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LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. OREGON MONDAY. NOVEMBER 15. 190S. , NUMTS 11
RUSSIA
STILL IISI :
j REVOLT
(Scrlpps News Association)
Warsaw, No 1 3 Despite the ; proc
lamation 6f rhartiaf 1H throughout ' by
the go emment in consideration of the
demand for autonomy, the revolt contin
ue and today the railroads are being
closely guarded. Desultory firing con
tinues. -r in.. I,," .j'n ;
; CITY QUIET.
St Petersburg, Noy. 1 J. The city Is
reasonably quiet today. The police dis
persed a -crowd of roughs at Nevsky
Prospect who started to attack the "intel
lectuals."; The fashionable part of j.
cow is deserted, An attack on the Stud
ent U J --
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iuit AairRailrqaa
. . . v -y . .
(Scrlpps News Association)
Milwaukee. Noy 13, In the federal
court th morning the government file
suits against nine, railroads and or e
btewery in the attempt 'to" ascertain
whether or not the .railroads can law
fully pay IndirttJ; rebates through privaW
car lines; i It is the opinion of the govern
ment that it i th mere flevice to secure
a reduction over the other shippers.
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. Alfonso in Vienna -
ScrlppaNews Association) , '
Vienna, Not. IB King Alfonso arrived
here today from Potsdam. The emperor
and high officials foei hlm jjt .the station
and drove; to the fca7ace througlTlines of
troops alcjhg th decorated streets. ' :
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Grain AUrKfti.
; (Scrlppsf News' Association) -
Chicago, Nov. 13.1 Wheat opened at
&5; Closed, BS;- corn opened
dtessd.-,; oats opened 29J;
closed, "29.
I Efcry Point of grea
Shoe
To all Who Must Buy SI 02s
J We handle the Justly famous Peters
.find in their lines mpr9 real shoe, quiljty for the . money-rthat the
1best shoe authorities agree is shown tiy the fact that Peter's- Shoes
were granted Highest awards, for style, quality," and workmanship,
at' thW tswV'jPsJiOUri:' STOCK ALWAYS COMPLETE. I
nTRY A PAIR. ""'''- r '"'A- '" "J P ', '"' '
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Sptcial lot Men's $1.75 to
Cheaper to Prevent Colds ?
v. w y Than
Men's $3.50
J $2.25 Boys' shoes $1.69
A Special school shoe in box calf
or ici kid, special at $1.69
Plymoth Waverly Rubber! for I Men O t The pair 90c
. Extra quality, heavy rolled edge, extra heel stay:
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l.u I Frauds
(Script News Association)
Washington D. C. Nov. 13 A demur
was filed today (n the district supreme
court to the indictment against John A.
Benson, of California, the millionaire, who
is charged with bribery in connection with
land fraud cases and in conspiracy with
Frederick H. Hyde. Henry P. Diamond,
J. H. Schnider. jointly indicted for de
frauding the government in California
and Oregon. The demur ' states that
several counts in the indictment are bad
in substance.
Returns With' Prisoner
(Scrlpps News Amoclatlon)
Honolulu. Nov. 13 United States Mar
shal Hendry returned from Maul on the
steamer Like Like having in custody G. L.
Brokaw, who is under indictment of the
federal grand jury in the Washington
state land frauds. The prisoner was
taken to the Oahu prison after a prelimi
nary hearing. It is expected that he will
be returned to Spokane. ... Brokaw vr
himself up to the sheriff at Maui. "
Bishop Dead ;
(Scrlpps ftews Association) j -.
Chicago, Nov. 13. Stephen Morrill, a
Methodist bishop of this city and a
prominent divine, died at Keyport N.
J., of heart failure. Hswai apparently
in vigorous health When he left here de
spite his advanced years. ' He had been
bishop 39 years and had been a resi
dent of this city for 54 years. ,
Ml But Governor
(Scrlpps News Association)
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 13. The state
democratic chairman says that there is
no doubt but what all of the minor can
didates on the .Republican ticket from
governor down, are elected by safe plu
ralities. Nathan Released
(Scrlpps News Association) '"y : ,
.. Boston, Nov. 1 3. Morris Nathan was
released today and has been freed of all
legal censur in connection with the mur
der of Susanne Geary, -
t Importance
Shoe Cb.'s Shoes because we .
$2.25 Shoes, tills week 98c
to Pay the Doctor
Talk
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Nine-tenths of the colds come from damp
feat. Don't keep on wearing 'thin soles
. until you catch cold and have the doctor
.and druggist to pay you'll have to buy
the shoes anyway. Buy now ahd lay the
thin soled ones away 'til spring. ' '.'.'-
Our
Diamond Special
V i BUILT 'WITH SOLES
1 THAT DEFY THE WEATHER
Women's $3.00
$3.25 ladies' sh6e $2.50
In fine vici kid with patent leather
and self tip special ' $2.60
To Examine Magnates
(Scrlpps News Association) '
New York, Nov. 13 The insurr Ke in
vestigation resumed this morning. It is
believed that Hyde. Harriman, Tarbell
and others of like importance will be ex
amined this week. John R. Hageman.
president of the Metropolitan was recalled
IhU morning. He showed the statements
of the financial transactions of the brok
erage firms. The figures showed that
large rebates were allowed on interest in
the personal accounts.
Seeing The Sights
(Scrlpps News Association) .
New York, Nov. 1 3. Prince Louis
lunched at the Chamber of Commerce at
noon with his officers and men and went
to Coney Island this afternoon.' He will
go to the horse show tonight. ' The tars
of both the English and American fleets
went to Coney and partook of the roya
feast of 6000 bottles of beer.
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W-a. -
T uiil 9
(Scrlpps News Association) .
New York. Nov. 13. The grand jury
returned eight indjetments for illegal vot
ing. Six of these were arrested on elec
tion day. It is understood that warrants
ire out for others. It is reported that
one has confessed implicating one "higher
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Uner Floated
(Scrlpps News Association)-' -f
New York. Nov. 13 The liner Graf
iValdersee.-which grounded Saturday off
3rooklyn afuer starting ' for Hamburg,
was floated this morning.
Federation Meets
(Scrlpps News Association)
Pittsburg,. NoV. 13. The American
Federation of Labor -met today in. con
vention and was formally organized.
; Shaft Collapses
(Scrlpps News Association)
Johannsburg, ' No. 1 3. The vertical
shaft in the Dries Fontein mine collapsed
today. One white man and 6? native:
were killed. , ' - i , . .
: $30,000,000
(Scrlpps News Association it " ,'
Stockholm. Mov, 13. Seventeen Jews
refugees from Russia, arrived here toda)
with $30,000,000 in cash. .
Forger Successful?
a aay or two ago Mr. b. Ketsland re
ceived a notification from his banker tc
the effect that he had overdrawn his ac
count $46. By an investigation upon tht
return of his checks he found that thrst
of them were not his but had been signed
by a former employe and the employe had
fled. .Two of the checks were for $11
each and the third for $10. Two had
been received by the Golden Rule Com
piny and the other by the Oxford bar. As
the checks were cashed almost a month
ago, the forger hat probably made goo
his escape. His name is not made public
as the officers believe there is yet
chance to apprehend him. k
Settled At last
i The question of taxation of the railroat
bad, in Umatilla county which has : beet
i i the courts for the past three years ha
at last been, settled on a compromise
Assessor Strain he'd out firmly for I
valuation of $12,000 per mile and th
ompromisa was on a -basfrof $10,000
and the company it to pay the accrued
nterest on the deferred payment.' .
Confiscation'JuUified
Washington, Nov. 1 3 The assistant
attorney general in an opmioh today holds
t tat the recent confiscation in the New
York postoffice on 270.000 postal cards
cartooning William Randolph Hearst was
justified.
Mutineers to Hang
Wilmington., N. CV Nav. '1 1.- Henry
Scott, the head of the mutineer from
the tchooner Harry A. Berwind. was con
victed in the federal court today and
sentenced to be banged with his ship
mates Adams and Sawyer on January
ZB in this city.
Large Turkey
1 Wm. Anson, who resides a few miles
eastof this city, hat a turkey gobbler
that certainly will be sought after for
Thanksgiving. It tipped the scales Satur
day at. 62 pounds.
JEROME
GETS 'BUSY
I Scrlpps News Association)
New York. Nov. 15. Jerome's assist
ants. Smrgerod and Perkins, this morn
ing instituted proceedings against John
Doe in the Sixth. Fourteenth and Twenty
ninth assembly districts in the election
fraud cases. The proceedings are said
to be the result of new evidence obtained
by the Superintendent of Elections Mor
gan s men who took several witnesses to
the district attorney's office this morning.
Great .secrecy is being maintained. The
irand'jury resumed its Inquiry this morn
ing and many witnesses were examined.
Peculiar Accident
(Scrlpps News Association)
Albuquerque. Nov.! 3. A 'peculiar ac
cident occurred to 'a party of San Do
mingo Indians "near the "Enchanted
Mesa" of Acorns, The had been hunt-
ng and upon returning at night, stacked
their arms in soldier fashion and went to
laep. During the night a . gust of wind
b'ew 'dowrf the ffuiW' discharirW the
oaded enes Into the'1 sleeping' Indian.'
0 te was shot through, the kidneys and he
died instantly one had a left, arm. blown
3 1, another received a charge in his
right' leg which will have' to be ampu
tated and the fourth Is injured ' so badly
chat he is expected to die,
Confessed ' :
(Scrlpps News Association)
New Yortf. Nov: 18 Harry A. Leonard :
an' office boy who stole $36,000 worth' of
securities -by forging a -check, todav
pleaded guilty, to .forgery . in tho second
degree and was sentenced to an inter'
nediate sentence at the reformatory.
Embalmed With Oil
(Scrlpps News Association)
' Dayton, Qhio,:Nov. 15?-The police be
lisve that Dr. Oliver Haugh', who Is ac
Jused of the murder . of his parents and
rother, embalmed the bodies in oil before
igniting them. It Is believed that Tie killed
them with cyanide.' ' ; t -'
Soldiers Mutiny
(Scrlpps News Assoclutlon) '''' '
Helmgsfors, Nov. 1 3. The garrison at
the fortress Sveaborg -'mutinied.' the
Russian soldiers dsmanding better treat
ment, a free choice of books, and fur
loughs for soldiers having , served time.
The demands were partially granted but
a conflict continues. ' .
IAgAina
1 WITNESS
(Scrlpps News Association) '
New York. Nov, 13 John S. McCall.
president of the New York Life Insur
ance Company was recalled to the ' wit
ness' stand this morning and was asked
the address of Andrew Hamilton. - He
said he had heard ' that Hamilton was
either in London or Paris, '
McCall promised to cable Hamilton to
come home, or if he is unable to come, to
cable an accounting of the seventy thous
and dollars the amount given him with
other quarter of a million of dollars
which still remains unaccounted for.
' KEPT PERSONAL PROFIT
Hegeman,also testified this afternoon
regarding. the profit of $64,601.42 made
by the syndicate. He said that $16.
000 had been turned in to the treasury
as the Metropolitan's share pt the profiw
of the syndicate's operation in which the
company had participatai. The rest of
the $64,601.42 was kept tyr him is a
personal profit and he did not feet any
impropiety in retaining the same. i.
Almost Unanimous'
(Scrlpps News Association) ,
' Christiana, Nov. 1 3.- Returns to date
now are fifteen thousand in favor of in
viting Charles, of Denmark, to become
king of Norway and only 1 000 against
Refuses Relief
(Scrlpps News Association)
- Washington. No. 1 5 Shaw authorized
the statement today that he will not go
to the relief of the money market until
convinced that the business interests are
likely to suffer. Should any business
concern be denied deserved credit at
reasonable rates, the secretary says he
wants to know the facts.
Collision
(Scrlpps News Association) ' ,
San Francisco, Nov. 13 As a result
of a collision. of a gasoline schooner. Non
pa riel and the light house tender, Mad-
rona, off the. Pacific wharf at 7:30 this
morning a, deck hand named John Joer
was drowned and Catherine Murphy, of
the Nonpariel was seriously . injured.
Tne schooner was badly damaged. .
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Demurs Sustained -
(Scrlsns Nw A
Milwaukee Nov. 1 3 Judge Quartos of
the federal court this mornins sustained
the demurs to two indictments against
O jll Bigelows. Leaving ten more charges
of complicity.
Milwaukee, Nov. 13 Gustiv Pabst
president of the brewery denies all of the
charges made, and says the ' whole is
based on malicious lies, and that he was
once an officer of the Milwaukee Transit
Refrigerator comyany but who is not in
terested. ' He declared that he had no
llegal dealings' with the road. Judge
Seamon ordered an answer to the com
plaint to be made within twenty days. .
Searching for Negro
' Scrlpps News Assoclutlon)
, Nov. 13. Posses are . this morning
searching for a negro,' who last" night
shot and killed Mrs. H. Stedman, wife of
the Rock island agent at Edinger. while
he and his confederates were robbing
the1 statioti.
Terrible Struggle
(Seripps News Asaorltttion)
Des Moines, Nov. 13 After fighting all
light with his wife, who tried to prevent
mm from' committing suicide. Clarence
Reeves, aged 34, took carbolio acid and
died from the effects.
Reserved Seats for
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The course of entertainments to be
given in Central Church this fall and
winter is fitly named The Popular Course
The interest shown by the people of the
town is the best evidence that such a
series wi l bl appreciate 1. , .
Four attractions are postively booked
and the other ..will be given, ''possibly
in November. ' x
Those Ijsted so far are;
J. Whitcomb Brougher "Home Sweet
Home" or How to be happy though mar
ried. Dec. 12.
Stephen A. Lowell 'Law and Law
yers. Then and Now" . Jan. 67 v , .
fclsworth Pluinstead Impersonator in
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PLENTY
Never before has' there been a
in town at our targe book, department It now offering. ' The new stors
which we have taken in gives us ample foorfi laittrty a splendid stock and
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we are showing all kinds of good reading. . '
. In stocking up this largo department we. took special paint to select the "
best and most popular fiction at well at to increase our stock of standard
works. In fact, the works of the world's best writers are on our shalvet
and as many of the books come in different bindings you can' suit yourself
as to price, ', ;. " ' 5
In looking over our counters you will also find all of the best periodicals
Which include fashion, fiction and scientific magazines. '
' Come In and took over our books often. You'll find what you want a
here and at prices which will suit. " ' '
Blank Book and Office Supplies . ,
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We . carry the largest and most complete" stock of blaiik booHvao-jjfflce,
tuppliet in the city. When you want good's of that kind let us show you our
atock and quote you prices. .. , . f - . . . J'
NEWLlINLv DRUG ' COMPANY
' X , La Grande Oregon
TEETH
SAVED
HIS
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(Scrlpps News Association)
Butte Mont Nov. 13 Billy Semper, a "
gambler was shot by "Dutch Swede" an
other gambler in the- Turf rooms at Ana- :
conda this morning. The bullet entered
the jaw, deflected by a gold dsntal plater '
Semper spit it out and lay on the table
feigning death until k his assailant left.
The attending physician says'' that the
bullet would have entered the brain if , H
had not struck ths plate. Semper h not
seriously jnjured. . ' .
A Peculiar Law
(Srrlpps Ncwf Association) v
Washington, D. C., Nov. 13. The su
preme court today upheld a peculiar law
which permits any resident of a stats.,
to recover money lost at gambling re- , "
gardless of by whpm JosU,. The particu
lar case is one m which a. woman brought
suit to recover lost money and received '
as judgment a lien upon the building in :
which the gambling was permitted. She '
won her case in the state court and the
supreme court this morning declared the
law valid.? '"-i- 'Jiii a rs ffy
Must Have . Boxes . . . J
The Postal Department has decided to ;
withdraw the rural delivery service from v"
patrons who do not provide regulation -mail
boxss. : Circular are to be sent to
all those thrbughoun the country who are
not now provided with boxes, notifying
them that they will be given sixty days in -which
to secure them, and in case of
failure to do so the delivery service will 'j
be discontinued. It is, stated that an
One of 20 dlffeient-t kinds Wfl answeito
the description' of "reguTatiotf boxes, arid-'
that prices rangat from 60 cents to $3.
The department will furnish a. list ofjhem
on application. It is tald the oidef is in' ;
the interest of facili&ting the' delivery of ;
mail snd safeguarding the servics.
Popular Course
Medley Program. Feb. 16.
Harry T. ButUrWorth Company
Basso-Soprano and Whistling soloist
Violinist and Artistic ReadarC'MarcIt 'IB.
On Thursday" Noy 16 I will he at
Selders Candy store next, door to Post .
Office and all who hayer engaged rtasoQ' y
tickets for the course of entertainments
will please call, get tickets and reserve
seats,,' As sb many tre pot(iin4 ( wil you
please bring exact change?' The plat 1
will be ready at 8 a. m. - and teats on '
sale until S p. m.
. We wish to.be fair to jalL but, ;first ,
to come have .first choice. No seats ,
marked until 8 V.m. ? fQsH.fOtig. ' '
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