.TODAY'S NWS TODAY IVr? show". CooUt Tonight. ; , I I M 1 liLIl Tomorrow Fair. EVENING n if ft " r. r LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 27, 1905 TELLS OF HIS 4 I . 'I METHODS SwippsNsws Association. , Dvlioit, Sept. 27.-8nrgeon Ut-neral Sutukl of the Japanese new today rend ten thousand word paper before ', toe convention o ; military . surgeons. The United States men bora nf th convention my tbat It in the moat valuable document of tbo kind of modern tint Ho told how they treated tbo wound ed (ram tbo battles betaeea Japan ad Russia and bow the sailors ware ordered to don clean clothing Jmmed . lately before a battle to prevent In faction of the woaods made; ' Each wore disinfected cotton In their ears to protect the aar drama from eonouas ion. Although tho wounds ware Untreated daring the engagement. If possible for tbo wound id to wait, the per oant of fatalities from tbo wounds wtt vary amelL' If oat of the fatalities of tbo war were tbo reeulti of explosion! of mints and from drownings. A rote of thanks was tendered 8usukl. iAlmbstphixiated ""4 dorlppt Nawa Amoclatlon . Chicago, '' Sept ' 27. Prai nqulllans Para be, Identified by ' tba Mexican eonsnl as one ot.the wealthiest planters la Mexico, was foasd partially aaphlx- latod in a hotel hero, this morning. Us had Supposedly turned on the gas, accidentally. He was Just from Mexico, ooming here to place' his two sons in. school:. .;', .''. -'" on to Build Basin. Wyo.J BeDt. 27 Chief En- glneer 18? Weeks, Locating Engineer ensign and other officials of the Burl ington, made a trio over the line of survey for the road from Frannle to ina month of the Grey bill river a few days ago. and from an otUolal aotirce it la learned that contracts will be let Bd grading commettoej t once. - Tba line will be built to the month of the Greybill this fall and winter, and later diverging lines will b oon atructed fo Rsslo and alao to Meeteet- eeeand the Klrwlu .gold camp. By ron Sessions and Bishop Crosby, lead ers of the Mormon settlement! In the Big Horn baalu, bava secured sub- 0 on tract and elll k ... tho winter. HIS DAYS ARE J NUMBERED JheatricaL Man, DieX f o By Bcsiafsy liewo Aseosiatioe v lYonkarsMY )ptz7 Jsoob LiU, meaeger of.alarge namber of tbetrF died at a siuauirium in thlseity to - Borlpps News Association. - Chieago, Sept. 27. The condition of President Harper, of .tba University of Chicago, la most discouraging. Alarming reports sra in circulation to tbs effect tbat ha cannot lira longer than three weeka at tba very most. The growth of the internal cancer Is increasing at a rapid rata, and all tba efforts of ths physicians to prolong his Ufa seem to be anavalling. RAIN CHECKS FRUIT HARVEST Salem, Or., 8ept. 27. A drizzling rain tbat continued nearly all after noon in this vicinity put a stop to pmne picking, snd may oaute damage to the prone crop by bursting the Irult. Tba prana harvest Is about Ihioogb." BIG FIRE ALMOST WIPES GUT' COLON m.' .- t Panama Town loses Government Build ini Police Station, Business and Dwelling Ileuses. ; Contract Let Tacorns, Mept. 27. Third Vice Pret lileot Levy of the Northern Pan! fin says the work of ooostrooting the new road along the Colombia river from Kenuewlek to Vancouver has .already oeen aiarted la a am all way and tbat the ecstract for grading baa been awarded to 81m ins A Shlolds of 8t. Puul. Tlis construction of many perts of the line will be sxpenttvs. To com plete tbs extension two large bridges will bava to be built. One will prob ably be built soross the Columbia at Vancouver and another, to enter Portland, aoroas the ..Willamette. .The "" ' pronatily be eomDletr In about IS months. By Borlpps News Awootatloa Panama. Sent 17 A neat lira Is Mir ing today at Colon.' This city has been asked to render aid, and special train with fireman and fighting ma chinery baa been dispatched t to ths bnraiog city. V ' Tba Bra was axUngnlihsd with greet damage. The postoffioe, two news paper oCQoee, the government boose. polios hsdquBittrs, the offices of I be I'idiao Cable oompany, several of ths principle Chinese shops and 40 '..odki Ott Uolivar atreek ware H great amount of reglstsred mall and paroeis wre ourned in the postoHlce. No railroad or canal property was des troyed sod , tbo shipping , district escaped. The- gaverament represent atives honied to the scene. . -Filt. Injunction L- - ticiipps News ' Association , Columbus 8c pt 27 John Jones to day fi'ed an injunotioo reetraining Qotild and Buhmj from transferring tbs Little Kanswa railway. Goes to the Jury Today Borlpps Nos Association ;! Portland, Sept 37, For the third time United BUtes Dlstrlot Attornsy Heney has finished his final argument In the Williamson frsud case, snd for tha third time the raas baa heen turned over to tha federal Jury for ta con sideration . ' . ;;-. i Two Juries navs failed to find a !' vsr dlct, and what the present jury will do is still an unknown quantity, Mr Heney completed bis final arnmsnt bombsr three this aftern.ion, and the jury received tho oass at three oolock. Tbs government feels 'certain that o verdict of guilty will be reached, and defends seem Squally certain that the defendants will btaoquUted - It Is as cepted by both sldss that the Jury this time will find some sort of a ver dict, as It Is agreed tbat from, tbo evidence produced that a bong jury Is hardly likely. ;- f i f-t ... J A NEW SHIPMENT THIS MORNING : Extraordinary Values IVIen's Heavy Worsted SUITS Ex' ra well ma Je and lined with eitra heavy Farmer's 84' id linings, worth $12.50 every- s wjere, and all the time............ i i t ; "t j . $io LADIES' HATS! LADIES' HATS! PATTERN HATS, TAILORED HATS and STREET HATS. 1 "'" rour FairShlpWnts are all In, THE' LINE IS MORE COM PLETE THAN EVER, AND OUR PRICES YOU WILL FIND AS REASONABLE AS EVEP r. :: :: :: Prenatal :lnsanily ! - RcrippO;News Assoclstioa. Wsllovlllo Mo, Sept a7-Klohard Msugbs, formerly ' of this city, and wools under the ssnlsnos of ditath at Uarrod, f!al.t for itba murdor of his employer, a ranchman, ! may escape ths gallows as friends snd relatives of tba msa bava raised '12500 to end a repreeeiitatlve to California with f tots showing that Mangbs' mothsr w' In sane shortly beforo her son wsi born Maughs' divorced wife and fauil:; still live here.., V ' i f ' i I Ladies' suits. No woman in Union county should feel satiiGed to bay her fall sait without haviug Inspected our hew garments. The suit de partment ia full to overflow of the latest and most fashionable soils in all styles, and at (he roost reasonable of prices. The latest style in long coat effects from York by express, suit. . . .Oil Up LADIES' COATS. Oar coat department Las been the centre of attraction for the past ten days. There is more style, more fit, and more selection at altogether small cost than elsewhere in this country. New express shipments every day. A half hour's visit in our coat department will give you a peep into the most exclusive coat showiogs of the fashion centres. ; . ' You can do '' fetter at --. The fair 2lliL! h7 A7J fI7r q - iwajr rviunti p UOE5 FARTHER at The Fair ; Idaho Lands ; Bolts '.CJlty Bopi 27The ttate ,Vf Idaho is todsy over one bondr.d and aoirsy luouiana ooujjs dobw titan' 1 was yesterday morning.- Tba auction sals of 0000 seres -of land In Canyon county, owned by the state, lying under tba BoUe-Payette dltob, waa held ysiterday in tba bsll of reprssens stives as tha slate eapltol. ' A Tbe sals called ont many speculators but the majority were bona fide farm ers in search ol good land for homea. ; Tba first day of the ssls resulted in disposing of 4480 sores of latd in tha most drsirsbla locations on the tract. The averags appralmsnt by the slats bosrd of this land was $16 JO par acre. Attbeeale it brought an averave ol 120.43 1 per ecro. . . Whew-, tbo tto board advsrtised this land for sale snd mane public an approvement of the lit set, tbe publio no i tad in' prooouneiof the prioe too nlgj.' Yeoteidiy's sais provtts that tbere has beea a dsoidsd ohangs in ssntimsot on this qusstion sioee ibe sale was advrtieed. ' l'racts of 40 seres sppraired at $10 pey acta were jester, day bid op to $25 per sore. In many instances spltilsd bidding was iudolg ed in. A few of tha mors choioe sub divisions esused tbe most intent rivalry among bidders. , . Ex-Ouvernor Haas bought heavily of some of ths blgbsst priced land. "sweeSaiieaeaBB ' American Party . Salt Lass fispt 71 The Amir loan party organized to oppose ths ilermon eburoh In city and state poll! lev, to dsy plaosd la . aomlnstlon - iu first municipal ticket, with Ezra Thorn p- 1 sea as Its candidate for mayor. Air Thompson, a mining man and capita. list, wsa formerly mayor of tho city, being elected as a Bopnblloan. Tbe platform adopted charges 'that tbe Mormon hslrarohy owrs both tbe Bepublioan and Democratic macblnea" Both tba Republicans sod pemosrate will tomlnste complete tickets Similar To Chicago The DSettlnc of a karossaa lamn In tha baok room of a saloon started tho Noma firs. fortyHhree buslnsso bouses wsra dsstroysd. The fire would hsva been stopped early but for the eiploalon of a large quantity of gasoline. Only One i (loUmsn is tbo only arrest mada oo tba Lswls and Clark fair grounds on tbo charge of pickpocketing. IU A ROVING::; :':::;TRAfiM Awful Results of Storm Borlpps Nsws Assooistlon. ' Manila, Sept 27 Ee porta of the st.im of yestsrdsy are slowly coming in. . roar towns In the Merfwelns vklley are reported to be In ruins and it ia fsared tbat a great number of deatbs oooursd and hundreds wars ln-jared.-' It Is kaeffa that many vssssls offered heavily and that aaveral goverament lighters . and launoiiss wars lost. In hi anils isrtrar a sehcoD- er broke Its tnooriaes and thraaianad to ram tba Interned Russian cruiser etieborsd nsar Bolaolsa. . Tha nala gardens at Halsooa ware lolnsJ. , German Strike Bsrlln, fispt. 'it. Ths controversy betwsea tha olectrfeal oompaniea of Uerlln and the workmen have become moreaouta. The striking orsw work, ers of tha 8lemsns and Sebaokert com paoles and ths pscksrs of ths gsnsral elsotrlc company mat todsy and re jected tha oouipany's ultimatum. ' ' At meetings this aftsrnoon tha mo decided to appeal for tba solidarity of ths workmen ef ail tho electrical com panies and to ask for a general strike, which wUrefleot a boot 60,000 men." Government Jobs ' Washington, Bspt. 27. Forest sup ervlaors, at aalariss ranging from 11800 to 12500, are to be sppolrted in Idaho snd Oregon, being under olasstfisd ssrvles. Tbsss positions will be filled sftsr civil eervloe examinations, lorest rsngerS belog preferred, cspsclally rangers In those states whore supervis or vsisnolss now sxlst." Examinations will bs bsld st Wallace, October 10. and. at La Grande, Ore , aod Idaho City on October 33. Children Cremated ; Scrlpps News Association. , Fort Donnsly.bsnt 27 Five children slseplog at the home of hid ward Adsmson sfaht milae from here cremated this morning by a gasoline explosion. , By Borlpps News awbcistlno Oeoatura 111 bept 27-J E R;as, an sxnreaa msaaaae , mA m - -nStte of Green, who ae fotusrly au sxprsts mtsssnger' fonght a revolver dnel In s closed express car on a fast ' train twenty mllea from Belmont el'y tbia morning. As bear as tha. facta oaa bs learned, Given eniered tho a and began a quarrel ". with f ysn . who defended blmsslf . and Urrired ng with paoksges. Green, it seems, waa tho first to opsn fire, but Ray return -ed tbaoompllment and the eombatanta continue to sichsnge ebota oatli tho trainmen fososd tha ear . door open after tha train had rearhad thla ntt They found tha man ooly eying " oaoa oiner end patiently waiting for; an ad vantage. The men wore both Iwouad. sd In many places and wero weak Irons ms loss ot blood. Ths duelists wero , taken to the hospital aud the doctors' state that there Is , sui&U hope that eltbor will recover. : (Meets Taft's Party ) 8orlpps Nsws AssooUtlon . 'San' FiancMoo. rtept-. 37-General Funston with his military aldss wsat oo t on tho government tug idooum to meet Taf tend bis party. The Koran docksd at oos o'olook and Taft corUd lbs party to, the Palace betel., MS nas prepared a lengthy 'statement covering bis views of the PtiStppisoo a&d of tha far eastern situation, wbicls ho will give oat this efUcaoaa. Coal Operator Killed ' Borlpps Nsws Assooistlon , , Albuquerqne. Bent 27 Andrew Casna, a well knowu eosl operator living nssr Gallup, wsa mardered last night by onknowu parties. BIS wife waa also shot and may die. It was known that Casna kept sldsrable money about ths boose by several msa, one a relative, who la suspected. . s Starts Homeward City Registration At 3 o'clock Ibis aftsrnoon 683 hsd reglsterrd for the ooming city eleotinn sod there are now Just ssvsn dsys left in wbloh to register. Pendleton BO. j Hy Mcrlpps Sews Association INew Vork 8pt 27 Mar on' Koniana left at nine thirty thla asorniog for Montreal from there ba goes to Van oou ver and takts tbo ship for Japan. An Immsnse crowd had gathered en the d toks and i:herel him as ho lstt. Denies It (x)y wyo Sept 27-Tba statement that Colonel William F Cody's wild weet enow haa bea quirantlood in Franco and sma of the boraea shot ont account ol having tbo glanders, a not rMATCHLES7! CONFECTIONS When you want the finest candies in ibe world, . remember that we have tbetn. 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