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.. '- mm NBWSTODAY iVTlTjirp Tonlgfcl and tomorrow I if M 1 Liijll fi f d warmer r? 3 i . m a it ii LW2 3li v VOLUME IV LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. OREGON TUESDAY, AUGUST 1. 1905 KU&3ER 233 G Of -A ft r 1 f7 11 II 0: A' ? :1 ; i Mi STRIKE TONIGHT ficrippa Newe Association svo raui Aug u-uniese uui interiors personally one thousand telegraphers employed on the Groat. Northern and Northern Padifio ajstems will strike at alx o'clock thla evening. The Great Northern today followed the action of the Northern Pacifio Monday, repair ing the men to aoaept its terms or law lhitmmntnm sldent or the order oi the Railway ' Telegraphers wired president ttlllott and president Bill lor a personal con ference whloh It not granted by alx o'olook thla evening would result in a ' strike. - Valve justed (Scrippa News Association) - - . Ban Diego, Cal., Ang 1. The naval board of inquiry with reference to the Bennington disaster la now in eeoret session, on board of the cruiaer Cbiea go. It la reported that the boaid has before it for examination the eafetr naive of the boiler wbiob exploded and the atory ia current that it was mated fast and' would not have blown off at .Ya pressure of 600 peonds.. It was ast Wto' blow off at 140 pounds . Tbeie are no new deaths today. , Chicago Wheat By Scrippa Newe Association Chicago. August 1 The market coloea - today after a, mod erately active trade with wheat at eighty foor and a half cents, - corn at fifty two and five eights and oata at twenty aeven and five eights v.S ; - Five Deaths , By Boripps News Assooialion New Orleans Ang 1-tpm At foar o'clock there were five deaths of ficially" reported from yellow fever and one death not reported in the ordinary retnrna. . V IwwewTIV ftwiiaiaWwi THE BARGAIN FEAST GEO WS And our great sale gathers increased momentum everyday. : Not a day passes but that it brings forth some new bargains which ''"over- : y shadows-if such a thing were possible-those of previous days. Come Early Come Often bomethmg imcw every day And Strickly SUMMER DRESS The blue pencil man has ordinary inroads into me skirts of all kinds, wool, skirts all included. ' PIQUE SKIRTS, regular everywhere but here. .... Calico 4c I5c 65c ;:. Men's Underwear 50C - 50c and 75c Straw Hats 25c SWEDISH BOAT BLOWN TO PIECES (15y Borippa Kewa Association) ' Helalngtord Aog. 1 A Bwedish naval boat, while engaged in maneuvers to da7, attack a submarine mine and Wat blown to pieces, Seven men were killed and eight were wounded. ;';'. $50,000 Fire ' -v (8crlppa News Association) 8t Joseph Mo Aag i Til baef beds and the cattle ohnte of the Swift Pack ing Company burned early this morn ing. The loss is estimated -at fifty thousand dollara. ' ' " - Boycott Extends (By Hcrippa News Association Washington, Ang.' Consul Hart la from Nagasaki, cablea that the Chinese merchanta there decided to eo operate with their countrymen in their boy cott of American goods. ' - OIL KING HAS By Boripps News Association ; , Springfield Ang I Governor jUfcl l.tto made a violent attack npon John D Rockefellow, tbe oil king of the world, today in bis address before the Baptist Chatauqua, which caused Dr Robert Stewart toe Arthur, '-"of New York, to prepare resolutions r adop tion, deploring Lafolletta's speech disclaiming responsibility on the as sembly and stating; 'When Rockeftl- low'a critics are dead bis name will be uonored as a man pi transcendent gen ius, humanitarian, churchman and the world will come to see anoh leaders in new forms of bueinesi as bosinese benefactors ot tbe human race." FRIENDS please remember these offerings are r , hewJ and this Reason's goods SKIRTS ALL LADIES' J t made soma extra prices oi Bummer linen and pique ; r V $2.50 values Qvsdriga Cloth 10c Apron Gingham 4c- ,50c Ladies' : Lace Hose ' ' 38c :':vO'; NEVER - SEE THE Sorlpps News Association L Ban Rafeal Cal August I Superin tendent Jerrett, of Ban Franc'sco, of the Schooner Nasaen, was in the eity yesterday making preparations to pe tition the aothorlliea at Wasbiogtoo ia bcbalfofbia brother and tour friends who were captured be Rn and -"exiled lor life, to -work in the mines in Siberia, la 1881. Benjamin Morse Henry A. Long. Charles Jer ret, Joe Redding and Joe Slietb, of this county and . two other sailors of San Francisco and Oakland, shipped on a sailing vessel bound for the Bebring sea. v A year later, tbe entire- party was reported lost.: i i f, i Laat week a Russian exile called up on Thomas Irwin, of, Olma, and in formed .him that be had escaped from the Siberian mines and that be waa ex. iled . with boya from tbla country, whom ha promised that if he aver reached Calitornia alive, ha Would call urxn Irwin. Tbe Russian states mat the men have been n the tnluee ; for twenty three yeara and seldom see the light oi day. He also states that tbe men are aabjeot to nil aorta of cruelty. Compliments Wilson : I B.fBnrlpps News Association Oyster Bay Ang 1 President Roose velt today made publlo telegram wbiob be had received from Chairman Harvey, of the National Board of Trade committee, commending 8ecre. tary Wilson, stating that no true patriot will take advantage of tbe recent die closures in tbe Agricultural department to suggest that be should realgn. . , ',. Aimar Sato, ol tba Japanese peace commission, flatly and explicitly de nies that he baa at any time given out to any person whatever, any alleged peace demands by Japan. WASH SUITS AT a.- SHARPTRICE REDUCTIONS These smts in large assortment made from tbe newest and most popular summer ma terial, all at DEDUCED PRICES LADIES SILK SUITS : ' V Are now offered for your choosing at less prices than the makers quote.. . V " $12.50 suits for $ 8.00 1 . 20.00 M "14.75 22.50 44 . " 16.50 Johruon Percale &lc 60c and 75c Oil Window Shades' 3Jc Children's Slippers ' 7Sc COUNSELLORS MEET . AT PETEJyiOFF By Scrippa News Association Si Petertbarg Ang. 1 The special counsellors of tbe Czar bava culled a aire ting at Peterhoff today tj consider the projeot for the proposed national assembly. Tbe demonstration against the Jews continue in many parts oi me country, ana tbe jews are in a state of great alarm. r ' No Nevv Cases 1. IJjr wM ew Association " ' Jackson,' Mine.," Aug. 1. This alter noon tbe board of health etatea that no new casea of fever infection ' ap peared in tbe state. PEOPLE , (By Scrippa Newe Association) Salt like Aug I-Elxht i hundred and eiBhty two people ' who were on Una at midnight at Provo Utah await Ing for the opening oi the Utah refer- vation registeration office. Mra Isabla Miller.1 widow, wae the first In line sad was registered at nine o'olook this morning. After the registration of Mra Miller the long Hue waited ' its turn. , The Una was Increased oontinn ally as tbe day advanced. Orders were received from tbe interior department to allow all registered persona to enter the reservation through. Strawberry valley to aelect homes to be filed upon Aaguat twenty eight. NO IMPROVEMENT IN SITUATION (By Hcrippa Nawa Association) New Orleans Ang 1 Although there waa a decrease in the number of deaths and new oaaea of yellow fever in tba the past twenty four honrs, tba terrl flo beat ot last night may run th list np again, fast aaslataat aurgeon Harry, of tbe. marine hospital aervloe, has arrived to assist Dr Richardson and tba city board of health. Dr Bouohon, ot the Btata Board, waa in formed today that there waa a case at Morgan ; City, the first at that point, and the person stricken ia not an Ita lian. The . Udioatloos this morning point to tba warmeat day ot the year FINANCIAL LOSS GREAT Tba financial loaa at New Orleans as a result of the yellow fever and tbe quarantine to data ia estimated at from two to four million dollara. CONDITIONS IN MI3P13SIPFI New Orleans Aug 1 KeporU from Baton Eouge aaya the effeots of tba quarantine bava not been felt there financially except at the l.otels. No alarm la felt or interruption to busU neaa eicept in tbe passenger travel. In Mississippi there might as well be general prevalence of the fever through oat tbe state aa far aa buaineaa ia con earned, for many centers are bottled np and freight traffic is restricted to tbe point where many railroads have been abandoned their local train service and all new enterprises are held in abajence. It ia thought at thia Juno- tion that normal condictlous will be resumed within the next thirty daya. :i .PAKIU wntinues ';:-' ' Tba quarantine panic atUl continues Tba state of Mississippi Issues a stale ment that aha wants bar mail famigat ed la tba future, or It would not be received. Aikaoaea baa aleo quaran tined against New Orleans and point. where tba fever exists. The work o' cleaning tba city continues, and a third ot the cisterns bava been aoreebed. Governor Blanchard today Informed Dr. Soncbon, of tba state board ol health, jtbat all pataenger and freight ears should be well fumigated belor leaving tbe city. . Baton Rouge ordered out a company ot militia guard tbe roads leading to tbe city MANY WAITING Neither realdenta nor non-resldenti will be admitted, if auspeoted of bev log been in tbe yellow fever district." BOYS WANT LIBERTY By Boripps News Association Los Angeles Aug 1 In attempting to deliver twenty inmates from the Juvenille home this morning, two boys Everett Burett aged 15, and Clyde Cribble aged 14, attacked Major II nu, Si.t m-Z"Jom- mm over' the bead with a heavy chair. Oliver was reveroly wounded. The boys were armed with heavy revolvers. The ma tron oloeed the iron .'oors on the boj i and called tbe Sheriff from bis office across the street. Aftr a. severe strnggle tbe disturbanoe was quelled. Oliver's scalp was nearly torn from bit bead. . , ' " Received Eight Years By 8orippa News Aatooialion Uhioago, Aug 1. Walter Brown, who waa convicted with' president Broderlck of the National liank of Elk hart, Indiana, of illegally using the tunda ol the bank, was sentenced to eight yeara in the state prison toJay Brown carried his case to the United States Court ot Appeals, but did not secure a reversal. Vigilance Committee By Bcrlpps News Association Port Gibson, Miss., Aug. 1. -A vig ilance oommlttee waa appointed here today and Pss Christian baa olosed Its doors entirely. Thousands of circulars arc beicg sent through the 8outh by tba bualoess men containing the de claration of Dr. White, of the marine hospital service, that freight cannot carry infection. Refugees are arriv. log home from Louisiana' and tell stories of hardships enronte. some travsling many miles on foot . BATH REQUISITES Everything for the bathof the quality you ought to have --at the price you ought to pay. , We sell quantities of bath supplies, because we keep what people want, and make the prices right. ' ' ';'"' .'-;;, '.;.:'. '' Sponges Bath Brushes If the opportunity to choose from au ample assorment, or it the saving of money ia an object to you, we expect to furuish you bathing supplies. t ; V NEWLIN TRY SOME GOODS WHEN WE CARRY A bas to BAKER Adams Avenue GEN. WOOD MAY NOT RETURN (8crippsNer Aswjciatlou) Washington, D C , Aug. 1. Gener al Wood may not be retarneJ to tbe Philippine at the present time. It is learned that the reason tbe President rsoently held up an order assigning a certain general to a new station was the uncertainty relative to tieneral Wood being nble to return to the com mand. , , i ' Ueneral Wood will probably be given the Departmftut oi the Lakes if it de velop! that be Is unfitted for, , further . .u -rMippines.' A recent surgical operation it ia hoped will re store the General to bis fo.oer health. General Carter Is to remain in com mand in the Philippines as command er. ., close: ;:;:-TO-DAY By Scrippa News Association) Tortland, Aog. 1 Attorneys llen nelte & Wilson will occupy the entire day In their arguments in the' land fraud trial of Congressman Williamson and associates and tbe case will prob-' ably reaoh tba jury tomorrow after noon. . . . . - Tanner Confident ; etcripps News Asaociation V'aablngton Aug 1 Corporal Tan ner is confident that he will be elected to suroeed Geo Blaokmar, deceased as oommander of tbe U . A. R Ue aaya be ba the unaminous support of New York' and a majortyof the departmenta of tbe Potoiuao, , Unrrougha, of . New Jersey, Brown of Ohio, Burton, of MU'Ourl. .Curnaban, Indiana and others were candidates. v. WW Toilet Waters Superb Soaps DRUG GO. SsuiiisiBvaW OF OUR LUNCH YOU GO FISIIIitG. COMPLETE LINE BRO Phone 29 CA !'i i a
