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a .TODAYS NEWS -TODAY VOLUMEry j grand union COUNTY, OREGON THURSDAY, MAY 25. 1905 ; V MlMnFPm" ' ' i : ' w i ; MORE FIGHTING ON THE LAND 8orippe News Aisociatioo Lrndon, May -A correspondent of tbe Central News wirea from St. Petersburg that there are peraiatent rumors beard in naval drctea to tba ffeottbat a naval battle baa com menced off tba Island ot Formosa. BUB8IAN8 FALL BACK London May 25 A correspondent of the London Times wires from Man ebnria as fallows: "General Mestoh enko, after (oar days abortive flutter On tbe Japanese flank, retired on 1H ay Z2nd twenty miles North west ward. He made no attempt on tba Japanese lines of communication. JAPS SUFFER LOSS Bi.: fetersburg, May 25 -General! unevitob reports that on May 22nd the Japanese were dislodged from a post at Mancbendoa after a fight in which tbey aaffered considerable loaa LEAVES FOB VLADIVOSTOK fit Petersburg May 15 Admiral Sir lied today left 8t Petersburg for Vladi vostok on a opeoial tr sin. Ail other traina will be sidetracked in order to permit tbe admiral to reach ' liia deati nation as soon as possible.' Disturbances Continue (By Scrippa News Association) Warsaw May 25 Tbe disturbances in the Jewish quarters oontinned all day. Four who were injured in the earlier fighting, died this afternoon in tba hospitals. The Polish revolution ists notiU.edjBeneral Maoinovitoh , to day that the campaign by Bombs will continue as long as martfal law is maintained in Poland. . Russian Vessels Seen (By Scrippa Newa Association) . Shanghai May 25 -It is reported that five volunteer cruisers ot the Ruasian fleet, accompanied by three colliers and one regular cruiser, arrived at tbe month of the" Yangtee river this after noon. Later, the regular orniaer de parted and three of the volunteers came to Woo Sung. $2 LONl PANTS SUITS, in sizes from age 10 to 20, in tweeds, cheviots, serges and plniu and fancy worsteds, siijgle and " double breasted cuts, J PA i fc!C ff prices range from 44 TO elDeUU, BASE BALL AND BAT FREE With Boy's Suit worth S3 and over " GREAT SPECIAL SALE OF LADIES' SILK SHIRT WAIST SUITS tA AC Buys your chice of our $12.60 silk suits THIS WEErT, thtse suits are special ayey values at regular price?, you will find them equal to regular $1600 f A AC Baits elsewhere. There is nothing cheup about the'euits except the price .i ; , My , y 3 Sim Jah?! t i m ,mm i m j.M.wJP.tl-"l"""y - i i i . AMERICAN YACHT 4 SEEMs TO LEAD Borippa Newt association . ' New York May 25 Tba British steamer Hevershsm reporta sighting tbe schooner "Hamburg" on Msy 21 eight hundred and thirty miles east of Sandy Hook. Oj tba same day the American yacht "Atlantic was sight ed by the White Star liner "Armenian" nine hundred miles out. Tbe indioa tiona are that the "Atlantic leads all yaohts by ninety miles. , r' r Des Moines Selected By Scrippa News Association :. Wlnoaa Lake, Ind May 25 The Presbyterian Asaombly baa eele'ted Dee Mtlnea, Iowa, as the place of Mtotr wvai meeting. Jews Lead Attack By Soripps News Association Waraw, May 25 The fighting which began in the Jewish quarters yesterday was renewed this morning. Tbe Jewish socialists took the lead in tbe attacks upon the rough characters wno infest the quarter. It ia estimat ed that aizty have bsen killed and wounded. May Be Settled - Soripps News Association New York May ' 25 Tbe Boillon Brokawa breach of promise suit baa been transferred to the June docket upon motion of counsel for the de fendant, millionaire Brokawa. The counsel atated that -efforts " would be made to edjast tbe differences, and it ia believed that the suit will be settled outside the courts.' -.-.. Corn Corner settled (By Scrippa Newa Association) , Obicsgo May 25 Tba corner in May corn, said to have been engineer ed by Janus A Patton and William H Bartlett, ended today in a settlement by tbe shorts at aixty ' five cents per bnshel. May corn opened at sixty eight and after the settlement, drop ped to aixty one anaid exoising scenes. BOYS' Extraordinary if you have not visited our boys suit department this ' sprit. jr, wa promise you a sin prise both in point o! large astortipiiit and reasonableness iu priee. Good Serviceable suits, $1.50 and $2.00. T ( For this price we have a large assort ment in the newest styles, in pleasing patterns, values equal to regular $3 00 suits. A11 Sillc Suita at J Rjeduced Prices this Week. No Reserves; No Exceptions. SiHTTMiM.M- , By aome of tbe stock ownera in tola vicinity, it ba been thought for eom 4 time ' that a systematie aUallng of horses was beiog perpetrated, bat no etna or positive proof of thl kind baa been forthcoming heretofore. Now it aeema that a foundation of facts has been discovered, upon which may be built the evidence to con nect tbe par; petrators with the crime. Yesterday, Mr. Frank Reed, having missed one of bis boraea from hla paature, made la , vestigatlons and found that there were also foreign horae tracks from the pasture leading up M ilia canyon Fol lowing the direction ot the track for the purpose of finding bia own horse, Mr. Beed procee led up tbe canyon and in a secluded spot found hla own horse and aix others tied an, supposedly stolen. He took bis own horse, and returning to tbe city, - Informed tbe offioiala ooncerninii what h hut -it-covered. It was stated thst parties oaa oeen eeen goin to and from tn plaoa where the horsee were eeoreted; so deputy aheilff Tom Johnson and constable J H MoLachlin atarted last evening for the plaoa, and throughout tbe night watobed th horses. - waitiiur tor tbe partiet who had secreted them to return However, their long watoh waa rot rewarded by tbe appearance of tbe parties wbo had aannrad (ha horses, and they ielurned..qr!y tbia morning to the city with tbe horsea which are now in the;, corral at the barn ot Joe Wood. u At elevso o'clock this morning Deputy Sheriff Tom Johnson arrested Fred MoBrlde upon a' warrant charging him with being on ot tbe peraona responsible for stealing tba boraea . Other arrests are. expected to follow soon,' 44 Hobson Marrjex:4 (By Soripps News Assoc iation) '. Toxedo Park N Y May 25 The marriage of Mist Griaelda Hull to Capt. Riohtnond P Hobion took place at four o'clock this afternoon at tbe home of tbe bride's parents. Hunters License - J F Robertson of Perry was the first Union county man to prooore a hunt ers license under the new law, and A J Pitta waa the second. These ore the only two licenses so far issued , Values in SUITS 153 00 At thi8 price we r ' show, this spring, some values which we never have been abl to offer less than $3.60 to U 00. We have them in Cheviots and tweeds, neat and dressy and built to wear. . .. ' '1;; IT-at-.. ' '- 11 I MORE TROUBLE IS PREDICTED , Scrippa News Association Chiotgottey 25 With a sDread of the tcamstera' strike to the hardwood lumb-r eoneerne which now sr em in- eitble, arvera hundred more team. alera will be involrrd. The managers of the hardware companies announces tnis morning that the; would start to make deliveriee to the "strike bound" eonoeros, in spite ol the declaration of the teamsters that thy would walk out when euoh a demand waa made. WILL INVOLVE MANY This strike, which will no doubt oo our, will involre nearly, a thousand employeea of the mills and lumbtr . . .. .. .M .... um uuuiaiioa CO SOUt aowa. Fifty men responded tbia morn ing to a call for a thousand additional policemen, issued by mayor Dunne last night. ' Toenty four hundred of ficers were sent out thia mornine; guarding twenty five hundred Wagons. - - AlAlf CALL TROOPS If the new inatallment ot oolloa hich the mayor baa called out ia tin- able to oop with the aUnatlon, he win uk for trpcpa At twenty ninth and Dearbor.il streets thia morning, flra men attacked Louie Flint, a color ed strike breaker, and ho waa beaten into Insenalblilty. Hla aasailanta ea caped. Flint ia in a critical .condition and may not liva." . EXPRESS DRIVERa REFUSED 1 .Senator Piatt, president of the United 8UUs Express Oo in a state ment Issued in New Fork, announced that the atrlklng tsamstera would be referred by the oompanj . He declar ed that the men, in leaving, bad Tio lated their contract aa well aa tha rnlaa of the company to which the uaa auoecrirjed. . And oonsquently, he stated, the former drivers could . not be trusted to perform their imnartant dutlee properly. WANTS SHEA IN JAIL In the oontempt bearing before Jndge Kohlaatt todar, attorney Mayer apeclfioaliy naked that Dreiidaat Hhea. of the teamaters, be tent to jail tor contempt In refusing to anawel the queatlons dUignated by the court. The attorneys for president Shea! made an anawar to Mayor's motion, ' WILLING TO HELP Vioe-Prssident Fairbanks reached Chicago today on bis way to Portland to attend the ooenina af the Lawla and Clark exposition. When questioned in regard to tbe report that be would be requested to use bis influence in settling the strike, he said: 'Of course I feel an interest in the strike situation in Chicago, and I would exert myself to bring about' aa a amicaoie agreement between tha parties, if my offices were considered in tbe earn' manner as that of tbe efforts of any good citizen." It ia not knowu that Falrbanka haa been aaked by either of tbe parties to take I a i . a nana in an error, to effect a settle ment. UNDER ADVISEMENT 2 p ru At oaa thirty tui afternoon Judge Koblsaat took the oontemnl cases of president Shea and the other labor leaders under adTinemeuV Brokers fail By Boripps News Association Cincinnati! Ohio Mar 25 The ull- orw of Uolttman and Company, brokers of thia city, was announced thia mornng.. Tbe failure was offiolhllr aononnwi this afternoon, and tbe debta of tha concern amount to a quarter of million dollars. ... More Brokers Fail (Byfkrlppa News Association) Boston Mass Mav 25 Hnrnt Cnmmlnga and Company, brokers at this city, filed a petition in Involun tary bankruptcy today. The llabilitl. are $1,714,368 and the assets are un certain, bat It is reported that not more than two hundred thousand dollara la available. . The oaoae of the failure waa financing street railway properties. " ., Delhi Wins -,-. By Soripps News Awociation Oravesend, N; .V ay s 26.-D,hi won the suburban handicap, Graxlallo econd and Sir "Brillar third. Time POSSESSION IS FORCIBLY TAKEN By Borippa Newa Association Philadelphia May 25 Mayor Weav er today took forcible possession ot theoffioeof tbe director ot public (afetyand cf the director of public work. Neither of the officers offered any serious resistance. Four detec tives art now on guard at the offices 8UPEBCEDIA8 GRANTED The Supreme Court this af.ernoon granted a writ of superoedlas, suspend ing the Injunction against directors Potter and Acker which wsa granted by Judge kaUton yesterday. Tbe two officials immediately resumed their interrupted dutUa.. . Bank suspends Soripps News Association Stockton, Cal May 25. Follovlng the attempted sulolde of ILoule Kahn. cashier of the Bank of Oakdale Wed nesday, tbe bank closed Its doors this morning. The state bank commission ar has been aent for. Hundreds of depositors from miles around, father ed in front of the bank before nine o'clock this morning in order to be gin a ran on the bank; At the hour ot opening, the temporary suspension or toe bank was announced . : Commits Suicide By 8orlppi News Association Savannah, III.; May 25.-Rothwell Pulford, a wealthy druggist, whose name is connected with the mysterious shooting ot representative Daniel 8 Berry, committed suicide this morn Nr. ., . ; -; . .. . . ' HAD PROVED ALIBI Pulford went to his barn at seven fifteen thia morning and shot himself in tbe bead. ' Although strongly ue oeoted of the murder, Pulford proved a complete alibi by two witoe., and strongly protested innooenca of tbe murder. He was of a-nervous tem perament and it is thought that possi bly tha serious charges preyed upon his mind and led to the auioide Goa ip connected Berry with he name ol the dead druggist's wife. , , . Republican Platform (By Scrips News Association) Columbus, Ohio, May 25 The plat form adopted by tbe reDubllran stats convention today reaffirms lbs state and national platforms of 1904 it stands by the principles, ot protection to American labor and American indust ries, indorses Roosevelt's enfonement of tha laws against monopolies, com bines and trusts In restraint ol trade. and also all bis efforts to slop d leer I mlnatlons of. railroads. inoludinir rebates. 2 p m Governor Derrick was renoro inated by acclamation at the repub lican convention today, and General Andrew L Harris was nominated fur lieutenant-governor. 1 Tackle That Tickles . It does a fiaherman good to look over our fine line of fishing tackle, this yc ar it is larger and better than ever. It contains a number of brand new things that you will want to add to your equip, ment as soon as you see tbem aod it doesn't cost much to add them when you get them here Our stock of reels, flies, lines and .rods afford an oppor tunity for everyone to tit up a good outfit at a very reasonable cost. ; Wheather you think of buying or not we will be glad to have you see what is new in the way of anglers' goods. NEWLIN Royalty Will Visit VLondoa May 24 The king cf Spain it ie now definitely arranged, will ir- rive in London; one week from n.it Monday, and will be the gueet of King Edwsrd and Queen Alexandra for five days. Tbe royal goeos will reside at York house, 8t James' palace dutu. hia stay. King Edward ia to send the royal yacht Victoria and Albert to Cherbourg to' bring King Alfonso a cross the channel." J. R. OLIVER. UNION COUNTY ABSTRACTS Farm Lens a Specialty Bast equipped ahstraoter in Union county. ' Many years experiences with the Union county records gives me a great ad v ant age. It is folly to pur chase, realestate without first securing a proper abBtraot. An abstract from my office will show the title just as it appears on the official record. J. R. OLIVER, LA GRANDE, O REG JN Room 31, 8ommer Bdlg, TP? you do not we La Grande made flour WE want you to, the next "lime you buy have a TALK with your grocer about it. he will tell von -TO try it at his expense, if not satistactory YOUR money cheerfully refunded, If your ' WIPE ha some nice white ' ' bread ' -v . . . TIlAT'S-when things are cheerlulat home. OUR flour will sorely pleiiee you, it's oar BUSINESS to, have you try this flour SO you can judge for your . selves. ' DON'T you know that all the BLAME will be on yju, and not on . i US if you try any other makes? " Be sure It reads La Grande Milling Co. on every' sack Made right here at Home DRUG CO. 200 2-6.