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mm n today yYUH Tonight tod Tomoirow A fZO AIMITMG EVENING OB P LIMA SATURDAY. AUGUST 12. 1905 NUMBER 143 ACE NEGOTIATION ALL LW3 tuLumciv LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON PE OFF V tea ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION Sciipps News Association Wasblpjr'on, D C., August 1.2. Minister B.anpre t enema Ayers - 4 cablet the ctate department tbit after mf noon that a laborer named Vioelly at' vjf- tempted to aeiasslDate Pretident Man uel Qulutana yesUrdsy afternoon at the president was passing la bis carriage. The assailant rushtd from behind the carriage with a revolver in . his band, but the president's aidede amp threw himself from the carriage upon the assailant and overpowered him, tbcs preventing the shooting The man arrested is supposed to be insane. The attempt uuon the presi dent's life took place in Retire park TOTAL ABSTIN ENCE UNION Wllkssbarre, Pa., Aug. 12.The Catholic Total Abstinence Uniou ot America elected Bishop f anevin of Pittsburg president. The convention will meet next year at Providenoe R I. $20000 BULLION STOLEN , (Soripps News Association) : . , B'cise City Auk 12 Bullion valued J between $15,000 and $20,000 was Hoi ;eo from t e retort bouse of tbe Ue La .Mar mine in the Silver City district. Tbe perpetrators effected an entrance through 'be window of the retort house. The reason why the bullion was not in tbe safe remains unexplain ed. Tbe robbery occurred ev rl day ago and there is much mystery sur rounding tbe entire affair. ' '.. , IP. j ten ; -4 yM- ! All Good Dressers Will be interested in looking at the Fall and Winter suitings and overcoatings shown by The Royal Tailors, of Chicago and New York. We have the complete assortment nearly five hundred different styles something to fit all tastes and all purses. The suit or over coat you buy will be made to your measure. It will fit you. It will be stylish and it will cost you less than any other correctly-fitting,, right-in-style dress proposition that we know anything about. We are willing to take your order and assume all the risk of satisfy ing you on theae points. SEE SO SAYS A DISPATCH FROM ST. 7 PETERSBURG-JAPS WANT TOO MUCH More Fever Cases New Orleans, Aug 12 Official report uew caees 63; total to date, 801, death 6; total to date, 1J0; new tub fobl, 12; total to date 163 WAIT UNTIL FROST Mobile, Aug 12 Dr. Card, tbe noted yellow fever expert, has just ar rived from a tour of inspection enronte to New Orleans, says, "The fever will not be atampedout until frost cornea." FIFTY TWO NEW CASES New Orleans, Aug 12 Up to three o'clock this afternoon aix deaths bare been reported end fifty two new cases. Governor Willing By 8oripps News Association Helena, Mont.. Ang 12 Governor Toole today expressed bis willingness to act as arbitrator, if called npon to effect a settlement of tbe telegraphers dispute, In conjunction with Governor Johnson of Minnesota. Elk's Special The E'k's special excursion train leaves the morning rf Aug 15 at Baker Citv at 7:30, North Powder 8, Union 8:45, La Grande 0:15 and Pendleton at 12:45 where tbe train 111 stop 40 minutes for dinner. Tbe rate ot $8, good for seven days, is open to the general public. US MOM ''('l!:'T;i:s " Russians Would not Consent to the Japanese Demands-Envoy Witte Ao Sail Immediately. (By Soripps News Association) Portsmouth, Aug 12. The much disenssed question of indemnity or "relmboMitmoiit." T"""! jzt: !t, 1. not going to prove as great an obataole pending tbe peace negotiations at was first imagined. When it waa an nounced that Raseia waa bringing to the conference eeveral military and naval rxpeits, even Japan - wondered and when the Rosslan minister also called theie was great astonishment. Tbe Japanese insisted tht tbey did care to liaten to military lectures. The mystery is now explained. These ex perts were brought here to determine tbe cost of tbe war to Japan and it will te the dnty of these officials to examine tbe figures. RUSSIAN REPLY Portsmouth An J2 The peace plen ipotentiaries went into session this morning ahil after a conference of an hoar and twenty five minutes adjourn- d ,,. , , ... ' Russia delivered ber reply to the Battleship Kansas (By Soripps News Association) Candan, N J Aug 12 Uncle added to hie naval nghtinn powers day when at 12 ;47 p m tbe battleship Kansas took ber Initial dip in the iVels ware river at the plant of the New Fork shipbuilders company. Not W inoident occurred to mar tbe oocaseida Miss Anna Horh daughter of Governor! Hocb of Kansas, swung the bottle of champayne against, tbe prow of tbe giant vessel as she started christening her Kansas. The launching waa some thing ot an Innovation in as much as it occurred under a great glass roof under which gathered hundreds of spectators. The old lime blrvk sawing also done away with, byraulio rams starting craft. Mysterious Crime Peoria 111 Aug 10 Edward Drouin, formerly, a wealthy and influential merchant of Philadelphia, ia dead in this city. The cause of Drouin's de mise is a mystery which the coroner is endeavoring to solve. , When found, bis wife, driven insane by tbe death of her husband, was boiling the feet ot tbe corpse io tbe air, in order, she said, to allow tbe soul to escape. T. M. STIBBLEFIELD, Boot and Shoe Maker Repairing Neatly Promptly done. and (land sewing a specialty Lewis building Launched Japanese demands, refusing to consider certain conditions. After the adjourn ment Sato, the Japaneee spokesman """cci tun uuuiereuoee will be contlnned This means apparently that t'.e demands objected to by the Russians will now bathe subject of negotiations. London August 12 A St Peters burg disp atoh ts afternoon says "It is now clear that the Japanese de mand! are too great, for Russian ao ceptance and all hope of the ptaoe envoys arriving at an agreement have been abandoned. It Is expected that Peace Envoy Witte will sail for home atonoe. NEGOTIATIONS OFF ' Portsmouth Augu.t 12 2:16 The ru uor is in circulation tht the nego tiations have been broken off Geo Smalley, the correspondent of tbe London Times declares positively that there is no hopes of tbe negotiations being continued. i VVeston j Normal Closes Pendleton Ang l'.'-Tflere will be no normal school at Weston during the coming winter. At last, after months of ceaeless endeavor to raise sufficient money with which to conduct the in stitotlon ontll tbe appropriation bill can be voted on next June, tbe habflt;n afinltply ahnnn hue been .dflfinltplr .ahandflnedj Tbii statement is made by President RO Prenob, who came down from Weston last evening and left today for Port land. Sysonby Won By 8oripp News Association (Saratoga, Ang. 12. Sysonby won tbe great repubiio Stakes, Clzasy second, Broomstick third. Time 2:07. Chinese Become Alarmed Shanghai Aug 12 Tbe alarm re garding tbe impending commercial crisis in consequence of tbe anti American boyoo.t is increasing now that information has got abrosd that President Rooevelt has instructed Minister Rockbill to warn tbe Chinese government that' America will insist upon tbe full obtnrvaoce by Cbina of article 15 of tbe Tien Tain treaty of 1858. Remember that there will be no hitch Io tbe Elks exoursion . Every detail has been arranged and tbe L D 8 Band will accompany tbe train and there will be aoenstant cones rt. Chief is Injured By Bomb By Soripps News Aisooiation Random, Poland, Aug 12. The chief of police of this oity was injured by a bomb last evening as he waa riding In his carriage. Several houses were wrecked by tbe explosion. Auto Accident . Soripps News Association Cleveland, Ang 13. The automobile races started here today resulting in a disaster to Earl Kaiser, whose leg was torn off by his auto crashing through the fence near the halt mile post. The machine became a mass of flamss. P resident Home By 8oripps News Association Oyater May Aug 12 The President arrived home this morning At Port Jarrls a noisy rrowd ot men, many ot whom were intoxioated, demanded the President be waked for their special benefit and tbe dectivee bad to use force to keep the men off the trains. BATH REQUISITES Everything for the bath of the quality you ought to have at the price you ought to pay. We sell quautities of bath supplies, because we keep khe prices right. Sponges Bath Brushes If the opportunity to choose from au ample assorment, or if the saving of money is an object to you, we expect to furnish you bathing supplies. NEWLIN DRUG CO. 1 1 , WELCHES GRAPE JUICE The simple unfermented juice of choice Concord grapes. A healthy hot Weather beverage. WE HAVE IT. ., BAKER Adams Avenue Re-elected By Soripps News Association Philadelphia Ang 12 Cornelius P Shea was today re-elected President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Tbe vote sood one hun dred thirty, to one hundred and seven teen for Daaiel Furman of Cbiosgo. Sbea'e olaims vindicated for bis eon duot in tbe recent Chicago strika. Golf Championship (Soripps Newa Association) Chicago, Ang 12. Before a large gathering and with fair weather con ditions, Geo. Egan and Ned Sawyer began their battle over the Chicago golf links lor tbe national golf cbam pionship. Eighteen holes were nego tiated this morning with Egan one op. This afternoon the final eighteen hole r io oe - ptayea. jsgau remains a favorite. . FINAL RUSHTO REGISTER By Soripps News Association Halt Lake, Ang. la. The final rush to register lands within tbe Unitah reservation set In early this morning. All trains were overloaded. Tbe reg istratlon closes at 8 o'clock tonight. Up to last night 16,271 bad registered and the record today will surpass any previous day. The impression is general that tbe 200,000 aores withheld wlU be reduced to 15,000 which will give 150,000 acres more to homestead than at present. .. what people want, and make Toilet Waters Superb Soaps TRY IT. BRO Phone 29 it II V II f II .4 i':s i'A ( B.a a. V X