled by violence. The polioe era esoor-inn the wagooa to and from the stores and freight houaei. AT LADIES' LIBERAL PRICfi SUIT SALE REDUCTIONS THIS WEEK For this week we place on special sale our entire line of Ladies' Silk Shirt Waist Suits, Sictllian Shirt Waist Suits and Ladies' Tailored Suits, at sweeping price reductions. ANY SUIT YOU MAY SELECT AT SPECIALLY REDUCED PRICES. This in connection with the fact that we absolutely guarantee our suits the best value in Eastern Oregon at popular prices make, this the greatest suit buviner opportunity ever offered at the opening of the season. EVERY SUIT AT REDUCED PRICES LADIES' HATS We sold more hats during Easter week-than any week in the history of our millinery department. We men tion this fact merely to show yoa that, THE INCOM PARABLE VALUES and ABSOLUTELY RELIA BILITY OF OUR MILLINERY department is becom ing better known and appreciated. AUTHORIATIVK HATS FROM RELIABLE MAKERS HERE AT NtW SILK COATS IN THE LATEST METROP0LIN STUES MEN'S SUITS Individuality, style, perfect. 6t and workmanship are only a fe w of the characterastica of The Kirschbaum guaranteed clothing now ready for your inspection. Suits, Top Coats $ 8.50 to $20.00 12.50 to 18.00 : life AFFECTS MARKE New Oil Refinery (By Scrlppe News Association) Kansas Oity April 27 H H Tucker Jr- today bought a fifty acre truct of land at Trener, Ktna4, upc wbich be will build a Urge independent oil refinery. partner and haa been In this business ever since, with the exception of a year I n ATTI F DF PODT whioh he devoted to making a tour of Drtl ,Ll- the world. His work ia principally tbe engaging and routing of aaleimen and the employment of help. This firm does business in thirty I (By Sorippi Newa Association) three states ana territories, ana is one I p,rU April 17 Renters has declin .... t A J . r Li t 1 oi too ucb iu uiuBt mvuibuij iuuwb I ai inrtv MntimM ainea last n irhs fin grocery concerns tn tne unitea statea. .coount of the reportsd naal between Frederlok Bode, who represents the tDa Boselans and Japanese. wholesale millinery interests among tbe tourists of tbe Chicago Commer cial Association, haa grown up in tbat Una ofjbueinesd. He waa for several years with D B Fisk A Co., also with dson Keith A Uo. Thirteen years ago, Mr Bods with George Eberiing bought the Page Brothers concern, whioh was then doing a business of half a million dollars annually. Dor ing the period from the time of their purchase, they have greatly enlarged the territories and hare tnoreased their business until the , volume of their trade amount to a turn over of $1,600, 000 annually. They ahip to praoti cally every auto In tha Union, and even as far. east as New York City, where tbey have a branch office. W O Haynie, who ia and haa been. associated with the Illinois Steel Com pany aa general attorney, la one of the older members of tbe party and personifies one of the largest interests represented. Tbe 111 (noise Steel Com pany has, aa la well known, large plants In South Chloago, In Jollet, In Milwaukee, and In Indiana At Ooutu Chicago it manufactures tone of ateel rails annually; at Jollet billets, wlie rods, etc., of enormons volume: a' Milwaukee small raila and round atock, and In Indiana Ita enormous oemnt plant prodnoes 4,000 barrels of cement dally. During the past ten years Mr Haynie haa become thoroughly identified with the Iron and steel Interests and Is an able representative of that line of oommeroe. MOKE JOIN 8 1 KIKE The drHefe M tbe Marshall Field company, the Caraon, Here Soott com pany and the J' hn V Farvell oompany all Joined tha .. atrike thia mnrninv with tbe teamsters. None of tl e con- ottrns have sent out wagona from tha barr.e. One hundred and ninety drivers of tha Forbes Cartage oompany alao went out on a atrike. and tha strike now teems to effect elxty flrma, which concerns furnleh the wagons. The drivers of the railway and express companies have refused to haul gooda ' for the companies of which the team start have struck, thus further com plicating tha situation Tbe labor leaders claim that there will be threa thousand teamsters out by night. MAY CALL GENERAL BTEIKB Tbe labor leaders say that they will call out every unionlat In tbe oity - if necessary, in order to win the atrike, ' which now hinges on tbe employment of the Montgomery Ward people of tha former union teamaters. A special meeting of the Chicago Federation of Labor will be calls 1 to empower tha ; business agents to order strikes ac cording to their discretion. EXPRESS DRIVE ItS STRIKE! (Later)-. Una hundred and antv Idrlvers of tha 'United 8tatea Expreaa Company refused to deliver gooda to day to the boycotted flrma, and struck when one of their number waa die- charged. Their action affords tbe op portunity dealred by the employers to aak the Federal Court to enjoin tha strikers from interfering with Inter state commerce. (3;45 put) The expreia drivers of all companies went out tble afternoon. FOUND MURDERED IN HOUSE FIRE (By Scrips News Association) Eureka Cel., April 27 Upon quenching tbe fire in her home thia morning, tbe dead body of Mra Patrick Quinn was found on tbe floor. The lower bait of the remains were borued to a cinder. Tbe woman's skull was fractured and there were (lab wouuds on ber face and neckv Robbery is sup posed to have been tbe motive for tha murder. Keeps the Chaps Away Lester Coy who has been with several largo merobaattle establishments In Spragua and Spokane for the past three yeara, arrived laat evening o.i a visit to his mother and sisters. It ia tbe little things' of life that annoy us. "We can dodge an elephaul.but not a tly' says some t philosopher, You can't very well avoid an noyance from chapped and roughened skin these days unless you rely on Cu Lem Cream It relieves at once and heals in a few i jura. If we knew of anything better wo wou'.i recom mend it. Customers say there c;) J id n't be anything better. Price 25 oents NEWLIN DRUG' CO.